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Pickleball Comedy 'Pickleheads' Serves Up Laughs
6 Feb
Summary
- A mockumentary follows a disgraced ping pong star's pickleball redemption.
- The film features clashes with nudists and a turf war over court noise.
- Shot in Austin, the city known as America's pickleball capital.
A new sports comedy mockumentary, 'Pickleheads,' is generating buzz with its unconventional premise. The film centers on a disgraced ping pong star, persuaded by a documentary crew to capture his redemption story in the rapidly growing sport of pickleball.
His path to revival is anything but smooth, involving confrontations with nudist competitors and the local court kingpin, Hawk Kai. The protagonist inadvertently finds himself in a turf war, battling displaced neighborhood protestors and tennis players irritated by the pervasive pickleball noise.
'Pickleheads' was filmed in Austin, Texas, a city distinguished as America's pickleball capital, boasting the highest number of courts per capita nationwide. The film is directed by Josh Flanagan and written by Jared Bonner, featuring a cast including Pej Vahdat and Harvey Guillén. It premiered at the Austin Film Festival in October and is slated for a Los Angeles premiere on March 1, while actively seeking distribution.
