Ryan Reynolds and Channing Tatum both have a knack for leading amazing action comedies—and they’ll finally get to film one together! The two Hollywood superstars have been cast as leads in Adam and Aaron Nee’s upcoming Warner Bros. film Calamity Hustle.
This mismatched buddy action comedy has been compared to Lethal Weapon, and it’s set during the holiday season in New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. Warner Bros. won an intense bidding war for this project, beating the likes of Amazon and Netflix, and they’re hoping to kick off a franchise if the first film does well.
Reynolds and Tatum still play estranged brothers who went in opposite directions after growing up on the wrong side of the tracks. Their paths meet again after Tatum’s low-level criminal character finds himself in trouble following a wild diamond heist, and Reynolds’ cop character is forced to track him down and help him out.
Calamity Hustle is one of several high-profile projects that Reynolds currently has on the way. He’ll return as Wade Wilson in Deadpool 3 and star in John Krasinski’s fantasy film IF next year. As for Tatum, he most recently appeared in Magic Mike’s Last Dance and will next be seen in Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut Pu—y Island and the space race film Project Artemis.
