I caught "Eleven Men Out" last summer at Outfest. I was tired after seeing three other films that day but was so glad I stuck it out to see this sports dramedy set in the soccer world in Iceland! It's damned good and I was so happy to learn today the here! Films has acquired distribution rights and its sister company Regent Releasing will book the movie into theaters this summer.
Written by Jon Atli Jonasson and Douglas, "Eleven Men Out" centers on Ottar Thor, the star of KR, the Icelandic soccer team. After he surprisingly comes out of the closet to a reporter in front of his teammates, the controversy surrounding his coming out leads him on a journey to discovery himself, and a journey off the KR team. He soon joins an amateur team made up of other gay men trying to play in a straight world. In the ultimate culmination of hard work and heartache, the KR team and the amateur squad wind up battling it out on the field during Gay Pride Day.

Let me tell you this: the actor who plays Ottar Thor (Bjorn Hylnur Haraldsson) is as gorgeous as he is talented, He displays a full-range of skill in scenes where he is dealing with his rebellious teenaged son who is humiliatied by his decision to come out as well as with his ex-wife as they unite as parents. There are cool soccer scenes and fun stuff with fellow players and, here's a realo selling point: Haraldsson has a really steamy sex scene with another man that is pretty much worth waiting for!
Says here! executive Mark Reinhart, Executive Vice President, Acquisitions & Distribution, here! Networks: “This timely social satire illustrates the struggle gay men and women in professional sports and beyond face while trying to stay true to their identity, and we think our viewers will be charmed by this delightful film.”