Feb 13, 2026 3:09pm PT ‘Goat’ Star Gabrielle Union and Filmmakers on Re-Animating Basketball Culture for the Big Screen: ‘Ball is Life’ By Payton Turkeltaub Plus Icon Payton Turkeltaub Latest ‘Goat’ Star Gabrielle Union and Filmmakers on Re-Animating Basketball Culture for the Big Screen: ‘Ball is Life’ 54 minutes ago Mattel to Acquire Full Ownership of Mattel163 From NetEase (Gaming News Roundup) 3 hours ago OWN Greenlights Two New Iyanla Vanzant Specials (EXCLUSIVE) 9 hours ago See All Sony Pictures Animation In the high-concept world of Sony Picture Animation’s, “Goat,” what happens off the court is just as important as the game played on it. In this case, that game is roarball, a co-ed, enormously intense version of basketball that Will Harris (Caleb McLaughlin), a Boer goat with big dreams, is desperate to play professionally — despite his small stature. And much like the fictional sport’s real-world counterpart, in this all-animal cinematic universe, roarball is the ultimate culture-definer.
