Comedian Bernie Mac is in final talks to star opposite Terrence Howard for his first dramatic role in Lionsgate Films
PDR, says Variety.
The feature, helmed by Sunu Gonera, chronicles the real-life story of Jim Ellis (Howard), who in the 1970s transformed a group of troubled inner-city kids into one of the best swim teams in the country.
Mac will play the janitor who, with Howard, fights the closing of a rec center and helps turn it into a vital community center.