Will Smith and Kevin Hart are both on board to star in Planes, Trains And Automobiles remake
Will Smith and Kevin Hart are set to star in a remake of Planes, Trains And Automobiles.
The comedians are both on board to recreate the 1987 travel comedy, according to Variety.
The film – which originally starred Steve Martin and John Candy – follows a pair of businessmen as they fumble their way back to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with their families.
Ready to ride: Will Smith and Kevin Hart are now set to star in a remake of 1987’s Planes, Trains And Automobiles
The Planes, Trains And Automobiles remake is being shepherded by Paramount Pictures.
Hart’s HartBeat Productions and Smith’s Westbrook Studios are teaming up to develop the project.
Aeysha Carr of Brooklyn 99 will be writing the screenplay, which will be her feature film writing debut.
Hart and Smith will produce the film with Westbrook Studios co-president and head of motion pictures Jon Mone along with HartBeat’s president of film and television Bryan Smiley.
Double trouble: The film originally starred Steve Martin and John Candy
Hart recently completed production on the Sony drama Fatherhood which is set for an April 2021 release.
Smith and his company Westbrook Studios are currently working on King Richard, a biopic about Richard Williams, the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena.
Will and Westbrook Inc – the parent company of his production group – are also dealing with a public health emergency after one of their projects had 10 employees test positive for COVID-19.
The company helps Will and Jada create content like her hit Facebook Watch series Red Table Talk, his Snapchat show Will From Home, in addition to other television and film projects.
Westbrook Inc. is the ‘first significant transmission reported at a production company’ after 10 employees tested positive for the virus, according to Variety.