I’ll admit it, I never saw The Proposal. I don’t care for Ryan Reynolds nor formulaic romantic comedies on general principle, which is why I didn’t see it initially. Then I didn’t see it just because I was too lazy to go look for it (the Blockbuster closest to my house shut down, sad face). Anyway, long story short, I have no idea if Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock had or have any chemistry together. I tended to suspect they didn’t, although Bullock is certainly capable of having chemistry with a brick wall. My guess is that Ryan and Sandra were close friends rather than the ideal rom-com duo. Maybe I’m wrong. But they’re going to get a second chance to make a first impression (on me): Ryan and Sandra are reuniting for a new rom-com called Most Wanted. It will be Sandra’s first film since her Oscar-winning role in The Blind Side. It will also be her first role since the whole marriage implosion thing.

The creative team behind “The Proposal” — stars Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, director Anne Fletcher, writer Pete Chiarelli and producers David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman — are reuniting for “Most Wanted,” an action comedy project that sold to Universal over the weekend.

The story sees Bullock as a criminal suspect with Reynolds as an FBI agent who is supposed to be escorting her to court when the two are ambushed and forced to go on the run. The project is described as having a tone similar to that of “Midnight Run,” Universal’s 1988 action comedy starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin. Universal is developing a sequel to “Midnight Run.”

The pitch originally went into Disney, the company that made “Proposal,” the hit romantic comedy made via its Touchstone label that grossed more than $317 million and was part of Bullock’s comeback year. Since the movie’s June 2009 release, however, Disney has undergone a regime change and the company is de-emphasizing Touchstone, preferring to focus on the core Disney brand and hoping to make movies that can be taken advantage by the wide spectrum of the company.

When Disney passed, the team took a breather before taking it to the rest of the town. By late last week, the project was fielding multiple offers before being captures by Universal. Reynolds will also exec produce along with this Dark Trick Films partner Jonathon Komack-Martin.

Chiarelli is a former MGM exec who in his spare time wrote “The Proposal.” The script has kicked off a writing career, with the scribe working on “What Men Want” for Paramount and “Forever 21” at DreamWorks. He is repped by CAA and Mosaic. Fletcher, who is developing “Enchanted 2” for Disney, is repped by UTA. Bullock and Reynolds are repped by CAA.

[From The Hollywood Reporter]

Eh, it sounds like an interesting concept, I suppose. It reminds me a little of that one Bullock did with Ben Affleck… whajamacallit, Forces of Nature. Two people thrown together, a series of hotel rooms, scrounging for available transportation. Now, I don’t want to be rude or anything, because I really am on The Bullock Bandwagon, for real, but isn’t Sandra above this sh-t? Yes, she’s a good actress, and yes, she’s still America’s Sweetheart and a rom-com queen and all, and maybe she just wants to make a fun movie rather than an Oscar-bait one, but still. You’d think that this project wouldn’t read “Bullock!” immediately. Unless she gets to beat the crap out of Ryan. That would be good. I might go see it in that case.

Ryan and Sandra at the People’s Choice Awards on January 6, 2010. Also, at the ‘Proposal’ premiere on May 31, 2009. Credit: WENN.