DRAFT DAY (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Kevin Costner (Field of Dreams), Jennifer Garner (Juno), Denis Leary (The Amazing Spider-Man), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Tom Welling (Superman), Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist), Sam Elliott (The Big Lebowski), Chadwick Boseman (42), Rosanna Arquette (The Whole Nine Yards), Terry Crews (The Expendables), Arian Foster (film debut), Griffin Newman (The Treatment), Patrick St. Esprit (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Chi McBride (Annapolis), W. Earl Brown (There’s Something About Mary), Kevin Dunn (Transformers), Sean Combs (Get Him To The Greek), Josh Pence (The Social Network), Wallace Langham (Hitchcock), Christopher Cousins (Breaking Bad)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters), director, producer; Scott Rothman (film debut) and Rajiv Joseph (Nurse Jackie), writers; Ali Bell (No Strings Attached), Joe Medjuck (Old School) and Gigi Pritzker (Drive), producers; John Debney (Sin City), composer; Eric Steelberg (Up in the Air), cinematographer; Dana E. Glauberman (Thank You For Smoking) and Sheldon Kahn (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

At the NFL draft, Cleveland Browns general manager Sonny Weaver (Costner) is given an opportunity to reorganise his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must then decide what he has to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred men with dreams of being in the NFL…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Kevin Costner and a rather starry supporting cast join Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman for a tale within the world of American football and the tough decisions made that determine athletes’ futures.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 3RD OCTOBER 2014

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