'Pickleheads' 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 A sports comedy about pickleball seemed bound to happen, and now there's a trailer for one. Below is a first look at Pickleheads, a comedy that premiered at the Austin Film Festival in October. The mockumentary follows "a disgraced ping pong star who is dragged back into the limelight by a documentary crew, hoping to capture his redemption tale in a plucky new sport - pickleball" - or, as it's described in the movie, "America's fastest growing nightmare." On his road to redemption, the former ping pong star "collides with nudist competitors, the local court kingpin Hawk Kai, while accidentally paddling his way into a turf war with displaced neighborhood protestors and tennis players who are sick of all that pickleball noise." The film was shot in Austin, which was previously named America's pickleball capital, having more courts per capita than any other city. The film is directed by Rooster Teeth veteran Josh Flanagan and written by Jared Bonner and stars Pej Vahdat, Kristine Froseth, Jared Bonner, Harvey Guillén, John O'Hurley, Adrianne Palicki, Eric Nelsen, Ryan Cooper and Lindsey Morgan. Pickleheads will have its Los Angeles premiere on March 1 and is currently seeking distribution. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up International Film Festival Rotterdam 'Special Unit - The First Murder' Director on Bringing a Modern Take on the "Danish FBI" 100 Years Ago to Cinemas, Led by 'Vikings' Star international 'Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest' Director on Her Feature Debut About Life Between Cultures and "Non-Judgment" (Exclusive Berlin Trailer) Heat Vision 'Predator: Badlands' Filmmaker Dan Trachtenberg Signs First-Look Deal With Paramount Timothee Chalamet 'Awards Chatter' Pod: Legendary Production Designer Jack Fisk on 'Marty Supreme,' Malick and 50-Plus Years of Making Movies sundance 2026 Apple Lands Sundance Mountain Climbing Doc 'The Last First: Winter K2' Oscars Film Academy Creates Academy Studios to Oversee Digital Output, Will Be Led by Jennifer Davidson International Film Festival Rotterdam 'Special Unit - The First Murder' Director on Bringing a Modern Take on the "Danish FBI" 100 Years Ago to Cinemas, Led by 'Vikings' Star international 'Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest' Director on Her Feature Debut About Life Between Cultures and "Non-Judgment" (Exclusive Berlin Trailer) Heat Vision 'Predator: Badlands' Filmmaker Dan Trachtenberg Signs First-Look Deal With Paramount Timothee Chalamet 'Awards Chatter' Pod: Legendary Production Designer Jack Fisk on 'Marty Supreme,' Malick and 50-Plus Years of Making Movies sundance 2026 Apple Lands Sundance Mountain Climbing Doc 'The Last First: Winter K2' Oscars Film Academy Creates Academy Studios to Oversee Digital Output, Will Be Led by Jennifer Davidson