Almost a year ago, word broke that Peter Farrelly was looking to follow up Green Book with another based-on-truth story, setting upThe Greatest Beer Run Ever. Things have moved on, as Apple is now looking to back the film, and Zac Efron and Russell Crowe are in talks to star.
Farrell, Brian Currie and Pete Jones adapted the script from Chick Donahue and J.T. Malloy's book The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir Of Friendship, Loyalty And War. It tells Donohue’s story of leaving New York in 1967 to bring beer to his childhood buddies in the Army — while they are fighting in Vietnam. Donohue took a good idea to the extreme, hitching a ride on a Merchant Marine ship, then carrying the beer through the jungle as he tried to track down his three friends. Dressed in shorts and Hawaiian shirts, he was mistaken for CIA, which made his effort a bit easier. Finally, when he completed his beer run, the Tet Offensive happened.
Farrelly, who also has Kingpin's Bill Murray considering a supporting role, is looking to start filming this August in New Zealand or Australia.