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(Los Angeles, CA) Gil Birmingham, known for his role as Billy Black in the Twilight Saga films, will join Superman Returns' Brandon Routh in the film Crooked Arrows, a story about a Native American high School Lacrosse team forced to compete against a better equipped and trained local prep school team. Birmingham will play the tribal chairman and father of the entrepreneurial son played by Routh.

The film centers on Joe Logan (Routh), a 30-year-old mixed-blood Native American, who wants to modernize the reservation but must first prove himself to his father (Birmingham), a traditionalist tribal chairman, by rediscovering his spirit. Joe postpones his casino-building dreams to coach the fledging Native American lacrosse team against the prep school in which he used to star. As a result, Joe inspires the Native American youth and teaches them the true meaning of tribal pride. The sport of Lacrosse dates back to the northeastern Native American tribes in the 1100s.

“The intense relationship between the father and son and the conflict between modern ways and tradition is what appealed to me most in Crooked Arrows,” said Birmingham, who is part Comanche. “Wrapped in a movie about a sports competition is the human element of a man and his son trying to find their way in a sometimes confusing world.”

Producers on Crooked Arrows are J. Todd Harris and Mitchell Peck. Steve Rash, known for The Buddy Holly Story and Can’t Buy Me Love, will direct. Reebok is the film’s athletic corporate sponsor. Crooked Arrows is scheduled to start filming in Boston, MA in August.

Birmingham recently wrapped up filming Breaking Dawn, the fourth movie in the blockbuster hit Twilight Saga, and Shouting Secrets, a film with Twilight co-star Chaske Spenser. In theaters, Birmingham starred in the animated film Rango with Johnny Depp and The Love Ranch with Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci that opened in theaters earlier this year.

Resources:

www.gilbirmingham.com