Josh Gad Hopes to Start Shooting His "Ambitious" Chris Farley Biopic in Early 2026 - "It's Just Super Big"
Last year, it was announced that actor Josh Gad was set to direct a biopic about the legendary Saturday Night Live alum Chris Farley. The project is now inching closer toward production with Emmy-winner Paul Walter Hauser starring as the beloved comedian.
Gad gave an update on the New Line biopic, A Chris Farley Story, calling it an “ambitious” project, which he hopes “to shoot early next year.” Gad told Entertainment Weekly, “It’s ambitious as hell. We’re trying to rein in the budget a little, and the plan is still to shoot early next year.”
After Hauser told EW, “I don’t wanna be 42 years old playing Chris at 25,” Gad agreed, “I, too, don’t want Paul to get too much older [to play him].”
Gad said, “I’m in the midst of going through the script right now with the studio, who’s been incredibly supportive about finding those things that can reduce it to a greenlight-able budget because, right now, it’s a period piece, it’s a biopic, it’s just super big, and we’re just working towards doing this to it, and I think we’re getting there.”
The film is a feature adaptation of The Chris Farley Show, the biography written by Farley’s brother Tom Farley Jr. and Tanner Colby. Adapted by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, A Chris Farley Story is produced by Lorne Michaels and Erin David under Broadway Video.
via: Deadline