Brett Rayner to produce Hugh Hefner biopic

[terry78]

http://deadline.com/2017/04/hugh-he...brett-ratner-ratpac-entertainment-1201783337/

Makes perfect sense.

Also someone change it to Ratner. Damn autocorrect.

 

[Black Narcissus]

This man was ahead of his time. Respect.

Also, he would let brothas into his playboy clubs.

 

[terry78]

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/892453-hugh-hefner-movie-lands-jared-leto-as-hef

Jared Leto is Hef.

 

[psylockolussus]

Brett Rayner. Who?

 

[terry78]

Ratner. Supposed to be, but no one changed it, lousy mods.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Watch yo mouth. They be watchin'

 

[terry78]

I've been here long enough to gain tenure.

 

[BaelaTargaryen]

Jared Leto will play Hugh Hefner in upcoming biopic; internet says, 'Nah'

Jared Leto as Hugh Hefner? There's a casting no one asked for

 

[Alien Anal]

Is he still playing Andy Warhol?

 

[terry78]

Leto truly has become the cool thing to hate amongst fanboys now.

 

[Drizzle]

I would have gone with either James Franco, Joseph Gordon Levitt, or Andrew Garfield over Leto.

 

[Guts]

I hope Leto keeps the beard and long hair just so Hugh will have that Jesus look.

 

[Gold Samurai]

Leto truly has become the cool thing to hate amongst fanboys now.

To get into character he's going to start his own magazine and date someone 30 years younger than him.

 

[Crosswind Ghost]

Going from Villeneuve to Ratner, holy toledo. That is a mighty drop off.

 

[Schlosser85]

Leto doesn’t look anything like young Hefner.

 

[Silvermoth]

Gosh if I had to think of the single worse choice for this project it would have to be Ratner. What a shame, it could have been an interesting movie

 

[harlequinade]

I would have gone with either James Franco, Joseph Gordon Levitt, or Andrew Garfield over Leto.

Franco already played Hef if I remember correctly

 

[Spider-Fan83]

Idk, none of these young actors today has that classic 40s-50s era look to them to really pull it off

 

[conan69]

My pic for Hef would be Jeremy Davies.

 

[Neno_Kos]

If it's Leto. I hope he has some tattoos like pervert on his head and under 25 girls on arm. And actually gives his filmmaking crew fill up condoms on the set. You know, getting into role. Methodic acting. Can't wait.

 

[Drizzle]

Going from Villeneuve to Ratner, holy toledo. That is a mighty drop off.

When you order something online vs. when it arrives.

 

[BaelaTargaryen]

http://deadline.com/2017/11/jared-l...ter-sexual-harassment-allegations-1202199559/

EXCLUSIVE: Not surprisingly, Playboy Enterprises has put the brakes on a planned biopic about Hugh Hefner with Brett Ratner directing as well as other projects with the filmmaker’s RatPac Entertainment. Earlier this month, trades ran with the news that Jared Leto was set to play Hefner. But calls to the Suicide Squad star’s rep reveal that the Oscar-winning actor never had any intention to take the role.

“Jared Leto is not and was not attached to a Brett Ratner-directed Hugh Hefner film, nor will he be working with him in the future,” Leto’s rep said this afternoon. “Earlier reports were incorrect and not confirmed by his representatives.”

Playboy Enterprises told Deadline earlier today: “We are deeply troubled to learn about the accusations against Brett Ratner. We find this kind of behavior completely unacceptable. We are putting all further development of our projects with RatPac Entertainment on hold until we are able to review the situation further.”

Given the accusations made against Ratner today by six women who went on the record with the Los Angeles Times, it would be impossible to imagine that the Rush Hour filmmaker would even make a feature about the sex empire media tycoon Hefner.

Reportedly, Ratner was set on directing a Hefner movie since 2007 with the project set up at Universal and Imagine Entertainment. Robert Downey Jr. was attached at one point to play Hefner.

The late Jerry Weintraub purchased the rights to make a Hefner movie at one point after they expired at Warner Bros, where he had a deal. Following his death two years ago, Ratner acquired the rights.

 

[chaseter]

Playboy coming out against Ratner’s sexual misconduct is rather hypocritical given the decades old allegations and stories about Hugh and the mansion.