Brothers (upcoming film)

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Brothers
Directed by Max Barbakow
Screenplay by Macon Blair
Story by Etan Cohen
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Quyen Tran
Edited by Martin Pensa
Music by Rupert Gregson-Williams
Production
companies
Distributed by Amazon MGM Studios
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Brothers is an upcoming American comedy film directed by Max Barbakow with a screenplay by Macon Blair from a story by Etan Cohen. The film stars Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage as the titular siblings and is produced by Legendary Pictures. The film will be released by Amazon MGM Studios. [1]

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Cast

Production

On February 28, 2019, it was announced that Legendary Entertainment had purchased the project in a competitive bidding war, with Etan Cohen set to write the screenplay. Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage were attached to star in the film as well as produce alongside Andrew Lazar. The film was said to be tonally in the vein of Twins (1988), which centred on two unlikely twins played by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito. [2]

Macon Blair was later attached to direct the film and co-write the script with Cohen on April 30, 2020. [3]

On June 3, 2021, Glenn Close joined the main cast, with Max Barbakow directing. [4] Two months later, Brendan Fraser and Taylour Paige were added to the main cast. [5] [6]

Principal photography took place in August 2021 in Atlanta. [5]

On March 7, 2022, the final writing was revealed; Blair received screenplay credit, and Cohen received story credit, while Barbakow and Mike Rosolio have additional literary material credits off-screen. [7]

Release

In October 2023, Amazon MGM Studios acquired distribution rights to the film. [8]

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