Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell was an iconic radio brand, in its heyday garnering more than 10 million listeners per day. That success is now being parlayed into a Hollywood film starring Paul Giamatti.
A report from Deadline shares that Giamatti will star as the longtime radio host in a biopic being produced by Radio Silence Productions. The company is perhaps best known for its role in producing the fifth and sixth installments of the Scream movie franchise.
The report adds that both Amazon Prime Video and Warner Bros. are vying to secure the rights to the film.
Coast to Coast AM was founded by Art Bell, which originally debuted as West Coast AM on KDWN-AM in Las Vegas in 1978. The name was changed to its current branding when the show launched into national syndication. It eventually rose to hundreds of affiliates.
Bell helmed the show on weekdays until 2002 when current host George Noory took over the program. Bell had several short stints alternating between retiring from radio and returning before ultimately stepping away for good in 2015.
Bell was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2008. He died in April 2018 at the age of 72.
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