Bob Odenkirk Is Playing Tommy Wiseau's Role In A Greenscreen Remake Of The Room (For Charity)

Bob Odenkirk Is Playing Tommy Wiseau's Role In A Greenscreen Remake Of The Room (For Charity)

"The Room" has certainly earned its place in cinematic history, albeit as one of the most notoriously bad films ever made that managed to gain mainstream notoriety. Made by the elusive and strange Tommy Wiseau, the film celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. And it sounds like we will be getting a pretty bizarre treat to help commemorate that anniversary in the form of a remake starring none other than Bob Odenkirk of "Better Call Saul" and "Mr. Show" fame. Yes, you heard that right.

Buzz around this remake of "The Room" kicked up on social media, with podcaster Justin Decloux taking to Twitter to say, "I am very excited for the feature-length 'THE ROOM' remake (Shot mostly on greenscreen) in which the Tommy Wiseau role is taken over by Bob Odenkirk — and it's not played as a joke." We at /Film can confirm the legitimacy of this project, and here is what little we know about it at this point in time.

We know that the production is going to benefit a charity called amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. The organization Acting For a Cause is also involved, though it's unclear if they're also benefiting from donations, or if they're only backing the remake. Brando Crawford, the founder of Acting For a Cause, took credit for direction in a recent Instagram post. As for Odenkirk's participation, we can confirm that he did indeed participate in the film back in January. We've also collected several social media posts from people involved for you to check out below.