{"id":609653,"date":"2026-09-23T22:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/609653\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T22:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:54:10","slug":"mason-thames-to-star-in-narcs-comedy-for-sony-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/609653\/","title":{"rendered":"Mason Thames To Star In &#8216;Narcs&#8217; Comedy For Sony (EXCLUSIVE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/mason-thames\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mason-thames\" data-tag=\"mason-thames\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Thames<\/a>, the 19-year-old actor out of the How to Train Your Dragon and Black Phone franchises, has inked a deal to star in <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/narcs\/\" id=\"auto-tag_narcs\" data-tag=\"narcs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Narcs<\/a>, a new coming-of-age comedy from <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sony-pictures\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sony-pictures\" data-tag=\"sony-pictures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sony Pictures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPlot details for Narcs are being kept under wraps. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/john-phillips\/\" id=\"auto-tag_john-phillips\" data-tag=\"john-phillips\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Phillips<\/a>, whose writing credits include the R-rated comedies No Hard Feelings, Good Boys and Dirty Grandpa, is set to make his directorial debut here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tScript is by Jordan &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/justin-shipley\/\" id=\"auto-tag_justin-shipley\" data-tag=\"justin-shipley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Shipley<\/a> (creators of TBS comedy Wrecked) with a rewrite by Phillips &amp; frequent collaborator <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/gene-stupnitsky\/\" id=\"auto-tag_gene-stupnitsky\" data-tag=\"gene-stupnitsky\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gene Stupnitsky<\/a>, who\u2019s producing through his Big Name Entertainment banner. Robert Lamonaca is exec producing via Big Name, alongside Phillips and Joseph Micucci.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThames cemented his status as a young star capable of commanding major studio vehicles with roles in a pair of Universal projects \u2014 the 2021 horror flick The Black Phone and 2025\u2019s live-action How to Train Your Dragon. He\u2019s subsequently gone on to reprise in sequels to both; The Black Phone 2 released in 2025, whereas the live-action How to Train Your Dragon 2 is due for release on June 11, 2027. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhile previously appearing in Netflix\u2019s Incoming, from Dave and John Chernin, Thames has gotten further opportunities to demonstrate his comedic chops recently via Idiots, Macon Blair\u2019s R-rated road trip flick acquired by Independent Film Company after premiering at Sundance, as well as the Green Day project Nimrods. Upcoming, the actor will also be seen starring in the John Wick spin-off Caine helmed by Donnie Yen. He is repped by WME, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Goodman, Genow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPhillips is repped by UTA, Underground and Schreck Rose. Justin &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jordan-shipley\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jordan-shipley\" data-tag=\"jordan-shipley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Shipley<\/a>, who are currently developing the animated sci-fi series Mikey &amp; the Last Mike with Hulu\/20th and Amblin, are repped by WME, Haven Entertainment and Hansen, Jacobson. Stupnitsky, who most recently directed Sony Pictures\u2019s No Hard Feelings, starring Jennifer Lawrence, is repped by WME and Mosaic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Mason Thames, the 19-year-old actor out of the How to Train Your Dragon and Black Phone franchises,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,300350,300351,300352,300353,70294,409,300354,111,139,69,35846],"class_list":["post-609653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-gene-stupnitsky","tag-john-phillips","tag-jordan-shipley","tag-justin-shipley","tag-mason-thames","tag-movies","tag-narcs","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sony-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}