Valparaiso Pictures today announced that Academy Award Nominee Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) is attached to star in the upcoming spy action comedy�No Glory,�which Sam Bain (Corporate Animals)�is adapting based on the original manuscript of the same name.
Valparaiso Picture’s David Carrico and Adam Paulsen are producing alongside Gary Sanchez Productions’ Adam McKay, Chris Henchy and Will Ferrell.� Valparaiso’s head of development Bobby Hoppey will executive produce. Academy Award winning producer/writer/director McKay (The Big Short, Vice) and Nanjiani are overseeing Bain’s script. 30WEST is co-repping the film with UTA.
Adam McKay said:� “I can’t wait to dig into this incredible true story. With Kumail at the helm this has a chance to be really ‘special,’ as Kumail likes to say.”
Valparaiso ‘s David Carrico continued: “This is the type of story that we created our company to help tell, narratives that can have broad commercial appeal without sacrificing artistry.� We found the prefect partners and storytellers in Kumail & Adam.”
No Glory�is based on the manuscript which was written by a National Security Operative and author Scott Shephard about the operative’s time in service to the country, a unique account described as “The Rambunctious Patriotism and World-Wide Shenanigans of a First Generation American in the Clandestine Service of a Grateful and Mostly Unwitting Nation.”
Nanjiani was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for�The Big Sick,�in which he also starred alongside Zoe Kazan.� He will next be seen in Columbia Pictures’ highly anticipated�Men in Black: International�and Universal Pictures’�The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle.
McKay wrote, directed and produced�Vice�starring Christian Bale and Amy Adams which was nominated for 8 Academy Awards including Best Director, Best Motion Picture of the Year and Best Original Screenplay. He co-wrote and directed Paramount’s�The Big Short, which was nominated for five Academy Awards and earned an Oscar, BAFTA and WGA Award for best adapted screenplay.
McKay is a principal at Gary Sanchez Productions alongside Chris Henchy and Will Ferrell.� The company has a deal with Paramount, partnering on past films such as the R-rated action/fairy tale�Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters�($226 million),�Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues�($173 million) and the Ferrell/Mark Wahlberg family comedies�Daddy’s Home�($242 million) and�Daddy’s Home 2�($180 million).
Bain penned Patrick Brice’s�Corporate Animals�starring Demi Moore and Ed Helms�which just made its World Premiere at Sundance.� His upcoming comedy,�The Stand-In, stars Drew Barrymore and Michael Zegen and is currently in production.
Valparaiso Pictures�is quickly expanding its development and production portfolio. They recently premiered�The Sound of Silence�starring Peter Sarsgaard and Rashida Jones in competition at Sundance 2019.
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