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Monty Python have obviously inspired a number of comedians, writers, filmmakers and aggrieved garbage dump custodians, but it turns out that they also had a big impact on the actor best known for gunning down countless Russian mobsters and downloading kung-fu directly into his cerebral cortex: Keanu Reeves.

Reeves recently attended the Southbank Literature Festival to promote his new novel The Book of Elsewhere, along with his co-author China Miéville. When the moderator asked Reeves about which work of art from his youth “has been the biggest inspiration” in his work, the actor, at first, couldn’t come up with an answer. But then he admitted that it was actually Monty Python.

“It was such a wonderful influence and model of storytelling,” Reeves said of the iconic comedy troupe, noting that their humor “was so physical but also so intellectual and social.”

This might seem a little bit surprising, considering...

The “Big Bang Theory” spinoff series in the works at Max has found its first three cast members.

Variety has learned from sources that Brian Posehn, Lauren Lapkus, and Kevin Sussman will all star in the potential show, which was originally announced as being in development at Max back in April 2023. Exact plot details remain under wraps but all three actors would reprise their roles from the original series.

The show remains in development and has not been greenlit to series at this time, with Posehn, Sussman, and Lapkus currently under talent holding deals. “Big Bang Theory” co-creator Chuck Lorre is executive producing the new project via Chuck Lorre Productions, with Lorre currently under an overall deal with series studio Warner Bros. Television.

Reps for Wbtv and Max declined to comment.

Sussman famously played comic book store owner Stuart Bloom on “The Big Bang Theory” beginning in the show’s second season,...

Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted is as much about its cameos as it is about Kellogg’s iconic breakfast pastry. Who needs punchlines when you can create a litany of “Hey, that’s Comedian XYZ!” moments. Bill Burr, Mikey Day, Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, Patrick Warburton, Cedric the Entertainer, Sebastian Maniscalco, Earthquake, Jack McBrayer — that’s hardly scratching the surface of the “blink or you’ll miss ‘em” moments provided by Seinfeld’s directorial debut.

You can catch several of the cameos in the movie’s trailer, but one in particular was kept a secret — the pitch from a couple of mad men at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. But Jon Hamm, a guy who is normally game for any comedy from Saturday Night Live to Between Two Ferns: The Movie, wasn’t sure bringing back Don Draper to pitch Pop-Tarts was a good idea. “I was of two minds,” Hamm told The Hollywood Reporter.

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Parents will use whatever tools are at their disposal to help their children, so despite what Gaby Hoffman shouts at Benedict Cumberbatch in the first trailer for “Eric,” it makes perfect sense that a New York puppeteer would a big blue puppet to help find his missing son. Right? Right.

From creator and writer Abi Morgan comes the latest Netflix limited series, “Eric,” an original series set in 1980s New York and following Cumberbatch’s panicked father as he embarks on a unique odyssey to save his lost child. Edgar (Ivan Howe) is 9 years old when he heads off to school and isn’t seen again. His parents, Vincent (Cumberbatch) and Cassie (Hoffman), call the cops, make a plea on television, and do everything in their power to help locate their son, but the investigation keeps hitting dead ends. Frustrated and desperate, Vincent’s guilt curdles into something dangerous — or...

Linda Cardellini, Edi Patterson, Tim Heidecker and Toby Huss will star in David Gordon Green’s “Nutcrackers.” They join the previously announced Ben Stiller, who will play a work-obsessed man who travels to rural Ohio to look after his four nephews after their parents die in a car accident.

Heidecker will play a local deputy, Patterson has been cast as an orphan profiteer, Huss portrays an eccentric empty-nester millionaire and Cardellini takes on the role of a social worker who helps Stiller’s character on his journey to find a home for the boys. The film is based on a script by Leland Douglas and was developed by Rough House Pictures.

Rivulet Films’ Rob Paris and Mike Witherill, Red Hour Films’ Stiller and John Lesher, and Rough House Pictures’ Nate Meyer are producing. Rivulet fully financed the film, which recently wrapped production outside of Cincinnati.

Cardellini is currently in production...

There’s a behind-the-scenes shakeup at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Mason Steinberg, who was appointed head writer in 2022, is exiting the role after a year, Deadline reports. He’ll be replaced by original head writer A.D. Miles, who is returning to NBC’s flagship late-night program after a six-year hiatus.

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Miles previously served as head writer of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon from...

Exclusive: There’s change at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

A.D. Miles, who was previously head writer on the NBC show and also worked with Fallon on Late Night, is returning to the show as head writer.

Mason Steinberg, who was hired in the role last year, is exiting.

Paul Masella, who is the co-head writer and head monologue writer, remains in his position. Masella, who was also a writer on The Late Show with David Letterman and Saturday Night Live, has been writing for the NBC show since 2016.

Miles has a long history with Fallon; he was head writer of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, which aired between 2009-2014, and then moved with the former SNL star to The Tonight Show, where he was head writer between 2014-2017. In all, he has written on more than 750 episodes of late-night television with the host.

He is probably best known...

Keanu Reeves has been lighting up movie screens for nearly 40 years. From his breakthrough in “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” to his blockbuster action flicks like “The Matrix,” “Speed,” “Point Break,” and “John Wick,” his career has been as unpredictable as it is entertaining. Whether you want to fire up an old favorite or discover a new-to-you Keanu flick, we’ve collected all his films and where to stream them.

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The National have joined forced with Phoebe Bridgers for “Your Mind Is Not Your Friend” — the latest single off the band’s upcoming album First Two Pages of Frankenstein — along with its accompanying music video.

The National have crossed creative paths with Bridgers before. In 2019, she joined the band for the live debut of their song “Where Is Her Head,” and she also teamed up with vocalist Matt Berninger for “Walking On a String” from Netflix’s Between Two Ferns: The Movie. But “Your Mind Is Not Your Friend” is somehow the first proper collaboration The National have released with Bridgers.

The music video is also a fraternal affair, directed by Bridgers’ brother Jackson and starring Berninger’s brother (and frequent National collaborator) Tom. Check it out below.

“Your Mind Is Not Your Friend” is one of two Bridgers collaborations we’ll hear on First Two Pages of Frankenstein, which...

Exclusive: Lauren Lapkus (Orange Is the New Black) is set as the executive producer and star of the indie comedy Another Happy Day, which Nora Fiffer wrote and is directing for Red Squirrel Films, in her feature debut.

The postpartum depression comedy, currently in production in Chicago, is loosely inspired by the writer-director’s experience becoming a mother. Lapkus will play Joanna, a “total nut” who is wearing new motherhood so awkwardly that she remarks candidly “I’m not really a mom, I just have a baby, you know?” This new mom is also an artist who isn’t making any art, and feels truly terrible at taking care of her newborn, as she stumbles through her days. She can’t get her old job back, her old friends have moved on without her, her husband thinks he’s a better mother than she is, she’s terribly sleep deprived,...

Lauren Lapkus and Krysta Rodriguez are set for the lead roles in the CBS multi-cam comedy pilot “Sober Companion,” Variety has learned.

Rodriguez will play Eliza, described as a fun-loving, quick-witted alcoholic who runs a bookstore/bar with her uncle in New Orleans. After one too many run-ins with the law, she is assigned a court-appointed Sober Companion who will force her to confront her demons, get her act together, and stay sober, all while driving her completely nuts.

Lapkus will play Shelley, Eliza’s Sober Companion. She is a joyful, high-spirited oddball. Her methods are a bit unconventional, and her relentless enthusiasm isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, but she’s the best at what she does.

Lapkus has previously appeared in TV shows like “Orange Is the New Black,” “Bob’s Burgers,” “Good Girls,” “Crashing,” and “Lucifer.” She is also set as a co-lead opposite Nicole Byers in...

Krysta Rodriguez (Halston) and Lauren Lapkus (Good Girls) have been tapped as the leads in CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot Sober Companion, from Jane the Virgin creator/executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman and CBS Studios, where Urman is under an overall deal.

Written by Gracie Glassmeyer and David Rosenthal from a story they co-wrote with Urman, Sober Companion revolves around Eliza (Rodriguez), a hot-mess alcoholic who owns a bookstore/bar with her uncle in New Orleans and who is forced to get her life together when the court appoints her an exhaustingly upbeat sober companion, Shelley (Lapkus), with whom she has to live 24/7.

The comedy was originally set up at Fox during the 2013-2014 cycle where it went to a single-camera pilot with Justin Long in the title role and Nick Frost as the co-lead. The project, which was written by Urman and Rosenthal, didn’t make it past the pilot...

Exclusive: Edi Patterson (The Righteous Gemstones) and Cam Gigandet (Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse) are the latest additions to the cast of Universal Pictures’ holiday thriller Violent Night.

They join an ensemble that also includes David Harbour, John Leguizamo, Beverly D’Angelo, Alex Haskell and Alexis Louder, as previously announced.

In the film from director Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow), a team of elite mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage. But the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus (Harbour) is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.

Patrick Casey and Josh Miller (Sonic the Hedgehog) wrote the script. David Leitch, Kelly McCormick and Guy Danella are producing under their Universal-based 87North banner, with Universal Pictures’ Executive Vice President of Production Development Matt Reilly and Director of Production Development Tony Ducret overseeing the project for the studio.

Exclusive: Jason Schwartzman, the award-winning actor, writer, director, producer and musician who will next be seen as the lead in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City opposite Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Liev Schreiber, Tom Hanks, Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Margot Robbie and many more, has signed with UTA for representation in all areas.

Schwartzman has featured in almost all of Anderson’s films, including Rushmore, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel and his recently-released anthology, The French Dispatch. He co-wrote 2007’s The Darjeeling Limited with Anderson and Roman Coppola and shared “Story By” credit on The French Dispatch with Anderson, Coppola and Hugo Guinness, sharing that credit on Isle of Dogs with Anderson, Coppola and Kunichi Nomura.

Schwartzman has also worked with such notable filmmakers as Judd Apatow, David O. Russell, Amy Poehler, Tim Burton, Sofia Coppola and Alex Ross Perry, among others. His film credits also include Sing 2,...

Netflix has ordered the animated comedy series “Bad Crimes” with Nicole Byer and Lauren Lapkus set to voice the lead roles, Variety has learned.

The 10-episode series is described as a dark comedy procedural. It follows Kara (Byer) and Jennie (Lapkus), two FBI agents who travel across the country to solve grisly crimes while juggling their friendship, career ambitions, and as many men as possible.

Nicole Silverberg (“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”) created the series and also serve as executive producer. Comedy powerhouses Mike Judge and Greg Daniels also executive produce along with Dustin Davis under their newly formed Bandera Entertainment banner. Judge and Daniels co-created “King of the Hill” and are separately known for their work on shows like “Silicon Valley” and “The Office” respectively. Byer and Lapkus executive produce in addition to starring, with Erica Hayes also executive producing.

“Making ‘Bad Crimes’ with Greg and Mike and Bandera,...

Exclusive: Ozy Media has tapped two executives and three executive producers to help expand Ozy Studios’ development and production.

Executives Allison Simmons and Matthew Vafiadis join Ozy Media and will work under Ozy Studios executive director and head of television Chris Rantamaki. Simmons, who joins Ozy from BET Networks and Releve Entertainment, will be the Studios’ senior executive, development. Vafiadis, a former World of Wonder and Discovery exec, joins as senior executive, current & branded.

Ozy has also promoted former director of production Lindsay Rodger to executive producer, scripted & development. Her credits include Netflix’s Between Two Ferns: The Movie and Hulu’s Becoming Bond.

The multi-platform media company also adds producers Brett Webster, Sasha Mitchell-Fuller and Aaron Lorick. Webster, who has worked on Last Call with Carson Daly and NBC’s New Year’s Eve, will serve as an executive producer on The Carlos Watson Show. Mitchell-Fuller, whose credits include...

Brie Larson is set to lead and serve as executive producer on the Apple TV series ‘Lessons in Chemistry’.

The show is based on an upcoming novel by Bonnie Garmus and is set in the early 1960s and centres on Elizabeth Zott (Larson), whose dreams of being a scientist are rebuffed. When she finds herself pregnant, alone and fired from her lab, she takes a job hosting a TV cooking show.

She then sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives – and the men who are suddenly listening – more than recipes while craving a return to the lab.

Susannah Grant (“Erin Brockovich”) will serve as showrunner and adapting the script. Grant and Larson will executive produce with Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan.

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Larson is also attached to another Apple TV series which is currently...

Benedict Cumberbatch had a very busy 2019 after starring in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Avengers: Endgame, Sam Mendes’ stunning World War II drama 1917, irreverent comedy Between Two Ferns: The Movie, British television film Brexit: The Uncivil War and having a voice cameo as Satan in Amazon’s cult favorite Good Omens. The 44 year-old has been mostly absent from our screens in 2020, though.

That’s probably because he’s about to dedicate the next year of his life to the McU, with Cumberbatch set to start shooting Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in a matter of weeks, while he’ll also show up in Spider-Man 3 to lend support to Tom Holland’s Peter Parker as his new mentor, presumably in an effort to guide him in the ways of the multiverse.

The Sherlock star isn’t expected to have a huge amount of screen time in the pic,...

Back in 2008, Scott Aukerman co-created Between Two Ferns, the rare short-form series that has maintained popularity over more than a decade.

Hosted by Zach Galifianakis, the Funny or Die comedy plays with the ideas of celebrity image and the celebrity talk show appearance, watching as the comedian makes jokes at his A-list guests’ expense, and gets his fair share of barbs back.

Earning two Emmys to date for the series, Aukerman elected last year to expand its world with the Netflix film, Between Two Ferns: The Movie. Following Galifianakis and his ragtag camera crew as they embark on a road trip to complete a series of interviews, the film features improvised interviews with Awkwafina, Brie Larson, Keanu Reeves, David Letterman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Rudd, Matthew McConaughey, and Hailee Steinfeld.

Ultimately, these segments would appear in the movie only in pieces, becoming their own short-form series, known as Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis: The Movie,...

When interviews are being taped for “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis,” one might think that the guests will have a hard time keeping a straight face, but Scott Aukerman reveals that it’s actually the host who has a tough time not laughing. “Actually Zach Galifianakis is the worst offender when it comes to that,” confesses Aukerman in our recent webchat (watch the video above). It’s been enough of a problem that Aukerman had to make sure Galifianakis knew that it could hamper production on the Netflix movie version of the beloved segment. “I had to have a talk with Zach and say, ‘Hey, we’re a little under the gun with the resources and time we have to shoot this movie. You really need to stay in character as much as possible.’”

“Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis” is one of the most unique interview segments around.

The National’s Matt Berninger will be releasing his debut solo album, Serpentine Prison, on October 2nd. Produced by renowned Memphis multi-instrumentalist Booker T. Jones, the LP will be released on Book Records, a new imprint of Concord Records formed by Berninger and Jones.

Berninger has also shared the album’s title track along with a video showing its recording process in the studio. “Don’t try to connect the dots anymore,” Berninger croons over strummed guitar, subdued percussion and a single organ note. “Let ’em go, they’re gonna do it on their own.

Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage will team up to play an odd family in the new feature ‘Brothers’ for Legendary Entertainment.

‘I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore’ helmer Macon Blair has also signed a deal to write and direct the project.

Story details remain vague at this stage but sources say that the project is in the vein of the classic comedy ‘Twins,’ the 1988 Ivan Reitman film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito.

Andrew Lazar will produce via his Mad Chance banner. Brolin is also producing via his shingle, Brolin Productions, as is Dinklage through his Estuary Films company.

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Brolin was last seen reprising his role as Thanos and snapping his fingers to no effect in ‘Avengers: End Game’. His upcoming projects include Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’, The Marvel animation ‘What If’ and...

Walter Martin and the National’s Matt Berninger teamed up for “Quarantine Boogie (Loco),” a hilarious new track about life in self-isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. The former Walkmen member is asking for donations to City Harvest, which will help feed New York City’s children and families.

“I was feeling weird/ I had a half-assed beard/ As I’d just about cleared a month of quarantine,” Martin sings, as Berninger pops up on backing vocals. “My savings got erased/ I can’t touch my face/ And the only place...

Chance the Rapper is in negotiations to join the cast of the Warner Bros. live-action “Sesame Street” movie starring Anne Hathaway, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.

Chance would play an aide to the mayor in the children’s film from “Portlandia” co-creator Jonathan Krisel. Warner Bros. has the film slated for a Jan. 14, 2022, release.

Chris Galletta wrote the most recent draft of the screenplay that will mash up stars, songs and the iconic Muppet characters from the long-running show. It follows the residents of Sesame Street as they find themselves expelled from their own neighborhood, forcing them to work together with a history show host (Hathaway) to prove that their street really does exist. Comedian and “Eighth Grade” director Bo Burnham will also contribute some original songs to the project.

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Shawn Levy is producing with Michael Aguilar.

Phoebe Bridgers gets extremely high and hangs with fuzzy monsters in the video for “Garden Song.” The track is her first new solo material in three years, following her 2017 debut, Stranger in the Alps.

Directed by Bridgers’ brother, Jackson, the clip opens with Bridgers alone in her room, slowly ripping a bong as smoke fills the air. She rarely smokes weed, but Jackson makes it a fun experience by “surprising” her with fuzzy creatures that bump into her as she’s singing: “Someday I’m gonna live in your house...

The National have announced a slew of 2020 North American tour dates with support from Lucy Dacus, Sharon Van Etten, and Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin.

Before arriving in the states, the band will head out on a overseas trek in Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. It will be supported by Phoebe Bridgers, who recently teamed up with frontman Matt Berninger for “Walking on a String,” from Between Two Ferns: The Movie — as well as a cover of Simon and Garfunkel’s “7 O’Clock News/Silent Night” with Fiona Apple.

The band...

With his status as the internet’s favorite actor firmly secured after a standout 2019 that saw him feature in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Toy Story 4, Between Two Ferns: The Movie and Always Be My Maybe, as well as his continued reputation as one of Hollywood’s all-round good guys, the recent resurgence of Keanu Reeves looks set to continue well into 2020 and beyond.

In fact, May 21st of next year has already been declared by fans as ‘Keanu Reeves Day’, namely due to the fact that both John Wick: Chapter 4 and the long-awaited fourth installment of The Matrix franchise are set to hit theaters on the same day. While we can gather that the next Wick adventure will continue expanding the series’ unique mythology and expertly-choreographed action sequences, The Matrix 4 still remains a complete mystery at this point.

The movie comes 18 years after the original trilogy concluded in fairly disappointing fashion,...

The National’s Matt Berninger made a special appearance on Apple TV+ series Helpsters to rap about long words alongside a group of puppets. The track, titled “The Long Words Song,” is all about Berninger’s love for lengthy words.

“I like long words and I like to recite ’em,” Berninger raps. “I like all the pages and pages it takes to write ’em.” He adds, “I even got a word for the long words in this song: they’re sesquipedalian and that means long.” The song is, ironically, short and sweet,...

The first line in “The Gentlemen” is spoken by Matthew McConaughey’s Mickey Pearce, a smartly tailored gangster who strolls into a London pub and orders a pint of beer and a pickled egg. The brewery’s name on the bar tap is “Gritchie,” but even without that gag it would be obvious that this is not just a Guy Ritchie film — it’s the kind of Guy Ritchie film that made him a hot property two decades ago.

To be specific, “The Gentlemen” is cut from the same cloth as “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and its bigger-budgeted follow-up, “Snatch.” Mixing a love of old-school East End low-lifes, 1990s flash, flamboyant dialogue, and plots so complicated that you needed a flow chart to follow them, these two Britpop-era crime capers prompted a rash of dreary copycat films about mockney geezers with guns doing dodgy drug deals.

Ritchie himself moved on,...

Exclusive: CBS has put in development Hr, a multi-camera comedy from The Great Indoors creator Mike Gibbons and Wendi Trilling’s TrillTV; and Next To You, a hybrid comedy from writer Ben Joseph. Both projects hail from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and CBS TV Studios.

Written by Gibbons, Hr is about a group of employees in a small, quirky Human Resources department who are forced into the big leagues after a corporate takeover.

Gibbons executive produces with Kapital’s Kaplan and Dana Honor and TrillTV’s Wendi Trilling.

Penned by Joseph, Next To You centers on a 20-something guy who reconnects with his high school crush who once again is his ‘girl next door’— this time in NYC.

Joseph executive produces with Kapital’s Kaplan and Honor.

Before creating and executive producing CBS’ comedy series The Great Indoors starring Joel McHale, Gibbons co-created and executive produced Comedy Central’s long-running hit Tosh.0.

The National appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live‘s Brooklyn week to perform their recent song “Where Is Her Head.” Performing in the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the band gave an energized performance of the lush, layered song, which comes off their new album I Am Easy to Find. In the clip, frontman Matt Berninger shares the impassioned vocals with three female singers, bringing the song to a rollicking finish.

The National released I Am Easy to Find, their eighth album, in May. The album includes collaborations with Gail Ann Dorsey,...

Matt Berninger, frontman of the National, has announced plans to release his debut solo album Serpentine Prison. The musician revealed the news via Instagram, also confirming that the songs were produced and arranged by Booker T. Jones.

“More about it soon but basically I’m the luckiest man in the universe with lots of brilliant friends who can play instermints,” Berninger wrote. “Not worthy!” He also directed fans to Jones’ upcoming memoir, Time Is Tight, which is out October 29th. Berninger has not shared a release date for the album.

The National’s Matt Berninger has released a video of his new song “Walking on a String,” featuring indie-rock phenom Phoebe Bridgers. The duo recorded the track for the new Zach Galifianakis film Between Two Ferns: The Movie, released last month on Netflix.

“It’s a song about how our problems and anxieties can build up and feel like a tangled inescapable web,” Berninger tells Rolling Stone. “Sometimes all it takes is a friend with some perspective and patience to help us see our way out of our own messes.

It wasn’t exactly typecasting when the makers of the new Zach Galifianakis comedy “Between Two Ferns: The Movie” signed up singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers and the National’s Matt Berninger to play the resident band of a generic drinking hole. But the movie makes the most of this duet between two indie heroes in a “nameless bar in the middle of America” — and Variety has the exclusive video premiere of the new song they perform together, “Walking on a String.”

The cameos in the Netflix comedy arrive so fast and frequently that it can be difficult to catch them all in one viewing. The film expands on the Funny or Die series first created by Galifianakis and writer/director Scott Aukerman in 2008, following the fictional “Between Two Ferns” crew as they travel the country in search of celebrities to interview. As a result, the movie is packed with hilariously uncomfortable encounters...

Exclusive: We hear that Elliott San has sold an untitled spec competitively to New Line with Mary Lee of A-Major Media and John Cho producing.

The logline is being kept under wraps but we hear it’s a mind-bending genre tale that centers around an Asian-American protagonist.

San is a native of Libertyville, Illinois. He sold his original feature script, an erotic thriller entitled An Affair to Die For when his trajectory took a sharp turn and he was suddenly diagnosed with leukemia. Faced with getting a bone marrow transplant, San returned to his hometown of Chicago to undergo the procedure. After two years spent regaining his health, he found himself at a bit of a crossroads, but continued to pursue his love of screenwriting and returned to Los Angeles. Affair to Die for was recently released on Netflix. San draws on his unique upbringing to write at the intersection of genre and personal experience.

Matthew McConaughey plays the sole American expat among an impressive cast of British tough guys in Guy Ritchie’s latest film “The Gentlemen.”

McConaughey’s character has built a profitable marijuana empire in London and is rumored to be cashing out of his business forever, leading every gangster in town to plot schemes, bribes and blackmail in an attempt to win his empire. The only problem is, he is “not for sale.”

“In the jungle, the only way a lion survives is not by acting like a king, but by being the king,” McConaughey says threateningly in the new trailer released Wednesday.

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“The Gentlemen,” once titled “Toff Guys,” stars McConaughey alongside Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell and Hugh Grant. Grant, Hunnam and Golding all play...

Mike and Justin venture across the solar system to talk about the Brad Pitt sci-fi drama, Ad Astra. Before that, they also discuss some of the Emmy highlights, Justin’s thoughts on Between Two Ferns: The Movie, and more! Ad Astra was one of Justin’s most anticipated movies of 2019. Find out if it lives up to his […]

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If you’re a fan of “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis,” the fake public-access talk show that Zach Galifianakis has been hosting online, for three to six minutes a pop, over the last 10 years, then you’ll probably like “Between Two Ferns: The Movie,” the snark-lite 82-minute road movie that Galifianakis and his director and collaborator, Scott Aukerman, have concocted for Netflix. They don’t repeat the mistake made by the “Saturday Night Live” films — to take a character who worked in short bursts and build him up by weighing him down with his own sluggish, gear-clanking three-act movie plot. “Between Two Ferns: The Movie” has a “storyline,” but it’s more like a thin semi-visible frame that barely gets in the way of the main attraction, which is watching Galifianakis tweak and abuse celebrities to their faces in the guise of interviewing them.

In the opening segment, Zach,...

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.

Aniara (Pella Kågerman & Hugo Lilja)

The title shares its name with a city-size spacecraft ferrying humans from Earth to Mars in barely three weeks. It’s a routine trip that’s never run into problems with many passengers already having family on the red planet to greet them upon arrival. But there’s a first time for everything as a small field of debris forces Captain Chefone (Arvin Kananian) off course. Unfortunately a screw breaches their hull anyway, pushing their nuclear fuel supply to critical mass. Expelling it may save them for the moment, but without it they cannot steer. So despite having enough self-sustaining electricity...

Kids say the darnedest things, and father-of-two Zach Galifianakis should probably keep some of those darned things private.

“I shouldn’t say this on television,” the “Between Two Ferns: The Movie” star said at one point to Jimmy Kimmel during his Wednesday late-night appearance, setting up a story about his two-year-old son.

Well, now you’ve Got to say it, Zach.

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Plus, Kimmel assured Galifianakis that he would “cut it out” of the show.

Clearly, his guest did not believe him. But Galifianakis told the story anyway.

“He saw me and I was peeing,” a red-face Galifianakis said. “And I was done, and he walks up to me. And just the way he said it, he goes, ‘Dad, can I touch your big penis?'”

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“Anyway,...

Zach Galifianakis may zing celebrities with some not-so-nice questions and inappropriate observations on his Funny or Die talk show “Between Two Ferns,” but he even thinks he goes too far some times.

Case in point — Galifianakis called Bradley Cooper recently to apologize after taking a shot at him in his new full-length feature “Between Two Ferns: The Movie.”

“There’s something in the trailer and he’s not even in the movie, but I refer to him as a ‘hot idiot,’” Galifianakis told Variety at the film’s premiere on Monday in Hollywood. “I called him when I saw the trailer…I was like, ‘I called you a ‘hot idiot.’”

Fortunately, Galifianakis recalled, “he just laughed. He doesn’t care. He’s good-natured that way.”

He added with a laugh, “I don’t want to hurt people, but I do want to make them feel weird. There’s a fine line there.

Judging by the star-studded turnout at the premiere of Between Two Ferns: The Movie, Zach Galifianakis hasn’t alienated the entire Hollywood community.

Of course, Galifianakis’ awkward, off-putting celebrity interviewer, made famous by a series of intensely viral interviews with notable names — including non-Hollywood figures like President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton — is just a character, and when he expanded the sketch into a full-fledged feature for Netflix, the stars lined up to trade improvised barbs with the comedian onscreen.

So it was no surprise that a parade of the celeb cameo players showed up to support the premiere ...

Judging by the star-studded turnout at the premiere of Between Two Ferns: The Movie, Zach Galifianakis hasn’t alienated the entire Hollywood community.

Of course, Galifianakis’ awkward, off-putting celebrity interviewer, made famous by a series of intensely viral interviews with notable names — including non-Hollywood figures like President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton — is just a character, and when he expanded the sketch into a full-fledged feature for Netflix, the stars lined up to trade improvised barbs with the comedian onscreen.

So it was no surprise that a parade of the celeb cameo players showed up to support the premiere ...

Let’s name some ridiculously successful comedians: Kevin Hart, Dave Chappelle, Amy Schumer, Trevor Noah, Ken Jeong, Ellen DeGeneres, and Gabriel Iglesias.

Alright, now let’s do some more name-dropping because that first sentence was getting kind of long: Wanda Sykes, Adam DeVine, Joe Rogan, and Aziz Ansari. These people range from emerging leaders in comedy to bonafide cultural icons. Another thing they have in common is they all released stand-up specials on Netflix within the last year.

It’s been a banner year for Netflix’s comedy roster, but the veteran streaming service’s rapidly expanding library of stand-up specials and scripted comedy series isn’t a new development — it’s ongoing. The days of Netflix being the only Svod streaming service that produces original, high-quality content are long gone, but when it comes to comedy, Netflix is still the industry’s uncontested leader.

That said, there have been...

“Forrest Gump” star Gary Sinise has signed on to join the fourth and final season of Netflix’s Ya series “13 Reasons Why.”

Sinise will play Dr. Robert Ellman, who Netflix describes as a “a compassionate, incisive, no-nonsense adolescent and family therapist who works to help Clay Jensen (Dylan Minnette) battle anxiety, depression, and grief. Ellman helps guide Clay to accept the help he needs and come to terms with the trauma in his past.”

Season 4 is currently in production and will feature the core cast’s graduation from Liberty high. A premiere date has not yet been set.

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In the mean time, the third season is set to launch on Aug. 23, and will center on the surprising death of another high school student at Liberty: Justin Prentice’s jock Bryce Walker. You can watch the trailer here.

Netflix has launched the first trailer for Zach Galifianakis’s ‘Between Two Ferns: The Movie’, a feature-length version of his dream to present a celebrity-filled talk show.

Zach Galifianakis and his oddball crew take a road trip to complete a series of high-profile celebrity interviews and restore his reputation. Celebrity cameos include: Matthew McConaughey, Will Ferrell, Peter Dinklage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Rudd, Tiffany Haddish, Brie Larson, Keanu Reeves, Jon Hamm, David Letterman, Jason Schwartzman, Adam Scott, John Cho, Chance the Rapper, Rashida Jones, Hailee Steinfeld, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen and Tessa Thompson.

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The film hits Netflix September 20th

Between Two Ferns: The Movie Synopsis

Galifianakis dreamed of becoming a star, but when Will Ferrell discovered his public access TV show “Between Two Ferns” and uploaded it to Funny Or Die, Zach became a viral laughing stock. Now Zach and...

Between Two Ferns, the irreverent online talk show hosted by Zach Galifianakis, is now getting a movie. The trailer for Between Two Ferns: The Movie arrived on Tuesday, announcing that the film will premiere on Netflix on September 20th.

Galifianakis stars as himself, the sardonic host of Between Two Ferns which, in the film, runs on public access television. Galifianakis must secure the show’s reputation after a disastrous interview with Matthew McConaughey gets uploaded to Funny or Die. (“He was brought back to life, but he was momentarily dead,...

"Here's to the crazy ones! The misfits... And ding dongs..." Netflix has launched the trailer for Between Two Ferns: The Movie, a feature film based on the cult classic comedy series called "Between Two Ferns" that originated on Funny or Die. The goofy interview series takes things on the road for this film. Zach and his oddball crew take a road trip to complete a series of high-profile celebrity interviews. It's described as "a laugh-out-loud comedy that gives new insight into the curmudgeonly, beloved outsider Zach Galifianakis has created over the years." Debuting on Netflix later this month. Starring Zach Galifianakis, Lauren Lapkus, Ryan Gaul, and Jiavani Linayo. With cameo appearances by: Matthew McConaughey, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Dinklage, David Letterman, Tiffany Haddish, John Legend, Adam Scott, Brie Larson, Jon Hamm, Awkwafina, and other "celebrities". Yeah, this looks exactly as wacky and weird as it should be. Here's the official trailer...

Zach Galifianakis is taking his laugh-out-loud, purposely uncomfortable celebrity talk show on the road in the first trailer of Netflix’s “Between Two Ferns: The Movie.”

The star-studded trailer, released Tuesday, kicks off with Matthew McConaughey seated next to the comedian with the “Dazed and Confused” actor’s name misspelled as “McConnogay” at the bottom of the screen. The two engage in a tense one-on-one as Galifianakis makes the actor feel as uneasy as possible.

“Of all the things you can win an Oscar for, how surprised are you that you won one for acting?” Galifianakis asks McConaughey.

“Here we go,” McConaughey responds awkwardly, looking down at the floor.

A “major leak” then hits the set, which leaves the two drenched up to their knees. Moments later, they’re crushed by a flood of water.

Will Ferrell makes an appearance as an exec who demands that Galifianakis take “Between Two...