Overview

• Universal Pictures outbid multiple suitors to acquire ‘Dance Parents’ in a competitive auction.
• Charlize Theron will produce and star through her Secret Menu first-look deal with Universal.
• Channing Tatum is set to produce and headline via his Free Association company.
• Director Jonathan Levine and screenwriter Meghan Malloy have joined the project in its early-development phase.
• The dance-focused reunion of Theron and Tatum recalls their onstage pairing at the 2013 Oscars and aligns with a broader trend of talent-driven comedies.