Under the Stadium Lights

• Laurence Fishburne as Harold Christian who was somewhat of a local celebrity in Abilene and owned a restaurant (Harold's BBQ) which fed the players each Thursday night during the season.[5]
• Milo Gibson as Chad Mitchell, the team chaplain and author of the novel this film is based on.[5]
• Abigail Hawk as Ashley Mitchell, Chad's wife.[5]
• Adrian Favela as Anthony Carriola[5]
• Carter Redwood as Ronnell Sims[5]
• Acoryé White as Herschel Sims[5]
• Germain Arroyo as Augustine Barrientes[5]
• Glenn Morshower as Steve Warren[5]
• Noel Gugliemi as Albert[5]
• Eddie Georgeas Ronnell Sims Sr.[5]
• Bucky Covington[6]

Principal photography wrapped before the COVID-19 pandemic and the film is now in post-production.[1] Production began in Minnesota in 2018[7] and wrapped up filming in Abilene, Texas early 2019. While shooting in Abilene the crew filmed at popular local destinations such as Abilene Zoological Gardens, Paramount Theatre (Abilene, Texas), Abilene High School (Texas), and the famous Shotwell Stadium[8] which was built in 1959 and was the field on-which the longest field goal in the history of football was kicked in 1976 by Ove Johannson.[9]

An unfinished version of the film was shown at the Abilene Convention Center in Abilene, Texas on March 30, 2019.[10] The local audience was not too pleased with the unfinished version of the film they saw which some thought depicted the city in a negative way and did not focus much on the players and football. The producer (Hamid Torabpour) commented that the film was unfinished and was still lacking a majority of the football scenes.[11]

• Under the Stadium Lights on IMDb