Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40 Year-Old Virgin), who has developed his own “school” of contemporary screen comedy, is developing an as-yet-untitled Pee-wee Herman feature for Universal. Pee-wee himself (Paul Reubens) is writing the movie along with Paul Rust (Inglourious Basterds, I Love You Beth Cooper). Apatow will produce the new Pee-wee film through his Apatow Productions, but he is not slated to direct.
According to Variety, the new film will be a “road picture” starring the “iconic nerd,” which certainly conjures up memories of the delightfully episodic Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, which Tim Burton directed in 1985. After the success of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, which was Burton’s first directorial effort, Reubens starred in the innovative Pee-wee’s Playhouse series that ran on Saturday mornings on CBS from 1986-1990.
Reubens’ career came to a screeching halt in 1991 when he was arrested in Florida for indecent exposure, but he has mounted a very successful theatrical revival/revue, The Pee-wee Herman Show, which just finished an extended run in L.A. and is headed to Broadway in October.
Reubens Writing Road Film With Paul Rust
Posted by ICv2 on June 30, 2010 @ 10:33 pm CT
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