Terrence Howard ("Crash", "Four Brothers") is in final negotiations to topline "PDR," aka Philadelphia Department of Recreation, for Lionsgate Films says Reuters.
Penned by Michael Gozzard and Kevin M. Smith, the film 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.
Filming is scheduled to start shooting in late April somewhere on the East Coast.
