Tom Hanks & Callum Turner’s New Baseball Movie Adds A-List MCU Star to Cast

Credits: Sony Pictures Releasing Tom Hanks and Callum Turner’s upcoming baseball movie has added another major name to its ensemble. Sony Pictures is backing the project, with Marielle Heller directing the drama. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sterling K. Brown has joined The Comebacker. The project adapts a short story by acclaimed author Dave Eggers and serves as a love letter to baseball. It follows an older baseball reporter who rediscovers his passion for the sport after a promising young pitcher enters his life. Heller previously worked with Hanks on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, which earned Hanks an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Fred Rogers. Hanks is also returning to the baseball genre decades after starring in the 1992 classic A League of Their Own. The Comebacker also marks Hanks’ third project based on Eggers’ writing. He previously appeared in A Hologram for the King and The Circle. Who else stars in the new baseball movie with Tom Hanks and Sterling K. Brown? While Brown will play the manager of the baseball team, Turner will portray the young pitcher and Hanks will play his pitching coach. The film will explore the relationship between the two characters alongside the reporter’s renewed connection to baseball. Brown brings several notable credits to the baseball drama. Brown earned an Emmy for his role as Randall Pearson in This Is Us and received an Oscar nomination for his performance in American Fiction. He also portrayed N’Jobu, the father of Erik Killmonger, in Marvel Studios’ Black Panther. Patricia Clarkson and Amy Madigan are also part of the cast. Clarkson plays the pitching coach’s wife, while Madigan portrays the team owner. Clarkson is an Oscar-nominated actress whose credits include Pieces of April, Shutter Island, and The Green Mile. Madigan, meanwhile, has appeared in films including Field of Dreams, Gone Baby Gone, and Weapons. The new film is being made in cooperation with Major League Baseball. Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Heller, and Leah Holzer are producing the film. Sony Pictures has scheduled The Comebacker for a theatrical release on July 30, 2027. The post Tom Hanks & Callum Turner’s New Baseball Movie Adds A-List MCU Star to Cast appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.