Belushi Biopic In The Works. Todd Phillips Developing
By
BafflingBeerMan,
Posted on: 2010-08-12 08:59 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
I can't see Rogen as Belushi just cause he is a bit too "cuddly" and he has lost a lot of weight.
Jonah Hill might make a good choice, but Tyler Labine, thinking about all the things I have seen him in, I think would be the best choice. Plus, he is a relative unknown and can be had cheap.
"Ben is short for Frank."
-Baffling Beer-Man, The Tenacious 3: The Movie
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They already did this, I liked Wired and thought Michael Chiklis did a superb job.
THR has the exclusive:
John Belushi in "Animal House"
John Belushi may be getting a (second) second life on the big screen.
"The Pursuit of Happyness" screenwriter Steven Conrad and "The Hangover" director-producer Todd Phillips are developing a biographical film about the late comedian's life. Warner Bros. recently acquired the rights from Belushi's estate.
Conrad will script the project and Phillips will produce, though he has not yet committed to directing it. Alexandra Milchan and Bonnie Timmerman are also producing.
In a typically difficult process that saw the rights deal come together, then fall apart, then come back together again, the project would be the latest attempt at a full-scale biopic about the "Saturday Night Live" cast member and film star who died of a drug overdose in 1982 at age 33.
One actor mentioned as a potential strong fit for the iconic role is newly ubiquitous Zach Galifianakis, who starred for Phillips in both "The Hangover" and the upcoming "Due Date." But Galifianakis is already 40 years old, as is Jack Black, another funnyman who embodies much of Belushi's zany spirit (In 2008, Black was quoted as saying he would turn down any offer to star in a Belushi biopic, saying, "His life is not as funny as his work, and watching me do an imitation of him doing his 'Saturday Night Live' bits won't be as funny as watching him do his 'SNL' bits.)
The next generation has fielded a roster of 21st century versions that could potentially pull off the role -- Jonah Hill (26), Seth Rogen (28), Ethan Suplee (34) and Tyler Labine (32), who actually appeared as Belushi in the 2005 NBC movie, "Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy.'"
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Jonah Hill or Seth Rogen? Yeesh. Seems like Jack Black is the only one who's making any sense when it comes to playing Belushi.
Do you guys want to see a Belushi biopic? Or are you satisfied as is with his body of work?
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