Kevin Hart Is Going To Star In A Superhero Comedy Called ‘Night

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Kevin Hart has turn out to be a film star with out taking part within the medium’s primary — and, at this level, nearly solely — main style: the comedian guide film. That ends now. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the comedian — and, lest we neglect, almost-Oscar host — goes to headline Night Wolf, a superhero comedy from two of the writers behind Pokemon Detective Pikachu.

If you’ve by no means heard of Night Wolf, that’s as a result of it’s not based mostly on any current property, as is sort of all the time the case with superhero motion pictures. It’s what within the business is known as an “original idea.” Hart will play a person who meets his future father-in-law, solely to find he’s a superhero boasting the eponymous title.

The premise was devised by Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, who, along with being two of 4 credited screenwriters on Detective Pikachu, have written and produced the latest revival of The Tick in addition to the lately salvaged reboot of One Day at a Time.

Hart, in the meantime, appears to have absolutely rebounded from final winter’s Oscar host controversy, which discovered him criticized for outdated homophobic jokes, ultimately pulling out of the gig and resulting in a host-free award present. He even had a success within the drama-comedy The Upside, which much more individuals noticed than you maybe thought.

(Via The Hollywood Reporter)