Charlie Day may be playing second fiddle to Chris Pratt’s Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, but he directs and stars another upcoming movie titled Fool’s Paradise. The film is set to release this May, and we have a first, star-studded trailer.
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Here’s the synopsis:
Fool’s Paradise is a satirical comedy following a down-on-his-luck publicist (Ken Jeong), who gets his lucky break when he discovers a man recently released from a mental health facility (Day) looks just like a method actor who refuses to leave his trailer. With the help of a powerful producer (the late Ray Liotta), Ken helps the man become a huge star, even marrying his beautiful leading lady (Kate Beckinsale). Their adventures lead them to cross paths with drunken costars (Adrien Brody), irreverent unhoused action heroes (Common), unpredictable directors (Jason Sudeikis), a super-agent (Edie Falco), and power-mad moguls (John Malkovich). Fame and fortune are not all they are cracked up to be, and the two men must fight their way back to the things that matter the most.
No doubt, the cast is definitely star-studded, but fans have particularly honed in on the fact that this is Ray Liotta’s last film before his untimely death in May of last year. Hopefully Day has managed to get one final great performance out of him with this movie.
As for Day, this film will be his directorial debut. Though he’s often typecast as kind of a loon thanks to his role as Charlie in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, this could be a chance for Day to really showcase his creative work behind the camera (even though technically he’s also in front of it for this film).
Catch Fool’s Paradise in theaters when it releases on May 12.
