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Jared Leto, 45, will soon be donning the iconic silk pajamas and smoking jacket of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who died Sept. 27 at age 91, for an upcoming biopic from Brett Ratner.

"Jared is an old friend," says Ratner, 48, who will direct the film. "When he heard I got the rights to Hef's story, he told me, 'I want to play him. I want to understand him.' And I really believe Jared can do it. He's one of the great actors of today."

The project is in early development with Ratner's RatPac Entertainment. The director-producer has been set on helming the movie since 2007, when it was initially set up at Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment. Robert Downey Jr. had once been attached to play Hef.

When the rights expired, they were purchased by producer Jerry Weintraub (Ocean's Eleven, HBO's Westworld) for Warner Bros. After Weintraub died in 2015, Ratner snapped up the rights for his own company. Says Ratner, "My goal is to do the motion picture as an event."

In April, Ratner invited Leto to the Playboy Mansion for the premiere of Amazon's docuseries American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story, which doubled as a celebration of Hefner turning 91.

Ratner had hoped to introduce Leto to the man he'd be playing on the big screen, but Hefner was in failing health and not greeting guests that day. But Ratner isn't worried. "There's enough footage on Hef out there that Jared will be able to get as much information as he wants," he says.

Ratner also plans to reboot the Hefner-hosted, late-1960s talk show Playboy After Dark.

 

[shaneo632]

Hard to be interested in a Ratner biopic of anyone, but Leto is a great actor with the right material.

 

[Blader]

Brett Ratner and Jared Leto, a match made in hell

 

[strafer]

geez, is Leto going to play every damn character now?

will he go full meta like he did with The Jolker?

 

[Broken Joystick]

no thanks

 

[zsynqx]

Wonder if he'll go method for this one.

 

[Trojita]

Why

 

[TheCochese]

Wonder if he'll go method for this one.

Should be less creepy.




I think.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Lol at Brett Ratner directing. It's appropriate I guess.

 

[SpaceWolf]

I'll pass, thanks waiter.

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

JARED LETO SENDS USED CONDOMS AND STICKY MAGAZINES TO COSTARS

DIRECTOR - "IS HE JARED OR IS HE HEFNER???"

 

[Shaanyboi]

Why is Ratner still working? Who allowed this fucking mess?

 

[Hydrus]

I'm just not a fan of Leto. He's not a bad actor or anything, just comes off really full of himself, even when acting.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Why is Ratner still working? Who allowed this fucking mess?

He does exactly what the studio tells him to do and his movies largely make money.

 

[benicillin]

A combination of things that could only be made in the darkest timeline.

 

[odiin]

Nice. Can't wait to see him in full costume with "I <3 boobs" tattooed on his forehead.

 

[Strangelove77]

God I hate both of them.

 

[Lights and Waves]

The jokes write themselves. At least Margot Robbie has made good choices after Suicide Squad.

 

[xRaizen]

Awesome to hear! Will watch any and every movie with Jared

Huge 30 Seconds to Mars fan sooooo

 

[jack_package_200]

I wonder what the Rottentomatoes score will be.

Ratner LOVES Rottentomatoes

 

[Ragelink26]

I would rather gouge my eyes out than watch a Ratner directed Leto movie

 

[Inferno313]

Jared Leto
Hugh Hefner
Brett Ratner

it's like a film from my nightmares

 

[Ragelink26]

Jared Leto
Hugh Hefner
Brett Ratner

it's like a film from my nightmares

I can think of few things that I want less

 

[CraigerGamer]

What's all the Ratner hate about?

 

[DizzyCaffeine]

Leto could be an interesting choice for Hef. But Ratner is incapable of directing anything with depth, so....nope.

What's all the Ratner hate about?

Just take a look at his filmography. The highest praise you can give his work is "serviceable."

 

[ZeoVGM]

The jokes write themselves. At least Margot Robbie has made good choices after Suicide Squad.

This makes absolutely no sense.

 

[SpaceWolf]

This makes absolutely no sense.

Why doesn't it?

 

[Inferno313]

What's all the Ratner hate about?

yeah, what about all those classic films he's made like

umm

hmm

*re-reads filmography*

r-red dragon?...

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

I thought RDJ was the actor Hefner wanted to play him

 

[jack_package_200]

I like the first two Rush Hour movies...

 

[Schlorgan]

yeah, what about all those classic films he's made like

umm

hmm

*re-reads filmography*

r-red dragon?...

Rush Hour....


... That's it.

 

[Voidwolf]

Can’t wait to hear what crazy things he does while he prepares for the role.

 

[Skinny Pete]

Ratner is still making movies? I'll pass.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Can’t wait to hear what crazy things he does while he prepares for the role.

I hear he's going to be objectifying women for the next few months to get into character.

 

[DizzyCaffeine]

Rush Hour....


... That's it.

Still not a good movie, even if Chan and Tucker are fun to watch together.

 

[ZeoVGM]

Why doesn't it?

Because it implies she has made good career choices since Suicide Squad while Leto has not. And there is literally no basis for that. It's a silly comment.

 

[Blader]

Because it implies she has made good career choices since Suicide Squad while Leto has not. And there is literally no basis for that. It's a silly comment.

Robbie is getting Oscar buzz for I, Tonya. Leto is starring in a Brett Ratner movie. Seems like plenty of a basis to me!

 

[Extra Sauce]

 

[Inferno313]

Rush Hour....


... That's it.

is it though

 

[CloudyTuba]

Leto:
Whelp, I guess I just have to spend three months banging models now. For the craft.

Spoiler

Who will receive my used condoms this time? Decisions decisions.

 

[Hydrus]

I hear he's going to be objectifying women for the next few months to get into character.

The guy already forces himself on to random women like a douche bag and makes them feel uncomfortable. I'm sure he will be ready for the roll.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hRdu_jNoco

 

[giancarlo123x]

Still not a good movie, even if Chan and Tucker are fun to watch together.

Terrible opinion.

 

[DizzyCaffeine]

Terrible opinion.

Ok, how about this: All 3 Rush Hours are shit. Terrible, lazy filmmaking that's elevated only because of the charisma of the lead actors.

 

[Toa TAK]

is it though

Rush Hour 2!

 

[Inferno313]

tbh I liked "The Family Man" as a kid

probably doesn't hold up

 

[Bronx-Man]

For the longest time, I thought the used condom thing was just some story from the Onion that everyone on Twitter was posting.

 

[Principate]

Rush Hour 2!

The GOAT.

 

[andythinkpad]

They need a comedic actor to play this role, like a Steve Carrell.

Or a young Kurt Russell. I can't think of any young actor with huge swagger right now.

Oh directed by Brett Razner? It doesn't matter I am out.

 

[Inferno313]

For the longest time, I thought the used condom thing was just some story from the Onion that everyone on Twitter was posting.

I believe I had heard that they were used in the sense that they were out of their packaging. They didn't literally have jizz in them.

Still creepy, nasty, disgusting, vile, and wildly inappropriate though, don't get me wrong.

 

[M.W.]

Brett Ratner? Day none.