Room 104 returns for its fourth and final season on HBO this evening, Friday July 24. The end of the anthology series is “bittersweet” for Mark Duplass, who created the show with his brother Jay.
Joking that HBO must have felt really bad for canceling Togetherness to give them four seasons of the show, Duplass talks about working with up-and-coming filmmakers throughout the four years and how he hopes to use this approach going forward with other projects.
The Morning Show star discusses the difficulties of breaking into the business, and how he encouraged actors including Dave Bautista, Jillian Bell, Kevin Nealon and Erinn Hayes to appear in the fourth season.
He opens up about The Murderer, the first episode which he stars in, writes, directs and performs the music, as well as the show’s first animated episode.
The 12-part, half-hour series is exec produced by Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass,...
Joking that HBO must have felt really bad for canceling Togetherness to give them four seasons of the show, Duplass talks about working with up-and-coming filmmakers throughout the four years and how he hopes to use this approach going forward with other projects.
The Morning Show star discusses the difficulties of breaking into the business, and how he encouraged actors including Dave Bautista, Jillian Bell, Kevin Nealon and Erinn Hayes to appear in the fourth season.
He opens up about The Murderer, the first episode which he stars in, writes, directs and performs the music, as well as the show’s first animated episode.
The 12-part, half-hour series is exec produced by Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass,...
- 7/24/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s almost time for one last check-in to “Room 104.” Mark and Jay Duplass’ ethereal HBO anthology series will premiere its fourth and final season on July 24 and IndieWire is exclusively premiering the season’s first trailer.
The half-hour episodes, which hail from the “Togetherness” creators and centers on various travelers who pass through a room in a typical American chain motel, have been compared to “The Twilight Zone” for their deft blend of surreality, horror, and surprises. The series’ new trailer promises to explore a dizzying range of genres and characters for the series’ send-off and even teases a glimpse at the season’s original songs, one of which will be performed by Duplass.
Per HBO, Season 4 will also include the series’ first-ever animated episode, and the premiere entry will mark the first time that Mark Duplass stars, writes, directs, and performs original music for the series. Stories...
The half-hour episodes, which hail from the “Togetherness” creators and centers on various travelers who pass through a room in a typical American chain motel, have been compared to “The Twilight Zone” for their deft blend of surreality, horror, and surprises. The series’ new trailer promises to explore a dizzying range of genres and characters for the series’ send-off and even teases a glimpse at the season’s original songs, one of which will be performed by Duplass.
Per HBO, Season 4 will also include the series’ first-ever animated episode, and the premiere entry will mark the first time that Mark Duplass stars, writes, directs, and performs original music for the series. Stories...
- 6/30/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
On an Atx panel for Room 104 today, co-creator Mark Duplass reflected on his journey with the series, while teasing details regarding its fourth season.
The anthology series centers on a seemingly unremarkable room in an American hotel, exploring the lives of an eclectic group of characters that pass through it. Shifting tonally from episode to episode, it’s covered everything from horror and thriller material to comedy, wrapping its third season last November.
“This is officially our last season, until everyone comes in and gives us huge numbers,” Duplass joked. “And then we’ll be back for another season.”
Joining Duplass on the live-streamed panel, moderated by Indiewire’s Steve Greene, were executive producers Mel Eslyn and Sydney Fleischmann, composer Julian Wass, along with actors Karan Soni and Natalie Morales, all of whom have now also served as directors on Room 104.
Teasing a forthcoming animated episode directed by Eslyn,...
The anthology series centers on a seemingly unremarkable room in an American hotel, exploring the lives of an eclectic group of characters that pass through it. Shifting tonally from episode to episode, it’s covered everything from horror and thriller material to comedy, wrapping its third season last November.
“This is officially our last season, until everyone comes in and gives us huge numbers,” Duplass joked. “And then we’ll be back for another season.”
Joining Duplass on the live-streamed panel, moderated by Indiewire’s Steve Greene, were executive producers Mel Eslyn and Sydney Fleischmann, composer Julian Wass, along with actors Karan Soni and Natalie Morales, all of whom have now also served as directors on Room 104.
Teasing a forthcoming animated episode directed by Eslyn,...
- 6/6/2020
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Atx Television Festival has added the HBO series “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark,” “I May Destroy You” and “Room 104” to its first-ever virtual festival programming lineup, Variety has learned exclusively.
In addition, “A Black Lady Sketch Show” creator and showrunner Robin Thede will be joining the festival as part of the “Showrunners: State of the Union” on June 7, and Atx and HBO have announced the panelists for the previously-announced “Perry Mason” panel.
“We can still remember getting HBO’s support for the first ever physical festival in 2012; we may have cried,” said Caitlin McFarland, co-founder, Atx Television Festival. “We were told then that they wanted to say in Year 10 that they were there from the beginning. We aren’t quite to our 10th Season, but as we completely pivot to virtual, HBO has stayed by our side. We’ll miss seeing them at the Paramount Theater on Opening Night,...
In addition, “A Black Lady Sketch Show” creator and showrunner Robin Thede will be joining the festival as part of the “Showrunners: State of the Union” on June 7, and Atx and HBO have announced the panelists for the previously-announced “Perry Mason” panel.
“We can still remember getting HBO’s support for the first ever physical festival in 2012; we may have cried,” said Caitlin McFarland, co-founder, Atx Television Festival. “We were told then that they wanted to say in Year 10 that they were there from the beginning. We aren’t quite to our 10th Season, but as we completely pivot to virtual, HBO has stayed by our side. We’ll miss seeing them at the Paramount Theater on Opening Night,...
- 5/26/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Almost one month after the June 24th premiere of the new season of The Twilight Zone on CBS All Access, another mind-bending anthology series, Room 104, will return for its fourth and final season on HBO:
Press Release: Room 104 returns for its fourth and final season Friday, July 24 at 11:00 p.m. Et/Pt, exclusively on HBO. Created by Mark and Jay Duplass (HBO’s “Animals.” and “Togetherness”), the late-night, half-hour anthology series returns with 12 new episodes, each telling a unique and unexpected tale of the characters who pass through a single room of a typical American chain motel. While the setting stays the same, every episode of the series features a different story, with the tone, plot, characters, and even the time period, changing with each installment.
The series will also be available on HBO Now, HBO Go, HBO On Demand and partners’ streaming platforms.
Exploring a variety of genres,...
Press Release: Room 104 returns for its fourth and final season Friday, July 24 at 11:00 p.m. Et/Pt, exclusively on HBO. Created by Mark and Jay Duplass (HBO’s “Animals.” and “Togetherness”), the late-night, half-hour anthology series returns with 12 new episodes, each telling a unique and unexpected tale of the characters who pass through a single room of a typical American chain motel. While the setting stays the same, every episode of the series features a different story, with the tone, plot, characters, and even the time period, changing with each installment.
The series will also be available on HBO Now, HBO Go, HBO On Demand and partners’ streaming platforms.
Exploring a variety of genres,...
- 5/12/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The HBO anthology series “Room 104” will conclude after its upcoming fourth season.
The premium cabler revealed the new season would be the last in announcing the season premiere date Monday. The 12-episode fourth and final season of “Room 104” will bow on HBO on July 24 at 11 p.m. Et/Pt.
Created by Mark and Jay Duplass, the half-hour series tells the stories of an assortment of characters who pass through a single room of a typical American chain hotel. Season 4 will feature the series’ first ever animated episode, with the premiere episode marking the first time in the series that Mark Duplass stars, writes, directs and performs original music.
The season four cast includes (in order of appearance): Mark Duplass, Hari Nef, Logan Miller, Jillian Bell, Jon Bass, Dave Bautista, Melissa Fumero, Vivian Bang, Finn Roberts, Adam Shapiro, Breeda Wool, Kevin Nealon, Erinn Hayes, Ron Funches, Sadie Stanley,...
The premium cabler revealed the new season would be the last in announcing the season premiere date Monday. The 12-episode fourth and final season of “Room 104” will bow on HBO on July 24 at 11 p.m. Et/Pt.
Created by Mark and Jay Duplass, the half-hour series tells the stories of an assortment of characters who pass through a single room of a typical American chain hotel. Season 4 will feature the series’ first ever animated episode, with the premiere episode marking the first time in the series that Mark Duplass stars, writes, directs and performs original music.
The season four cast includes (in order of appearance): Mark Duplass, Hari Nef, Logan Miller, Jillian Bell, Jon Bass, Dave Bautista, Melissa Fumero, Vivian Bang, Finn Roberts, Adam Shapiro, Breeda Wool, Kevin Nealon, Erinn Hayes, Ron Funches, Sadie Stanley,...
- 5/12/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Mark and Jay Duplass’ horror anthology “Room 104” will end after its upcoming fourth season on HBO.
The show returns on July 24.
The premiere episode will be the first time in the series that Mark Duplass stars, writes, directs and performs original music. Stories and characters featured in season four include: an estranged performer giving a one-night-only performance; a woman battling her dark past with addiction; a dollhouse; transporting back in time; and more.
The show returns on July 24.
The premiere episode will be the first time in the series that Mark Duplass stars, writes, directs and performs original music. Stories and characters featured in season four include: an estranged performer giving a one-night-only performance; a woman battling her dark past with addiction; a dollhouse; transporting back in time; and more.
- 5/12/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Room 104, the HBO anthology series created by Mark and Jay Duplass, is ending after its upcoming fourth season.
The late-night show, which features half-hour episodes of a variety of spooky happenings in a motel room, returns on July 24 at 11pm. The show was filmed last year, meaning that it was not hit by the Covid-19 production shutdown.
The series, which tells the stories of a cast of characters who pass through a single room of a typical American chain motel, features a variety of standalone episodes, from dark comedy to sci-fi as well as its first ever animated episode.
The premiere episode will be the first time in the series that Mark Duplass stars, writes, directs and performs original music.
Other stories include an estranged performer giving a one-night-only performance; a woman battling her dark past with addiction; a dollhouse and transporting back in time.
The season four cast includes Hari Nef,...
The late-night show, which features half-hour episodes of a variety of spooky happenings in a motel room, returns on July 24 at 11pm. The show was filmed last year, meaning that it was not hit by the Covid-19 production shutdown.
The series, which tells the stories of a cast of characters who pass through a single room of a typical American chain motel, features a variety of standalone episodes, from dark comedy to sci-fi as well as its first ever animated episode.
The premiere episode will be the first time in the series that Mark Duplass stars, writes, directs and performs original music.
Other stories include an estranged performer giving a one-night-only performance; a woman battling her dark past with addiction; a dollhouse and transporting back in time.
The season four cast includes Hari Nef,...
- 5/12/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
[The following article contains spoilers for “Room 104” Season 2, Episode 6, “Arnold.”]
Between all the flashing lights, choreographed dances, and live performances, the crux of “Arnold” — Brian Tyree Henry’s musical episode of “Room 104” — came down to a man staring at his phone.
“At the core of it, we always zeroed in on this moment when he looks at his phone and realizes what the word ‘falling’ meant,” writer and director Julian Wass told IndieWire. “It’s this fatalistic view of ‘falling’ — of course it wasn’t falling in love, it was falling off a building.”
“Falling” is the third word uttered by Arnold (Henry) as he stumbles, wet and confused, out of Room 104’s bathroom. He doesn’t know where he is, why he’s there, or how he ended up in a hotel, but Arnold starts singing “the yellow jacket… Kiki Alvarez… falling” — and he starts to remember more.
“That’s sort of the beginning of the memory, and each...
Between all the flashing lights, choreographed dances, and live performances, the crux of “Arnold” — Brian Tyree Henry’s musical episode of “Room 104” — came down to a man staring at his phone.
“At the core of it, we always zeroed in on this moment when he looks at his phone and realizes what the word ‘falling’ meant,” writer and director Julian Wass told IndieWire. “It’s this fatalistic view of ‘falling’ — of course it wasn’t falling in love, it was falling off a building.”
“Falling” is the third word uttered by Arnold (Henry) as he stumbles, wet and confused, out of Room 104’s bathroom. He doesn’t know where he is, why he’s there, or how he ended up in a hotel, but Arnold starts singing “the yellow jacket… Kiki Alvarez… falling” — and he starts to remember more.
“That’s sort of the beginning of the memory, and each...
- 5/22/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
We all know that Ray Romano has had a long and illustrious career in comedy. From his roots as a stand up comedian to his hit sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, not to mention his voice work in the Ice Age franchise, he’s a legend. Recently, however, he’s begun to show a more dramatic side to his talents. The Big Sick showcased that skill, while this week, he delivers his best performance to date in Paddleton, a Duplass Brothers production that hit Netflix on Friday. It’s a very nice film, with a quiet power to it, and Romano helps to really elevate it. Michael (Mark Duplass) and Andy (Romano) are unlikely friends. Middle aged men, they’re both single, neighbors, and seem to only have each other. Their lives are dominated by simple routine. They watch kung fu movies, they eat pizza, they explain to everyone they meet...
- 2/23/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Michael Shannon raps in a Russian accent in the fourth episode of “Room 104” Season 2. There. Now you know it’s coming, and believe me, the Oscar nominee and Chicago bar legend’s skilled rhyming — accompanied by gyrating dancers and a brass marching band — well, it’s worth getting excited about.
These are the miniature delights of Jay and Mark Duplass’ episodic anthology series, which abides by only one rule: Each story takes place in the same dingy motel room. With every half-hour sporting a new cast, story, and creative team, the genre-bending HBO experiment can be any kind of show on any given night. Of course, that also means each installment can be very good or very bad — more so than serialized programs, where odds are if you liked something last week, you’ll like something this week.
For some, the risk vs. reward profile for “Room 104” may prove less...
These are the miniature delights of Jay and Mark Duplass’ episodic anthology series, which abides by only one rule: Each story takes place in the same dingy motel room. With every half-hour sporting a new cast, story, and creative team, the genre-bending HBO experiment can be any kind of show on any given night. Of course, that also means each installment can be very good or very bad — more so than serialized programs, where odds are if you liked something last week, you’ll like something this week.
For some, the risk vs. reward profile for “Room 104” may prove less...
- 11/7/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Mainstream audiences may not be familiar with the work of Mark Duplass and his co-producer brother Jay Duplass. However, cinephiles who have been following the duo’s work over the past few years have certainly recognized their ability to craft quirky, inspired tales stretching across genres like sci-fi, horror, romance, comedy and drama.
Ever since the release of Baghead in 2008, the Duplass brothers have established their savvy for extracting emotionally grounded character-driven stories from the unlikeliest of places. Films like Safety Not Guaranteed and The One I Love are perhaps two of their most high-profile releases thus far, but now that Netflix has struck a four-picture deal with Duplass Brothers Productions, hopes are high that their profile will skyrocket in the immediate future. If Blue Jay – the first film to spring from that Netflix contract – is a sign of what’s to come, then subscribers of the streaming service are in for some great storytelling.
Ever since the release of Baghead in 2008, the Duplass brothers have established their savvy for extracting emotionally grounded character-driven stories from the unlikeliest of places. Films like Safety Not Guaranteed and The One I Love are perhaps two of their most high-profile releases thus far, but now that Netflix has struck a four-picture deal with Duplass Brothers Productions, hopes are high that their profile will skyrocket in the immediate future. If Blue Jay – the first film to spring from that Netflix contract – is a sign of what’s to come, then subscribers of the streaming service are in for some great storytelling.
- 10/11/2016
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- We Got This Covered
Conversations about the past are always unpredictable. Leave the moment too early and you lament not saying or knowing more. Stay too long and the magic is gone. But there’s that sweet spot, right at the apex, where the satisfaction of reliving those past joys perfectly outweighs the pain of time lost. With a pair of finely tuned performances and an observant approach to their story, “Blue Jay” manages to capture the satisfaction of that high point, even as its characters fly right past it.
Though shot in black and white (Alex Lehmann pulls double duty as director and cinematographer), the unexpected reunion of Jim and Amanda (Mark Duplass and Sarah Paulson) happens in the least dreamlike of places: the harsh, fluorescent lighting of a grocery store condiment aisle. After almost saying goodbye as quickly as they’re brought together, the two leave their cars in the parking lot...
Though shot in black and white (Alex Lehmann pulls double duty as director and cinematographer), the unexpected reunion of Jim and Amanda (Mark Duplass and Sarah Paulson) happens in the least dreamlike of places: the harsh, fluorescent lighting of a grocery store condiment aisle. After almost saying goodbye as quickly as they’re brought together, the two leave their cars in the parking lot...
- 9/17/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
I liked Fol Chen's album "The False Alarms," released last year. The band has a real sense of sequence, tempo and placement. They don't beat a chorus to death. (And "A Tourist Town" freaking rules.) All things that also help to make a good score and soundtrack. Julian Wass knows this. Maybe that's why the Fol Chen band member has already helmed a number of film sounds, his hands full with three scores in just a few scant months this summer. "The Pretty One" is the latest movie of these, with the film out on VOD tomorrow (June 3); Jenée Lamarque, Wass' wife, directed. For the film, Wass put together a cover of "It Might Be You," the theme from 1982's "Tootsie," an enchanting electronic re-imagining with singer Karryn on the mic. Speaking on the music for "The Pretty One," Wass said, “Around the same time as we started envisioning the score,...
- 6/3/2014
- Hitfix
Jenée Lamarque's "The Pretty One" is a film we were charmed by all the way back in 2013 when we first saw it at the Tribeca Film Festival. And of the many elements that caught our attention was the "gauzy, dreamy" score by Julian Wass. And the good news is, in addition to the film coming to VOD soon, the soundtrack will also be available shortly to spin at home too. Starring Zoe Kazan and Jake Johnson, the film follows the shy, awkward Laurel, who gets the opportunity to step into her twin sister Audrey's much more confident personality and life when Audrey is tragically killed. It's a quirky concept on the page, but one that really works when put into action, and for Wass, it was a Disney movie that served as his entry point for working on "The Pretty One." “Around the same time as we started envisioning...
- 5/30/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
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