Richard Linklater Lines Up Cast For Baseball Movie ‘That’s What I’m Talking About’
InDazed & Confusedthe sport on the minds of the main characters was football. (Well, it was drinking and sex, andthenfootball) In the “spiritual sequel” to the 1993 film,That’s What I’m Talking About,the guys will play baseball.Richard Linklaterhas cast a fond eye towards America’s Pastime before, when he remadeThe Bad News Bears.Now,his new filmwill continueDazed’s process of filtering his own youthful memories and experiences through comedy. News on the potentialThat’s What I’m Talking Aboutcast is below.
Update:The first cast member is signed, and it isn’t any of the three people originally mentioned. More info below.
The report comes fromDeadline, which says that offers for lead roles in “the baseball-themed film"have been given to three young actors. They areBlake Jenner(Glee),Tyler Hoechlin(Teen Wolf), andWyatt Russell(22 Jump Street, and seen above inWe Are What We Are). All three roles are baseball players.
The cast forDazedwas full of more unknowns, but we can probably expect Linklater to rely on some new discoveries for this film, too.
The site also gives us abit more story info than we’ve previously known:
Note that the “spiritual sequel” tag here is super-loose, and there’s no actual story or character connection to Dazed & Confused. (So far as we know, anyway.) The “connection” is that just asDazedfollowed kids in high school, this new film will move to college — it’s the next chapter in LInklater’s own reminiscence, even if it is using different characters and situations.
Update:Ryan Guzman, ofStep Up All Inand the forthcomingJem and the Holograms, has been signed to “a lead role,” according toDeadline. Guzman was actually a pitcher in college, so he’s got a solid baseball background. There’s no other new info on the film.
