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Les Grossman movie is "heartfelt", says writer Michael Bacall
Published Wednesday, Feb 22 2012, 06:47 GMT | By Tara Fowler | 1 comment
Writer Michael Bacall has offered an update on the proposed Les Grossman movie.
It was announced in 2010 that Tom Cruise will reprise his role as the obnoxious movie boss from the film Tropic Thunder in a solo movie.
Bacall - who recently penned a script for the upcoming film - insisted that the project is still in the works.
"Paramount has the draft and I gather that they're pretty happy with it," he told Collider. "I think Tom Cruise probably has a lot of stuff on his plate right now and I think it'll be a schedule thing more than anything."
"I wrote it for R because we had precedent with Tropic Thunder," Bacall continued. "It's actually a pretty heartfelt story. I had a lot of meetings with Mr Cruise and Mr [Ben] Stiller and it was crazy, it was a blast.
"I think we came up with some really fun stuff to give you an insight into who the guy is, so I'm hopeful that that'll get up and running soon."
Bill Hader, who played Grossman's assistant in the film, confirmed last year that the project is still moving forward.
It was announced in 2010 that Tom Cruise will reprise his role as the obnoxious movie boss from the film Tropic Thunder in a solo movie.
Bacall - who recently penned a script for the upcoming film - insisted that the project is still in the works.
"Paramount has the draft and I gather that they're pretty happy with it," he told Collider. "I think Tom Cruise probably has a lot of stuff on his plate right now and I think it'll be a schedule thing more than anything."
"I wrote it for R because we had precedent with Tropic Thunder," Bacall continued. "It's actually a pretty heartfelt story. I had a lot of meetings with Mr Cruise and Mr [Ben] Stiller and it was crazy, it was a blast.
"I think we came up with some really fun stuff to give you an insight into who the guy is, so I'm hopeful that that'll get up and running soon."
Bill Hader, who played Grossman's assistant in the film, confirmed last year that the project is still moving forward.
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