After outbidding Universal and Original Film, Variety has announced that the Spielberg-owned DreamWorks banner picked up the rights to Justin Adler's script, The Escort. Despite a title implying that it'll be about an upscale harlot with a heart of gold who overcomes adversity, earns her G.E.D and escapes her lecherous lifestyle, the film will actually follow a flight attendant tasked with ferrying a 14-year-old to Boston when the plane is forced to land before it reaches its destination. Zaniness presumably ensues.

This idea screams mid-90s buddy comedy, and the first thing that comes to mind is the amazing Burt Reynolds masterpiece Cop and a Half. The formula is “rebellious kid + plus bumbling authority figure = wacky comedy,” which you can expect this script will follow to a T.

Adler's credits include an episode each of the under-rated as hell Better off Ted and Christina Applegate's lovable Samatha Who, but most notably he spent time as a staff writer on Futurama. With that resume we can at least expect the familiar idea for The Escort to be clever and maybe come at it from some new angles. Casting predictions? I say Gerard Butler will take a turn as the flight attendant (who will possibly have combat training) and he'll probably be paired with Logan Lerman, reteaming the two after their run together in Gamer.