Bob Odenkirk Is Starring in a Remake of ‘The Room’

I didn’t assume you would enhance upon the perfection of The Room. But perhaps you possibly can.

The midnight film traditional is being remade, with none aside from Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk because the lead position of Johnny, originated in The Room by the movie’s author/director Tommy Wiseau. After phrase of the venture leaked on-line, Odenkirk confirmed it in a tweet writing “This is real. This is true. And let me tell you, I tried me best to SELL every line, as honestly as I could … and I had a blast.”

According to /Film, the venture is a profit for charity amfAR, including “Brando Crawford, the founder of Acting For a Cause, took credit for direction in a recent Instagram post. As for Odenkirk’s participation, we can confirm that he did indeed participate in the film back in January.” The movie was largely shot on inexperienced screens.

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Though it is likely to be onerous to consider, 2023 marks (oh hai marks!) 20 years of The Room, which Wiseau self-financed as a vainness venture that he additionally wrote, directed, and starred in. (The cult of The Room didn’t actually get going till a 12 months or two later.) With weird performing, hideous cinematography, weird makes an attempt and humor, off-putting intercourse scenes, and goofy dialogue, it has greater than earned its place in the historical past of one of the best worst movies ever made. One of the movie’s co-stars, Greg Sestero, later wrote a guide concerning the expertise of making it, titled The Disaster Artist, which was later tailored into a movie directed by and starring James Franco as Wiseau.

Odenkirk’s The Room remake will supposedly be launched later this spring, however there’s no official launch date but. I can assure the anticipate will probably be tearing me aside (Lisa).