OSCAR ^® WINNER J.K. SIMMONS AND EMMY ^® NOMINEE STEPHAN JAMES STAR IN THE TENSE, HIGH STAKES SPORTS DRAMA FROM THE DIRECTOR OF GREENLAND

OWN IT WITH NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN EXTRAS ON DIGITAL NOW ON BLU-RAY^TM AND DVD MARCH 8, 2022
FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT

SYNOPSIS:
Three days before the college football national championship game, star quarterback LeMarcus James (Emmy® Nominee Stephan James; If Beale Street Could Talk, 21 Bridges) and teammate Emmett Sunday (Alexander Ludwig; “Vikings”, The Hunger Games franchise) ignite a player’s strike declaring they won’t compete until all student-athletes are fairly compensated. With billions of dollars at risk and legacies on the line, the stakes could not be higher. Now, with only hours until kickoff, the head coach (Oscar® Winner J.K. Simmons; Whiplash, Being the Ricardos) and various power brokers – Emmy® Winner Kristin Chenoweth (“Pushing Daisies”), Emmy® Nominee Timothy Olyphant (“Fargo,” “Justified”), Emmy® Winner Uzo Aduba (“Orange is the New Black”), Lil Rel Howery (Get Out, Free Guy), Tim Blake Nelson (“Watchmen”), Andrew Bachelor (Holidate), Jeffrey Donovan (Sicario, ), David Koechner (Anchorman,), – must race against the clock to protect or destroy the prevailing collegiate athletics system.
 

BONUS FEATURES on BLU-RAY^™, DVD AND DIGITAL:

• Behind the Music
• The Game
• Sports Trivia

 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY^™, DVD AND DIGITAL.

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UPHE Website: https://www.uphe.com/movies/national-champions
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FILMMAKERS:
Cast: Stephan James, J.K. Simmons, Alexander Ludwig, Lil Rel Howery, Tim Blake Nelson, Russell Wilson, Andrew Bachelor, Jeffrey Donovan, David Koechner With Kristin Chenoweth With Timothy Olyphant And Uzo Aduba
Casting By: Mary Vernieu, CSA And Michelle Wade Byrd, CSA
Music By: Jonathan Sanford
Costume Designer: Liz Staub
Edited By: Gabriel Fleming, ACE
Production Designer: Clay A. Griffith
Director of Photography: Khalid Mohtaseb
Executive Producers: Russell Wilson, Jonathan Fuhrman, Michael Smith, Jeffrey Stott, Ric Roman Waugh, Christian Mercuri, David Haring, Adam Mervis, Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor, Will Flynn, Robert Simonds, Adam Fogelson, Samuel J. Brown
Produced By: Basil Iwanyk, Brendon Boyea, Greg Economou
Written By: Adam Mervis
Directed By: Ric Roman Waugh
 

TECHNICAL INFORMATION BD:
Street Date: March 8, 2022
Selection Number: 1000810679 (US)
Layers: BD 50
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 2.40:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
Rating: R for language throughout and sexual references
Languages/Sound: English (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Bonus Content Dolby Digital 2.0)
Subtitles: English, Latin American Spanish
Run Time: 01:56:38

TECHNICAL INFORMATION DVD:
Street Date: March 8, 2022
Selection Number: 1000810680 (US)
Layers: DVD 9
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 2.40:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
Rating: R for language throughout and sexual references
Languages/Sound: English (Dolby Digital 5.1, Bonus Content Dolby Digital 2.0)
Subtitles: English, Latin American Spanish
Run Time: 01:56:38
 

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STXfilms, a division of Eros STX Global Corporation, is a next-generation film studio that produces, acquires, distributes, and markets motion pictures at scale. From blockbusters like Greenland, Hustlers, Bad Moms, and The Upside to hits like The Gentlemen, Molly’s Game, and The Gift, STXfilms produces star-driven films for a global audience. In just 7 short years, its slate of films has already grossed over $1.8b in global theatrical box office. With a wide range of partners including Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Showtime (which handle the physical and premium television releases of STXfilms content, respectively), the studio is a fast-growing, industry powerhouse. Upcoming films include Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Jason Statham, Hugh Grant, Aubrey Plaza, and Josh Hartnett, The Contractor starring Chris Pine, The Marsh King’s Daughter directed by Neil Burger and starring Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn, Bed Rest starring Melissa Barrera, American Sole starring O’Shea Jackson Jr., Camila Mendes, Offset, and Bad Bunny, The Godmother starring Jennifer Lopez, and Muscle starring Vin Diesel and directed by F. Gary Gray.

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ABOUT UNIVERSAL PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT:
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE – www.uphe.com) is a unit of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG). UFEG produces, acquires, markets and distributes filmed entertainment worldwide in various media formats for theatrical, home entertainment, television and other distribution platforms, as well as consumer products, interactive gaming and live entertainment. The global division includes Universal Pictures, Focus Features, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Brand Development, Fandango, DreamWorks Animation Film and Television.  UFEG is part of NBCUniversal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production and marketing of entertainment, news and information to a global audience.  NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks and a suite of leading Internet-based businesses. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.