The Matchbox film forged is rising, with Deadline reporting that Jessica Biel is in talks to star alongside John Cena within the upcoming film based mostly on the legendary Matchbox model.
Biel will seem alongside Cena — who was forged within the movie earlier this yr — within the film that’s set to be written by David Coggeshall and Jonathan Tropper. Like its identify suggests, the film can be based mostly on the enduring real-world die-cast toy automobile line from Mattel.
Biel rose to stardom within the late Nineteen Nineties-early 2000s, the place she starred within the hit household drama sequence seventh Heaven. Since then, she’s starred in a lot of high-profile tasks, together with the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath, 2012’s Hitchcock, and extra.
In 2017, she starred within the USA Community restricted drama sequence The Sinner, which earned her a Golden Globe and Emmy nomination.
What do we all know in regards to the Matchbox film?
The live-action Matchbox film can be directed by Sam Hargrave, who’s finest identified for helming Chris Hemsworth’s Extraction films. Matchbox was created by automotive skilled Jack Odell in 1953 for Lesney Merchandise. In 1997, the toy model was formally acquired by Mattel. The screenplay is co-written by David Coggeshall (The Household Plan) and Jonathan Tropper (The Adam Mission). It hails from Apple Unique Movies, Skydance, and Mattel Movies, with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, and Robbie Brenner serving as producers.
“For practically 70 years, Matchbox has carried monumental cultural relevance and impressed generations of children to unleash their imaginations, combining what they see on the earth every single day with what they dream their very own world to be,” Brenner mentioned in a earlier assertion when the venture was first introduced again in 2022. “We stay up for working with our unbelievable companions at Skydance Media to craft a narrative for the massive display that evokes the identical, imaginative spirit of this beloved Mattel franchise and delights followers of all ages.”
(Supply: Deadline)