Sam Richardson (Ted Lasso) has landed a role alongside John Cena and Jessica Biel in Apple‘s live-action Matchbox film from Skydance and Mattel Films.
While the film is inspired by Mattel’s iconic real-world die-cast toy vehicle line of the same name, there’s no word yet on who Richardson is playing.
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The Matchbox brand was invented in 1953 by automotive enthusiast Jack Odell to solve a challenge for his daughter, who was allowed to take a toy to school only if it was small enough to fit in a matchbox. When his daughter’s school friends, too, began clamoring for a “matchbox car,” an enduring brand was born. The high standards of authenticity for Matchbox die-cast cars have driven the brand for over 70 years and generations of fans. Today, two Matchbox cars are sold every second somewhere around the world.
The Extraction films’ Sam Hargrave is directing Matchbox from a script by David Coggeshall and Jonathan Tropper. Producers include Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger, and Robbie Brenner for Mattel Films, along with Jules Daly.
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An alum of Veep and The Afterparty who recently won a Guest Actor Emmy for his work in Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso, Richardson will next be seen starring opposite Michelle Yeoh in Paramount+’s TV movie Star Trek: Section 31, premiering January 24. Also coming up for the actor is Sacrifice, a Romain Gavras thriller in which he’s set to star opposite Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Salma Hayek Pinault.
Richardson is repped by UTA, Artists First, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman