Richie Mehta (Siddharth) has signed on to direct Baseballissimo, which was written by Jay Baruchel (How to Train Your Dragon) and his writing partner Jesse Chabot (Random Acts of Violence), according to THR.
Baruchel is known for his acting work in Tropic Thunder, Million Dollar Baby and as the voice of Hiccup in the How to Train Your Dragon films.
Yelchin was to play a minor-league baseball player who pitches for the Peones, a baseball team in Italy.
The late Anton Yelchin (Star Trek) was set to play the lead role until his accidental death in 2016.