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Hugh Hefner Approves 'Playboy' Movie


Hugh Hefner - Bodog Beat

Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner's crazy life is being turned into a feature film that will focus on his social activism as well as his orgies.

The infamous Hugh Hefner has approved the rights to a feature film biopic entitled, "Playboy", slated to be directed by Brett Ratner, the filmmaker behind the "Rush Hour" movies.


"Hef came from a puritanical upbringing and reinvented himself to be the godfather of the sexual revolution," Ratner told Daily Variety. "He broke all kinds of taboos, especially in sexuality. I want to show it all, from the First Amendment (guaranteeing free speech) struggles to his first orgy to the stroke in the 1980s that almost killed him."


Hefner, 81, founded Playboy in 1953. He turned a $600 investment and racy Marilyn Monroe pictures into one of the most successful publishing empires ever. Like Playboy bunnies? You'll love our Bodog Girls!