Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista's Buddy Cop Action Movie is in a Heated Bidding War
A few months ago Dave Bautista shared a post on Twitter where he said, “Just going to throw this out into the atmosphere and see what happens. Here we go… Me and Momoa in a Lethal Weapon type buddy cop movie directed by David Leitch. Ok! There it is. Now we wait.”
Not long after that, Jason Momoa appeared on an episode of The Late Late Show and confirmed that he was 100% on board and said, that Bautista proposed shooting the film in Hawaii. Momoa told Bautista, "Let’s do it. I’ve got an idea. So, it’s off to the races now. We’re doing it.”
Well, the two actors pitched the project all over Hollywood last week with Jonathan Tropper, who is writing the script. Their film pitch is now in a heated bidding war with multiple studios and according to Deadline, MGM is close to winning the auction.
It’s said that the duo are to play brothers in the film, but there are no other story details beyond that, the Hawaii setting, and that it will have a Lethal Weapon type tone to it.
Momoa previously said, “It sells itself. Dave loves wearing speedos, I love wearing board shorts and both of us with our shirts off [in a] buddy cop film, he’ll be grumpy and I’ll be charming. Boom. I’ve got the hair, he doesn’t have hair. We cover all the demographics.”
Jeff Fierson is producing the film and I’m sure it’s gonna be a lot of fun!