Home Team is a 2022 American sports comedy film directed by Charles and Daniel Kinnane and written by Chris Titone and Keith Blum. Inspired by actual events, the film stars Kevin James as New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton, who, following his suspension from the NFL, coaches his 12-year-old son’s football team. Taylor Lautner, Rob Schneider, Jackie Sandler and Tait Blum co-star.
Home Team was produced by Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions and James’s Hey Eddie Productions, and filmed in New Orleans from May to June 2021. It was released on January 28, 2022, by Netflix.
Three years after the New Orleans Saints win Super Bowl XLIV, head coach Sean Payton is suspended from the NFL for one year, due to his involvement in the Bountygate scandal. He returns to his hometown and reconnects with his 12-year-old son by coaching his Pop Warner football team.
The film began principal photography on May 10, 2021 and ended on June 6, 2021, in New Orleans. On May 18, 2021, it was reported that Taylor Lautner, Rob Schneider, Jackie Sandler, Gary Valentine, Tait Blum, Maxwell Simkins, Jacob Perez, Bryant Tardy, Manny Magnus, Liam Kyle, Christopher Farrar, Merek Mastrov, Isaiah Mustafa, Christopher Titone, Ashley D. Kelley, Lavell Crawford, Allen Covert, Anthony L. Fernandez, and Jared Sandler joined the cast. The film was directed by Charles Kinnane and Daniel Kinnane, written by Chris Titone and Keith Blum, and produced by Happy Madison Productions and Hey Eddie Productions.