Kumail Nanjiani

UTA is out with FORTY THIEVES by Ben Lustig & Jake Thornton.

“Initially my mind went to a Horror movie, which I’ve heard the Uber horror pitch many, many times… So I thought what’s the Action/Comedy version?” – Good Fear Content’s Jake Wagner joins us for the latest installment of Anatomy of a Sale. Jake walks us through one of his own concepts, which would plant the seeds for STUBER written by Tripper Clancy.

Directed by Stephen Gaghan (Syriana), production for the Universal release has already begun in London with Downey joined by Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen, Harry Collett and Jim Broadbent.

Nanjiani will play a mild-mannered Uber driver named Stu who picks up a grizzled cop (Bautista) and gets sucked into his hunt for a vicious killer. Can he survive the chase and keep his five-star rating intact?

Kathryn Bigelow was previously set to direct the film, which once had Tom Hardy and Riz Ahmed attached to star. Bigelow is now producing alongside Annapurna’s Megan Ellison and Matthew Budman, as well as director Pablo Larrain’s producing partner Juan de Dios Larraín.

Universal won the project in a competitive situation, and Ruben Fleischer will produce and direct from a script written by Girls scribe Murray Miller.

The moral of the story is if you have a hit movie this summer you get to host SNL.

As they do every year, CinemaCon has bestowed more than a dozen awards upon actors, directors, producers and other members of the industry, so let’s take you through this year’s honorees, shall we?

There was no shortage of amazing films at this year’s Sundance, making the discovery of breakout actors, filmmakers, and writers exciting. Here are 17 names — some familiar faces, others new — that made a considerable impression with their films at this year’s fest.

When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight.

Everything is awesome for Warner Bros. as they have tapped an all-star voice cast for The Lego Ninjago Movie. Dave Franco, Olivia Munn, and Jackie Chan have signed on to lend their voice to the animated feature and they are joined by a host of others including Justin Theroux, Fred Armisen, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Pena, Abbi Jacobson, and Zach Woods.

The Terminator star is set to take the lead role in Why We’re Killing Gunther written and directed by Saturday Night Live‘s Taran Killam.

A group of eccentric international assassins make a plan to kill the world’s greatest and arrogant hitman.

Everyday average Uber driver Stu has his world turned upside-down when a hard-nosed detective (who just had Lasik), needs him to drive him across the city in pursuit of the man who killed his former partner.

Logline: Everyday average Uber driver Stu has his world turned upside-down when a hard-nosed detective (who just had Lasik), needs him to drive him across the city in pursuit of the man who killed his former partner.

The cast of Silicon Valley try and guess what these real-life startups do. Their answers are tremendous and very NSFW.

In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success.

In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success.

Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan have been tapped to star in The Big Sick. The film written by Nanjiani and his wife Emily V. Gordon tells the story of the relationship challenges faced by a Pakistani man and his American girlfriend.

A Pakistani-born man and his girlfriend face challenges from their relationship.

After an isolated woman in her 60s goes to a self-help seminar, she’s motivated to pursue a romantic relationship with a younger man and ends up in the local hipster scene.

In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success.

In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success.

Kumail Nanjiani and Kyle Mooney also join the cast of “Hello, My Name is Doris.”

Centering on the battle of Ninjago City, the story follows Lloyd, aka the Green Ninja, along with his friends, who are all secret warriors and Lego Master Builders. Led by kung fu master Wu, as wise-cracking as he is wise, they must defeat evil warlord Garmadon, the worst guy ever, who also happens to be Lloyd’s dad

A hoarder and cat lady in her sixties becomes obsessed with a younger man who starts working at her company.

Thesps team up for stop-motion comedy!

Logline: When an unsuspecting guy is dragged into hell, his two best friends are tasked with bringing him back

Logline: Holly Berenson is an up-and-coming caterer and Eric Messer is a promising network director. After a disastrous first date, the only thing they have in common is their dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter, Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in the world, Holly and Eric are forced to put their differences aside.