In 2018, it was announced that Green was in talks of directing a reboot of ''Friday Night Lights'' based on [[Buzz Bissinger]]'s ''[[Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream]]'' with Robert [[Robert Schenkkan|Schenkkan]] writing.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mike Fleming Jr.|title=Universal Sets David Gordon Green To Quarterback ‘Friday Night Lights’ Film|date=9 May 2018|publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/friday-night-lights-movie-david-gordon-green-universal-pictures-brian-grazer-high-school-football-1202386032/|accessdate=10 January 2020}}</ref> Green backed out of the project in 2019 due to scheduling conflicts.<ref>{{cite web|last=Galuppo|first=Mia|title='Friday Night Lights' Movie Taps New Director|date=21 November 2019|publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/friday-night-lights-movie-taps-john-erick-dowdle-direct-1257136|accessdate=10 January 2020}}</ref>
