Editing Billy Bob Thornton (section)

=== 2005–2013: Career fluctuations ===
He played a baseball coach in the 2005 sports comedy ''[[Bad News Bears]]'', a remake of the 1976 ''[[The Bad News Bears|film of the same name]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Balfour |first=Brad |date=8 Aug 2021 |title=Billy Bob Thornton Gets on Base with Bad News Bears |url=https://www.popentertainmentarchives.com/post/billy-bob-thornton-gets-on-base-with-bad-news-bears |website=popentertainmentarchives.com}}</ref>  He appeared in the 2006 comic film ''[[School for Scoundrels (2006 film)|School for Scoundrels]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - Movies - review - School For Scoundrels |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2007/02/19/school_for_scoundrels_2006_review.shtml |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> In the film, he plays a self-help doctor, which was written specifically for him.<ref name="jamshowbiz" /> Other films include 2007 drama ''[[The Astronaut Farmer]]'' and the comedy ''[[Mr. Woodcock]]'', in which he played a [[sadomasochism|sadistic]] gym teacher.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - Movies - review - Mr. Woodcock |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2007/09/24/mr_woodcock_2007_review.shtml |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> In September 2008, he starred in the [[action film]] ''[[Eagle Eye]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Eagle Eye" Movie Review |url=https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/movies/EagleEye.asp |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=www.jesusfreakhideout.com}}</ref>  He has also expressed an interest in directing another film, possibly a [[period piece]] about cave explorer [[Floyd Collins]],<ref>{{cite web |publisher=About.com |title=Interview with "School for Scoundrels" Star Billy Bob Thornton |url=http://movies.about.com/od/schoolforscoundrels/a/schoolbt091506_2.htm |access-date=September 25, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128192048/http://movies.about.com/od/schoolforscoundrels/a/schoolbt091506_2.htm |archive-date=January 28, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> based on the book ''Trapped!: The Story of Floyd Collins''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/floyd-collins-ghostly-presence-haunts-mammoth-cave|title=Floyd Collins' Ghostly Presence Haunts Mammoth Cave|last=Jones|first=Malcolm|date=July 15, 2018|work=The Daily Beast|access-date=August 30, 2018|language=en}}</ref> In 2011, Thornton voiced Jack in the animated comedy film ''[[Puss in Boots (2011 film)|Puss in Boots]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |date=2011-10-27 |title=A Fairy Tale Mix With 9 Lives and Dozens of Egg Jokes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/movies/puss-in-boots-with-antonio-banderas-review.html |access-date=2024-06-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>