It took all of 19 days for Hollywood to jump on the idea to realize a film based on the life of the recently deceased "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert was necessary. Defamer found a casting call for the role of Maureen Orth, the wife of Russert, on Craigslist with the following:

Small independent New York based film company is searching for the role of Maureen Orth, the wife of the late Tim Russert. The film will explore the last 24 hours of Russert's life and Golden Globe winner Randy Quaid is set to play the role of Tim Russert.

Randy Quaid must be hurting for cash if he is willing to jump on this one. I guess dropping his lawsuit against the Brokeback Mountain producers was a bad move on his wallet.

However, if you are looking for this film in theaters stop right now, the casting post alone tells us enough, "Casting Older Caucasian Woman for Major TV Network Movie."

Nick Malis of Defamer seems content that Quaid looks like Russert, but he has a bit too much George Lucas turkey neck if you ask me. Russert may have been overweight, but at least you could tell where his head met his neck.

Either way, isn't this too close to the man's death to be already pu

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