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Chris Farley Biopic in the Works With Paul Walter Hauser to Star, Josh Gad to Direct


Josh Gad will direct Paul Walter Hauser in a Chris Farley biopic package that's being shopped around town.

In the hot package being shopped around town, Emmy, Critics’ Choice, and Golden Globe Award winner Paul Walter Hauser is attached to star as the legendary comedian. Oscar and Emmy nominees Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber (“The Disaster Artist,” “Daisy Jones & the Six”) will write the screenplay. Hauser is represented by CAA, Artists First, The Lede Company, and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham LLP.

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