Ty Roberts Latest Celebrity News & Gossip

EXCLUSIVE: Luke Wilson (Horizon: An American Saga) and Greg Kinnear (The Present) are set to star in You Gotta Believe, a film based on the inspirational true story of Fort Worth, Texas’ 2002 Westside Little League team. Others on board for roles in the pic from Santa Rita Film Co. include Sarah Gadon (Ferrari), newcomer Michael Cash, Etienne Kellici (Horizon: An American Saga) and Molly Parker (Deadwood).

EXCLUSIVE: David Morse (The Chair), Bill Heck (Locke & Key) and Jaklyn Bejarano have been set to star in Santa Rita Film Co.’s La Gloria, a drama exploring the humanity and political abstractions surrounding the U.S.-Mexico border. The latter came aboard following a nationwide casting search in Mexico. 

Having spent most of my life in New England, where sports are the way of life and the Patriots hoard more cultural cachet than the Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, and maybe even the mayor combined, I have never understood football’s appeal as entertainment or as a pastime.

Deadline Studio is back in action beginning this week with the launch of the Tribeca Festival and our virtual Tribeca Studio Presented by Verimatrix. It will be up and running beginning Thursday and featuring one-on-one video sit-downs with filmmakers and top talent at the fest, which kicks off tonight with its opening film In the Heights and wraps June 19.

The feel-good sports film is a time-honored tradition in Hollywood. The formula to make it work seems to be pretty obvious, and is on display in the new trailer for “12 Mighty Orphans.” READ MORE: ‘The Underground Railroad’ Trailer: Barry Jenkins’ Amazon Series Finally Debuts In May Just judging by the trailer, “12 Mighty Orphans” puts all the pieces together for a winning sports drama.

Sony Pictures Classics will open Ty Roberts’ 12 Mighty Orphans on June 11 in New York and Texas with a wider expansion on June 18.