Paint Movie official Trailer

Owen Wilson is getting ready to paint some happy contented little small trees leafy wood poles. He’s starring in Paint, an All About Eve–style film about a public-TV painter that’s coming out in April. The screenplay was on the 2010 Black List, which included Jackie, Argo, and a script by Jesse Armstrong called Murdoch that ended up becoming Succession, so, ya know, there’s a pedigree there. In the intervening years, Ross’s shows have exploded in popularity on YouTube, meaning even the Gen-Zers among us will get what Paint, written and directed by Brit McAdams, is referencing. While Ross’s legacy certainly was not without drama — the man had affairs, and the rights to his paintings were fought over in courtrooms after his death — the drama of Paint is of a different breed. Carl Nargle is worried about the success of a younger, cooler painter who might jeopardize his success. Below, we’ve painted a picture of Paint.

So Paint isn’t a Bob Ross biopic?
Paint is described as being about a man named Carl Nargle, which is super-fun to say. Nargle is “Vermont’s #1 public television painter who is convinced he has it all: a signature perm, custom van, and fans hanging on his every stroke.” The film takes a twist when “a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) Carl loves.” Tough break, Nargle!