Crazy U Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Last modified: Mar. 22, 2013

Crazy U

To Be Announced (TBA)

Starring: Will Ferrell

Screenwriter: Jesse Andrews

N/A Comedy N/A

79% WILL SEE 21% WON'T SEE

Production Status

Current stage in the film’s journey

Development

Concept

Announced

Development

Pre

Filming

Post

Completed

Story selection and rights acquired; idea being crafted into usable script; financing and casting attachments sought; aiming for 'greenlight'. Jesse Andrews has come aboard to write the script.

March 22, 2013

Update status

Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: A father tries to brave the cutthroat competition to get his son accepted into the perfect college. Obsessed with keeping his son from making that one wrong step that could dash the youth’s dreams, dad tries to get an audience with the most sought after and expensive private college consultant in the country, insinuates himself in helping his son past the SATs, and all the campus tours and stressful admissions interviews, all culminating in waiting for the fat envelope that will determine success or failure in getting into an elite school that will siphon off all dad’s savings.

Comedy Adaptation

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Will you see Crazy U?

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21% of people have indicated they do not plan to see this movie.

Who stars in Crazy U – Cast List

Will Ferrell
Daddy's Home, Despicable Me 4

Who is making Crazy U – Crew List

The film's writer Jesse Andrews last penned Every Day and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.

Director: —
Screenwriter: Jesse Andrews
Producers: Jessica Elbaum
Will Ferrell
Dan Fogelman
Adam McKay
Kevin Misher

Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Company: Gary Sanchez Productions
Misher Films
New Line Cinema

Production – What we know about the Crazy U

Key Facts

Based on the 2011 book "Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course In Getting His Kid Into College" by Andrew Ferguson.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Mar 2013

Development

Changed Crazy U movie production status. Jesse Andrews has come aboard to write the script.

Mar 2012

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in 'development hell.'

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: N/A Not available
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Crazy U: One Dad’s Crash Course In Getting His Kid Into College
Language: English

Crazy U Trailers and Clips

No trailers are currently available.

Crazy U Release Date: When is the film coming out?

Crazy U is scheduled for release in on To Be Announced (TBA) . There are 9704 9,704 other movies scheduled for release on the same date, including The Rosie Project, Untitled WB Event Film (2025) and In the Grey.

The estimated home release date for Crazy U is currently being determined. Stay tuned!