# Matthew McConaughey soccer movie based on true story suddenly canned **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 15, 2022, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607 "2022-09-15T09:27:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/1 "2022-09-15T09:27:21Z")
The only thing I could think of is that would derail this is maybe the girls on the team were assaulted or abused in some way and it was hushed up. “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. The _Deadline_ story also goes deeper in the plot, saying it would’ve tied in with Ronald Reagan’s attempts to reestablish political relations with China, which led to China inviting the U.S. women’s soccer team to attend a big tournament, which led to the U.S. realizing that it didn’t _have_ a women’s soccer team. Thus, a bunch of teenagers got called up to compete” > **[Matthew McConaughey soccer movie based on true story suddenly canned](https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned-over-disturbing-allegations/ar-AA11QcES?ocid=MSNHP_U646&pc=U646&cvid=50ffc52ef8cc41a7a7bf9e92f24754fc)** > > The producers recently received unspecified allegations about the story the film is based on Any soccer fans know anything about the original team and coach? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/2 "2022-09-15T14:13:16Z")
I don’t know the story and the team this film is based on, but it reminded of the true story when in 1981, the German club team SSG Bergisch Gladbach 09 won the first (unofficial) World Cup for women in Taiwan. Surprisingly, the great football nation Germany still didn’t have an official women’s national team, so they sent the current German champion which was Bergisch Gladbach. All their competitors were real national selections of the respective nations’ best players. And as the story goes, Bergisch Gladbach won and a club team became the first women’s World Cup champion. Sorry, only German link: > **[Frauenfußball vor 40 Jahren - Erinnerungen an das Wunder von Taipeh](https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/frauenfussball-vor-40-jahren-erinnerungen-an-das-wunder-von-100.html)** > > Weil der DFB zu dem Zeitpunkt noch kein Frauennationalteam hatte, reisten vor 40 Jahren die deutschen Meisterinnen der SSG Bergisch Gladbach 09 zu einer inoffiziellen Weltmeisterschaft nach Taiwan - und gewannen diese sensationell. Zum Jubiläum wurde... ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/3 "2022-09-15T14:18:32Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > The only thing I could think of is that would derail this is maybe the girls on the team were assaulted or abused in some way and it was hushed up. Or MM abused some of the teenage girl cast? I’d hope not, but after all, it is Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/4 "2022-09-15T14:23:41Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Or MM abused some of the teenage girl cast? I’d hope not, but after all, it is Hollywood. Multiple sources have said the problem is either the veracity of the story told regarding the original events, or things previously undisclosed about those events. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/5 "2022-09-15T14:24:12Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Or MM abused some of the teenage girl cast? I’d hope not, but after all, it is Hollywood. It says right there in the article that the move was canceled based on, “allegations surrounding aspects of the true story on which the drama was based.” Production had not even begun. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/6 "2022-09-15T15:00:32Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Or MM abused some of the teenage girl cast? I’d hope not, but after all, it is Hollywood. Talk about living up to your user name. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/7 "2022-09-15T15:06:32Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > canceled based on, “allegations surrounding aspects of the true story on which the drama was based.” I don’t think that has ever stopped a movie from being made in the past. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/8 "2022-09-15T16:00:22Z")
I can’t think of an analogous situation off hand, but movies get canceled at various points in development for various reasons all the time. It’s certainly possible other projects have been halted for similar reasons with less fanfare. > [@Telemark](#): > > > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > > Or MM abused some of the teenage girl cast? I’d hope not, but after all, it is Hollywood. > > Talk about living up to your user name. No kidding. What a wild, unsubstantiated aspersion to cast based on a lazy reading of the article. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/9 "2022-09-15T16:22:22Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > No kidding. What a wild, unsubstantiated aspersion to cast based on a lazy reading of the article. Geeze, you all bored or what? It was one comment, based on both not reading the article, and knowing how it is in Hollywood, but y’all gotta get your kicks in. Move on already. ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/10 "2022-09-15T16:34:16Z")
Nobody else is thinking China had anything to do with it? China is a huge film market for Hollywood and they have had increasing influence on marketing and production of films. If this portrayed them in a bad light China may have threatened to bar the production company and distributors from their market. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/11 "2022-09-15T16:51:49Z")
You keep going back to this image you have of “Hollywood”, and making assumptions/casting aspersions based on that. Maybe lighten up on that part? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/12 "2022-09-15T16:59:13Z")
Agreed. @Just_Asking_Questions , if you have any citations to support your aspersion against Matthew McConaughey, you should present them, and if you don’t have any, you should learn to keep your mouth shut. That is a serious accusation. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/13 "2022-09-15T17:09:06Z")
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/14 "2022-09-15T17:10:10Z")
Do not make this thread personal. Stop with bashing other posters. Thread will reopen in an hour. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/15 "2022-09-15T18:10:51Z")
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**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/16 "2022-09-15T19:07:27Z")
Yeah, the film not have been “Pro-China” enough and gotten canned after they couldn’t secure a Chinese co-production company willing to work with them. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/17 "2022-09-15T19:15:22Z")
Yeah, there’s many ways this movie could have inadvertently made China look bad. Either something about CCP politics, or making China look backwards, or whatnot. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/18 "2022-09-15T19:20:32Z")
Or FIFA? They’re corrupt and could have used their influence to kill the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/19 "2022-09-15T21:11:02Z")
China is a major market…but is it really a major market for a feel-good lower-tier American sports movie? Very realistically the aspects of the story that have come to light probably just made money people involved say “the juice ain’t for the squeeze” for all the hit/think pieces that will get written about it and bog down any publicity the movie gets. ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607/20 "2022-09-15T21:31:24Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > China is a major market…but is it really a major market for a feel-good lower-tier American sports movie? That’s not really the issue. If China feels insulted by a movie, they may decide they don’t want to do business with any company involved in making it, whether it makes it to their market or not. My suspicion is the head honchos involved want to keep the gravy train rolling in for other movies they plan to release in the Chinese market, and don’t want to risk upsetting the boat. There are memes about “Cancel culture” here in the USA, but China really takes it to a whole new level. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-mcconaughey-soccer-movie-based-on-true-story-suddenly-canned/971607.md?page=2)