Emma Stone is in talks to star in an untitled film for Universal Pictures with her husband Dave McCary in talks to direct.
If finalised, McCary will direct the film from a screenplay penned by Patrick Kang and Michael Levin. Details on the plot are under wraps.
Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen and Dan Levine will produce through 21 Laps. Michael H. Weber will produce. Stone, McCary and Ali Herting are also in talks to produce through Fruit Tree.
Emma Stone recently won the Academy Award for her performance in Poor Things, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. She was also praised for her work in the showtime series The Curse for which she serves as an executive producer. She is collaborating with Yorgos Lathimos again for Kinds of Kindness which just landed a Competition slot at next month’s Cannes Film Festival.
McCary is recently produced A Real Pain with Stone, Problemista and executive produced The Curse. Previously he directed Brigsby Bear and was a writer/director on SNL (where he and Stone first met in 2016) for five seasons.
Kang and Levin were most recently supervising producers on Young Rock, having been on all three seasons for NBC/UTV, and producers on two seasons of Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. for Disney+. Previously, they staffed on Trial & Error, Mighty Ducks and Perfect Harmony. They met as assistants on How I Met Your Mother.
