Since last giving Steve Coogan a worthy lead comedic performance in Hamlet 2, we’ve been waiting to learn when we’ll see director Andrew Fleming‘s next feature. He’s just wrapping up production on the indie dramedy Barefoot, with Evan Rachel Wood, Scott Speedman, J.K. Simmons and Treat Williams. Now Variety has news on his follow-up.
They report the helmer has signed on to another comedy, one from Millennium Films. Titled Guys Night and written by Chris Baldi, the film follows “four guys stuck in dead-end jobs and not-much-better relationships who hear about a mystery island off the coast of New Jersey where anything goes. One night, they set off in search of adventure — but everything that can go wrong does.”
The idea of a LOST-esque island right near New Jersey is a concept which seems prime for comedy. I also can’t help but relate The Hangover with the quartet of middle-age men going on an adventure. Hopefully we’ll get casting information soon as Fleming wraps up his current feature, but it’s exciting to see him return to the big screen.
Were you a fan of Hamlet 2? What do you think of this project?