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Peter Farrelly has recruited Zac Efron and Russell Crowe to star in “The Greatest Beer Run Ever”.
Apple Studios is in talks to finance the film, Farrelly’s first since Best Picture Oscar winner “Green Book”.
Farrelly-friend Bill Murray, who starred in the director’s “Kingpin”, is in talks for a supporting role.
The project, written by Farrelly, Brian Currie and Peter Jones, is based on book “The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty and War” by Chick Donahue and J.T. Molloy. The film will produced by Andrew Muscato and Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger.
Says Deadline :
Beer Run tells Donohue’s story of leaving New York in 1967 to bring beer to his childhood buddies in the Army — while they are fighting in Vietnam. Donohue took a good idea to the extreme, hitching a ride on a Merchant Marine ship, then carrying the beer through the jungle as he tried to track down his three friends. Dressed in shorts and Hawaiian shirts, he was mistaken for CIA, which made his effort a bit easier. Finally, when he completed his beer run, the Tet Offensive happened. Efron will play Donohue. The hope is to start production in August, probably in New Zealand or Australia.
