Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Netflix has made a deal with Ryan Reynolds and John August to co-write Upstate, an original feature comedy that is eyed as a star vehicle for Reynolds.
The project reunites Reynolds and August, who last worked together on 2007’s The Nines.They are keeping plot under wraps. Reynolds and August will be executive producers, Reynolds through his production company Maximum Effort.For Netflix Reynolds starred in the Michael Bay-directed 6 Underground and stars with Dwayne Johnson and Gal Gadot in the Rawson Marshall Thurber-directed Red Notice.
The Deadpool star has upcoming the Shawn Levy-directed action comedy Free Guy and the sequel The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard.
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