Jason MomoaandDave Bautistaseem to be teaming up once again — this time for a buddy cop film. In a virtual appearance onThe Late Late Show with James Corden, theAquamanstar confirmed that aLethal Weapon-style project is in the works while promotingSweet Girl, his newest film from directorBrian Andrew Mendoza. When questioned by Corden, the actor said that Bautista personally approached him about doing the project, which both of them seemed enthusiastic about.
The kickstart to the project comes after Bautistatweetedthe concept on August 19, writing, “Just going to throw this out into the atmosphere and see what happens. Here we go… Me and Momoa in aLethal Weapontype buddy cop movie directed byDavid Leitch. Ok! There it is. Now we wait.” Leitch called the concept“interesting”, which of course kicked the Internet — and the stars — into high gear.
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The project “sells itself,” Momoa said to Corden, describing what happened after Bautista made quite the stir on Twitter:
“I’m not even gonna lie to you…I’m not on Twitter, but he literally texted me about four days ago, going, “We need to do a buddy cop film.” We love each other — we met on [the series] See, we’re [in] Dune together, and so I said, “Absolutely.” And he said, “Let’s do it in Hawaii.” I’m like, do it, [I’ve] got an idea. So it’s off to the races now, we’re doing it.”
Obviously, this is just the very beginning of a long filmmaking process, and although Momoa and Bautista both have the kind of star power to kick a production like this into gear quickly, it’ll no doubt be a while before anything materializes for fans to see.
In the meantime, audiences can catch both Momoa and Bautista in the second season ofSee, premiering on Apple TV+ on August 27, as well as inDune, in theaters and on HBO Max on October 22. Momoa can also be seen inSweet Girl, his newest venture with Netflix, available to stream now. Check out Momoa’s interview full interview with Corden below:
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