Those same esoterica fans were quickly aghast at the follow up news that Redfern would be played by John Heder (of "Napoleon Dynamite" fame)

My advice to those fans is to breathe a sigh of relief, because the current plans are a big step up from what Universal had originally intended for the film.

Witness the prototype poster that the "geniuses" in La La Land had drawn up for their first concept of a Nick Redern / Jon Heder vehicle.

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Congrats on the big movie deal, Nick !