Chris Farley Biopic in the Works With Paul Walter Hauser to Star, Josh Gad to Direct
variety.comKatcy Stephan A Chris Farley biopic is in the works, with Josh Gad set to direct. In the hot package being shopped around town, Emmy, Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe Award winner Paul Walter Hauser is attached to star as the legendary comedian.
There’s no word yet on where the project will land, but it’s sure to attract a slew of bidders. The film will adapt the best-selling biography “The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts” by Tom Farley Jr. (Chris Farley’s brother) and Tanner Colby.
Lorne Michaels, who cast Farley on “Saturday Night Live,” is producing via Broadway Video. Oscar and Emmy nominees Scott Neustadter & Michael H.
Weber (“The Disaster Artist,” “Daisy Jones & the Six”) will write the screenplay. Before his tragic death in 1997 of a drug overdose, Farley rose to fame during his five-season stretch on “Saturday Night Live.” During that time, he starred in beloved sketches including “Lunch Lady Land” with Adam Sandler, “Chippendale’s Audition” with Patrick Swayze and “Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker” (who famously lives in a van down by the river).
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