Madelyn Cline Teams Up With Glen Powell for Star-Studded Comedy Project from Acclaimed Filmmaker

Alright, grab your popcorn, because there's a new Judd Apatow comedy on the horizon—and it keeps quietly racking up an intriguing cast. The latest big name to hop on? Madelyn Cline, best known for her work in Netflix's Outer Banks, is officially joining Glen Powell and Cristin Milioti in what's shaping up to be a pretty stacked lineup. If you're thinking, 'Wait, Powell is writing and starring, and it's directed by Apatow?'—yep, that's what we're looking at.

So, What's This Movie Actually About?

Details are locked up tighter than a Marvel script, but here's what has slipped out: Powell is set to play a country-western star whose life is apparently in 'free-fall.' Interpret that as you will. There's no official title yet, and we haven't gotten any logline, but the studio has circled a release date—February 5, 2027. In Hollywood time, that's practically a different lifetime, but at least they're aiming big.

The Talent Show: Who's Involved?

• Madelyn Cline: Outer Banks, Glass Onion, upcoming I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025), plus starring soon with Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz in the action thriller Day Drinker. She's getting busy fast.
• Glen Powell: Not just starring, but also co-writing the script alongside Apatow. He's literally everywhere these days.
• Cristin Milioti: If you've seen The Penguin, you know she can do a lot more than just crack jokes.
• Judd Apatow: Directing, producing through his Apatow Productions banner for Universal. Apatow and Universal go way back, so consider this a home game for him.
• Producing Squad: Along with Apatow, Powell and Dan Cohen are producing under Barnstorm’s first-look deal, plus Kevin Misher from Misher Films is onboard. Universal execs Erik Baiers and Jacqueline Garell are steering the ship from the studio side.

Behind-the-Scenes Shuffle

If this movie sounds like something that should've been shooting already, well, that was the original plan. But Powell's schedule is apparently as packed as a Taylor Swift stadium tour, so production couldn't get rolling this spring. Universal isn't messing around, though—they've bumped this into 'priority release' territory, so expect them to make it happen as soon as the stars literally align.

What Madelyn Cline’s Up To

Beyond joining this A-list comedy, Cline's all over the place. She broke out in Outer Banks and popped up in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. In 2025, she'll headline the new I Know What You Did Last Summer. And if you're into action-thrillers, she's starring in Day Drinker, directed by Marc Webb and featuring a cast way more international than you'd expect—Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Manu Ríos, Arón Piper, Juan Diego Botto, and Anika Boyle.

One for the Quote Board

'The movie, which little is known about as of now, is said to star a country-western star (Powell) in "free-fall" and will release on February 5, 2027.'

If that sounds vague, it's because it really is. But Apatow rarely lets a killer cast go to waste, so we'll stay tuned for whatever this winds up becoming—whether it's Walk the Line with more jokes or something even weirder.