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John Cena, Awkwafina & Simu Liu To Star In Action-Comedy Grand Death Lotto

March 2, 2023 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
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John Cena, Awkwafina, and Simu Liu are set to star in the new action comedy Grand Death Lotto. Deadline reports that the three stars will topline the new Paul Feig film, which is set up at Amazon Studios.

Feig is directing from a script by Rob Yescombe, which is described as follows by Deadline:

[The film] is set in a very near future, in which a Grand Lottery has been established in economically challenged California. The only catch? You’ll need to kill the winner before sundown in order to legally claim their prize. New L.A. transplant Katie (Awkwafina) accidentally finds herself with the winning ticket and must join forces with amateur jackpot protector Noel (Cena) to make it to sundown in order to claim her multi-billion dollar prize, all while dealing with Noel’s protection rival Louis Lewis (Liu), who also wants to get her to sundown in order to claim his rich protection commission.

The film will be produced by Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum of Roth/Kirschenbaum Films along with Laura Fischer and Feig of Feigco Entertainment. Cena, Zack Roth and Yescombe are executive producing the film, which begins production next week and will release on on Prime Video.

Grand Death Lotto is the kind of original idea audiences have been craving, and there’s no one better than the endlessly talented Paul Feig to steer the ship,” said Amazon and MGM Studios head Jennifer Salke. “We can’t wait to watch John Cena, Awkwafina, and Simu Liu bring this fun, action-packed script to life for our Prime Video customers around the world.”

“I love action comedy and extreme physical comedy and this movie has both in abundance, as well as a boatload of heart and hilarity,” Feig said. “This lotto will make winners of us all.”