After two successful collaborations inDuneandSee,Jason Momoawill again team up withDave Bautistain a buddy comedy titledThe Wrecking Crew. Bautista himself pitched the idea for the feature in a2021 X (formerly Twitter) postbefore Amazon MGM came on board. Sincenabbing a director last year inBlue Beetle’sÁngel Manuel Soto, the project appeared to have been placed on the back burner with its progress seemingly hampered by the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. However, we are now learning viaThe Wrapthat the project is now receiving more attention with a new cast update. Danish actorClaes Bang(The Square) has been tapped for a role in the movie that will pit him against Momoa and Bautista’s characters.
Bautista, in his tweet, teased the plot as “aLethal Weapon-type buddy cop movie.” Now, new details per the official synopsis reveal thatThe Wrecking Crewwill follow “two half-brothers — one a loose cannon cop (Momoa) and the other a disciplined Navy SEAL (Bautista). After 20-odd years of bad blood, they must work together to unravel the conspiracy behind their father’s murder in Hawaii.” Bautista originally suggestedThe Fall GuydirectorDavid Leitchstep into the director’s chair. However, the role would eventually go to Soto, whose innovative vision for Blue Beetle’s origin story earned significant praise. It will be Soto’s first attempt at directing an action comedy, which he seems quite capable of given how he was able to fuse a lot of fun intoBlue Beetle.
Not much detail about Bang’s role has been revealed other than that he will play the villain, which means his character will face off against dual protagonists Momoa and Bautista. The project reunites Momoa and Bautista withBansheecreatorJonathan Tropperwho served as the showrunner for the pair’s science fiction series,See. Tropper completed the script for the movie right before the WGA strike. His recent writing gigs include scripts forShawn Levy’s newStar Warsmovie andChris Hemsworth’s Apple sci-fiThe Corsair Code.The Wrecking Crewwill be produced by 6th & Idaho’sLynn HarrisandMatt Reeves, along with Bautista, Momoa, andJeffrey Fierson.
Claes Bang Has a Handful of Projects in the Works
The Wrecking Crewadds to a growing number of Bang’s upcoming projects, includingBonjour Tristesseslated to premiere this fall at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. He appeared in a couple of recently released period pieces, includingStockholm Bloodbathco-starringEmily Beechamas well as the Russian fantasy drama,The Master and Margarita,which was released to record box office numbers in Russia.
He will next be seen in theepic thrillerWilliam Tellas the titular 14th-century hero famed for his skills as a marksman. Bang currently stars in Apple TV+’s biographical series,The New Look,recently renewed for Season 2, and the crime thriller comedy series,The Outlawson Prime Video.
Amazon MGM is yet to set a release date forThe Wrecking Crew, but stay tuned for updates.
