Kathy Bates joins Sandra Bullock for football film, "The Blind Side"

Award-winning actress Kathy Bates will be joining Sandra Bullock in the upcoming sports drama, "The Blind Side".

Based on "The Blind Side: Evolution of the Game" by Michael Lewis, it will be directed by John Lee Hancock.

A poor, oversized and under-educated teenager is recruited by a major college football program where he is groomed into an athletically and academically successful NFL prospect.

Variety, He was homeless as a teen and was taken in by a well-to-do family. Bates will play a no-nonsense tutor who is hired by the matriarch of the household, portrayed by Bullock.

Interesting cast in a football drama...