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Brilliant! ‘Will Ferrell to play Russ Meyer’

August 6, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

DangerousMinds reports:

Simpsons and SNL writer Chris Cluess wrote the script. Speculation so far is that Edgar Wright wants to direct and that Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen are both being considered for the role of Ebert, who interestingly, got the job in the first place because he’d written positive reviews of Meyer’s previous films for the Chicago Sun Times.

So the really pressing issue is:

Who will play John LaZar?

 

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