Draft:Stepdude

Stepdude is an upcoming American comedy film directed by Eric Appel and written by Scot Armstrong, Tracy Oliver, Jessica Gao, Rodney Rothman and Appel. Jack Black serves as a producer.

The film is scheduled to be released by Sony Pictures Releasing under its Columbia Pictures label.

Premise
Sherman has fallen in love with Will's mother, and the film follows the ensuing relationship changes between the two of them.

Production
In June 2021, Kitao Sakurai was attached to direct Oh Hell No from a script written by Scot Armstrong, Tracy Oliver, Jessica Gao, and Rodney Rothman. Ice Cube was originally set to star with Jack Black, who also produced, potentially joining him. The week before production was going to begin in Hawaii in October 2021, Cube left the project after declining a request from producers to get vaccinated, for which he would have received $9 million. As a result, the project was delayed indefinitely. In November 2022, the film's title was changed to Stepdude, and Eric Appel was hired to provide re-writes and direct. There have been no updates on the project since.

Release
In June 2021, the film was given a release date of July 1, 2022. This was later moved up to June 17, 2022. In February 2022, the film was removed from Sony's release schedule.