Exclusive: Boys Go to Jupiter, the debut feature film from acclaimed indie animator Julian Glander, has finalized its cast ahead of its Tribeca Film Festival premiere in June. Newly added to the lineup are Janeane Garofalo and Demi Adeyujigbe.
The cast also includes Jack Corbett (NPR’s Planet Money TikTok) Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade) Tavi Gevinson (Gossip Girl), Julio Torres (Los Espookys), Sarah Sherman (SNL), Joe Pera (Joe Pera Talks With You), Grace Kuhlenschmidt (The Daily Show), Singer-songwriter Miya Folick, as well as comedians Demi Adeyuijigbe, Chris Fleming, Cole Escola, River L. Ramirez, Eva Victor, and Max Wittert.
Boys Go to Jupiter is billed as a surreal animated coming-of-age story, brought to life in Glander’s trademark 3D visual style and sonic palette. The film follows a week in the life of a teenager in suburban Florida as he hustles his way through a series of bizarre gig economy errands.
The cast also includes Jack Corbett (NPR’s Planet Money TikTok) Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade) Tavi Gevinson (Gossip Girl), Julio Torres (Los Espookys), Sarah Sherman (SNL), Joe Pera (Joe Pera Talks With You), Grace Kuhlenschmidt (The Daily Show), Singer-songwriter Miya Folick, as well as comedians Demi Adeyuijigbe, Chris Fleming, Cole Escola, River L. Ramirez, Eva Victor, and Max Wittert.
Boys Go to Jupiter is billed as a surreal animated coming-of-age story, brought to life in Glander’s trademark 3D visual style and sonic palette. The film follows a week in the life of a teenager in suburban Florida as he hustles his way through a series of bizarre gig economy errands.
- 4/17/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Nearly 22 years after its finale, Felicity is back — in a rewatch podcast featuring the cast.
The Ringer and Bad Robot Audio have announced Dear Felicity, a podcast that revisits the beloved WB series, which will debut March 13.
The podcast, the name of which calls back to the show’s cassette tape messages between Keri Russell’s eponymous main character and her friend Sally, voiced by Janeane Garofalo, is hosted by The Ringer’s Juliet Litman alongside Felicity alums Amanda Foreman and Greg Grunberg, who played the titular character’s college friends, Meghan and Sean. It’ll feature special guests from the show, including stars Russell, Scott Speedman, Scott Foley, Amy Jo Johnson, Ian Gomez and Tangi Miller, memorable guest star Jennifer Garner, as well as co-creators J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves (who also executive produce the podcast) and theme song composer Andrew Jarecki.
In addition to Abrams and Reeves, the...
The Ringer and Bad Robot Audio have announced Dear Felicity, a podcast that revisits the beloved WB series, which will debut March 13.
The podcast, the name of which calls back to the show’s cassette tape messages between Keri Russell’s eponymous main character and her friend Sally, voiced by Janeane Garofalo, is hosted by The Ringer’s Juliet Litman alongside Felicity alums Amanda Foreman and Greg Grunberg, who played the titular character’s college friends, Meghan and Sean. It’ll feature special guests from the show, including stars Russell, Scott Speedman, Scott Foley, Amy Jo Johnson, Ian Gomez and Tangi Miller, memorable guest star Jennifer Garner, as well as co-creators J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves (who also executive produce the podcast) and theme song composer Andrew Jarecki.
In addition to Abrams and Reeves, the...
- 3/7/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar winner Mira Sorvino is looking to revive one of her most beloved past roles with a sequel film almost three decades later.
Sorvino confirmed that the highly-anticipated follow-up to “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion” is officially in the works, telling Us Weekly that both she and costar Lisa Kudrow will executive produce the sequel. Screenwriter Robin Schiff, who penned the 1988 play “Ladies Room” on which the 1997 movie is based on, will also return.
“She’s currently working on ‘Emily in Paris,’ so she’s finishing up her draft to present to the studio,” Sorvino said of Schiff’s sequel script. “Lisa [Kudrow] and I are wrapping up our deals as executive producers on it with the studio. We’re full force ahead.”
“Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion” centers on two best friends, played by Sorvino and Kudrow, who return to their hometown for their reunion. Their road trip...
Sorvino confirmed that the highly-anticipated follow-up to “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion” is officially in the works, telling Us Weekly that both she and costar Lisa Kudrow will executive produce the sequel. Screenwriter Robin Schiff, who penned the 1988 play “Ladies Room” on which the 1997 movie is based on, will also return.
“She’s currently working on ‘Emily in Paris,’ so she’s finishing up her draft to present to the studio,” Sorvino said of Schiff’s sequel script. “Lisa [Kudrow] and I are wrapping up our deals as executive producers on it with the studio. We’re full force ahead.”
“Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion” centers on two best friends, played by Sorvino and Kudrow, who return to their hometown for their reunion. Their road trip...
- 2/9/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Mira Sorvino is giving an update on the Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion sequel that is in the works.
In a recent interview, the Oscar winner revealed that Robin Schiff is returning to write the follow-up movie, but her work on a Netflix series is keeping her from finishing the script.
“She’s currently working on Emily in Paris, so she’s finishing up her draft to present to the studio,” Sorvino told Us magazine in an interview. “Lisa [Kudrow] and I are wrapping up our deals as executive producers on it with the studio. We’re full force ahead.”
Sorvino and Kudrow starred in the 1997 comedy directed by David Mirkin from a screenplay by Schiff based on the 1988 stage play Ladies Room. The film revolves around the titular characters returning to high school to impress their former classmates, making up fake careers by saying they invented Post-its.
Janeane Garofalo,...
In a recent interview, the Oscar winner revealed that Robin Schiff is returning to write the follow-up movie, but her work on a Netflix series is keeping her from finishing the script.
“She’s currently working on Emily in Paris, so she’s finishing up her draft to present to the studio,” Sorvino told Us magazine in an interview. “Lisa [Kudrow] and I are wrapping up our deals as executive producers on it with the studio. We’re full force ahead.”
Sorvino and Kudrow starred in the 1997 comedy directed by David Mirkin from a screenplay by Schiff based on the 1988 stage play Ladies Room. The film revolves around the titular characters returning to high school to impress their former classmates, making up fake careers by saying they invented Post-its.
Janeane Garofalo,...
- 2/5/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Comedic multi-hyphenate David Cross on Tuesday unveiled Senses Working Overtime With David Cross, his first-ever podcast, which is set to debut on all audio platforms, and on the actor and comedian’s YouTube page, on December 7. Check out the trailer above.
The pod began as a vehicle for Cross and his guests to explore the Best/Worst/Funniest/Saddest/Most Beautiful etc. things they’d ever Seen, Touched, Tasted, Smelled, and Heard. Somewhere along the way it became a loose premise, a jumping off point to learn more about a variety of fascinating people, where Cross could let conversations steer themselves.
Confirmed guests include Bob Odenkirk, Marc Maron, Janeane Garofalo, John Hodgman, Jo Firestone, Eugene Mirman, Steve-o, Amber Tamblyn, and Jason Bateman. New episodes of the podcast will roll out on Thursdays. Produced by Headgum Studios, it’s part of the Headgum Podcast Network and is handling ad sales...
The pod began as a vehicle for Cross and his guests to explore the Best/Worst/Funniest/Saddest/Most Beautiful etc. things they’d ever Seen, Touched, Tasted, Smelled, and Heard. Somewhere along the way it became a loose premise, a jumping off point to learn more about a variety of fascinating people, where Cross could let conversations steer themselves.
Confirmed guests include Bob Odenkirk, Marc Maron, Janeane Garofalo, John Hodgman, Jo Firestone, Eugene Mirman, Steve-o, Amber Tamblyn, and Jason Bateman. New episodes of the podcast will roll out on Thursdays. Produced by Headgum Studios, it’s part of the Headgum Podcast Network and is handling ad sales...
- 11/28/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone moved to the big screen with their feature Team America. Although the film received positive reviews and enjoyed a healthy box-office run, both Parker and Stone vowed to never make another puppet feature.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone were against doing another film after shooting ‘Team America’ Trey Parker and Matt Stone | Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Parker and Stone took a break from their South Park obligations to focus their attention and time on Team America. The comedy had a similar personality and tone to their hit Comedy Central program, parodying real-world events at the time. Despite the film’s success, however, both Parker and Stone confided that it was far from a pleasure to work on. So much so that even after it was done, Stone wondered if developing the film was worth the cost.
“It was the worst time of...
Trey Parker and Matt Stone were against doing another film after shooting ‘Team America’ Trey Parker and Matt Stone | Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Parker and Stone took a break from their South Park obligations to focus their attention and time on Team America. The comedy had a similar personality and tone to their hit Comedy Central program, parodying real-world events at the time. Despite the film’s success, however, both Parker and Stone confided that it was far from a pleasure to work on. So much so that even after it was done, Stone wondered if developing the film was worth the cost.
“It was the worst time of...
- 11/19/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
AMC and AMC+ have more than 650 hours of holiday programming planned for this year’s “Best Christmas Ever” lineup kicking off on November 26 and running through December 26, 2023. The lineup includes classic Christmas films, including Miracle on 34th Street, White Christmas, Elf, and Christmas Vacation. For those who like to celebrate their winter holidays with a serving of horror, Shudder’s offering a new Joe Bob’s Creepy Christmas Special and the original film The Sacrifice Game.
This year’s “Best Christmas Ever” schedule also features Christmas with the Campbells, The Apology, and marathons of John Candy, Reese Witherspoon, and Bill Murray films.
Best Christmas Ever 2023:
The Sacrifice Game – Debuts December 8 on Shudder and AMC+
It’s bad enough that boarding school students Samantha and Clara can’t go home for the holidays, but things take a deadly turn when a murderous gang arrives at their doorstep – just in time for Christmas.
This year’s “Best Christmas Ever” schedule also features Christmas with the Campbells, The Apology, and marathons of John Candy, Reese Witherspoon, and Bill Murray films.
Best Christmas Ever 2023:
The Sacrifice Game – Debuts December 8 on Shudder and AMC+
It’s bad enough that boarding school students Samantha and Clara can’t go home for the holidays, but things take a deadly turn when a murderous gang arrives at their doorstep – just in time for Christmas.
- 11/1/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Remembering The Comedians Of Comedy, Netflix's First True Original Production (A Quasi-Oral History)
If I asked you to name the first original production from Netflix, what would you say? An educated guess might bring you to "House of Cards" or "Lilyhammer," and that's a fair assessment. While the former was Netflix's first piece of original programming produced specifically for the company's streaming service (released in February of 2013), the latter technically has the honor of being Netflix's first original streaming production (premiering on Netflix in February of 2012), even though it was only partially funded by Netflix and actually premiered in Norway first under the TV network NRK1.
But what if I told you that neither of these was the first true Netflix original? What if I told you Netflix produced their first original production even before they created the now-defunct Red Envelope Entertainment? Yes, before streaming, Netflix had a film financing and acquisition arm that shuttered in 2008 after investing in more than 100 films and...
But what if I told you that neither of these was the first true Netflix original? What if I told you Netflix produced their first original production even before they created the now-defunct Red Envelope Entertainment? Yes, before streaming, Netflix had a film financing and acquisition arm that shuttered in 2008 after investing in more than 100 films and...
- 10/2/2023
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
It takes a specific formula and something unique to nail the coming-of-age, young adult series, something that presently, even the best there is to offer falls short.
When it comes to capturing the college-aged genre, Felicity is the blueprint.
It's been 25 years since Felicity premiered on the now-defunct network The WB, and the magic of the series and the subsequent impact of it still holds up today.
Felicity's indelible legacy marked the acclaimed J.J. Abrams' first foray into television, opening the door for other massive hits such as Alias and Lost.
The series also made breakout stars out of Keri Russell, Scott Speedman, Scott Foley, and Greg Grunberg, who have been successful household names since.
In honor of the 25th anniversary, a rewatch of the pilot was warranted, and it's incredible how much it transports one back to pre-9/11 to perfectly capture the profound introspection, whimsy, and cringe of just entering adulthood.
When it comes to capturing the college-aged genre, Felicity is the blueprint.
It's been 25 years since Felicity premiered on the now-defunct network The WB, and the magic of the series and the subsequent impact of it still holds up today.
Felicity's indelible legacy marked the acclaimed J.J. Abrams' first foray into television, opening the door for other massive hits such as Alias and Lost.
The series also made breakout stars out of Keri Russell, Scott Speedman, Scott Foley, and Greg Grunberg, who have been successful household names since.
In honor of the 25th anniversary, a rewatch of the pilot was warranted, and it's incredible how much it transports one back to pre-9/11 to perfectly capture the profound introspection, whimsy, and cringe of just entering adulthood.
- 9/29/2023
- by Jasmine Blu
- TVfanatic
1996 was a dark year for The Italian Stallion. Sylvester Stallone had two pricey flops in 1995, with Judge Dredd and Assassins. His Christmas of 1996 disaster movie release, Daylight, was another box office bomb. Just a few years before, Stallone had made a significant comeback with Cliffhanger and Demolition Man, but now the whole industry was changing. Carolco, the company that financed some of the era’s biggest hits, had gone bankrupt, and action movies were getting smaller and smaller. Arnold Schwarzenegger was on the decline, with Eraser a smaller hit than usual. Jean Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal were only a few years away from making direct-to-video movies. What was Sly to do? The result is one of his very best movies –Cop Land – as we explore in the episode of Sylvester Stallone Revisited.
In the 1990s, one of the biggest stars on the planet was Sylvester Stallone’s former protege,...
In the 1990s, one of the biggest stars on the planet was Sylvester Stallone’s former protege,...
- 9/24/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah is a teen comedy-drama film directed by Sammi Cohen from a screenplay by Alison Peck. The Netflix is based on a novel of the same name written by Fiona Rosenbloom and it follows two best friends Stacy Friedman and Lydia Rodriguez Katz but their friendship is threatened when a popular boy comes between them. Things get so bad that Stacy decides to uninvite Lydia from her Bat Mitzvah, about which they have always dreamed. So, if you loved You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah here are some movies you should check out next.
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Touchstone Pictures
Synopsis: Romy (Mira Sorvino) and Michele (Lisa Kudrow) are carefree party girls who reinvent themselves for their 10-year high school reunion. With new wardrobes and wild stories of success, they make...
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Touchstone Pictures
Synopsis: Romy (Mira Sorvino) and Michele (Lisa Kudrow) are carefree party girls who reinvent themselves for their 10-year high school reunion. With new wardrobes and wild stories of success, they make...
- 8/21/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Janeane Marie Garofalo is an American actress, comedian and former co-host on Air America Radio’s The Majority Report. She is best known for gracing the audience on stage with her unique mix of deadpan cynicism and sense of heartfelt conviction.
Janeane Garofalo Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
Janeane Garofalo was born on September 28, 1964 (Janeane Garofalo age: 58) in Newton, New Jersey. Her mother, Joan Garofalo, was a secretary employed in the petrochemical industry, who died of cancer when Garofalo was 24 years old. Her father, Carmine Garofalo, is a former executive at Exxon.
Garofalo comes from Irish and Italian ancestry. She was raised in numerous places across the United States, including Madison, New Jersey; Ontario, California; and Houston, Texas. She graduated high school in Texas, but has publicly announced her distaste for growing up in Houston, primarily because of the great emphasis placed on prettiness and sports in high school,...
Janeane Garofalo Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
Janeane Garofalo was born on September 28, 1964 (Janeane Garofalo age: 58) in Newton, New Jersey. Her mother, Joan Garofalo, was a secretary employed in the petrochemical industry, who died of cancer when Garofalo was 24 years old. Her father, Carmine Garofalo, is a former executive at Exxon.
Garofalo comes from Irish and Italian ancestry. She was raised in numerous places across the United States, including Madison, New Jersey; Ontario, California; and Houston, Texas. She graduated high school in Texas, but has publicly announced her distaste for growing up in Houston, primarily because of the great emphasis placed on prettiness and sports in high school,...
- 8/11/2023
- by Trevor Hanuka
- Uinterview
Right now, Michael Kelly can be seen on Prime Video in the fourth and final season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, and starting on July 23, on Paramount+‘s latest Taylor Sheridan series Special Ops: Lioness. But back in 2011, he starred in the one-season Criminal Minds spinoff Suspect Behavior as FBI Special Agent Jonathan “Prophet” Sims, alongside Forest Whitaker as FBI Ssa/ Team Leader Samuel “Sam” Cooper, Janeane Garofalo as FBI Senior Ssa Beth Griffith, Beau Garrett as FBI Ssa Gina Lasalle, Matt Ryan as FBI Ssa Mick Rawson, and Richard Schiff as FBI Director Jack Fickler. Kirsten Vangsness also starred in her Criminal Minds role of technical analyst Penelope Garcia. “Getting to work with the actors that I worked with there, that was crazy. It wasn’t my first show, but it was definitely early in my career,” Kelly recalls to TV Insider. (He, his wife, and his daughter,...
- 7/4/2023
- TV Insider
Dogma is the kind of movie that has to be seen to be believed. But, then again, it’s a movie about belief. Well, kind of. Writer/director Kevin Smith made a movie that poked considerable fun at religion, and the Catholic Church in particular, while simultaneously showing a broad knowledge of religious dogma. Of course, the film drew quite a bit of controversy at the time, even causing its release date to be pushed back by a year, from 1998 to 1999. But, when released, it also became a moderate hit, thanks to an all-star cast that included Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Salma Hayek, George Carlin, Chris Rock, Alan Rickman, Linda Fiorentino, and Janeane Garofalo. Yet, even with all of those big names, Smith managed to make the movie for just $10 million, and he told us how he was able to do that. (Click on the media bar below to hear Kevin Smith) https://www.
- 6/30/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Paul Rudd became popular thanks to a succession of iconic films like Clueless and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. These days, he isn’t just a star of comedies. He’s a bonafide action hero as well, and a member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Still, Rudd has never forgotten his roots, and the movies that helped to make him a star. In a recent interview, the actor discussed one of his earliest hits, the cult classic comedy Wet Hot American Summer, revealing why even making the movie was like being in summer camp.
Paul Rudd had a featured role in ‘Wet Hot American Summer’
Rudd was born in 1969. By the early ’90s begun acting in a variety of TV commercials and other smaller projects. His first major film role was in the 1995 comedy Clueless. Over the years that followed, he acted in several popular movies, including Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers...
Paul Rudd had a featured role in ‘Wet Hot American Summer’
Rudd was born in 1969. By the early ’90s begun acting in a variety of TV commercials and other smaller projects. His first major film role was in the 1995 comedy Clueless. Over the years that followed, he acted in several popular movies, including Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers...
- 4/22/2023
- by Christina Nunn
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
One of the first things that come to mind about James Mangold's 1997 crime drama "Cop Land" is its stacked cast — and how some of them played against type. Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, and Robert De Niro were just the tip of the macho iceberg in a who's-who ensemble of stars and familiar character actors. There was also Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Patrick, Michael Rapaport, Annabella Sciorra, Noah Emmerich, and Malik Yoba -- the list goes on and on. Even smaller roles utilized notable Martin Scorsese alumni like Cathy Moriarty and Frank Vincent, and future "The Sopranos" stars Edie Falco and Tony Sirico (the latter of whom only appears in a surveillance photo). This was the movie that put "Rocky" and "Raging Bull" in the ring together and had Stallone gain 40 pounds to play a half-deaf sheriff in a New Jersey town populated by corrupt cops.
Yet for Mangold,...
Yet for Mangold,...
- 2/10/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
To celebrate its 20th anniversary next week, ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is going back to the beginning. The late-night series will air a special episode in primetime on Thursday, January 26, featuring guests from the original premiere in 2003: George Clooney, Snoop Dogg and Coldplay.
The special will air that night at 10 p.m. Et, and then repeat again in the normal “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” slot at 11:35 p.m. That marks 20 years to the day that the show premiered, on Sunday, January 26, 2003.
“As everybody might imagine, it feels like it went by in the blink of an eye and it also feels like it’s been going on since the Middle Ages,” Kimmel tells Variety. “But it definitely gives me a sense of accomplishment. Especially when you go back and watch some of the old shows and you’re like, ‘wow, this is this is very unprofessional.’ Those nights...
The special will air that night at 10 p.m. Et, and then repeat again in the normal “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” slot at 11:35 p.m. That marks 20 years to the day that the show premiered, on Sunday, January 26, 2003.
“As everybody might imagine, it feels like it went by in the blink of an eye and it also feels like it’s been going on since the Middle Ages,” Kimmel tells Variety. “But it definitely gives me a sense of accomplishment. Especially when you go back and watch some of the old shows and you’re like, ‘wow, this is this is very unprofessional.’ Those nights...
- 1/19/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
David Fincher’s Fight Club is an extraordinary cinematic gem of 1999. The film spoke to a generation of disaffected youth who grew up listening to Rage Against the Machine and vandalizing road signs to anger “the Man.” Visually grimy, mysterious, and acting like a religion for seemingly disenfranchised males, one of the film’s standout characters is Helena Bonham Carter’s Marla, the love interest of Edward Norton’s narrator and protagonist. Before Carter joined the cast, Fincher considered Janeane Garofalo, Winona Ryder, and Courtney Love for the coveted role. Love was dating Norton at the time and longed to play the part. However, according to Love, she was fired from the film after Norton’s co-star, Brad Pitt, had her stricken from the cast list.
Speaking with Marc Maron on the actor’s podcast, Wtf with Marc Maron, Love said Pitt got her fired from Fight Club after the...
Speaking with Marc Maron on the actor’s podcast, Wtf with Marc Maron, Love said Pitt got her fired from Fight Club after the...
- 12/29/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
When David Fincher made the 1999 film “Fight Club,” there were a few actresses considered to play Marla, the love interest of Edward Norton’s narrator and protagonist. Among them were Janeane Garofalo, Winona Ryder, and Norton’s then-girlfriend Courtney Love, before the role ultimately went to Helena Bonham Carter. Now, Love is claiming that she was cast in the part and ready to shoot the film, before co-lead Brad Pitt got her booted from production.
The “Hole” frontwoman made the claims during an interview on Marc Maron’s podcast “Wtf” released December 27. According to Love, Pitt got Fincher to take her off the film after she rejected a pitch from him for a biopic about the life of her deceased husband Kurt Cobain. Love married the “Nirvana” rock icon in 1992, two years before he died by suicide. According to Love’s story, Pitt pitched her on the film during a...
The “Hole” frontwoman made the claims during an interview on Marc Maron’s podcast “Wtf” released December 27. According to Love, Pitt got Fincher to take her off the film after she rejected a pitch from him for a biopic about the life of her deceased husband Kurt Cobain. Love married the “Nirvana” rock icon in 1992, two years before he died by suicide. According to Love’s story, Pitt pitched her on the film during a...
- 12/29/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Exclusive: RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio is returning for a third movie in the Hurricane Bianca franchise and will star alongside Willam Belli (A Star Is Born), Rachel Dratch (Wine Country), Thora Birch (The Walking Dead), Drag Race contestant fan favorite Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, and Doug Plaut (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt).
Hurricane Bianca: The Roots Of All Evil, which is due to shoot in early 2023, is written and directed by Matt Kugelman.
Pic will see Richard Martinez return home to Florida for his beloved grandmother’s funeral. There, he is lured back into a decades-old feud with his mother who owns a homophobic fast-food chain restaurant, and so decides to go undercover as Bianca Del Rio to put his mother out of business. With the help of his chosen family, he embarks on an adventure exposing corruption, confronting cults and healing relationships.
Tony...
Hurricane Bianca: The Roots Of All Evil, which is due to shoot in early 2023, is written and directed by Matt Kugelman.
Pic will see Richard Martinez return home to Florida for his beloved grandmother’s funeral. There, he is lured back into a decades-old feud with his mother who owns a homophobic fast-food chain restaurant, and so decides to go undercover as Bianca Del Rio to put his mother out of business. With the help of his chosen family, he embarks on an adventure exposing corruption, confronting cults and healing relationships.
Tony...
- 12/20/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The year is 3042, and the Earth has been destroyed. 15 years ago, humankind unveiled a mysterious and powerful technology called the Titan Project. Its true nature is not revealed immediately, but a species of envious aliens made of pure energy, the Drej, fear it and have destroyed humankind in defense. Now, the galaxy's remaining humans roam the cosmos as outcasts, forced to take odd jobs on freighters. A young human named Cale (Matt Damon) has taken a job on a vessel called the Valkyrie, where he works alongside a smarmy bat alien named Preedex (Nathan Lane), a kooky frog-like scientist named Gune (John Leguizamo), a bitter and angry kangaroo-like engineer named Stith (Janeanne Garofalo), a human pilot named Akima (Drew Barrymore), and the heroic Captain Korso (Bill Pullman). Together, they travel the stars avoiding Drej and following an obscure map to the location of the Titan, the ship that still contains Earth's technological breakthrough.
- 12/18/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The Apology is a thriller movie directed by Alison Locke, starring Anna Gunn, Linus Roache and Janeane Garofalo.
A chamber play movie – Kammerspielfilm – that relies entirely on the dialogue, performances and the secrets, the supposed many secrets….
Premise
It has been twenty years since the disappearance of her daughter and recovering alcoholic Darlene is preparing to host her family’s Christmas celebration with her best friend Gretchen. Late Christmas Eve, Jack, Darlene’s estranged ex-brother-in-law, arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret. Soon, Darlene finds herself caught between reason and ruthless instinct. Trapped together by a dangerous storm, a battle of wits escalates to a violent game of revenge.
Movie Review
The story is set in a confined location, a secluded house in the woods, with few characters, and there is a story to be told. The intended tension that should be running high throughout soon dims in the first act.
A chamber play movie – Kammerspielfilm – that relies entirely on the dialogue, performances and the secrets, the supposed many secrets….
Premise
It has been twenty years since the disappearance of her daughter and recovering alcoholic Darlene is preparing to host her family’s Christmas celebration with her best friend Gretchen. Late Christmas Eve, Jack, Darlene’s estranged ex-brother-in-law, arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret. Soon, Darlene finds herself caught between reason and ruthless instinct. Trapped together by a dangerous storm, a battle of wits escalates to a violent game of revenge.
Movie Review
The story is set in a confined location, a secluded house in the woods, with few characters, and there is a story to be told. The intended tension that should be running high throughout soon dims in the first act.
- 12/17/2022
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Stars: Anna Gunn, Janeane Garofalo, Holland Bailey, Linus Roache | Written and Directed by Alison Star Locke
The flood of sinister Christmas-themed films continues with The Apology, a thriller about Darlene Hagen. She’s a recovering alcoholic and, with some help from her best friend Gretchen, is hosting the family festivities for the first time in twenty years. But tonight she’s struggling to maintain that sobriety. Twenty years ago her daughter Sally disappeared. In the years since there has been explanation or evidence that might offer even a suggestion as to what happened to her. Now, with a storm whipping up outside her former brother-in-law Jack whom she hasn’t spoken to in nineteen years turns up with gifts and a dark secret.
The Apology is the first feature for writer/director Alison Star Locke and she’s picked a deceptively simple-looking project for her debut. One location and a very small cast,...
The flood of sinister Christmas-themed films continues with The Apology, a thriller about Darlene Hagen. She’s a recovering alcoholic and, with some help from her best friend Gretchen, is hosting the family festivities for the first time in twenty years. But tonight she’s struggling to maintain that sobriety. Twenty years ago her daughter Sally disappeared. In the years since there has been explanation or evidence that might offer even a suggestion as to what happened to her. Now, with a storm whipping up outside her former brother-in-law Jack whom she hasn’t spoken to in nineteen years turns up with gifts and a dark secret.
The Apology is the first feature for writer/director Alison Star Locke and she’s picked a deceptively simple-looking project for her debut. One location and a very small cast,...
- 12/14/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Be it sadness or happiness, Christmas tends to bring out intense emotions. What’s often seen as a joyous time for some people can be the loneliest day of the year for others. In the movie The Apology, Darlene Hagen hasn’t had a happy Christmas since she experienced every parent’s worst nightmare. This one particular holiday is already hard enough to get through, but now this heartbroken mother is paid an unexpected visit from a ghost of Christmas past.
Alison Locke’s first long feature lives on the less celebrated side of Christmas storytelling. As cheerless and severe as The Apology is, though, it also taps into that sort of unexplained magic often found in holiday movies. Some kind of unnatural force has to be at work when watching Anna Gunn’s character receive the most complicated Christmas gift imaginable. But her unique present comes with strings attached...
Alison Locke’s first long feature lives on the less celebrated side of Christmas storytelling. As cheerless and severe as The Apology is, though, it also taps into that sort of unexplained magic often found in holiday movies. Some kind of unnatural force has to be at work when watching Anna Gunn’s character receive the most complicated Christmas gift imaginable. But her unique present comes with strings attached...
- 12/13/2022
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
A Little Under 10 years ago, Michael Showalter realized the time had come to give up on his Hollywood dreams and start taking whatever work he could find to pay the bills. He’s the star and co-creator of the 2001 cult classic Wet Hot American Summer, and a key member of the groundbreaking Nineties sketch-comedy group the State, but work had been very scarce in recent years, and his wife was about to give birth to twins. He wound up taking a midlevel job in the writing room of Rebel Wilson...
- 12/2/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Who would have expected that Derek Zoolander himself would end up becoming one of today's most prominent dramatic storytellers? In recent years, Ben Stiller has set his comedic aspirations aside for an emphasis on prestige television. He directed the entirety of the riveting prison break miniseries "Escape at Dannemora" and the psychological thriller "Severance." If you've been paying attention, it's been clear that Stiller is a creative storyteller who knows how to surprise an audience. It's only a surprise to see the new direction in his career because he's always been making us laugh so much.
In the late 1990s, a group of comic actors known as the "Frat Pack" began to dominate mainstream comedy. While the careers of Will Ferrell, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Steve Carrell, Jack Black, and Paul Rudd were fairly consistent, Stiller managed to mix in a variety of independent projects alongside mainstream studio films. Although...
In the late 1990s, a group of comic actors known as the "Frat Pack" began to dominate mainstream comedy. While the careers of Will Ferrell, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Steve Carrell, Jack Black, and Paul Rudd were fairly consistent, Stiller managed to mix in a variety of independent projects alongside mainstream studio films. Although...
- 11/21/2022
- by Liam Gaughan
- Slash Film
The Apology Trailer — Alison Star Locke‘s The Apology (2022) movie trailer has been released by Rlje Films. The Apology trailer stars Anna Gunn, Linus Roache, Holland Bailey, and Janeane Garofalo. Crew Alison Star Locke wrote the screenplay for The Apology. “It’s produced by Stacy Jorgensen, Kim Sherman, and Lisa Whalen.” Plot Synopsis The Apology‘s plot synopsis: “Twenty [...]
Continue reading: The Apology (2022) Movie Trailer: Anna Gunn stars in Rlje Films’ Holiday Revenge Thriller...
Continue reading: The Apology (2022) Movie Trailer: Anna Gunn stars in Rlje Films’ Holiday Revenge Thriller...
- 11/16/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"If it's not revenge, what… would you want?" Rlje Films has revealed the official trailer for a thriller titled The Apology, arriving in the middle of December to watch. It looks creepy! Not quite horror, but certainly unsettling for many different reasons. Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, a recovering alcoholic is preparing to host her small family's Christmas celebration when her estranged ex-bother-in-law arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret. Soon, Darlene finds herself caught between reason and ruthless instinct. What will she do? Watch to find out. This is another sneaky trailer that cleverly sets up the premise just before it cuts before the title. Nice to see a trailer that doesn't show the whole film! The Apology stars Anna Gunn, Linus Roache, Holland Bailey, and Janeane Garofalo. Take a look. ›››
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- 11/16/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Rlje Films, Shudder and AMC+ have partnered and fully financed the highly anticipated thriller The Apology, we had recently learned. The film will be released by Rlje Films on December 16 in theaters and streaming on Shudder and AMC+ the same day.
Watch the official trailer below to start the holiday season off on a dread-filled note.
Directed and written by Alison Star Locke, in her feature film writing/directing debut, The Apology stars Anna Gunn (“Breaking Bad,” Sully), Linus Roache (My Policeman, “Homeland”), and Janeane Garofalo (Wet Hot American Summer, Reality Bites).
In The Apology, twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, recovering alcoholic Darlene Hagen (Anna Gunn) is preparing to host her family’s Christmas celebration with her best friend Gretchen (Janeane Garofalo). Late Christmas Eve, Darlene’s estranged ex-brother-in-law, Jack (Linus Roache) arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret. Soon, Darlene finds herself caught between reason and ruthless instinct.
Watch the official trailer below to start the holiday season off on a dread-filled note.
Directed and written by Alison Star Locke, in her feature film writing/directing debut, The Apology stars Anna Gunn (“Breaking Bad,” Sully), Linus Roache (My Policeman, “Homeland”), and Janeane Garofalo (Wet Hot American Summer, Reality Bites).
In The Apology, twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, recovering alcoholic Darlene Hagen (Anna Gunn) is preparing to host her family’s Christmas celebration with her best friend Gretchen (Janeane Garofalo). Late Christmas Eve, Darlene’s estranged ex-brother-in-law, Jack (Linus Roache) arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret. Soon, Darlene finds herself caught between reason and ruthless instinct.
- 11/15/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Probably best known for playing Skyler White on Breaking Bad and Martha Bullock on Deadwood, Anna Gunn (who also has a small role in Kevin Smith’s Red State) is the lead in the thriller The Apology, which is set to reach theatres, courtesy of Rlje Films, on December 16th. That same day, The Apology will also be available to watch on the Shudder and AMC+ streaming services.
The feature writing and directing debut of Alison Star Locke, The Apology has the following synopsis:
Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, recovering alcoholic Darlene Hagen is preparing to host her family’s Christmas celebration with her best friend Gretchen. Late Christmas Eve, Darlene’s estranged ex-brother-in-law, Jack arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret. Soon, Darlene finds herself caught between reason and ruthless instinct. Trapped together by a dangerous storm, a battle of wits escalates to a violent game of revenge.
The feature writing and directing debut of Alison Star Locke, The Apology has the following synopsis:
Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, recovering alcoholic Darlene Hagen is preparing to host her family’s Christmas celebration with her best friend Gretchen. Late Christmas Eve, Darlene’s estranged ex-brother-in-law, Jack arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret. Soon, Darlene finds herself caught between reason and ruthless instinct. Trapped together by a dangerous storm, a battle of wits escalates to a violent game of revenge.
- 10/13/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Rlje Films, Shudder and AMC+ have partnered and fully financed the highly anticipated thriller The Apology, we’ve learned today. The film will be released by Rlje Films on December 16 in theaters and streaming on Shudder and AMC+ the same day.
Directed and written by Alison Star Locke, in her feature film writing/directing debut, The Apology stars Anna Gunn, Linus Roache, and Janeane Garofalo.
In The Apology, twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, recovering alcoholic Darlene Hagen (Anna Gunn) is preparing to host her family’s Christmas celebration with her best friend Gretchen (Janeane Garofalo). Late Christmas Eve, Darlene’s estranged ex-brother-in-law, Jack (Linus Roache) arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret. Soon, Darlene finds herself caught between reason and ruthless instinct. Trapped together by a dangerous storm, a battle of wits escalates to a violent game of revenge.
“The Apology is like nothing else...
Directed and written by Alison Star Locke, in her feature film writing/directing debut, The Apology stars Anna Gunn, Linus Roache, and Janeane Garofalo.
In The Apology, twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, recovering alcoholic Darlene Hagen (Anna Gunn) is preparing to host her family’s Christmas celebration with her best friend Gretchen (Janeane Garofalo). Late Christmas Eve, Darlene’s estranged ex-brother-in-law, Jack (Linus Roache) arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret. Soon, Darlene finds herself caught between reason and ruthless instinct. Trapped together by a dangerous storm, a battle of wits escalates to a violent game of revenge.
“The Apology is like nothing else...
- 10/13/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
For Variety’s latest issue, we asked the Duffer Brothers to write a tribute to Maya Hawke, one of 53 people to make our New Power of New York list. For the full list, click here.
“A young Janeane Garofalo.” That’s how we originally pitched the character of Robin in “Stranger Things.” But that’s about all we had. Well, that and two short scenes where Robin hands out ice cream with Steve Harrington. We just didn’t really know who Robin was — what made her interesting, what made her stand out. That is, until our casting director, Carmen Cuba, gave us the three-word answer: “She’s Maya Hawke.” “Who?” we asked. “Just … trust me,” she said.
Fast-forward six months, and we’re shooting in that ice cream shop, and Maya pulls us aside and asks, “So … are you guys basically just writing … me?” We had to laugh, because the answer was,...
“A young Janeane Garofalo.” That’s how we originally pitched the character of Robin in “Stranger Things.” But that’s about all we had. Well, that and two short scenes where Robin hands out ice cream with Steve Harrington. We just didn’t really know who Robin was — what made her interesting, what made her stand out. That is, until our casting director, Carmen Cuba, gave us the three-word answer: “She’s Maya Hawke.” “Who?” we asked. “Just … trust me,” she said.
Fast-forward six months, and we’re shooting in that ice cream shop, and Maya pulls us aside and asks, “So … are you guys basically just writing … me?” We had to laugh, because the answer was,...
- 10/12/2022
- by The Duffer Brothers
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Rlje Films, Shudder and AMC+ have fully financed and picked up distribution rights to The Apology, a previously unannounced thriller starring Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad), Linus Roache (My Policeman) and Janeane Garofalo (Wet Hot American Summer). Rlje Films will release the pic in theaters on December 16, with the title becoming available for streaming on Shudder and AMC+ the same day.
The Apology picks up with recovering alcoholic Darlene Hagen (Gunn) 20 years after the disappearance of her daughter, as she’s preparing to host her family’s Christmas celebration with her best friend Gretchen (Garofalo). Late Christmas Eve, Darlene’s estranged ex-brother-in-law Jack (Roache) arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret. Soon, Darlene finds herself caught between reason and ruthless instinct. Trapped together by a dangerous storm, a battle of wits escalates to a violent game of revenge.
Awarded the ReFrame Stamp for gender-balanced production, The Apology is...
The Apology picks up with recovering alcoholic Darlene Hagen (Gunn) 20 years after the disappearance of her daughter, as she’s preparing to host her family’s Christmas celebration with her best friend Gretchen (Garofalo). Late Christmas Eve, Darlene’s estranged ex-brother-in-law Jack (Roache) arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret. Soon, Darlene finds herself caught between reason and ruthless instinct. Trapped together by a dangerous storm, a battle of wits escalates to a violent game of revenge.
Awarded the ReFrame Stamp for gender-balanced production, The Apology is...
- 10/12/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
“We Started Jamming in 2014,” Elizabeth Stokes says on a Zoom one afternoon in August, trying to trace the formation of her band. “Jamming,” she repeats, chuckling as she puts up air-quotes. “I don’t feel cool enough to use that word.”
This is the kind of self-deprecation Stokes is notorious for — a defining feature, as much or more so than her slick, straight-across bangs that evoke Reality Bites-era Janeane Garofalo. When the 31-year-old combines that sense of humor with instant-singalong power-pop hooks and glowing verse melodies, you get the Beths,...
This is the kind of self-deprecation Stokes is notorious for — a defining feature, as much or more so than her slick, straight-across bangs that evoke Reality Bites-era Janeane Garofalo. When the 31-year-old combines that sense of humor with instant-singalong power-pop hooks and glowing verse melodies, you get the Beths,...
- 10/9/2022
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
James Ponsoldt is expecting this question. Why did the guy who made films like “Smashed,” “The Spectacular Now,” and “The End of the Tour” — dark, knowing dramas about messed-up adults, typically with substance abuse problems and a host of neuroses — turn his attention to “Summering,” a film about four tween girls in the waning days of their favorite season?
He’s got the answer in hand: He’s a parent of three kids, his wife Megan works in the public-school system, and this is the stuff he wants to share with his family.
But the real answer? It’s still a James Ponsoldt film. It’s not as dark as its predecessors, but the filmmaker is still using his craft to ask some very deep questions. “Summering” is, after all, about a group of girls who discover a very dead body and must grapple with what to do next.
“Those...
He’s got the answer in hand: He’s a parent of three kids, his wife Megan works in the public-school system, and this is the stuff he wants to share with his family.
But the real answer? It’s still a James Ponsoldt film. It’s not as dark as its predecessors, but the filmmaker is still using his craft to ask some very deep questions. “Summering” is, after all, about a group of girls who discover a very dead body and must grapple with what to do next.
“Those...
- 8/12/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
It was the last year to date that the Big Four Networks won the major 14 Emmy Awards — Best Comedy and Drama Series, Lead and Supporting Actor and Actress in Comedy and Drama, and Writing and Directing for Comedy and Drama. However, the love was spread across several different series, and HBO was well-represented among the movie and miniseries categories. Bryant Gumbel hosted the 49th Primetime Emmy Awards on CBS on September 14, 1997. Read on for our Emmys flashback 25 years ago to 1997.
“Frasier” became the first series to hold on to its title as Best Comedy Series for four consecutive years; “Hill Street Blues” had achieved this record on the drama side in 1984. Also nominated in this category was “The Larry Sanders Show,” which earned the unfortunate distinction of being the comedy series with most nominations and no wins at 16. While “Frasier” also took home the Best Directing Comedy statue, the other...
“Frasier” became the first series to hold on to its title as Best Comedy Series for four consecutive years; “Hill Street Blues” had achieved this record on the drama side in 1984. Also nominated in this category was “The Larry Sanders Show,” which earned the unfortunate distinction of being the comedy series with most nominations and no wins at 16. While “Frasier” also took home the Best Directing Comedy statue, the other...
- 7/7/2022
- by Susan Pennington
- Gold Derby
The dream of the ’90s is alive on Peacock: The streamer is developing a TV series version of the Gen X classic Reality Bites, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The series is described as a “reframing” of the 1994 film, with original screenwriter Helen Childress returning to pen the adaptation. The story centers on recent college grad Lelaina Pierce and her three best friends as they venture into adulthood together. “As the world around them is on the brink of a seismic shift, they struggle to hold onto who they are, and to each other,” per the official description. (It’s...
The series is described as a “reframing” of the 1994 film, with original screenwriter Helen Childress returning to pen the adaptation. The story centers on recent college grad Lelaina Pierce and her three best friends as they venture into adulthood together. “As the world around them is on the brink of a seismic shift, they struggle to hold onto who they are, and to each other,” per the official description. (It’s...
- 5/12/2022
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
NBCUniversal continues to invest in exciting exclusive content, with many of their new series inspired by existing Universal IP. The latest beloved property to get the reboot treatment comes in the form of the Gen X favorite, "Reality Bites."
The romantic comedy was penned by Helen Childress and directed by Ben Stiller in his feature directorial debut. The film boasted a ridiculously impressive cast featuring Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Stiller, and supporting performances from Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn. This is the second time NBCUniversal has attempted to breathe new life into "Reality Bites" after plans for a series in 2013 never came...
The post Reality Bites is Getting Turned Into a TV Series at Peacock appeared first on /Film.
The romantic comedy was penned by Helen Childress and directed by Ben Stiller in his feature directorial debut. The film boasted a ridiculously impressive cast featuring Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Stiller, and supporting performances from Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn. This is the second time NBCUniversal has attempted to breathe new life into "Reality Bites" after plans for a series in 2013 never came...
The post Reality Bites is Getting Turned Into a TV Series at Peacock appeared first on /Film.
- 5/12/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Prime Video announced The Kids in the Hall is set to premiere on May 13 followed by the companion docuseries The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks on May 20.
More premiere dates and a slew of new Canadian originals were also revealed during the Prime Video Presents Canada showcase event in Toronto on Wednesday.
Here’s a breakdown of what’s ahead:
The Sticky is a half-hour series revolving around Ruth Clarke, a tough, supremely competent, middle-aged Canadian maple syrup farmer who’s had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity — especially now that Canada’s bureaucracy is threatening to take away everything she loves: her farm, her comatose husband and her right to freedom.
With the help of Remy Bouchard, a pint-sized local blockhead, and Mike Byrne, an aging low-level mobster, Ruth changes her fate — and transforms the future of her...
More premiere dates and a slew of new Canadian originals were also revealed during the Prime Video Presents Canada showcase event in Toronto on Wednesday.
Here’s a breakdown of what’s ahead:
The Sticky is a half-hour series revolving around Ruth Clarke, a tough, supremely competent, middle-aged Canadian maple syrup farmer who’s had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity — especially now that Canada’s bureaucracy is threatening to take away everything she loves: her farm, her comatose husband and her right to freedom.
With the help of Remy Bouchard, a pint-sized local blockhead, and Mike Byrne, an aging low-level mobster, Ruth changes her fate — and transforms the future of her...
- 4/13/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Vice TV will debut “Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11” on Sept. 8, days before the 20th anniversary of 2001 attacks. The Pulse Films documentary features interviews with entertainers including David Cross, Nathan Lane and Marc Maron about the struggle to re-establish humor’s place in the aftermath of the attacks that day.
The documentary’s title takes its name from the response Gilbert Gottfried received after cracking a joke about the airline attacks shortly after they occurred. He will also appear in the documentary, along with Janeane Garofalo, Matthew Broderick, Aasif Mandvi, Rob Riggle, Cedric the Entertainer, Chris Kattan, Lewis Black and Doug Stanhope.
Directed by Nick Fituri Scown and Julie Seabough, it explores how stand-up comedians, Broadway performers, late-night hosts and “Saturday Night Live” cast members helped audiences laugh even in the darkest of days.
Executive Producers for Pulse Films Dan Baglio, Thomas Benski and Marisa Clifford served as executive producers for Pulse Films,...
The documentary’s title takes its name from the response Gilbert Gottfried received after cracking a joke about the airline attacks shortly after they occurred. He will also appear in the documentary, along with Janeane Garofalo, Matthew Broderick, Aasif Mandvi, Rob Riggle, Cedric the Entertainer, Chris Kattan, Lewis Black and Doug Stanhope.
Directed by Nick Fituri Scown and Julie Seabough, it explores how stand-up comedians, Broadway performers, late-night hosts and “Saturday Night Live” cast members helped audiences laugh even in the darkest of days.
Executive Producers for Pulse Films Dan Baglio, Thomas Benski and Marisa Clifford served as executive producers for Pulse Films,...
- 8/17/2021
- by Jennifer Yuma
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Julia Stiles, Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo, Dan Hedaya, Patricia R. Floyd, Peter Kim, Motell Gyn Foster, Patricia Mauceri, Kyle Moore, Maurizio Di Meo | Written and Directed by Austin Stark
Who lives, who dies? They decide… Three patients wait to see if they will live or die as a hospital committee decides to grant a lifesaving heart transplant to one of them. Seven years later the committee members struggle with the consequences of that fateful decision.
Austin Stark, director the 2015 political drama The Runner (which starred Nicolas Cage), steps back behind the camera for The God Committee – a film which is based on a stage play by Mark St. Germain which was called a cross between Twelve Angry Men and ER… Which, on paper, and on the stage, makes for an interesting premise. However on film, The God Committee is anything but interesting, instead it’s frustrating.
Frustrating...
Who lives, who dies? They decide… Three patients wait to see if they will live or die as a hospital committee decides to grant a lifesaving heart transplant to one of them. Seven years later the committee members struggle with the consequences of that fateful decision.
Austin Stark, director the 2015 political drama The Runner (which starred Nicolas Cage), steps back behind the camera for The God Committee – a film which is based on a stage play by Mark St. Germain which was called a cross between Twelve Angry Men and ER… Which, on paper, and on the stage, makes for an interesting premise. However on film, The God Committee is anything but interesting, instead it’s frustrating.
Frustrating...
- 7/26/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Vulture Watch
Will Liza find her happy ending? Has the Younger TV show been cancelled or renewed for an eighth season on Paramount + and TV Land? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Younger, season eight. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the TV Land cable channel and Paramount+ streaming service, romantic comedy, Younger stars Sutton Foster, Debi Mazar, Nico Tortorella, Hilary Duff, Molly Bernard, Peter Hermann, with Miriam Shor, Charles Michael Davis, Laura Benanti, and Janeane Garofalo recurring. The story centers on single mother Liza Miller (Foster) who passes herself off as a twenty-something, to land a...
Will Liza find her happy ending? Has the Younger TV show been cancelled or renewed for an eighth season on Paramount + and TV Land? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Younger, season eight. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the TV Land cable channel and Paramount+ streaming service, romantic comedy, Younger stars Sutton Foster, Debi Mazar, Nico Tortorella, Hilary Duff, Molly Bernard, Peter Hermann, with Miriam Shor, Charles Michael Davis, Laura Benanti, and Janeane Garofalo recurring. The story centers on single mother Liza Miller (Foster) who passes herself off as a twenty-something, to land a...
- 7/15/2021
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The sixth season of Younger aired in mid-2019 and season seven has already been released on the Paramount+ and Hulu streaming services. How many people are still waiting to watch the seventh and final season on TV Land, where the previous six seasons aired? What will the ratings look like? Could Younger return for season eight someday? Stay tuned.
A romantic comedy series, Younger stars Sutton Foster, Debi Mazar, Nico Tortorella, Hilary Duff, Molly Bernard, Peter Hermann, with Miriam Shor, Charles Michael Davis, Laura Benanti, and Janeane Garofalo recurring. The story centers on single mother Liza Miller (Foster) who passes herself off as a twenty-something, to land a job in the publishing industry. As Liza’s personal and professional lives mesh, keeping her secret becomes more difficult. In season seven, Liza's personal life...
A romantic comedy series, Younger stars Sutton Foster, Debi Mazar, Nico Tortorella, Hilary Duff, Molly Bernard, Peter Hermann, with Miriam Shor, Charles Michael Davis, Laura Benanti, and Janeane Garofalo recurring. The story centers on single mother Liza Miller (Foster) who passes herself off as a twenty-something, to land a job in the publishing industry. As Liza’s personal and professional lives mesh, keeping her secret becomes more difficult. In season seven, Liza's personal life...
- 7/15/2021
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
This look at the ethics of transplantation, starring Grammer as a surgeon, doesn’t wind up as tough-minded as it first appears
There’s something about organ-transplant movies that encourages sentimentality and wishy-washy melodrama; looking back to movies such as Return to Me or Seven Pounds or My Sister’s Keeper. But this one promises a more hard-edged look at the ethics, the compromises and the difficult choices. “The heart is just a muscle,” grunts top surgeon Andre Boxer, played by Kelsey Grammer. Boxer is a gruff, cheerless workaholic who smokes like a chimney and often looks terrible. It’s a bravely unflattering and un-Frasier-like role, though somewhat improbably, Boxer is sleeping with a colleague played by Julia Stiles, a good 25 years his junior.
The crux of the story is an urgent debate over who should receive a heart that has unexpectedly become available. Alongside Grammer and Stiles on the transplant...
There’s something about organ-transplant movies that encourages sentimentality and wishy-washy melodrama; looking back to movies such as Return to Me or Seven Pounds or My Sister’s Keeper. But this one promises a more hard-edged look at the ethics, the compromises and the difficult choices. “The heart is just a muscle,” grunts top surgeon Andre Boxer, played by Kelsey Grammer. Boxer is a gruff, cheerless workaholic who smokes like a chimney and often looks terrible. It’s a bravely unflattering and un-Frasier-like role, though somewhat improbably, Boxer is sleeping with a colleague played by Julia Stiles, a good 25 years his junior.
The crux of the story is an urgent debate over who should receive a heart that has unexpectedly become available. Alongside Grammer and Stiles on the transplant...
- 7/12/2021
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Questlove’s Summer of Soul is up to 753 theaters as the doc about the 1969 ‘Black Woodstock’ concert in Harlem that debuted in two locations last weekend crossed into arthouse, commercial and urban venues.
Not that it was easy, said Frank Rodriguez, SVP General Sales Manager, Searchlight Pictures. “Exhibitors are eager to get back on track,” he said. “We had to push very hard in a crowded marketplace” that includes The Boss Baby: Family Business, The Forever Purge and week two of the first true post-Covid blockbuster, F9.
Rodriguez cited notable performances in Brooklyn, San Francisco and Georgetown in D.C. after what was basically an extended promo in NY and LA. Deadline is hearing from industry estimates that Thursday night came in north of $78K.
Full title Summer of Soul, which features never-before-seen concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone,...
Not that it was easy, said Frank Rodriguez, SVP General Sales Manager, Searchlight Pictures. “Exhibitors are eager to get back on track,” he said. “We had to push very hard in a crowded marketplace” that includes The Boss Baby: Family Business, The Forever Purge and week two of the first true post-Covid blockbuster, F9.
Rodriguez cited notable performances in Brooklyn, San Francisco and Georgetown in D.C. after what was basically an extended promo in NY and LA. Deadline is hearing from industry estimates that Thursday night came in north of $78K.
Full title Summer of Soul, which features never-before-seen concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone,...
- 7/2/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles do not make a natural romantic couple, and their awkward pairing is the largest misstep made by “The God Committee,” writer-director Austin Stark’s adaptation of Mark St. Germain’s play about a group of doctors tasked with deciding which of three patients should receive a heart transplant. Often resembling a schematic variation on “Twelve Angry Men” by way of “Grey’s Anatomy,” this earnest drama is That won’t be enough to garner it much box-office traction, but it does make it a solid option for adult VOD viewers.
In November 2014, a New York City hospital’s transplant committee is confronted with a crisis: With the intended recipient of a fresh heart perishing on the operating table, a new beneficiary must be selected in one hour, lest the in-demand organ expire. That sets the ticking-time-bomb tone for the ensuing action, which centers on esteemed Dr.
In November 2014, a New York City hospital’s transplant committee is confronted with a crisis: With the intended recipient of a fresh heart perishing on the operating table, a new beneficiary must be selected in one hour, lest the in-demand organ expire. That sets the ticking-time-bomb tone for the ensuing action, which centers on esteemed Dr.
- 7/2/2021
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
TV Land is saying goodbye to the Younger TV series after seven seasons. The cable channel has announced that the final episodes will begin airing on Wednesday, July 7th and two installments will air each week. Season seven just finished being released on the Paramount+ streaming service last week.
A romantic comedy, Younger stars Sutton Foster, Debi Mazar, Nico Tortorella, Hilary Duff, Molly Bernard, Peter Hermann, with Miriam Shor, Charles Michael Davis, Laura Benanti, and Janeane Garofalo recurring. The story centers on single mother Liza Miller (Foster) who passes herself off as a twenty-something, to land a job in the publishing industry. As Liza’s personal and professional lives mesh, keeping her secret becomes more difficult. In season seven, Liza's personal life is on shaky ground as she tries to stay true to...
A romantic comedy, Younger stars Sutton Foster, Debi Mazar, Nico Tortorella, Hilary Duff, Molly Bernard, Peter Hermann, with Miriam Shor, Charles Michael Davis, Laura Benanti, and Janeane Garofalo recurring. The story centers on single mother Liza Miller (Foster) who passes herself off as a twenty-something, to land a job in the publishing industry. As Liza’s personal and professional lives mesh, keeping her secret becomes more difficult. In season seven, Liza's personal life is on shaky ground as she tries to stay true to...
- 6/14/2021
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
"It's blood money." Vertical Entertainment has released the first official trailer for The God Committee, a new medical drama about doctors from filmmaker Austin Stark (The Runner). The film will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival later this month before opening in select theaters starting in July. It follows a group of medical professionals who are forced to "play God," as they a part of a hospital committee that must decide which patients will receive necessary organ transplants. It begs many moral questions that nurses/doctors have dealt with over the past year, while also having a suspenseful plot that keeps you guessing through the end. The film features an excellent cast: Kelsey Grammer, Julia Stiles, Janeane Garofalo, Peter Y. Kim, Caroline Lagerfelt, Elizabeth Masucci, with Dan Hedaya and Colman Domingo. This looks like an utterly fascinating, impassioned film about the literal life-or-death decisions that doctors must make. Here's the...
- 6/3/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to medical thriller The God Committee, ahead of its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, with plans to release the film theatrically and on demand on July 2nd.
Written and directed by Austin Stark (The Runner), The God Committee examines today’s organ transplant system, through the eyes of those involved and affected by it, moving between two timelines. In the first, a transplant committee has one hour to decide which of three patients deserves a life-saving heart. The other, set seven years later, explores the impact of that fateful decision. Golden Globe and Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) stars in the feature, opposite Julia Stiles, Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya (The Usual Suspects).
“We are thrilled to be working with Vertical,” Stark said in a statement. “Our film shines a light on the transplant system,...
Written and directed by Austin Stark (The Runner), The God Committee examines today’s organ transplant system, through the eyes of those involved and affected by it, moving between two timelines. In the first, a transplant committee has one hour to decide which of three patients deserves a life-saving heart. The other, set seven years later, explores the impact of that fateful decision. Golden Globe and Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) stars in the feature, opposite Julia Stiles, Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya (The Usual Suspects).
“We are thrilled to be working with Vertical,” Stark said in a statement. “Our film shines a light on the transplant system,...
- 5/13/2021
- by Patrick Hipes and Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
What makes HBO Max’s “Hacks” stand out from a slew of new TV offerings (and other shows about the same topic of stand-up comedy), isn’t just its stellar cast, it’s also the premise that two women share a connection, despite being worlds apart, through the desire of making others laugh. And in an even more special twist of fate, the actors also found a similar connection in how they drew from real-life comedians for their roles.
“I thought that it would be a blast to play a stand-up comedian,” Smart reveals to Variety. “I fantasized about that when I was 12; I wanted to be Phyllis Diller.”
Set in Las Vegas, “Hacks” follows canceled comedian Ava (Hannah Einbinder) who begrudgingly heads to the Nevada to work with the only other person who will currently employ her, stand-up legend Deborah Vance (Smart). In an attempt to keep each other relevant,...
“I thought that it would be a blast to play a stand-up comedian,” Smart reveals to Variety. “I fantasized about that when I was 12; I wanted to be Phyllis Diller.”
Set in Las Vegas, “Hacks” follows canceled comedian Ava (Hannah Einbinder) who begrudgingly heads to the Nevada to work with the only other person who will currently employ her, stand-up legend Deborah Vance (Smart). In an attempt to keep each other relevant,...
- 5/13/2021
- by Meredith Woerner
- Variety Film + TV
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