John Cena & Kumail Nanjiani Set For Buddy Cop Comedy

WWE superstar John Cena andSilicon Valley ’s Kumail Nanjiani are dress to partner up in an untitled buddy cop comedy from director Ruben Fleischer ( Zombieland ) and Universal Pictures . Both actors have seen their several profiles in the picture industry originate in recent years . Cena has seem in a handful of comedy hits such asTrainwreckandDaddy ’s Home , while Nanjiani is coming off of the acclaimed rom - comThe Big Sick(which he co - spell with his married woman Emily V. Gordon . in add-on to starring in ) . In the former part of this year ’s honor time of year , there is talk of the town he could receive an Oscar nomination for his screenplay .

It does n’t bet like either will be slowing down anytime before long . Nanjiani will be seen in a 5th season ofSilicon Valley , which will premier in 2018 . Cena , in the meantime , is lay out to headline theBumblebeespinoff in the burgeoningTransformerscinematic universe , set about to become the next expectant Hollywood action at law star . As fortune would have it , Nanjiani and Cena are move to cross paths at some point in the future tense , seeing that they ’ve signed on for a new buddy cop comedy .

The newsworthiness get courtesy ofDeadline , who say that Fleischer will also bring forth alongside David Bernad and Murray Miller . Miller , whose career résumé also admit HBO’sTour de PharmacyandGirls , is locked in to write the script . No plot of ground details are available at this time , but approximate from the genre ’s history , it will most likely involve two mismatch partners ( Cena and Nanjiani ) who work together on a vitrine and form a trammel . Hopefully there ’s more to it than that , so the project can take vantage of its leash ' talents and not strike into formula .

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While the prospect of see Nanjiani and Cena team up has the potential for gut - bust laugh , fans of the two may have to wait a while before seeing this motion picture come into fruition . Fleischer is going to call the shots on Sony’sVenommovie asterisk Tom Hardy , which is set for spill in October 2018 . He likely wo n’t be able to deform his care to the buddy cop movie untilVenomis over , meaning the Nanjiani / Cena partnering probably wo n’t reach dramatics until 2019 at the other . This is all fine and well , since Cena is still in the thick of principal picture taking onBumblebeeand wo n’t be gratis until the spinoff wraps .

A staple of eighties action movie theatre , the buddy bull comedy has experienced its fair portion of ups and downs in the last fistful of age . For every dispatch like21 Jump Street , there ’s a bomb such asCHIPSthat shows the genre could be run out of steam . Hopefully , the pairing of Nanjiani and Cena will be successful . The pieces are certainly in blank space for a sport and screaming adventure , especially with Fleischer calling the shot . Zombielandis seen as one of the better comedy of the 2000s , so hopefully he can work his illusion again and exemplify there ’s still life in a classical premise .