Director Michael Winterbottom has exited STX Entertainment’s comedy “Russ & Roger” starring Will Ferrell and Josh Gad due to creative differences, TheWrap has learned.
STX expects to hire a new director soon, as production remains on track to start early next year.
“Russ & Roger” will star Gad as film critic Roger Ebert and Ferrell as filmmaker Russ Meyer, the sexploitation king who directed “Faster Pussycat! Kill Kill!” The duo eventually co-wrote the 1970’s cult classic “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” and defied the Hollywood establishment by fighting the MPAA over its explicit X-rating.