Variety is reporting that Legendary has acquired the rights to comedian Bert Kreischer’s viral story The Machine, with plans to develop a feature film.
Bert Kreischer: Secret Time, the comedian’s latest stand-up special, began streaming on Netflix in August 2018.
In the comic’s stand-up special “The Machine,” the story follows Kreischer’s adventure as a seventh-year senior at Florida State University who was accidentally majoring in Russian.
Since launching in December 2016, Kresicher’s stand-up has generated over 85 million views on Facebook and YouTube.