Ryan Reynolds is teaming with director Paul King (Paddington) and producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) for an adaptation of Simon Rich’s (An American Pickle) satirical New Yorker short story Everyday Parenting Tips.
According to the trade, the project follows a father whp “offers advice on what to say when their child says they believe a monster lurks under the bed — at a time when an ongoing Monster Uprising is actually happening in the world.”
Rich – whose other credits include Pixar’s Inside Out and the Daniel Radcliffe series Miracle Workers – is set to write the script fo rthe project, with King directing. Lord and Miller will produce through their first look deal with Universal Pictures.
Via Deadline
