“Running Man” and “Chad Powers” star Glen Powell is producing the R-rated teen comedy feature “The Fuck Boat” at Paramount, Variety exclusively reports.
Described as a “high concept” project “in the vein of Risky Business and Easy A,” The Fuckboat is a comedy written by Caroline Glenn and Sean Doherty and produced by Barnstormers’ Powell and Dan Cohen.
The spec script for “The Fuck Boat” was acquired by Barnstorm in a competitive deal with multiple bidding producers competing for the film. Paramount, owned by Skydance, acquired the feature film project after Powell and Doherty completed the script and shopped around for a buyer. Further plot details of “The Fuck Boat” are being kept secret.
Glenn will serve as an executive producer on The Fuck Boat alongside Barnstorm’s Ryan Schwartz. Barnstorm’s Jacqueline Rosso will serve as co-producer.
Barnstorm, the production company launched by Powell and Cohen in February, currently has a first-look deal with Universal. In addition to Paramount’s “The Fuck Boat,” the young single is already developing projects with Judd Apatow, Barry Jenkins, and Ron Howard.
“The Fuck Boat” is the first screenplay that Glenn and Doherty, long friends since meeting at Emerson College in 2016, have written together. Glenn, a screenwriter from Los Angeles, plans to release his debut novel, Cruelty Free, in February 2026. Doherty, a Massachusetts native, previously worked on Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco and is currently a senior producer.
Barnstorm is repped by CAA and JSSK. Glenn is repped by CAA and Hansen Jacobson. Doherty is repped by Hansen Jacobson.
