H ollywood's most unlikely duo is ready to flip the script. Ryan Gosling and Will Ferrell are officially attached to star in "Tough Guys," a new action-comedy in development at Amazon MGM Studios, sources shared with Deadline. And if the concept is anything to go by, this could be one of the wildest rides of their careers.

Daniel Gold penned the script as a spec about two henchmen who "break free from the criminal underworld and rewrite the rules as they abandon their ruthless boss and dodge the elite assassin on their trail.

Ryan Gosling and Will Ferrell are teaming up for the action-comedy Tough Guys. The Amazon MGM movie is based on a script by Daniel Gold. Gosling previously starred in The Nice Guys and The Fall Guy, while Ferrell previously headlined The Other Guys.