Prime Video has acquired worldwide rights to Ricky Stanicky starring Zac Efron and John Cena which is able to begin principal images in Melbourne, later this month.
The movie marks a return to comedy for director Peter Farrelly (Green Book, Something About Mary) and also will function Jermaine Fowler (The Drop).
It centres spherical three buddies who invent a personality to make use of to get out of difficult predicaments, however they’ve to rent an actor to painting their fictional good friend when their important others turn out to be suspicious.
“We are excited to embark on this new undertaking with comedy legend Peter Farrelly,” stated Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon and MGM Studios. “With Peter’s experience and what are sure-to-be hilarious performances from our stellar solid led by Zac Efron, John Cena, and Jermaine Fowler, our Prime Video viewers around the globe are in retailer for a little bit of mischief and lots of laughs.”
“I’m very grateful to Amazon, in addition to Paul Currie, Thorsten Schumacher, and John Jacobs, for lastly bringing Ricky Stanicky to life,” stated director Peter Farrelly. “This has been a dream undertaking of mine for a few years however to finish up with a solid this loopy good makes the wait greater than worthwhile.”
Producers embody Paul Currie (Hacksaw Ridge, Blacklight) through Footloose Productions, Thorsten Schumacher (Crimes of the Future, All Quiet on the Western Front) through Rocket Science, in affiliation with John Jacobs (Ted, Blades of Glory) through Smart Entertainment. The script, written by Peter Farrelly, Brian Jarvis (Loudermilk), and Jim Freeman (Loudermilk), relies on an unique spec by Jeff Bushnell (Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Zoey 101) and Steve Oedekerk (Bruce Almighty, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls).
The manufacturing was drawn to Victoria by means of the Victorian Screen Incentive and the Regional Location Assistance Fund.
CAA Media Finance and Rocket Science brokered the take care of Prime Video on behalf of the filmmakers.
