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EXCLUSIVE: Judd Apatow has brought a murderer’s statement of comedians astir Glen Powell for his caller Universal Pictures comedy, The Comeback King. The telephone expanse includes Leanne Morgan (Leanne), Kumail Nanjiani and Atsuko Okatsuka — who precocious released nan lauded Hulu specials Night Thoughts and Father — Vanessa Bayer (I Love That for You), Tig Notaro (The Morning Show), Chris Fleming (Chris Fleming: Live astatine nan Palace), Mike Birbiglia (Don’t Think Twice), and Nashville characteristic Big Fella (The Runarounds).
Character specifications are nether wraps, and we still cognize small astir nan crippled of nan film, different than it revolving astir a state occidental prima successful free fall, played by Powell, who wrote nan book pinch Apatow.
Other antecedently announced formed members see Cristin Milioti, Madelyn Cline, Stavros Halkias and Li Jin Hao.
Apatow is producing done his Apatow Productions’ longstanding wide woody pinch nan studio, wherever he’s made films including The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People, This Is 40, Trainwreck, and The King of Staten Island. Powell and Dan Cohen will nutrient done Barnstorm’s first-look woody pinch nan studio, pursuing Powell’s activity connected nan studio’s hit Twisters, on pinch Universal’s erstwhile President of Production Kevin Misher done Misher Films. Barry Mendel and Josh Church are exec producing.
Senior Executive Vice President of Production Development Erik Baiers and Director of Production Development Jacqueline Garell are overseeing The Comeback King for nan studio, which has locked successful a theatrical merchandise day of Friday, Feb. 5, 2027.
Morgan is represented by Levity, UTA and Yorn Levine Barnes; Nanjiani by UTA and Mosaic; Bayer by UTA, Rise Management and JTWAMM; Okatsuka by CAA and Entertainment 360; Notaro by Ayala Cohen Management and Ziffren Brittenham; Fleming by Mosaic, WME and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Birbiglia by UTA and Schreck Rose Dapello; and Big Fella by McCray Agency.
