If you stripped out westerns and sports related movies, Kevin Costner would have only made about three films. He’s a man who knows what he likes, and having just finished shooting the American Football flick Draft Day, he’s now signed up for McFarland, where he’ll play a high school track coach, according to Variety.
Based on a true story, ‘Costner will play a coach living in a predominantly Hispanic California town who creates a high school track team that must overcome social and physical hurdles to become champions during the 1980s.’
Costner has been mulling over the movie for a long time, as he first entered talks to join the movie almost a year ago, but it’s only now that he’s officially signed on.
Niki Caro (Whale Rider, North Country) is set to direct, with Disney backing the movie.