According to deadline, Adam McKay is in negotiations to develop to direct Uptown Saturday Night, the Warner Bros remake that the studio hopes will star Will Smith and Denzel Washington.
So the gameplan for Mckay is that he would helm the film after he wraps up the Anchorman sequel, which is set for an early 2013/2014 release.
For those of you not familiar with Uptown Saturday Night, the original was set in 1974 and was a comedy that starred Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier as pals who visit an illegal nightclub, and are forced to hand over their wallets to thieves. Turns out one of them contains a winning lottery ticket, emboldening the duo to bump up against the criminal element to get back the wallet.
