Cola Warshas find a producer and music director . The movie , which is in early development at Sony , was bought for more than $ 1 million from a rake by Jason Shuman ( Acapulco , To Leslie ) and Ben Queen ( Powerless , The Addams Family 2 ) . The movie is set during the mid-1980s during the prison term when Pepsi and Coca - Cola were battle for supremacy in the drinkable marketplace .

PerDeadline , Cola Warshas pull A - list talent as development continues . Steven Spielberg has signed on to producevia Amblin Entertainment , the same standard through which he has produced such late movies asTwisters , The Color Purple , Maestro , andThe Fabelmans , the latter of which he also manoeuvre . The upcoming movie is also nowset to be direct by Judd Apatow , who is bang for helm comedy includingThe 40 - Year - Old Virgin , Knocked Up , and , more recently , The King of Staten Islandand Netflix’sThe house of cards .

What Spielberg And Apatow Signing On Mean For Cola Wars

The Movie’s Genre Is Still Unclear

Cola Warsis the first proper collaboration between the two well - known movie maker , which lay down itdifficult to recognise what sort of tone the picture show will in the end take on . PreviousJudd Apatow movieswould seem to indicate that it will be a comedy , as the filmmaker ’s narrative motion picture have all been either comedies or dramedies . However , the logline ofCola Warssuggests that it could lean more dramatic , in a alike personal manner to the 2023 Ben Affleck movieAir , which followed the development of Air Jordan canary .

Spielberg and Apatow ’s previous coaction have been limited to them both appearing in the 2023 documentaryAlbert Brooks : defend My Lifeand Apatow being thank in the credits of 2011’sSuper 8 , which Spielberg grow .

The lead record ofSteven Spielberg movieswould also seem to indicate that a tone likeAir ’s would be more in his wheelhouse . Especially as a managing director , his comedies have curve toward the dramaticwith movies like 2004’sThe Terminal . However , in his capacitance as a producer , he has been behind more downright kookie attribute includingWho Framed Roger Rabbit?,Shrek , andAnimaniacs . in the end it remains to be see how the flavor ofCola Warsshapes up as the script continue to originate .

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Our Take On Cola Wars

Steven Spielberg and Judd Apatow Could Be A Winning Combination

Whatever shape it study , Cola Warsassembling a strong squad with both Spielberg and Apatowcould help it shine among a recent glut of stigma - related biopic movies . In the past few years , the subgenre has seen a rapid growth in releases includingFlamin ' spicy , Air , Tetris , Blackberry , andJerry Seinfeld’sUnfrosted . However , if the project continues to attract even more A - list talent thanks to its director and producer , it could become a decisive and commercial hit at a floor that none of those old titles have yet reached .

Source : Deadline

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