Marlon Wayans And ‘Fast and Furious’ Producer Neal H. Mortiz Team Up For Action-Comedy ‘Ride or Die’

Marlon Wayans and Neal H Mortiz, the producer of Fast and Furious franchise, are teaming up for a new action-packed romantic comedy titled, Ride or Die. ⁣

According to Hollywood Reporter, Ride or Die follows Marlon as he plays Martin Banks, a robbery detective that partners with a hard-hitting female narcotics detective, Tami Moore, to find a stolen billion-dollar shipment of deadly opioids that threaten to flood the streets of Chicago. ⁣

The script is written by Marlon and Rick Alvarez, and has been described as Bad Boys with a romantic twist. Neil, along with Toby Ascher, will produce the film under their Original Film banner, while Marlon and Rick will get producer credits under their company, Ugly Baby. ⁣

In a statement to the Hollywood Reporter, Neil said, “I was lucky enough to get a chance to read this script early, and I had to jump on it. Rarely do you read scripts with such a great concept and relationship.”⁣

Marlon added that Rick and himself see the movie as a start to a potential franchise, and ”collaborating with Neal, who has mastered the art of franchises, makes it a perfect fit.” ⁣

There’s no official word on when the film will start production, or who will direct or co-star along with Marlon in the movie. But until then, you can catch Marlon alongside Bill Murray and Rashida Jones in Sofia Coppola‘s movie, On the Rocks. ⁣

Marlon also appears in MGM’s Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, which stars Jennifer Hudson as the Queen of Soul.⁣