Jonah Hill will get behind the digital camera for his third narrative function as he’s set to direct and star in Reduce Off for Warner Bros.
Jonah Hill is about to write, direct, and star in Reduce Off for Warner Bros. The comedy is claimed to middle on a pair of fraternal twins whose rich dad and mom cease supporting them financially. Hill will play one of many twins and World of Reel has heard that the position of the opposite twin has been provided to Jennifer Lawrence. The manufacturing has secured a $10 million California tax credit score and plans to start out capturing later this 12 months.
This might be Hill’s third gig behind the digital camera for a story function. He beforehand directed Mid90s, a coming-of-age film which adopted a thirteen-year-old boy rising up with an abusive older brother and a considerably absent mom who finds himself drawn to a gaggle of older skate boarders. He additionally just lately wrapped manufacturing on Consequence, a black comedy starring Keanu Reeves as Reed Hawk, Reef, “a damaged Hollywood star who must dive into the dark depths of his past to confront his demons and make amends after he is extorted with a mysterious video clip from his past.” Hill co-stars as Hawk’s cris lawyer. Consequence is anticipated to be launched on Apple TV+ later this 12 months.
Seth Rogen was just lately chatting about Superbad and talked about that they acquired an attention-grabbing be aware from Sony Footage about Hill’s character whereas making it. In no way was Hill’s character allowed to be seen utilizing a PlayStation. “They were like, ‘We can’t have him interact with our products as a character, because it’s too vile a character.’ And I was like, ‘It’s based on me, that’s very insulting,’” Rogen mentioned. “Sony made the film and we have been informed that Jonah Hill’s character, Seth, was so reprehensible to the studio. There’s a scene the place they’re taking part in video video games and it was like, ‘Jonah can’t contact a PlayStation.’“
In his evaluation of Mid90s, our personal Chris Bumbray mentioned that Hill “clearly has a unique voice as a director and a lot of empathy for his subjects… [He’s] done a good job starting out with the small-scale charmer, and he’s on an interesting path as a filmmaker if he chooses to go down that route.” It appears he has. You possibly can take a look at the remainder of Bumbray’s evaluation proper right here.
