Amazon studios lands hot package ‘ex-husbands’ from berlanti/schechter films, billy eichner and paul rudnick

EXCLUSIVE: Following a highly competitive bidding war, Amazon Studios has landed the package _Ex-Husbands _and will develop the new comedy, an original story by Billy Eichner and Paul

Rudnick. Eichner is also attached to star, with the screenplay by Rudnick. The film will be produced by Eichner and Berlanti/Schechter Films. “The concept of a big, gay divorce comedy has

been kicking around in my head for years and I cannot think of better collaborators than groundbreaking producers Greg and Sarah, and a true icon whose work I have craved and admired since I

was a young gay boy lusting after show business, the brilliant Paul Rudnick who really paved the way for me and many others. And we now have the perfect partners in Amazon, who have already

shown enormous passion for this project. This is a dream team. Now, LET’S GET DIVORCED!!!” Eichner said. The film tells the story of Daniel and Connor, who were madly in love when they

became the first gay couple in NYC to get legally married in 2015 and poster boys for LGBTQ love and acceptance – with an epic wedding party to boot! The only problem now is: they’re getting

an even more epic divorce. It’s a War of the Roses-style battle for the ages as Daniel and Connor viciously, hilariously and poignantly become Ex-Husbands. WATCH ON DEADLINE _Ex-Husbands_

will be produced by Eichner, and Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter for Berlanti/Shechter Films, with executive producer Michael McGrath. The story is by Eichner and Rudnick. “As a longtime

fan of Billy Eichner, I was thrilled when he called me about this project. And when Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schecter became involved, I knew we were in the best possible hands. Ex-Husbands

has the potential to be wildly funny, emotional and altogether delightful” Rudnick said. Eichner is a four-time Emmy-nominated actor, comedian, writer and producer. In September, Eichner

begins shooting _Bros_ for Universal Pictures, which will premiere in theatres on August 12, 2022. BROS makes Eichner the first openly gay man to write, star in and produce a comedy for a

major Hollywood studio. The film will be directed and co-written by Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Neighbors director Nick Stoller and produced by Judd Apatow. Additionally, Eichner is set to

star in and produce _Man in the Box_, a biopic based on the life of groundbreaking TV icon Paul Lynde. He most recently co-starred in Disney’s live-action remake of _The Lion King_ as the

voice of Timon, opposite Seth Rogen, Donald Glover and Beyoncé Knowles. On television, Eichner will star as the infamous Matt Drudge in Ryan Murphy’s upcoming third season of the Emmy

Award-winning _American Crime Story: Impeachment_, alongside Sarah Paulson, Beanie Feldstein, Edie Falco, and Clive Owen. Previously, Eichner co-starred on two seasons of Ryan Murphy’s FX

anthology series_ American Horror Story_, as well as Hulu’s critically-acclaimed series _Difficult People_. _Billy on the Street_, Eichner’s iconic, critically-acclaimed series is now on

Netflix and clips from the series have garnered over 100 million views online. Rudnick plays have been produced on and off Broadway and around the world, and include _I Hate Hamlet_,

_Jeffrey and The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told_. His novels include_ I’ll Take It_ and the recently published _Playing The Palace_. His screenplays include _Addams Family Values_, _Sister

Act_, the screen adaptation of _Jeffrey_, _In&Out_ and HBO’s _Coastal Elites_. Berlanti/Schechter Films produced Rachel Lee Goldenberg’s _Unpregnant_, the first of four YA films they are

making for HBO Max. They have projects set up at Netflix, where the company has an exclusive first-look feature film deal, as well as Fox, New Line, Warner Brothers, Focus, Amazon, Skydance

and Village Roadshow including an _Untitled Rock Hudson_ Biopic; _Red, White and Royal Blue_; _Be More Chill_;_ The Sting_; _The Editor_ and _We Were There, Too_.