Just as his new movieAnt-Man and the Waspwas crowned the #1 movie in America,Bobby Cannavaleis finalizing a deal to playMelissa McCarthy’s love interest in New Line’s action-comedySuperintelligence, Collider has exclusively learned.
McCarthy’s husband and longtime collaboratorBen Falconeis directing from a script bySteve Mallory(The Boss). McCarthy and Falcone are also producing via their company On the Day. Production starts later this month, and Warner Bros. will release the film next year on Christmas Day.
McCarthy will play a former corporate executive whose earnest yet unfulfilled life is turned upside down when she’s selected for observation by the world’s first super-intelligence — an artificial intelligence that may or may not take over the world. Late night hostJames Cordenwill provide the voice of the artificial intelligence.
Cannavale will play Carol’s former boyfriend who re-enters her life after an extended absence. He and McCarthy previously shared the screen in the hit 2015 comedySpy.
Falcone and McCarthy are coming off of the New Line comedyLife of the Party, andSuperintelligencewill arrive three months after the studio releases their next collaboration, the crime dramaThe Kitchen, which pairs the actress withTiffany HaddishandElisabeth Moss.
Cannavale is coming off a monster 2017, and there’s no sign of a slowdown coming anytime soon. Just last year he played the villain in the blockbusterJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which opened a few weeks after the acclaimedTonya HardingdramaI, Tonya, in which he played a well-coiffedHard Copyreporter. He also reprised his role as Vince D’Angelo on NBC’sWill & Gracerevival. The future looks bright for Cannavale, who will soon be seen inMartin Scorsese’sThe IrishmanandEdward Norton’sMotherless Brooklyn, as well asJohn Turturro’sBig LebowskispinoffGoing Placesand Blumhouse’s coming-of-age dramaOnce Upon a Time in Staten Island.
That’s an impressive slate that should compliment Cannavale’s work alongsideJulia Robertsin the upcoming Amazon seriesHomecoming. The two-time Tony Award nominee is represented by WME, Framework Entertainment and Schreck Rose.
Ant-Man and the Waspopened to $75 million this past weekend, and while Cannavale may not have the biggest role in the comic book sequel, he added laughs as a valued member of the Marvel family.
