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“Pez Outlaw,” Steve Glew is delighted his fish story is striking the mainstream thanks to a brand-new Netflix documentary … however he’s got his eyes on larger things, and currently has a prominent superstar he wishes to see play him on TV.
Steve informs TMZ … he’s been waiting 25 years for his story to be made into a documentary, and he remains in initial speak with produce a story TV reveal about his life … and he wishes to cast Jack Black as himself.
Netflix is getting rave evaluations for Bryan & Amy Storkel‘s doc on Steve, “The Pez Outlaw,” the story of how he made a lots of cash offering unusual Pez dispensers in the past.
While Steve does not wish to threaten his potential TV series offer … our sources inform us Steve’s in talks with CBS Studios and Andy Samberg‘s production business, Party Over Here.
Steve informs us why Jack would be the ideal star to play him … describing he’s the ideal man to catch all of Steve’s peculiarities and bring him to life.
The Pez story is quite wild … Steve went to Europe in the ’90s and smuggled back lots of unusual Pez dispensers to offer to American collectors … with some folks spending as much as $11,000 for a single dispenser.
Steve states he believes the Netflix doc will influence more folks to enter gathering Pez … and he informs us why he cautioned present collectors to purchase whatever they have their eyes on ASAP, prior to the documentary came out.
No word if Jack’s a huge Pez fan … however Steve informs us what took place to the majority of his individual collection.