Michael Winterbottom in Talks to Direct 'Russ & Roger Go Beyond'

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As is customary with development of feature films in Hollywood, it’s been a slow road for the real-life inspired showbiz tale of Russ & Roger Go Beyond. The project first surfaced in the fall of 2013, with Sobini Films, Permut Presentations and Chautauqua Entertainment announcing the acquisition of the screenplay from Christopher Cluess (a writer on “Saturday Night Live” and “The Simpsons”) which follows the friendship between filmmaker Russ Meyer and Roger Ebert while working on the film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls for Fox in the late 1960s. And now, a year and a half later, the film just may have a director. ›››

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