Sterling K. Brown Joins Tom Hanks Baseball Comedy ‘The Comebacker’ at Sony

The Marielle Heller film opens in theaters on July 30, 2027 October 8, 2026 @ 12:06 PM Sterling K. Brown (Credit: Irwin Rivera) Academy Award nominee and Emmy-winner Sterling K. Brown has joined Tom Hanks and Callum Turner in Sony Pictures’ “The Comebacker” to be directed by Marielle Heller, at Sony Pictures, The Wrap has learned. The film will be released on on July 30, 2027. Heller’s new feature was subject to a heated bidding war with Republic Pictures, Focus Features and Sony. And a fun fact, Sony’s “A League of Their Own” starring Tom Hanks came out in July 1992. The baseball comedy follows an older beat reporter whose love of the game, the team he covers and his profession is reignited by the arrival of a new pitcher. The film was adapted from the short story by Pulitzer Prize finalist Dave Eggers. The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news. More to come…