Deadline writes that “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” co-creator and co-star Rob McElhenney has closed a significant deal at Legendary Pictures to make his feature directorial and screenwriting debut
Armed with a four-minute test reel and a passionate 20-minute pitch, Legendary acquired his family action pitch Figment, with McElhenney tied to write the script and direct the film, and produce it.
“It’s a family action adventure about an imaginative boy and his family who are thrown for a loop when their greatest fears come to life.”
The aforementioned pitch video gave a sense of the nostalgic feeling, the wonder and imagination that conveyed the bond between the key character and his “figment,” on a film that has thematic aspirations to be comparable to a Goonies or E.T.