Jorma Taccone didn’t have much success with his first directorial effort, as MacGruber bombed horribly when it was released in 2009. Now he’s ready to step back up to the plate, with THR reporting he’s set to direct the action comedy Spy Guys.
The film is desribed as being a cross between Oceans Eleven, True Lies and Mission: Impossible and follows a CIA agent who is framed for a crime and must go on the run while attending a friend’s wedding in Europe. Out of options, he decides to tell his friends what he actually does for a living and enlists their help both protecting him and clearing his name.
John Rickard will produce the project along with Taccone and his Lonely Island fellows, Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer.