A new comedy film is in the works based on thechallenge of getting into the legendary Berlin nightclubBerghain.
Reports emerged earlier this month that the currently-untitled project is in production, inspired by a multi-part episode of the podcast Search Engine, titled, ‘Why didn’t Chris and Dan get intoBerghain?’
The episodes documented the story of two Americans who flew across the Atlantic to try to get past the notoriously strict entry policy at the club, considered one of the most exclusive in the world.
According toDeadline,the film will be written bySaturday Night Live and Wicked star Bowen Yang and his LasCulturistaspodcast co-host Matt Rogers, with the two also set to star as the central characters.
No title or release date has been announced for the film, but it willreportedly beproduced and distributed by Disney’s Searchlight Pictures.
Berghainis one of the world’s most famous techno clubs, famous for its huge industrial space and massive soundsystem. Known for its queer-friendly policies, its infamously stringentdoor policy and long, late-nightqueuesare amongits defining features, with bouncers judging wannaberevellersby how closely they‘fit’ the club’s ethos.
One of the best known of those bouncers, Sven Marquardt,made a cameo in Keanu Reeves’ John Wick: Chapter 4in 2023.
The club shares its name with a track fromRosalía‘s acclaimed new album ‘Lux’, which was released last month. The track featuresBjörkandYves Tumorandthe artist has said that shedrew on the literal meaning of Berghain– the German for “mountain grove” – in writing the song.
In 2021,Berghainwas among the clubs that were made eligible for cultural protection by the German federal government,in an effort tohelpit recover from the effects of COVID and tobenefitfrom tax breaks.
One person who did not enterBerghainwas Elon Musk in 2022. He appeared to take offence to the ‘PEACE’ sign on the wall, although it is unclear whether he was denied entry or chose not to enter.