HBO has greenlighted a new original film based on the life and death of comedian Sam Kinison, Daily Variety reports. The film, “Brother Sam,” will be based on the memoirs “Brother Sam: The Short, Spectacular Life of Sam Kinison” by Kinison’s brother and manager Bill Kinison and Steve Delsohn. Dan Fogler has been cast to play the comic in the film, the trade says.
—Sergio Ibarra