Paul Feig already has one intriguing upcoming comedy with “Grand Death Lotto,” starring John Cena, Awkwafina, and Simu Liu — now it’s time so as to add one other to the record. Deadline experiences that Feig is ready to direct an upcoming spy comedy over at Paramount, with Sebastian Stan and Maria Bakalova to star.
Exact plot particulars are below wraps, however “Welcome To Flatch” author Jenny Bicks pens the script, and its pitch is a few failed double agent who one way or the other turns into an unlikely success. Given Bakalova’s casting, anticipate the political theater to probably be Eastern European, because the actress hails from Bulgaria.
Feig co-produces with movie with Lauren Allen Fischer by way of Feigco Entertainment, together with Stan and Emily Gerson Saines.
Stan is recent off a starring position within the Apple TV+ authentic movie “Sharper” with Julianne Moore and Justice Smith. Up subsequent, he has the A24 thriller “A Different Man” with Reinate Reinsve, and returns to the MCU quickly to reprise his position as Bucky Barnes in “Thunderbolts.”
As for Bakalova, she starred within the A24 anti-slasher “Bodies Bodies Bodies” final yr, proving that her Oscar-nominated position in “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” was no one-off. She additionally stars in “Fairy Land” with Emilia Jones and Scoot McNairy, which had its world premiere at Sundance this previous January. Up subsequent, she stars as Cosmo the Space Dog in James Gunn‘s MCU farewell “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3,” in theaters all over the place on May 5.
Feig has loads of different irons within the fireplace, too. First, he has a sequel to “A Simple Favor” on the way in which. Then he groups up with Sam Raimi for an adaptation of Mauren Kilmer‘s novel “Suburban Hell” at Legendary. After that, he produces Netflix‘s adaptation of the Riley Sager novel “The House Across The Lake,” and probably helms that challenge, too. Last one: an ABC pilot, “Motherland,” which Feig govt produces. But “Grand Death Lotto” comes earlier than all of that over at Amazon Studios.
So, does Sebastian Stan have the comedic chops to spare with Bakalova? We know that Bakalova will maintain her personal after “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.” More information on this challenge quickly.