With theaters and training centers in Austin and New Orleans, three comedy festivals under its name, and a published book about improv, The New Movement has been a swiftly rising comedy powerhouse in the South since it was founded by Chris Trew, Tami Nelson, and Brock LaBorde in 2009. When we profiled them in 2014, […]
Continue ReadingFresh off her Oscar nomination for co-writing The Big Sick, Emily V. Gordon has landed another movie gig. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gordon has signed on to write a movie for Amazon called The Nest. The film is based on Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s 2016 novel of the same name and follows “the dysfunctional Plumb family. […]
Continue ReadingIt’s hard to argue that anyone could be doing better in comedy production right now — digital, TV, and film — than Peter Principato and Jonathan Stern. Principato is coming off the recent releases of Central Intelligence and Keanu, the first of which grossed over $200 million worldwide and both of which are north of […]
Continue ReadingIt’s been a year and a half since the second season of Another Period ended, so there’s a great deal to catch up on. Set in the first decade of the 20th century, Another Period focuses primarily on Lillian and Beatrice Bellacourt, played respectively by series creators Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome. The two are […]
Continue ReadingIt’s been a year and a half since the second season of Another Period ended, so there’s a great deal to catch up on. Set in the first decade of the 20th century, Another Period focuses primarily on Lillian and Beatrice Bellacourt, played respectively by series creators Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome. The two are […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s The Opposition, where Jordan Klepper sits down with former Mexican President Vicente Fox to discuss Donald Trump’s racist comments against Mexicans and the border wall and why he’s taken it upon himself to speak out against Trump on Twitter. “Is a former head of state trolling another head of […]
Continue ReadingSince he started doing comedy, Tom Segura has been on the slow climb to success through silliness. With Your Mom’s House, the podcast he co-hosts with his wife/fellow comedian Christina P, Segura says the couple is simply “embracing silliness” and “just trying to have fun.” And despite some recent complaints from angry Cajuns and concerned […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Conan, where O’Brien chats with Disjointed star Kathy Bates about the challenge of acting stoned on a television show. It’s not exactly a challenge for Bates, though, who goes on to give O’Brien an easy tip for how to pull it off: uncontrollable laughter. “My guy wasn’t stoned, my […]
Continue ReadingNBC just added four multi-cam comedy pilots — the first four comedy pilot orders of the 2018-2019 season. According to The Wrap, the network has given pilot orders to shows from Mike Schur, Sean Hayes, and Roseanne executive producer Tom Werner. First up is Schur’s pilot Abby’s, which follows “the titular unlicensed bar in San Diego, […]
Continue ReadingA year and a half after a round of layoffs that shuttered the San Mateo engineering office and left 37 people without a job and almost one year since closing the New York office, Funny or Die has made some more cuts today. According to Deadline, Funny or Die CEO Mike Farah sent a memo to […]
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