Miles Teller signs on to comedy movie Possum Song
Miles Teller is to star in director Greg Kwedar's fantastical comedy 'Possum Song'.
Miles Teller is to star in the comedy film 'Possum Song'.
The 38-year-old actor is to lead 'Sing Sing' director Greg Kwedar's upcoming flick as a Nashville star who had secretly stolen the songs for his hit debut album.
'Possum Song' will follow singer Eddie (Teller) as he faces mounting pressure to finish his follow-up solo album - or risk losing everything.
With a new wife and a baby on the way and just as hope begins to fade, he encounters an unlikely source of inspiration: a magical possum with extraordinary musical talent. But their collaboration comes at a steep and potentially perilous price.
As well as starring in the movie, Teller is to produce 'Possum Song' with Lee Stobby, while Kwedar and Clint Bentley also produce under their Ethos banner.
Kwedar will be working from a script written by Isaac Adamson, while FilmNation Entertainment is to produce and fully finance the movie.
FilmNation Entertainment’s President of Motion Pictures Ben Browning told Deadline: "This is a one-of-a-kind film.
"Greg’s vision, Isaac’s hilarious script and the magnetic performance of Miles Teller will create the kind of cinematic ride that audiences are craving - with showstopping music, visceral shocks, possums, humor and emotion."
This comes just after it was reported Teller would star in director Paul Downs Colaizzo's 'Winter Games' for Paramount Pictures.
Sources told Deadline that 'The Gorge' star is attached to the project and will also serve as a producer alongside Tim and Trevor White.
The film – which was written by Colaizzo and Pat Cunnane - explores the intense pressure faced by athletes at the Winter Olympics, centring on two main characters: a self-destructive hockey legend and an overlooked skier.
Set in the Olympic Village, the story follows their intertwined journeys of romance, redemption, and the pursuit of gold.
Teller is no stranger to collaborating with Paramount Pictures, having starred in the 2022 blockbuster 'Top Gun: Maverick' alongside Tom Cruise, Glen Powell, Jennifer Connelly, and the late Val Kilmer, who passed away last month at the age of 65.
'Winter Games' also marks a reunion for Teller with producers Tim and Trevor White and writer Cunnane - the team behind the upcoming romantic comedy 'Eternity', which co-stars Elizabeth Olsen and Callum Turner.
Teller is gearing up for a busy end to 2025, following news that he and Casey Affleck will star in the upcoming manhunt thriller 'Wild Game', written and directed by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Jason Hall.
The 'Whiplash' actor previously collaborated with Hall on the 2017 drama 'Thank You for Your Service', and expressed his excitement about reuniting for this new project.
He said: "I'm really looking forward to reuniting with Jason Hall on 'Wild Game'.
"We've had a great collaboration in the past, and I know he's going to bring incredible depth to this story. Claude Dallas is such a complex and layered character—tough, relentless, and living by his own code. I can't wait to get started with this team."
