When ‘Deadpool’ Ryan Reynolds and ‘Magic Mike’ Channing Tatum want to team up for a project, not only many movie fans, but also the Hollywood studios will sit up and take notice. Both have already appeared in the action films ‘Free Guy’ (with Reynolds as the lead and Tatum in a smaller supporting role, see photo above) and ‘Bullet Train’ (both with cameos, but no scene together). For ‘Calamity Hustle’, the superstars now appear side by side in front of the camera as lead actors for the first time …
…and this powerful combination has now sparked a bidding war between three studio giants, according to the trade magazine reported. Therefore Traditional studio Warner and streaming giants Netflix and Amazon are competing for the project. The sources of According to this, Warner allegedly made an offer of $20 million each for Reynolds and Tatum, while Netflix and Amazon offered $50 million for each, which they then split independently.
This makes it clear that the streaming toppers, despite terrible past costs and stagnant subscription numbers, are still willing to pay a very large amount of money to acquire exclusive major projects.
Netflix, Amazon or Warner?
Meanwhile, one of the parties is said to have offered as much as $175 million for the entire package, of which 55 million would go primarily to the two stars alone and, to a much lesser extent, to the directing duo already involved. . The latter are brothers Adam and Aaron Nee, who will also contribute the script and recently celebrated a solid success in 2022 with the action comedy ‘The Lost City’, in which Channing Tatum also played one of the leading roles.
It was long planned that the Nee siblings would direct a new live-action film on Netflix based on the fantasy cult figure He-Man. However, Netflix has now canceled the project, although competitor Amazon is currently in negotiations to take it over. However, it is unclear whether the Nees will remain involved. With ‘Calamity Hustle’ they now seem to want to set up an alternative project.
Despite the bidding competition that has broken out, it is probably not entirely certain that the film will actually be made, according to information from But first I continued working on the script. After the various million-dollar offers, new developments will certainly take place here soon. The rival Hollywood studios themselves have not yet officially responded to the issue.
That’s what ‘Calamity Hustle’ is about
In ‘Calamity Hustle’, Ryan Reynolds and Channing Tatum play unpredictable brothers who have grown apart. One is a private detective and ex-police officer who, after an unpleasant encounter with an unscrupulous gangster boss, is forced to track down the other, who apparently intervened in a major diamond heist.