EXCLUSIVE: The Film Sales Company has added the sports comedy The Real All Americans to its Cannes roster based on Washington Post sportswriter Sally Jenkins’ book about an all-conquering Native American college football team.
Sydney Freeland, whose credits include the 2024 TIFF Netflix Rez Ball about a Native American high school basketball team, will direct from a screenplay by Best Shot (aka Hoosiers) writer Angelo Pizzo.
The book charted the rise of the Carlisle Indian School, whose early 20th century team was founded by Brigadier General Richard Pratt. In a single season the team beat Harvard, Yale, and the rest of the Ivy League teams, eventually facing off in a final game grudge match against West Point led by Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The Real All Americans is the first title from Standing Arrow Productions launched by producer Ray Halbritter, the Oneida Indian Nation Representative and CEO of Oneida Nation Enterprises. The Film Sales Company president Andrew Herwitz has begun talks with buyers on the Croisette and will serve as executive producer.
Herwitz negotiated the Freeland deal with her representatives as well as the option for the book with CAA on behalf of Jenkins.
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