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Jon Heder in sumo wrestling comedy
POSTED ON 01/27/06 AT 11:00 A.M.
BY ETHAN AAMES

Variety reports that "Napoleon Dynamite" star Jon Heder will star in an untitled comedy about a skinny American who participates in a sumo wrestling competition. The film will be penned by Steve Faber and Bob Fisher ("The Wedding Crashers") and will loosely be baesd on a true story.

The true story is based on the experiences of Joshua Davis, who wrote the book "The Underdog: How I Survived the World's Most Outlandish Competitions." Davis was the lightest man ever to compete at the US Sumo Open two years ago.