‘79ers’, A Comedy Described As “Goonies For Adults,” Will Be Directed By ‘Blockers’ Director Kay Cannon
BlockersdirectorKay Cannonhas found her newest directorial project.
She’ll tackle79ers, a treasure hunt comedy originally written by actor/writerBen Schwartz(Parks and Recreation) that aspires to be “Gooniesfor adults.” So does that mean it’s going to suck, but an entire generation is going to love it anyway because of blinding nostalgia? I’m kidding! Don’t @ me.
I’m actually not kidding – I genuinely hated watchingThe Goonies, although I was in my late twenties when I saw it for the first time, so make of that what you will. But I certainly won’t hold that against79ers, a film that appears to be trying to achieve a blend of treasure hunting adventure and comedy. According toTHR, the film follows “a group of estranged friends who are forced back together after 20 years to complete a treasure hunt they attempted as misfit teens but never completed.” That could be a fun idea, and there’s certainly potential for this to play like gangbusters if it’s executed well.
Dylan Meyer, who wrote the Netflix rave romanceXOXO, is coming on to rewrite the script, which Schwartz originally wrote.Nathan Kahane, the president of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, released a statement about this film:
THR reports that Cannon, who wrote30 Rockand thePitch Perfectmovies and made her directorial debut with last year’s comedyBlockers, will be directing this for Lionsgate, and it’ll be produced by Point Grey,Seth RogenandEvan Goldberg’s production company, and Gary Sanchez Productions, the production company that was run for over a decade byWill FerrellandAdam McKay. We recently wrote about how Ferrell and McKay’spartnership at that companywas coming to an end, but at that time Deadline claimed Gary Sanchez “would continue to see through their existing projects to completion and develop them with the attached producers,” so maybe79ersis one of those lingering projects.
