Peabody Award and Golden Globe-winning Hulu comedy Ramy collaborators Ramy Youssef and Steve Way are teaming up once again with longtime friend and collaborator Jon Braylock on a new disability-themed body swap comedy. The film is currently untitled that revolves around a man with a muscular dystrophy, which is played by Way, who swaps bodies with his burly caregiver and has hilarious consequences. Way is co-writing the script with Braylock with Youssef producing it via his Cairo Cowboy production banner as well as Way, Braylock, Inevitable Studios and Give Not Take Media.
Following his semi-autobiographical comedy Ramy, which draws on his experiences as a first-generation Egyptian-American millennial, Youssef is currently in production on his feature directorial debut Martha and Muhammad for A24. He has also released his third HBO stand-up special, Ramy Youssef: In Love back in April. Way has garnered critical acclaim in the Hulu hit series Furious, which has been renewed for a second season and has starred opposite Youssef on Ramy. Way was born with congenital muscular dystrophy and has been speaking publicly about his experience with the condition since the age of 10.
Braylock is known for co-creating and starring in Netflix’s Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show as well as having writing credits for Golden Axe, Ted: The Animated Series, Grown-ish, and The G Word with Adam Conover. He also co-hosts the podcast Black Men Can’t Jump in Hollywood. The film is being produced by Inevitable Studios and Give Not Take Media. Inevitable Studios is the production banner of Inevitable Foundation which is focused on film and TV told through the surprising and subversive lens. Give Not Take Media develops film, TV, digital entertainment projects that authentically engage with experiences with the experiences of 130 million Americans impacted by care. This company engages with Americans affected by care from parenting to disability and aging, to care work, life in the sandwich generation and more. Give Not Take Media has been working to transform U.S. systems and culture of care since 2011.
