Billy Bob Thornton (
Bad Santa), is currently in talks to be coach in the football drama
Friday Night Lights, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Based on the book by H.G. Bissinger, chronicles the 1988 football season of the Odessa (Texas) Permian High Panthers, capturing the struggles and hopes of a financially troubled town that pins its dreams on the team's Friday night games. Thornton will play the team's coach.
The movie will be shot in and around Odessa. Peter Berg (
The Rundown) will direct.