Ben Stiller returns to the world of sports for his next project, a pickleball movie titled “The Dink”.

Jake Johnson, Mary Steenbergen and Ed Harris are set to star in Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films and Rivulet Films co-production. Tennis star Andy Roddick and Ben Stiller appear in supporting roles. Josh Greenbaum, who is working on the upcoming ‘Spaceballs’ sequel, is set to direct the film.

The story centers on “a tennis pro (Johnson) who, in his quest to save a club in crisis and earn his father’s respect, is forced to break a solemn oath and do the one thing he swore not to do.” would ever: play pickleball.’

Pickleball, which combines elements of badminton, tennis and table tennis, is the fastest growing sport in America for the third year in a row and an estimated 36 million people have taken it up with its popularity continuing to grow. Since starring as Nick Miller in the series New Girl, Jake Johnson has entered the film world and made his directorial debut with the film ‘Self Reliance’.