Dave Franco. O’Shea Jackson Jr. Peter Dinklage. Do you even need to know what the movie is about with these three in it? If you ever wanted to see these guys in a road comedy, today is your lucky day. Deadline reports they’ll star in The Shitheads, a raucous comedy from writer/director Macon Blair.
The colorfully titled film “follows cynical degenerate Mark (Franco) and bumbling idealist Davis (Jackson) as they’ve both hit rock bottom. Paired for a job by a shady transport service, their task seems simple: transport Sheridan, a wealthy troubled teen, to rehab. But Sheridan has other plans and what starts as a simple road trip becomes an unhinged odyssey of drug-fueled disasters, near-death experiences, and criminal encounters. Out of their minds and in way over their heads, Mark and Davis find the courage to face their failures and realize that it’s not the destination that matters, it’s the shitheads you meet along the way.”
This sounds amazing, and like something Franco’s brother James might’ve starred in years ago. It’s very Pineapple Express-esque.
Blair is the director behind I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore and The Toxic Avenger, the latter starring Dinklage. They also worked together recently on the film, Brothers, which Blair wrote.
Franco is riding high on the buzz of the Sundance body horror Together, which just sold to NEON for a hefty sum. Jackson can be seen in theaters right now in the heist sequel Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, which just had a third film greenlit.
The Shitheads has been a longtime passion project for Blair, who attempted an earlier version with Luke Wilson and Tracy Morgan.
