Players try out for 'Touchback'

COOPERSVILLE, Mich. (WOOD) - Prospective football players are ready for their tryouts, hoping to land roles in a movie being filmed in West Michigan.

They began checking in at Coopersville High School Wednesday morning for "Touchback."

Kurt Russell will be the head high school football coach for the fantasy drama, which will be filmed around the city of Coopersville and on the football field. Scenes will be shot from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. at the field August 12, 13, 16 and 17.

The rest of the cast includes Brian Presley in the lead role, Melanie Lynskey as his wife, Mark Blucas as a friend and teammate, Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Christine Lahti as the mother, Drew Powell, Sarah Wright, Sianoa Smit-McPhee and Kevin Covais.

"Touchback" is being written and directed by Don Handfield. It is a fantastical story about getting a second chance at life. At the brink of financial disaster, a former football star, turned farmer and family man, attempts suicide to save his family. However, when he wakes up he finds himself back in the past, reliving the events that led up to his career-ending, life-altering injury. He is forced to choose between his simple life and the path to fame and fortune.

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