Will Ferrell Is Set To Star In One Of The Two Competing Uber Movies

Will Ferrell Is Set To Star In One Of The Two Competing Uber Movies

By Jack Giroux/April 23, 2016 9:00 am EST

Learn more about the competing Uber movies below.

We recently saw Disney and Warner Bros. go through a similar experience with The Jungle Book movies. Even after the success of Disney’s reimagining, Warner Bros. is still moving forward with Andy Serkis’ The Jungle Book, but with help from Gravity director Alfonso Cuaron.

The difference between The Jungle Book and the Uber movies, though, is that, in this case, the deals were both made in a span of 24 hours. Last week, Universal paid seven figures for the Will Ferrell (The Other Guys) project, which recent Oscar winner Adam McKay (The Big Short) will produce. The co-writer behind Neighbors, Brendan O’Brien, will write the script. The story follows an Uber driver (Ferrell) that gets “stuck with a deranged escaped-convict passenger.”

The Hollywood Reporter claims neither studio knew they were buying competing projects, even though United Talent Agency handled both sells. Somehow it never came up, but, since Uber has become popular, it’s really not a surprise to learn there are two Uber movies being developed at the moment. This piece of news just felt inevitable.