Nancy Meyers has added Tony Hale, Beverly D’Angelo and Apple Martin to the cast of her new Warner Bros. film, a project that has been kept tightly under wraps as it moves toward a Christmas Day 2027 release. The casting brings fresh names into a movie Meyers has not yet fully explained, but one that she has already described as being about a group of people making a film and the magic and mystery of what they do.
The film is slated for Dec. 25, 2027, giving Warner Bros. a holiday release nearly 12 years after Meyers’ last movie for the studio, The Intern, in 2015. The project was previously known as FKA Paris Paramount and is being directed by Meyers from her own script, with Ilona Herzberg producing. Diana Pokorny and Paula Case are executive producing. Previously announced cast members include Penélope Cruz, Kieran Culkin, Erin Doherty, Jude Law and Owen Wilson, building a lineup that already suggested a sizable ensemble before the latest additions.
For Hale, the role adds another studio project to a packed slate. He reprises Forky in Toy Story 5 and is also set to appear in Netflix’s Office Romance and Neon’s The Wrong Girls. D’Angelo, meanwhile, has two 2026 releases on deck, Last Hand and Grace Period. Apple Martin’s casting is the one that most clearly turns heads: it marks her feature film debut in the comedy.
That makes the casting news more than another studio update. Meyers has kept both the logline and character details secret, but the shape of the project is now easier to read. It is semi-autobiographical, centered on filmmaking itself, and built around a cast that mixes established stars with a first-time screen actor whose name already carries public interest. Apple Martin recently graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in Law, History and Society, and she has also appeared in fashion campaigns for Gap and Chloé, while collaborating with Chanel and Self-Portrait.
The tension around the film is that Meyers is asking audiences to wait two more years for a movie that is still mostly invisible. By then, the cast may have changed again, the story may still be hidden, and the only fixed point will be the release date. For now, the headline is simple: Meyers is back at Warner Bros., and she is assembling a group large enough to make the mystery part of the appeal.
