As reported by Deadline, Mark Hamill will play with shirtless comedian Bert Kreischer in a film based on Kreischer’s signature stand-up routine called “Die Babbelas meet Midnight Run. The stand-up piece revolves around a story in which Kreischer goes to Russia as part of a class trip to the university and how he – in a moment of panic because he can barely speak the language – tells a group of gangs that he’s the machine. ‘ (definitely) Here, Kreischer himself tells the story:
The movie – called The machine-will be a sequel of sorts and catches up with Kreischer 20 years after he robbed the train when he and his father were (presumably) kidnapped by Russian gangs. So it’s gonna be a drunken party movie interspersed with a comedy crime thriller … so yeah, Die Babbelas meet Midnight Run, sure.
Interestingly, this is not the first film loosely based on Bert Kreischer’s life. When he was in college, he was the subject of a Rolling clip piece about how he was the best party at the country’s largest party school while drinking at Florida State University for six years. Although Kreischer was not involved, the story would be believed served as a basis for National Lampoon’s Van Wilder, which means we might not have gotten the Ryan Reynolds we all know today, if it was not for the man’s refusal to just calm down and go to class. Hey, maybe Ryan Reynolds can make a turn in the movie! And maybe he can play Deadpool in the cameo! And refer to the fact that Mark Hamill played Luke Skywalker!