Hugh Jackman is set to be reuniting with Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds on the new comedy film Boy Band. Jackman and Reynolds both recently starred in Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine, which was directed by Levy. Reynolds and Levy are both set to produce the film, while Levy could also potentially direct.
Reynolds spoke about the upcoming film recently saying; “I’m on a second draft. The first draft was incredible and written by one of my favorite writers, Jesse Andrews. Now I’m on my lonesome. There are no dates or anything just yet. I’m not filming anything for at least a year. This feels like it needs to have an extremely modest budget, and one that wouldn’t be all about going to pay above-the-line actors. Shawn, Hugh, and I are open to creative ways to make this movie at an absolute bargain. A lot of members of boy bands — and there are a lot of them — had managers who left them high and dry. They experienced levels of fame that would be very difficult for anyone to navigate, let alone an adolescent, when you are farming out your self-worth to an audience of screaming people. It creates a kind of arrested cultural development. They’re forever associated with that period of time in their lives. This would be about people in their 40s and 50s trying to get their lives back. I think there is something beautiful about that. The North Star for me as a producer is joy. I feel like cynicism is a contracting industry, and doesn’t have a great shelf life.”
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