According to Boing Boing, actor Bob Odenkirk is starring in a straight-faced remake of Tommy Wiseau's two thousand four cult film The Room. The original is widely considered one of cinema's most famously bad movies, yet it became a cultural phenomenon — the film about its making earned Oscar consideration, and the movie even inspired a video game adaptation. Now The Room Returns offers a new interpretation of the cult classic, with Odenkirk bringing dramatic credibility to an earnest reimagining.

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