Will Ferrell to Star in and Produce Comedy for 20th Century Studios Titled STREET JUSTICE
Saturday Night Live and Elf actor Will Ferrell is set to star in a new comedy for 20th Century Studios titled Street Justice. He will also produce the film, which has Ferrell playing a Dirty Harry type who goes about taking justice into his own hands.
The film is based on an original idea by Dave Callaham, and it will be directed by Peter Atencio, a comedy veteran currently in post on Legendary’s forthcoming live-action/animation hybrid Animal Friends.
Callaham, the writer behind Shang-Chi and the Oscar-nominated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, penned the script on spec — selling it in a large seven-figure deal, according to our sources — and will serve as executive producer.
Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum will produce for Gloria Sanchez Productions, with David Koplan also aboard to produce.
Coming off of roles in comedies like the Oscar-winning Barbie, Strays and Emmy-winning TV movie Quiz Lady, Ferrell will next be seen starring opposite Reese Witherspoon in Nick Stoller’s wedding comedy You’re Cordially Invited, which debuts on Prime Video on January 30.
Also upcoming is the Netflix comedy series Golf, which he co-created with Ramy Youssef and Josh Rabinowitz and stars in opposite the former. Netflix doc Will & Harper, of which he’s producer and co-subject, has been nominated for a Cinema Eye Honors Award and four Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards since its September debut.
via: Deadline