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Sony to rock out with their ‘Balls Out’

Looks like we are going to get tennis lessons this summer everyone.

If Sony is gambling correctly, this purchase may result in a Judd Apatow crowd pleaser and if they get it wrong – think of that ping-pong forgettable flick from last year. Formerly going by the title of Gary the Tennis Coach, Sony Pictures Entertainment picked up North American rights to Danny Leiner’s indie comedy Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story.

Written by Andy Stock and Rick Stempson, this
centers on an overzealous high school janitor (Scott -see
spitting image of Aaron Eckhart above) who takes on the
task of coaching a group of lovable misfits to the Nebraska state
championship, overcoming their motley backgrounds in the process.

 

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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