<P> The Game Plan is a 2007 American family comedy film directed by Andy Fickman and written by Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price and Audrey Wells and starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (marking the last film in which Johnson uses his ring name "The Rock" in billing). It follows a professional quarterback who finds out he has an 8 - year - old daughter from a previous relationship . </P> <P> It was the last film to be distributed by Buena Vista Pictures, after Disney retired the Buena Vista moniker across their company's divisions in the same year . The Game Plan was released in the United States on September 28, 2007 . </P> <P> In the last game of the American Football Federation regular season between the Boston Rebels and the New York Dukes, Rebels quarterback Joe Kingman (Dwayne Johnson) scores a touchdown after ignoring an open wide receiver, Travis Sanders . The next morning, an 8 - year - old girl named Peyton Kelly arrives on Joe's doorstep saying that she is his biological daughter, and that his divorced wife sent her there to meet him . His agent, Stella Peck, thinks this will be bad for his image and distracts him with the upcoming playoffs . </P> <P> At the opening of his own restaurant, Joe inadvertently leaves without Peyton, and is on the cover of a tabloid the next day . Stella decides Joe needs a new fatherly image . At a later press conference, the reporters make Joe miserable, until Peyton comes to his defense, saying that he is new to this and trying the best he can, and that she thinks he is the best father in the world . Peyton then says that Joe has to repay her, so she has him take her to a ballet academy run by Monique Vasquez . Monique has Joe join their ballet performance to show him that ballet takes just as much athletic ability as football . Joe and Peyton begin their relationship after Peyton calls his arrogant and selfish behavior to his attention . Joe takes Peyton and her new friends to the mall where he begins to develop romantic feelings for Monique . </P>

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