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Jake Johnson Learns to Play Pickleball in 'The Dink'
Jake Johnson plays a former tennis star who turns to pickleball as Ben Stiller joins the cast and the film streams July 24.
- Apple TV released the trailer for the sports comedy 'The Dink' today, featuring Jake Johnson as a former tennis prodigy, with the film premiering July 24, 2026.
- After aggravating an old injury, Dusty Boyd finds his tennis career stalled until producer and actor Ben Stiller, playing a doctor, prescribes pickleball as "the fastest road back to tennis."
- Veteran actor Ed Harris plays Dusty's father, Chuck Boyd, who calls pickleball an "epidemic," while Dusty finds an unexpected partner in Candace, portrayed by Mary Steenburgen.
- Tennis legend Andy Roddick appears as Dusty's childhood nemesis, forcing the former prodigy to confront past failures in a high-stakes battle for his father's country club and identity.
- The production rounds out its cast with Patton Oswalt, Chloe Fineman, Chris Parnell, and Aaron Chen, continuing Apple TV+'s investment in the sports-comedy genre.
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Jake Johnson learns to settle for pickleball in The Dink trailer
Over the past decade or so, pickleball seems to have exploded in popularity, with small courts full of very loud balls popping up all over the place. Naturally, Apple, which has been at the forefront of media about golf, has thrown its hat into the ring to address the trend with The Dink, a new original film starring Jake Johnson. Johnson plays Dusty Boyd, a man who’s skeptical if not outright hostile towards the activity, which seems in the tra…
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