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‘Avengers’ star to go under cover in comedy cop flick
CANNES, France, May 19, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – “Avengers” star Chris Hemsworth
is to play an undercover detective in a $40 million comedy about two
mismatched cops investigating a series of casino heists, the distributors
told media at Cannes on Sunday.
Entitled “Down Under Cover”, the film has been snapped up by Paramount
with production expected to start in February.
The picture casts the Australian actor opposite fast-rising comedy star
Tiffany Haddish, with the ill-suited pair thrown together in an investigation
in which the main suspects happen to be a troupe of Australian male erotic
dancers.
Paramount has pledged a budget of $40 million (36 million euros), with
production expected to start in February.
Brothers Anthony and Joe Russo, who directed “Avengers: Endgame” are
producing, with the script written by Peter Hoare. A director has not yet
been chosen.
Hemsworth, 35, played Thor in the Avengers franchise, while 39-year-old
Haddish made her breakthrough in 2017 with “Girls Trip”, a comedy in which
she plays a loud-mouthed but endearing friend.
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