Chris Rock To Direct Kevin Hart In Co-Parenting With Will Packer ProducingPosted by Wilson Morales
October 26, 2018
Source: Deadline
Deadline is reporting that Chris Rock will direct Kevin Hart in Co-Parenting, a Will Packer-produced comedy for Universal Pictures.
The script is being written by Yamara Taylor (black-ish) and the film revolves around a stay at home dad who raises the kids while his star CEO wife serves as the breadwinner. The man finds himself in emotional and public turmoil when his wife kicks him to the curb, and they engage in a bitter divorce and custody battle.
The film is based on an original idea by Rock and Hart. Will Packer will produce through his Will Packer Productions banner, alongside Hart and his Hartbeat Productions partner John Cheng, and Rock for his Chris Rock Enterprises.
Universal Executive Vice President of Production Kristin Lowe will oversee with Cheng and Carli Haney serving those roles for Hartbeat.
Rock made his directorial debut with the 2014 comedy Top Five. He was last seen in the Adam Sandler Netflix comedy Week Of, where he also released his stand comedy special Tamborine. He recently wrapped Dolemite, the Craig Brewer-directed film that stars Eddie Murphy as the iconic blaxploitation star. He will also be starting in the next season of the FX series Fargo.
Regular collaborators Packer and Hart are coming off the hit Night School. Hart He will next appear alongside Bryan Cranston and Nicole Kidman in The Upside, a remake of French smash Les Intouchables.
