Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions and Universal are ready to make Marlon Wayans the GOAT. Deadline reports that Wayans will star in the psychological horror pic that Peele will produce. The film will be directed by Justin Tipping from an original spec script by Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie.
In GOAT, Wayans will play a retiring star, one of the greatest of all-time, who must train a promising young athlete. No word yet as to who will play the upstart athlete, but reports say that Wayans was always the top choice for the living legend role.
Wayans recently had a key role in another sports-related film, Ben Affleck’s Air, in which he played Basketball Hall of Fame player/coach George Raveling, who helped Nike recruit a young Michael Jordan. Along with a number of hit stand-up comedy specials, Wayans spent part of 2023 as a guest host on The Daily Show after Trevor Noah’s departure.
Tipping is primarily a television director on such shows as The Chi, Joe vs. Carole, Black Monday, and Dear White People. He made his feature directing debut with the 2016 sneaker drama, Kicks.
We’ve known about two untitled Monkeypaw productions in development. The other is a mystery project directed by Peele himself that should arrive later this year.