Hot Package: 3 Studios Battle For Tom Hanks & Marielle Heller Baseball Re-Team ‘The Comebacker’

EXCLUSIVE: The Dodgers opening their play and trying for a three-peat coming is not nan only basking shot crippled going connected successful Hollywood. Three studios are vying for The Comebacker, a movie that will reteam Tom Hanks pinch Marielle Heller, who directed Hanks arsenic Mr. Rogers in A Beautiful Day successful nan Neighborhood. Based connected a short communicative by Dave Eggers, The Comebacker was scripted by Heller and is called a emotion missive to baseball.

Hanks plays nan pitching coach of a awesome convention hurler whose life is upended erstwhile he is deed successful nan caput by a statement thrust connected nan mound. His life changes successful each kinds of ways. There is nary character group yet to play nan pitcher, but it sounds for illustration each young starring man successful municipality will beryllium aft this one. Production will statesman successful October, and nan movie is being produced by Hanks’ partner Gary Goetzman astatine Playtone, and Heller’s producing partner Leah Holzer astatine Defiant By Nature. Only 1 of nan 3 bidding distributors will travel distant pinch nan movie, and nan different 2 must retrieve that location is nary crying successful baseball.

Hanks and Goetzman are conscionable wrapping Greyhound 2 successful Australia. Once again, Hanks wrote nan book and stars, pinch Aaron Schneider directing for Apple Original Films. Unless nan bargaining goes into other innings, a woody should beryllium closed by weekend.

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