Country music icon Tim McGraw is set to play a lead role in the upcoming Hulu drama pilot "Southern Bastards," according to Variety.
"Southern Bastards" is based on the Image Comics serries of the same name.
British actress Erin Kellyman is also cast in the movie alongside actor/musician Kevin Bacon, whose involvement had been previously revealed.
According to Deadline, McGraw will play Coach Boss, a legendary high school football coach who also happens to run an organized crime ring.
Kellyman plays a military vet who travels to Alabama to try to find her estranged father, played by Bacon.
The project comes from Disney's Onyx Collective, POV Entertainment, and Ryan Coogler's Proximity Media in association with Fifth Season.
The graphic novel series, which was originally published in 2014, is set in the fictional Craw County, Alabama. It is a brutal "love letter/hate rant" to the American South. The series by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour won the Eisner Award.
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