Paul Reubens was on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and announced there will be a new Pee-Wee Herman movie with Judd Apatow producing. Reubens says an official announcement is about a week away, but a director has been hired and they will begin filming in February for what will most likely end up being an early 2016 release.
This is a film that’s been discussed for some time now with Reubens discussing the project way back in 2011 with the Hollywood Reporter saying:
Paul Rust (“Arrested Development”) and I just turned in a draft to Judd last week. He’s bringing such an interesting side to it. He’s constantly having us talk about and address the emotional core of Pee-wee Herman. It’s adding a dimension I never had before. Judd, if you’re reading this, I think it’s ready to green light!
The last full-fledged Pee-Wee movie was 1988’s Big Top Pee-wee, which was nowhere near the hit 1985’s Pee-wee’s Big Adventure was, a film that served as Tim Burton‘s feature directorial debut.
You can see Reubens discuss the project below.
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Oh, and if you have a little extra time here is Reubens providing some voice work for the recently released Avengers: Age of Ultron movie.
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