EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has acquired Gator and the Egg, an undercover buddy cop movie that becomes another streamer film made possible by the Covid pandemic.
Amazon has set Tricia Brock to direct the script by BenDavid Grabinski. Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher and Michael Shamberg are producing.
This one is being fast tracked to shoot late summer, sources said.The film is a buddy movie, a Lethal Weapon-esque pairing for the modern era with a romantic tension at the center.
The project originated at USA Network as a pilot that was location scouting when the pandemic hit and USA shut down its scripted projects.
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