Andrew Dice Clay Joins Safdie's 'Lizard Music' — SkimNews
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- Andrew Dice Clay is set for a voice role in 'Lizard Music,' Benny Safdie's live-action/CGI hybrid film for Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists; no details on his character were disclosed.
- 'Lizard Music' stars 10-year-old Theo Clark Leber in the lead, with a supporting cast including Dwayne Johnson, Alicia Silverstone, Tim Heidecker, Arya Parvathi, and Regina Hall.
- Based on Daniel Pinkwater's novel, the story follows a boy left on his own who discovers a secret late-night broadcast of lizards playing otherworldly music, leading him to Johnson's character 'The Chicken Man' and his 111-year-old chicken Claudia.
- Safdie is directing from his own script, with producers including UA's Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt, Safdie's Out for the Count Productions, Johnson's Seven Bucks Productions, and David Koplan's Magnetic Fields Entertainment.
- Clay's recent credits include Bradley Cooper's 'A Star Is Born,' Amazon MGM's heist film 'The Pickup' with Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson, and Woody Allen's 'Blue Jasmine'; he broke out in the '80s as the first comedian to sell out two consecutive nights at Madison Square Garden.
Why it matters: Clay's casting extends a remarkably eclectic ensemble for a high-profile Amazon MGM/United Artists title from a filmmaker (Safdie of 'Uncut Gems' acclaim) making his first post-split solo feature, signaling the studio is leaning into tonal unpredictability for a project built around a kid-hero discovering lizard jazz on late-night TV.
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