‘Bad Trip’ Director Kitao Sakurai To Helm ‘72 Hours’ For Sony Pictures, ‘Cobra Kai’ Creators Penning Script

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EXCLUSIVE: Following the critical acclaim of his Netflix comedy Bad Trip, director Kitao Sakurai has set his sights on his next major studio pic, being set to helm 72 Hours for Sony Pictures.

John Davis is producing through his Davis Entertainment banner along with Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald through their Counterbalance Entertainment.

Davis Entertainment’s John Fox and Jeremy Stein are executive producing.While the plot is being kept under wraps, top-tier talent is already lining up given the heat behind Bad Trip and Cobra Kai.

Hurwitz and Schlossberg wrote the original screenplay, with rewrites by Nicholas Thomas.Sakurai has been a rising star in directing circles and gained support from his peers after directing and executive producing The Eric Andre Show for Adult Swim.