SIDEKICKS

SIDEKICKS

Prod Co: Chernin Entertainment

Dates: Summer 2020

Location: Australia and/or New Zealand

Budget: $100M

Execs: Executive: David Ready, Kori Adelson

Writer (Current): KUMAIL NANJIANI, EMILY GORDON

Writer (Previous): Jordan Kandell, Aaron Kandell, MICHAEL HANDELMAN, Meg Lafauve, Shawn Levy, DAVID GUION, DANA FOX

Producer: Jenno Topping, Peter Chernin

Director: JEFF TOMSIC

Cast: Talent: Zazie Beetz [TINKERBELL: Attached], KUMAIL NANJIANI [WOODSMAN: ATTACHED], ZACH GALIFIANAKIS [SLAPPY: ATTACHED], WILL FERRELL [MERLIN: ATTACHED]

Logline: When the fairy tale heroes go missing, the sidekicks step up to save the day and prevent the villains from stealing and rewriting the
storybook.

Roles:

[TINKERBELL]
Lead Female (20 - 39)
Tinkerbell is Peter Pan's sidekick, who was forced to grow up after getting doused with a magic potion. She wants to be a hero in her own right, but Pan stymie's her efforts because sidekicks are meant to leave the fighting to their bosses. After the heroes are all kidnapped by CAPTAIN HOOK, Tink's friend WOODSMAN (who is in love with her) convinces her to lead the sidekicks on a mission to free the heroes and prevent the villains from getting ahold of a magical Storybook that will allow them to rewrite their destinies. The journey is difficult for Tink because her fighting skills aren't totally up to snuff, but perseverance and bravery winds out and she is able to rescue all of the heroes from Hook. During the confrontation over the Storybook, Tink convinces deceitful SLAPPY takes the book and tears it in half so that everyone can be whomever they want. She and the Sidekicks become Ever After's new Heroes, with her new lover Woodsman by her side.
Previously in negotiation with Anna Kendrick
Attached Zazie Beetz

[WOODSMAN]
Lead Male (20 - 39)
Woodsman is the Huntsman's twin brother and Sidekick. Tink's best friend (who is secretly in love with her), unlike her he loves being a Sidekick and just kind of wants to do his thing (which involves a lot of wacky dancing). Deep down though his brother hurts his feelings, something that comes to the surface later on. He encourages her to accompany the others on the journey to save the Heroes. When he falls into the lake, the Giant scoops him up for Hook. Tink rescues him and they finally kiss. In the end, Woodsman and the other Sidekicks become the new Heroes.
Nicholas Hoult previously held offer.
Attached KUMAIL NANJIANI

[CAPTAIN HOOK]
Supporting Male (40 - 49)
Captain Hook is after the Storybook because he wants to rewrite the villains' destinies, dictating that they will always win. H escapes prison and breaks out the other prisoners to enlist their help. Hook abducts the Heroes and Genie, but also feels for his enemies. He chastises the STEPSISTERS for wanting to torture people. Hook sails the Jolly Roger to Blinkoven to get the Storybook. The other Villains toss Hook off the tower because they were just using him. He turns up alive when Pepper falls and he saves her and asks her not to tell anyone. Hook becomes a classical pianist and uses his spoon to play.
Daveed Diggs was previously set

[SLAPPY]
Supporting Male (30 - 39)
Slappy is Prince Charming's sidekick and one of the seven dwarves. He slaps people. Slappy later confides that he only does this because Prince Charming thought it would be funny. He knows where to find Merlin. When the Sidekicks reach the lake, he offers to sacrifice himself to the water nymphs and giggles as he's pulled under. Slappy later reemerges alive at the tower with Malvina, his lover. They reveal they met when he taught painting at the prison. Slappy intends to rewrite the Storybook to become a villain but changes his mind when Pepper convinces him this isn't him. In the end, he dances with the other Sidekicks turned Heroes.
Tracy Morgan was previously set
Attached ZACH GALIFIANAKIS

[MERLIN]
Supporting Male (60 - 69)
"The once great wizard is now a burnt-out, grizzled old guy in a robe that looks like a tattered bathrobe." Merlin was KING ARTHUR's sidekick and now owns a Tavern. He hid the Storybook Arthur found for his and Ever After's own good. Merlin guides the Sidekicks on the journey. When they reach the lake, he warns the others not to touch the water. Slappy does summoning VIVIAN, the Lady of the Lake, Merlin's ex. She demands her candelabra back, but he doesn't have it and doesn't understand why she wants it. Merlin shape shifts to distract the pirates while Pepper rescues the Heroes and Tinkerbell. In the end, Merlin dances with Vivian and returns her candelabra.
Attached WILL FERRELL

[MALVINA]
Supporting Female (20 - 29)
[Russian] Malvina is Cinderella's evil stepsister and enjoys imagining torturing people. Hook breaks her out of prison and enlists her to help get the Storybook, but it turns out she is just using him. Malvina has been conspiring with boyfriend Slappy. She is defeated and jailed in the end. Malvina breaks out of prison and tries to attack the tavern with crossbows but is knocked unconscious by YURI.

[PETER PAN]
Supporting Male (12 - 20)
Peter Pan has a good relationship with his sidekick Tink and is much nicer than many of the other heroes, but stymies her efforts to become a hero herself. When Tink releases the Heroes, Peter Pan and the others think the task at hand sounds too dangerous. They later show up to help defeat the Villains, and he becomes very supportive of Tink's hero career.

[PRINCE CHARMING]
Supporting Male (30 - 39)
"Ridiculously handsome." A very vain, self-absorbed hero who gives Sidekick Slappy orders and makes fun of him. Prince Charming gets kidnapped by Hook along with the rest of the Heroes. When Tink breaks the mirror releasing the Heroes, Prince Charming and the others think the task at hand sounds too dangerous. They later show up to help defeat the Villains.
Previously interested in Keegan Michael Key

[KING ARTHUR]
Supporting Male (50 - 59)
King Arthur is a hero and rules Sir Galahad. He dismissed Merlin after the wizard hid the Storybook he found because the king wanted its power. King Arthur reacts with shock when Hook mentions the Storybook to him as he's being taken prisoner.
When Tink breaks the mirror releasing the Heroes, King Arthur and the others think the task at hand sounds too dangerous. They later show up to help defeat the Villains

[HUNTSMAN]
Supporting Male (30 - 39)
The Huntsman is a hero and uses his twin brother, Woodsman, as his Sidekick. He is condescending to his brother. The Huntsman likes to work out and play hero when he knows it will all work out for him. When Tink breaks the mirror releasing the Heroes, Huntsman and the others think the task at hand sounds too dangerous. They later show up to help defeat the Villains.

[NATASHA]
Supporting Female (20 - 29)
[Russian] Natasha is Malvina's sister and accomplice. Hook breaks her out of prison, but she is her sister's ally - serving as something of an evil sidekick to her more deranged sister.

[ALADDIN]
Cameo Male (20 - 29)
[Persian] Aladdin is narcissistic and goes through many genies, who he fires when they get too old. He's kidnapped by Hook, and then freed by Tink

[NEW GENIE]
Cameo Male
[Persian] This is Aladdin's new genie. The Sidekicks show him the ropes until he gets sucked into the lamp with the Heroes. Genie later reemerges and fights the Villains.

[THE GIANT]
Cameo Male (30 - 39)
"He's twelve feet tall, bald." This is Jack's giant. Hook breaks him out of prison with the evil stepsisters, but he's really working for the ladies to create diversions and do other dirty work. The Giant scoops up Woodsman when he falls into the lake and drags him to the tower.

[SMEE]
Cameo Male (30 - 49)
Smee is Hook's Sidekick. Worried that new prisoner Woodsman is after his job, he is about to kill him when Pepper comes to the rescue.

[SNOW WHITE & CINDERELLA]
Cameo Female (20 - 29)
Two beautiful princesses who seem to spend most of their time fighting over Prince Charming.

[MORDRED]
Cameo Male (20 - 39)
Mordred is a Villain in the prison. He was a knight who betrayed King Arthur. Hook breaks him out of prison and warns him not to sit on the bowsprit. Mordred doesn't listen and falls overboard.

[LADY OF THE LAKE / VIVIAN]
Cameo Female (30 - 39)
The Lady of the Lake is Merlin's ex. Slappy touches the lake summoning her. In order to pass, she demands that Merlin return her candelabra. When he doesn't, she insists on a human sacrifice. In the end, she dances with Merlin and is happy to get
her candelabra back.

[FROG]
Cameo Male
Frog is staying at the Three Little Pigs' house while they're out of town. A ladies' man, he pretends to be the Frog Prince to get Pepper to kiss him. Woodsman tosses him in the house to get rid
of the Wolf. Frog slips out. He later chats up the ladies at Merlin's tavern.

[BIGGER BADDER WOLF]
Cameo Male
Bigger Badder Wolf tries to attack Woodsman, because Hook has put a big bounty on the sidekicks.

[YURI]
Cameo Male (40 - 59)
A local baklava merchant who is very friendly with Tink, and encourages her to become a hero. In the end, he unwittingly (but conveniently) knocks Malvina unconscious.

[SIR GALAHAD]
Cameo Male (20 - 39)
Sir Galahad is King Arthur's Sidekick, a Knight of the Round Table.