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According to Variety, the Office star will also play the lead role in the Warner Bros project.
The 2008 documentary centres on songwriter-producer Dennis Lambert, who became popular in the Philippines late in his life.
Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are teaming to write the script. A director has not yet been announced.
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