Lionsgate Lands Action Comedy Spec ‘Three Hitmen And A Baby’ From Dave Matalon & Matt Altman; 87North To Produce
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has snapped up rights to Three Hitmen and a Baby, an action comedy spec from Dave Matalon (Totally Killer) and Matt Altman (Red Widow), Deadline can exclusively reveal.
Pic’s logline is being kept under wraps, though its title clearly riffs on the classic 1987 comedy Three Men and a Baby, starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson, about three bachelors whose lives change forever when a baby suddenly appears on their doorstep.
Kelly McCormick and David Leitch (The Fall Guy, Bullet Train) will produce through their company 87North, for whom Max Jacoby is overseeing the project.
Meredith Wieck and Jon Humphrey are overseeing for Lionsgate. Screenwriter Matalon most recently co-wrote the slasher comedy Totally Killer!
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