{"id":325040,"date":"2025-10-22T23:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T23:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/325040\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T23:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T23:31:11","slug":"jason-segel-movie-sponsor-marks-reunion-with-apple-james-ponsoldt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/325040\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Segel Movie &#8216;Sponsor&#8217; Marks Reunion With Apple, James Ponsoldt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<strong>EXCLUSIVE: <\/strong>Keeping up its strong ties with <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/shrinking\/\" id=\"auto-tag_shrinking\" data-tag=\"shrinking\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shrinking<\/a> talents <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jason-segel\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jason-segel\" data-tag=\"jason-segel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Segel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/james-ponsoldt\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-ponsoldt\" data-tag=\"james-ponsoldt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Ponsoldt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/apple-original-films\/\" id=\"auto-tag_apple-original-films\" data-tag=\"apple-original-films\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Original Films<\/a> has landed  global rights to the psychological thriller , with Segel set to star and Ponsoldt directing. Apple Studios will also produce the new feature that is set to be shot in California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe film hails from an original idea co-written by Segel and Ponsoldt, who also serve as executive producers on Apple\u2019s Emmy-nominated comedy Shrinking, which returns for its third season in January 2026. The pair previously collaborated on the 2015 feature The End of the Tour, which Ponsoldt directed and in which Segel starred as writer David Foster Wallace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSponsor follows Peter (Segel), who makes a big mistake when he gets behind the wheel after partying too hard. A terrible accident leaves him with a choice: prison or a recovery program. Convinced he doesn\u2019t have a drinking problem, he begrudgingly shows up to his first meeting and searches for a sponsor. In walks the no-nonsense, charismatic yet enigmatic Jerry. Peter is convinced Jerry is the answer to his prayers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHailing from Apple Studios and produced by Platinum Dunes, the pic will be produced by Segel and Ponsoldt as well as Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Alex Ginno who will produce for Platinum Dunes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSegel is currently in production on Marc Forster\u2019s Anxious People opposite Angelina Jolie and will next\u00a0star in Jorma Taccone\u2019s feature Over\u00a0Your\u00a0Dead Body, which IFC will release in 2026. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSegel is repped by UTA, Ocean Avenue and Sloane, Offer, Weber &amp; Dern. Ponsodlt is repped by UTA and Brillstein Partners. UTA also brokered acquisition deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe pic will join a growing slate of award-winning and hit Apple Original Films including F1: The Movie, the highest-grossing sports feature of all time, which set to make its global debut on Apple TV on December 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Keeping up its strong ties with Shrinking talents Jason Segel and James Ponsoldt, Apple Original Films has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":325041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[14347,185,171,162063,58570,58571,162064,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-325040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-apple-original-films","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-james-ponsoldt","12":"tag-jason-segel","13":"tag-shrinking","14":"tag-sponsor","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115420429524833767","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}