Adam Rifkin Hops On Stoner Comedy ‘Toad’ With James Paxton
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Adam Rifkin is set to direct his next feature, the stoner comedy, Toad, which he co-wrote with Bank of Dave scribe Piers Ashworth.
Cameras will roll this autumn in New Mexico. In the spirit of such pics like Cheech and Chong’s Up In Smoke, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Toad tells the tale of two naive slackers, Sam (played by James Paxton of Twisters and Rifkin’s western Last Train to Fortune) and Alex (Oliver Wyman of Feeling Randy), who are hired by a frightening cartel boss to deliver a cardboard box from LA to Vegas for the tidy sum of $10k.
The boys think it’s their lucky day. Instructed not to look in the box, the duo can’t contain their curiosity and as soon as they drive off the property they pull over and have a peek.
Much to their surprise and confusion, the box contains six toads. Unbeknown to them they’re Sonoran Desert Toads aka acid toads, which when licked, gets the most seasoned drug enthusiasts high out of their minds.
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