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Ben Stillerlines up his first lead role in six years , signing on for the comedyNutcrackersfrom Blumhouse’sExorcistsequel director . One of the highest - grossing comedy star of recent decades thanks to movies likeMeet the Parents , ZoolanderandNight at the Museum , Stiller has largely been on hiatus since 2017 , when he starred in the moviesBrad ’s StatusandThe Meyerowitz Stories . Since those twin leads , the star has only made a handful of small coming into court , in unannounced titles likeGreed , Locked DownandBros , as well as the Adam Sandler vehicleHubie Halloween .
But Stiller is now reportedly ready to dive back into comedy in a big way , signing on to work withExorcistsequeldirector David Gordon Green in the upcoming filmNutcrackers(viaDeadline ) . The photographic film is currently in production in Ohio . Stiller is onboard as a producer as well as starring . plot of ground details are under wrap for the clip - being .
Green Returns to Comedy After Directing Halloween and Exorcist Movies For Blumhouse
Nutcrackersnot only mark Stiller ’s riposte to the leading time slot of a movie for the first time in over half - a - 10 , it also grade Green ’s return to directing clowning after a run of horror plastic film . Once recognize for funny films likePineapple Express , Your HighnessandThe Sitter , Green take a unvoiced left turn in 2018 , tackling write and directing duties on the unquestionably non - comedicHalloweenreboot . After that picture ’s monumental success , Green also helm the sequelsHalloween KillsandHalloween Ends . He then kept up his horror run by directing this year’sThe Exorcist : Believer .
The Exorcist : Believer gross $ 136 million on a budget of $ 30 million .
What Green ’s return to comedy means for his repugnance futurity remains to be seen , but afterExorcist : Believerreceived spoilt reviews and underperformed financially , the director floated the possibility that he might not render for the planned sequelThe exorciser : Deceiver , tellingTHRrecently :
My intention is just to set out making things , and as those plans come together , if I discover myself in that [ The exorciser : slicker ] director ’s president , I ’d be thrilled . But right now , I ’m navigating it from a fib perspective and look at my realities of life as I pivot .
Given the disappointment ofExorcist : Believer , it ’s perhaps not a surprise to see Green swivel back to comedy , at least for now . The director could , of line , still pass for the plannedExorcistsequel , which reportedly has a finished script . For those who look up to Green ’s pre - horror comedic workplace , the thought of him working with the ever - hilarious Stiller onNutcrackersis an exciting development .
Source : Deadline
