Tim McGraw to star with Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side"

Tim McGraw is set to co-star with Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side,” it was announced by Alcon Entertainment co-founders and co-CEOs Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson. Shooting begins at the end of the month in Atlanta, Georgia.

Tim McGraw is set to play patriarch Sean Touhy, husband of Sandra Bullock’s character Leigh Anne. The film is based on the best selling novel by Michael Lewis, ‘The Blind Side: Evolution of the Game,’ and tells the remarkable true story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American teen from a broken household who is taken in by a well-to-do white family that sees extraordinary promise in him. Oher’s real life success will be highlighted next month when he is expected to be a first round pick at the NFL Draft.

Warner Bros.-based Alcon Entertainment is financing and producing the feature. Gil Netter (“Marley and Me”) will produce the film along with Alcon co-founders and co-CEO’s Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove. Molly Smith (“P.S. I Love You”), Erwin Stoff (“The Lake House”), and Tim Bourne (“Mr. 3000”) will executive produce. John Lee Hancock (“The Rookie”) has written the adaptation and will direct the feature.

McGraw most recently co-starred in “Four Christmases,” co-starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon for New Line Cinema. McGraw is represented by the Creative Artist Agency.

ABOUT ALCON ENTERTAINMENT
Alcon Entertainment co-founders and co-CEO's Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson founded the Company in 1997 with financial backing from Frederick W. Smith, the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FedEx. Alcon, which is named after a mythological archer and ally of Hercules, has financed, and/or co-financed/produced 14 films, including “My Dog Skip,” “Dude, Where’s My Car?”, “Insomnia,” “Racing Stripes, “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” “16 Blocks,” “P.S. I Love You,” and “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.” Alcon has enjoyed a long-standing distribution relationship with Warner Bros., which was recently renewed for 5 additional years and 15 films. Alcon’s next feature “The Book of Eli,” starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman, will open wide on January 15, 2010.