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After winning the Best Picture Oscar for Green Book, director Peter Farrelly is setting up his next film for Apple Studios with Zac Efron and Russell Crowe potentially to star in a wild story about delivering beer to friends in the Vietnam War. Deadline reports that this movie, The Greatest Beer Run Ever, could also feature Bill Murray in a supporting role.
The movie is based on the book The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty and War, which tells the story of a man named Chick Donohue who left New York in 1967 to bring beer to his childhood friends who were serving in the Army during the Vietnam War. It’s a wild story involving transporting beer through the jungle, getting a free ride on a Marine ship, and getting mistaken for a CIA agent. You can watch an interview with Donohue below where he re-tells the story of this epic beer run.
Efron is lined up to play Donohue, but it’s not immediately clear who Crowe and Murray will play, if they do close deals to appear in the movie. Deadline said filming could start in August, potentially in New Zealand or Australia.
Farrelly is coming off Green Book, which took home three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali.
The Greatest Beer Run Ever would be just the latest big-name get for Apple Studios, which already has deals in place for Martin Scorsese’s new movie, Killers of the Flower Moon with Leonardo DiCaprio, as well as the film Emancipation starring Will Smith.
