{"id":30074,"date":"2025-04-18T11:21:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/30074\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T11:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:21:13","slug":"glen-powell-to-star-in-judd-apatow-comedy-movie-about-country-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/30074\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Powell to Star in Judd Apatow Comedy Movie About Country Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/glen-powell\/\" id=\"auto-tag_glen-powell_1\" data-tag=\"glen-powell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glen Powell<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/judd-apatow\/\" id=\"auto-tag_judd-apatow_1\" data-tag=\"judd-apatow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judd Apatow<\/a> are preparing to blend their voices in a new comedy movie exploring the world of country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/music\/\" id=\"auto-tag_music_1\" data-tag=\"music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">music<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/universal-pictures\/\" id=\"auto-tag_universal-pictures_1\" data-tag=\"universal-pictures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Universal Pictures<\/a> is fast-tracking an original untitled feature starring Powell that Apatow will direct. The pair are penning the script together about a country western star in free fall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tApatow produces for Apatow Productions through its long-standing overall deal with the studio, while Powell and Dan Cohen produce for Barnstorm via the first-look deal with Universal that was signed earlier this year. Former Universal president of production Kevin Misher also produces for Misher Films.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tUniversal\u2019s senior executive vp of production development Erik Baiers oversees the movie for the studio. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tApatow is currently in production on a two-part HBO Documentary Films project about Mel Brooks that he is producing and co-directing with Michael Bonfiglio. Apatow\u2019s previous feature credits as director include Netflix\u2019s 2022 film The Bubble, along with such titles for Universal as The King of Staten Island, Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tLast year, Powell starred in Universal\u2019s big-screen hit Twisters and Richard Linklater\u2019s Netflix film Hit Man, with Powell also producing and co-writing the latter. He recently wrapped production on revenge thriller Huntington for A24 and Studio Canal and stars in Edgar Wright\u2019s remake of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/the-running-man-movie-glen-powell-josh-brolin-edgar-wright-1236180425\/\">The Running Man<\/a> for Paramount that hits theaters this fall. Additionally, Powell leads the series Chad Powers that hits Hulu soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Hollywood Reporter reported last month that Universal landed a pitch for the sci-fi feature <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/glen-powell-barry-jenkins-the-natural-order-1236163199\/\">The Natural Order<\/a> that has Barry Jenkins in talks to direct Powell in the lead. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tApatow is represented by WME, Mosaic, ID and Ziffren Brittenham. Powell is repped by CAA and Johnson Shapiro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glen Powell and Judd Apatow are preparing to blend their voices in a new comedy movie exploring the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[77,17979,17980,3943,269,16,15,17981],"class_list":{"0":"post-30074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-glen-powell","10":"tag-judd-apatow","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-universal-pictures"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114358706795370984","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}