Ramy Youssef and Steve Way are producing a body swap comedy that flips the genre formula. The untitled film centers on a man with muscular dystrophy, played by Way, and his burly caregiver who swap bodies. Way co-writes the script with Jon Braylock and also stars in the project.
Youssef and Way previously worked together on the Hulu series Ramy. Way recently appeared in the Hulu thriller Furious alongside Lola Petticrew and Emmy Rossum.
Way, born with muscular dystrophy and a longtime disability rights advocate, is producing the film through Inevitable Studios, the disability-focused production company owned by Richie Siegel and Marisa Torelli-Pedevska's Inevitable Foundation. Youssef's Cairo Cowboy company and Give Not Take Media are also involved. Give Not Take Media is owned by the caregiving awareness organization Caring Across Generations and targets the 130 million Americans impacted by all levels of care.
The project does not yet have a director attached or a casting choice for Way's character's caregiver.