Jerrod Carmichael Says Safdie Brothers ’48 Hours’ Remake and Quentin Tarantino Projects Not Happening

With his Netflix special “Rothaniel” continuing to attract audiences Jerrod Carmichael is on fire currently.

But with Carmichael the name on everyone’s lips there’s several projects he’s admitted he’s had to put aside.

In a recent interview with GQ, he discussed that “I love getting rid of irons [in the fire]” and at least two high profile projects on Carmichael’s docket are not going forward.One of them was a proposed remake of the 1982 feature “48 Hours” Carmichael was cowriting with Josh and Benny Safdie.

The project was announced back in 2017 after the Safdies released their feature film “Good Time.” Carmichael would have also starred in the movie which tells the story of a cop and a convict who team up to catch a pair of cop-killers.The title refers to the fact that one of the characters, a former cop serving time for armed robbery, is released

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