Warner Bros. Television is in talks to develop a limited series on the life of silent film star Buster Keaton. The project would star Rami Malek as Keaton.
“The Batman” director Matt Reeves would direct the limited series and produce via his 6th and Idaho Productions banner, which is under an overall deal at Warner Bros. TV.
Malek and David Weddle also produce, with Ted Cohen in talks to serve as executive producer and writer.
The studio is negotiating the rights for James Curtis’ 2022 biography “Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker’s Life”, which may serve as source material for the series.
Keaton, born on October 4, 1895, is one of the most prominent stars of the silent film era aside from Charlie Chaplin.
He started his acting career in vaudevile acts alongside his parents, who were traveling performers, before transitioning into movie in the late 1910s.
Keaton’s first movie was Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle’s silent comedy “The Butcher Boy”.
He collabrated with high ranking creatives and executives such as Douglas Fairbanks, Joseph M. Schenck and Edward F. Cline.
Keaton became known for performing exaggerated stunts and physical comedy with a deadpan facial expression.
He also began directing after forming Buster Keaton Productions with Schenck. His best known movies include “Sherlock Jr.,” “Steamboat Bill, Jr.”, and “Our Hospitality”, among others.
Keaton also went on to work under deals at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures as well as various independent producers.
Malek is best known for starring as Elliot Alderson in USA’s “Mr. Robot” from 2015 to 2019 as well as for playing Freddie Mercury in Bryan Singer’s 2018 biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody”.
His other credits include Fox’s “The War at Home” and HBO’s “The Pacific” as well as “Short Term 12”, “Papillon”, and “No Time to Die”.
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