Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman Set Up First Movie Together After Deadpool & Wolverine's Record Breaking 2024 Release

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Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman may be reuniting in the movie Boy Band. The project, which was originally written by Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Luca's Jesse Andrews based on a story by Reynolds, has already been in development for some time. It was originally announced in February 2023 with Reynolds attached to star and produce and Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy also set to produce. The movie's production has been delayed beyond its originally planned shoot date, which at the time was expected to take place between Fall 2023 and early 2024.

During a profile on Ryan Reynolds, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that the actor will likely be reuniting with his Deadpool & Wolverine co-star in the upcoming Boy Band, which follows a group of now middle-aged boy band members who reunite. They report that Jackman is now in talks for a major role, though Reynolds says that he is now working solo on a new draft of the script and that "I’m not filming anything for at least a year," so the project will not be completed anytime soon, presuming it does come together. Read Reynolds' statement about the project below:

I’m on a second draft. The first draft was incredible and written by one of my favorite writers, Jesse Andrews [Me and Earl and the Dying Girl]. 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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Source: THR