Luca Guadagnino, Seth Rogen Set for Surprise Team Up with Scotty Bowers Gay Hustler Film

Luca Guadagnino is adding another project to his growing list of upcoming directorial projects.

Deadline reports Searchlight Pictures has attached the “Call Me By Your Name” and “Suspiria” director to helm its narrative feature adaptation of Matt Tyrnauer’s 2017 documentary “Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood.” In an unexpected and enticing move, the Searchlight release will pair Guadagnino with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.

The comedy duo are best known for writing and/or directing projects such as “This Is the End,” “Superbad,” “Pineapple Express,” and more.Similar to the documentary, Searchlight’s feature will tell the true story of Scotty Bowers, a World War II veteran who became a notorious gay male hustler in Hollywood starting in the 1940s and ending in the 1980s during the early days of the AIDS epidemic.

The documentary was based on Bowers’ book “Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret

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