Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...
Good god. Fans of SCHOOL OF ROCK and NAPOLEON DYNAMITE have got something to look forward to now with this untitled project on the horizon. The idea of Jack Black in Mexican wrestling gear pretty much sells the film without knowing anything else...
Nickelodeon Movies is teaming up with Jack Black, Mike White, and Jared Hess on an untitled wrestling project as a starring vehicle for Black. White and Hess will co-write with Hess directing. Black & White Productions and Nick Movies will produce the feature that will be distributed by Paramount Pictures with production targeted for this fall. The announcement was made today by Julia Pistor, Senior Vice President, Nickelodeon Movies.
In this true-life inspired story, Black will play a Mexican priest who moonlights as a masked Lucha Libre wrestler in order to save an orphanage destined for closure. All the while, the priest must keep his identity hidden from the wrestling community and the church.
"I can't think of two people I'd rather party with than Mike White and Jared Hess," said Black, adding, "I can't wait to get down to Mexico."
There was a lot more to the press release from Paramount, but I think the quote by Black really says it all.
"Moriarty" out.
