The late comic legend Chris Farley is finally getting his own biopic. Farley was an iconic comedy actor behind 'Tommy Boy' and countless 'Saturday Night Live' performances. Emmy winner Paul Walter Hauser will star in the project with actor-filmmaker Josh Gad attached to direct. 'Saturday Night Live' head Lorne Michaels will produce via his Broadway video banner.
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00:00The late comic legend Chris Farley is finally getting his own biopic.
00:04Farley was an iconic comedy actor behind Tommy Boy and countless Saturday Night Live performances.
00:10Emmy winner Paul Walter Hauser will star in the project and actor-filmmaker Josh Gad is attached
00:15to direct. Saturday Night Live head Lorne Michaels will produce via his Broadway video banner.
00:20The project, which has the blessing of the Farley family, will be based on the New York Times
00:24best-selling biography The Chris Farley Show, a biography in three acts. Farley rose to fame
00:30as a player on Saturday Night Live alongside cast members Adam Sandler and David Spade,
00:35known for his energetic and physical performances. He soon carved out a successful comedy film career
00:40that included Tommy Boy and Beverly Hills Ninja. Farley, who had a long battle with addiction,
00:46died in 1997. He was 33. Hauser previously talked about his desire to play Farley with
00:51The Hollywood Reporter, noting that he even approached the Farley family about a potential
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