Although it had been commented that Martin Scorsese was going to direct Robert De Niro in "The Comedian" (Comedian), now it was known that it will be Sean Penn who will go behind the scenes in this film that was written by Art Linson and Jeffrey Ross.
In the story, De Niro will be a comedian from stand up, in the vein of Don Rickles and the legendary Joan Rivers, two greats of Yankee humor. Linson was the producer of "Fight Club" and also worked on the script for "What Just Happened" alongside De Niro himself.
Sean Penn in addition to directing will also act. "Comedian»Has yet to get funding to start filming. With the names involved, there is no doubt that the money will come soon ...
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