He worked for decades on behalf of New York’s tunnel builders as the legislative and political director of Sandhogs Local 147.
The Greatest Beer Run Ever adaptation will serve as Farrelly’s next project after his feature Green Book won two Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
He sailed to Vietnam on a cargo ship carrying a backpack full of American beer, landing in Qui Nho’n in 1968.
Don Granger, President of Production at Skydance, will oversee the project alongside chief creative officer Dana Goldberg and creative executive Aimee Rivera.