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Ramy Youssef and Steve Yeun Team Up on Body-Swap Comedy Film
Ramy creators Ramy Youssef and Steve Yeun are preparing a new film — a body-swap comedy featuring a character with muscular dystrophy.
Ramy Youssef and Steve Yeun, the creators of the Hulu comedy series Ramy, are once again working together on a new film project. It is a body-swap comedy on the theme of disability, whose title has not yet been announced. Yeun plays the main character with muscular dystrophy, whose character swaps bodies with his strong caregiver.
John Breglio, a longtime friend and collaborator of Youssef's with whom they have already worked, will also return to the project. The film involves the studios Inevitable Studios and Give Not Take Media. Details about the movie remain under wraps for now, and the release date and cast, beyond Yeun, have not been disclosed.
Ramy earned Youssef and his co-writers critical acclaim and awards: the series won a Peabody Award and a Golden Globe. Youssef and Yeun's collaboration on this new project continues the partnership begun with that series, and the focus on disability at the heart of the plot makes the film notable for those following the development of the comedy genre in American film and television.
Source: deadline.com
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