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Amazon MGM Lands Chris McCoy Pitch ‘Play By Play’; Jake Gyllenhaal To Star In Sports Pic

March 5, 2026 at 09:15 PM
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Amazon MGM Lands Chris McCoy Pitch ‘Play By Play’; Jake Gyllenhaal To Star In Sports Pic
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has acquired the sports pitch Play by Play from Chris McCoy, with Jake Gyllenhaal (Road House) attaching to star, Deadline has learned. McCoy will script the film, the plot of which is being kept under wraps. Gyllenhaal will also produce via his Nine Stories banner alongside Josh McLaughlin and Religion of […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has acquired the sports pitch Play by Play from Chris McCoy, with Jake

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has acquired the sports pitch Play by Play from Chris McCoy, with Jake Gyllenhaal (Road House) attaching to star, Deadline has learned. McCoy will script the film, the plot of which is being kept under wraps. Gyllenhaal will also produce via his Nine Stories banner alongside Josh McLaughlin and Religion of […] Jake Gyllenhaal and Chris McCoy Getty/Courtesy EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios has acquired the sports pitch Play by Play from Chris McCoy, with Jake Gyllenhaal (Road House) attaching to star, Deadline has learned. McCoy will script the film, the plot of which is being kept under wraps. Gyllenhaal will also produce via his Nine Stories banner alongside Josh McLaughlin and Religion of Sports’ Tom Brady and Gotham Chopra. Under a first-look film deal at Amazon MGM, Gyllenhaal previously starred in their 2024 remake of Road House, directed by Doug Liman, which broke records with more than 50 million viewers in its first two weekends on Prime Video, and has returned for a forthcoming sequel helmed by Ilya Naishuller, where he’s also a producer. He’s also in business with the streamer on Honeymoon with Harry, a forthcoming dramedy where he’ll star opposite Kevin Costner, as well as Code Black, a political thriller based on a short story by Harrison Query that’s currently in development. Related Stories News Maggie Gyllenhaal Talks Directing Brother Jake Gyllenhaal For The First Time In 'The Bride!' & Early Feelings Of Envy In Her Career
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