{"id":678253,"date":"2026-06-01T17:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/678253\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T17:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:40:08","slug":"gene-wilder-biopic-from-dito-montiel-in-works-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/678253\/","title":{"rendered":"Gene Wilder Biopic From Dito Montiel In Works (EXCLUSIVE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/dito-montiel\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dito-montiel\" data-tag=\"dito-montiel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dito Montiel<\/a> (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints) is set to direct a biopic based on the life of legendary actor, writer, and director <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/gene-wilder\/\" id=\"auto-tag_gene-wilder\" data-tag=\"gene-wilder\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gene Wilder<\/a> after securing life rights from Wilder\u2019s Estate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMontiel has scripted the project with <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jeremy-roth\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jeremy-roth\" data-tag=\"jeremy-roth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Roth<\/a>, whose credits include Hulu\u2019s\u00a0Love, Victor\u00a0and\u00a0How I Met Your Father. Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins, and Megan Freels Johnston will produce for Intrinsic Value Films (Queen of the Ring,\u00a05lbs of Pressure) alongside Josh Kesselman (The Great,\u00a0Parish) of Mgmt Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tA two-time Oscar and Golden Globe nominee best known for his unforgettable performances in the original\u00a0Willy Wonka &amp; the Chocolate Factory,\u00a0Young Frankenstein,\u00a0Blazing Saddles\u00a0and\u00a0The Producers, Wilder remains one of the most beloved and influential performers in film history. The biopic will explore the man behind the iconic performances, tracing his rise from a shy young theater actor to one of cinema\u2019s most singular comedic voices, while examining the personal struggles, relationships, and challenges that shaped both his life and work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cGene Wilder was one of those rare people who was somehow funnier and sadder than everyone else in the room at the same time. That\u2019s not a character. That\u2019s a life,\u201d Montiel said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t say no to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tProducer Schoof told us, \u201cDito has a singular ability to hold comedy and complexity in the same frame without flinching. We are thrilled to have him directing this film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMontiel is the filmmaker and bestselling author who broke out with\u00a0A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, the film adaptation of his memoir, detailing his experience coming of age amid the rise of the hardcore punk scene in Astoria, Queens in the early \u201980s. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chazz Palminteri, and Channing Tatum, the film earned multiple awards in its Sundance premiere, including the Director\u2019s Award and a Special Jury Prize recognizing its ensemble, also securing multiple Independent Spirit Award nominations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn the last two decades, Montiel has followed up his debut feature with the crime dramas\u00a0Fighting\u00a0and\u00a0The Son of No One\u00a0starring Tatum; crime thriller\u00a0Empire State\u00a0starring Dwayne Johnson, Liam Hemsworth, and Emma Roberts; the Robin Williams-led\u00a0Boulevard; Shia LaBeouf starrer\u00a0Man Down; the dramedy\u00a0The Clapper\u00a0starring Ed Helms and Amanda Seyfried; and most recently, the crime comedy\u00a0Riff Raff\u00a0with Jennifer Coolidge, Ed Harris, Bill Murray, Gabrielle Union, and more. He is represented by WME and Mgmt Entertainment\u2019s Kesselman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tRoth is repped by Kaplan\/Perrone Entertainment. David Shapira of David Shapira &amp; Associates reps the Estate of Gene Wilder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE:\u00a0Dito Montiel (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints) is set to direct a biopic based on the life&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[295628,88,160866,295629,206],"class_list":["post-678253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-dito-montiel","tag-entertainment","tag-gene-wilder","tag-jeremy-roth","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}