Killing Hasselhoff

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Killing Hasselhoff
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Darren Grant
Written byPeter Hoare
Produced by Ashok Amritraj
Michele Berk
Abhishek Devalla
David Hasselhoff
Patrick Hughes
Michael J. Luisi
Warren Zide
Starring Ken Jeong
David Hasselhoff
Jim Jeffries
Colton Dunn
Dan Bakkedahl
Ron Funches
Jennifer Ikeda
Rhys Darby
CinematographyJoseph White
Edited byRyan Folsey
Music byNathan Whitehead
Production
companies
WWE Studios
Lotus Pictures
Hyde Park Entertainment
Image Nation Abu Dhabi
Intellectual Artists Management
Primary Wave Entertainment
Distributed byImage Nation
Release date
  • August 29, 2017 (2017-08-29)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Killing Hasselhoff is a 2017 American action comedy film directed by Darren Grant, and starring Ken Jeong and David Hasselhoff. The film was released on DVD and digital platforms on August 29, 2017. [1]

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Plot

A man, who is down on his luck, attempts to win a celebrity death pool by trying to kill David Hasselhoff. The prize is half a million dollars, which he can use to pay off a loan shark and get his life back on track. [2]

Cast

Production

Writer Peter Hoare was unhappy with the way the script was rewritten during production. He told Script Magazine, “Little by little, what I saw was the movie changed into something that was so different than the movie I originally wrote, and that David read, so many years before. Long story short, it came out on DVD, but man, it could have been really, really funny.” [3]

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References

  1. "From Universal Pictures Home Entertainment: KILLING HASSELHOFF". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. Lewis, Rebecca (July 10, 2017). "It's time to off The Hoff in this first trailer for comedy Killing Hasselhoff". Metro. Archived from the original on December 24, 2017. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  3. Script Magazine (May 16, 2019). "Cannes 2019: Screenwriter Peter Hoare Describes the 10-Year Journey to "Overnight" Success". Script Magazine. Archived from the original on May 16, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019.