Action-Adventure ‘Heads of State’ | Idris Elba/John Cena

[Pennywise]

Amazon Studios Lands John Cena-Idris Elba Film Pitch ‘Head Of State’ Harrison Query Writing – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has won Head of State, a pitch package designed to re-team John Cena and Idris Elba, who star in the upcoming The Suicide Squad sequel at Warner Bros. The project was sold after a Zoom pitch presentation with the actors, screenwriter Harrison Query, and the producers (The Safran Company’s Peter Safranand John Rickard). The actors are finalizing, and this was a high six figure against low seven figure deal for the writer. Amazon moved quickly to halt the pitching process and take Head of State off the table.

Specifics are being kept under wraps, but I’m told this is a ’90s style two-hander, a high octane premise that has a bit of Air Force One meets Hobbs and Shaw, bringing together an odd couple in a high stakes situation. A producer on the James Gunn-directed The Suicide Squad, Safran came away from the shoot feeling strongly about the chemistry between Cena and Elba, and they looked for a vehicle. They turned to Query, who in late July made a splashy Netflix deal teaming with his brother Matt and producer Scott Glassgold on the horror pitch My Wife & I Bought A Ranch, based on a short story by Matt Query that ran in six parts on Reddit.

 

[Hunter Rider]

'90s style two-hander, a high octane premise that has a bit of Air Force One meets Hobbs and Shaw, bringing together an odd couple in a high stakes situation.'

Music to my ears!

 

[Pennywise]

'90s style two-hander, a high octane premise that has a bit of Air Force One meets Hobbs and Shaw, bringing together an odd couple in a high stakes situation.'

Music to my ears!

Should be a lot of fun!

 

[Dave McFly]

reminds me of tango and cash too so ya know I am down for this

 

[samsnee]

One is a Secret Service agent. One is an Air Marshall. Their flight path is on a collision course of pain.

 

[Silvermoth]

Sounds like fun. I wonder if they’re trying to make Elba and Cena the new Rock and Hart. As in they’re good friends in real life and like working together and the audience can feel that coming off the screen

 

[Pennywise]

Also just found out that the director of Nobody is helming this, which I really enjoyed.

 

[Stringer]

Oh wow, the director of Nobody is doing this? This one may sneak up on everyone in the end.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Lily Adler]

One is a Secret Service agent. One is an Air Marshall. Their flight path is on a collision course of pain.

Read this in the HISHE guy's voice.

 

[Deck Rickard]

LOL when I saw the title and the two leads I was like, “Oh no this isn’t an actual movie where Cena is the US president and Elba is the UK prime minister is it?” But it totally is and it looks like a lot of fun. I like Cena playing against bit of a Jack Burton type who thinks he’s a badass but can’t do anything right. And Elba is always great. Quaid and Chopra look like fun too. I’ll watch it, why not?

 

[Dave McFly]

well I am sold 1000%

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Mani-Man]

That looks surprisingly good, did not expect that.
Could be a lot of fun.
It reminds me of the 80s and 90s, those kind of dumb action movies that storywise are super weird, but entertaining.

 

[kguillou]

This looks amazing.

 

[Dave McFly]

I liked this trailer a lot more having the number of support guys getting cut down with the narrator counting them down is hilarious.

 

[Pennywise]