According to Deadline, Emmy winner Uzu Aduba (Orange is the New Black), Emmy nominee Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood), Alexander Ludwig (Vikings), Tim Blake Nelson (Watchmen), Andrew Bachelor (Greenland), and David Koechner (Anchorman films) have officially been cast to join in STXfilms’ upcoming sports drama film National Champions.
Aduba is set to play the role of Katherine, who is the outside counsel to the NCAA, with Olyphant playing a college hipster professor named Elliot.
National Champions will be directed by Ric Roman Waugh from a screenplay adapted by Mervis, who is also set as an executive producer.
They will be joining previously announced leads Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash), and Golden Globe nominee Stephan James (If Beale Street Could Talk), with Ric Roman Waugh directing the project.