Directing the toy store adventure for Disney
He’s better known for raunchier comedies such as Hot Tub Time Machine and this year’s remake of About Last Night, but Steve Pink is taking a stab at family adventure. He’s on board to make Overnight for Disney.
The film, which has bounced from Sony to the Mouse House in its development life, is described as “Home Alone in a toy store” with that quick pitch opening up to reveal the tale of a divorced father and his son winning a competition to spend the night in a brand new, chock-full toy store. Unfortunately for them, their visit coincides with the very night that thieves decide to break in. And even as he's trying to thwart the criminals, the dad has to salvage his fracturing relationship with his sprog. So… Yeah. Home Alone 2: Lost In New York in another toy store, then? With added family drama?
This one boasts the scripting services of 22 Jump Street co-writer Oren Uziel, and was briefly offered to Zombieland’s Ruben Fleischer before he passed on the idea.
Pink, who has just finished the Hot Tub Time Machine sequel no one thought they’d get to make, has several other projects bubbling away including Vacation Friends with husband-and-wife starring team Chris Pratt and Anna Faris and The Yank, which has Will Ferrell interested.
from Empire News
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