Based on the best-selling book by Michael Lewis, the film tells the true story of football player Michael Oher, projected to be one of the first players selected in this year's NFL. draft.
Bates will play a no-nonsense tutor Bullock hires to help raise Oher, a homeless black teen taken in by Bullock's well-to-do white family.
John Lee Hancock, whose credits include "The Rookie" and "The Alamo," adapted the screenplay and will direct the film .
No one plays "no-nonsense" quite like Bates can...
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