XYZ Films announced today that film star Alec Baldwin has SIGNED on to play John DeLorean in a series of scripted scenes that will be added to their UNTITLED JOHN DELOREAN DOCUMENTARY. Supporting roles for the narrative scenes are currently being cast. Baldwin's hair and makeup team from "Saturday Night Live" have also been enlisted to transform him into the iconic automobile maker.
The film is directed by Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce (THE ART OF THE STEAL, LAST DAYS HERE, BATMAN & BILL) and produced by Tamir Ardon, XYZ Films and 9.14 Pictures and backed by Ingenious. Production is currently under way, with the narrative scenes to be shot shortly. Sundance Selects is distributing the film domestically, and the film is scheduled to be released in 2018. A documentary fused with narrative scenes, this portrait of John Z. DeLorean covers the enigmatic automaker's rise to stardom and shocking fall from grace. Interviews with colleagues, employees, lawyers, friends and family who knew him best are interspersed with dramatized vignettes, including a performance by Alec Baldwin -as they all endeavor in their own ways to uncover the real DeLorean. "Sheena Joyce and Don Argott are two of the most intelligent and creative filmmakers that I've come across over the last many years. Their documentary, THE ART OF THE STEAL, is among my favorites of all time and I look forward to collaborating with them on their inventive take on the life of John DeLorean," said Baldwin.Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter-Keddy
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