Ahoy, squirts! Quint here.
The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Business Blog has a story that Todd Phillips and Pursuit of Happyness writer Steven Conrad have acquired the rights to develop a John Belushi biopic for Warner Bros.
The story underlines that the flick will have little if anything to do with the famous biography, Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi, written by Bob Woodward and decried by friends and family of Belushi for is less-than-accurate portrait of Belushi.
Right now Phillips is producing, but may step in to direct. No one has been cast yet, although there is strong speculation that Zach Galifianakis might be in consideration. I'd bet that's more due to his recent work with Phillips (Hangover and Due Date) than anything real.
I love Galifianakis, but other than a similar figure he's totally wrong for the part. Is there anybody out there like Belushi? Not really. They're going to have to find an unknown or cast somebody radically against type, I think, if this stand any sort of chance of working out.
What do you folks think?
-Quint
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