Carlos Pena Helps Build "La Vida Robot"

Big Time Rush member Carlos Pena has nabbed a lead role in the true events film La Vida Robot says THR.

The true story tale follows four undocumented Mexican-American high school students who form a robotics club and go up against MIT in the National Underwater Robotics Challenge.

George Lopez also stars.

Sean McNamara (Soul Surfer) will call action from a script by Elissa Matsueda which itself is based on a Wired Magazine article by Joshua Davis

Filming begins in New Mexico in mid-October.