Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy franchise) and Jason Momoa (Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom) are teaming with Blue Beetle‘s Ángel Manuel Soto on The Wrecking Crew, the buddy motion comedy that they’ve arrange at MGM, Deadline can verify.

Bautista and Momoa have been each in talks for the movie, scripted by Warrior creator Jonathan Tropper, approach forward of the launch of the SAG-AFTRA strike. Tropper’s deal was negotiated and closed, and his script submitted, previous to the WGA strike, which kicked off again in Might.

Particulars as to the pic’s plot are underneath wraps for now, however Bautista and Momoa offered the pitch to MGM following a four-bidder battle within the fall of 2021, as we have been first to report. Jeffrey Fierson, Momoa’s collaborator on the Netflix/Discovery Canada sequence Frontier, will produce.

Bautista has this yr been seen in M. Night time Shyamalan’s Knock on the Cabin, in addition to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which introduced his time within the MCU as Drax the Destroyer to a detailed. A part of the ensemble of Brittany Snow’s directorial debut Parachute, which premiered earlier this yr at SXSW, the actor can even quickly be seen in Dune: Half Two, which is dated for November third.

Momoa performed the villain Dante in Uni’s Quick X and can subsequent be seen in Warner Bros’ long-awaited sequel Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom, which surfaces on December 20. Different upcoming initiatives for the thesp embrace Apple TV+’s historic drama sequence Chief of Conflict, Warner Bros’ Minecraft and Legendary’s hybrid live-action/animated function Animal Mates.

Soto most lately helmed Blue Beetle — the primary DC pic fronted by a Latino superhero, which is presently in theaters. Different notable latest initiatives from the filmmaker embrace two for Max: the docuseries Menudo: Eternally Younger and drama Appeal Metropolis Kings.

Right now’s Wrecking Crew information was first reported by The Wrap.