BlackBerry film stars Dennis from ‘It’s Always Sunny’ – TechCrunch

We all knew at the present time was coming. With the movie world hungry for failed tech fodder on the heels of titles like The Drop Out and WeCrashed, some producer was sure to come across BlackBerry on the best way to the inevitable 20-part Juicero miniseries.

The beloved and beleaguered smartphone agency previously generally known as Research in Motion has change into fodder for a brand new movie, merely titled “BlackBerry,” which just lately wrapped up capturing within the firm’s native Canada. Variety was first to notice that the movie, primarily based on the 2015 e-book “Losing the Signal:,” has introduced two of its leads.

Glenn Howerton has been forged as former BlackBerry co-CEO Jim Balsillie, which may clarify the “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” star’s shaved head on that present’s companion podcast. Canadian Judd Apatow acolyte Jay Baruchel performs co-founder Mike Lazaridis, per the report. Cary Elwes additionally options within the movie from Toronto-born director Matt Johnson.

“BlackBerry is the kind of movie I never thought I could make in this country, but it’s a bright new day for Canadian film,” Johnson informed The Globe and Mail. “Bold, director-driven cinema is back with the full force of the 1980s.”

There’s actually loads of drama to attract on. The firm has an interesting decades-long historical past, from its development into the default handset for enterprise individuals and presidents to its gradual, post-iPhone demise. And none of our thumbs would ever be the identical. Likely its more moderen years as a safety and automobile software program agency will likely be a footnote, at greatest.

No launch date has been introduced.