Kumail Nanjiani and John Cena team up for new buddy cop film

Could this be the next Lethal Weapon?

28 Sep, 2017

Kumail Nanjiani is on a roll!

After his successful film The Big Sick, Nanjiani has made himself known in Hollywood. Just this week we got word that the actor-comedian will be hosting Saturday Night Live in October. But is that enough? No, it is not.

Deadline broke the news that CinemaCon's comedy star of the year is now gearing up for a buddy cop comedy film that has been acquired by Universal.

Nanjiani will be starring alongside WWE wrestler and actor John Cena.

Could this be the next Lethal Weapon? Will there be a fun catchphrase that will stay with us for a long time? Should we already expect sequels and spin-offs? We really don't see much wrong with that!

The yet to be titled project will be helmed by Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer. Fleischer is already on board with directing Venom, a Supervillain movie featuring Tom Hardy.

John Cena and Fleishcer have already collaborated before on HBO mockumentary Tour De Pharmacy.

Kumail Nanjiani is definitely slaying 2017 and while no plot has been revealed, we can tell from the team that this will be a film to watch out for.

Comments

aamer Sep 28, 2017 02:09pm

I just loved his movie the big sick, he was realy good.

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N abidi Sep 28, 2017 11:57pm

Kumail is a Pakistani that moved to USA when he was 18yrs old. He is doing great in HW, He is more successful then PC, anil kapoor, deepika, in USA , Pakistani should be proud!

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Salik Sep 29, 2017 12:31am

He is good actor. Great to see something good coming out of Pakistan other than cricket.

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Rebirth Sep 29, 2017 01:43am

There are more fans of John Cena in Pakistan than anywhere else in the world and that's within the lower-middle class of all the socioeconomic classes. You would find rickshaws and 70cc motorbikes with his name and image plastered all over. Quite an eye for casting him with a Pakistani actor.

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