Justin Timberlake plays ball with Clint Eastwood

TimberlakeEastwood"The Social Networking" star Justin Timberlake is placed to become listed on Clint Eastwood and Can Be in Warner Bros.' "Challenge With the bend,Inch that will mark the directorial debut of Eastwood's longtime creating partner Robert Lorenz. Randy Brown authored the script, which finds Eastwood playing a maturing baseball scout with vision problems who requires a journey to Atlanta together with his daughter to have a look in a hot prospect. Timberlake will have Eastwood's friend Johnny Flanagan, an old pitcher who now functions as a baseball scout for that NY Yankees. His character is really a potential love interest for Adams, who plays Eastwood's daughter. Eastwood and Lorenz will produce through their Malpaso banner, while Michele Weissler may also be involved with a producer capacity, getting who introduced the project to Malpaso. Sarah Schechter will oversee the work for WB. "Curve" will mark the very first film Eastwood has starred in but didn't direct since Wolfgang Petersen's 1993 thriller "Within the Type of Fire." Timberlake, who lately starred in "Bad Teacher," "Over TimeInch and "Buddies With Benefits," will quickly begin filming the Coen Bros.' folk music pic "Inside Llewyn Davis" with love interest Carey Mulligan and star Oscar Isaac. Timberlake is repped by WME, attorney P.J. Shapiro and managers Jennifer Killoran and Ron Yorn. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com