Fox Atomic has set a June start date for The Rocker, a comedy that will star Rainn Wilson as a failed drummer who gets a second shot at fame. Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) will direct.
Wilson is in talks to topline the film during his hiatus from the NBC sitcom "The Office.
" Scripted by Ryan Jaffe, and re-written by Wally Wolodarsky and Maya Forbes, the comedy casts Wilson as a modern day Pete Best, the man who dropped out of the Beatles before the band became globally famous.
Shawn Levy and Tom McNulty produce through 21 Laps.