Director Brett Ratner to direct biopic of Hugh Hefner
By Behind The Scenes TV on Jun 26, 2007 in Directors, News
Brett Ratner is set to direct “Playboy,” the Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment film about the life of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. Brian Grazer is producing, and John Hoffman is writing the screenplay. Grazer optioned Hefner’s life rights several years ago.
The producer’s “8 Mile” scribe Scott Silver tried it as a musical, and Oliver Stone developed several drafts. Making a film of Hefner’s long life as icon of the sexual revolution has proven difficult, but Ratner and Hoffman found a way to do it that pleased Grazer and the 81-year-old Hefner, who approved the take late last week in a meeting at the Playboy Mansion.
Ratner, who completed “Rush Hour 3″ for an Aug. 10 release through New Line and has a rep as a playboy himself, knows much about the mag’s history, though his mansion visit was his first. When Grazer made his original deal with Hefner, Ratner sent the producer his Playboy pinball machine, which sits outside Grazer’s office at Imagine.
(Source: Variety)
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