Jason Segel Joining '80s-Era Comedy, 'Undercover Cop' For DreamWorks

By
Edward Davis
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The PlaylistFebruary 3, 2011 at 11:54AM

Steve Zaillian's Film Rites company is on a major roll (as is the Academy Award-winning writer himself).  The production banner has "The Cold Light of Day," starring "Superman"-to-be Henry Cavill, and "Red Riding Hood" coming out later this year (the former with Summit, the latter with Warner Bros.), they inked a first-look, two-year producing deal with DreamWorks last spring and most recently they're working on the English-language adaptation of the Spanish sci-fi time-travel pic, "Time Crimes," at the studio as well. 

Steve Zaillian's Film Rites company is on a major roll (as is the Academy Award-winning writer himself).  The production banner has "The Cold Light of Day," starring "Superman"-to-be Henry Cavill, and "Red Riding Hood" coming out later this year (the former with Summit, the latter with Warner Bros.), they inked a first-look, two-year producing deal with DreamWorks last spring and most recently they're working on the English-language adaptation of the Spanish sci-fi time-travel pic, "Time Crimes," at the studio as well. 

DreamWorks and Film Rites now have another project in the works: a comedy called, "Undercover Cop" that has Jason Segel attached to star.  Even better, it's being written by a recent on-the-rise Black List scribe. 

While no official logline has been given, the film will be nostalgic for the 1980s and is inspired by the "true story of a former cop that infiltrated the New Jersey criminal underworld in the era of feathered hair, zipper jackets and Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the U.S.A.,' " says The Hollywood Reporter. 

The script will be penned by Jason Micallef, who wrote "Butter," the screenplay that came in at #3 on the 2008 Black List and hits theaters later this year starring Jennifer Garner, Hugh Jackman and Olivia Wilde, just to name a few.