Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Director: Jeremia Zagar
Top-Cast: Adam Sandler, Ben Foster, Andrea Sooch
Writer: Will Fetters, Taylor Materne
Synopsis – Hustle is an upcoming American sports drama film directed and written by Jeremia Zagar, and Will Fetters, Taylor Materne respectively. The star cast of this film includes Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Ben Foster, Juancho Hernangómez, and Robert Duvall. This film is produced by LeBron James, and Adam Sandler under the banner of Madison 23 Productions, SpringHill Company, and Roth/Kirschenbaum Films. Hustle is all set to premiere on Netflix on 08th June 2022.
The music in this film is composed by Dan Deacon while the cinematography and editing is completed by Zak Mulligan, and Tom Costain, Brian M. Robinson respectively. The duration of this film is around 117 minutes and will be distributed worldwide by Netflix from 08th June 2022.
The principal photography of this film was started from October 2020 and shoot took place in Philadelphia and in May 2020, Adam Sandler joined the cast of this film with Jeremia Zagar directing from a screenplay by Taylor Materne and Will Fetters. In September 2020, Queen Latifah was announced to join the cast of the film. In October 2020, Robert Duvall, Ben Foster, Juan Hernangómez, Jordan Hull, María Botto, Ainhoa Pillet, Kenny Smith, and Kyle Lowry joined the cast of the film.
The filming was continued at the Coatesville Area High School in Pennsylvania. Multiple scenes of this movie were filmed in Center City, Philadelphia, including Market Street, the Italian Market, Manayunk, and South Philadelphia. The additional scenes of this movie were shot in Camden, New Jersey.
The story of this film is based on a story of a basketball scout, Stanley Beren and Bo Cruz, a street ball player. Further story of this film revolves around, After being fired, pro basketball scout, Stanley Beren is excited in a very long while when he serendipitously discovers Spanish amateur baller Bo Cruz, playing in a park outside Madrid. Fueled with new found purpose, Stanley sees the hidden NBA player in Bo Cruz and decides to groom Bo for the NBA.