EXCLUSIVE: George Clooney and Adam Sandler are set to star in a new untitled pic from Netflix that Noah Baumbach is directing. Baumbach also co-wrote the script with Emily Mortimer. Baumbach, Amy Pascal and David Heyman are producing.
Plot details are vague at this time other then it being a funny and emotional coming-of-age film about adults. Baumbach has an exclusive deal with the studio having previously directed The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), that also starred Sandler, Marriage Story and most recently White Noise.
He also co-wrote the year’s highest-grossing movie, Barbie, with his partner Greta Gerwig.
For Clooney and Sandler, this would mark the first time the A-list movie stars will being working together. Netflix had no comment.
Clooney recently directed Boys in the Boat starring Calum Turner and Joel Edgerton. That film is set to bow this Christmas. He is also set to star opposite his Ocean’s Eleven co-star Brad Pitt in the the Apple pic Wolfs, which he is also producing. That film will bow in 2024.
Sandler has also stayed busy in 2023 including with multiple Netflix pics, Murder Mystery 2 and You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah. He also recently lent his voice to the Netflix animated pic Leo.
Baumbach is repped by UTA, Clooney is repped by CAA, and Sandler is repped by WME and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
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