Melissa McCarthy has boarded her next project, working once again with husband and frequent director Ben Falcone on science-fiction comedySuper-Intelligencefor New Line Cinema.

McCarthy is one of the biggest names in modern comedy, and she works primarily with two directors for her various projects. When shes not re-teaming withBridesmaidsdirector Paul Feig (they collaborated onThe Heat, SpyandGhostbusters since then), shes working with husband and creative partner Ben Falcone. McCarthy andFalcone are one of the premier power couples working in comedy, writing scripts together as vehicles for McCarthyto headline to boost her stardom and for her husband to direct. Theyve worked on three projects together to date, to varying degrees of success, and theyve officially announced their fourth collaboration today.

According toVariety,the duo will nextpartner with writerSteve Mallory onSuper-Intelligence,a science-fiction comedy described as a buddy comedy set against the phenomenon of technological singularity, a high concept hypothesis that says humans will one day create artificial intelligence that will change the progress of the human species as we know it.Mallory worked with Falcone and McCarthy onThe Boss,working once again on the script with them as McCarthy stars and Falcone directs. The duo will also produce the film under theirOn the Day production heading.

This looks to be the most ambitious collaboration for the McCarthy/Falcone combo yet, as their other works are much simpler in concept with somewhat progressive payoff. Tammy,starring McCarthy as an abrasive fast food employee who goes on a cross-country road trip with her grandmother (Susan Sarandon), grossed $100 million worldwide on just a $20 million budget, but received mixed to negative reviews from critics. The story was mostly same for The Boss,featuring McCarthy as a wealthy businesswoman who goes to jail for insider training and must regain her mojo by heading a Girl Scout troop. Little is known about the couples third film, a comedy titledLife of the Party,other than itwill be released next summer the weekend afterAvengers: Infinity War.

As with most stars of the comedy genre, its all about finding McCarthy the right project that will maximize her talents and not reduce her down to the most basic and restrictingforms of humor. Falcone has sometimes struggled with avoiding the common denominator of pratfalls and lowbrow comedy in his previous works.Super-Intelligenceis at the very least a fascinating idea, but that fascination means nothing if the film cant deliver on the clever laughs that audiences hope to get from a McCarthy comedy. One hopes that Super-Intelligence,which has no current release date, will be the gem that the combo needs to certify their working relationship to the critical world.

Source: Variety

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