Amazon’s Prime Video has picked up the worldwide rights to Peter Farrelly’s upcoming comedy Ricky Stanicky ahead of a worldwide streaming release.
The Dumb and Dumber director’s return to comedy will star Jermaine Fowler, Zac Efron and John Cena and has started production in Melbourne, Australia. Rick Stanicky portrays three friends inventing a character to get out of tricky situations, but they have to hire a washed-up actor to portray their fictional friend when their partners become suspicious and all with comedic consequences.
Producers on the pic include Paul Currie of Footloose Productions, Thorsten Schumacher of Rocket Science and John Jacobs of Smart Entertainment. The script is written by Farrelly, Brian Jarvis and Jim Freeman and is based on an original spec script by Jeff Bushnell and Steve Oedekerk.
Fowler most recently starred in Hulu’s comedy The Drop, while Efron starred opposite Russell Crowe in Apple...
The Dumb and Dumber director’s return to comedy will star Jermaine Fowler, Zac Efron and John Cena and has started production in Melbourne, Australia. Rick Stanicky portrays three friends inventing a character to get out of tricky situations, but they have to hire a washed-up actor to portray their fictional friend when their partners become suspicious and all with comedic consequences.
Producers on the pic include Paul Currie of Footloose Productions, Thorsten Schumacher of Rocket Science and John Jacobs of Smart Entertainment. The script is written by Farrelly, Brian Jarvis and Jim Freeman and is based on an original spec script by Jeff Bushnell and Steve Oedekerk.
Fowler most recently starred in Hulu’s comedy The Drop, while Efron starred opposite Russell Crowe in Apple...
- 2/1/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Deadline has learned that Prime Video has taken global rights to Ricky Stanicky from Oscar-winning Green Book director Peter Farrelly.
Additionally, Sorry to Bother You‘s Jermaine Fowler has joined the cast and will star alongside Zac Efron and John Cena. Ricky Stanicky, which marks a return to comedy for Farrelly, commences production in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia this month. Deadline first told you about the R-rated project.
In the film, three friends invent a character to use to get out of tricky predicaments, but they have to hire an actor to portray their fictional friend when their significant others become suspicious.
Producers include Paul Currie via Footloose Productions, Thorsten Schumacher via Rocket Science, in association with John Jacobs via Smart Entertainment. The script, written by Farrelly, Brian Jarvis (Wishbone at Universal), and James L.
Additionally, Sorry to Bother You‘s Jermaine Fowler has joined the cast and will star alongside Zac Efron and John Cena. Ricky Stanicky, which marks a return to comedy for Farrelly, commences production in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia this month. Deadline first told you about the R-rated project.
In the film, three friends invent a character to use to get out of tricky predicaments, but they have to hire an actor to portray their fictional friend when their significant others become suspicious.
Producers include Paul Currie via Footloose Productions, Thorsten Schumacher via Rocket Science, in association with John Jacobs via Smart Entertainment. The script, written by Farrelly, Brian Jarvis (Wishbone at Universal), and James L.
- 2/1/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple Studios has made an exclusive deal with Dennis Lehane, the mind behind films like “Mystic River” and “Shutter Island.”
The screenwriter and his production company Hans Bubby have agreed to the terms with Apple TV+ following the success of “Black Bird” starring Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser, who won a Golden Globe for his role in the prison thriller show, which Lehane helped create. Variety first reported the news.
Lehane’s deal involves exclusive development and production of multiple original series for Apple TV+. The streamer will also get a first-look for digital features.
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The screenwriter and his production company Hans Bubby have agreed to the terms with Apple TV+ following the success of “Black Bird” starring Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser, who won a Golden Globe for his role in the prison thriller show, which Lehane helped create. Variety first reported the news.
Lehane’s deal involves exclusive development and production of multiple original series for Apple TV+. The streamer will also get a first-look for digital features.
Also Read:
‘Black Bird’ Star Paul Walter Hauser Explains How He Pieced Together His Chilling Performance as a Serial Killer
“Small Mercies: A Novel” by Lehane is already under development at AppleTV+ as a drama series produced by the author and executive produced by Bradley Thomas, Kary Antholis and Richard Plepler. The Boston-set book,...
- 1/26/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Apple Studios has struck an exclusive overall deal with Dennis Lehane, the novelist, screenwriter and show runner who is best known for penning works such as “Mystic River” and “Shutter Island.” The pact with Lehane and his production company, Hans Bubby, comes on the heels of the Golden Globe-winning series “Black Bird,” a prison drama that Lehane helped create.
As part of the deal, Lehane will exclusively develop and produce a slate of original series for Apple TV+. The pact also gives Apple a first-look for digital features.
Apple TV+ is set to develop Lehane’s highly anticipated upcoming novel “Small Mercies” as a drama series that will be created and executive produced by Lehane, with Bradley Thomas, Kary Antholis and Richard Plepler serving as executive producers. Set to publish on April 25, 2023, “Small Mercies: A Novel” is billed as an all-consuming tale of revenge, family love, festering hate, and insidious power,...
As part of the deal, Lehane will exclusively develop and produce a slate of original series for Apple TV+. The pact also gives Apple a first-look for digital features.
Apple TV+ is set to develop Lehane’s highly anticipated upcoming novel “Small Mercies” as a drama series that will be created and executive produced by Lehane, with Bradley Thomas, Kary Antholis and Richard Plepler serving as executive producers. Set to publish on April 25, 2023, “Small Mercies: A Novel” is billed as an all-consuming tale of revenge, family love, festering hate, and insidious power,...
- 1/25/2023
- by Brent Lang and Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
After a hard day working, some people prefer resting at home before the next day begins. Others go to their favorite bar for a cold drink and honest, unfiltered conversation.
On TV, bars are much more significant. They are more than the place you go to get drunk and probably make bad decisions. Essential plot points happen in bars. People meet and fall in love inside bars. Breakups also occur in them.
For some characters, bars help them put food on the table and clothes on their backs.
We have rounded up seventeen iconic bars and clubs that viewers and characters adore or hate. They may even inspire the name of the bar you might open.
17. Cheers (Cheers)
Kicking us off is the bar, where an entire show is almost exclusively set in.
Cheer is owned by Sam but has had many owners before him, and he later sells it to someone else.
On TV, bars are much more significant. They are more than the place you go to get drunk and probably make bad decisions. Essential plot points happen in bars. People meet and fall in love inside bars. Breakups also occur in them.
For some characters, bars help them put food on the table and clothes on their backs.
We have rounded up seventeen iconic bars and clubs that viewers and characters adore or hate. They may even inspire the name of the bar you might open.
17. Cheers (Cheers)
Kicking us off is the bar, where an entire show is almost exclusively set in.
Cheer is owned by Sam but has had many owners before him, and he later sells it to someone else.
- 1/24/2023
- by Denis Kimathi
- TVfanatic
After a banner 2022 that saw their film We’re All Going to the World’s Fair launch in theaters and on HBO Max, as well as their follow-up, I Saw the TV Glow, complete production with a cast of multiple rising stars for A24, filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun has lined up their next feature project for Tango Entertainment.
Schoenbrun is set to write and direct an adaptation of Imogen Binnie’s cult classic Nevada with production scheduled to begin in the eponymous state between March 15 and May 15 of this year. Released in 2013, Nevada is considered a landmark of the trans literary canon, a punk road-trip saga about Maria Griffiths, who flees New York for Star City, Nevada in the car she stole from her cheating ex and falls in with James, who may also be trans. Schoenbrun also announced the official nationwide casting call for both leads, Maria and James, on Twitter.
Schoenbrun is set to write and direct an adaptation of Imogen Binnie’s cult classic Nevada with production scheduled to begin in the eponymous state between March 15 and May 15 of this year. Released in 2013, Nevada is considered a landmark of the trans literary canon, a punk road-trip saga about Maria Griffiths, who flees New York for Star City, Nevada in the car she stole from her cheating ex and falls in with James, who may also be trans. Schoenbrun also announced the official nationwide casting call for both leads, Maria and James, on Twitter.
- 1/18/2023
- by Sean L. Malin
- The Film Stage
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