EXCLUSIVE: Emmy Award winner Ben Schwartz has joined the 20th Century feature Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as part of the ensemble cast, which includes Vince Vaughn, James Marsden, Eiza Gonzalez, Jimmy Tatro and Arturo Castro.
The film is a buddy action comedy from writer and director BenDavid Grabinski set in the criminal underworld. Character names and descriptions have yet to be revealed.
Deadline first reported in May that 20th Century landed the project following a heated bidding war. Andrew Lazar is producing.
Schwartz received an Emmy Award in 2009 for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special for his collaboration with host Hugh Jackman’s opening number in ABC’s 81st Annual Academy Awards. He has an additional three nominations for both acting and writing.
His recent TV credits include Lord & Miller’s AppleTV+ miniseries The Afterparty and the Greg Daniels and Steve Carell Netflix series Space Force, both of which are available to stream. Additional TV credits include the Showtime comedy series House of Lies and NBC’s hit comedy Parks & Recreation. Additionally, Schwartz co-created and stars in three improv specials on Netflix including Middleditch & Schwartz, and has lent his voice to various animated shows such as DuckTales and Rise of the TMNT.
In film, his credits include starring opposite Kevin Hart and John Cena in Die Hart 2: Die Harter; Universal’s Renfield; the indie feature Standing Up, Falling Down starring opposite Billy Crystal; Happy Anniversary, written and directed by Jared Stern for Netflix; and This is Where I Leave You directed by Shawn Levy. Up next, Schwartz will return as the voice of Sonic in Sonic The Hedgehog 3, in theaters December 20.
CAA, Haven Entertainment, and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole rep Schwartz.
