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Bill Hader might play Jim Jones

Haven't they been trying to get this project off the ground for years? I read a long time ago that Jake Gyllenhaal was involved.

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by Anonymousreply 20June 11, 2025 12:48 PM

That offbeat casting would work.

by Anonymousreply 1April 28, 2025 4:43 AM

Oh good, just what the world needs — another movie about Jonestown.

by Anonymousreply 2April 28, 2025 5:08 AM

Leonardo Di Caprio produced a doco and has been trying to get a feature film made. There was also a project based on Debbie Layton’s book that had Chloe Grace Moretz and Joseph Gordon Levitt attached IIRC

by Anonymousreply 3April 28, 2025 5:15 AM

No one could better Powers Boothe’s terrifying and electric performance as Jim Jones.

by Anonymousreply 4April 28, 2025 6:10 AM

There's really no need for a Jonestown movie.

by Anonymousreply 5June 10, 2025 4:37 PM

[quote]There's really no need for a Jonestown movie.

We are all IN "Jones town" fucking MAGATS drank the koolaid and we are watching the result.

I'd say a movie is timely.

by Anonymousreply 6June 10, 2025 6:22 PM

Oh just shut the fuck up r6. Not everything is about Trump. Jesus.

by Anonymousreply 7June 10, 2025 6:25 PM

Spooks would never allow a remotely accurate Jim Jones movie to be released

by Anonymousreply 8June 10, 2025 6:29 PM

Not offbeat casting.

Hader has the looks (put black aviators o him), and we know he can play the crazy.

Brilliant.

by Anonymousreply 9June 10, 2025 6:34 PM

I still say David Dastmalchian should do it. He has a darkness that Hader lacks.

by Anonymousreply 10June 10, 2025 6:57 PM

I've come to realize that he is a very attractive man. I think comedians are overlooked in their handsomeness.

I think Andy Samberg is extremely handsome and it definitely in my top 5. He is my type to a tee.

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by Anonymousreply 11June 10, 2025 7:30 PM

Gene Jones delivered a definitive Jim Jones in The Sacrament (2013), playing very much against type.

The movie is a good potboiler and a nice entry in the ouvre of one Ti West.

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by Anonymousreply 12June 10, 2025 8:02 PM

Hader isn't that funny but I'm not sure he'd be a great dramtic actor either.

by Anonymousreply 13June 10, 2025 8:05 PM

[quote] I don't want to say too much, but last year, my friend had a fling with Hader while he was filming in Canada. Not just a hook-up, they were a thing. It lasted a couple months on and off. He's a freak. My friend is male. He and Bill met on the set of It 2, actually – my friend is a PA. I don’t want to say anything that’ll give him away (I don’t want to get him in any trouble), but I won’t leave you totally hanging.

[quote]- It was his first time doing anything really serious with a guy, but (obviously) he realized he liked it a lot. He and my friend (who we can call A) didn’t really talk about sexuality, so I don’t know if he’s gay or bi or what, but he DEFINITELY likes men. - That said, it wasn’t his first time bottoming when they fucked. I don’t know if it was his ex pegging him or someone else, but A said it wasn’t his first rodeo there. - The first time he sucked A’s dick, they were in a sauna. Apparently, he spent the whole time before talking about the McArthur case (true crime seems to be a go-to for him when he’s nervous?) and A told him to suck his dick just to shut him up for a minute. He was shocked it worked! - Again, big dick. Like, could plausibly do porn big. - He’s pretty shy and private, but has a real thing for public sex. BJs in the bathroom/movies/etc. type of stuff. - Real movie buff too. They went to the Lightbox a lot when they were together. - He’s very funny IRL too. He’s not putting on an act in interviews – pretty much exactly the same. I don’t know if he can even do the fakey-fakey PR thing. - He’s a romantic. Wined and dined A. Not over-the-top showy/stupid expensive stuff, but always very nice and thoughtful. - They ended it after filming ended. Not on bad terms by any means; they just led different lives in different places and it was never serious enough to try the long distance thing. - I’m pretty sure fucking men isn’t a one-time thing. Last time Bill was in TO, they hooked up, and A thinks it’ll happen again next time. He isn’t sure how much action Bill’s gotten since, but he wasn’t exactly rusty.

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by Anonymousreply 14June 10, 2025 8:14 PM

Can they stop with these stupid biopics already!? Jesus.

by Anonymousreply 15June 10, 2025 8:15 PM

I’m only interested if it’s a musical.

by Anonymousreply 16June 10, 2025 9:43 PM

r16, And John Mulaney writes it.

Cyanide Jim

by Anonymousreply 17June 11, 2025 10:46 AM

Flavor Aid.

by Anonymousreply 18June 11, 2025 12:29 PM

Bill Hader was born the year Jonestown happened - 1978.

by Anonymousreply 19June 11, 2025 12:36 PM

[quote] Oh good, just what the world needs — another movie about Jonestown.

But this one will be 2 hours and 45 minutes!

by Anonymousreply 20June 11, 2025 12:48 PM
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