Sebastian Stan and Maria Bakalova Attached to New Spy Comedy

Given that comedy director Paul Feig had an enormous success with 2015’s Melissa McCarthy comedy ‘Spy’, which earned greater than $235 million worldwide, it’s comprehensible that he could be tempted by a brand new movie trying to mix laughs and espionage.

Which is sweet news for an untitled spy comedy in improvement at Paramount, which already has some potential casting in place –– as MCU stalwart Sebastian Stan and ‘Borat’ sequel star Maria Bakalova –– are connected to star.

Jenny Bicks, whose comedy collection ‘Welcome to Flatch’ is produced by Feig (and returns for a second season this fall) has been employed to write down the script.

What’s the story of this new spy film?

Details are scarce on this one, however in line with Deadline, the idea initially appeared in a pitch to the studio a couple of failed double agent who turns into an unlikely success. Whether the agent can be performed by Stan, Bakalova or another person stays to be seen.

And although you could possibly conceivably see this as a approach for Feig to lastly understand the long-rumored sequel to ‘Spy’, it’s extra possible the brand new film is totally unconnected, particularly since that movie was produced by the pre-Disney twentieth Century Fox. And if Feig and co. had been going to revisit it, you’ve received to determine the announcement wouldn’t be wrapped in such secrecy.

If the spy comedy does find yourself in manufacturing, Feig will produce the film in addition to direct it, with Stan additionally producing.

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If all of it comes collectively, this new spy film may very well be enjoyable: Stan definitely has motion chops and has additionally proved he can do comedy of various flavors in ‘Fresh’, ‘I, Tonya’ and his quippy back-and-forths with Anthony Mackie in his Marvel appearances. Bakalova, in the meantime, broke out in ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ and has since cropped up within the likes of ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’, ‘The Bubble’ and the upcoming ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’, wherein she voices Cosmo the Space Dog (that can be in theaters on May fifth).

Bicks has additionally written for reveals corresponding to ‘Sex and the City’, ‘Divorce’ and ‘The Big C’, whereas on the movie entrance, she’s scripted motion pictures together with ‘The Greatest Showman’ and ‘Rio 2’.

Feig most just lately launched ‘The School for Good and Evil’, which debuted on Netflix and debuted prime of the streaming service’s charts regardless of some very blended evaluations. He’s presently taking pictures ‘Grand Death Lotto’ a dystopian motion comedy a couple of California lottery the place the winner can legally be hunted down by different residents, who can declare the prize ought to they kill the winner.

Awkwafina is starring as the present winner, who has to go on the run, with John Cena and Simu Liu as non-public bodyguards vying to maintain her protected. It must be in theaters subsequent 12 months.

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