J.K. Simmons and Stephan James to Star in College Football Drama NATIONAL CHAMPIONS For STX

Movie National Champions Stephan James J.K. Simmons Ric Roman Waugh Image Safe about 3 years agoby Jessica Fisher

stephan-james-and-jk-simmons-to-star-in-college-football-drama-national-champions-for-stx.jpg

Stephan James, star of acclaimed films Selma, Race, and If Beale Street Could Talk, is set to star alongside Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons (Juno, Whiplash, Spider-Man) in the upcoming college football drama National Champions.

In the film, “James will play a star quarterback who ignites a players’ strike hours before the biggest game of the year in order to fight for fair compensation, equality, and respect for the athletes who put their bodies and health on the line for their schools.”

National Champions will be directed by Angel Has Fallen and Greenland filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh and is being produced through John Wick producer Basil Iwanyk’s Thunder Road and his sports-themed label game1.

The film is set to shoot in New Orleans next month.

Jessica Fisher

I’m Jessica Fisher! I love being a wife and mom, and I love movies and TV. I’m a murderino, and love to travel and write. I love Disney and the beach and stand-up comedy. My favorite things to geek out on are the podcast My Favorite Murder, The Handmaid’s Tale, Mindhunter, Cobra Kai, The Wonder Years, Somebody Somewhere, Shrinking, The Big Door Prize and Severence. My favorite movies are About Time, 50/50, pretty much anything with Jason Segel and/or Paul Rudd, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Dirty Dancing, and so many others. I love the books Little Women and Harry Potter, and all types of biographies. I love writing for GeekTyrant!

GeekTyrant Homepage