Universal Builds Monster Comedy From Simon Rich New Yorker Essay ‘Everyday Parenting Tips:’ Ryan Reynolds, ‘Paddington’ Helmer Paul King, Lord & Miller Producing
Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has put together a monstrous package around the satirical Simon Rich New Yorker short story Everyday Parenting Tips that has Rich scripting for Ryan Reynolds to star and Paddington‘s Paul King to direct. Lord Miller’s Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Aditya Sood will produce along with Maximum Effort Productions’ Reynolds and George Dewey, and Simon Rich.Now, a fairly short essay guide to dispensing parenting tips seems banal, but not this one: a father 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.