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Chris Farley’s Biopic Will Be Directed by a Star Making Their Filmmaking Debut · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Chris Farley, one of the most popular and naturally gifted
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Speaker 2: of all the iconic comedians who emerged out of the
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Speaker 2: immensely talented cast of SNL during its heyday in the nineties,
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Speaker 2: before his life was cut short by an overdose at
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Speaker 2: only thirty three years old in nineteen ninety seven. And
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Speaker 2: now Farley's tragic tale will be told with an upcoming
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Speaker 2: film based on The Chris Farley Show. The acclaimed biography
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Speaker 2: from his own brother. Paul Walter Houser, best known for
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Speaker 2: playing the bodyguard in Itania, the title role in Richard Jewel,
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Speaker 2: and an Emmy winning turn in Blackbird, is attached to
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Speaker 2: play Chris. Josh Gadd, who's never directed, will make his
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Speaker 2: debut behind the camera, and SNL creator Lour Michaels, who
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Speaker 2: helped discover Farley's going to produce it. When and how
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Speaker 2: this movie makes his debut as TVD It is still
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Speaker 2: being shop but expect The Chris Farley Show to go
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Speaker 2: into production later this year.
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