Megan Thee Stallion attends Fanatics Super Bowl Party on February 12, 2022 in Culver City, California.
Shareif Ziyadat/FilmMagicMusical veteran Nathan Lane and hip-hop superstar Megan Thee Stallion will share the screen in A24’s first movie musical, which will also star Bowen Yang and Megan Mullally. The R-rated musical comedy F*cking Identical Twins is currently in production with Borat director and Seinfeld alum Larry Charles at the helm. The Greatest Showman outfit Chernin Entertainment is producing and co-financing with A24, which will be handling worldwide distribution.
The film stars and is written by Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp, both comedians and former cast members on The Opposition with Jordan Klepper. The project, based on the 2014 two-man stage show from the trio that premiered at the Upright Citizens Brigade, is described as a “subversive” spin on The Parent Trap with original songs by Jackson, Sharp, and Karl Saint Lucy.
F*cking Identical Twins follows two business adversaries who realize they’re identical twin brothers and decide to switch places in order to reunite their divorced parents and become a family again. Marius de Vries, whose credits include La La Land, Moulin Rouge, and Coda, has boarded the project as executive music producer. Fiora Cutler will serve as the film’s music supervisor, overseeing cast musical direction with de Vries.
Jackson and Sharp are repped by UTA, Kirsten Ames Management and Hansen Jacobson. Charles is repped by UTA and Morris Yorn. Lane, repped by ICM Partners and Anonymous Content, was most recently onscreen in Hulu series Only Murders in the Building. Mullally, whose upcoming credits include Hulu young adult feature Love in Color, is represented by UTA and attorneys Jackoway Austen. Yang, who will next be seen in Paramount’s The Lost City, is represented by UTA, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Schreck Rose.
Saint Lucy, de Vries and Cutler is repped by UTA, with de Vries also repped by Trainer Shepherd.
This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.
Taylor Swift believes Nashville has a music scene that stands apart from anywhere else.
The 36 year old singer moved to Nashville, Tennessee, when she was young to chase her dream of becoming a country music star. After being inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame on Monday (26.10.26), Taylor took the opportunity to recognise the city and the talented writers who have helped shape its music scene.
In her acceptance speech, Taylor said: "I believe you really get to master a craft by doing it again and again. That's exactly what the incredible songwriters in this wonderful town do every day."
Taylor also spoke about what makes Nashville such a special place for musicians.
The award winning singer, who ranks among the best selling music artists of all time, said: "You won't find another music community quite like this one. Trust me, I've checked them all."
Taylor also shared how being part of Nashville's songwriting scene had taught her valuable lessons about life and working with others.
She joked: "I've learned to be flexible when your co writer turns up with a hangover, or when they need to spend ages talking about their divorce before we can even get started on a song."
Taylor previously spoke about how Faith Hill and Shania Twain inspired her decision to move to Nashville.
Speaking to Time magazine, the singer said: "I couldn't get enough of watching TV biographies about Faith Hill and Shania Twain, and I realised they had both moved to Nashville to get their careers started. After that, I kept asking, pleading and begging my parents to take me there.
"When I was 11, my mum took my brother and me to Nashville during spring break, and we spent the trip driving around Music Row. She stayed in the car while I rushed into record companies one after another, giving my demo CD to the receptionists. I found it fascinating that so many major record labels were gathered along a single street, often inside little buildings and old houses.
"What really stayed with me was how welcoming people were to newcomers and complete strangers like us. We started visiting Nashville more often, and when I was 13, I received an offer for a development deal from a major record label. That was when my parents finally agreed to leave Pennsylvania and move with me."
