Pretty Boys To Team Up In A Buddy Cop Movie
Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper are signing up for take-your-dads-to-work day.
The busy actors are attached to star in an untitled original action-comedy written by Sheldon Turner (“Up in the Air”), who snagged north of seven figures for the gig. The story follows two friends, who are also San Francisco cops, whose fathers were once partners on the police force. The older generation is forced out of retirement to help their sons crack a case, with typically antagonistic results.
The actioner is meant to have an updated “Lethal Weapon” flavor that plays into edgier R-rated territory.
Neal Moritz (“The Bounty Hunter”), Andrew Panay (“Wedding Crashers”) and Reynolds’ Dark Trick Films partner Jonathon Komack Martin (“Van Wilder”) are producing along with J.C. Spink and Chris Bender of Benderspink (“A History of Violence”).
Panay and Turner first developed the pitch, then called “Blowback,” five years ago with Dwayne Johnson, then known as The Rock, attached to one of the roles. The current iteration is not yet set up at a studio, but Moritz’s Original Film banner is housed at Sony, where he is also producing “The Green Hornet.”
Reynolds most recently starred in “Paper Man,” “The Proposal” and “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” He next stars in the indie thriller “Buried,” which Lionsgate will release next month, and “Green Lantern,” which Warner Bros. will open next June.
Cooper will next star in the Rogue Pictures thriller “The Dark Fields,” which hits theaters in January, and a sequel to “The Hangover,” which Warner Bros. is lining up for a May release.
Turner wrote the screenplays for “The Longest Yard” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning,” and he is currently casting his directorial debut, “By Virtue Fall,” from his own original screenplay.
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