Jane Curtin Boards Anne Hathaway-Produced 'Little Five' Film

EXCLUSIVE: Jane Curtin (Coneheads, Saturday Night Live) will round out the cast of Little Five, from Anne Hathaway‘s production company Somewhere Pictures and Pigasus Pictures.

An original cast member of Saturday Night Live, Curtin will play Dean Weston, the formidable academic leader at Indiana University who serves as a crucial mentor and foil to the young team of female cyclists determined to break into the university’s male-dominated sports culture.

Production on the 1980s period film is already underway in Bloomington, Indiana, where the local community’s hundreds of residents have turned out to serve as extras in some of the film’s largest and most pivotal scenes.

Set against the backdrop of Indiana University in the early ’80s and inspired by the iconic Little 500 bicycle race, Little Five follows four unlikely young women who come together to chase one impossible dream. As they fight for a place in one of America’s most storied collegiate sporting traditions, they discover that true greatness isn’t achieved alone, and that changing history sometimes begins with a single team.

Previously announced cast members include Sasha Frolova and Nadia Alexander, who joined Rain Spencer and Ariana Greenblatt as the film’s four central young women, who come together as teammates to make history as part of the first women’s Little 500 bicycle race. Drew Powell will play Will, and Max Cortezi will play TFG. Deadline recently broke the news of these castings alongside David Oyelowo.

Ian Samuels will direct from a screenplay by Gillian Williams and Paul Shoulberg. The film is inspired by true events.

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