Despite hinting that 2008's Gran Torino would be his final role as an actor, Clint Eastwood will be back in front of the camera this year for the sports drama Trouble with the Curve, and judging by the first trailer released today via Yahoo! Movies, the Hollywood legend appears to be on fine form once again. Trouble with the Curve marks the directorial debut of Eastwood's longtime producing partner and first assistant director Robert Lorenz (who has twice shared Oscar nominations with Eastwood on Mystic River and Letters from Iwo Jima) and sees Clint leading a cast that includes Amy Adams (The Fighter), Justin Timberlake (In Time), John Goodman (The Artist), Matthew Lillard (The Descendants), Robert Patrick (Safe House) and Joe Massingill (Glee).
Take a look at the trailer, and check out the full synopsis below...
Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus--who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat--refuses to be benched for what could be the final innings of his career.Trouble with the Curve is set for release in North America on September 21st and arrives in the UK on November 30th.
He may not have a choice. The front office of the Atlanta Braves is starting to question his judgment, especially with the country's hottest batting phenom on deck for the draft. The one person who might be able to help is also the one person Gus would never ask: his daughter, Mickey (Amy Adams), an associate at a high-powered Atlanta law firm whose drive and ambition has put her on the fast track to becoming partner. Mickey has never been close to her father, who was ill-equipped to be a single parent after the death of his wife. Even now, in the rare moments they share, he is too easily distracted by what Mickey assumes is his first love: the game.
Against her better judgment, and over Gus's objections, Mickey joins him on his latest scouting trip to North Carolina, jeopardizing her own career to save his. Forced to spend time together for the first time in years, each makes new discoveries--revealing long-held truths about their past and present that could change their future.
