Netflix wins a contract for a frenzied action comedy with Andy Samberg and Jason Momoa who will both be the producers!
Here is an unusual duo that we did not expect! In a context of strong competition, with offers from studios and streamers from all sides, Netflix has won a very coveted contract for an action comedy featuring Jason Momoa (Minecraft, the film, Aquaman) and Andy Samberg, former of Saturday Night Live and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
As Deadline reports, the rumor wants the film, which does not yet have a title, takes place in Hawaii, the native island of Momoa, although the details of the intrigue are still confidential. The companies of the two actors, Party Over Here (Samberg) and on the Roam (Momoa), will ensure the production of the project, while the scenario will be written by two former Saturday Night LiveRob Klein, 11 times appointed to the Emmy Awards, and John Solomon, eight times appointed. However, we do not yet know who will make the feature film.
Jason Momoa is currently carried by the success of Minecraft, the filmwhich has done the best start-up never recorded for an adaptation of video games, with its world box office revenues to more than $ 948 million. Always in great demand, we will later find him in Amazon's action comedy, The Wrecking Crew, where he will reply to Dave Bautista, as well as in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, where he will realize his longtime dream: embody the anti-hero Lobo, the violent extraterrestrial mercenary of DC.
On August 1, he will present Chief of War, the historic Apple TV+ series co-created with Thomas Pa' Sibbett, in which he also plays. Then will come Animal Friends, a live-action/animation action comedy featuring a road trip, scheduled for April 29, 2026, where he will share the poster with Ryan Reynolds, Aubrey Plaza and Vince Vaughn. Momoa will also resume his role as Duncan Idaho in Dune 3, whose filming will start in July.
Winner of an Emmy and a Golden Globe, Andy Sambergas for him, will be to discover soon alongside Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch in the Rose War, remake of the Classic Black Comedy of 1989 of the same name, which will be released on August 27, 2025. Last fall, the actor returned to the Studio 8H for the 50th season of Saturday Night Liveplaying the second gentleman Doug Emhoff, alongside Maya Rudolph in the skin of Kamala Harris. He also played in three new digital short films by The Lonely Island and alongside Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny and Eddie Vedder in a musical medley for SNL50: The Homecoming Concert. Also, very busy, Andy Samberg Played alongside Kate Winslet in the recent drama of war correspondent Lee Miller and launched a new podcast with Seth Meyers, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, entitled “The Lonely Island & Seth Meyers Podcast”, last spring.
In theaters since April 2, Minecraft, the film, with Jason Momoa, is still playing in your nearest cinema. To (re) see Lee Miller with Andy Samberg, direction the VOD.
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