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Paul Giamatti To Play Iconic Paranormal Radio Host Art Bell in New Movie From 'Ready or Not' Directors
https://movieweb.com ^ | Feb 11, 2025 | James Melzer

Posted on 02/16/2025 5:36:34 PM PST by Beowulf9

If you grew up a fan of the paranormal in the '90s, then you’ll easily recognize the name Art Bell. The iconic radio host of Coast to Coast AM talked long into the night with his guests, discussing everything from ghosts and aliens, to time travel and Bigfoot. Now, Academy Award-nominee Paul Giamatti is set to portray the late Bell in a new biopic from Ready or Not and Abigail directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: artbell; giamatti; movie; paranormal; paulgiamatti; ufos
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1 posted on 02/16/2025 5:36:34 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Chris Carter would be my choice for Director.


2 posted on 02/16/2025 5:42:06 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Beowulf9

Good actor.
Odd choice for this role.

Did they even talk to Art Bell/Coast to Coast fans for some suggestions?

Or maybe do an Episode and ask Art himself?


3 posted on 02/16/2025 5:42:19 PM PST by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: Beowulf9

I can’t wait.


4 posted on 02/16/2025 5:43:57 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: Beowulf9

What I want to know is why hasn’t anybody heard from Bell in the seven years since he died?


5 posted on 02/16/2025 5:46:32 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Democrats who say ‘no one is above the law’ won’t mind going to prison for the money they stole.)
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To: Macoozie

Art passed away some years back. I suppose some of his past guests could reach him through a seance.


6 posted on 02/16/2025 5:47:21 PM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: Macoozie

You’d have to use a Ouija board in which case Art would still not answer (being he passed on a few years ago) because he’s against Ouija boards. You never know what will come through.

Art had the most interesting show on radio. Ever. Wish he was still around.


7 posted on 02/16/2025 5:48:40 PM PST by Beowulf9 ( )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

🤣🤣


8 posted on 02/16/2025 5:49:01 PM PST by Smellin Salt (AT A POLITICAL )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

9 posted on 02/16/2025 5:49:22 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He always played off-beat characters.


10 posted on 02/16/2025 5:52:07 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Art bell usually had a mustache.

Art Bell

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11 posted on 02/16/2025 5:52:33 PM PST by Jonty30 (Groundhogs don't falsify their predictions for grant money, whereas climate scientists do. )
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To: Beowulf9

Showings only at midnight, 2AM and 4AM to get the Art Bell fans.


12 posted on 02/16/2025 5:52:58 PM PST by KarlInOhio (“Forget it, Jake. It's California.”)
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To: Beowulf9

I would have cast Judd Nelson.


13 posted on 02/16/2025 5:53:03 PM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Dan Akroyd would have been a good choice to play Art and he was on the show at least once.

Peach


14 posted on 02/16/2025 5:53:45 PM PST by CarolinaPeach
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To: Beowulf9

I didn’t listen to his show that much when it was on, but when I did, it made me long to be able to walk around Pahrump NV in the wee hours of the morning.


15 posted on 02/16/2025 5:55:24 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Beowulf9

“You’d have to use a Ouija board in which case Art would still not answer (being he passed on a few years ago) because he’s against Ouija boards. “

The thing with Ouija boards is you don’t know who you’re really talking to. I wouldn’t allow one in my house.


16 posted on 02/16/2025 5:56:24 PM PST by dljordan
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To: Beowulf9

cool


17 posted on 02/16/2025 6:17:46 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: KarlInOhio

East of the Rockies... you’re on the air


18 posted on 02/16/2025 6:24:43 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical object)
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To: Beowulf9

For many years I would listen to Art religiously. Went to sleep with him playing on the CCRane Radio. I think Art made that company what it is today....

Did I buy what was on the air?—Some of it was silly bunkum, Some of it was entertaining and some was purely, Hmmmmmm....


19 posted on 02/16/2025 6:25:40 PM PST by abigkahuna
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To: Beowulf9

Coast to Coast with Art Bell was a super antidote to the anxieties and worries the listeners’ own day-to-day existence. Just click on that program and be transported by stories of the callers to dimensions of existence and experience you never before imagined. That program was addictive!


20 posted on 02/16/2025 6:36:50 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (President Trump is America's long-awaited SUPREME Commander in Chief. Deus Vult!)
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