Fantasy Football Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

In this father-daughter sports fantasy, everything changes when Callie A. Coleman (Marsai Martin) discovers she can magically control her father, Bobby’s (Omari Hardwick) performance on the football field. When Callie plays as her dad, a running back for the Atlanta Falcons, in EA SPORTS™’ “Madden NFL 23,” Bobby is transformed from a fumblitis-plagued journeyman to a star running back bound for superstardom alongside his daughter and wife Keisha (Kelly Rowland). With the NFL Playoffs looming and the pressures of Callie’s new commitment to her friends on the robotics team mounting, the two must forge ahead to keep the magic a secret as they juggle the highs and lows of their newfound success, all as they rediscover what it really means to be a family.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Fantasy Football.

• M
  Marsai Martin

  PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, Amari and the Night Brothers

• O
  Omari Hardwick

  Army of the Dead, The Mother

• K
  Kelly Rowland

  Mea Culpa, Think Like a Man

• R
  Rome Flynn

  Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral

• H
  Hanani Taylor

  ... Kayla

• E
  Elijah Richardson

  ... Nate

  Hollywood Stargirl

• T
  Tyla Harris

  ... Zoey

• I
  Isac Ivan

  ... Oliver

• A
  Abigail Killmeier

Crew Behind the Film

The Fantasy Football behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

Director

Anton Cropper

Screenwriters

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Producers

LeBron James
Marsai Martin

Production Details

What we know about the Fantasy Football movie production.

Key Facts

• Fantasy Football is produced in partnership with the SpringHill Company’s Emmy Award-winning studio team founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter and Genius Entertainment, spearheaded by Marsai Martin, Joshua Martin and Carol Martin. Produced in association with NFL Films and with the support of EA SPORTS™, the Atlanta Falcons and Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the movie is directed by Anton Cropper, written by Zoe Marshall and Dan Gurewitch & David Young, and is based on an original screenplay by Richard T. Jones & Jeremy Loethen and Tim Ogletree (10/12/2022).
• A new original live-action movie for Paramount+ (2/19/2022).

Production Updates for Fantasy Football

Oct 2022

Completed

Changed Fantasy Football movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Feb 2022

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Sep 2021

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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