Ryan Reynolds developing Stoned Alone comedy
Augustine Frizzell who directed the comedy "Never Goin Back " has been signed to direct reports variety.com.
Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider wrote the script from an idea by Fox executive Matt Reilly with the project centering on a 20-something loser who misses the plane for his holiday ski trip and gets high at home - only to then discover that thieves have broken into his house.
The project which is in early development is reminiscent of Fox s 1990 comedy "Home Alone " which starred Macaulay Culkin as an 8-year-old boy mistakenly left behind at his Chicago home when his family goes to Paris for Christmas vacation.
"Home Alone" was a massive box office success with $476 million in worldwide grosses.
Reynolds will produce through his Fox-based Maximum Effort production company and Maximum Effort s George Dewey will be an executive producer. Reynolds is a producer on the "Deadpool" movies which have combined for more than $1.5 billion in worldwide grosses.
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