STXfilms has hired the sibling screenwriting team of Jon and Erich Hoeber to pen the studio’s previously announced family action-comedy starring Dave Bautista.
The film will follow a hardened CIA operative who finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family. Bautista and Jonathan Meisner will serve as producers on the film, and STXfilms’ Drew Simon and Kate Vorhoff will oversee production.
“Jon and Erich have a unique writing style that is perfectly matched with Dave’s blend of action and comedy expertise,” said Adam Fogelson, chairman of STXfilms. “We had a great experience working with them on the script for ‘The Happytime Murders,’ and look forward to collaborating once again on this project.”
The untitled project was annnounced in October at the time that Bautista was starring in “Blade Runner 2049.” It is one of several projects Stx is developing with Bautista,...
The film will follow a hardened CIA operative who finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family. Bautista and Jonathan Meisner will serve as producers on the film, and STXfilms’ Drew Simon and Kate Vorhoff will oversee production.
“Jon and Erich have a unique writing style that is perfectly matched with Dave’s blend of action and comedy expertise,” said Adam Fogelson, chairman of STXfilms. “We had a great experience working with them on the script for ‘The Happytime Murders,’ and look forward to collaborating once again on this project.”
The untitled project was annnounced in October at the time that Bautista was starring in “Blade Runner 2049.” It is one of several projects Stx is developing with Bautista,...
- 4/6/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Scribes Jon and Erich Hoeber are reteaming with STXfilms and have been tapped to pen the family action-comedy movie that will star Dave Bautista to kick off a potential franchise. Deadline broke the story in October that the Guardians of the Galaxy and Blade Runner 2049 tough guy — a former wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter — closed a deal with Stx to develop a franchise that he will star in and produce.
The film will follow a hardened CIA operative (Bautista) who finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family. Bautista and Jonathan Meisner are set as producers, and STXfilms’ Drew Simon and Kate Vorhoff will oversee.
The Hoeber brothers were already in business with STXfilms having helped out on The Happytime Murders, which is set in an L.A. underbelly where puppets and humans co-exist. It centers on clashing...
The film will follow a hardened CIA operative (Bautista) who finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family. Bautista and Jonathan Meisner are set as producers, and STXfilms’ Drew Simon and Kate Vorhoff will oversee.
The Hoeber brothers were already in business with STXfilms having helped out on The Happytime Murders, which is set in an L.A. underbelly where puppets and humans co-exist. It centers on clashing...
- 4/6/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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