A currently untitled comedy film written and directed by Charlie Day is in post-production. The film stars Day, Kate Beckinsale, Jason Sudeikis, Edie Falco, John Malkovich, Jillian Bell, Ray Liotta, Ken Jeong, Adrien Brody and Travis Fimmel.
| Untitled Charlie Day film | |
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| Directed by | Charlie Day |
| Written by | Charlie Day |
| Produced by | Christopher Lemole Andrew Levitas John Rickard Alex Saks Tim Zajaros |
| Starring | Charlie Day Kate Beckinsale Jason Sudeikis Edie Falco John Malkovich Jillian Bell Ray Liotta Ken Jeong Adrien Brody Travis Fimmel Alanna Ubach Common Dean Norris |
| Cinematography | Nico Aguilar |
| Edited by | Tim Roche Leslie Jones |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A silent character becomes an accidental celebrity only to lose it all.
It was announced in September 2018 that Charlie Day was set to make his directorial debut on the film, titled El Tonto, in addition to writing and starring in it.[1] The additions of Kate Beckinsale, Jason Sudeikis, Edie Falco, John Malkovich and Jillian Bell to the cast was announced the following month.[2] In October 2018, Ray Liotta, Ken Jeong, Adrien Brody, Randy Orton, Travis Fimmel, Dean Norris and Edy Ganem were added to the cast.[3][4] In November 2018, it was announced that Katherine McNamara, Common, Mary Elizabeth Ellis and Glenn Howerton had joined the cast.[5][6]
Principal photography began in October 2018 in Los Angeles.[7] In February 2022, Day revealed in an interview that the film had undergone a week of reshoots in December 2021 with Jeung, Brody, Beckinsale, and Liotta after he wrote an additional 27 pages to the screenplay based on the advice of filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, who also suggested the original title of the film be discarded.[8]