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New Line Nabs Josh Gad’s Chris Farley Biopic Starring Paul Walter Hauser
Lorne Michaels and Erin David are producing
In a highly competitive situation, New Line Cinema has landed the Chris Farley biopic starring Paul Walter Hauser and to be directed by Josh Gad, according to an insider with knowledge of the project.
Lorne Michaels and Erin David are producing via their Broadway video banner.
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber will write the screenplay based on the New York Times best-selling biography “The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts” by Tom Farley Jr. and Tanner Colby.
The project has the blessing of the Farley family.
The biopic marks the second major package Warner Bros. has landed this week after landing Margot Robbie vehicle “Avengelyne.”
More to come…
