A brand new venture that we can see John Cena has simply discovered a brand new residence. The action-comedy venture Officer Alternate has reportedly been offered to Amazon Studios with Cena set to function within the starring function. The venture is at the moment in improvement.
Reported by Deadline, The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker star will probably be within the lead function function movie venture as Shepard, or just “Shep,” who’s described as a “wrecking ball of a cop.” The story sees him teaming up with an Indian police officer to go up towards a diamond smuggling ring stationed in India. The script was penned by Ben Zazove and Evan Turner, the pair having written the comedy film The Out-Regulation that’s at the moment in post-production for Netflix. Zazove different writing credit embody Paramount’s Sherlock Gnomes. The movie doesn’t but have any further forged members moreover Cena introduced, nor has a launch date or launch window been revealed.
Cena can even be serving as an govt producer on the venture with Peter Safran set to provide the venture for Amazon alongside John Rickard, each doing so by The Safran Firm. The Safran Firm can be one of many manufacturing firms that labored with Cena on Jame Gunn‘s Peacemaker for HBO. Safran served as an govt producer on that sequence with Rickard being a producer. Cena was additionally a co-executive producer on the favored sequence.
Cena has been retaining busy the previous few years in relation to his appearing profession. The 16-time WWE champion’s efficiency as Peacemaker in Gunn’s 2021 movie, The Suicide Squad, was acclaimed by each critics and followers, a lot in order that the character obtained their very own spinoff sequence on HBO Max. The character has since turn into a fan favourite and the sequence exploded in reputation, with its season 1 finale garnering the largest single-day viewership efficiency for an HBO Max sequence. With that success, it’s no shock that the Peacemaker sequence was renewed for a second season again in February. Along with his function in DC motion pictures, he’s additionally slated to be a part of one other Warner Bros. movie, as he’s set to star in an upcoming Loony Toons live-action, animated hybrid movie Coyote vs. Acme. Different movie credit that Cena touts embody F9, Bumblebee, the Daddy’s Dwelling franchise, and Trainwreck.
Officer Alternate is at the moment in improvement with out a launch date or launch window at the moment introduced.
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