Glen Powell is ready to take middle stage in a brand new comedy from Judd Apatow.
Universal Pictures introduced Monday that the title of the previously untitled feature is The Comeback King. Hitting theaters Feb. 5, 2027, the movie options Powell as a rustic western star in free fall.
Cristin Milioti, Madelyn Cline, Stavros Halkias and Li Jin Hao spherical out the forged. Apatow helms the film from a script he wrote with Powell.
Powell took to Instagram to share the picture revealing the title and added the caption, “Turn it up. Feb 2027.”
Apatow produces for Apatow Productions by its long-standing total cope with the studio, whereas Powell and Dan Cohen produce for Barnstorm by way of the first-look cope with Universal that was signed final 12 months. Former Universal president of manufacturing Kevin Misher additionally produces for Misher Films. Barry Mendel and Josh Church will govt produce.
Powell’s relationship with Universal kicked off with 2024’s Twisters, because the pure catastrophe movie surpassed $267 million on the home field workplace. The actor voices Fox McCloud within the present Universal animated hit The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, alongside a voice forged that features Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Jack Black and Anya Taylor-Joy.
The star’s different current credit embrace the options How to Make a Killing and The Running Man, along with returning because the title function within the forthcoming second season of Hulu’s Chad Powers.
Apatow’s earlier characteristic credit as director embrace Netflix’s 2022 movie The Bubble, together with such titles for Universal as The King of Staten Island, Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
