Watch as big-screen telling of 1988 Carter Cowboys’ tragic tale gets its first trailer

Sooner than later, our Chris Vognar will take the field with a lengthier making-of piece about the most anticipated film of 2015 among those of us who were here in 1988: Carter High. Until then, here's the trailer, which made its bow as 2014 became 2015.

As Chris noted over the summer, when principal photography kicked off in Dallas, Carter High is the big-screen adaptation of the up-and-down, win some, lose everything tale of the 1988 David W. Carter High School Cowboys, who bested Odessa Permian on their way to topping Converse Judson to become the state's Class 5A high-school champs. Former Carter receiver Arthur Muhammad wrote and directed the sorta-sequel to Friday Night Lights, which stars Charles Dutton, Vivica Fox and David Banner as state Sen. Royce West, who, at the time, was the young defense attorney repping Carter star-turned-convicted felon Gary Edwards, among those players sent to prison for their roles in 21 armed robberies.

The film's as "local" as it gets: Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Greg Ellis served as executive producer.

Hard to say from the two-minute tease what the film will actually deal with: Muhammad says the film's about "choices" and the fact "destiny's not a matter of chance." Ellis tells Fox4 it's a "tragic story" about great players whose potential was squandered by bad choices and prison bars. We'll see how much the movie gets into the latter. The trailer has that usual underdogs-triumph sports-movie vibe about it. Could be the music. Or the UIL hearings. Long story short: not a lot of "tragedy" in that trailer.