Josh Gad Joins 'The Rocker' Cast

Josh Gad will star opposite Rainn Wilson in "The Rocker," a music-themed comedy Peter Cattaneo is directing for Fox Atomic. Shawn Levy and Tom McNulty are producing via their 21 Laps Entertainment banner.

The film tells the story of a failed, over-the-hill drummer (Wilson) who, 20 years after getting booted out of his now uber-famous former band, gets a second chance at fame with a new band.

Gad plays Wilson's nephew and head of a high school rock band that Wilson ends up joining.