With his latest directorial effort, The Tender Bar, drawing some awards attention, George Clooney is already busy putting together his next drama. He's gearing up to make The Boys In The Boat and is adding Cobra Kai's Courtney Henggeler.
Mark L. Smith (who worked with Clooney on The Midnight Sky) wrote the latest draft of the film, which adapts Daniel James Brown’s 2013 book of the same name. It tells the triumphant underdog story of the University of Washington men’s rowing team, who stunned the world by winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Henggeler is playing Hazel Ulbrickson, the wife of Joel Edgerton’s Coach Ulbrickson, who leads the team to glory.
Alongside those two, the cast also includes Callum Turner, Jack Mulhern, Sam Strike, Luke Slattery, Thomas Elms, Tom Varey, Bruce Herbelin-Earle, Wil Coban and Hadley Robinson.
Backed by MGM, there's no word yet on when the sports drama might row its way to screens. But Henggeler will be back as Amanda LaRusso in the fifth season of the excellent Karate Kid spin-off, which should premiere later this year.