Madelyn Cline and Glen Powell Christopher Polk/Variety/Getty Images; Jesse Grant/2026GG/Penske Media/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Outer Banks star Madelyn Cline is in negotiations to joins Glen Powell in Judd Apatow's untitled comedy for Universal. Cristin Milioti is also on the roll call for the feature, which was written by Apatow and Powell. Apatow is directing the project, which will shoot this spring. The story centers on a country Western star (Powell), whose life and career are in free fall. Cline will play the star's girlfriend. Universal has set a Feb. 5, 2027 release date for the project. Related Stories Movies J.J. Abrams' Glen Powell-Led Warner Bros. Movie Sets Fall Release; Keanu Reeves Film Dated for 2027 Movies Glen Powell, Sam Esmail Team for Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller 'Tesseract' for Amazon MGM, UA Apatow, who has had ties to Universal since his directorial debut in 2005 with The 40-Year Old Virgin, is also producing the feature with Powell. Dan Cohen, Powell's partner at the duo's Barnstorm banner, which has a first look deal with the studio, is producing as well. Kevin Misher, who once acted as Universal's president of production in the late 1990s, is producing through his shingle, Misher Films. Senior executive vp of production development Erik Baiers and director of production development Jacqueline Garell are overseeing the project on behalf of Universal. Cline has been starring in Outer Banks, one of Netflix's top shows, since 2020. The series' fifth and final season is due to premiere later this year. In the film world, the actress was seen in Netflix's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as well as in Sony's I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel and Amazon's romantic drama, The Map That Leads to You. She next appears with Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz in Lionsgate's Day Drinker, out later this year. Cline is repped by CAA, Entertainment 360, Bold Talent Agency and Hirsch Wallerstein. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Heat Vision '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' Director Nia DaCosta Breaks Down That Ending and What Lies Ahead Trica Tuttle "There's a Nervousness Right Now": Tricia Tuttle on Why Studios Are Avoiding Festivals and What Berlin Can Deliver for Indies Movie Features He Dreamed of Box Office Gold. He Found It on the Ocean Floor Valentino 'Valentino: The Last Emperor'<em> </em>Is Perhaps the Greatest Fashion Doc of All Time. Valentino "Tried to Stop It." Sinners 'One Battle After Another' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominations With Seven Nods Heat Vision Léa Seydoux Joins Mikey Madison in 'The Masque of the Red Death' Heat Vision '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' Director Nia DaCosta Breaks Down That Ending and What Lies Ahead Trica Tuttle "There's a Nervousness Right Now": Tricia Tuttle on Why Studios Are Avoiding Festivals and What Berlin Can Deliver for Indies Movie Features He Dreamed of Box Office Gold. He Found It on the Ocean Floor Valentino 'Valentino: The Last Emperor'<em> </em>Is Perhaps the Greatest Fashion Doc of All Time. Valentino "Tried to Stop It." Sinners 'One Battle After Another' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominations With Seven Nods Heat Vision Léa Seydoux Joins Mikey Madison in 'The Masque of the Red Death'