A Matthew McConaughey-starring soccer movie called Dallas Sting has been suddenly canceled, just a few weeks before production was set to begin. Set in 1984, the movie was supposed to be about the true story of a girls soccer team that went to China to compete in an international tournament and went on to defeat several major teams and ultimately win the tournament, with Matthew McConaughey playing their coach Bill Kinder.

Weirdly, we don’t know exactly why the movie has been canceled, but The Hollywood Reporter says the producers and production company Skydance “received disturbing allegations surrounding aspects of the true story on which the drama was based,” and after an investigation, they decided to “pull the plug.” That could mean any number of things, so it would probably inappropriate for us to guess, but THR at least says that “a source close to the decision” says the producers “were disappointed by the development” and really felt like this story “deserved to be told,” which seems to indicate that it was a big surprise and a very bad one at that.

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A Matthew McConaughey-starring soccer movie called Dallas Sting has been suddenly canceled, just a few weeks before production was set to begin. Set in 1984, the movie was supposed to be about the true story of a girls soccer team that went to China to compete in an international tournament and went on to defeat several major teams and ultimately win the tournament, with Matthew McConaughey playing their coach Bill Kinder.

Weirdly, we don’t know exactly why the movie has been canceled, but The Hollywood Reporter says the producers and production company Skydance “received disturbing allegations surrounding aspects of the true story on which the drama was based,” and after an investigation, they decided to “pull the plug.” That could mean any number of things, so it would probably inappropriate for us to guess, but THR at least says that “a source close to the decision” says the producers “were disappointed by the development” and really felt like this story “deserved to be told,” which seems to indicate that it was a big surprise and a very bad one at that.

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