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In a bizarre piece of movie development news, Rob Zombie -- the guy who wrote and directed
House of 1000 Corpses -- is
directing a Groucho Marx biopic. It's not like Marx, one of the most popular and influential comedians of the past ever, is a bad subject for a biopic. The movie, which will be based on
Raised Eyebrows, a memoir written by Groucho secretary Steve Soliar, is just a little surprising
. It's also going to be focused relatively narrowly on Groucho's final years, when he was
hanging out at Studio 54 and reportedly
exploited by Canadian actress Erin Fleming. It's a time that Zombie describes as Groucho's "
Sunset Boulevard." So this might be a really interesting movie, but it also might just be too sad to watch. Put it another way: We wouldn't bet our lives on it being a success.