Kevin Hart, Jason Statham In Negotiations for Action Comedy 'Man From Toronto' | THR News - video Dailymotion

Patrick Hughes, who directed the Ryan Reynolds-Samuel L. Jackson action comedy 'Hitman’s Bodyguard,' is on board to helm.

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00:00Kevin Hart and Jason Statham are in negotiations

00:02to team up for an action comedy set up at Sony Pictures

00:05titled The Man From Toronto.

00:07The project is a reteaming of sorts

00:09as the two briefly shared some screen time

00:11in 2019's Hobbs and Shaw, in which Hart made a cameo.

00:14That's not your voice.

00:15Use your regular voice.

00:16This is my regular voice.

00:19I'm talking like the warlocks talk, baby.

00:21They don't talk like that.

00:22Patrick Hughes is on board to helm The Man From Toronto.

00:25He directed the Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson

00:28action comedy Hitman's Bodyguard.

00:35Jesus Christ, really?

00:38The studio has The Man From Toronto slotted

00:40for November 20th, 2020 release date,

00:42so it will be a tight turnaround as the project

00:44is eyeing a March production start.

00:46The story uses a case of mistaken identity

00:48as its jumping off point after the world's deadliest assassin,

00:51known as The Man From Toronto, and a New York City screw up

00:54run into each other at a shared rental accommodation.

00:57The studio hopes to capture the vibe

00:58and the box office returns of the duo's previous hits,

01:01but separately starring Hobbs and Shaw

01:03and Central Intelligence.

01:05No, no, it's not cool.

01:06Cool.

01:07No, I said it's not cool.

01:12It's worth noting Statham also worked with Hughes

01:14on Expendables 3.

01:15For much more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:18Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News,

01:20I'm Tiffany Taylor.