Nancy Meyers has added Tony Hale, Beverly D’Angelo and Apple Martin to the cast of her new Warner Bros. film, expanding a project that has kept its characters and story under wraps. The comedy is set for release on Dec. 25, 2027, and it marks Meyers’ first film since The Intern opened in 2015.
The additions sharpen the profile of a movie that was previously circulating under the working title FKA Paris Paramount and has been described as semi-autobiographical. Meyers is directing from her own script and producing with Ilona Herzberg, while Diana Pokorny and Paula Case are executive producing. A recent roundup on the cast expansion is available in MogazMasr’s report on the Nancy Meyers film cast as Tony Hale and Apple Martin join, underscoring how quickly the ensemble is filling out.
Hale is a three-time Emmy winner best known for Veep and Arrested Development, and he also returns as Forky in Toy Story 5, which arrives June 19. D’Angelo, a Golden Globe and Emmy nominee, remains closely associated with the National Lampoon’s Vacation franchise, where she worked alongside Chevy Chase. She also has two 2026 releases on deck, Last Hand and Grace Period. Apple Martin, meanwhile, is making her feature film debut in Meyers’ comedy after recently graduating from Vanderbilt University with a degree in Law, History and Society.
Meyers first described the project in a 2023 Instagram post as being about “a group of people making a film and the magic and mystery of what we do.” That line now reads less like a tease than a map of the movie itself: a story built around filmmaking, with a cast that mixes established names and a first-time actor carrying one of the most watched new roles in the production. Previous cast announcements included Penélope Cruz, Kieran Culkin, Erin Doherty, Jude Law and Owen Wilson, and a separate feature about Apple Martin’s first role in the project was published when her casting was first disclosed.
The only thing the studio and Meyers have not given away is the thing that usually sells a comedy first: who everybody is playing. But the release date is fixed, the cast is growing, and Meyers is back at Warner Bros. after a 12-year gap that suggests she has been waiting for the right project, not just another one.
