After starring in the comedy Vacation Friends (which I enjoyed much more than our reviewer did) and its sequel (didn’t watch that one yet) for the Hulu streaming service, Lil Rel Howery has taken the lead in another Hulu Original – but this time they switched up genres. Their new collaboration is the sci-fi horror movie The Mill, which is set to start streaming on October 9th as part of the service’s “Huluween” event. With that release date just over a week away, we’ve gotten our hands on a trailer for The Mill, and you can check it out in the embed above.
Directed by Sean King O’Grady (We Need to Do Something) from a screenplay by Jeffrey David Thomas (All American: Homecoming), The Mill sees Howery playing the role of a white-collar businessman who mysteriously wakes up in an open-air prison cell containing only an old grist mill.
Directed by Sean King O’Grady (We Need to Do Something) from a screenplay by Jeffrey David Thomas (All American: Homecoming), The Mill sees Howery playing the role of a white-collar businessman who mysteriously wakes up in an open-air prison cell containing only an old grist mill.
- 9/29/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The horror genre is built on the idea that you can take real-world issues and add a few scares to create something memorable. And that’s precisely the goal with the upcoming film, “The Mill.”
As seen in the trailer for “The Mill,” the horror film is set near the future where capitalism has run amok. It stars Lil Rel Howery as a corporate career man who works for the world’s biggest company.
Continue reading ‘The Mill’ Trailer: Capitalism Has Run Amok In New Horror Film Starring Lil Rel Howery at The Playlist.
As seen in the trailer for “The Mill,” the horror film is set near the future where capitalism has run amok. It stars Lil Rel Howery as a corporate career man who works for the world’s biggest company.
Continue reading ‘The Mill’ Trailer: Capitalism Has Run Amok In New Horror Film Starring Lil Rel Howery at The Playlist.
- 9/28/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Pussy Riot are taking Maria Alyokhina’s “Riot Days” tour to North America this fall.
Based on Alyokhina’s 2017 memoir of the same name, the “Riot Days” tour combines live music, theatre, and video as the Pussy Riot member recounts her experiences protesting with the Russian punk collective — and facing imprisonment for the group’s guerrilla tactics. The activist has taken the show across the globe in recent years and won the Woody Guthrie prize in the States for its anti-fascist politics.
Beginning November 1st in Montreal, the fall 2023 trek takes Pussy Riot — in this iteration, featuring Alyokhina, Diana Burkot, Olga Broisova, and Alina Petrova — to Toronto, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, Los Angeles, Austin, Nashville, DC, and more before wrapping up December 8th in Brooklyn. Liza Anne, Sloppy Jane, Death Valley Girls, Pinkshift, and Thick provide support on select dates.
Checkout the complete tour itinerary for the “Riot Days” Fall 2023 North American tour below.
Based on Alyokhina’s 2017 memoir of the same name, the “Riot Days” tour combines live music, theatre, and video as the Pussy Riot member recounts her experiences protesting with the Russian punk collective — and facing imprisonment for the group’s guerrilla tactics. The activist has taken the show across the globe in recent years and won the Woody Guthrie prize in the States for its anti-fascist politics.
Beginning November 1st in Montreal, the fall 2023 trek takes Pussy Riot — in this iteration, featuring Alyokhina, Diana Burkot, Olga Broisova, and Alina Petrova — to Toronto, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, Los Angeles, Austin, Nashville, DC, and more before wrapping up December 8th in Brooklyn. Liza Anne, Sloppy Jane, Death Valley Girls, Pinkshift, and Thick provide support on select dates.
Checkout the complete tour itinerary for the “Riot Days” Fall 2023 North American tour below.
- 9/19/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Pussy Riot have unveiled the new song “Bad Trip,” which features UK rock duo Nova Twins and Argentinian producer Mykka.
The track starts with some buzzing guitar noise before launching into a chaotic, sexy, screamy, and, at times, whisper-fueled pop-metal anthem, featuring the lyrics, “You’ll never see us coming/ There’s nowhere to escape/ Power, superNova/ Pussy Riot til it’s over.”
Pussy Riot leader Nadya Riot (formerly Nadya Tolokonnikova) said of the song, “Mykka played this beat for me and I got obsessed and begged her to give it to me. It sounds menacing and dominant. I’m a big fan of Bosch, so I wanted to imagine what would be my version of hell / bad trip in this track — being mansplained and totally dominated would be a version of hell for me, that’s why my verse goes: ‘Mansplain me! I don’t really know what am I doing with my life,...
The track starts with some buzzing guitar noise before launching into a chaotic, sexy, screamy, and, at times, whisper-fueled pop-metal anthem, featuring the lyrics, “You’ll never see us coming/ There’s nowhere to escape/ Power, superNova/ Pussy Riot til it’s over.”
Pussy Riot leader Nadya Riot (formerly Nadya Tolokonnikova) said of the song, “Mykka played this beat for me and I got obsessed and begged her to give it to me. It sounds menacing and dominant. I’m a big fan of Bosch, so I wanted to imagine what would be my version of hell / bad trip in this track — being mansplained and totally dominated would be a version of hell for me, that’s why my verse goes: ‘Mansplain me! I don’t really know what am I doing with my life,...
- 9/15/2023
- by Anne Erickson
- Consequence - Music
Exclusive: Max Hollman, a rising star drama executive at HBO, has left the premium cable network to join Middle Child Pictures, the film and TV company launched recently by David Bernad. Hollman will continue to work with HBO as he sets off to run television for Middle Child Pictures as Producer/Executive through a first-look TV deal the company has signed with HBO and A24.
Under that pact, HBO will get first crack at Middle Child Pictures’ TV development, with A24 serving as the studio on projects that the network takes in. For shows that don’t go to HBO, A24 can come on board and sell them elsewhere.
Hollman, who started his career as an assistant in the television department at CAA, had been at HBO for almost eight years, rising from assistant to coordinator, manager, director and, most recently, VP, drama programming. During his tenure,...
Under that pact, HBO will get first crack at Middle Child Pictures’ TV development, with A24 serving as the studio on projects that the network takes in. For shows that don’t go to HBO, A24 can come on board and sell them elsewhere.
Hollman, who started his career as an assistant in the television department at CAA, had been at HBO for almost eight years, rising from assistant to coordinator, manager, director and, most recently, VP, drama programming. During his tenure,...
- 8/25/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
A wooded setting, two characters, and conflicting values are the basis for Manami Ikemoto's clever short film “Hunting Results.” Ikemoto primarily works as an editor and creates films that detail the behind-the-scenes process in filmmaking. Here, he shines as a director in his first major project since his graduation movie, “Bad Trip.” With a low budget and two actors, he explores ideas of evolving perspectives and people who stand by old-fashioned notions.
Hunting Results is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
In the story, a married couple is out on a hunting trip. The husband, Naotaro, is overbearing and excessively stands by patriarchal values, while the wife, Yuko, is laid back and open-minded. Naotaro is deeply bothered that his daughter, Misako, is gay and takes out his frustrations on his spouse. Yet, Yuko stands up for herself, and the couple's complicated marriage and beliefs are explored in their journey into the woods.
Hunting Results is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
In the story, a married couple is out on a hunting trip. The husband, Naotaro, is overbearing and excessively stands by patriarchal values, while the wife, Yuko, is laid back and open-minded. Naotaro is deeply bothered that his daughter, Misako, is gay and takes out his frustrations on his spouse. Yet, Yuko stands up for herself, and the couple's complicated marriage and beliefs are explored in their journey into the woods.
- 7/21/2023
- by Sean Barry
- AsianMoviePulse
After a successful post-pandemic return in 2022, San Diego Comic-Con will hold a much quieter event for 2023, which runs from July 20-23. In June, with possibility of SAG-AFTRA joining the WGA on the picket lines — as well as the success of other focused fan events (like Star Wars Celebration and Tudum) — several major players decided to sit out this year’s convention before the schedule had even been announced, including Marvel, Lucasfilm, HBO, Universal, Sony and Netflix. By the time Sdcc announced the schedule in early July, Warner Bros. had also elected to be absent this year, despite upcoming DC projects like “Blue Beetle” and “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.”
Some studios and productions, however, did announce major panels in the hope that SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP would strike a deal in time for the convention — which didn’t happen. SAG-AFTRA is now on strike, less than a week before Sdcc is set to begin,...
Some studios and productions, however, did announce major panels in the hope that SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP would strike a deal in time for the convention — which didn’t happen. SAG-AFTRA is now on strike, less than a week before Sdcc is set to begin,...
- 7/15/2023
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
San Diego Comic-Con is going to be a little different this year. Many studios had already dropped out of presenting, including Marvel, Sony, HBO, Universal, and Netflix, and now that SAG-AFTRA has joined the WGA on the picket lines, you can pretty much kiss any panel involving writers or actors goodbye. The official Comic-Con schedule has been updated with a list of cancelled panels, which unfortunately includes Dune: Part Two, The Boys spin-off series Gen V, Amazon’s The Wheel of Time, Lionsgate’s upcoming The Strangers trilogy, and more.
Behind the Scenes with the Cast of Jury Duty: Thursday, July 20 – 1:45pm – 2:45pm
From producers of The Office, The White Lotus, and Bad Trip, the Amazon Freevee Original series Jury Duty chronicles the inner workings of an American jury trial through the eyes of one particular juror, Ronald Gladden, who doesn’t realize that everyone around him is...
Behind the Scenes with the Cast of Jury Duty: Thursday, July 20 – 1:45pm – 2:45pm
From producers of The Office, The White Lotus, and Bad Trip, the Amazon Freevee Original series Jury Duty chronicles the inner workings of an American jury trial through the eyes of one particular juror, Ronald Gladden, who doesn’t realize that everyone around him is...
- 7/15/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
When “The Eric Andre Show” returns to the Adult Swim airwaves tonight after a three year hiatus, fans of Andre’s brand of surrealist talk show humor will be treated to another round of awkward interviews, deranged pranks, and naked PAs.
The series, which premiered in 2012, made Andre a star in alternative comedy circles. But after a successful five-year run, he paused the show in 2020 to pursue bigger projects. In a new interview with the Associated Press, Andre said that his decision to bring the show back for a sixth season was partially due to his Netflix movie “Bad Trip” not being the financial windfall that he expected it to be.
“I was going to end the show after five seasons and then I didn’t make any money on ‘Bad Trip,’” he said, before adding that he still enjoys making the show and is open to more seasons. “Why...
The series, which premiered in 2012, made Andre a star in alternative comedy circles. But after a successful five-year run, he paused the show in 2020 to pursue bigger projects. In a new interview with the Associated Press, Andre said that his decision to bring the show back for a sixth season was partially due to his Netflix movie “Bad Trip” not being the financial windfall that he expected it to be.
“I was going to end the show after five seasons and then I didn’t make any money on ‘Bad Trip,’” he said, before adding that he still enjoys making the show and is open to more seasons. “Why...
- 6/4/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Comedian Eric Andre is returning to Adult Swim for a sixth season of his absurdist talk show “The Eric Andre Show,” and he says his reasoning is partially financial. In an interview with the Associated Press, published Saturday, Andre said he would’ve called it quits earlier had his 2021 film “Bad Trip” been at all lucrative for him.
“I was going to end [‘The Eric Andre Show’] after five seasons and then I didn’t make any money on ‘Bad Trip,’” Andre said.
The film, which André co-wrote, produced and starred in, was never released in theaters due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The hidden camera comedy went through distribution issues before eventually being released on Netflix in 2021. In a recent interview with Howard Stern, André said the film took nearly a decade to make, but he only made around $17,000 from it.
Despite its delayed release, the film was at one point the No.
“I was going to end [‘The Eric Andre Show’] after five seasons and then I didn’t make any money on ‘Bad Trip,’” Andre said.
The film, which André co-wrote, produced and starred in, was never released in theaters due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The hidden camera comedy went through distribution issues before eventually being released on Netflix in 2021. In a recent interview with Howard Stern, André said the film took nearly a decade to make, but he only made around $17,000 from it.
Despite its delayed release, the film was at one point the No.
- 6/4/2023
- by Mason Bissada
- The Wrap
This article appears in the new issue of Den Of Geek magazine. Get your copy here.
Ever a man of extremes, Eric Andre, who by all accounts buffed up into the best shape of his life as a bit for the new season of his late-night prank show, shows up to our interview in a bright green Newport Cigarettes tracksuit.
“I’m polluting my body yet again,” Andre tells Den of Geek magazine. “I don’t think I’ve ever had a Newport in my life. [Laughs] I’m a poser. I’m a fraud.”
When we meet Andre, he’s a handful of days into a trip to Austin, Texas, where Adult Swim screened two episodes of The Eric Andre Show’s sixth season on the opening day of the SXSW Comedy Festival to a raucous sell-out crowd with supporting sets from his new co-host Felipe Esparza and comedian friend Reggie Watts.
Ever a man of extremes, Eric Andre, who by all accounts buffed up into the best shape of his life as a bit for the new season of his late-night prank show, shows up to our interview in a bright green Newport Cigarettes tracksuit.
“I’m polluting my body yet again,” Andre tells Den of Geek magazine. “I don’t think I’ve ever had a Newport in my life. [Laughs] I’m a poser. I’m a fraud.”
When we meet Andre, he’s a handful of days into a trip to Austin, Texas, where Adult Swim screened two episodes of The Eric Andre Show’s sixth season on the opening day of the SXSW Comedy Festival to a raucous sell-out crowd with supporting sets from his new co-host Felipe Esparza and comedian friend Reggie Watts.
- 5/26/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
The films released in 2020 and 2021 exist in this weird bubble, thanks to Covid. The ones that were released in theaters didn’t get seen by a lot of people. Other films that were destined for theatrical release were sent to streaming. Just as a fan of films, it was a confusing, strange time. On the business side, we saw Scarlett Johansson sue Disney for loss of money due to Covid release changes, and we also saw filmmakers come out to decry the evils of a straight-to-streaming release.
Continue reading Eric Andre Made “Zero Dollars” From ‘Bad Trip’ Because It Was Sold To Netflix at The Playlist.
Continue reading Eric Andre Made “Zero Dollars” From ‘Bad Trip’ Because It Was Sold To Netflix at The Playlist.
- 5/23/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
After a decade-long friendship, comedy producers David Bernad and Todd Schulman finally put together their hidden-camera comedy expertise to make Amazon Freevee’s viral success “Jury Duty.”
The executive producers of the overnight hit mockumentary combined their talents for the improvised-scripted sitcom. Bernad and Schulman began with the idea to hone in on sitcom genre tropes and create a story about an isolated individual amongst a cast of actors as they served on a sequestered jury.
The two have had successful stints with unconventional comedy subgenres, most recently within the improvised-scripted sphere. Schulman worked with Sacha Baron Cohen on “Who Is America?” and Bernad teamed with Eric Andre on “Bad Trip.” Prior to “Jury Duty,” Schulman served as executive producer on “Borat,” “Bruno,” “The Lovebirds” and “The Dictator,” while Bernad executive produced “The White Lotus,” “Superstore,” “Uncharted” and “White House Plumbers.“
Since “Jury Duty’s” ending, audiences have embraced star...
The executive producers of the overnight hit mockumentary combined their talents for the improvised-scripted sitcom. Bernad and Schulman began with the idea to hone in on sitcom genre tropes and create a story about an isolated individual amongst a cast of actors as they served on a sequestered jury.
The two have had successful stints with unconventional comedy subgenres, most recently within the improvised-scripted sphere. Schulman worked with Sacha Baron Cohen on “Who Is America?” and Bernad teamed with Eric Andre on “Bad Trip.” Prior to “Jury Duty,” Schulman served as executive producer on “Borat,” “Bruno,” “The Lovebirds” and “The Dictator,” while Bernad executive produced “The White Lotus,” “Superstore,” “Uncharted” and “White House Plumbers.“
Since “Jury Duty’s” ending, audiences have embraced star...
- 5/5/2023
- by Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
Did anyone catch that sketch in James Corden's final "Late Late Show" where the unctuous Brit got a farewell from all the late night talk show hosts? Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Myers, and David Letterman all had a grand old time poking fun at Corden and his proclivity for singing and dancing before the host wakes up to find it was all a dream. Funny stuff.
If, like me, you find the whole late night scene a fascinating anachronism in 2023, you're not alone. The great comedian Tim Heidecker loves to skewer the increasingly outdated talk show format whenever he gets a chance. But he and his Abso Lutely productions, which he co-owns with fellow "Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job" star Eric Wareheim, have also gone a step further and provided the perfect salve for anyone overwhelmed by the mediocrity of Carpool Karaoke and pre-prepared talk show anecdotes.
If, like me, you find the whole late night scene a fascinating anachronism in 2023, you're not alone. The great comedian Tim Heidecker loves to skewer the increasingly outdated talk show format whenever he gets a chance. But he and his Abso Lutely productions, which he co-owns with fellow "Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job" star Eric Wareheim, have also gone a step further and provided the perfect salve for anyone overwhelmed by the mediocrity of Carpool Karaoke and pre-prepared talk show anecdotes.
- 5/4/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
In the days since the finale of “Jury Duty” on Amazon Freevee, Ronald Gladden’s life has changed in ways he never could have imagined. After responding to a Craigslist ad asking for participants to take part in a documentary about jury duty, the 30-year-old San Diego-based project manager instead found himself as the unknowing star of his very own “Truman Show.”
He ended up being the foreman on an absurd, fake trial while a cast of actors orchestrated a string of ludicrous scenes pulled straight out of a sitcom. While in hindsight it’s hard to see how Gladden didn’t have his suspicions, the most unbelievable moment for him might have come in the final episode, when it’s revealed that every interaction he’s had over the past month was scripted and rehearsed, with hidden cameras documenting his every move that would ultimately be viewed by millions of strangers.
He ended up being the foreman on an absurd, fake trial while a cast of actors orchestrated a string of ludicrous scenes pulled straight out of a sitcom. While in hindsight it’s hard to see how Gladden didn’t have his suspicions, the most unbelievable moment for him might have come in the final episode, when it’s revealed that every interaction he’s had over the past month was scripted and rehearsed, with hidden cameras documenting his every move that would ultimately be viewed by millions of strangers.
- 5/1/2023
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Christina Gizoni has joined Blumhouse as VP, Marketing and Communications.
In this new role, she’ll be working to support Blumhouse’s theatrical film titles and the studio’s overall brand.
Gizoni reports to CMO Karen Barragan and is part of the department which includes Milady Flores, who oversees Marketing and Communications for the television department which produces scripted and unscripted series, documentaries and movies for television and streaming.
Gizoni joins Blumhouse from Netflix where she served as a publicist working on campaigns for films including Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Bad Trip, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Always Be My Maybe, and Velvet Buzzsaw. She also worked on release and awards campaigns for Blonde, Don’t Look Up, The Two Popes and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
Before Netflix, she was on the national film publicity team at Sony Pictures. During her time there, she worked on campaigns...
In this new role, she’ll be working to support Blumhouse’s theatrical film titles and the studio’s overall brand.
Gizoni reports to CMO Karen Barragan and is part of the department which includes Milady Flores, who oversees Marketing and Communications for the television department which produces scripted and unscripted series, documentaries and movies for television and streaming.
Gizoni joins Blumhouse from Netflix where she served as a publicist working on campaigns for films including Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Bad Trip, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Always Be My Maybe, and Velvet Buzzsaw. She also worked on release and awards campaigns for Blonde, Don’t Look Up, The Two Popes and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
Before Netflix, she was on the national film publicity team at Sony Pictures. During her time there, she worked on campaigns...
- 4/13/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Atx TV Festival has announced several additions to its already-packed slate for the annual event being held in Austin, Texas.
Beginning on Thursday, June 1 and running through Sunday, June 4, the festival will host premiere screenings, Q&As, panel conversations and more, including a 25th Anniversary screening of Dawson’s Creek. The reunion’s confirmed panelists include writers/producers Liz Tigelaar (Tiny Beautiful Things, Little Fires Everywhere), Rina Mimoun (Mistresses, Everwood), Gina Fattore (Dare Me, Parenthood), Anna Fricke (Walker, Being Human), Maggie Friedman (Firefly Lane, Witches of East End) and moderator Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals), with additional panelists to be announced soon.
Beginning on Thursday, June 1 and running through Sunday, June 4, the festival will host premiere screenings, Q&As, panel conversations and more, including a 25th Anniversary screening of Dawson’s Creek. The reunion’s confirmed panelists include writers/producers Liz Tigelaar (Tiny Beautiful Things, Little Fires Everywhere), Rina Mimoun (Mistresses, Everwood), Gina Fattore (Dare Me, Parenthood), Anna Fricke (Walker, Being Human), Maggie Friedman (Firefly Lane, Witches of East End) and moderator Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals), with additional panelists to be announced soon.
- 4/3/2023
- by Claire Franken
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Oscar winning co-director/co-scribe/producer of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Rodney Rothman, and former MGM exec Adam Rosenberg, have inked a first look deal with Sony Pictures to develop, produce, write, and direct feature films through their company, Modern Magic.
Under their deal with the studio, Rothman and Rosenberg are developing a feature film based on an original idea by Emmy Award winner Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary), with Emmy Award nominee Jonathan Krisel (Portlandia) attached to direct.
“Rodney Rothman is the ultimate paradox, wickedly funny yet also highly capable of the most sophisticated, heartfelt storytelling. He is an extraordinary talent and we are thrilled to expand our relationship with him. He and his producing partner Adam Rosenberg have a great plan for their new company now solidified in this new first-look deal,” said Sanford Panitch, President, Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group.
Said Rothman, “After years of casually implying that...
Under their deal with the studio, Rothman and Rosenberg are developing a feature film based on an original idea by Emmy Award winner Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary), with Emmy Award nominee Jonathan Krisel (Portlandia) attached to direct.
“Rodney Rothman is the ultimate paradox, wickedly funny yet also highly capable of the most sophisticated, heartfelt storytelling. He is an extraordinary talent and we are thrilled to expand our relationship with him. He and his producing partner Adam Rosenberg have a great plan for their new company now solidified in this new first-look deal,” said Sanford Panitch, President, Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group.
Said Rothman, “After years of casually implying that...
- 3/29/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
“Jury Duty,” the upcoming docu-style comedy series starring James Marsden as himself, explores truths stranger than fiction when one unsuspecting juror is put in a courtroom of actors for a fake case and a faker documentary.
Marsden leads the “Truman Show”-style misadventure, playing a version of himself who tries – and fails – to get out of his civic duty when the judge fails to recognize him as a public figure. In the first trailer for the Amazon Freevee series, which dropped Tuesday, other characters are seen pushing the envelope of what’s acceptable behavior in the literal court of law – while real-life juror Ronald Gladden goes about his duty being none the wiser that everything is staged.
Coming from the producers of “The Office,” “The White Lotus” and “Bad Trip,” “Jury Duty” is just the latest comedy series to blend genres of reality and scripted, following in the steps of Sacha Baron Cohen,...
Marsden leads the “Truman Show”-style misadventure, playing a version of himself who tries – and fails – to get out of his civic duty when the judge fails to recognize him as a public figure. In the first trailer for the Amazon Freevee series, which dropped Tuesday, other characters are seen pushing the envelope of what’s acceptable behavior in the literal court of law – while real-life juror Ronald Gladden goes about his duty being none the wiser that everything is staged.
Coming from the producers of “The Office,” “The White Lotus” and “Bad Trip,” “Jury Duty” is just the latest comedy series to blend genres of reality and scripted, following in the steps of Sacha Baron Cohen,...
- 3/7/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
After starring in the comedy Vacation Friends and its upcoming sequel Honeymoon Friends for the Hulu streaming service, Lil Rel Howery has taken the lead into another Hulu Original: the sci-fi horror movie The Mill. It’s said that The Mill is largely a one-man show, but Scoot McNairy (Monsters), Pat Healy (Station 19) and Karen Obilom (House Party) are also in the cast.
Directed by Sean King O’Grady (We Need to Do Something) from a screenplay by Jeffrey David Thomas (All American: Homecoming), The Mill sees Howery playing the role of a white-collar businessman who mysteriously wakes up in an open-air prison cell containing only an old grist mill. Forced to work as a beast of burden to stay alive, he must find a way to escape before the birth of his child. An image of Howery’s character in the cell can be seen at the bottom of this article,...
Directed by Sean King O’Grady (We Need to Do Something) from a screenplay by Jeffrey David Thomas (All American: Homecoming), The Mill sees Howery playing the role of a white-collar businessman who mysteriously wakes up in an open-air prison cell containing only an old grist mill. Forced to work as a beast of burden to stay alive, he must find a way to escape before the birth of his child. An image of Howery’s character in the cell can be seen at the bottom of this article,...
- 2/1/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Stressful days at work take on new meaning when you're a paramedic, and in "Code 3," the upcoming buddy action-comedy from Wayfarer Studios and Circle of Confusion, two paramedics have the wildest day possible (all for our entertainment!). Deadline revealed that Lil Rel Howery ("Get Out") and Rainn Wilson ("Weird: The Al Yankovic Story") will star as the pair of paramedics, saving lives and making us laugh. "Code 3" is still in pretty early production, so details are subject to change and the cast will continue to grow, but the movie already sounds like a lot of fun.
The work of a paramedic might not seem all that funny (just look at "Bringing Out the Dead"), but given the bizarre situations that many people get themselves into, I can imagine there's still humor to be found. Not every call is a nightmare, and there's probably some ridiculous and funny stuff that happens too.
The work of a paramedic might not seem all that funny (just look at "Bringing Out the Dead"), but given the bizarre situations that many people get themselves into, I can imagine there's still humor to be found. Not every call is a nightmare, and there's probably some ridiculous and funny stuff that happens too.
- 1/24/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
Lauv broke through in the late 2010s with “I Like Me Better,” a crushed-out electropop song with spare instrumentation and a hushed vocal that shrouded his confessions of vulnerability in extreme-close-up intimacy. Since the release of that single, the singer-songwriter—real name Ari Leff—has established himself as a front-line reporter for emotional twentysomethings, chronicling his loves, losses, drugs, and dreams.
All 4 Nothing, Lauv’s second album, continues that path with tracks that hunger for a return to childlike wonder while being steeped in the doings of adulthood. Lauv has...
All 4 Nothing, Lauv’s second album, continues that path with tracks that hunger for a return to childlike wonder while being steeped in the doings of adulthood. Lauv has...
- 8/5/2022
- by Maura Johnston
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Dascha Polanco (Orange Is The New Black) and Lil Rel Howery (Free Guy) have been cast opposite Natasha Lyonne in Poker Face, Peacock’s 10-episode mystery drama series from Rian Johnson, his T-Street banner and MRC Television.
Details about the series or its characters have not been revealed beyond the show being described by Johnson as a fun, character driven, case-of-the-week mystery. In addition to Lyonne, Polanco and Howery join previously cast Adrien Brody, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Stephanie Hsu, Benjamin Bratt and David Castañeda.
Knives Out and Star Wars filmmaker Johnson is the creator, writer and director of Poker Face, and also executive produces alongside T-Street partner Ram Bergman and the company’s television president Nena Rodrigue. Lyonne serves as an executive producer via her Animal Pictures. The company’s Maya Rudolph and Danielle Renfrew Behrens will co-executive produce. Lilla and Nora Zuckerman are executive producers/showrunners.
The series stems...
Details about the series or its characters have not been revealed beyond the show being described by Johnson as a fun, character driven, case-of-the-week mystery. In addition to Lyonne, Polanco and Howery join previously cast Adrien Brody, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Stephanie Hsu, Benjamin Bratt and David Castañeda.
Knives Out and Star Wars filmmaker Johnson is the creator, writer and director of Poker Face, and also executive produces alongside T-Street partner Ram Bergman and the company’s television president Nena Rodrigue. Lyonne serves as an executive producer via her Animal Pictures. The company’s Maya Rudolph and Danielle Renfrew Behrens will co-executive produce. Lilla and Nora Zuckerman are executive producers/showrunners.
The series stems...
- 6/3/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Will Arnett will star and voice popular video game character Sweet Tooth in Peacock’s upcoming live-action adaptation of video game “Twisted Metal,” the streamer announced Wednesday.
Arnett, who will also executive produce, joins previously announced series leads Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz and Thomas Haden Church as well as guest star Neve Campbell. Mackie will also executive produce.
Sweet Tooth is described as a hilarious and terrifying hulk of a man, who is as emotional as he is cunning. A lover of chaos, this majestic rage-filled killer dons an ever-smiling clown mask and uses “Lost Vegas” as his own personal kill-ground, all while he drives his infamous doomsday ice cream truck.
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“Twisted Metal” is a high-octane half-hour action-comedy based on the popular PlayStation game series and an original take from Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick about a motor-mouthed...
Arnett, who will also executive produce, joins previously announced series leads Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz and Thomas Haden Church as well as guest star Neve Campbell. Mackie will also executive produce.
Sweet Tooth is described as a hilarious and terrifying hulk of a man, who is as emotional as he is cunning. A lover of chaos, this majestic rage-filled killer dons an ever-smiling clown mask and uses “Lost Vegas” as his own personal kill-ground, all while he drives his infamous doomsday ice cream truck.
Also Read:
‘Twisted Metal’ TV Series Starring Anthony Mackie Lands at Peacock
“Twisted Metal” is a high-octane half-hour action-comedy based on the popular PlayStation game series and an original take from Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick about a motor-mouthed...
- 6/1/2022
- by Brandon Katz
- The Wrap
It’s official. Will Arnett will voice the iconic main character Sweet Tooth in Peacock’s Twisted Metal live-action video game adaptation.
Sweet Tooth is described as a hilarious and terrifying hulk of a man, who is as emotional as he is cunning. A lover of chaos, this majestic rage-filled killer dons an ever-smiling clown mask and uses “Lost Vegas” as his own personal kill-ground, all while he drives his infamous doomsday ice cream truck.
It had been widely speculated that Arnett, who executive produces the series, would voice the character but it had never been officially announced.
Anthony Mackie stars in the series as John Doe and also executive produces. Stephanie Beatriz co-stars opposite Mackie, alongside Thomas Haden Church and Neve Campbell, who recurs.
From Cobra Kai writer Michael Jonathan Smith, Twisted Metal is a half-hour, high-octane action comedy, based on an original take by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick...
Sweet Tooth is described as a hilarious and terrifying hulk of a man, who is as emotional as he is cunning. A lover of chaos, this majestic rage-filled killer dons an ever-smiling clown mask and uses “Lost Vegas” as his own personal kill-ground, all while he drives his infamous doomsday ice cream truck.
It had been widely speculated that Arnett, who executive produces the series, would voice the character but it had never been officially announced.
Anthony Mackie stars in the series as John Doe and also executive produces. Stephanie Beatriz co-stars opposite Mackie, alongside Thomas Haden Church and Neve Campbell, who recurs.
From Cobra Kai writer Michael Jonathan Smith, Twisted Metal is a half-hour, high-octane action comedy, based on an original take by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick...
- 6/1/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar nominee Thomas Haden Church is set as a lead alongside Anthony Mackie and Stephanie Beatriz in Twisted Metal, Peacock’s comedic half-hour live-action adaptation of the popular video game.
Based on the classic PlayStation game series, Twisted Metal is a high-octane action comedy, based on an original take by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick about a motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.
Church will play Agent Stone, a cold and unyielding post-apocalyptic highway patrolman who rules the roads with a silver tongue and a twisted iron fist, prosecuting even the smallest crimes with the harshest of judgements.
Based on the classic PlayStation game series, Twisted Metal is a high-octane action comedy, based on an original take by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick about a motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.
Church will play Agent Stone, a cold and unyielding post-apocalyptic highway patrolman who rules the roads with a silver tongue and a twisted iron fist, prosecuting even the smallest crimes with the harshest of judgements.
- 5/19/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Actress Tiffany Haddish ("Bad Trip") will star in and produce a live-action feature adaptation of Dark Horse Comics' 5-issue title "Mystery Girl" by Paul Tobin and Alberto Alburquerque, to be directed by McG (Terminator: Salvation") for streaming on Netflix:
"...'Trine' (Haddish) , living off the grid in Los Angeles as a street psychic, has no memory of who she is or where she came from but is guided by an omniscient 'Voice' in her head that knows everyone's business and everyone's secrets.
"When 'LAPD' officer 'Cooper', seeks out Trine to help him crack a case, the two are framed for murder and must work together to clear their names and solve the ultimate mystery: the one behind 'Mystery Girl' herself."
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"...'Trine' (Haddish) , living off the grid in Los Angeles as a street psychic, has no memory of who she is or where she came from but is guided by an omniscient 'Voice' in her head that knows everyone's business and everyone's secrets.
"When 'LAPD' officer 'Cooper', seeks out Trine to help him crack a case, the two are framed for murder and must work together to clear their names and solve the ultimate mystery: the one behind 'Mystery Girl' herself."
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- 5/7/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: Kitao Sakurai will executive produce and direct multiple episodes of Peacock’s Twisted Metal.
Twisted Metal is a comedic half-hour live-action adaptation of the popular video game from Sony Pictures TV, PlayStation Productions, and Universal Television. Anthony Mackie both stars and executive produces the series.
From Cobra Kai writer Michael Jonathan Smith, Twisted Metal is a high-octane action comedy, based on an original take by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick about a motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.
Mackie plays John Doe, a smart-ass milkman who talks as fast as he drives.
Twisted Metal is a comedic half-hour live-action adaptation of the popular video game from Sony Pictures TV, PlayStation Productions, and Universal Television. Anthony Mackie both stars and executive produces the series.
From Cobra Kai writer Michael Jonathan Smith, Twisted Metal is a high-octane action comedy, based on an original take by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick about a motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.
Mackie plays John Doe, a smart-ass milkman who talks as fast as he drives.
- 4/19/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
IFC Films has acquired the worldwide rights (excluding Nordics) to “Bad Axe,” a documentary from director David Siev that won the Audience Award for a documentary at this year’s SXSW.
Siev’s debut feature documentary follows an Asian-American Michigan family as they fought racism and abuse in order to keep their local restaurant alive and open amid the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic and the backdrop of Trump-era political and racial tensions.
IFC Films is planning a release for “Bad Axe” later this year in both theaters and on VOD.
“Bad Axe” is produced by Jude Harris, Diane Quon, Katarina Vasquez and David Siev. The film is executive Produced by Jeff Tremaine (“Jackass Forever”), Shanna Zablow Newton, Marci Wiseman, Daniel J. Chalfen, Dawn Bonder, Michael Meinhold and Tim Chow.
In addition to picking up the Audience Award following its premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, it...
Siev’s debut feature documentary follows an Asian-American Michigan family as they fought racism and abuse in order to keep their local restaurant alive and open amid the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic and the backdrop of Trump-era political and racial tensions.
IFC Films is planning a release for “Bad Axe” later this year in both theaters and on VOD.
“Bad Axe” is produced by Jude Harris, Diane Quon, Katarina Vasquez and David Siev. The film is executive Produced by Jeff Tremaine (“Jackass Forever”), Shanna Zablow Newton, Marci Wiseman, Daniel J. Chalfen, Dawn Bonder, Michael Meinhold and Tim Chow.
In addition to picking up the Audience Award following its premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, it...
- 4/13/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Former Timeless star Malcolm Barrett has been tapped as the lead of the CBS comedy pilot The Hug Machine. Michaela Conlin and Allison Guinn also will star in the project, from Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist executive producer Sam Laybourne, Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone and CBS Studios.
Barrett was also recently cast in the Apple TV+ series The Changeling headlined by Lakeith Stanfield. He plays Patrice, the best friend of Lakeith’s character, in the project, created by Kelly Marcel.
2022 CBS Pilots & Series Orders
Written by Laybourne and directed by Taccone, in The Hug Machine a dad (Barrett) gets a second chance to save both his marriage and his flailing rock career when his band unintentionally finds success in the raucous, cutthroat world of children’s music.
Barrett’s Dan is a loving, unrealistic father of two. His obsession with music has alienated the people he cares most about, namely...
Barrett was also recently cast in the Apple TV+ series The Changeling headlined by Lakeith Stanfield. He plays Patrice, the best friend of Lakeith’s character, in the project, created by Kelly Marcel.
2022 CBS Pilots & Series Orders
Written by Laybourne and directed by Taccone, in The Hug Machine a dad (Barrett) gets a second chance to save both his marriage and his flailing rock career when his band unintentionally finds success in the raucous, cutthroat world of children’s music.
Barrett’s Dan is a loving, unrealistic father of two. His obsession with music has alienated the people he cares most about, namely...
- 4/8/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Kitao Sakurai, director of the hidden camera Netflix comedy, "Bad Trip," is set to helm "72 Hours" for Sony Pictures, according to Deadline. "Cobra Kai" creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald are reportedly working on the film, with Hurwitz and Schlossberg having written the original screenplay, with rewrites by Nicolas Thomas.
Although plot details for "72 Hours" are virtually non-existent at this point, the film is already attracting loads of attention due to the massive popularity of "Bad Trip" and "Cobra Kai."
Sakurai's "Bad Trip" can be deemed an outrageous comedic offering, and the film follows two best friends Chris...
The post 72 Hours: Bad Trip Director Kitao Sakurai Making Movie Written By Cobra Kai Creators appeared first on /Film.
Although plot details for "72 Hours" are virtually non-existent at this point, the film is already attracting loads of attention due to the massive popularity of "Bad Trip" and "Cobra Kai."
Sakurai's "Bad Trip" can be deemed an outrageous comedic offering, and the film follows two best friends Chris...
The post 72 Hours: Bad Trip Director Kitao Sakurai Making Movie Written By Cobra Kai Creators appeared first on /Film.
- 3/16/2022
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Following the critical acclaim of his Netflix comedy Bad Trip, director Kitao Sakurai has set his sights on his next major studio pic, being set to helm 72 Hours for Sony Pictures. John Davis is producing through his Davis Entertainment banner along with Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald through their Counterbalance Entertainment. Davis Entertainment’s John Fox and Jeremy Stein are executive producing.
While the plot is being kept under wraps, top-tier talent already is lining up, given the heat behind Bad Trip and Cobra Kai. Hurwitz and Schlossberg wrote the original screenplay for 72 Hours, with rewrites by Nicholas Thomas.
Sakurai has been a rising star in directing circles and gained support from his peers after directing and executive producing The Eric Andre Show for Adult Swim. Following that success, Andre and Sakurai teamed up on Netflix’s top comedy Bad Trip, directed and co-written by Sakurai and starring Andre.
While the plot is being kept under wraps, top-tier talent already is lining up, given the heat behind Bad Trip and Cobra Kai. Hurwitz and Schlossberg wrote the original screenplay for 72 Hours, with rewrites by Nicholas Thomas.
Sakurai has been a rising star in directing circles and gained support from his peers after directing and executive producing The Eric Andre Show for Adult Swim. Following that success, Andre and Sakurai teamed up on Netflix’s top comedy Bad Trip, directed and co-written by Sakurai and starring Andre.
- 3/15/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
All American is getting an injection of musical talent: Singer JoJo has joined the CW drama in the recurring role of Sabine, a famous recording artist who’s been making music since she was 10 years old, our sister site Deadline reports.
Sabine teams up with Layla for her next album, hoping to find a new sound. In the process, she will put her trust in the up and coming music producer.
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Sabine teams up with Layla for her next album, hoping to find a new sound. In the process, she will put her trust in the up and coming music producer.
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- 2/14/2022
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Turner’s TNETs is going big with the return of Impractical Jokers. For the first episode since star Joe Gatto announced that he was leaving the comedy troupe, the company plans an April simulcast of a supersized special across all three of its networks — TBS, TNT and truTV.
It will mark the first time that the truTV show has aired at the same time on its other networks.
The episode will air on Saturday, April 2 directly following the NCAA Men’s Final Four.
It will see Brian “Q” Quinn, James “Murr” Murray and Sal Vulcano pal around with Bad Trip star Eric André.
It comes as a new season of the show is currently in production and will return this summer with new episodes featuring different celebrity guests.
Quinn, Murray and Vulcano are represented by Jack Rovner and Dexter Scott of Vector Management; Martin Lesak, Jason Heyman and Nick Nuciforo...
It will mark the first time that the truTV show has aired at the same time on its other networks.
The episode will air on Saturday, April 2 directly following the NCAA Men’s Final Four.
It will see Brian “Q” Quinn, James “Murr” Murray and Sal Vulcano pal around with Bad Trip star Eric André.
It comes as a new season of the show is currently in production and will return this summer with new episodes featuring different celebrity guests.
Quinn, Murray and Vulcano are represented by Jack Rovner and Dexter Scott of Vector Management; Martin Lesak, Jason Heyman and Nick Nuciforo...
- 2/14/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Jackass has been in our lives for more than two decades. Since October 2000, when the original show premiered on MTV, Johnny Knoxville and his gaggle of goofballs have appealed to lowest-common-denominator comedic impulses. They’ve slammed their testicles into things and had them slammed into by other things. They’ve gleefully dove into danger and gotten legitimately hurt. They’ve aggravated and disturbed an entire generation of people who got Reagan and Clinton elected. But then, for another generation, they brought laughter and some earnest sense of camaraderie. Since the halcyon days of the show (which Knoxville quickly ended himself after the ire of a boomer nation called for censorship), Jackass has endured in cinematic form. The first film saw surprising box office returns amongst a slew of negative critiques. The reputation of the gang and its stunts only improved while the money continues rolling in. Why is this?
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- 2/7/2022
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Even by lone wolf standards, William Tell stands apart. Or so he tells himself. Out of prison and playing poker for money, Tell breaks his self-imposed isolation when he’s approached by La Linda, a sultry and mysterious backer of gamblers.
“I’m always looking for a good thoroughbred,” La Linda says with a sly smile, before dipping her head to sip a drink. It’s a key moment in Paul Schrader’s “The Card Counter,” a scene between Oscar Isaac and Tiffany Haddish that catalyzes their relationship, one of the film’s two major storylines.
But the dialogue was not in the script. “I pitched that line about seventeen times,” Haddish says with a gleeful laugh. “Paul would say no, but I kept dropping it in.”
Sure, Schrader had cast the comedian seeking the alchemy you get “when you take a natural performer outside their comfort zone,” but he...
“I’m always looking for a good thoroughbred,” La Linda says with a sly smile, before dipping her head to sip a drink. It’s a key moment in Paul Schrader’s “The Card Counter,” a scene between Oscar Isaac and Tiffany Haddish that catalyzes their relationship, one of the film’s two major storylines.
But the dialogue was not in the script. “I pitched that line about seventeen times,” Haddish says with a gleeful laugh. “Paul would say no, but I kept dropping it in.”
Sure, Schrader had cast the comedian seeking the alchemy you get “when you take a natural performer outside their comfort zone,” but he...
- 2/1/2022
- by Stuart Miller
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Lil Rel Howery is set to join Zachary Levi in Sony Pictures’ live-action adaptation of Harold and the Purple Crayon, which Carlos Saldanha is directing.
David Guion & Michael Handelman wrote the screenplay, which is based on Crockett Johnson’s bestselling children’s book. John Davis is producing through Davis Entertainment.
Published in 1955, the book told the story of a 4-year-old who, with the power of his crayon, created worlds around him. The book was a smash and was followed by six more.
Howery most recently starred opposite Ryan Reynolds in Free Guy as well as the comedy it Vacation Friends. His other credits include Bird Box, starring Sandra Bullock; Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Judas and The Black Messiah and Bad Trip. He is repped by Fourth Wall Management, UTA, The Aziza Work Group, and Cohen Gardner Llp.
David Guion & Michael Handelman wrote the screenplay, which is based on Crockett Johnson’s bestselling children’s book. John Davis is producing through Davis Entertainment.
Published in 1955, the book told the story of a 4-year-old who, with the power of his crayon, created worlds around him. The book was a smash and was followed by six more.
Howery most recently starred opposite Ryan Reynolds in Free Guy as well as the comedy it Vacation Friends. His other credits include Bird Box, starring Sandra Bullock; Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Judas and The Black Messiah and Bad Trip. He is repped by Fourth Wall Management, UTA, The Aziza Work Group, and Cohen Gardner Llp.
- 1/11/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
While the pandemic caused the delay of Jackass Forever last fall, it looks like even with Omicron on the rise, Paramount is pushing forward with an early February release for what will presumably be the gang’s final outing. After Bad Trip landed on our top 50 films of last year, which Jeff Tremaine produced, he’s back in the director’s chair and now one last trailer has landed.
Featuring the return of Johnny Knoxville, Steve-o, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Wee Man, Danger Ehren, Preston Lacy, and more, their fourth, ball-busting feature is among our most-anticipated of the year. Judging from the trailer, it will be quite a hilarious and even a bit wistful of a reunion as Knoxville and crew reckon with the limits of our mortal bodies.
See the trailer and a new featurette below.
Jackass Forever opens in theaters on February 4.
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Featuring the return of Johnny Knoxville, Steve-o, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Wee Man, Danger Ehren, Preston Lacy, and more, their fourth, ball-busting feature is among our most-anticipated of the year. Judging from the trailer, it will be quite a hilarious and even a bit wistful of a reunion as Knoxville and crew reckon with the limits of our mortal bodies.
See the trailer and a new featurette below.
Jackass Forever opens in theaters on February 4.
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- 1/10/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2021, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists.
It goes without saying that the past two years have been a lot for everyone to deal with. There were plenty of films released in 2021, but every aspect of the industry suffered through it. Productions dealt with new, costly protocols, festivals had to navigate physical and / or virtual events, distributors chose between theatrical exclusives or hybrid releases, exhibitors did everything they could to stay afloat, and everyone lost a ton of money in the process. There is no easy way out of this pandemic, but that’s not stopping anyone from burning through everything they can to find one.
Still, there were lots of things to see in 2021, and the spread of great to good to bad wasn’t particularly different from any other year. Some films...
It goes without saying that the past two years have been a lot for everyone to deal with. There were plenty of films released in 2021, but every aspect of the industry suffered through it. Productions dealt with new, costly protocols, festivals had to navigate physical and / or virtual events, distributors chose between theatrical exclusives or hybrid releases, exhibitors did everything they could to stay afloat, and everyone lost a ton of money in the process. There is no easy way out of this pandemic, but that’s not stopping anyone from burning through everything they can to find one.
Still, there were lots of things to see in 2021, and the spread of great to good to bad wasn’t particularly different from any other year. Some films...
- 1/7/2022
- by C.J. Prince
- The Film Stage
For our most comprehensive year-end feature we’re providing a cumulative look at The Film Stage’s favorite films of 2021. We’ve asked contributors to compile ten-best lists with five honorable mentions—a selection of those personal lists will be shared in coming days—and from tallied votes has a top 50 been assembled.
So: without further ado, check out our rundown of 2021 below, our ongoing year-end coverage here (including where to stream many of the below picks), and return in the coming weeks as we look towards 2022.
50. This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese)
Framed as an epic fable and shot like a myth, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection is another beautiful, tragic diary entry on the history and people of his home country Lesotho. His focus shifts from the metaphorical relationship of Mother, I am Suffocating, This...
So: without further ado, check out our rundown of 2021 below, our ongoing year-end coverage here (including where to stream many of the below picks), and return in the coming weeks as we look towards 2022.
50. This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese)
Framed as an epic fable and shot like a myth, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection is another beautiful, tragic diary entry on the history and people of his home country Lesotho. His focus shifts from the metaphorical relationship of Mother, I am Suffocating, This...
- 12/29/2021
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Tonight on SNL, Weekend Update‘s anchors welcomed Ice Cube (Kenan Thompson) to the desk to discuss reports that he’d exited Sony comedy Oh Hell No after declining to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
Cube sported a full beard, noting that he’s going through “a gangster lumberjack phase,” only to have his feet held to the fire by Michael Che.
Why won’t he take the vaccine, the anchor wondered?
“Hey look, man. I’d just rather be myself than take that vaccine, like you other three billion bozos,” said the rapper and actor.
“Yeah, but that’s why you lost this movie,” Che observed.
“Not my loss, your loss. Oh Hell No was going to feature the greatest comedy duo of all time: Ice Cube, Jack Black,” Ice Cube retorted. “The comedy chemistry, man. You know what I’m saying? Try to guess my catchphrase though.”
“Oh Hell no?...
Cube sported a full beard, noting that he’s going through “a gangster lumberjack phase,” only to have his feet held to the fire by Michael Che.
Why won’t he take the vaccine, the anchor wondered?
“Hey look, man. I’d just rather be myself than take that vaccine, like you other three billion bozos,” said the rapper and actor.
“Yeah, but that’s why you lost this movie,” Che observed.
“Not my loss, your loss. Oh Hell No was going to feature the greatest comedy duo of all time: Ice Cube, Jack Black,” Ice Cube retorted. “The comedy chemistry, man. You know what I’m saying? Try to guess my catchphrase though.”
“Oh Hell no?...
- 11/7/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Your prayers have been answered: Danny McBride’s comedy series about a family of fabulously wealthy televangelist grifters is slated to return to HBO on January 9, 2022. HBO unveiled the teaser trailer for the show’s upcoming sophomore season on Friday.
Per HBO, “The Righteous Gemstones” tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work. Season 2 follows the Gemstone family as they are threatened by outsiders from both the past and present who wish to destroy their empire. The Season 2 teaser promises more of the outlandish celebrations and business schemes as well as a look at a new televangelist (played by Eric Andre) who wants to combine forces with the Gemstones.
The returning cast for Season 2 includes McBride as Jesse Gemstone, Adam DeVine as Kelvin Gemstone, Edi Patterson as Judy Gemstone, John Goodman as Eli Gemstone, Cassidy Freeman as Amber Gemstone, Tony Cavalero as Keefe Chambers,...
Per HBO, “The Righteous Gemstones” tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work. Season 2 follows the Gemstone family as they are threatened by outsiders from both the past and present who wish to destroy their empire. The Season 2 teaser promises more of the outlandish celebrations and business schemes as well as a look at a new televangelist (played by Eric Andre) who wants to combine forces with the Gemstones.
The returning cast for Season 2 includes McBride as Jesse Gemstone, Adam DeVine as Kelvin Gemstone, Edi Patterson as Judy Gemstone, John Goodman as Eli Gemstone, Cassidy Freeman as Amber Gemstone, Tony Cavalero as Keefe Chambers,...
- 11/5/2021
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Broken Lizard, the comedy troupe behind the film franchise “Super Troopers,” is teeing up a new movie with Searchlight Pictures.
“Quasi,” a satirical take on The Hunchback of Notre Dame, just kicked off production in Los Angeles. The film will follow a hapless hunchback who yearns for love, but finds himself in the middle of a murderous feud between the Pope and the king of France when each orders the hunchback to kill the other.
Kevin Heffernan will direct and star. He wrote the script with his troupe members Steve Lemme, Jay Chandrasekhar, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske — who will all costar and serve as executive producers. Richard Perello will produce. Adrianne Palicki is also set to star. The film will debut exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., and on Disney Plus and Star Plus around the world.
“I’m très, très excited to get the Broken Lizard gang back together,...
“Quasi,” a satirical take on The Hunchback of Notre Dame, just kicked off production in Los Angeles. The film will follow a hapless hunchback who yearns for love, but finds himself in the middle of a murderous feud between the Pope and the king of France when each orders the hunchback to kill the other.
Kevin Heffernan will direct and star. He wrote the script with his troupe members Steve Lemme, Jay Chandrasekhar, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske — who will all costar and serve as executive producers. Richard Perello will produce. Adrianne Palicki is also set to star. The film will debut exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., and on Disney Plus and Star Plus around the world.
“I’m très, très excited to get the Broken Lizard gang back together,...
- 11/3/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Actor and rapper Ice Cube has parted ways with Sony’s upcoming comedy “Oh Hell No” after he declined a request from the film’s producers to get vaccinated for Covid-19. The Hollywood Reporter first revealed the news. IndieWire has reached out to Ice Cube’s representatives for comment.
The comedy is directed by Kitao Sakurai (“Bad Trip”), and also stars Jack Black, who serves as a producer on the film alongside Roz Music and Matt Tolmach (“Venom: Let There Be Carnage”). The synopsis per Deadline says the story “follows Sherman (Black), who falls in love with Will’s (Cube) mom, who has only one thing to say about that: ‘Oh hell no.'” Scot Armstrong, Tracy Oliver, Jessica Gao, and Rodney Rothman wrote the script.
The project was first announced in June of this year. Sony was eyeing a shoot date sometime this winter in Hawaii with Sakurai, who,...
The comedy is directed by Kitao Sakurai (“Bad Trip”), and also stars Jack Black, who serves as a producer on the film alongside Roz Music and Matt Tolmach (“Venom: Let There Be Carnage”). The synopsis per Deadline says the story “follows Sherman (Black), who falls in love with Will’s (Cube) mom, who has only one thing to say about that: ‘Oh hell no.'” Scot Armstrong, Tracy Oliver, Jessica Gao, and Rodney Rothman wrote the script.
The project was first announced in June of this year. Sony was eyeing a shoot date sometime this winter in Hawaii with Sakurai, who,...
- 10/29/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Ice Cube has departed Sony’s upcoming comedy, Oh Hell No, in which he would’ve co-starred with Jack Black, after declining a request from producers to get vaccinated, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
Sony had no comment. A personal representative for the star declined to comment. WME, his agency, declined to comment. Oh Hell No is being produced by Matt Tolmach and Black, who both did not offer a comment.
Ice Cube and Black partnered on the project in June. The Sony film was looking to shoot this winter in Hawaii with Kitao Sakurai, the filmmaker behind Netflix’s breakout comedy Bad Trip, in the ...
Sony had no comment. A personal representative for the star declined to comment. WME, his agency, declined to comment. Oh Hell No is being produced by Matt Tolmach and Black, who both did not offer a comment.
Ice Cube and Black partnered on the project in June. The Sony film was looking to shoot this winter in Hawaii with Kitao Sakurai, the filmmaker behind Netflix’s breakout comedy Bad Trip, in the ...
- 10/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ice Cube has departed Sony’s upcoming comedy, Oh Hell No, in which he would’ve co-starred with Jack Black, after declining a request from producers to get vaccinated, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
Sony had no comment. A personal representative for the star declined to comment. WME, his agency, declined to comment. Oh Hell No is being produced by Matt Tolmach and Black, who both did not offer a comment.
Ice Cube and Black partnered on the project in June. The Sony film was looking to shoot this winter in Hawaii with Kitao Sakurai, the filmmaker behind Netflix’s breakout comedy Bad Trip, in the ...
Sony had no comment. A personal representative for the star declined to comment. WME, his agency, declined to comment. Oh Hell No is being produced by Matt Tolmach and Black, who both did not offer a comment.
Ice Cube and Black partnered on the project in June. The Sony film was looking to shoot this winter in Hawaii with Kitao Sakurai, the filmmaker behind Netflix’s breakout comedy Bad Trip, in the ...
- 10/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
At long last, Disney is welcoming guests back to the Haunted Mansion, a fresh take on one of the company’s signature rides. It was revealed back in July that comedian Tiffany Haddish (Night School, Bad Trip) and Oscar nominee Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out, Death Note, Knives Out, Uncut Gems) will star in the film, according to THR, with Justin Simien, who previously […]...
- 9/8/2021
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
At long last, Disney is welcoming guests back to the Haunted Mansion, a fresh take on one of the company’s signature rides. It was revealed back in July that comedian Tiffany Haddish (Night School, Bad Trip) and Oscar nominee Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out, Death Note, Knives Out, Uncut Gems) will star in the film, according to THR, with Justin Simien, […]...
- 8/17/2021
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
2021 has been a prolific year for actor and comedian Lil Rel Howery. After the success of films like “Judas and the Black Messiah” and “Fatherhood” with Kevin Hart, plus starring opposite Ryan Reynolds in the upcoming “Free Guy,” Howery is launching a new audio-only comedy album, titled “Lil Rel – Humbly Vulnerable: I Said What I Said.”
The album will debut exclusively on Pandora on Aug. 17 and launch on all streaming platforms on Aug. 24.
“I did an audio-only stand-up special because I wanted to pay homage to the greats that came before me and also no visual distractions, [so] you have to truly hear me,” Howery tells Variety.
With the new special, recorded in March, Howery professes to get back to his Chicago stand-up roots with a set that is reminiscent of his comedy heroes, including Moms Mabley, Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor.
The new album is co-produced with the Aziza Work Group,...
The album will debut exclusively on Pandora on Aug. 17 and launch on all streaming platforms on Aug. 24.
“I did an audio-only stand-up special because I wanted to pay homage to the greats that came before me and also no visual distractions, [so] you have to truly hear me,” Howery tells Variety.
With the new special, recorded in March, Howery professes to get back to his Chicago stand-up roots with a set that is reminiscent of his comedy heroes, including Moms Mabley, Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor.
The new album is co-produced with the Aziza Work Group,...
- 8/9/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Tiffany Haddish and Lakeith Stanfield may be in for a scare.
The two actors are in talks to star in Disney’s upcoming remake of “The Haunted Mansion,” directed by Justin Simien, who previously helmed “Dear White People” and the horror film “Bad Hair.”
“The Haunted Mansion” takes its roots from the spooky theme park ride, which first debuted at Disneyland in 1969. It took guests through a terrifying manor filled with ghosts, ghouls and various other undead residents designed to give guests a fright. It was also one of the only attractions in which Disney employees were encouraged not to smile.
The ride first served as inspiration for a feature film in 2003 with Eddie Murphy’s family-friendly horror comedy “The Haunted Mansion.” Plot details are being kept under wraps for the latest adaptation.
Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich are producing the film through their production company Rideback. Nick Reynolds of...
The two actors are in talks to star in Disney’s upcoming remake of “The Haunted Mansion,” directed by Justin Simien, who previously helmed “Dear White People” and the horror film “Bad Hair.”
“The Haunted Mansion” takes its roots from the spooky theme park ride, which first debuted at Disneyland in 1969. It took guests through a terrifying manor filled with ghosts, ghouls and various other undead residents designed to give guests a fright. It was also one of the only attractions in which Disney employees were encouraged not to smile.
The ride first served as inspiration for a feature film in 2003 with Eddie Murphy’s family-friendly horror comedy “The Haunted Mansion.” Plot details are being kept under wraps for the latest adaptation.
Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich are producing the film through their production company Rideback. Nick Reynolds of...
- 7/28/2021
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
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