CAST DEV PATEL IN ALL THE THINGS!
This year has been, pardon my French, a shitshow. But, with every dark cloud comes a silver lining, and 2020’s silver lining comes in the form of Mr. Dev Patel.
The Weinstein Company
This fine gentleman will star in a biopic about the Chippendales founder-turned-murderer Somen “Steve” Banerjee.

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Deadline also announced that I, Tonya director Craig Gillespie is attached to direct this film.
Yes. THOSE Chippendales.
Warner Bros.
Magic Mike was loosely based on Chippendales.
Before we get TOO excited — remember, he was also a murderer — Banerjee himself wasn’t a stripper, so not sure how much of, ahem, Dev Patel we’re gonna see.
Fox Searchlight
Here’s hoping the director takes some creative license…
Still, the Patel-Hive is over the moon with this news and flooded to Twitter to express their excitement!
YOU HAVE MY ATTENTION https://t.co/QmquhxztyP
https://t.co/4c4hXqTFWM
finding out dev patel doesn’t get to play a chippendale in the chippendale movie
If Dev Patel murders me in his strip club, DO NOT PROSECUTE HIM because HE caught ME slipping. That is on ME https://t.co/2pN1QAXQiq
Apologies in advance but the Dev Patel Chippendales movie is all I will be talking about for the foreseeable future
Reading about this Dev Patel Chippendales movie like 👀👀👀
I would spend $15 to watch Dev Pattel pick out wall colors for his bathroom. I’m sure as shit following him to an 80’s male strip club murder saga #chippendales https://t.co/Sk2ZVGajq4
No news on the release date or other cast members, but you better believe I will be waiting with bated breath!
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