After nipping across to the States to appear in a couple of films (M:I
But this one has a little Hollywood flavour, too – it’ll be directed by David “Ross from out of Friends” Schwimmer and boasts a script by Michael Ian Black, one-third of US comedy team Stella and seen in Wet Hot American Summer.
Run, Fat Boy, Run tells the tale of a charming yet unsatisfied man who leaves his fiancée standing at the altar, only to realise his terrible mistake years after the event. He enters a marathon in the hopes of winning the woman he loves back, but faces a roadblock in the form of her sexy, rich new fiancé.
Gold Circle films is producing the film, which starts shooting in the UK next month.