After scoring big hits as a writer with Grown Ups and its sequel, House Bunny director Fred Wolf has recently returned to directing (and to a previous cult "favourite") with Crackle's Joe Dirt 2. Now he's got his next project lined up. He'll direct Drunk Parents, which may sound like a vehicle for Adam Sandler or David Spade, but will actually mark a 30 Rock reunion for Alec Baldwin and Salma Hayek{
Wolf wrote the screenplay with Peter Gaulke, with whom he also worked on 2008's Strange Wilderness. The story sees parents Baldwin and Hayek waving goodbye to their daughter as she goes off to college, and immediately going on a drinking binge to celebrate their first time alone for 18 years. This leads them to make some Bad Decisions and get involved in a kidnapping and a case of mistaken identity.
“Alec and Salma are both incredibly charismatic, hilarious talents," says producer Robert Ogden Barnum. "Paired together with this brilliant writing, audiences are going to love watching these two beautiful people take on all odds in Drunk Parents." It sounds very much like a mash-up of Date Night and The Hangover at this point, but he's right: Jack Donaghy and Santanico Pandemonium at the top of the cast, reigniting their 30 Rock spark, mean it could potentially be good fun.