EXCLUSIVE: Mason Thames is set to join the ensemble cast of the upcoming comedy The Shitheads, starring Dave Franco, O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Peter Dinklage. Macon Blair is writing and directing.
Pic follows cynical degenerate Mark (Franco) and bumbling idealist Davis (Jackson) as they’ve both hit rock bottom. Paired for a job by a shady transport service, their task seems simple: transport Sheridan, a wealthy troubled teen, to rehab. But Sheridan has other plans and what starts as a simple road trip becomes an unhinged odyssey of drug-fueled disasters, near-death experiences, and criminal encounters. Out of their minds and in way over their heads, Mark and Davis find the courage to face their failures and realize that it’s not the destination that matters, it’s the shitheads you meet along the way.
Brandon James (The Righteous Gemstones), Alex Orr (The Decameron), Blair, Franco, Nathan Klingher (The Surfer), Ford Corbett (Land of Bad) and Jeremy Saulnier (Rebel Ridge) will produce, with Gramercy Park Media co-producing and financing. Gramercy’s Joshua Harris and Mark Fasano will be executive producers.
Thames is coming off his summer smash hit How To Train Your Dragon, where he stars as Hiccup in Universal’s live-action adaptation. The film has made nearly $600 million at the global box-office with the studio viewing this as a major franchise going forward.
Next up for Thames he has the highly-anticipated sequel to Black Phone starring Ethan Hawke. He also has Regretting You.
He is repped by WME, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.
