Amazon Studios is heading to the sanctuary.
The streamer has acquired the rights to writer-director Nick Stoller’s untitled wedding comedy, with Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon attached.
The trio also produce under their respective banners: Ferrell produces with Jessica Elbaum via Gloria Sanchez; Stoller runs its global solutions block with partner Connor Welch; And Witherspoon is producing alongside Lauren Neustadter through Hello Sunshine, with the company’s executive producer Ashley Strumwasser.
Logline details are being kept under wraps, but the premise includes two weddings scheduled at the same location on the same weekend.
Most studios dropped out early on in the bidding, but among streamers, the competition to land a wedding comedy was as intense as the race to grab the bucket.
Gloria Sánchez, who has her first TV deal with Netflix and a movie for 20I Century Studios is behind the hit Netflix series dead to me, which will soon enter its third and final season. It was also one of the companies behind one of the biggest big-screen comedies of 2021. Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar. The company recently completed a Christmas musical spiritualin which Ferrell stars opposite Ryan Reynolds for Apple TV+.
Stoller is creating an uproar for his gay romantic comedy brothersthat he directed and co-wrote with Billy Eichner and that Universal opens on September 30. His other directing work includes comedies. Forgetting Sarah Marshall s neighbors Films. It is currently in production on an Apple TV+ series. Platonic, Starring Seth Rogan and Rose Byrne, who he created and co-stars with his wife, Francesca Delbanco.
Hello Sunshine has made a name for itself with thoughtful and powerful series like Morning show, little fires everywhere. s little big lie Witherspoon also played in all of them. Then the company has a coming-of-age drama. where the crabs sing Sony debuts on July 15th.
Ferrell is represented by UTA and Mosaic, and Stoller is represented by UTA and Ziffren Brittenham. Witherspoon is represented by CAA, LBI Entertainment and Hansen Jacobson.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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