12 Mighty Orphans

With screenplay by Ty Roberts, Lane Garrison and Kevin Meyer, the American sports film is based on the non-fiction book Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football by Jim Dent. Directed by Roberts, the film follows a committed football coach at the Masonic School for Orphans who ends up creating a football team for the orphan boys and eventually leads them to compete in the state championship competition. With Luke Wilson playing the coach Rusty Russel, the cast also includes Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Vinessa Shaw, Wayne Knight, Jake Austin Walker and Treat Williams, along with Carlson Young, Natasha Bassett, Jacob Lofland, Lane Garrison, and Scott Haze, among others.