There are some compelling threads that tie together the careers of Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista. Individually, they are known for their air of on-screen mystery and big muscles, but they were also part of the ensemble in Dune: Part 1, co-starred in the second season of the Apple TV series See, and all went for the lead role. Role as Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy (Bautista got the role that replaced his career, while Momoa turned down the opportunity to audition). It turns out there’s Hollywood magic in the paintings that bring the two men together, and in fact, it only makes it more exciting that the duo are now making plans to make a movie together about a cop buddy.
During his recent promotional tour for Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom, which took second place at the box office last weekend, Jason Momoa revealed some main points of the project in development at Esquire. The former Game Of Thrones star revealed in an interview that his progression collaboration with Dave Bautista was all purely devised by the Knock At The Cabin actor, and explained how the pieces began to combine to match the project:
Dave looked it up. “I gave him an idea and it’s on Instagram,” says David Leitch, another of our friends. Then the phone rings without answering. We do an audition. It turns out that it is ours who participates in our program. Enjoyed it, Jonathan Tropper of See.
It’s a task that’s been a long time coming, and as Jason Momoa points out, it can be traced back to Dave Bautista manipulating the universe through social media. In August 2021, the Guardians of the Galaxy star took to his private Twitter account. (not on Instagram) and wrote that he wanted to work with Momoa on a “crime buddy movie similar to Lethal Weapon directed by David Leitch. “They ended up connecting with Jonathan Tropper to expand on the script, and in November of that year, via Deadline, the commission sparked a bidding war in Hollywood that ultimately won through MGM.
Things were a little quiet after that, however, we saw the task progressing wonderfully last summer. In August 2023, it was reported that the film would be titled The Wrecking Crew, and Blue Beetle director Angel Manuel Soto is expected to take the helm.
Jason Momoa explains in the recent interview that what Jonathan Tropper has developed for the script is an extension of the idea that he and Bautista came up with. The Fast X villain also says that the film is going to start production following the completion of the upcoming Minecraft movie:
[Tropper] presented an amazing story and a continuation of ours, and we’re doing it right after Minecraft, so I’m pretty excited. Dave [sic] and I had a wonderful time together. He’s a glorious actor. We are very tall but very susceptible. So I think it’s going to be fun and very silly.
The traditional “buddy cop” formula is based in bringing together a pair of unlikely partners and making them work together, so it will be interesting to see how The Wrecking Crew manipulates the chemistry between Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa. They are both great at playing charming tough guys, so how will the film make it so that they clash? It could be as simple as one being a rebel and the other being a rule-follower, but we’ll have to wait and see how the movie cooks.
Obviously, this is a very exciting development, so stay tuned here at CinemaBlend as we get more details on the film. While we wait for The Wrecking Crew to get closer to production, you can check out all the features scheduled for release in the next one. 12 months our movie release schedule for 2024.
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