El Tonto
El Tonto is a feature film that has completed production with Armory Films, Wrigley Pictures and June Pictures and 1 other attached. Charlie Day (director), Kirk Michael Fellows (producer) and Sam Greenberg (producer) are attached. It was scheduled to shoot in Los Angeles, CA from October 2018 to November 2018. Production List last updated this listing on April 28, 2026.
Project Summary
The Hollywood-skewering comedy, centers on a mute simpleton who gets off a bus in Los Angeles, and though no real fault or aim of his own, rises through the Hollywood scene to become a celebrity, only to then lose it all. (Zac Efron mentioned for the role of Chad Lutz.
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Cast & Crew
Directing
| Director | Charlie Day |
Production
| Producer | Kirk Michael Fellows |
| Producer | Sam Greenberg |
| Producer | Andrew Levitas |
| Producer | John Rickard |
| Producer | Max Jacoby |
| Producer | Christopher Lemole |
| Producer | Sandino Moya-Smith |
| Producer | Tim Zajaros |
Contact details for each person listed are on file and available to members.
Working on El Tonto
El Tonto has finished principal photography. How productions hire crew · Working as an extra · Reaching the production office
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Source: Production List, published by the Film & Television Industry Alliance. Cite this page as https://www.productionlist.com/production/el-tonto (last updated Apr 28, 2026).