Overview

• Netflix is developing The Leading Man as an action comedy adaptation of Jeremy Haun and B. Clay Moore’s comic series.
• Kevin Hart and John Cena are confirmed as the film’s stars and will serve as producers under Hartbeat, RK Films and Ignition Productions.
• Writers Jon and Erich Hoeber sold the concept to Netflix earlier this year and have penned the adaptation’s screenplay.
• Zak Roth, the Hoeber brothers and original comic creator Jeremy Haun are attached as executive producers.
• The project remains in early development with no production start date set on Netflix’s calendar.