EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures is getting ready to take audiences out to the ballgame next spring as the studio has dated the rom-com The Catch, starring Emma Stone and Chris Pine, for May 21, 2027. Deadline recently reported that Pine was in early talks to join Stone in the upcoming pic, directed by Dave McCary.
Plot details remain unknown other than it being described as a two-hander rom-com. Patrick Kang and Michael Levin penned the spec script with the most recent draft by Jen Statsky (Hacks) and Travis Helwig. Stone had been weighing several options for the fall, but after a recent draft came in on The Catch, she turned her attention to the project. Once Pine was on board, the film was a go for later this year.
Shawn Levy and Dan Levine will produce through 21 Laps. Michael H. Weber will produce. Stone, McCary
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