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Rockwell to star in basketball film

Published Tuesday, Sep 2 2008, 09:40 BST | By Beth Hilton
Rockwell to star in basketball film

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Sam Rockwell has revealed that he is to star in a basketball movie.

The actor, who is currently filming sci-fi thriller Moon alongside Kevin Spacey, will take the lead role in the as-yet-untitled production.

He told MTV: "It’s a dramatic film about an alcoholic basketball coach and this girl’s high school basketball team.

"It’s like Bad News Bears meets Half Nelson meets Hoosiers. [But at the centre is this] great character."

Grace Is Gone director James Strouse will helm the movie.

Rockwell will also play Victor Mancini in the forthcoming adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel Choke.

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