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So there’s this kid, and it turns out there’s a superhero headquarters under his house. When bad guys attack as they always do he and his friends have to defend the superhero hideout.
Okay, so they’re not home
alone, exactly, but the vibe is similar.
Secret Headquarters is the next film from
Project Power directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, and Deadline reports that Owen Wilson has just signed on to star in the “high concept family action movie.” Jerry Bruckheimer is producing the film, so you know the “action” part of that description is certainly accurate.
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This June marks a first for Owen Wilsonâs career: heâs starring in a comic book project. The longtime Wes Anderson collaborator is taking part in the Disney+ series
Loki as the mysterious Mobius M. Mobius, but it turns out that Wilson isnât just building superhero-related cred by appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Heâs also doing so by joining an original superhero movie.
With just a month to go until
Bliss, hit Amazon Prime Video, the actor has signed onto Paramount Picturesâ
Secret Headquarters. This âhigh-concept family action movieâ follows a kid who discovers the headquarters of the worldâs most famous superhero located underneath his home, and from there, he must defend it with a group of friends when supervillains attack. Itâs unclear who Wilson will play, although itâs easy enough to imagine him playing the superhero whoâs set up the headquarters or one of the villains whoâ
May 6, 2021
According to Deadline, Oscar nominee Owen Wilson has officially signed on to star in Paramount Pictures’ upcoming action feature titled Secret Headquarters, which hails from
Project Power duo Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Wilson will next be seen in two high-profile projects this year, with the first one being Marvel Studios’ highly-anticipated
Loki series, which is set to debut next month on June 9. While the second one is his latest collaboration with Wes Anderson, which is the long-delayed film
The French Dispatch.
Secret Headquarters is being described as a high-concept family action movie, centering around a kid who discovers the secret headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home and must defend it with his group of friends when villains attack.
Instant Artifacts of a Disconnected Time (and Lots of Hugh Dancy)
During the pandemic, writers and actors have taken on an “adrenalizing” challenge: creating video monologues, more than 400 so far, in 24 hours.
Clockwise from top left: Hugh Dancy in viral monologues by Chrisopher Oscar Peña (on March 17); Donald Margulies (March 31); Alex Edelman (July 21); and Mario Correa (Dec. 15).Credit.via Viral Monologues
March 16, 2021
The 24 Hour Plays move fast. That’s been their nature since their first production in 1995: short plays written, rehearsed and performed onstage in a scant 24-hour span. And when the pandemic shuttered theaters, the 24 Hour Plays responded with astonishing alacrity.
‘Project Power’s Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman To Direct ‘Secret Headquarters’ For Paramount And Jerry Bruckheimer Deadline 1/28/2021
EXCLUSIVE: After directing one of Netflix’s biggest movies of the year,
Project Power directing duo Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman have found their next project as the two have come on to the Paramount Pic
Joost & Schulman & Josh Koenigsberg are writing the current draft. The story is from an original screenplay by Christopher Yost (
Thor: Ragnarok, The Mandalorian), who was the sole previous writer on the project. Chad Oman is also producing for Bruckheimer Films.
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