Lionsgate has picked up the adult comedy Rager to be directed by Jon Kasdan, who also wrote the screenplay with Dan Klein.
The script is under wraps, but the Imagine Entertainment project is produced by Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody and Allan Mandelbaum, with Justin Wilkes to executive produce.
Kasdan co-wrote Solo: A Star Wars Story alongside his father, Lawrence Kasdan, and is the writer and showrunner for Willow on Disney+. He also wrote and directed The First Time and In the Land of Women. Before that, Kasdan worked as a writer for the Freaks and Geeks TV series and acted in Dawson’s Creek and Dreamcatcher.
Klein’s credits include Miracle Workers on TBS and Wet Hot American Summer. For its part, Lionsgate has had success with Knives Out, the last two John Wick movies, relaunching the Hunger Games franchise with The Battle of Songbirds & Snakes and the latest installment in the Saw franchise. The company’s upcoming movie slate includes Dirty Dancing, Now You See Me 3 and Ballerina.
Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment, long one of the biggest names in Hollywood, moved an earlier first-look deal with Apple to Amazon Studios. The tech giant plans to release 12 to 15 movies in theaters annually with a push into the local multiplex.
Klein is repped by Rise Management and Ziffren Brittenham. Kasdan is repped by CAA.
Deadline was the first to report on the Rager project from Imagine Entertainment going to Lionsgate.
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