Ben Stiller to star in and produce pickleball comedy The Dink

Ben Stiller's Red Hour Films and Rivulet Films are reuniting once again for the upcoming pickleball comedy film The Dink. Previously, they collaborated on the recent film Nutcrackers which David Gordon Green directed.

Jake Johnson plays the lead role as a washed-up tennis player who, to save a struggling club and gain his father’s approval, decides to play pickleball, a sport he vowed never to try.

The film will star Mary Steenburgen and Ed Harris in supporting roles, while Ben Stiller and former tennis star Andy Roddick will make key appearances.

Josh Greenbaum, best known for Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar and the upcoming documentary Will & Harper, is helming The Dink. Sean Clements (Workaholics, Kevin Can F**k Himself) wrote the screenplay for the film which is set to start production in Los Angeles this November.

Johnson, who recently made his directorial debut with Self Reliance, will also serve as a producer on the project. Stiller and John Lesher will produce through Red Hour Films, alongside Rob Paris and Mike Witherill from Rivulet Films. Rivulet is financing the movie, with Rick Steele, Clements, and Greenbaum as executive producers.