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Chris Farley Biopic with Paul Walter Hauser from Josh Gad in the Works

A biopic on the life of the late Chris Farley is in the works and is being shopped with Paul Walter Hauser set to star and Josh Gad set to direct.

His boisterous and dexterous comedy style made him a legend on behalf of sketches like his “Van Down By the River” character Matt Foley or when he danced alongside Patrick Swayze as a Chippendales stripper. Farley after “SNL” would find movie star success in films like “Tommy Boy” alongside David Spade, “Airheads,” and “Beverly Hills Ninja.” But his life was cut short at age 33 in 1997 when he died of a drug overdose after years of struggling with alcoholism and substance abuse even dating back to his early days as an actor at Chicago’s Second City. For Hauser, he will lend his voice to Disney and Pixar’s “ Inside Out 2 ” and will also appear opposite Matt Damon in the Apple project “The Instigators” from director Doug Liman.

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