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Stuber
Mar 20, 2018 20:49:29 GMT -6
Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Mar 20, 2018 20:49:29 GMT -6
variety.com/2018/film/news/kumail-nanjiani-dave-bautista-uber-movie-stuber-1202731828/Kumail Nanjiani to Star With Dave Bautista in Uber Comedy ‘Stuber’ Kumail Nanjiani has boarded Fox’s Uber comedy “Stuber” opposite Dave Bautista. Nanjiani will portray a mild-mannered Uber driver who picks up a grizzled cop, played by Bautista, who is hot on the trail of a brutal killer. The driver is then thrust into a harrowing ordeal where he has to keep his wits, his life, and his five-star rating. The name of the comedy is taken from the driver’s name, Stu. Michael Dowse is directing the script from Tripper Clancy. Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are producing the film. Jake Wagner and Nick Thomas are executive producing. Jeremy Kramer is overseeing for Fox. Bautista, who starred last year in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” and “Blade Runner 2049,” joined “Stuber” in December. Nanjiani portrayed an Uber driver in last year’s semi-autobiographical comedy “The Big Sick,” which recounts his real-life courtship with Emily V. Gordon. Nanjiani and Gordon, who wed in 2007, received an Academy Award and a Writers Guild Award nomination in the original script category this year. It won the best first screenplay trophy at the Spirit Awards. Nanjiani, a native of Pakistan who moved to the U.S. when he was 18, is one of the stars of HBO’s “Silicon Valley,” which is returning for its fifth season on March 25. He is repped by UTA, Mosaic, and Schreck Rose.
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Stuber
Apr 6, 2018 13:39:58 GMT -6
Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Apr 6, 2018 13:39:58 GMT -6
deadline.com/2018/04/iko-uwais-stuber-movie-dave-bautista-kumail-nanjiani-cast-1202359960/‘The Raid’ Star Iko Uwais Joins Fox Action Comedy ‘Stuber’ EXCLUSIVE: Iko Uwais, the actor and fight choreographer who toplined The Raid and The Raid: Redemption, has joined the cast of Stuber, the 20th Century Fox pic that stars Dave Bautista and Kumail Nanjiani. Fox acquired the Tripper Clancy-penned spec in April 2016 about a determined detective (Bautista) who commandeers an unsuspecting Uber and its driver named Stu (Nanjiani) over one night of hijinks and mayhem. Details of Uwais’ character are under wraps. Michael Dowse is directing the pic, which Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are producing. Jake Wagner is executive producer, and Jeremy Kramer is overseeing for the studio. Uwais recently wrapped filming STXfilms’ Mile 22 starring alongside Mark Walberg and choreographing some of the major fight scenes, just as he did for 2011’s actioner The Raid and its 2013 sequel which served as his breakout films. He also appeared in and provided fight choreography for Star Wars: The Force Awakens among other pics. He is repped by Gersh, Management 360, Ricky Siahaan of Indonesia-based Uwais Management and attorney Karl Austen.
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