EXCLUSIVE: Rauw Alejandro, Indiana Affleck and Lily Santiago have joined Tom Hanks in the baseball pic The Comebacker at Sony Pictures. The film also stars Callum Turner, Coleman Domingo, Amy Madigan and Sterling K. Brown. Marielle Heller is directing.
The Comebacker is a love letter to baseball and is based on a short story by Dave Eggers, with a script by Marielle Heller. Sony Pictures has set the theatrical release for July 30, 2027. Gary Goetzman will produce for Playtone alongside Heller and Leah Holzer for Defiant By Nature in cooperation with Major League Baseball and The Mets. Working Barn will executive produce along with Charles Miller.
Latin Grammy Award-winner Alejandro’s rose to global fame with his hits Todo de Ti, Desesperados and Tattoo. His latest album Cosa Nuestra: Capítulo 0 debuted at No. 3 on Billboard Top Latin albums giving him his eighth consecutive Top 10 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums. He is repped by UTA.
Affleck film credits include What Comes Around and the upcoming film Company which premiered at this year’s Venice Film Festival. He is repped by CAA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
Santiago recently starred in Netflix’s most watched original series of 2025, Untamed, as well as the NBC series La Brea. She can next be seen in the upcoming Amazon MGM feature Ally Clark. She is repped by Gersh, Kipperman Management, and Sloane Offer.