Springing Big Dave

Disney is courting David Letterman for a big screen comedy. But producer Larry Brezner (“Good Morning, Vietnam”)--partner in the firm that manages the loony late nighter and who has a Disney deal--tells us scheduling is the major stumbling block. “NBC’s not happy about losing David for 10 to 12 consecutive weeks,” Brezner said. “So we’re looking for a role like the one Bill Murray did in ‘Tootsie’ that would allow him to get in and get out quickly.”

However, Letterman manager Jack Rollins doesn’t rule out a more substantial role: “It would be an expensive proposition. But a starring role is possible if we find a story that could be started, interrupted and completed several months later. David says he can’t do the show and a film at the same time--both would suffer.”

If it comes to pass, it won’t be a film debut for the former Hoosier weathercaster. Letterman played Matt Morgan, a local TV newsman, in the 1979 TV movie “Fast Friends,” a drama with Carrie Snodgress and Dick Shawn.