Production is underway on “The Colonel,” a feature inspired by Fort Worth coach and Marine veteran R.C. “Rocky” Rosacker, according to Deadline’s report carried by Yahoo News.
Clive Standen is portraying Rosacker. Tim Williams, a former student and player of the coach, wrote the film and is directing and producing it. The report said filming was taking place in Fredericksburg when the production was announced, not in Fort Worth.
The feature is also the latest stage of Williams’ longer effort to put Rosacker’s story on screen.
From earlier films to a feature
The project’s official site says Williams previously made both a short narrative film and a documentary about Rosacker. Those projects establish that the new feature did not begin as a one-off treatment of the coach’s life.
Fort Worth audiences also had an earlier opportunity to encounter that work. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s archive documents 2021 screenings of “The Colonel’s Playbook,” the Rosacker documentary.
Taken together, the production report, project history and museum record trace a progression: a former player first explored his coach’s story through shorter and documentary formats, and is now directing a feature with Standen in the lead role.
What is not established
The approved production report identifies Fredericksburg as the filming location at the time of the announcement. The available evidence does not establish a release date for the feature.
