A biopic centered on Roger Corman has been in the works for many years, and Coming Soon lets us know this week that the project is now set up at Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah’s SpectreVision. The film is set to be directed by Joe Dante, and the team informs the site that Corman’s own cameo has already been shot – and the hunt for an actor to play him is on.
“We developed the script with Joe and we have been putting a cast together, which is about three quarters of the way filled in,” Noah told the site. “We don’t have a Roger yet. Bill Hader came and read it at a staged reading that we did a couple of years ago. His schedule’s been insane; of course we’re hoping that the schedules will line up so that he could do it.”
Dante added, “[Hader’s] the perfect guy, but the chances of him being available between now and the end of the century are slim. So we’re putting our hooks out on various other people.”
Daniel Noah also notes that the script is “entertaining and provocative,” and that the hope is to begin filming on the biopic sometime in 2020. He and Dante hint that many famous faces will be portrayed in the movie, including Jack Nicholson and the late Peter Fonda. Be sure to head over to Coming Soon to read the full interview with Noah and Dante.