Phil Lord And Chris Miller Reuniting With Sony For ‘The Reunion’
Phil LordandChris Millerhave only released two feature films to date, but their warm, lively style has already won them tons of fans. Among those fans, evidently, is Sony Pictures. The studio is set to re-team with the filmmaking duo forThe Reunion, a new comedy being scripted by Miller. Hit the jump for more details.Varietygot the scoop on the new project. Lord and Miller’s relationship with Sony started with their directorial debutCloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, and then continued with21 Jump Street. Their next effort,The Lego Movie, is set up at Warner Bros. However, they’ll return to the Sony fold shortly after with22 Jump Streetand thenThe Reunion.
As far as we know, the new film will be their first one not based on a pre-existing property — though to be fair,Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballsand21 Jump Streettreated their source material more as starting points than sacred texts. Few details have been revealed about the plot ofThe Reunion, other than that it’ll take place at a high school reunion.
Lord and Miller should know a thing or two about friends that go way back. The pair met at Dartmouth University and have been collaborating ever since. Their first major project together was the animated seriesClone High, which ran for one season on MTV. Their other TV credits include episodes ofHow I Met Your Motherand the upcoming Fox comedyBrooklyn Nine-Nine, starring Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher.
The pair will produceThe Reunionas well as write and direct, withJonathan KadinandHannah Minghellaoverseeing for the studio. No casting has been revealed, but there’s plenty of time for that yet.22 Jump Streetis expected to shoot soon to meet its June 24, 2025 release date, which meansThe Reunionlikely won’t hit until 2015 at the earliest.
Brooklyn Nine-Ninepremieres September 17.The Lego Movielands next year, on February 7.
