Woody Harrelson and Kaitlin Olson Among Cast Members Leading Special Olympics Sports Movie CHAMPIONS
Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Woody Harrelson (True Detective, Zombieland), Emmy nominee Kaitlin Olson (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Hacks), Grammy nominee Cheech Marin (Born in East L.A, From Dusk Till Dawn), and Matt Cook (Man With a Plan, The Comeback) are leading the cast of the Special Olympics sports movie Champions. The film recently wrapped production, and Bobby Farrelly (Dumb and Dumber, There’s Something About Mary) of the Farrelly brothers helmed the film from a screenplay adapted by Mark Rizzo (Green Eggs and Ham, Gravity Falls).
The story is based on the Goya Award winning Spanish film Campeones, which Universal Pictures International released in 2018. “It centers on a stubborn and hotheaded minor league basketball coach who is forced to coach a Special Olympics team when he is sentenced to community service.” Actors with intellectual disabilities rounding out the cast to ensure authenticity in the storytelling include Madison Tevlin, Joshua Felder, Kevin Iannucci, Ashton Gunning, Matthew Von Der Ahe, Tom Sinclair, James Day Keith, Alex Hintz, Casey Metcalfe, Bradley Edens, and Champ Pederson.
This sounds like a great movie. I love the cast, and I love a good sports movie. Focus Films has not set a release date yet, but we will keep you posted.
via: Deadline