You may have seen Paul Rudd questioning the viability of his heroic moniker in yesterday’s Ant-Man **teaser trailer, but he’s aiming to do something very different for a future film. Rudd has signed on to **The Revised Fundamentals Of Caregiving.
Though it sounds like a training manual for medical professionals, it’s actually an adaptation of Jonathan Evison’s novel, which TV writer/producer Rob Burnett is overseeing and will direct. The story sounds a little like 2011’s The Intouchables, in that it finds someone helping another with medical challenges. In this case, Rudd will be Ben Benjamin, who strikes up a friendship with a young man suffering from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. As the pair bonds, they push each other towards re-engaging in life and discover that they both have something to learn. There’s the chance it could fall into the mawkish sentimentality trap, but hopefully Rudd and whoever is hired to be his co-star will help guide it towards fresher territory.
Rudd, last seen in Anchorman 2 and They Came Together, will next crop up in the aforementioned **Ant-Man **(set for release here on July 17) and has a voice role in Seth Rogen’s animated comedy Sausage Party, which sizzles in on June 17, 2016.