Army of Dead star Dave Bautista sent Twitter into a frenzy a few days ago when he proposed a wild idea of making a buddy cop movie with Jason Momoa. At the time, many fans really liked the suggestion but assumed it wasn’t a real project.
Well, perhaps it wasn’t back then, but it is now. During a recent appearance on The Late Late Show, Momoa revealed that he and Bautista have actually started developing the proposed buddy cop movie. He also shared that the initial pitch came via text message.
“He literally texted me four days ago, going, ‘We need to do a buddy cop film. We love each other. We are on See and Dune together.’ And I said, ‘Absolutely.’ And he said, ‘Let’s do it in Hawaii.’ And I said, ‘Let’s do it. I have an idea.’ So it’s off to the races now. We’re doing it,” Momoa told host James Corden before adding that the movie “sells itself” due to stark differences between him and Bautista.
You can check out the full bit about this intriguing project in the video below.
While Momoa didn’t go into detail acout the project, Bautista wrote in his original tweet that the film would be a “Lethal Weapon type buddy cop movie.” He also added that he would like to have Deadpool 2 director David Leitch helming the feature.
Dave Bautista is currently shooting Rian Johnson’s Knives Out 2 while also starring in the epic movie Dune and Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder. Jason Momoa, who is also part of the Dune cast, has DC’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and fantasy comedy Slumberland as his upcoming projects.
