Dave Bautista, Jason Momoa, ‘Blue Beetle’ Helmer Ángel Manuel Soto Teaming For MGM Buddy Comedy ‘The Wrecking Crew’
deadline.comDave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy franchise) and Jason Momoa (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom) have been set to star in The Wrecking Crew, a buddy action comedy that Blue Beetle‘s Ángel Manuel Soto will direct for MGM, Deadline can confirm.
Bautista and Momoa were both in talks for the film, scripted by Warrior creator Jonathan Tropper, long prior to the launch of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Tropper’s deal was negotiated and closed, and his script submitted, prior to the WGA strike, which kicked off back in May. Details as to the pic’s plot are under wraps for now, but Bautista and Momoa sold the pitch to MGM following a four-bidder battle in the fall of 2021, as we were first to report.
Jeffrey Fierson, Momoa’s collaborator on the Netflix/Discovery Canada series Frontier, will produce. Bautista has this year been seen in M.
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