The Greatest Showman's Zac Efron and Peacemaker star John Cena have been cast in an upcoming Prime Video comedy titled Ricky Stanicky.
According to Deadline, the R-rated film will follow three friends who create a fictional character to help them get out of sticky situations.
However, when their significant others become suspicious, the trio are forced to hire an actor to play their fake friend.
Judas and the Black Messiah‘s Jermaine Fowler will also star alongside Efron and Cena.
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The project marks Green Book director Peter Farrelly's return to comedy, as well as his reunion with Efron, who starred in his most recent movie The Greatest Beer Run Ever.
Farrelly, Brian Jarvis and James L. Freeman have written the script for Ricky Stanicky, which has already begun production in Melbourne, Australia.
"I’m very grateful to Amazon, as well as Paul Currie, Thorsten Schumacher, and John Jacobs, for finally bringing Ricky Stanicky to life," Farrelly said in a statement. "This has been a dream project of mine for many years but to end up with a cast this crazy good makes the wait more than worthwhile."
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"We are excited to embark on this new project with comedy legend Peter Farrelly," said Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon and MGM Studios.
"With Peter’s expertise and what are sure-to-be hilarious performances from our stellar cast led by Zac Efron, John Cena, and Jermaine Fowler, our Prime Video viewers around the world are in store for a bit of mischief and a lot of laughs."
Efron was recently cast in a new Netflix rom-com alongside The Kissing Booth’s Joey King and The Northman’s Nicole Kidman.
A Family Affair will see the actor play a movie star who falls in love with his assistant’s mother.
A Family Affair premieres November 17 on Netflix.
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