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Glen Powell to star as Lou Gehrig in new film directed by Richard Linklater

Glen Powell attends the Los Angeles special screening of ‘How To Make a Killing’ at AMC The Grove 14 on Feb. 14, 2026, in LA. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

Glen Powell is taking on the role of Lou Gehrig.

The actor is set to star in a film about the baseball legend for Universal Pictures directed by Richard Linklater, ABC Audio has confirmed.

This currently untitled project will be produced by Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels alongside Erin David for Broadway Video’s first-look deal with Universal.

Powell will also produce the film, while Linklater is in talks to produce it. Saturday Night Live and Artificial writer Simon Rich is attached to write the movie’s screenplay.

Gehrig is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He spent all of his 17-year career playing for the New York Yankees, where he won six World Series titles.

In 1939, the athlete was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. He died at age 37 in 1941.

Powell and Linklater first collaborated on the 2016 film Everybody Wants Some!! Powell was directed by Linklater on the film, which follows Texan college baseball players in the year 1980.

The pair then produced and co-wrote the script of the 2024 romantic comedy Hit Man, which Linklater directed and Powell starred in.

Powell’s relationship with Universal Pictures started with the 2024 film Twisters. According to the studio, that film “overperformed against all industry expectations” and became the biggest opening for a natural disaster film ever at the domestic box office. It grossed $267.8 million overall in the domestic box office.

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2nd earthquake hits Indonesia following powerful magnitude 7.7 quake

Indonesian military and rescue personnel search through debris at a damaged building following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake on August 15, 2026. (Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas/Handout))(NEW YORK) -- A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit Indonesia just hours after a more powerful magnitude 7.7 quake struck off the coast of the eastern part of the country, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.At least 47 people have been killed, according to the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), with the earthquakes knocking down some buildings and leading hundreds to evacuate amid fears of a tsunami, officials said.At least six others were injured and two more are missing, according to the Associated Press.More than 300 houses were destroyed or damaged, according to Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency.More than 100 public facilities have also been destroyed or damaged, including 87 educational facilities, 18 health facilities, six offices and five places of worship.Emergency crews, including members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, were conducting evacuations and assessing damage.The agency said the earthquake, which struck shortly before 5 a.m. local time, was strongly felt across the province of East Nusa Tenggara.The quake initially triggered fears of a tsunami, and a warning from Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, issuing alerts to stay away from beaches and calls for people to evacuate. However, those warnings later expired, according to the Associated Press.Before then, about 2,000 residents in the Nagekeo Regency on the Flores island "carried out self-evacuation as a precautionary measure after the earthquake and due to the early warning of a tsunami," the disaster management agency said.The earthquake's epicenter was located about 60 kilometers north-northwest of Ende in Indonesia's Flores region at a depth of about 10 kilometers, according to USGS.There were a number of strong aftershocks reported nearby, including a 6.1 quake and a 5.9 quake also north of Ende, according to the USGS. Photos from the area showed damage to buildings. Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
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