Osment will play the lead rold in the independant film which is written and directed by Rusty Gorman.
In a town where basketball means everything, a teenager meets his idol, but learns he isn’t what he thought he was.
Filming is scheduled to begin next month in North Carolina.
Osment received an Oscar nomination for his remarkable performance in The Sixth Sense. He also starred in Pay It Forward, A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Secondhand Lions.