It Means Hello and Goodbye: Nicholas Stoller to Write, Shawn Levy to Direct ‘Aloha’ for Ben Stiller and Jonah Hill
While we’ve yet to see Akiva Schaffer’s The Watch, it sounds as if at least element of the comedy works – the pairing of stars Ben Stiller and Jonah Hill. Let’s at least hope so for the sake of Shawn Levy and Nicholas Stoller, as THR reports that Levy (who is also a producer on The Watch) has signed on to direct a script from Stoller that would star Stiller and Hill.
Not much is known about the project beyond its title – Aloha — and a vague description of being an “island-set comedy.” The outlet also reports that Stiller, Hill, and Levy cooked up the pitch for the project while filming The Watch, and that Stoller is currently in negotiations to write the screenplay. Stoller has, of course, already directed a film that features both Hill and Hawaii (a little ditty by the name of Forgetting Sarah Marshall), and the pair also worked together on its pseudo-follow-up, Get Him to the Greek. Will Aloha center on Matthew the Waiter? Perhaps harassing his favorite comedian – played by Stiller? Your guess is as good as mine.
Stiller, Hill, and Levy would also produce the project. Setting all three of them for the film is reportedly contingent on both scheduling and Stoller’s final script.
The Watch marks Stiller and Hill’s first true co-starring endeavor – though they both voiced characters in Megamind and Hill briefly appeared in the Stiller-starring Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian.
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