Per Deadline, Chris Pine and Emma Stone have officially signed on to The Catch, a romantic comedy from Universal Pictures, which has been slated for a May 21, 2027 release.
The Catch
Official plot details are being kept under wraps, but the project is being described as a two-hander rom-com. However, it does seem to have a baseball theme. An old report from DanielRPK states that Stone’s character is a “baseball fan who accidentally touches a ball at the wall, turning it into a home run and costing her team a crucial game. She must navigate the unexpected attention and overwhelming guilt that comes with becoming the unintended symbol of her team’s heartbreaking defeat.“
Baseball fans will recall the October 2003 game between the Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins in which Cubs fan Steve Bartman attempted to snag a fly ball at the same time as Cubs outfielder Moisés Alou attempted to make the catch. The Cubs went on to lose the game, and fans were livid. Bartman’s name and personal information were leaked, and he faced constant harassment. Years later, when the Cubs won the 2016 World Series, they sent him a championship ring.
Dave McCary (Brigsby Bear), who happens to be married to Stone, is directing from a script by Patrick Kang (The Paper) and Michael Levin (Young Rock), with production set to kick off later this year. Shawn Levy and Dave Levine will produce through 21 Laps, with Stone, McCary, and Ali Herting producing through Fruit Tree.
Chris Pine and Emma Stone
Stone was most recently seen starring alongside Jesse Plemons in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. There’s also been talk of her producing a Miss Piggy movie with Jennifer Lawrence, and the pair could star in it together.
As for Pine, his last outing was Carousel, a romantic drama in which he plays a divorced doctor whose former flame (Jenny Slate) returns to town and starts teaching his troubled teenage daughter. Our own Chris Bumbray caught the film when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and felt that it harkened back to the kind of low-key indie dramas about people so cherished by the fest’s founder, Robert Redford. “While Carousel might be a little too quiet and deliberately paced to walk away with a huge Sundance deal, Pine and Slate are at their best, and I found myself wrapped up in their burgeoning romance,” he wrote. “Heck, it’s just nice to see a movie about two grown-ups falling in love in a realistic way.” You can check out the rest of his review right here.
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