Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of director Howard Deutch's
The Replacements (2000), starring Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton, Orlando Jones, Jon Favreau, Jack Warden and Rhys Ifans. Inspired by the true story of the 1987 NFL strike, the football comedy arrives on Blu-ray on January 27, 2015.
Synopsis: The Washington Sentinels are one of the strongest teams in pro football, that is until contract negotiations break down and the Sentinels go on strike. Determined to play the team's schedule, owner Edward O'Neil (Warden) recruits a ragtag band of scab players, to be headed up and whipped into shape by the retired veteran coach Jimmy McGinty (Hackman). At the top of the recruitment list is quarterback Shane Falco (Reeves), a promising athlete until a catastrophic defeat in the Sugar Bowl dashed his confidence. Joining Falco on the team are Clifford Franklin (Jones), a receiver who can't catch the ball; Nigel Gruff (Ifans), a chain-smoking Welsh soccer player; Bateman (Favreau), a former cop with anger management problems; Fumiko (Ace Yonamine), a sumo wrestler new to football; and Wilkinson (Michael Jace), a convict on parole to the Sentinels.
Warner has yet to detail tech specs and special features.