Last year it was reported that Good Neighbor’s Kyle Mooney and Dave McCary were making a movie together called Brigsby Bear, and after a successful run on the film festival circuit, the movie is headed to theaters next month. Mooney stars in the film, which centers on a show called Brigsby Bear Adventures, “a children’s TV […]
Continue ReadingBassem Youssef has been through a lot. If you aren’t familiar with Youssef, he’s often described as “The Jon Stewart of Egypt,” but that’s more of a convenient shorthand. Youssef created and spent three years hosting the enormously successful Egyptian television show Al Bernameg, a show whose title simply translates as The Show. Al Bernameg […]
Continue ReadingMelissa McCarthy has a Christmas movie in the works that will double as her musical debut. According to The Hollywood Reporter, McCarthy and Ben Falcone are producing a film for New Line called Margie Claus, and McCarthy is also attached to star. The movie is described as “a broad holiday family musical” in the vein […]
Continue ReadingLast year, Jenny Slate teamed up with her Obvious Child collaborators Gillian Robespierre and Elisabeth Holm for a new movie called Landline, and the trailer for the film was released today. The ‘90s-set film also stars John Turturro, Edie Falco, Jay Duplass, and Abby Quinn and was picked up by Amazon after premiering at Sundance […]
Continue ReadingFollowing 2015’s 7 Days in Hell, Andy Samberg has a new sports mockumentary premiering on HBO next month called Tour de Pharmacy, and the network just released the full trailer. Originally announced last July, the new mockumentary was written by Samberg and Murray Miller and is set in the world of professional cycling in the […]
Continue ReadingJim O’Heir, best known for playing Jerry Gergich, the lovable object of mockery on Parks and Recreation, has made a surprising jump to star in the new indie dark comedy, Middle Man. O’Heir plays Lenny, a straight-laced accountant with dreams of becoming a standup comedian. But Lenny has a big problem — he is not […]
Continue ReadingFresh off his hit performances at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and Netflix special Homecoming King, Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj is headed to the big screen. According to Deadline, Minhaj has joined the cast of an upcoming film at Lionsgate called The Spy Who Dumped Me, which will star SNL’s Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis. […]
Continue ReadingAccording to Dan Aykroyd, a sequel to 2016’s Ghostbusters reboot is not in the cards, and Aykroyd isn’t shying away from putting all the blame on director Paul Feig. Speaking on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch yesterday, Aykroyd took issue not with the content of Feig’s take on Ghostbusters – which underperformed at the box office and was […]
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When Sight & Sound or the American Film Institute put together lists of the greatest movies of all time, comedies usually get the shaft. Sure, you might see a dramedy or a rom-com on there somewhere, but a straight comedy in the top 10 is pretty much unheard of. Maybe the people making these lists […]
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