{"id":533596,"date":"2026-03-19T22:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/533596\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T22:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:27:09","slug":"stavros-halkias-joins-glen-powell-country-music-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/533596\/","title":{"rendered":"Stavros Halkias Joins Glen Powell Country Music Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/stavros-halkias\/\" id=\"auto-tag_stavros-halkias\" data-tag=\"stavros-halkias\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stavros Halkias<\/a> has joined the cast of <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/glen-powell\/\" id=\"auto-tag_glen-powell\" data-tag=\"glen-powell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glen Powell<\/a>\u2018s upcoming comedy movie about a country music star in free fall, directed by Judd Apatow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSources tell Variety the comedian and \u201cBugonia\u201d star will play Powell\u2019s character\u2019s agent in the untitled film, which will premiere on Feb. 5, 2027, via Universal Pictures. It will be directed by Apatow, who co-wrote the script with Powell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHalkias joins previously announced cast members Cristin Milioti and Madelyn Cline. The comic rose to fame as a founding member of the podcast \u201cCum Town\u201d and now hosts \u201cStavvy\u2019s World.\u201d In 2023, he put out the Netflix special \u201cFat Rascal,\u201d and the following year he wrote, produced and starred in the film \u201cLet\u2019s Start a Cult.\u201d He appeared in Steven Soderbergh\u2019s sci-fi series \u201cCommand Z,\u201d and next he\u2019ll be seen in the A24 Anthony Bourdain biopic \u201cTony.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tApatow is producing the untitled country music film through his long-standing Apatow Productions overall deal with Universal, where he made his 2005 directorial debut \u201cThe 40-Year-Old Virgin.\u201d The studio is also home to Apatow\u2019s \u201cKnocked Up,\u201d\u00a0\u201cFunny People,\u201d \u201cThis is 40,\u201d \u201cTrainwreck\u201d and \u201cThe King of Staten Island.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPowell, whose relationship with Universal began with the hit disaster flick \u201cTwisters,\u201d produces with Dan Cohen via their Barnstorm banner. Kevin Misher, who previously served as president of production at the studio, will produce through Misher Films. Misher oversaw production on films like \u201cErin Brockovich\u201d and \u201cThe Mummy.\u201d Erik Baiers and Jacqueline Garell\u00a0will oversee the project on behalf of Universal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHalkias is repped by UTA and Schreck Rose Dapello.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stavros Halkias has joined the cast of Glen Powell\u2018s upcoming comedy movie about a country music star in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88,35569,239659],"class_list":{"0":"post-533596","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-glen-powell","11":"tag-stavros-halkias"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}