Ever since the days of Belushi, Ackroyd, Chase and Murray, fans of “Saturday Night Live” have shown that they are interested in following the careers of their favorite comedians when they embark on movie careers. If you’re one of those people, or you have a special place for the antics of former “SNL” funnymen Chris Kattan, Norm MacDonald, David Spade or Chris Parnell, then MovieSet has a brand new project to tell you about today. It’s called “Hollywood and Wine” and the film stars all four “SNL” alumni. Mr. Peepers himself (a.k.a. Chris Kattan) is playing the main character, Jack Sanders, a luckless restaurateur who’s always one step shy of being totally broke. Jack’s girlfriend Diane is luckless too, struggling to find her big break in Hollywood while auditioning for parts that she is totally inappropriate for. The only positive thing for Diane is a house that she desperately wants to buy but the problem is her boyfriend doesn’t has the cash to go halfers with her. Sensing that he’s skating on thin ice, Jack decides to do something crazy and borrow $50K from a gangster with the plan to bet it all on a hand of blackjack, double his money, pay back the hood and then have his half of the downpayment for the house. It’s a great plan…up to the part where Jack loses at blackjack and now owes the mob 50 large.
The plot gets wackier from there and you can read the movie’s synopsis (which was supplied to us straight from the production.) How wacky is wacky? How about having Norm MacDonald playing a veteran porn producer and David Spade doing a turn as a TV show host? This one has potential and now you’re learning about it first right here on MovieSet.
The production team is still in the process of filling out the rest of the cast but as soon as I hear the latest news I’ll be sure and send word down the MovieSet blog grape vine. For now, go visit the MovieSet listing for “Hollywood and Wine” to scope out the rest of the cast and crew info.
