The Dink Turns a Tennis Pro Into a Pickleball Player
A washed-up tennis pro faces the ultimate challenge in The Dink when he’s forced to trade the sport he loves for the one he never imagined playing. Hoping to save a struggling country club and finally earn his father’s respect, he discovers that embracing pickleball may be his only shot at redemption.
Starring Ed Harris, Andy Roddick, Mary Steenburgen, Patton Oswalt, Chloe Fineman, Chris Parnell, Aaron Chen, and Ben Stiller, The Dink premieres July 24 on Apple TV+.
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The Dink positions pickleball as the engine for a sports comedy about bruised pride, family expectations, and a former tennis player forced to rethink what winning means. The trailer’s hook is the collision between familiar country-club competition and the deliberately awkward challenge of mastering a new sport, with a cast that blends established dramatic, comedic, and sports-world personalities.