Skydance Scraps Matthew McConaughey Soccer Movie ‘Dallas Sting’ Weeks Ahead of Production
Skydance Scraps Matthew McConaughey Soccer Movie ‘Dallas Sting’ Weeks Ahead of Production https://t.co/jy2nMRSIs0
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 14, 2022
Skydance is no longer moving forward with Dallas Sting, a soccer project.
The inspirational drama was only six weeks away from beginning production and was almost fully cast.
The feature project, set in 1984, was to tell the true story of a Dallas girls soccer team that traveled to China and, against the odds, defeated some of the best women’s teams in the world.
Skydance and the producers received disturbing allegations surrounding aspects of the true story.
That investigation led Skydance and the producers to pull the plug.
Skydance and the producers were disappointed by the development.
They felt the story of the 1984 team and its young women deserved to be told.
The production spent a considerable amount of effort and money in an extensive audition process to find actual soccer players who could then be worked with on their acting abilities.
Matthew McConaughey was to play coach.
Booksmart breakout Kaitlyn Dever was cast as the coach’s daughter.
The film had a script by GLOW creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch,
It was to be directed by The Falcon and the Winter Soldier‘s Kari Skogland.
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