“The Marvels” and “They Cloned Tyrone” star Teyonah Parris is leaping into the world of Mattel’s matchbox automobiles for Apple Unique Movies’ upcoming film, “Matchbox.”
The live-action movie, based mostly on the die-cast toy automobile line, stars John Cena and Parris joins an increasing solid that additionally contains Jessica Biel and Sam Richardson.
“Extraction” filmmaker Sam Hargrave is about to direct based mostly on a screenplay by David Coggeshall (“The Household Plan,” “Orphan: First Kill”) and Jonathan Tropper (upcoming “Your Mates and Neighbors,” “The Adam Mission,” “Warrior,” “See”). The movie shall be produced by Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger and Robbie Brenner for Mattel Movies.
“Matchbox” will comply with a bunch of childhood mates who should work collectively to cease an impending worldwide catastrophe and rediscover their friendship alongside the best way.
The movie is impressed by Mattel’s standard toy automobile line, which have been invented in 1953 by automotive fanatic Jack Odell. Odell’s daughter was allowed to take a toy to high school provided that it was sufficiently small to slot in a matchbox and when her schoolmates started clamoring for their very own “matchbox automotive,” the model was born. At present, Mattel studies, two Matchbox automobiles are bought each second someplace world wide.
Parris boards the movie after a powerful 2023, which noticed her starring reverse John Boyega and Jamie Foxx in Netflix’s conspiracy caper “They Cloned Tyrone,” directed by Juel Taylor. She additionally introduced MCU superhero Monica Rambeau from “WandaVision” to the large display screen, teaming up with Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel and Iman Vellani’s Ms. Marvel in Nia DaCosta’s “The Marvels.”
The Juilliard graduate’s resume additionally contains Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” the Sundance hit “Expensive White Folks,” “If Beale Road May Discuss” and “Candyman,” in addition to TV collection like “Mad Males” and “Survivor’s Regret.” She’ll subsequent be seen within the Netflix collection “No Good Deed,” which options an ensemble solid led by Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano.
Parris is represented by CAA, Coloration Artistic and Fox Rothschild LLP.
The Hollywood Reporter was first to report the information.