The Deal

The Deal is a 2025 American buddy comedy film directed and co-produced by Bobby Farrelly with a screenplay written by Peter Farrelly and David Caspe. The film stars Shameik Moore and Josh Hutcherson as Deven Jacobson and Cole Worrall, alongside Justin Timberlake, Kristen Stewart and Ryan Reynolds in supporting roles. The plot follows two friends who were unknowingly involved into drug trade and were forced to get a drugs or everyone that they know will be dead.
==Synopsis==
"Set in around mid-2020s, two best friends Deven Jacobson and Cole Worrall in their 30s as they are typical people who are always causing difficult situations while Cole was trying to impress his crush Alissa only to be end up failing until one day that they are unknowingly involved into illegal drug trafficking from the Mexican cartel and both reluctantly bring in the drugs or their loved ones and everyone they knew will be dead in fifty-two hours."
— 20th Century Studios
==Plot==
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== Cast ==
*Shameik Moore as Deven Jacobson,
*Josh Hutcherson as Cole Worrall, 
* Justin Timberlake as Isaac Ramirez,
*Kristen Stewart as Alissa,
* Ryan Reynolds as Mr. Livingston,
* Damián Alcázar as Franco Borra
* Thomas Middleditch as TBA
*Diego Luna as TBA
*Lana Condor as TBA
*Amanda Seyfried as TBA
*Jacob Tremblay as TBA
*Sam Trammell as TBA
Additionally, Andrew Bachelor, Lance Stewart, Lucas Ivkovic and Artem Potokin portray as a fictionalized versions of themselves while YouTuber Jimmy "Mr. Beast" Donaldson has a uncredited cameo as a bystander and TikToker Luke Davidson portraying as a unnamed citizen also in the uncredited cameo.
==Production==
===Development===
In 2015, David Caspe started to write a script about two friends who were involved into drug trade, and would be inspired by other comedy films such as We're The Millers and Let's Be Cops, and video games such as Grand Theft Auto. It was rewritten a dozen of times to avoid characterized clichés that were already used in other movies. The main leads were also changed from relatives to friends.
The film later began development when 20th Century Fox had acquired Caspe's script for the project. On August of the same year, it was announced that Jonathan Levine was initially hired to direct the film but quickly dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with Snatched, which is also distributed by Fox, and Ben Affleck replacing him as a director and attached to star in a lead role alongside Bradley Cooper. On September 2017, Shawn Levy joined the film as a producer under his production company 21 Laps Entertainment while slated for a release date of the early-2019. However, the film was cancelled after Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox.
On May 13, 2023, it was announced Disney via 20th Century Studios revived the project, and it was also announced that Bobby Farrelly would direct and co-produced from a screenplay by Caspe and Bobby's brother Peter co-writing the script while Levy returning to produce the project over the years.
=== Casting===
Following the film's revival, Shameik Moore and Josh Hutcherson were in talks to replace Affleck and Cooper to portray a lead roles, and later signed on. On January 11, 2024, Ryan Reynolds was announced to star as the film's main antagonist alongside Kristen Stewart and Justin Timberlake joining the cast. The following month, it was announced that Diego Luna and Thomas Middleditch were cast in the film. Lana Condor, Jacob Tremblay and Amanada Seyfried were also cast as unknown roles.
===Filming ===
Filming took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from April to June 2024. Some of the scenes were filmed at West Texas. It was later titled "The Deal".
===Music ===
The film's soundtrack was composed by Christophe Beck. The song "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" by Usher was used for the film's opening title sequence, while the songs from different artists were featured in the film, such as "End of Beginning", "I Like the Way You Kiss Me", "Texas Hold 'Em" and "Beautiful Things".
==Release==
The film is scheduled to released on July 8, 2025, by 20th Century Studios. It was previously scheduled to be released on early-2019 before it was eventually cancelled after Disney acquired Fox. It was also originally supposed to release on April 4, but was moved to July to avoid competition with Minecraft.
=== Home media ===
The film was released for digital download by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment through the 20th Century Home Entertainment label on September 19, 2025 before being releasing on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD in the following month. It was also streaming on Disney+ and Hulu on the same day.
==Reception==
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Category:Original Ideas
Category:Comedy films
Category:20th Century Studios films
Category:Movies
Category:Live-action films
Category:Films
Category:American films
Category:TSG Entertainment
Category:21 Laps Entertainment
Category:2020s films
Category:Crime comedy films
Category:Film scores by Christophe Beck
Category:Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures films
Category:Films about drugs
Category:2025 films
Category:Buddy films