There are now competing Uber driver movies, naturally
Remember when Uber first became a thing? How one day, you didn’t even know what an Uber was, and the next everyone was Ubering back and forth across the city? That’s essentially what’s happening with movies about Uber drivers right now. Last week, we reported that Fox had picked up a spec script, Stuber, about an Uber driver named Stu. And now we’re finding out that one day earlier, Universal also purchased an untitled and unscripted movie about an Uber driver (probably not named Stu), according to The Hollywood Reporter. This one will theoretically star Will Ferrell as a driver who has the misfortune of picking up a deranged and dangerous escaped convict as a passenger. Brendan O’Brien (co-writer of Neighbors) is set to write with Ferrell and Adam McKay producing for their Gary Sanchez production company.