FAMILY Feud fans have learned that a Steve Harvey biopic is in the works, and they’re sharing their dream casting.
Objectively Good Media is early in production on the film, called Seventy-Two.
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The film is an authorized biopic all about Steve, 67, according to Deadline.
Fans are eager to see the film and already have ideas about who should be cast.
Popular X account @DiscussingFilm shared the announcement on social media, with people sounding off in the replies.
One person retweeted the post, adding a photo of Steve’s stepdaughter Lori Harvey‘s ex-boyfriend, Michael B. Jordan, on the cover of People magazine.
“It’s his time,” they added.
Lori, 27, dated Michael, 37, for a year and a half, calling it quits in 2022.
Another fan suggested Samuel L. Jackson, simply sharing a GIF of him.
Several commenters jokingly said that Mr. Potato Head would be the perfect lead.
Coleman Domingo and Keenan Thompson were also floated as possibilities.
EVERYTHING WE KNOW
Mohamed Kheir and Matthew R. Cooper will serve as producers on the Seventy-Two, along with East 112 – a production company headed up by the Family Feud host and Thabiti Stephens, Chief Strategy Officer of Steve Harvey Global.
Per the outlet, no writer has been attached to the project yet.
Seventy-Two will focus on the 72 hours leading up to Steve’s iconic performance at the Apollo Theatre in 1993, which began his career trajectory.
The movie will give fans an inside look at the game show host’s ups and downs throughout his career.
Before going into entertainment, Steve worked in sales but left the industry to pursue comedy.
Steve Harvey’s Hosting Gigs
Steve has hosted several shows since beginning his career in stand-up comedy
1993-2000: It’s Showtime at the Apollo
2010 – Present: Family Feud
2015 – Present: Celebrity Family Feud
2012-2019: Steve Harvey Show/Steve
2016-2019: Little Big Shots
2020 – Present: Steve On Watch
2022 – Present: Judge Steve Harvey
“I’ve been reluctant to make a movie about my life for years until I read the pitch for Seventy-Two,” Steve said of the film.
“It focuses on one of the most difficult moments in my journey and career, and shows the world that hope is never truly lost. Wait until you see what we do with this.”
STEVE’S CAREER
Steve has enjoyed an illustrious career, which began long before he was the host of Family Feud.
In the 1980s, the West Virginia native got his start in stand-up comedy.
He eventually became the host of Showtime at the Apollo before moving into television.
His first TV role was acting in a sitcom called The Steve Harvey Show on The WB.
In 2000, he appeared on The Original Kinds of Comedy after the Kinds of Comedy Tour.
He did his final stand-up comedy show in 2012.
Steve has also done extensive hosting gigs, leading Family Feud and Celebrity Family Feud.
He has also hosted Little Big Shots, Little Big Shoes Forever Young and Steve Harvey’s Funderdome.
The comic has written four books and is the founder of Steve Harvey Global.
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