MLB and the Mets are “involved” in the making of a new movie, “The Comebacker,” a baseball drama Marielle Heller is directing for Sony Pictures. Getty Images
MLB and the Mets are “involved” in the making of a new movie, “The Comebacker,” a baseball drama Marielle Heller is directing for Sony Pictures, according to Borys Kit of the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. Actor Sterling K. Brown is joining Tom Hanks and Callum Turner along with Patricia Clarkson and Amy Madigan “in the dugout for what is being described as a love letter to baseball” that is based on a short story by Dave Eggers. Heller wrote the script for adaptation, which “tells of the relationship between a pitching coach (Hanks) for the New York Mets and his pitcher (Turner) who gets hit by a line drive while on the mound.” Madigan is the owner of the team while Clarkson is the coach’s wife. Brown will play the manager of the team. Working Barn will executive produce along with Charles Miller (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 10/8).