WALT DISNEY PICTURES

Presents

THE GAME PLAN

A

MAYHEM PICTURES

Production

Directed by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDY FICKMAN

Screenplay by . . . . . . . . . NICHOLE MILLARD

& KATHRYN PRICE

Story by . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICHOLE MILLARD

& KATHRYN PRICE

and AUDREY WELLS

Produced by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GORDON GRAY

and MARK CIARDI

Executive

Producer. . . . RICHARD LUKE ROTHSCHILD

Director of Photography . . . GREG GARDINER

Production Designed by . . . . DAVID J. BOMBA

Edited by . . . . . . . MICHAEL JABLOW, A.C.E.

Costume Designer . . . GENEVIEVE TYRRELL

Music by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NATHAN WANG

Music Supervisor. . . . . . . . JENNIFER HAWKS

Casting by . . . . . . . . . . SHEILA JAFFE, C.S.A.

Unit Production Managers . . . . . . PAUL MOEN

RICHARD LUKE ROTHSCHILD

First Assistant Director . . . . . GEOFF HANSEN

Second Assistant Director. SUNDAY STEVENS

CAST

Joe Kingman . . . DWAYNE “THE ROCK” JOHNSON

Peyton Kelly. . . . . . . . . . . . MADISON PETTIS

Stella Peck . . . . . . . . . . . . . KYRA SEDGWICK

Monique Vasquez . . . . . . ROSELYN SANCHEZ

Travis Sanders . . . . . . . . MORRIS CHESTNUT

Kyle Cooper . . . . . . . . . HAYES MACARTHUR

Jamal Webber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRIAN WHITE

Clarence Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . . . JAMAL DUFF

Karen Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAIGE TURCO

Spike. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TUBBS

Coach Mark Maddox . . . . . . GORDON CLAPP

Tatianna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KATE NAUTA

Samuel Blake, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . ROBERT TORTI

Larry the Doorman . . . . . . . . . JACKIE FLYNN

Nanny Cindy. . . . . . . . . . . . . LAUREN STORM

Marv Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIMSELF

Boomer Esiason. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIMSELF

Jim Gray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIMSELF

Stuart O.Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIMSELF

Steven Levy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIMSELF

Drake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERIC OGBOGU

Nichole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRISTINE LAKIN

Kathryn. . . . . . . . . . ELIZABETH CHAMBERS

Bo the Trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRIAN CURRIE

Dr. Converse . . . . . . . . FIONNA GALLAGHER

ER Doctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JACK EASTLAND

Mrs. Jensen . . . . . . . . . . . . RACHEL HARKER

Rebels PR Manager. . . . . . . . . . ED BERLINER

Cabbie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ARMEN GARO

Paparazzi. . . . ROGER T.S. DILLINGHAM, JR.

Doorman at Club . . . . . . . . . . JAY GIANNONE

New York Coach . . . . . . . . . . . TONY RENAUD

Toy Store Ballet Dancer. . BRIANNE CROUGH

Voice of Sara Kelly . . . . . . . KATHRYN FIORE

Hack Pack

DONALD L. BANKS RON BORGES

JOHN CLAYTON JAY GLAZER

JOHN C. MCCLAIN GARY MYERS

CHIP NAMIAS JON SARACENO

STEVE SERBY T.J. SIMERS

Club Guests

MIKE ERUZIONE EDDIE GEORGE

GAVIN MALOOF JOE MALOOF

PAUL PIERCE WALLY SZCZERBIAK

SEBASTIAN TELFAIR JO JO WHITE

ER Nurse . . . . . . . . . . . . DEBBIE CONNOLLY

Toy Store Camille Doll . . . . LORDAN NAPOLI

Nanny Yvonne . . . . . . . . YVONNE FINNERTY

Barking Crab Waitress . . . KIMBERLY SELBY

Monroe’s Brother. . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN DUFF

Blake’s VP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCOTT DESANO

Football Stunt Coordinator . . . . . MARK ELLIS

Stunt Coordinator . . . . . . . . . RICK SORDELET

Stunt Double for Mr. Johnson. . TANOAI REED

Helicopter Pilot. . . . . . . . . . . . . MIKE PEAVEY

Stunt Double . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TALI ENA

Stunt Double . . . . . . . . . . . E. LEON MURRAY

Stunt Double . . . . . . . . . . . ROBERT KENT, JR.

CREDITS

Production Coordinator . . . . . . ELLEN WOLFF

Art Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN R. JENSEN

Assistant

Art Director . . . . . . JEFFREY D. MCDONALD

Set

Decorator. . . JAMES EDWARD FERRELL, JR.

Construction Coordinator . JERRY G. HENERY

Leadman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KURT SMITH

Art Department

Administrator . . . CHRISTINE YOUNGSTROM

Graphic Artists . . . . . . . . . . . PETER SATTLER

SEAN DUHAME

Art Department

Production Assistant . . . . . COLBY PETERSON

Costume Supervisor . . . . . . . NANCY CAPPER

Key Costumer . . . . . CAROLINE ERRINGTON

Key Football Costumer . EDWARD T. HANLEY

Key Set Costumer . . . MAREN BEAUCHESNE

Set Costumer . . . . . . . . . LAURIE BRAMHALL

Background Costumer . . . . . . VANESSA NOLL

Wardrobe Buyer . . SARA MILLS-BROFFMAN

Assistant

Football Costumer. . . . . . . DAMIEN A. QUINN

Equipment Manager . . . MICHAEL J. FOX, SR.

2nd Asst.

Football Equipment. . . . . . . JOE FIERIMONTE

Make-Up Department Head. . . . . . JEFF DAWN

Make-Up Artists. . . . . . . . . . LOUIS LAZZARA

MARYELLEN JAMES

Hair Department

Heads . . . . . . . . . . . CHARLOTTE A. PARKER

RACHEL SOLOW

Hair Stylist. . . . . . . . . ELIZABETH CECCHINI

A Camera Operator/

Steadicam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JODY MILLER

First Assistant Camera. . . . . JORGE SANCHEZ

Second

Assistant Camera. . . . . . . LISA K. FERGUSON

B Camera

Operators. . WILLIAM A. O’DROBINAK, SOC

CARLOS BERMUDEZ

B Camera First Assistant . . PATRICK P. QUINN

B Camera

Second Assistant . . . . JAMIE K. FITZPATRICK

Football Photography. . . . . . STEVE ANDRICH

Second Unit Photography. . . . . . DEAN LYRAS

Aerial Photography. . . . . . . . . BRIAN HELLER

Video Assist Operator . . . . . . BRYCE SHIELDS

Script Supervisor. . . . . . . . . BETTY BENNETT

Sound Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . PUD CUSACK, CAS

Boom Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . ROSS SIMPSON

Utility Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . ERIC B.THOMAS

Location Manager . . . . ANDREW L. ULLMAN

Assistant

Location Managers . . . . MARK FITZGERALD

DAN GORMAN

Second Unit Locations. . . . . . JEFF MACLEAN

Animal Trainers . . . . . . . EADIE MCMULLAN

TRISH PEEBLES

Animal Handlers . . . . . . . . . GENTLE JUNGLE

Post Production

Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . JAYNE ARMSTRONG

Post Production

Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS GAIMAN

First Assistant

Editor . . . . . . . . VAUNE KIRBY FRECHETTE

Second Assistant Editor. . . RAY NEAPOLITAN

Assistant Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . JOAN WRZALA

Editorial

Production Assistant . . . . HARRISON MARKS

Apprentice Film Editor—

Boston . . . . . . . . . ANNA “BLU” NORDGREN

Re-Recording Mixers . . . . . . . TERRY PORTER

DEAN A. ZUPANCIC

Sound Design & Supervising

Sound Editors . . . . . . . . ROBERT L. SEPHTON

RANDLE AKERSON

Assistant

Sound Supervisor . . . . . . . . F. SCOTT TAYLOR

Sound Effects Editors . . . . . . . . . R. J. PALMER

GARY WRIGHT

Dialogue/

ADR Supervisor . . . . . . . . VAL KUKLOWSKY

Dialogue Editors . . . . . JOHN KWIATKOWSKI

CHIP RITTER

ADR Editor. . . . . . ELIZA POLLACK ZEBERT

ADR Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DOC KANE

ADR Recordist . . . . . JEANETTE BROWNING

Recordist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JUDY NORD

Foley Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . PIERO MURA

Foley Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DON MALOUF

Foley Artists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN SIEVERT

STEVE BAINE

Foley Mixers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEVE COPLEY

PETE PERSAUD

ADR Casting. . . . . . . . . . . . . L. A. MAD DOGS

Re-Recorded at . . . . . . BUENA VISTA SOUND

Gaffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRIAN BARTOLINI

Best Boy Electric . . . . . . . . . JOSHUA I. DAVIS

Rigging Gaffer. . . . . . . . . . . . SCOTT D. DAVIS

Best Boy Rigging Electric. . . . . MARK CASEY

Key Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GARY L. DAGG

Best Boy Grip. . . . . . . . . . . . PETE MCADAMS

Dolly Grip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID W. NIMS

Rigging Key Grip . . . . . . . . MICHAEL DIIESO

Grips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAUL RYCHLEC

TOM DORAN

GEOFFREY ROCKWELL

BILL FLANAGAN

Best Boy Rigging Grip . . . . . . JAKE FORSTER

Dimmer Board Operator. . . JAMES MCCLURE

Electricians. . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL PETERSON

MICHAEL E. REYNOLDS

Rigging Electric . . . . . DANNY HUTCHINSON

Property Master. . . . . . . . SCOTT BUCKWALD

Assistant Property Masters . . . JARED FLEURY

DANICA CHIPMAN

Special Effects

Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . LARZ ANDERSON

Video/Computer Graphics

Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . THOMAS M. CONROY

Video Researcher. . . . . DEBORAH RICKETTS

Boston Production

Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . LORI HORNUNG

Assistant Production

Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID C. BERNAT

Travel Coordinator. . . . . . . ANGELA MINUTY

2nd 2nd Assistant

Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN LABRUCHERIE

Additional 2nd Assistant Director . . JOE GRAY

Office Production

Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS SULLIVAN

ANTONIO CAETANO SANTOS

Production Secretary . . NATALIA ANDERSON

Assistant for

Mayhem Pictures . . . . . . MEGAN MCNICHOL

Assistant to

Mr. Fickman. . . . . . . . . . LORI BETH BERNAT

Assistant to

Mr. Rothschild . . . . . . . . . . . . SHIMA RAZAVI

Assistant to

Mr. Johnson. . . . . . . . . BENJAMIN T. RIGAUD

Construction Foremen . . . . . . DEAN ALLISON

STEVE A. LAKS

Construction Buyer. . . . KATHY BRUNSWICK

Construction Gang Bosses. . . DEBBIE NOLAN

ERIC MATHESON

TED LUBONOVICH II

Construction Utility . . . . . . . DANIEL WILSON

Paint Foreman. . . . . . . . . . . . SEAN BERNARD

Paint Gang Bosses . . . . . SUSANNA GLATTLY

GREG SCHMITZ

Lead Painter . . . . . . . JAMES J. PASSANANTE

Painters

KEVIN FLEMING TERESA NICOLE STROJNY

CHRIS BOGART AZHRIAZ VANASHTA

PAUL WILSON ANDRÉE LAGO

M. BROOKE COREY

Stand-By Painter . . . . . . . . . . JOHN MORGAN

Sign Writer . . . . . . . . MICHAEL MONCKTON

Welding Foreman. . . . . . . R. SCOTT FORSTER

Welding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADAM FORSTER

Production Assistants

BRADLEY ROBINSON RYAN M. KRAYSER

RAMSES DEL HIERRO J.P. OUELLETTE

ANTHONY GIANCOLA MIMI WATSTEIN

Art Department Assistants. . . VANESSA PYNE

ROB O’NEILL

Wardrobe PA . . . . . . . . . . JESSICA THERRIEN

Set Decoration Buyers. . . . PATRICK CASSIDY

DEBBIE CUTLER

On Set Dresser . . . . . . . . . . KIP A. BARTLETT

Football Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAT O’HARA

Assistant Football Coach . . . . . . JON HASKINS

CREDITS

Assistant

Football Coordinator. . . . . AIMEE MCDANIEL

2nd Assistant

Football Coordinator. . . . . . . . JESSICA MEIER

Head Trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KIM WINN

Football

Production Assistant . . . MICHAEL J. FOX, JR.

Football Players

GEIR GUDMUNDSON MARCUS “SNOWBALL” OWEN

CHRIS ANTHONY MICHAEL BLAIR

CARL BOND MIKE BROWN

HOWARD CLARK KEITA CRESPINA

CHRIS DAPOLITO SILAS DEMARY

BILL DUFF ROBERT GORDON

BILL GRAMATICA ERNEST GRANT

RICKY HALL DARYL HAMMOND

KELVIN INGRAM KEVIN INGRAM

TERRANCE JOSEPH GREG LEFEVER

BRIAN MANN ROD MANUEL

WILLIS MARSHALL STEVE MASCORRO

DOUG MILLER LAMONT MOORE

CHARLIE MORRIS JOE NORMAN

BEN NOWLAND JONATHAN ORDWAY

DUKE PETTIJOHN IDRIS PRICE

OSCAR STURGIS KERRY TAYLOR

GILLIS WILSON NYLE WIREN

TALIB WISE

BALLET SEQUENCES

Choreographer . . . . . . MARY ANN KELLOGG

Additional

Choreography by . . . . . SHELLEY FREYDONT

Assistant Choreographer . . . . . . ANNA LANTZ

Ballet Coordinator . . . . . . . . JILLIAN SCALES

Dance Coach for

Mr. Johnson . . . . CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON

Skeleton Ballet Dance Crew

MELANIE ATKINS MELISSA HOUGH

TAI JIMENEZ HEATHER MYERS

SABI VARGA SARAH WROTH

Ballet Dancers

EMILY AUBREY LAUREN BALTRUS

ALEXANDRA BERG ELIZABETH BOGIS

JAQUELINE BOLOGNA LAURA BORODIC

ABIGAIL BUSHNELL MADISON CARVELLO

ALISA CASTAGNO SOPHIA CLARKE

JESSICA CONROY PAUL CRAIG

BRIANNE CROUGH MICA RAE CURTIN-BOWEN

MARTY DAVIS XAVIER FERREIRA

LAUREN FITZPATRICK DINA GINZBURG

OLIVIA GOODSON ANA HARMON

ALEXANDRA HEIER LAUREN HERFINDAHL

TESSA JONES KATYA KARPOVA

REBECCA KRUMEL ISABELLA KULKARNI

JOHN LAM CAITLIN MILLER

EMILY MISTRETTA JULIA MITCHELL

JEFFERSON PAYNE ELIZABETH POWELL

ANELISE RAMSAY ALEXANDRA RAMSEY

RICARDO RHODES CHRISTIAN SQUIRES

DYLAN TEDALDI CARLY TOPAZIO

SARAH VACHON SARA VALVERDI

BRONWYN WADA-GILL JAMES WHITESIDE

ELIZABETH WISDOM

BALLET STAGE PRODUCTION

Scenic Design . . . . . . . . . . . PETER CAZALET

Production Manager . . . . . . . . . BEN PHILLIPS

Assistant

Production Manager . . . . . NATHANIEL NOCE

Theatrical Lighting . . . . . . . KARIM BADWAN

Master Carpenter . . . . . . . MICHAEL HIGGINS

Master Electrician. . . . . . ROBERT TOMPKINS

Property Master . . . . STEVEN COLANTOUNI

Prop Makers

TIM TILLMAN THOMAS VAIL

CHRIS CONROY JAMES KELLEY

MICHAEL KEY CAL OCAMPO

JAMES JONES CHRIS FERRIS

Carpenter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL QUIGG

Moving Light Technician . . . . . . . JON GONDA

Production Accountant . . . . HOWARD YOUNG

First Assistant Accountants . . . . RACHEL LAX

DAVE MCCOMB

Payroll Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . TANIA LEVIN

Second Assistant

Accountants . . . . . . . . . . . ALONZO NEVAREZ

JENNY LYNN BURNETT

Post Production Accountant . . KRISTI MUJICA

Unit Publicist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID LINCK

Still Photographer . . . . . . . . . . . RON PHILLIPS

Transportation Coordinator. . DAVID MARDER

Boston Transportation

Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . JOSEPH A. BOSSI, JR.

Transportation

Captain . . . . . . ROBERT “ZOMBIE” MARTINI

Casting

Associate . . . . . . SUSAN PALEY ABRAMSON

Casting Assistant . . . . . . . . . . STACY TAYLOR

Casting/

Boston . . . BOSTON CASTING, INC., ANGELA PERI

Extras Casting . . . . . . JODI PURDY-QUINLAN

SUSAN CHAVES

Studio Teachers. . . . . . . . . MAURA GANNETT

MARILYN L. COSTELLO

Medic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KIM QUAM

Catering . . . . . . . . . . FOR STARS CATERING,

THOMAS E. LINDLEY

Craft Service . . . . . . . . . CHARLES SCIMONE

Supervising Music Editor . . . BRENT BROOKS

Assistant

Music Editors . . . . . . . . DANIEL SCHWEIGER

MATT FAUSAK

Orchestrations by. . . . . . . . . MILTON NELSON

IRA HEARSHEN

PATRICK RUSS

Orchestra Contractor. . . . . . . . PETER ROTTER

Score Recorded &

Mixed by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALAN MEYERSON

Score Recorded

at . . . TODD AO SCORING STAGE, STUDIO CITY

Score Mixed

at . . . . REMOTE CONTROL PRODUCTIONS,

SANTA MONICA

Digital Workstation

Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VINCENT CIRILLI

Orchestra Conducted by . . . . PETE ANTHONY

Auricle Operator. . . . . . . . . RICHARD GRANT

Recordist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOM HARDISTY

Music Synthesizer

Programmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GARY CHASE

Assistant Engineer. . . . . . . . . . . . GREG VINES

Music Preparation

by . . BOOKER WHITE, WALT DISNEY MUSIC LIBRARY

Visual Effects Producer . . . . SCOTT SHAPIRO

Visual

Effects by. . . . . . INTELLIGENT CREATURES

Visual Effects Supervisor . . . . . . . DAN DIXON

Visual Effects Producer . . . . . . DARREN BELL

Production Supervisor. . . . . . . . CHRIS NOKES

Visual Effects Production Managers LISA REID

TARA AVENIA

Visual Effects

Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . HEATHER NEVILLE

Lead Digital Matte Painter. . . DAN WHEATON

3D Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . MIKE DALZELL

3D TD . . . . . . . . . . JERRY CORDA-STANLEY

2D Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . GREG ASTLES

2D Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLANCY SILVER

Production Executives. . . . . . . . LON MOLNAR

MICHAEL HATTON

Additional

Visual Effects by . . . . . . LOOK EFFECTS INC.

Digital Intermediate

Provided by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COMPANY 3

CO3 Executive

Producer/Colorist. . . . STEFAN SONNENFELD

Additional Colorist . . . . . . . ADRIAN DELUDE

Online Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . SAL CATANZARO

Digital Intermediate

Producer. . . . . . . . . . . . . CHOCEZ PETERSON

Company 3 Producer . . MISSY PAPAGEORGE

Digital Intermediate

Technologist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIKE CHAIDO

Digital Intermediate

Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . TODD CRAWFORD

JORGE TANAKA

Main and End Titles

Designed by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YU+CO.

Video & Computer Playback

Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . ROBERT CHARTIER

Computer Graphics,

Jumbotron Animations. . . . . . . ONE80 VISUAL

JOAQUIN BRAGA PATRICE GOLDMAN

SCOTT PRESSLER AMY SCHROB

CREDITS

GILLETTE STADIUM CREW

Production Coordinator . . DAVID MONDILLO

Video Camera Crew

PAUL COLEMAN MATT JOHNSON

SAM PATTON MIKE PORTA

JIM MARTENS DAN MAROTTA

ALAN SANTOS BILL TITUS

Scoreboard/Jumbotron

Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JON RAMSEY

BRAD STEELE

Color Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIKE MERTENS

Negative

Cutter . . . BUENA VISTA NEGATIVE CUTTING—

MARY BETH SMITH

SONGS

“Rubberneckin’”

Written by Dory Jones, Bunny Warren

Performed by Elvis Presley

Courtesy of The RCA Records Label

By Arrangement With

SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

“Jailhouse Rock”

Written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

Performed by Elvis Presley

Courtesy of The RCA Records Label

By Arrangement With

SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

“Crabbuckit”

Written by Kevin Deron Brereton

Performed by k-os

Courtesy of Astralwerks

Under License From

EMI Film & Television Music

“Tuff Enuff ”

Written by Kim Wilson

Performed by The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Courtesy of Epic Records

By Arrangement With

SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

“Let’s Get It On”

Written by Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend

Performed by Marvin Gaye

Courtesy of Motown Records

Under License From

Universal Music Enterprises

“Swan Lake”

Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Performed by the Slovak RSO,

Conducted by Ondrej Lenárd

Courtesy of Naxos

By Arrangement With Source/Q

“Feelin’ So Fly”

Written by Randy Crawford, Toby McKeehan,

Chris Stevens

Performed by tobyMac

Courtesy of ForeFront Records

Under License From

EMI Film & Television Music

“My Girl”

Written by Smokey Robinson, Ronald White

Performed by The Temptations

Courtesy of Motown Records

Under License From

Universal Music Enterprises

“Heart Go Boom”

Written by Paul Colbourne, Kevin Goodman,

Howard Gray, Trevor Gray, Ian Hoxley, Noko

Performed by Apollo 440

Courtesy of Epic Records and SONY BMG

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) Ltd.

Contains Sample of “Teknoragga”

Performed by Apollo 440 and Stevie Hyper-D

Courtesy of Reverb Records Ltd.

By Arrangement With

SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

“Best of Both Worlds”

Written by Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil

Performed by Hannah Montana

Courtesy of Walt Disney Records

“Woman”

Written by Andrew Stockdale, Chris Ross,

Myles Heskett

Performed by Wolfmother

Courtesy of Modular Recordings/

Universal Music Australia Pty Limited

Under License From

Universal Music Enterprises

“Invitation To The Dance”

Written by Carl Maria von Weber

Performed by the Slovak RSO,

Conducted by Ondrej Lenárd

Courtesy of Naxos

By Arrangement With Source/Q

“Ain’t Nothing Wrong With That”

Written by Andrew Ramsey, Robert Randolph,

Shannon Sanders

Performed by Robert Randolph &

The Family Band

Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.

By Arrangement With

Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

“Are You Lonesome Tonight?”

Written by Roy Turk, Lou Handman

“Do You Believe In Magic”

Written by John Sebastian

Performed by Aly & AJ

Courtesy of Hollywood Records

“Pumping Up The Party”

Written by Jamie Houston

Performed by Hannah Montana

Courtesy of Walt Disney Records

“Mr. Blue Sky”

Written by Jeff Lynne

Performed by Electric Light Orchestra

Courtesy of Epic Records

By Arrangement With

SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

“Rock The House”

Written and Performed by William Bergman

Courtesy of Megatrax Production Music

“Burning Love”

Written by Dennis Linde

Performed by Elvis Presley

Courtesy of The RCA Records Label

By Arrangement With

SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

American Humane Association monitored the

animal action. No animal was harmed in the

making of this film. (AHA #01448)

The Producers and Director Wish To Thank:

The City of Boston, Thomas M. Menino, Mayor

Gillette Stadium:

Robert Kraft, Jonathan Kraft, David Pearlstein,

Kellie Jo Morton, James Nolan,

Raymond Sullivan

The Boston Ballet:

Mikko Nissinen, Artistic Director;

David Tompkins, General Manager

Seura, Inc./Sharp Electronics, Inc.

Bentley College

College of the Holy Cross

The Framingham Civic League

Special Thanks to the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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THE GAME PLAN

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

“I’m not qualified for this!”

— Joe “The King” Kingman

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is about

to meet his greatest match—and she’s

about four feet tall. Emanating a unique

screen presence that combines his

undeniable charm and self-deprecating

humor, he further establishes himself as

the consummate leading man and one of

today’s surprisingly new masters of

movie comedy with his role as superstar

quarterback Joe Kingman in Disney’s

THE GAME PLAN. Sure, Joe’s known

as one of the toughest players to ever take the field. Blessed with amazing strength and agility,

he’s famed for being able to handle any hit, no matter how ferocious. But, just when he doesn’t

see it coming, Joe is about to be knocked silly by the hardest-hitting challenge he could ever

have imagined: an 8-year-old girl.

In this hilarious and heartwarming fish-out-of-water tale, “Rock” gets a chance to

showcase his unexpectedly funny, not to mention fatherly, side, while still mixing it up in

scenes of fast-paced football action, as the last guy you’d ever expect to find a way to become

a great new dad.

It all begins as Kingman’s Boston-based pro football team, The Rebels, is chasing their long-

awaited championship. As their victorious quarterback, Joe has been living the ultimate bachelor

fantasy: he’s cool, rich, famous and the life of every party—and there are a lot of parties. But his

dream is suddenly sacked for a loss when he discovers Peyton (Disney Channel star MADISON

PETTIS), the daughter he never knew existed, on his doorstep.

Now, just as his career is soaring, Joe must learn to juggle his old lifestyle of parties,

practices and dates with supermodels while tackling the new challenges of ballet, bedtime

stories and baby dolls—all without fumbling. Equally perplexed is his hard-edged mega-

agent, Stella Peck (KYRA SEDGWICK), herself without a parental bone in her body. But, as

the championship grows nearer, Joe is about to realize that the game that truly matters has

nothing to do with money, endorsements or even touchdowns—it’s all about the really tough

stuff: patience, teamwork, selflessness…and winning the heart of the one little fan who turns

out to count the most.

Walt Disney Pictures, in association with Mayhem Pictures, presents THE GAME PLAN,

directed by Andy Fickman (“She’s the Man”) and produced by Mayhem Pictures’ Gordon Gray

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

SWITCHING UP HIS “GAME PLAN”

(“Invincible,” “Miracle”) and Mark Ciardi, who are known for their hit sports action dramas but

here take a turn into sports-themed family comedy. The story is by Nichole Millard & Kathryn

Price and Audrey Wells and the screenplay is by Nichole Millard & Kathryn Price. Richard

Luke Rothschild is the executive

producer.

THE GAME PLAN stars Dwayne

“The Rock” Johnson as quarterback Joe

Kingman, newcomer Madison Pettis as

the daughter he never knew existed,

Roselyn Sanchez (“Rush Hour 2” and

“Rush Hour 3,” “Without a Trace”) as

Peyton’s alluring ballet teacher and

Golden Globe® winner Kyra Sedgwick

(“The Closer”) as Kingman’s superstar

agent. They are joined by a unique supporting cast of ball-playing actors and rising stars that

includes Emmy® winner Gordon Clapp (“NYPD Blue”), Morris Chestnut, Brian White, Jamal

Duff, Hayes MacArthur, Paige Turco, Robert Torti and Kate Nauta.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Switches Up His “Game Plan”

With roles as diverse as “The Gridiron Gang,” “The Rundown,” and “Be Cool,” Dwayne

“The Rock” Johnson has forged a reputation as today’s consummate leading man. But now,

with THE GAME PLAN, everything’s about to change, as he shows his full range by turning

from dead serious and invincible to funny and fallible in the role of a hotshot quarterback who

thinks his life as the ultimate rich, tough and successful bachelor is completely perfect until

he suddenly has to tackle one major obstacle: fatherhood. Starring as Joe Kingman, Johnson

reveals how learning to be a dad, one comical mistake at a time, helps an already successful

man become a better person.

THE GAME PLAN began when

producers Gordon Gray and Mark

Ciardi—partners in Mayhem Pictures

and renowned for creating such uplifting

and visceral sports drama hits as “The

Rookie,” “Miracle” and “Invincible”—

got a wild idea. They thought it would be

a lot of fun to try something completely

different—a comedy starring Dwayne

“The Rock” Johnson, who was an actor

that they’d always wanted to work with.

With a meeting looming with the action star, they put their heads together with Mayhem

development executive Nichole Millard to forge some ideas to present and were quickly

inspired.

“We love movies about the triumph of an underdog, but that’s not exactly what you think

about when it comes to ‘The Rock,’” explains Gray. “So we started thinking about that

perspective. We also knew that Dwayne had played football at the University of Miami and

that he was the father of a young girl. So,

we sat down with Nichole Millard to

come up with a story that might combine

all those elements. And that evolved into

THE GAME PLAN.”

Millard was so excited by the idea of

a Disney comedy starring “The Rock”

that she asked her bosses if she could

write the screenplay with her partner

Kathryn Price. The two comedy writers

had been inseparable since bonding as

college students at the University of Kansas, splitting only when both pursued graduate studies

at different law schools. Subsequent career moves landed both back in Hollywood, with Price

working in television production and Millard in film development, but they still dreamed of

getting their big break as screenwriters. It was a risk, but Gray and Ciardi were so won over

by Millard’s passion for the project that they gave her the go-ahead.

In the end, Gray and Ciardi would lose their valuable employee, but they gained the

screenplay they had hoped for in return. Meanwhile, Millard & Price were finally able to make

their dreams of screenwriting in Hollywood come true and have since become a very busy

writing team. Additional contributions to the film’s story were made by Audrey Wells, whose

credits include writing and directing the films “Under the Tuscan Sun” and “Guinevere,” as

well as writing such diverse comedies as

“Shall We Dance,” “The Truth About

Cats and Dogs,” “The Kid” and the

family film “George of the Jungle.”

“We thought it would be so fun to see

‘The Rock’ as a football player

becoming awkward and vulnerable with

this teeny, tiny daughter. That naturally

led to a lot of comedy,” says Millard.

“How does this big guy—who has been

a bachelor for so long and doesn’t even

have a guest bedroom—suddenly deal with a little girl who needs him? We had a blast

imagining all the scenarios they would find themselves in.”

Adds Price: “There aren’t very many situations that you could put ‘The Rock’ into that he

couldn’t handle, which is what makes the premise of having him go up against an 8-year-old

girl so funny.”

The story grew from there, with the duo placing Joe Kingman into one perplexing parenting

situation after another—from ballet class to dealing with dolls and bedazzlers—even as he tries

to maintain his he-man quarterback lifestyle. Along the way, Dwayne Johnson, the father of a

3-year-old himself, continually provided his own creative input. “He would send us emails

saying things like, ‘What if I had to do her hair?’ and his ideas were great,” notes Price.

Another idea Johnson brought to the table was turning Joe Kingman, whose nickname is

“The King,” into a fan of the original “King,” Elvis Presley—echoing Johnson’s longtime love

of Presley. Millard and Price had a blast with the idea. “When we found out how much

SWITCHING UP HIS “GAME PLAN”

SWITCHING UP HIS “GAME PLAN”

Dwayne Johnson loves Elvis, we found lots of ways to work that into the script,” says Millard.

Continues Price: “We were trying to pick Elvis songs Dwayne might sing, and he said, ‘Let

me put them on my iPod and I’ll try them out in my trailer’—and we got such a kick out of

thinking of him dancing to ‘Hound Dog’

in his trailer,” laughs Price.

Ultimately, Johnson would give

Kingman his own Elvis-inspired end-zone

dance as well as a chance to serenade

Madison Pettis onscreen with his own

plaintive version of “Are You Lonesome

Tonight”—which almost wins her over.

Millard and Price also had fun

creating Joe’s unlikely foil—his acerbic

female sports agent who is even more

flummoxed by children than Joe. “There aren’t many female sports agents, so we wanted

Stella to be this tough-as-nails woman who has even fewer existing parenting skills than Joe.

There were a lot of laughs to be mined there, as well as the chance to write a very unique

female character,” says Price.

But, most of all, they were excited about another story element that’s normally absent in

action movies starring major action heroes: the story’s heart. “We’re comedy writers, but we

also really wanted to tell a story about a man who discovers the power of putting family over

career. This is a journey where Joe finally discovers the priorities that make life so special,”

says Millard.

When director Andy Fickman—who is equally known for his film comedies, including the

recent teen hit “She’s the Man” starring Amanda Bynes, as he is for his stage work

(“Jewtopia,” the stage version of “Reefer Madness,” among others)—encountered the script,

he found himself hooked and even relating to Joe Kingman’s epic struggle to become as big a

hero to his daughter as he is on the football field.

“I loved the notion of who this guy

was and the whole relationship with his

daughter,” Fickman says. “I have a 10year-

old son, so just that dynamic of

trying to balance work and family also

spoke to me in a profound way.”

A meeting with Dwayne Johnson

sealed the deal for Fickman. “He clearly

was the perfect person for this role

because he has the ability to laugh at his

own image,” the director says. “The

audience has to believe Joe is the coolest and most studly of athletes—yet, at the same time,

the comedy has to stem from how completely out of the loop he is when it comes to parenting

and everyday life. Dwayne certainly has all the physical attributes of Joe Kingman, but more

importantly, he also was able to play the comedy. It was clear that Dwayne was ready to

embrace this character’s moving journey and simultaneously have a lot of fun with him.”

The Comic Side of “The Rock”: Playing Joe Kingman

On the set of THE GAME PLAN, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s performance pleased

director Andy Fickman. “He really exceeded all my expectations. There was always a level at

which we knew that who Joe Kingman is as a person would be funny, but Dwayne went much

further and truly found the heart of this tricky character,” he observes. “He found the perfect

balancing act between portraying a superstar who is outrageously self-absorbed and a humbled

new dad you really want to root for.”

From the minute he first heard the

concept for THE GAME PLAN,

Johnson was thrilled to face a challenge

unlike any he had taken on in

filmmaking before. “When you have the

chance to create a character like this

from the ground up, that’s a lot of fun,”

he says. “Having had the opportunity to

play football for 10 years, I knew I

would be able to bring some of that

swagger to Joe as well as some of the

invaluable lessons from the game that I’ve taken with me through life.”

Joe might appear to have it all, Johnson notes, because he’s got the hot women, the big

money and the adoring fans, but he’s still missing something major. “Joe is one of the guys

who, from the minute he was born, was destined to be a great quarterback,” he points out. “He’s

worked hard for everything he’s gotten, but at the same time, I think he’s never quite understood

the value of certain things, of what it means to be part of a team, to do things for other people—

and it takes a little girl to show him what is really important in life.”

Equally exciting to Johnson was the thought of putting on pads and a helmet again. Having

played as a member of the 1991 NCAA Champion University of Miami Hurricanes before an

injured back toppled his NFL dreams (and paved the way to his pro wrestling career), Johnson

says he envisioned Joe Kingman as combining “Brett Favre’s toughness with Joe Namath’s

charisma.”

But, even more than the football

action, Johnson relished the chance to

show off his comic chops. He especially

enjoyed allowing this tough, confident

man’s awkwardness and terror in the

face of parenting shine through. “For

Joe, being a father requires a whole new

playbook,” laughs Johnson.

It also means going into a whole new

world, one that includes such unlikely

pursuits as ballet, which meant Johnson had to dive into his own Ballet 101 lessons. He admits

he rather enjoyed it, especially once he realized the different-but-equal set of athletic skills it

requires. “One thing I realized is just how difficult ballet is,” says Johnson. “You’ve gotta be

disciplined, you’ve gotta be on your toes, literally, and you’ve gotta have total body control.

THE COMIC SIDE OF “THE ROCK”

A CHIP OFF “THE ROCK”

It’s a great thing to learn. And when else

am I ever going to get a chance to wear a

one-piece spandex outfit in green?”

Johnson also enjoyed the opportunity

to give another very personal touch to

the role—bringing his own passionate

love of his musical idol Elvis Presley to

Kingman—who takes his nickname,

“The King,” very seriously. “I’ve been a

huge fan of Elvis for as long as I can

remember,” confesses Johnson. “I’ve got

three artists who always inspire me: Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Sam Cooke—and that’s it.

And I thought that being an Elvis fan would be another great little layer for Joe. It was a

chance to have more fun with the character—and even to sing an Elvis song.”

Not only is Kingman’s house lined with Elvis posters and memorabilia, Joe also whips out

his curled-lip Elvis imitation whenever things get rough—including with Peyton, who shows

him no mercy with her critique of his

performance!

While Johnson went on a limb with

the character’s humor, he also notes that

playing Joe was about revealing the

moment of a man’s unexpected

transformation. “Joe may be a Hall of

Fame quarterback, but he’s been by

himself for a very long time,” sums up

Johnson. “His only real friends are Spike

the Bulldog and the end zone. But when

this little 8-year-old girl comes along who calls him Daddy, it changes him in ways he never

thought imaginable. How many times do you get the chance to win the championship game

and get the girl…only this time you get to win the love of your little daughter who means the

world to you? Joe discovers just how lucky he really is.”

A Chip off “The Rock”: Casting Joe Kingman’s Daughter

While Dwayne Johnson was on board with THE GAME PLAN from the very beginning,

the filmmakers faced a daunting task: how to find an irresistibly cute and sweet little girl who

could also evoke the same sassiness, spunk and toughness of spirit as her on-screen dad?

An extensive nationwide search led them to 7-year-old Madison Pettis of Arlington, Texas.

A complete newcomer to moviemaking, Madison won the role of Joe’s daughter, Peyton, in

impressive auditions which demonstrated some real spunk along with her sweetness. Explains

Andy Fickman: “When we screen-tested Madison with Dwayne, we all could see it. The very

first time they interacted, Dwayne looked over at me with this face that said, ‘Wow…watch

out for this one!’”

He continues: “Madison really embraced the emotional complexity of Peyton. After all,

Peyton isn’t just a Shirley Temple ragamuffin—she has plotted a major con and she has to pull

it off. At the same time, Peyton is also going through a lot

of hurt as well as hope in trying to discover a new father.

I started out with my own ideas about Peyton, but

Madison educated me every day on how much more the

character of Peyton could be.”

The producers also knew they had lightning in a bottle

once Pettis was cast. “Madison not only has a brilliant

energy, but she even looks a bit like we thought Joe’s

daughter would,” says Gordon Gray. She also had a rare

comic sensibility for someone so young. Comments Mark

Ciardi: “Madison is so smart and funny that we

continually laughed at what came out of her mouth. Once

the cameras rolled, the chemistry between Dwayne and

Madison just grew and grew.”

Madison also managed not to be intimidated by her

hulk of a co-star. “Dwayne was just so nice to me,” she

says of working side by side with “The Rock.” “The very first day we started shooting, he

brought me doughnuts and told me that we were just going to have so much fun doing the

movie. That meant a lot to me!”

But most of all, Madison loved being the one who changes Joe Kingman for the better. “Joe

really is kind of a jerk at the beginning, and he doesn’t even know it,” she observes. “But

Peyton shows him what it’s like to be nice. And, in the end, she realizes her dream of finding

her father, too!”

All “The King’s” Women: Roselyn Sanchez and Kyra Sedgwick

When Joe Kingman is suddenly thrust into the foreign world of parenthood, his confidence

is rocked by one situation after another that prove a whole lot harder than making plays on the

field—including finding his bulldog

dressed in a tutu by his ballet-obsessed

daughter. But when he takes Peyton to

enroll at Monique’s Ballet School, he’s in

for a different kind of surprise: the

beautiful, fiery Monique herself, who

demands total discipline, including from

Joe as a parent.

To play Monique, the filmmakers

knew they would need someone with

both a strong personality and an

authentic dance background, which ultimately led them to multitalented actress Roselyn

Sanchez. Sanchez, a dancer, model and singer who journeyed from Puerto Rico to New York

to jumpstart her acting career, can currently be seen in the hit television series “Without a

Trace” and was recently seen in “Rush Hour 3.” She immediately impressed the filmmakers.

“Roselyn’s a gifted dancer, she’s beautiful and, on top of that, she can also act very tough,”

says Gordon Gray. “We needed a woman with the strength to stand up to Joe Kingman.”

ALL THE KING’S WOMEN

CASTING THE TEAM

Director Andy Fickman liked that

Roselyn was able to be as light on her

feet as she was hard on woefully

inexperienced dad Joe Kingman. “It was

important to us to treat the world of

ballet in the film with the same respect

as the world of football,” he says.

“Roselyn grew up dancing ballet, and

she learned an entire new ballet for our

film, without using a dance double. She

was also so much fun, making everyone

laugh even when things were hard. I am forever in her debt for joining the production.”

Sanchez, who also played a ballerina in “Yellow,” was thrilled to be able to put her dance

training to use in creating a character who has a life-changing effect on Joe and his daughter.

“I grew up in Puerto Rico, where I had danced ballet since I was 4 years old myself. I love

dancing, so for me, this was an amazing experience,” she says.

Another character who is key to the film is Joe Kingman’s cutthroat super-agent, Stella,

who is more than happy to cheat and lie for Kingman—but not to babysit for him! The role

gave Emmy Award® nominee Kyra Sedgwick a much-desired break from more recent serious

fare in her career.

“I had done some gut-wrenching

roles recently when I got the call from

Andy Fickman to do THE GAME

PLAN,” explains Sedgwick. “And add to

that the pressure of doing a weekly series

(TNT’s “The Closer”), it was great to do

something so fun. I loved being light,

and being able to laugh a lot. Dwayne

Johnson was a sweet and utter

gentleman, while Andy Fickman was so

funny and smart. He’s incredibly fast and witty, which always helps me in a scene.”

“Kyra is one terrific actress,” concludes Dwayne Johnson. “She has a rough character to

play—one who doesn’t take any crap and gets the deals done—yet manages to be very funny

at the same time. She was aces to work with, just great.”

Recruiting the Boston Rebels: Casting The Team

A superstar player needs a superstar entourage, so director Andy Fickman next set out to

find a roster of actors with a unique combination of athleticism and acting ability to play Joe

Kingman’s teammates and coach. The result was a cast of former pro football players and

actors with football experience who were truly ready to play.

Key among the Rebels team members is Sanders, the team’s veteran wide receiver, who

wants Joe Kingman to be more of a team player.To play the role, the filmmakers chose Morris

Chestnut, who first came to be recognized by moviegoers in John Singleton’s “Boyz N The

Hood” as a high school running back trying to use his football skills to escape his violent

South Central Los Angeles neighborhood. More recently, Chestnut joined with Joaquin

Phoenix in the ensemble cast of the firefighting drama “Ladder 49.”

Chestnut first had to pass an unofficial audition for football coordinator Mark Ellis to make

sure he had the hands for making the

movie’s crucial catch—but with that

proven, he threw himself into the role.

“I’m a huge football fan and I’ve never

had the opportunity to really do a

football movie,” he says. “When I read

the script, I also thought, ‘Here’s a really

fun movie for families.’”

As for his character, Chestnut says:

“Sanders is always taking the high road,

even at the expense of some of the team

laughing at him. But I think he’s a guy who’s been around and sees the big picture. He

witnesses Joe changing and stepping into this grey area where, for the first time, he is in over

his head.”

A former NFL player for the New England Patriots, Brian White next joined the cast as the

team’s running back, Webber. The son of Boston Celtics’ great JoJo White, Brian was also a

professional lacrosse player for the Boston Blazers before becoming an actor, most recently

seen in “Stomp the Yard” and “The Family Stone.” White appreciated the authenticity that

comes along with the story’s locker room world and the joking amongst the players. “I’m

familiar with the world that this movie deals with, with the trials and tribulations of being a

professional athlete,” he says, “and I think this story pretty accurately portrays what athletes

have to go through to really find themselves. Madison, in her role, reminds us all that we’re

just big kids at heart and that the key to happiness is to never lose that.”

Meanwhile, Jamal Duff, a former

NFL lineman with the New York Giants

and Washington Redskins, took on

the role of the Rebels’ dead-serious

offensive lineman, Monroe. They don’t

come any bigger and tougher than

Monroe, but when it comes to little

Peyton, he suddenly turns into a sweet

and gentle giant.

Says Duff of his character: “Monroe

is sort of the silent warrior, but when

Monroe speaks, people listen!” Yet when Peyton makes her entrance into the life of the team,

Duff notes that this tiny child changes Monroe’s world in a big way. “There comes a moment

for Monroe when he is suddenly totally affected by Peyton, when he sees the magic in her soul

and they just connect—and it really opens up a whole new side of him. She reminds him that

it’s what is in your heart that you really need to win,” says Duff. As for working with Madison

Pettis, he adds: “She’s a pleasure to be around and even more fun to see in action!”

Rounding out the featured players on the team is Hayes MacArthur, himself a record-

holding former quarterback for Bowdoin College and player with the semi-pro football team

CASTING THE TEAM

TWO BOOT CAMPS

the L.A. Gunslingers, in the role of the Rebels’ tight end, Cooper. MacArthur notes that, along

with the comedy and story of family, “There’s a real guy element to this story, which captures

the way guys are together on teams and how they rally behind their leader.”

Finally, Gordon Clapp, an Emmy

Award® winner for his role on the long-

running series “NYPD Blue,” was

tapped to play the Boston Rebels’ ironfisted

coach, Mark Maddox. Clapp saw

his character as an amalgam of several of

the game’s most celebrated coaches. “I

think he’s a combination of Bill Parcells,

Bill Belichick and a few others I

admire,” says Clapp. “He’s more of a

brainiac than a gung-ho type. He has

always tried to goad Joe into being more of a team player, but he also wants him to find his

own way, even if he never expected him to do it quite this way.”

Two Boot Camps: Football and…Ballet

Riveting, nail-biting sports action has always been a trademark of Gordon Gray and Mark

Ciardi’s sports dramas, from “Miracle” to “Invincible,” and although THE GAME PLAN

breaks out into comedy, they wanted this film to be no exception. So, to train and choreograph

their team of already skilled football players, the filmmakers brought in football coordinator

Mark Ellis. A former college-football player, Ellis previously worked with Ciardi and Gray to

forge the stunningly true-to-the-sport baseball sequences for “The Rookie” and hockey

sequences in “Miracle,” and had also honed his football choreography on such films as “The

Longest Yard,” “The Replacements,”

“Any Given Sunday,” “Varsity Blues,”

“We Are Marshall” and, for Ciardi

and Gray, the critically acclaimed hit

“Invincible” with Mark Wahlberg.

For Ellis, veracity is the key to any

movie involving sports, whether drama

or comedy. “The audience will never

believe the characters emotionally if they

don’t believe what’s happening on the

field,” he summarizes. “With this movie,

you have to believe that Joe Kingman is the most aggressive player in football, one of the

toughest guys in the toughest environments, because when this 8-year-old girl melts him, then

it means that much more.”

Adds director Andy Fickman: “This is a family film, but we also were determined that the

football should look just like it would on TV on Sunday. I wanted there to be strong hits and

the game to be at an A level, so that people would say, ‘Wow, that looked so real.’”

Ellis began by helping to figure out Joe Kingman’s quarterback style. “We really liked the

idea of him being on the edge a lot, of getting him out of the pocket a little bit,” he explains.

“So we took that and created our

playbook.” Ellis and Johnson also

watched plenty of classic football action

film clips together for further

inspiration. “We took a little bit of Brett

Favre, Joe Namath and Joe Montana and

put them all in one package to create Joe

Kingman,” says Ellis. “And Dwayne

loved that because he’s such a good

actor, he could apply all the stuff we saw

immediately.”

Ellis also put the rest of the actors through their paces during a football training camp prior

to filming where they learned to play as a team and got themselves into football shape.

Adding to the authenticity, the filmmakers wrangled permission to have their fledgling

team train and play in Gillette Stadium, home of the three-time Super Bowl Champion New

England Patriots, and even filled the press rooms with well-known sports personalities and

journalists, including Los Angeles Times columnist T. J. Simers, USA Today writer Jon

Saraceno and broadcasters such as Boomer Esiason, Marv Albert, Jim Gray, ESPN’s Steve

Levy and Stuart Scott, among others.

With the football world in expert hands, Dwayne Johnson, Madison Pettis and Roselyn

Sanchez headed for a different kind of boot camp, one neither Johnson nor his fans likely ever

imagined he would enter: ballet school! THE GAME PLAN’s choreographer, Mary Ann

Kellogg, worked with Andy Fickman,

production designer David J. Bomba,

costume designer Genevieve Tyrrell and

composer Nathan Wang to create an

original mini-ballet that was integrated

into the film, while several dozen local

Boston dancers were recruited to dance

alongside the stars.

“We attacked the ballet the same way

we attacked football,” says Mark Ciardi.

“We had one of the best companies in the

United States, the Boston Ballet, and the beautiful Majestic Theatre in Boston at our disposal.

It was a massive undertaking, and in some ways, even bigger than the football!” Adds

Fickman: “I hope dads and football fans get a treat out of the football just as much as dance

fans will enjoy the ballet scenes. I even think that the impressive ballet scenes pushed football

coordinator Mark Ellis a bit to come up with even more spectacular ideas for the football

scenes.”

“It was one of the highlights of the whole movie for me,” says Madison Pettis. “Here I was,

dancing with the Boston Ballet, and they were all my new friends. I loved doing the production

with them and I hated to see it end. But the funniest part of all was seeing Dwayne dressed

like a tree!”

Indeed, when Joe Kingman is forced to play a role in Petyon’s ballet production, the 6'4"

Johnson found himself no longer in helmet and pads but in a leaf-covered ballet costume. “That’s

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not an outfit that most guys would be brave enough to get into,” laughs Gordon Gray, “but

Dwayne did it, and he made the most of it. In fact, he even seemed pretty graceful out there!”

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The next task for the filmmakers was creating a believable world around Joe Kingman,

whose universe comes with all the sweet

rewards of fame and adulation. He drives

a gorgeous, gull-winged Mercedes, dates

only the most fashionable women and

his lavishly furnished townhouse is the

stuff of which bachelor fantasies are

made. He even owns a brand-new, trendy

downtown watering hole, the Jelly Bar.

To create a lavish lifestyle befitting

“the King,” Fickman recruited

production designer David J. Bomba,

who previously worked with Fickman on “She’s the Man” and also designed the early rock ‘n’

roll world of Johnny Cash for the acclaimed “Walk the Line.” Bomba started by constructing

Joe’s multimillion-dollar penthouse apartment on a large converted warehouse floor in the

town of Westwood, Massachusetts. Complete with its own elevator, the apartment needed to

be able to house something huge: Joe Kingman’s ego. Bomba further outfitted Joe’s home with

a pool-sized bathtub, a designer kitchen, a gigantic personal gym and souvenir merchandise

of Elvis Presley.

“Joe’s an egomaniac, to be sure,” says

Bomba. “Andy wanted to make sure the

audience never forgot that, yet still have

his apartment show us Joe’s loneliness at

the top. We used lots of mirrors so he

could always be checking himself out.

We put all his past glories on display,

from pictures and trophies to game balls.

To top it all off, we had a wall-size

portrait of him that dominates the living

room. It is all in line with his huge sense of self, which is toppled by little Peyton.”

Whether he was working on the field of Gillette Stadium or designing on the stage of the

Majestic Theatre, Bomba notes that his design strategy was always “to contrast Peyton and

Joe, the child and the adult, football and ballet.”

While those contrasts create hilarious situations, they are ultimately overcome by the one

thing Joe Kingman has never acquired among his possessions: real love. Sums up Andy

Fickman: “I’d love the audience to walk away from the movie with the notion that anybody can

heal someone else, large or small. Because, for all the layers of cockiness Joe has built around

himself for years, it just takes one little girl’s love to melt it all away.”

DWAYNE “THE ROCK” JOHNSON (Joe Kingman)

conquered the high-impact world of sports before venturing into

acting, a transition he has accomplished with characteristic ease and

charm. In THE GAME PLAN, moviegoers will see a side of him

they have rarely been treated to: his rollicking sense of humor. He

will next be seen starring as Agent 23 in Peter Segal’s screen version

of the classic super-agent comedy “Get Smart,” alongside Steve

Carell and Anne Hathaway.

Building on a film career that began with the small but pivotal

role of The Scorpion King in Stephen Sommers’ 2001 blockbuster

“The Mummy Returns,” the actor created several memorable screen characters in a very short

amount of time. His first starring role in 2002’s “The Scorpion King” heralded the arrival of

a vibrant new action hero. His subsequent roles playing a tenacious bounty hunter (“The

Rundown”), a war hero turned vigilante (“Walking Tall”) and an interstellar alien tracker

(“Doom”) led to three very different and challenging assignments: a gay Samoan bodyguard

in “Be Cool,” a football coach in “Gridiron Gang” and a futuristic movie star in director/writer

Richard Kelly’s “Southland Tales.”

He has created his own charitable entity, The Dwayne Johnson Rock Foundation, which

creates a platform of hope and possibility for children nationwide by providing programs

designed to enrich and empower the lives and self-esteem of under-served, at-risk youth and

children hospitalized for medical disabilities, disorders and illness.

MADISON PETTIS (Peyton Kelly), who was cast for the role

of Peyton Kelly at the tender age of 7, makes her feature-film debut

with THE GAME PLAN. A dancer by the age of 4, Madison began

auditioning for commercials at age 5 in her hometown of Arlington,

Texas, after winning a contest to be the cover model for Fort Worth

Child Magazine in October of 2003.While attending kindergarten,

she alternated between modeling and commercial print work.

Madison began taking acting classes and was soon chosen for a

national toy company commercial. In December of 2005, Madison

was asked to come to Los Angeles by a top youth agency in Los

Angeles for auditions. Once there, she quickly earned the role of Stacy in the CBS series

“Jericho,” starring Skeet Ulrich.

In April of 2006, she auditioned for her first film role in THE GAME PLAN. Madison was

chosen to co-star in the new Disney Channel television series “Cory in the House,” a spin-off

of the successful series “That’s So Raven.” In “Cory in the House,” Madison plays Sophie, the

young daughter of the United States president. She shot eight episodes before being called

back to resume shooting THE GAME PLAN in September of 2006. “Cory in the House”

premiered on the Disney Channel in January of 2007.

When not working, Madison enjoys studying dance back home in Texas, where she is a

member of a dance company and has competed as a jazz dance solo artist.

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ABOUT THE CAST

KYRA SEDGWICK (Stella Peck) has conquered success on

stage, screen and television. In 2006, she won the Golden Globe® for

Best Dramatic Actress—television, in addition, she has received

three Golden Globe® nominations, an Emmy® nomination, two

SAG® nominations, two Independent Spirit Award nominations, a

Theater Award, Los Angeles Drama Desk Critics Circle Award and

a Dramalogue Award.

Sedgwick can currently be seen in TNT’s first original series

“The Closer.” Her role as Deputy Police Chief Brenda Jean Johnson

earned her a 2007 and 2006 Emmy® nomination and a 2005 Golden

Globe® and SAG® nomination. The third season of “The Closer” broke all cable records as the

most-watched cable show in history. It premiered on June 18, 2007.

She was last seen on the big screen in ThinkFilms’s “Loverboy.” Directed by Kevin Bacon,

Sedgwick helped develop and co-produced the film, which co-starred Matt Dillon, Campbell

Scott and Marisa Tomei. The film premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.

She starred in Nicole Kassell’s “The Woodsman,” produced by Lee Daniels, opposite Kevin

Bacon and Mos Def. It had its world premiere at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival (in

competition), receiving rave reviews. It was also showcased in Cannes as part of the 2004

Director’s Fortnight lineup, and won the jury prize at the Deauville Film Festival.

Sedgwick received a 2005 Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress for her

work in Lisa Cholodenko’s “Cavedweller” for Showtime. Sedgwick, who developed and

produced the film, plays Delia, a rock singer who returns to her Georgia hometown hoping to

regain custody of the two daughters she left with her abusive ex-husband (Aidan Quinn).

“Cavedweller” aired on Showtime last fall.

The actress also appeared in Joseph Sargent’s Emmy®-nominated “Something the Lord

Made” for HBO. Sedgwick co-stars alongside Alan Rickman, Mos Def and Mary Stuart

Masterson. She plays the role of Mary Blalock, the wife of Alfred Blalock, who performed the

first open-heart surgery procedure.

In 2002, Sedgwick co-starred with Parker Posey in Rebecca Miller’s independent film,

“Personal Velocity,” winning the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the 2002 Sundance Film

Festival. Other credits include the Emmy®-nominated TNT movie “Door to Door,” opposite

William H. Macy, Helen Mirren, and Kathy Baker; Fisher Stevens’ film “Just A Kiss”;

Showtime’s “Behind the Red Door,” opposite Kiefer Sutherland and Stockard Channing; and

“Secondhand Lions,” co-starring Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, and Haley Joel Osment.

Other films include John Turteltaub’s “Phenomenon,” opposite John Travolta; “What’s

Cooking,” which opened the 2000 Sundance Film Festival; “Born on the Fourth of July”; “Mr.

and Mrs. Bridge”; “Singles”; “Lemon Sky”; “Heart and Souls”; and Showtime’s “Losing

Chase,” which she executive produced and in which she starred opposite Helen Mirren.

Sedgwick’s theater credits include The Culture Project’s New York production of “The

Exonerated,” a triumphant run of Nicholas Hytner’s “Twelfth Night” at Lincoln Center, “Ah

Wilderness!” for which she won the Theater Award, and David Mamet’s “Oleanna,” which

garnered her a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and a Drama League Award.

ROSELYN SANCHEZ (Monique Vasquez) is currently

enjoying success starring as Elena Delgado on the hit CBS

television series “Without a Trace,” though she has been a star in her

native Puerto Rico since appearing in that nation’s top-rated

television show, “Que Vacilon,” when she was just 19 years old. The

young singer/dancer/actress left for New York City at age 21, where

she established herself in a string of Spanish language musicals. She

landed roles in soap operas such as “As the World Turns” and went

on to win the starring role in the television series “Fame L.A.”

She broke through as a film star with a leading role in the hit

comedy “Rush Hour 2” opposite Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, followed by roles in the films

“Held Up,” “Underclassman,” “Boat Trip,” “Basic,” “Nightstalker” and “Chasing Papi.” She

most recently joined the cast of “Rush Hour 3.”

She is also an accomplished popular singer, having released her first CD “Borinquena” in

2003, featuring the hit single “Amor Amor” (for which she earned a nomination for a Latin

Grammy Award®). Her most recent work includes the films “Pool Hall Prophets,” “Edison,”

“The Perfect Sleep” and “Yellow,” which she also produced.

GORDON CLAPP (Coach Mark Maddox) is a renowned

stage and screen actor who won the Emmy Award® in 1998 as Best

Supporting Actor in the long-running hit series “NYPD Blue”

playing hard-bitten Detective Greg Medavoy. He also was

nominated for a Tony Award® for his starring role in “Glengarry

Glen Ross” on Broadway.

Born in New Hampshire, he attended Williams College and

graduated with a theater degree before spending several years

honing his craft in regional Canadian stage productions. He made

his film debut in 1980 in John Sayles’ “Return of the Secaucus

Seven,” which led to a long association with the filmmaker on such productions as

“Matewan,” “Eight Men Out” and “Sunshine State.” He recently worked for director Clint

Eastwood in the acclaimed film “Flags of Our Fathers,” and guest-starred on the television

series “Deadwood,” “Law & Order: SVU” and “Without a Trace.” Audiences will soon see

Gordon in the HBO movie “Taking Chance” and in the recurring role of Gary Parsons on FX’s

“Damages.” He also has executive produced and starred in three short films: “Trailer Talk,”

“Bananas” and “Fast Cars & Babies.”

ABOUT THE CAST

MORRIS CHESTNUT (Sanders) has recently starred in such

films as “Ladder 49,” “The Cave” and “This Christmas.” The

athletic actor grew up playing sports in California and attended

college at Cal State Los Angeles before entering the film business

in 1990 with a small role in “Freddy’s Nightmares.” This led him to

a memorable starring role in director John Singleton’s “Boyz N the

Hood” as Ricky Baker, and brought the actor into mainstream

Hollywood. He followed this up with roles in the films “The Last

Boy Scout,” “Under Siege 2: Dark Territory,” “G.I. Jane,” “The Best

Man,” “The Brothers” and “Breaking All the Rules.” He also

displayed his prowess as a basketball player in the comedy “Like Mike” and starred in the

thriller “Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid.” He also is a principal in the film

production company DMI, which has an affiliation with Screen Gems. Most recently, Morris

completed principal photography on “Not Easily Broken,” directed by Bill Duke, in which he

starred and is executive producing for Sony Screen Gems.

BRIAN WHITE (Webber) can next be seen in the action-

adventure film “In the Name of the King,” co-starring Jason

Statham, John Rhys-Davies and Ray Liotta. He will also be seen

starring opposite Shannyn Sossamon on the new CBS series from

Joel Silver, “Moonlight.” He most recently starred in “Stomp the

Yard,” which debuted at the top of the box office, about a young man

who, after the death of his brother, is sent to live in Atlanta where he

is introduced to college and fraternity life. Previous film credits

include Tom Bezucha’s “The Family Stone,” with an all-star cast

including Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dermot Mulroney,

Luke Wilson, Rachel McAdams and Claire Danes, the Independent Spirit Award-nominated

film “Brick,” with Joseph Gordon-Levitt; “DOA: Dead or Alive,” the movie adaptation of the

best-selling video game series Dead or Alive, directed by Corey Yuen (“The Transporter);

Tyler Perry’s “Daddy’s Little Girls” with Gabrielle Union; “Dirty” with Cuba Gooding Jr. and

Clifton Collins Jr.; “Mr. 3000” with Bernie Mac and Angela Bassett; “The Movie Hero” with

Jeremy Sisto and Peter Stormare; Artisan Entertainment’s drama “Redemption”; and the

romantic comedy “Me & Mrs. Jones.”

White also has a strong presence on the small screen, having starred in a number of

television series, such as “The Ghost Whisperer,” “Moesha,” MTV’s “Spyder Games,” UPN’s

comedy “Second Time Around” with Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe and, most notably,

as Detective Tavon Garris on the award-winning FX drama “The Shield.”

No stranger to hard work or success, White, a graduate of Dartmouth College, has played

both professional football (NFL) and lacrosse (NLL), earned his certifications as a licensed

stock broker (series 7, 63 and 65) and co-founded the professional dance company/community

youth outreach organization Phunk Phenomenon Urban Dance Theater. He is also the

President of Celebrity Relations for Warm2Kids (We’re All Role Models), an online

membership community dedicated to inspiring teens and young adults to make positive life

decisions and to ensure that no young person or family suffers in silence. Additionally, White

is a founding partner with director Sylvain White, actor Boris Kodjoe and media

entrepreneur/finance executive Darius Kirksey of Media 3 Films, a feature-film production

company that recently entered a deal with Intermedia films, securing $100 million to develop

and co-produce up to 10 multicultural genre films with international appeal over the next three

years.

The eldest and only boy of six siblings, White was born in Boston to a professional

basketball player father (legend JoJo White of the Boston Celtics) and a financial advisor

mother, whom he credits as his hero.

White currently resides in Los Angeles. Visit www.brianwhiteonline.com for more

information.

HAYES MACARTHUR (Cooper) is an actor, writer, and stand-

up comedian from Chicago, Illinois. His steadily rising film career

includes supporting roles in the 2006 hit “The Break-Up,” Sony

Pictures’ “Are We Done Yet?” and the upcoming Will Ferrell

comedy “Semi-Pro.” His other credits include appearances on such

hit shows as “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “King of Queens.” Hayes

played football at Bowdoin College where, as a quarterback, he set

school records for most passing yards and touchdowns. His gridiron

career then went on to include a two-year stint playing semi-pro

football for the Los Angeles Gunslingers. Hayes now resides in Los

Angeles with his dog, Jackpot.

JAMAL DUFF (Monroe) gained fame as an NFL defensive

lineman with the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins

before entering acting in 2003 with a role in the film “S.W.A.T.”The

6'8", Ohio-born performer attended San Diego State University,

where he excelled in football, before landing roles in “The

Rundown” (in which he fights Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson), “The

Eliminator,” “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” and “The

Marine.” He also appeared in the television series “CSI: Crime

Scene Investigation” and “In Justice.” His most recent film role was

in the thriller “Lords of the Underworld.”

PAIGE TURCO (Karen Kelly) recently appeared for producers

Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray as Carol Vermeil in their hit film

“Invincible” in 2006. She just finished filming “Taking Chance” for

HBO opposite Kevin Bacon and will soon be seen in the new ABC

series “Big Shots” opposite Dylan McDermott to premiere this fall.

Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, she studied ballet and

became a proficient soloist with several ballet companies before a

severe ankle injury cut her career short at the age of 14. She decided

to pursue music and drama at the University of Connecticut where

she graduated. Paige has starred in numerous television shows and

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feature films, including “American Gothic,” “Party of Five,” “NYPD Blue” and the series

“The Agency,” where she met her husband, actor Jason O’Mara. Paige is still known to many

as April O’Neill in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3.”

Paige and her family reside on the East Coast.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

KATE NAUTA (Tatianna) made a startling impression with her

ruthless performance as the gunslinging hit woman Lola in the 2005

thriller “Transporter 2” starring Jason Statham. The role was a

departure for the willowy actress, who had previously been best

known as a top international model. Born in Salem, Oregon, she

began modeling at age 15 and won the Elite Model Look Contest at

17 before leaving home for a career modeling around the world

(known as Katie Nauta) for such companies as Versace and L’Oreal.

She is also a singer and a songwriter who recorded two songs for the

“Transporter 2” soundtrack.

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ANDY FICKMAN (Director) most recently guided the hit comedy “She’s the Man”

starring Amanda Bynes, which won the Teen Choice Award as Best Comedy. Certainly one of

the busiest filmmakers working, he brings a wealth of experience creating, directing, writing

and producing television, film and stage projects to his position on THE GAME PLAN. Born

in Houston, he attended the University of Houston and Texas Tech University while

performing in stand-up comedy while still a teenager. After graduation, he came to Los

Angeles, where his first jobs included tour guide at Universal Studios and the mailroom at

Triad Artists Agency. He also became a prolific writer and director for the local theater scene,

eventually co-founding and managing the Fountainhead Theatre Company.

He moved into film development by working with companies run by Gene Wilder and

Bette Midler before being named Vice President of Creative Affairs and Production for Middle

Fork Productions, where he served as associate producer on the successful thriller

“Anaconda.”

Meanwhile, his theatrical resume grew to include the hit plays “Jewtopia” and “Reefer

Madness.” Both productions moved on to rave reviews and packed houses in New York City.

He directed the acclaimed film version of “Reefer Madness” for Showtime (which also played

the Sundance and Deauville Film Festivals among others) as well as the independent comedy

“Who’s Your Daddy,” starring Brandon Davis, Christine Lakin and Patsy Kensit.

Currently, he is working on a myriad of film and television productions that include

projects for Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray’s Mayhem Pictures, The Weinstein Company, Walt

Disney Pictures, CBS, Twentieth Century Fox and Columbia Pictures among many others.

MARK CIARDI and GORDON GRAY (Producers) are partners in Mayhem Pictures, the

prolific production company that has produced such box-office smashes as “The Rookie,”

“Miracle” and last summer’s surprise hit “Invincible,” starring Mark Wahlberg and Greg Kinnear.

Gordon Gray attended the University of Southern California, where he majored in real

estate and finance. Mark Ciardi graduated from the University of Maryland before moving

into a successful baseball career as a pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers.

After meeting in Los Angeles, the duo formed Mayhem Pictures and developed the script

that eventually became “The Rookie,” the real-life sports drama starring Dennis Quaid as

pitcher Jim Morris, who made the big leagues after a tryout at age 35 while working as a youth

baseball coach. They followed with the inspirational true story of the improbable victory of

the 1980 USA Olympic hockey team, “Miracle,” starring Kurt Russell as coach Herb Brooks.

In 2006, Ciardi and Gray guided the box-office hit “Invincible,” about the true-life victory

of Philadelphia bartender Vince Papale as he overcame fantastic obstacles to walk on from

nowhere to the roster of his beloved Philadelphia Eagles football team. The film starred Mark

Wahlberg as Papale and Greg Kinnear as his coach, Dick Vermeil. Mayhem Pictures is

currently producing several projects in different stages of development under its first-look

deal with Walt Disney Pictures.

RICHARD LUKE ROTHSCHILD (Executive Producer) has worked in several

production capacities with such directors as Bruce Beresford (“Crimes of the Heart,” “Tender

Mercies,” “Double Jeopardy”), Christopher Guest (“The Big Picture”), Peter Weir (“The

Truman Show”) and Joe Johnston (“Hidalgo”) among others. Born in New York City, he was

educated in part at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, before taking a job in

commercial production at N. Lee Lacy & Associates in New York City. From there, he moved

into film and television production.

His television credits include producing “Hawaiian Honeymoon,” “Hitler’s Daughter,”

“Fire and Rain” and “Brothers and Sisters,” while his film work includes co-producing “Romy

& Michele’s High School Reunion,” producing “Urban Legends: Final Cut” and co-producing

“The Scorpion King,” starring THE GAME PLAN’s Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

NICHOLE MILLARD & KATHRYN PRICE (Screenplay/Story) have been writing

partners since meeting as sorority sisters at the University of Kansas. Both went on to attend

law school, with Millard going to the University of Indiana and Price to Stanford University.

Both briefly practiced law before they decided to move to Los Angeles to tackle the

entertainment industry.

Kathryn Price found a novel way to break in: she was The Mole in the ABC series of the

same name. Later, she worked in various production capacities on such series as “The

Bachelor,” “High School Reunion” and “The Starlet.” Nichole Millard started as a talent

manager at Industry Entertainment before joining Mayhem Productions as Director of

Development. There, she and her partner pitched Mayhem founders Mark Ciardi and Gordon

Gray the story that eventually became THE GAME PLAN and their first produced feature

film script.

Most recently, the duo are currently working on feature projects for Sony, Walden and

Disney. They will reteam with THE GAME PLAN’s producers Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray,

as well as director Andy Fickman (who is also co-writing with them), on Disney’s “Pool Rats.”

GREG GARDINER (Director of Photography) most recently worked on the Walt

Disney Pictures’ comedies “She’s the Man” (directed by Andy Fickman) and “Herbie Fully

Loaded.” He began his career as an electrician on the film “Early Warning” in 1981 and moved

into being the gaffer on “Repo Man,” “Paris, Texas” and “Cherry 2000,” before becoming the

second unit director of photography on “Critters 2: The Main Course” and “Society.” He

became director of photography with the film “Far Out Man” in 1990 and also worked in that

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role on the television productions of “The Flash,” “Viper” and “Leaving L.A.” before

becoming cinematographer on such films as “Somebody Is Waiting,” “The Apocalypse,” “To

End All Wars,” “Orange County,” “Big Trouble,” “Men in Black II,” “Biker Boyz,” “Elf,”

“New York Minute” and “Son of the Mask.”

MICHAEL JABLOW, A.C.E. (Editor) recently earned an Emmy® Award nomination as

well as an Eddie Award nomination for his work on the acclaimed HBO film “*61,” directed

by Billy Crystal. He began his career as working as an assistant editor on such films as “Hair,”

“Brubaker” and “You Light Up My Life” before becoming editor on such films as “Modern

Problems,” “The Wild Life” and “Get Crazy.” He went on to work on top film comedies

including “Throw Momma From the Train,” “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police

Squad,” “Madhouse,” “The Marrying Man,” “Mom and Dad Save the World,” “Boomerang,”

“Muppet Treasure Island,” “Little Big League,” “Can’t Hardly Wait,” “Homegrown,” “She’s

the Man,” “Beauty Shop” and “Old School,” while also editing such dramatic fare as the films

“The Last Castle,” “The Contender” and the HBO film “Breast Men.” He recently completed

the documentary “Season of the Samurai,” about a brainstorming Japanese minor league

baseball team, which premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival and was screened at the

Montreal Comedy Festival.

DAVID J. BOMBA (Production Designer) received the 2006 Art Directors Guild Award

for his design on the film “Walk the Line.” The Florida native attended Texas A&M University

before beginning his career as a set dresser and prop man for commercials. He went on to

become art director on such films as “A Civil Action,” “Twilight,” “Apollo 13,” “Serial Mom,”

“Eye for an Eye,” “Chain Reaction,” “The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag,” “Mother’s Boys,”

“He Said, She Said” and “Silent Fall” before becoming production designer for the films “My

Dog Skip,” “Secondhand Lions,” “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood,” “The Wendell

Baker Story,” “Original Sin” and the HBO film “Gia” among others.

GENEVIEVE TYRRELL (Costume Designer) began her career in commercials and

music videos, which, on a sunny afternoon in 1996, led her to the garage of Doug Liman

where she was hired for her first film, “Swingers.”

With that as her calling card, she began designing other hipster male ensemble comedies

with projects like “Suicide Kings,” HBO’s “Entourage” and “The Dukes of Hazzard.” Along

the way, she designed other feature films such as “Go,” “Guinevere” and “Freaky Friday.” Her

television credits include “Cold Case,” “October Road” and the upcoming “Life on Mars” for

David E. Kelley.

NATHAN WANG (Composer) wrote the scores for director Andy Fickman’s previous

films, “Reefer Madness” and “She’s the Man.” A graduate of Pomona College and Oxford

University, he first worked as a composer for television with such assignments as “China

Beach,” “Encyclopedia Brown” and “Eek! The Cat” before working on several Chinese

language films. He moved into composing for features with “The Kiss” and “Spellcaster” and

went on to write the scores for such films as “Shoot!,” “Forbidden City,” “Charlie’s War,”

“Enter the Dragonfly,” “Everest E.R.,” “The Final Season” and “Highlander: Vengeance”

among others.

MARK ELLIS (Football Coordinator) is known for his ability to mount sports teams for

film productions that compete on the professional, collegiate and high school levels within a

matter of weeks, using professional and semi-professional talent that must perform precision

stunts for the camera on command. He is the co-founder of the sports production company The

Sports Studio.

He enjoyed a successful college football career at Appalachian State University while

studying under future Texas coach Mack Brown. He earned his master’s degree while a

coaching assistant at the University of South Carolina. There, he was hired by a local film

crew shooting “The Program” to tutor actor Omar Epps in football, and Ellis worked from

there strictly on film work with such assignments as “Jerry Maguire,” “Varsity Blues,” “Any

Given Sunday,” “Summer Catch,” “Hard Ball,” “Not Another Teen Movie,” “The Rookie,”

“Radio,” “Miracle,” “Mr. 3000,” “Coach Carter,” “Kicking and Screaming,” “The Longest

Yard,” “Rebound,” “The Shaggy Dog,” “The Benchwarmers,” “Superman Returns” and

“Invincible.” He most recently worked on the films “We Are Marshall,” “Pride and Glory” and

“Semi-Pro.” He has also served as second unit director on the films “The Longest Yard,”

“Rebound” and “We Are Marshall.”

JENNIFER HAWKS (Music Supervisor) is a distinguished music supervisor who has

added her touch to many film projects. Some of her recent films include this summer’s hit

“Disturbia,” “She’s the Man,” “Coach Carter,” and “The Longest Yard.”

Most recently, Jennifer has been named Senior Vice President of Music for DreamWorks

Studios.

SHEILA JAFFE (Casting Director) has been casting for film and television for the last

decade, winning an Emmy Award® for her work on “The Sopranos.” Her films include “The

Italian Job” with Mark Wahlberg, “Be Cool” with John Travolta and “Last Holiday” with

Queen Latifah. More recently, she cast “Invincible,” “Rocky Balboa” and Griffin Dunne’s

forthcoming “The Accidental Husband.” Her television credits also include HBO’s hit

“Entourage.”

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