Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer could soon be joining forces over at Netflix.
According to Deadline, Academy Award nominee Melissa McCarthy and Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer are both currently in talks to board Netflix’s Thunder Force.
The upcoming film is being written and directed by McCarthy’s husband and frequent collaboration partner, Ben Falcone.
Thunder Force is being billed as a superhero film, but unfortunately, details surrounding the plot are being kept firmly under wraps for the time being.
With that in mind, neither Netflix nor Falcone have let any specifics slip with regards to who McCarthy and Spencer might be playing. Sources say, however, that the plot of the film is rumored to center on the duo getting superpowers.
Behind the scenes, Falcone, McCarthy, and Marc Platt will all serve as executive producers on the film.
Thunder Force aside, McCarthy and Spencer both have a handful of projects coming down the pipeline.
Up next, McCarthy will star opposite Elisabeth Moss and Domnhall Gleeson in this summer’s crime drama, The Kitchen. She’ll also be teaming up with Bryan Tyree Henry for the action comedy, Superintelligence, hitting theaters in December.
As for Spencer, fans will soon be able to catch the actress starring in the horror thriller Ma, out in theaters on May 31. The actress also recently joined Anne Hathaway in Robert Zemeckis’ upcoming adaptation of The Witches, and is one of the many Hollywood A-listers with projects in the works as part of Apple’s new streaming service.
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