Steve Way to Star in Body-Swap Comedy About Disability With Ramy Youssef

Steve Way is set to lead a new comedy that puts disability at the center of a body-swap story. The currently untitled film will pair the actor with Ramy Youssef and longtime collaborator Jon Braylock, according to the announcement reported by Deadline. Way will play a man with muscular dystrophy who switches bodies with his caregiver, a physically imposing man. The premise is designed to bring comic complications, while the project’s disability-focused perspective is a key part of its story. Way is also co-writing the screenplay with Braylock, giving him a role in shaping the material as well as starring in it. Youssef, who worked with Way on the Hulu series Ramy, will produce through his Cairo Cowboy banner. Way and Braylock are also attached as producers, alongside Inevitable Studios and Give Not Take Media. The film has not yet been given a title, and further details about its production schedule or release plans were not provided. Way has drawn attention for both his screen work and his public comments about living with congenital muscular dystrophy. He has spoken about the condition since childhood and recently earned critical praise for a supporting role in the Hulu series Furious, Deadline reported. His collaboration with Youssef on Ramy also helped establish a creative partnership that the new film will bring back together. Youssef won a Golden Globe for Ramy, a comedy drawing on experiences of a first-generation Egyptian-American millennial. He is also preparing his feature directorial debut, Martha and Muhammad, for A24, in which he is expected to star opposite Sharon Stone. Braylock, meanwhile, co-created and starred in Netflix’s Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show and has writing credits on Grown-ish and The G Word With Adam Conover. The production companies involved describe the project as part of a broader effort to tell stories connected to disability and care. The announcement positions Way not simply as the film’s lead performer, but also as a writer with a hand in bringing that perspective to the screen.