Trouble with the Curve is a 2012 American sports drama film directed by
Robert Lorenz and starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake,
Matthew Lillard, and John Goodman. The film revolves around an aging baseball
scout whose daughter joins him on a scouting trip. Filming began in March
2012, and the film was released on September 21, 2012.
This was Eastwood's first acting project since 2008's Gran Torino and his
first acting role in a film he did not direct since his cameo in 1995's
Casper. A year after its release, the film became the subject of a
plagiarism lawsuit by a producer alleging that his former partner had taken an
unfinished script after a dispute and conspired with his agent and Warner
Bros.