With Disney set to acquire key assets at 20th Century Fox, the future of the studio’s creative output has become the subject of much conversation, speculation, and debate of late, but if there’s someone we can count on seeing a lot of in the next few years, it’sRyan Reynolds. Deadline reports that Fox has inked a three-year first look deal with Reynolds' Maximum Effort to develop new projects for the studio and the first one is a film adaptation that’s sure to conjure plenty of nostalgia (and possibly some familiarrage gifs).
Reynolds will produce and star in a live-action film inspired by the Hasbro board gameClue. Maximum Effort ill produce alongside Hasbro’s film division Allspark Pictures, and Fox is looking to reteam Reynolds withDeadpool scribesRhett ReeseandPaul Wernick. The film is intended to be a star vehicle for Reynolds based on the mythology of the board game. No word on if he’ll be playing one of the iconic suspects, but I daresay he’d make a dashing Professor Plum. Plot details are still under wraps. Aprevious reportsuggested that Fox wanted to move Clue’s mysteries onto an international stage with action-adventure elements.
Cluewas previously adapted to film in the 1985 cult classic of the same name from writer-directorJonathan Lynnand producerDebra Hill, starringTim Curry,Madeline Kahn,Christopher Lloyd, andMichael McKean. Here’s hoping the new adaptation assembles a worthy murderer’s row of talent in that tradition, tall order though that may be.
Reynolds has kept busy since hitting the next level with 2016’sDeadpool. In addition to his key role in the ongoingDeadpoolfranchise and the plannedX-Forcespinoff, Reynolds is also set to lend his voice toThe Croods 2and Legendary’s live-action Pokemon movieDetective PikachualongsideKen Watanabe,Justice Smith, andKathryn Newton. But first, the actor will lead Fox’sDeadpool 2, which arrives in theaters May 18.
