Get your paddles ready, pickleball is going Hollywood.
It was seemingly only a matter of time before the surging sport got the film treatment—and the upcoming project is getting a boost from former tennis world No. 1 Andy Roddick.
The 2003 Open champion is set to make his big screen debut in the pickleball comedy “The Dink”, starring in a supporting role alongside Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen and Ed Harris.
According to Variety, “The Dink” will see Johnson (“New Girl”) play a “washed-up tennis pro who is trying to save a club in crisis and win his father’s respect. But in the process, he’s forced to break a solemn vow and do the one thing he swore he’d never do: play pickleball.”
Ben Stiller is also set to produce the film through his company Red Hour Films, and will act in a supporting role—hopefully in the same vein as his co-starring and production role in the 2004 cult classic “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story”.
