We haven’t seen the final of George Santos, it appears. The alleged thief and well-documented mythomaniac was expelled from Congress Friday, and a barn-burning chilly open on final evening’s Saturday Evening Dwell appeared to close the door on the 35-year-old Republican from New York. All that appeared left was his trial on 23-count federal counts of theft of public funds, wire fraud, cash laundering, and extra—that’s, till veteran satirist Frank Wealthy stepped into the image.
Wealthy, who’s served as govt producer for funhouse-mirror HBO smashes resembling Succession, will oversee a dramatic adaptation of The Fabulist, journalist Mark Chiusano’s new guide on the unbelievable (or not) rise of the ousted politician—who, arguably, may need been too over-the-top have been he a personality on certainly one of Wealthy’s different reveals, Veep.
The as-yet-unnamed Santos film will even be an HBO joint, Deadline studies, as its HBO Movies purchased the choice for Chiusano’s guide. (Subtitled The Mendacity, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos, The Fabulist was launched on November 28, 4 days earlier than 311 members of Congress voted to indicate Santos the door.) One other HBO standby, Mike Makowsky (Dangerous Schooling) will pen the screenplay and co-executive produce; Chiusano will act as consulting producer.
Casting has but to be introduced for the movie, which Deadline characterizes as at the moment “in improvement.” Slews of social media customers are already proposing Harvey Guillén (What We Do In The Shadows) for the lead, with Schitt’s Creek co-creator Dan Levy additionally in the suggestion box.
Presumably, SNL’s Bowen Yang can be within the dialog, nevertheless it’s unclear if he’d have an interest: talking with Seth Meyers in early 2023 about his ongoing position on the present as Santos, even Yang questioned his personal casting. “He has glasses, and we each have a gross nasally voice. So, like, possibly I’m the man?”
“You may’t get a maintain on him as an individual,” Yang mentioned. “You’re like, ‘Who is that this man? … what is that this man’s deal?’”
