EXCLUSIVE: Sources tell Deadline Peter Farrelly is partnering with Skydance on the new action-comedy ‘Balls Up’ that he will direct from a script by ‘Deadpool’ scribes Paul Wernick & Rhett Reese
Based on an original pitch from Wernick & Reese, the project was developed with Skydance. Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger are producing along with Wernick & Reese and Andrew Muscato. Aimee Rivera will oversee the project for Skydance.
Plot details are unknown but sources say the tone will fit right in with those classic comedies likethat Farrelly directed with his brother Bobby that made the Farrelly’s two of the biggest names in comedy during the 90s and 2000s. Farrelly is currently in production on the Amazon picstarring Zac Efron, but wanted that next project ready to go once he is done shootingand moved fast to get this set up at Skydance with actors already meeting for the starring roles.
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