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Josh Gad to play Roger Ebert alongside Will Ferrell’s Russ Meyer in Russ & Roger

September 3, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Variety is reporting that Josh Gad (Frozen) has signed on to play celebrated film critic Roger Ebert in Michael Winterbottom’s upcoming comedy Russ & Roger, which has Will Ferrell attached as sexploitation filmmaker Russ Meyer.

The film is described as “a debauched comedy” that will provide “an outrageous look at two no-holds-barred outsiders who defied the Hollywood establishment to make one of the first X-rated films ever released by a major movie studio (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls) — having the party of a lifetime in the process.”

Production on Russ & Roger is set to get underway later this year, with Winterbottom directing from a script by Christopher Cluess (MADtv), which has been polished by Neil and Rob Gibbons (Veep).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL18yMRIfoszEaHYNDTy5C-cH9Oa2gN5ng&v=qvTY7eXXIMg

Originally published September 3, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Josh Gad, Russ & Roger

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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