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Story summary
- Sony Pictures announced Tom Hanks will star in the baseball film “The Comebacker,” opening July 30, 2027.
- Marielle Heller directs and wrote the script, adapting Dave Eggers’ 2024 short story of the same title.
- Hanks portrays a pitching coach whose life changes after a line drive strikes him in the head.
- Sony won the bidding war against Republic Pictures and Focus Features, with Bad Bunny and Colman Domingo eyeing roles.
