BBC Is Making a Movie About Laurel and Hardy

The BBC has announced that they’re making a movie about the lives of famed comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, and it’ll be written by Philomena co-writer Jeff Pope. Called Stan and Ollie, the 90-minute TV movie will chronicle Laurel and Hardy’s disastrous UK tour at the end of their careers in 1953, which ended in Hardy having a heart attack. There’s no word yet on who will be cast as Laurel or Hardy.

BBC Is Making a Movie About Laurel and Hardy