Jake Johnson and Ben Stiller take a swing at embracing pickleball within the trailer for Apple TV‘s forthcoming sports comedy The Dink.
Director Josh Greenbaum’s function from Apple Original Films is ready to start streaming July 24. Mary Steenburgen, Ed Harris, Patton Oswalt, Chloe Fineman, Chris Parnell, Aaron Chen and tennis star Andy Roddick spherical out the forged.
The Dink stars Johnson as Dusty Boyd, a has-been former tennis sensation who aggravates an previous harm. Though his dad (Harris) isn’t any fan of the rising recognition for pickleball, Dusty begrudgingly agrees to attempt his luck with the game alongside new companion Candace (Steenburgen).
“I know pickleball is sorta dorky, but it’s the fastest road back to tennis for you,” Stiller advises Johnson within the trailer.
Greenbaum (Strays) helmed the film from a script by Sean Clements. Stiller, who produced and starred within the 2004 sports activities comedy Dodgeball, serves as a producer for The Dink alongside Johnson, John Lesher, Rob Paris and Mike Witherill.
Throughout an interview with Pickleball.com, Johnson famous that his impression of pickleball advanced as he labored on the movie.
“I read the script, and I’d never played pickleball. I didn’t give it much thought. I thought of it as, ‘I’ll just pick it up,’” mentioned Johnson, who admitted to gaining appreciation for the game throughout his coaching for the function. “Our director, Josh Greenbaum, wanted to make it a real sports movie, so the pickleball is represented. We shot the hell out of the pickleball stuff, and it looks good.”
