Jack Black to be Re-Bourne as a Secret Agent

What do you get when you take Jack Black, The Bourne Identity, and a couple of pretty talented comedy writers? About what you'd expect, really. The Hollywood Reporter announced today that Black was teaming up with Kung Fu Panda writers Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger for an untitled, live-action, action-comedy at Universal. Described as a comedic The Bourne Identity, the project, which was picked up as a pitch for a seven-figure deal, will see Black as an American who finds himself washed up the shores of Cuba with no idea of who he is and how he got there. He comes to the conclusion that he must be a superspy, though in reality he is far from one.

Sure, that's kind of obvious, but I'll probably go see it. For one thing, in a statement to THR, writer Berger said "if he did turn out to be a superspy, this wouldn't be a 'comedic Bourne Identity,' but just The Bourne Identity, and apparently Universal has already made that movie, several times." Which, I'm not going to lie, totally made me snerk, and anyone who can make me snerk in a print interview can pique my interest enough to shell out $10 at the multiplex. Let's face it, I've gone to see movies for a lot less.

Aibel and Berger worked with Black for months in recording sessions for Kung Fu Panda, which made over $215 domestically, and determined that for their next live-action project, they wanted to either work with Black or with a panda. Snerk. Now, Jack Black is huggable and all, but pandas get way more face time on cuteoverload.com, and if there was ever an untapped market that Hollywood has yet to exploit, it's a movie with 120 straight minutes of cuteness. (Marley & Me doesn't count.) If Universal has another seven figures and someone can get us in for a pitch, I don't see why Aibel and Berger can't do both.

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