Mattress Mack on the big screen?
It looks like Houston’s Jim McIngvale, a.k.a. Mattress Mack, is heading to Hollywood — or, at least, his life is. Deadline reported last month that the owner of the Gallery Furniture chain and well-known area philanthropist is going to be the subject of a biopic, called Mattress Mack, starring Billy Magnussen (from Lilo & Stitch and most recently A Big Bold Beautiful Journey and Violent Ends) in the main role. Also starring are Darby Lee-Stack (The Holdovers), Rob Corddry (Ballers) and Dianna Agron (The Chosen One).
This will be the first feature-length film made by Houston director/actor Shane Andries, who is also writing the script. Production was expected to start last month in Texas.
McIngvale, 74, later told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that filming has finished. The movie is being edited and should be released in 2026.
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“It’s about my life and the rags to riches and all that good stuff,” McIngvale told the Review-Journal. He also described it as “a father-daughter story” about how he and his wife, Linda, helped rescue their daughter Elizabeth “from suicidal thoughts and suicidal actions because of her severe OCD, and now she’s one of the premier OCD clinicians in the world.”
McIngvale was born in Mississippi but grew up in Dallas and went to Bishop Lynch High School. He later attended the University of Texas and North Texas State University. He worked for two years at Century Furniture in Dallas before moving to Houston.
He is known for having opened his Houston-area furniture stores as shelters in the wake of natural disasters such as Hurricane Harvey. He has also donated hundreds of mattresses to survivors of July’s Central Texas floods.
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“Jim McIngvale’s story is one of resilience, heart and community,” Magnussen said in a statement to Deadline. “I’m honored to help bring his incredible journey to the screen and to collaborate with such passionate storytellers in capturing the spirit of ‘Mattress Mack’ and the city of Houston.”
According to IMDb.com, Andries has a history as an actor, appearing in such shows as The Chosen, 1923, Lioness and Fear the Walking Dead. He has previously directed four short subjects and is listed as an associate producer on the thriller Violent Ends.
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