Ball and Chain

Ball and Chain is Netflix's planned feature film adaptation of the independent comic book series created by Scott Lobdell.

In May of 2020 Netflix announced plans to adapt this comic as a feature film starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. The comic details the misadventures of a married couple whose stormy relationship is spiraling towards divorce when they both receive superhuman abilities. The one catch: their powers only function when they work together.

The film is written by Emily V. Gordon (The Big Sick). It is produced by Johnson, Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia under their Seven Bucks Productions label, along with Kevin Misher for Misher Films and Blunt under her Ledbury Productions shingle. Lobdell is Executive Producer along wtih Andy Berman of Misher Films.

Blunt and Johnson previously teamed to star in Disney's Jungle Cruise, the release of which his been delayed to 2021 by worldwide disruptions to the film industry. 

Netflix did not indicate a release time frame for the movie.