Exclusive: We hear that Kris Rey is set to direct Sooner or Later, a romantic comedy that’s early in the works at 20th Century Studios from scribe Tess Morris and produced by Logan‘s Scott Frank.
Sooner or Later focuses on Nora, a cynical British journalist who is hired to write a puff piece for a legendary Hollywood playboy attempting to reinvent his image.
Rey’s most recent comedy feature I Used To Go Here premiered at SXSW in 2020 and starred Gillian Jacobs and Jemaine Clement. The pic was acquired stateside by Gravitas Ventures. Previously, she wrote and directed the feature Unexpected, which premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival and stars Cobie Smulders, Anders Holm, Gail Bean, and Elizabeth McGovern.
Up next on the feature side, Rey is attached to direct Higher Ground, a natural disaster rom-com written by Olivia Wolfe and Neel Shah. Dave Bernad and Ruben Fleischer are producing.
Sooner or Later focuses on Nora, a cynical British journalist who is hired to write a puff piece for a legendary Hollywood playboy attempting to reinvent his image.
Rey’s most recent comedy feature I Used To Go Here premiered at SXSW in 2020 and starred Gillian Jacobs and Jemaine Clement. The pic was acquired stateside by Gravitas Ventures. Previously, she wrote and directed the feature Unexpected, which premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival and stars Cobie Smulders, Anders Holm, Gail Bean, and Elizabeth McGovern.
Up next on the feature side, Rey is attached to direct Higher Ground, a natural disaster rom-com written by Olivia Wolfe and Neel Shah. Dave Bernad and Ruben Fleischer are producing.
- 12/7/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The tried and true way to break viewers’ hearts is to make them care deeply. “Aftershock” wastes no time in doing just that. Filmmaking duo Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee begin their emotionally resonant, statistically chilling documentary about the dramatically increased numbers of maternal death and morbidity among Black women in the U.S. with montages of two lives. Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Isaac were two young, healthy women who went to hospitals to have their babies and died. Starting with life-affirming scenes of the two vibrant, engaging young women is a decidedly “say her name” salvo.
Who was lost and who they left behind is one of the most powerful ways for storytellers to connect us to tragedies that result from systemic failures. “Aftershock” is the word Shamony’s mother, Shawnee Benton Gibson, used to describe what her feelings were after the unexpected death of her daughter.
Who was lost and who they left behind is one of the most powerful ways for storytellers to connect us to tragedies that result from systemic failures. “Aftershock” is the word Shamony’s mother, Shawnee Benton Gibson, used to describe what her feelings were after the unexpected death of her daughter.
- 1/28/2022
- by Lisa Kennedy
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has ordered five new originals out of India with Hollywood producers including Blumhouse and Chernin Entertainment getting in on the action.
The Svod service is doubling down on its scripted drive in the region – following the success of titles such as Delhi Crime and Selection Day.
Over the next twelve months, it will launch Bombay Begums, Mai, Betaal, Messy and Masaba Masaba.
Bombay Begums, executive produced by Chernin Entertainment and Endemol Shine India, is a story set in contemporary urban India that sees five women, across generations, wrestle with desire, ethics, personal crises and vulnerabilities to own their ambition. As glass ceilings are shattered and hearts are broken, difficult choices have to be made. And as each woman strives to find her own truth, they find in each other an unexpected understanding and the sliver of a bond. It was created, written and directed by Alankrita Shrivastava.
Betaal, executive produced by Blumhouse,...
The Svod service is doubling down on its scripted drive in the region – following the success of titles such as Delhi Crime and Selection Day.
Over the next twelve months, it will launch Bombay Begums, Mai, Betaal, Messy and Masaba Masaba.
Bombay Begums, executive produced by Chernin Entertainment and Endemol Shine India, is a story set in contemporary urban India that sees five women, across generations, wrestle with desire, ethics, personal crises and vulnerabilities to own their ambition. As glass ceilings are shattered and hearts are broken, difficult choices have to be made. And as each woman strives to find her own truth, they find in each other an unexpected understanding and the sliver of a bond. It was created, written and directed by Alankrita Shrivastava.
Betaal, executive produced by Blumhouse,...
- 7/16/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Baby Powder is making a return. Mike Epps will reprise his role from the original stoner classic in MTV’s movie sequel How High 2. The network also set a premiere date of Saturday, April 20 and released a first-look at the show open above.
Epps will provide continuity for fans of the 2001 pop-culture phenom, in which he co-starred opposite Method Man and Redman. He joins previously announced cast including Lil Yachty, D.C. Young Fly, Alyssa Goss, DeRay Davis and Mary Lynn Rajskub, with special appearances from Blac Youngsta, NeNe Leakes, Cynthia Bailey, Lil Baby, and Justine Skye.
Written by Family Guy’s Shawn Ries and Artie Johann, Alex Blagg (Workaholics) & Neel Shah (Powerless), the follow-up to the 2001 film chronicles two young “potrepreneurs” on a magical hash-fueled journey to fund their on-demand munchies delivery start-up. Lil Yachty (Roger) plays an entrepreneur and stars opposite of D.C. Young Fly (Calvin) who plays his best friend.
Epps will provide continuity for fans of the 2001 pop-culture phenom, in which he co-starred opposite Method Man and Redman. He joins previously announced cast including Lil Yachty, D.C. Young Fly, Alyssa Goss, DeRay Davis and Mary Lynn Rajskub, with special appearances from Blac Youngsta, NeNe Leakes, Cynthia Bailey, Lil Baby, and Justine Skye.
Written by Family Guy’s Shawn Ries and Artie Johann, Alex Blagg (Workaholics) & Neel Shah (Powerless), the follow-up to the 2001 film chronicles two young “potrepreneurs” on a magical hash-fueled journey to fund their on-demand munchies delivery start-up. Lil Yachty (Roger) plays an entrepreneur and stars opposite of D.C. Young Fly (Calvin) who plays his best friend.
- 3/7/2019
- by Denise Petski and Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
How High 2, MTV’s sequel to stoner classic How High, has rounded out its cast. DC Young Fly (Almost Christmas) is set to star opposite previously announced Lil Yachty in the non-theatrical movie followup to the 2001 Universal comedy feature, which starred Method Man and Redman.
Alyssa Goss (The Bobby Brown Story), DeRay Davis (21 Jump Street) and Mary Lynn Rajskub (Night School) are also set to co-star. Additional appearances include NeNe Leakes, Tameka “Tiny” Harris (Meet The Blacks), Cynthia Bailey (The Real Housewives of
Atlanta), Shekinah Jo (T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle) and hip-hop artist Lil Baby.
How High 2 is co-produced by MTV and Universal 1440 Entertainment, the production entity of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Production is currently underway in Atlanta for a spring 2019 premiere on MTV.
Written by Family Guy’s Shawn Ries and Artie Johann, Alex Blagg (Workaholics) & Neel Shah (Powerless), How...
Alyssa Goss (The Bobby Brown Story), DeRay Davis (21 Jump Street) and Mary Lynn Rajskub (Night School) are also set to co-star. Additional appearances include NeNe Leakes, Tameka “Tiny” Harris (Meet The Blacks), Cynthia Bailey (The Real Housewives of
Atlanta), Shekinah Jo (T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle) and hip-hop artist Lil Baby.
How High 2 is co-produced by MTV and Universal 1440 Entertainment, the production entity of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Production is currently underway in Atlanta for a spring 2019 premiere on MTV.
Written by Family Guy’s Shawn Ries and Artie Johann, Alex Blagg (Workaholics) & Neel Shah (Powerless), How...
- 10/5/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Rapper Lil Yachty has been cast in the lead role of the MTV film “How High 2,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The film began production in Atlanta today. It is a follow up to the 2001 stoner comedy “How High” starring Method Man and Redman. It will premiere on MTV in 2019.
Lil Yachty plays Roger, an entrepreneur and the younger brother of one of the protagonists from the original film. Per the official description by MTV, Roger and his friend go “on a magical hash-fueled journey to fund their on-demand munchies delivery start-up.”
This will not be Lil Yacthy’s first acting role. He previously appeared as himself in an episode of George Lopez’s TV Land series “Lopez” and provided the voice for Green Lantern in the hit animated film “Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.” The Atlanta rapper also acted in a very different recent project: an improbable sing-dong...
The film began production in Atlanta today. It is a follow up to the 2001 stoner comedy “How High” starring Method Man and Redman. It will premiere on MTV in 2019.
Lil Yachty plays Roger, an entrepreneur and the younger brother of one of the protagonists from the original film. Per the official description by MTV, Roger and his friend go “on a magical hash-fueled journey to fund their on-demand munchies delivery start-up.”
This will not be Lil Yacthy’s first acting role. He previously appeared as himself in an episode of George Lopez’s TV Land series “Lopez” and provided the voice for Green Lantern in the hit animated film “Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.” The Atlanta rapper also acted in a very different recent project: an improbable sing-dong...
- 9/25/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Christy Turlington Burns spent Mother’s Day celebrating moms around the world.
The supermodel — who started the organization Every Mother Counts in 2010 after experiencing a childbirth complication with her daughter Grace 13 years ago — traveled to Washington, D.C., to be a part of the Mom’s March on Sunday.
The rally came to be after Dr. Neel Shah, an obstetrician from Harvard and Dr. Ginger Breedlove, the former president of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, decided they wanted to speak out at the event.
“After the election they reached out to organizations like Every Mother Counts for partnerships,” Turlington Burns tells People.
The supermodel — who started the organization Every Mother Counts in 2010 after experiencing a childbirth complication with her daughter Grace 13 years ago — traveled to Washington, D.C., to be a part of the Mom’s March on Sunday.
The rally came to be after Dr. Neel Shah, an obstetrician from Harvard and Dr. Ginger Breedlove, the former president of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, decided they wanted to speak out at the event.
“After the election they reached out to organizations like Every Mother Counts for partnerships,” Turlington Burns tells People.
- 5/15/2017
- by Caitlin Keating
- PEOPLE.com
Somewhat likable if too silly for its own good, Puerto Ricans in Paris is the kind of film that might one day find itself adapted into a sitcom. Directed by Ian Edelman from a script co-written by Edelman and Neel Shah, the flick finds two NYPD detectives Luis (Luis Guzmán) and Eddie (Edgar Garcia) in Paris on the hunt for a stolen designer handbag. Experts at detecting Canal Street knock-offs, they’re retained by a sexy Paris designer Colette (Alice Tagloni) and her business partner Vincent (Frederic Anscombre) to chase down leads including a young apprentice, a publicist, and a broke model who recently and mysteriously just purchased a vineyard.
Both men come equipped with drama; Luis is a playboy whose been casually seeing Vanessa (Rosario Dawson) until she wants more while Eddie, a family man, is so financially stretched he’s unable to give Rosie Perez‘s Gloria, his wife and also Luis’ sister, a decent anniversary night out. There’s the set up and the film doesn’t quite deliver a great punch-line, although it has many a beat you’d expect with a few laughs along the way. Students of the buddy comedy will surely find the picture to be comfort food.
The most delightful thing about feature is Guzmán in his first leading role. He’s as funny as ever, even if the material doesn’t give him much to work with. Puerto Ricans in Paris is such a sitcom that it plays like one of those special episodes where the characters are taken out of the studio and let loose in the wild. A film seen in theaters probably shouldn’t recall the special two-part episode of Perfect Strangers that found Larry and Balki running for their life after accidentally taping a mob murder in La, but this one is pretty much that.
Puerto Ricans in Paris finds Luis and Eddie in a string of improbable situations, right down to a fitting montage that doesn’t quite work to drinking gags as they insert themselves into Persian life after hours — it’s all quite trite. One early bartering scene which finds our guys dressed as Sheiks is downright culturally embarrassing for all (mostly the film’s audience) without much of a pay-off. I’m sure not even Jeff Franklin, creator of Full House, Bosom Buddies and Hanging With Mr. Cooper, would have signed off on a gag that dumb in the 1990s. Other gags and pay-offs inspire that “ah ha” moment, and one nice thing to be said for its script is it leaves no loose ends, an ideal exercise in narrative economy.
The grand takeaway from Puerto Ricans in Paris, which delivers what you’d expect and not much else, is that someone ought to finally give Luis Guzmán the leading role of a lifetime. The film, however, is tolerable on cable or free TV. It certainly isn’t the worst film you can check into for a few minutes, although that depends on which point you check in.
Puerto Ricans in Paris is now playing in select theaters and is available on VOD.
Both men come equipped with drama; Luis is a playboy whose been casually seeing Vanessa (Rosario Dawson) until she wants more while Eddie, a family man, is so financially stretched he’s unable to give Rosie Perez‘s Gloria, his wife and also Luis’ sister, a decent anniversary night out. There’s the set up and the film doesn’t quite deliver a great punch-line, although it has many a beat you’d expect with a few laughs along the way. Students of the buddy comedy will surely find the picture to be comfort food.
The most delightful thing about feature is Guzmán in his first leading role. He’s as funny as ever, even if the material doesn’t give him much to work with. Puerto Ricans in Paris is such a sitcom that it plays like one of those special episodes where the characters are taken out of the studio and let loose in the wild. A film seen in theaters probably shouldn’t recall the special two-part episode of Perfect Strangers that found Larry and Balki running for their life after accidentally taping a mob murder in La, but this one is pretty much that.
Puerto Ricans in Paris finds Luis and Eddie in a string of improbable situations, right down to a fitting montage that doesn’t quite work to drinking gags as they insert themselves into Persian life after hours — it’s all quite trite. One early bartering scene which finds our guys dressed as Sheiks is downright culturally embarrassing for all (mostly the film’s audience) without much of a pay-off. I’m sure not even Jeff Franklin, creator of Full House, Bosom Buddies and Hanging With Mr. Cooper, would have signed off on a gag that dumb in the 1990s. Other gags and pay-offs inspire that “ah ha” moment, and one nice thing to be said for its script is it leaves no loose ends, an ideal exercise in narrative economy.
The grand takeaway from Puerto Ricans in Paris, which delivers what you’d expect and not much else, is that someone ought to finally give Luis Guzmán the leading role of a lifetime. The film, however, is tolerable on cable or free TV. It certainly isn’t the worst film you can check into for a few minutes, although that depends on which point you check in.
Puerto Ricans in Paris is now playing in select theaters and is available on VOD.
- 6/16/2016
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Chicago – Occasionally, a film breaks through the miasma of images, and proclaims its uniqueness by just being weird. Case in point, the strange and wacky “Puerto Ricans in Paris,” which may have been created after two rich film producers made a one dollar bet (ala “Trading Places”) that they could come up with a movie simply based on the title.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
With a plot that would be at home in a 1970s cop drama – New York City undercover cops of Puerto Rican heritage go to Paris to break up a counterfeit designer purse crime – the absurdity of the situation and the actors playing the cops are almost secondary to the off-the-grid humor that emerges both because of and despite the situation. The film also looks good, better than would be expected for such a story, and Paris gets its due as a destination. One of the best examples of the bizarre nature of the way this film was approached, is the casting of Edgar Garcia (whose only major credit was in HBO’s “How to Make it in America,” created by Ian Edelman, the director of this film). He portrays the more romantic of the two cops in Paris, despite his tattooed girth and bald head. Obviously, Edgar has something on Ian.
Luis (Luis Guzmán) and Eddie (Edgar Garcia) are undercover New York City cops, whose beat is busting counterfeit designer purse criminals. After a successful exposure of a one such crook, they are approached by a Paris designer named Collette (Alice Taglioni) to come to the City of Lights to retrieve a hot designer bag – stolen right before its anticipated release.
Lured by a large reward, the two fish-out-of-water lawmen start living in luxury in Paris, while coming up with ever more outlandish ways to check out Collette’s staff for the possible thief. In the meantime, the same Collette has a crush on Eddie, which wouldn’t sit right with his wife Gloria (Rosie Perez). There are many complications to consider before this case can be solved.
”Puerto Ricans in Paris” continues its limited release in Chicago on June 10th, and is available through digital download. See local listings for theaters and showtimes, plus see digital providers for availability. Featuring Luis Guzman, Edgar Garcia, Rosario Dawson, Rosie Perez, Miriam Shor and Alice Taglioni. Written by Ian Edelman and Neel Shah. Directed by Ian Edelman. Rated “R”
Continue reading for Patrick McDonald’s full review of “Puerto Ricans in Paris”
Luis (Luis Guzmán) and Eddie (Edgar Garcia) in ‘Puerto Ricans in Paris’
Photo credit: Focus World
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Rating: 3.5/5.0
With a plot that would be at home in a 1970s cop drama – New York City undercover cops of Puerto Rican heritage go to Paris to break up a counterfeit designer purse crime – the absurdity of the situation and the actors playing the cops are almost secondary to the off-the-grid humor that emerges both because of and despite the situation. The film also looks good, better than would be expected for such a story, and Paris gets its due as a destination. One of the best examples of the bizarre nature of the way this film was approached, is the casting of Edgar Garcia (whose only major credit was in HBO’s “How to Make it in America,” created by Ian Edelman, the director of this film). He portrays the more romantic of the two cops in Paris, despite his tattooed girth and bald head. Obviously, Edgar has something on Ian.
Luis (Luis Guzmán) and Eddie (Edgar Garcia) are undercover New York City cops, whose beat is busting counterfeit designer purse criminals. After a successful exposure of a one such crook, they are approached by a Paris designer named Collette (Alice Taglioni) to come to the City of Lights to retrieve a hot designer bag – stolen right before its anticipated release.
Lured by a large reward, the two fish-out-of-water lawmen start living in luxury in Paris, while coming up with ever more outlandish ways to check out Collette’s staff for the possible thief. In the meantime, the same Collette has a crush on Eddie, which wouldn’t sit right with his wife Gloria (Rosie Perez). There are many complications to consider before this case can be solved.
”Puerto Ricans in Paris” continues its limited release in Chicago on June 10th, and is available through digital download. See local listings for theaters and showtimes, plus see digital providers for availability. Featuring Luis Guzman, Edgar Garcia, Rosario Dawson, Rosie Perez, Miriam Shor and Alice Taglioni. Written by Ian Edelman and Neel Shah. Directed by Ian Edelman. Rated “R”
Continue reading for Patrick McDonald’s full review of “Puerto Ricans in Paris”
Luis (Luis Guzmán) and Eddie (Edgar Garcia) in ‘Puerto Ricans in Paris’
Photo credit: Focus World
Continue reading for Patrick McDonald’s full review of “Puerto Ricans in Paris”...
- 6/13/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Wirter-Director Ian Edelman's Puerto Ricans In Paris will soon be in the states, as Focus World has picked up all U.S. rights to the comedy. Written by Ian Edelman and Neel Shah, the film follows two New York counterfeit detectives investigating the stolen design for a highly sought after bag made by a famous fashion designer. Heading to Paris, the bickering duo hope to crack the case and collect a huge reward in the process. Premiering earlier this summer at the 2015 La…...
- 10/22/2015
- Deadline
A particularly hard type of film about which to write critically is the comedy of modest ambition that achieves its aim with an acceptable amount of appeal in playing, gags, plot, and outlook, but little more. One does not wish to criticize for not being more (not least as so many are so less), nor to overpraise its slight achievements, leaving one mostly in the territory of reportage, rather than critical appraisal. Which is a way of saying that such a film is Puerto Ricans in Paris, a perfectly inoffensive, oftentimes smile-raising fish-out-of-water/culture-clash comedy that does what it aims to do pretty much without fault.
The Puerto Ricans in question are Luis (Luis Guzmán) and Eddie (Edgar Garcia, like Guzmán, a regular on director Ian Edelman’s HBO series “How To Make It In America), and they play well together – Guzmán furrows his brow a lot, and Garcia is like a nice,...
The Puerto Ricans in question are Luis (Luis Guzmán) and Eddie (Edgar Garcia, like Guzmán, a regular on director Ian Edelman’s HBO series “How To Make It In America), and they play well together – Guzmán furrows his brow a lot, and Garcia is like a nice,...
- 6/18/2015
- by Tom Newth
- SoundOnSight
After creating the HBO 2010 twentysomething series How to Make It in America, Ian Edelman soon turned his attention to feature films, making his directorial debut with Puerto Ricans In Paris, which he co-wrote with Neel Shah. Edelman’s America scribe partner Joseph Zolfo is also producing. The comedy revolves around brothers-in-law, Eddie (Edgar Garcia) and Luis (Luis Guzman), who are highly regarded counterfeit detectives dispatched to Paris to recover a stolen purse. Ros…...
- 6/6/2015
- Deadline
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