Skydance surprisingly pulls the plug on Matthew McConaughey's Dallas Sting film

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Just six weeks before cameras were about to start rolling on Skydance's Dallas Sting starring Matthew McConaughey, the production has been abruptly shut down.The project is based on the true story of a Dallas girls soccer team dubbed the Dallas Sting, who travelled to China in 1984 and beat some of the best teams from around the world.Now the project has been fully scrapped, according to Deadline, after Skydance was made aware of allegations surrounding the true story the project was based on...

which were apparently serious enough to warrant a full production shut-down. Shut down: Just six weeks before cameras were about to start rolling on Skydance's Dallas Sting starring Matthew McConaughey, the production has been abruptly shut downNo details about the actual allegations put forth were given, though Skydance and the producers did investigate on their own and found the allegations serious enough to scrap the production.The film was to be based on the true story of coach Bill Kinder (McConaughey), who lead a group of Dallas-area high school girls called the Dallas Sting to victory on an unprecedented international stage.