The unlikely collaboration between two maverick outsiders - controversial director Russ Meyer and his fledgling screenwriter Roger Ebert - who stormed the gates of Hollywood and forever changed the course of motion picture history.
Screenwriter: Christopher Cluess
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January 15, 2023
The unlikely collaboration between two maverick outsiders - controversial director Russ Meyer and his fledgling screenwriter Roger Ebert - who stormed the gates of Hollywood and forever changed the course of motion picture history.
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Shutdown
Changed Russ & Roger movie production status. The project was cancelled in 2018 because the "subject matter not being appropriate in the era of #MeToo and Time’s Up anti-harassment movements (per IndieWire)."
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Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Approved for California Tax Credit program as a result assumed to be moving forward towards production.
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Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. STX is eyeing a late 2015 start date.
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Changed the movie production status to Announced. Sobini Films has partnered with David Permut and Richard Waltzer to acquire a script by Emmy-winning Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons scribe Christopher Cluess.
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Changed the status of Will Ferrell as Russ Meyer to Former
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Changed the production status to Pre-Production
Changed the US film release date from TBA 2016 to TBA
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