Boy howdy! Glen Powell (Twisters, The Operating Man, Anybody however You) and Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The King of Staten Island, Bros) are hitching a experience aboard the identical horse for an untitled authentic comedy at Common. The mission finds Powell returning to his laptop computer to pen the script with Apatow and play the lead.
The untitled comedy finds Glen Powell enjoying a rustic Western star in free fall, with Apatow getting behind the digital camera to direct. Along with directing, Apatow produces via his Apatow Productions label, which has a deal at Common, the place the movie is organising camp. Apatow’s earlier movies with the studio embrace his landmark comedy The 40-12 months-Outdated Virgin, Knocked Up, Humorous Individuals, This Is 40, Trainwreck, and The King of Staten Island.
Powell produces alongside Dan Cohen via their three way partnership Barnstorm, with Kevin Misher producing via Misher Movies. Powell and Common just lately joined forces for Twisters, which grossed $372M globally. Powell is sizzling s**t in Hollywood proper now, and his pairing with Apatow will flip heads.
Powell’s untitled comedy with Apatow isn’t his first writing mission. He co-wrote the screenplay for 2023’s Hit Man with Richard Linklater and is at present engaged on a script for reviving the environmentally pleasant superhero Captain Planet. He’s additionally a contributing author for Chad Powers, an eight-episode sports activities comedy collection a few disgraced school quarterback named Russ Holliday who disguises himself as Chad Powers and walks onto a struggling southern soccer group to revive his soccer profession. Steve Zahn (Silo), Perry Mattfield (Mending the Line, Shameless), Clayne Crawford (A Stroll to Keep in mind, Deadly Weapon), Toby Huss (Halt and Catch Fireplace, King of the Hill) and extra lead the solid alongside Powell.
Glen Powell additionally stars in Edgar Wright’s The Operating Man, which focuses on a person who joins a sport present the place contestants, allowed to go wherever on the planet, are pursued by “hunters” employed to kill them. Primarily based on Stephen King’s authentic story, the mission stars Katy O’Brien, Josh Brolin, Lee Tempo, Michael Cera, Colman Domingo, William H. Macy, David Zayas, Emilia Jones, and extra.
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