Tony Hale, Beverly D’Angelo Join Nancy Meyers’ Warner Bros. Film
Nancy Meyers has added Tony Hale, Beverly D’Angelo and Apple Martin to her new Warner Bros. film, widening a cast that already includes Penélope Cruz, Kieran Culkin, Erin Doherty, Jude Law and Owen Wilson. The project is still being kept quiet, but the additions make the film’s scale clearer as it moves toward a December 25, 2027 release.
Meyers returns after 2015
The film is Meyers’ first since Warner Bros.’ The Intern in 2015, which gives this cast update more weight than a routine ensemble announcement. She is directing from her own script and producing with Ilona Herzberg, while Diana Pokorny and Paula Case are executive producing. For a filmmaker with a long break between releases, each new name signals the kind of package Warner Bros. is building around the project.
Hale, D’Angelo, Martin
Hale brings three Emmy wins and a studio-friendly résumé that includes Veep, Arrested Development and the Forky role he reprises in Toy Story 5, out June 19. He is also set for Netflix’s rom-com Office Romance and Neon’s The Wrong Girls. D’Angelo adds a different kind of recognition, with Golden Globe and Emmy nominations and a career tied to Chevy Chase and the National Lampoon’s Vacation franchise.
Martin is the sharpest casting move in the group because this is her feature film debut. She recently graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in Law, History and Society, and she has already appeared in fashion campaigns for Gap and Chloé while collaborating with Chanel and Self-Portrait. That mix of first-time screen casting and established names gives Meyers a cast that can draw attention without turning the film into a stunt.
Inside Meyers’ film
Character details and the film’s logline are still under wraps, but Meyers has already framed the project in broad terms. In a 2023 Instagram post, she said the film is about “a group of people making a film and the magic and mystery of what we do.” The project was previously described as semi-autobiographical, which fits the way Meyers often writes around work, relationships and the machinery behind them rather than around empty spectacle.
The cast list now tells the more practical story: this is no longer just a Meyers comeback title, but a Warner Bros. ensemble with one debuting performer and several actors with established audience recognition. For viewers, the next real checkpoint is the release on December 25, 2027, when the studio will find out whether Meyers’ return lands as a prestige holiday play or just another date on the calendar.
