“SNL sucks now” isn’t as fresh a complaint as you might think. This sentiment was even a matter of public discourse way back in the early ‘90s, as evidenced by the not-so-cleverly titled 1994 Entertainment Weekly article, “Is Saturday Night Dead?”
The magazine wasn’t alone in expressing concern for the long-running comedy series during its 19th season. The New York Daily News noted that SNL would have to try and “find a desperately needed fresh sense of identity” following the loss of Dana Carvey and Chris Rock, and the announced departures of Phil Hartman, Julia Sweeney and Rob Schneider.
So EW offered up “20 suggestions” for “how to fix the show.” Looking back at this list, it’s amazing how spot-on some ideas are in retrospect — while others are laughably dated and arguably awful.
For starters, writer Bruce Fretts (who sadly passed away in 2020) suggested handing over the reins of Weekend Update to David Spade,...
The magazine wasn’t alone in expressing concern for the long-running comedy series during its 19th season. The New York Daily News noted that SNL would have to try and “find a desperately needed fresh sense of identity” following the loss of Dana Carvey and Chris Rock, and the announced departures of Phil Hartman, Julia Sweeney and Rob Schneider.
So EW offered up “20 suggestions” for “how to fix the show.” Looking back at this list, it’s amazing how spot-on some ideas are in retrospect — while others are laughably dated and arguably awful.
For starters, writer Bruce Fretts (who sadly passed away in 2020) suggested handing over the reins of Weekend Update to David Spade,...
- 9/26/2024
- Cracked
Saturday Night Live is about to hit its 50th anniversary, so no better time to count down the 25 funniest stars!
Narrowing down the best actors in a show that's run for five decades and boasted nearly 150 cast members is a challenge, to say the least. SNL has had its ups and downs over the years, with some periods boasting fantastic, brilliant comedic talents and others so low that many believed the show would be canceled. It's still survived, all thanks to that revolving cast of actors capable of pulling off these skits every week.
Many have gone on to become huge stars in movies and television and even bigger comics. Yet their SNL tenures often showed them at their best, with some standing taller than others. It's hard to figure it out, but here's how the 25 funniest SNL cast members of all time fall out as a stunning reminder of the show's legacy.
Narrowing down the best actors in a show that's run for five decades and boasted nearly 150 cast members is a challenge, to say the least. SNL has had its ups and downs over the years, with some periods boasting fantastic, brilliant comedic talents and others so low that many believed the show would be canceled. It's still survived, all thanks to that revolving cast of actors capable of pulling off these skits every week.
Many have gone on to become huge stars in movies and television and even bigger comics. Yet their SNL tenures often showed them at their best, with some standing taller than others. It's hard to figure it out, but here's how the 25 funniest SNL cast members of all time fall out as a stunning reminder of the show's legacy.
- 9/11/2024
- by Michael Weyer
- Last Night On
One of the most memorably brilliant creative choices behind the MacGruber movie was the casting of Val Kilmer as the dastardly Dieter von Cunth. Not only is Kilmer an icon of ‘80s and ‘90s action movies, but as Airplane! proved, putting dramatic actors in absurd roles is often way funnier.
But Kilmer wasn’t the only name that was floated for the awkwardly-named villain. Apparently MacGruber came very close to battling the legendary actor who faced off against Batman, Adam Sandler and his own wife and child after a few stiff drinks served by a ghost: Jack Nicholson.
In the most recent episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, the trio discussed their work on “People Getting Punched Right Before Eating.” It wasn’t a metaphor or anything, it was literally about people getting punched right before eating.
The episode aired on October 13, 2007, with host Jon Bon Jovi,...
But Kilmer wasn’t the only name that was floated for the awkwardly-named villain. Apparently MacGruber came very close to battling the legendary actor who faced off against Batman, Adam Sandler and his own wife and child after a few stiff drinks served by a ghost: Jack Nicholson.
In the most recent episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, the trio discussed their work on “People Getting Punched Right Before Eating.” It wasn’t a metaphor or anything, it was literally about people getting punched right before eating.
The episode aired on October 13, 2007, with host Jon Bon Jovi,...
- 9/11/2024
- Cracked
Who hasn’t wanted to turn into a snarling, free-wheeling beast when the pressures of domestic life — hell, of life in general — get too much? Women have transformed into beasts throughout mythological history, but that wasn’t always a matter of choice. In Rachel Yoder’s bestselling 2021 novel, “Nightbitch,” that line is a bit fuzzier. Does our heroine become a dog because she wants to or because she has to?
That’s just one of the questions at the heart of filmmaker Marielle Heller’s latest film, which adapts Yoder’s story to the big screen. Like her breakout hit “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” her fact-based grifter tale “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” and her deep-feeling Mr. Rogers-centric feature “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” Heller’s latest explores the different facets of being a very real person in a very tough world. Sometimes that includes turning into a dog.
That’s just one of the questions at the heart of filmmaker Marielle Heller’s latest film, which adapts Yoder’s story to the big screen. Like her breakout hit “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” her fact-based grifter tale “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” and her deep-feeling Mr. Rogers-centric feature “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” Heller’s latest explores the different facets of being a very real person in a very tough world. Sometimes that includes turning into a dog.
- 9/9/2024
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Variety and Chanel Female Filmmakers Dinner brought together an A-list lineup of Hollywood stars and creatives including Andrew Garfield, Elizabeth Olsen, “Nightbitch” director Marielle Heller (who attended this event mere moments before her film’s premiere), Danielle Deadwyler, Barry Keoghan and more for a vibrant night amidst the Toronto Film Festival. The vibe was electric, with drinks flowing, delicious food on hand and a spontaneous game of “Two Truths and a Lie” breaking out.
The event, which took place at Soho House Toronto, featured a cocktail hour downstairs before a three-course dinner on the second floor of the social club. Inside, the hotly anticipated “Saturday Night” film cast Cory Michael Smith, Lamorne Morris, Ella Hunt and Dylan O’Brien stopped in before their Tuesday night premiere. The film, a hot title at TIFF, is set within the chaotic 90 minutes before the first episode of “SNL” aired in 1975. The group mingled...
The event, which took place at Soho House Toronto, featured a cocktail hour downstairs before a three-course dinner on the second floor of the social club. Inside, the hotly anticipated “Saturday Night” film cast Cory Michael Smith, Lamorne Morris, Ella Hunt and Dylan O’Brien stopped in before their Tuesday night premiere. The film, a hot title at TIFF, is set within the chaotic 90 minutes before the first episode of “SNL” aired in 1975. The group mingled...
- 9/8/2024
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men) and Laura Slade Wiggins (Shameless) have signed on to star alongside Landon Ashworth (Space Force) in Go On, a fantasy drama marking Ashworth’s feature directorial debut, which will enter production in New Mexico in September.
Marking Ashworth’s first produced feature screenplay, the film follows two strangers on a remote mountain, scorched by forest fires, as they help each other process baggage from their previous lives so they can transition to the afterlife. Ashworth crafted the screenplay after losing his very young cousin, Landon Bellm, to suicide.
“Having my feature film directorial debut be my own screenplay which addresses real, meaningful, and relatable issues is an honor,” Ashworth told Deadline. “Also, having the opportunity to work with Vincent is beyond a dream come true. I’ve followed his career for over a decade and knew he needed to play the co-lead of this movie.
Marking Ashworth’s first produced feature screenplay, the film follows two strangers on a remote mountain, scorched by forest fires, as they help each other process baggage from their previous lives so they can transition to the afterlife. Ashworth crafted the screenplay after losing his very young cousin, Landon Bellm, to suicide.
“Having my feature film directorial debut be my own screenplay which addresses real, meaningful, and relatable issues is an honor,” Ashworth told Deadline. “Also, having the opportunity to work with Vincent is beyond a dream come true. I’ve followed his career for over a decade and knew he needed to play the co-lead of this movie.
- 8/13/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The animated "Sausage Party" was not only one of the funniest movies of 2016, but it was easily one of the most graphic comedies that has ever hit the big screen. Culminating in an all-out war between sentient food and humans, the movie ends with a celebratory orgy with groceries of all kinds just going to town on each other in every imaginable way. If they were human, it would be a porno movie, but it's ever so slightly more innocent when it's everyday food having all kinds of sex. But any modicum of innocence there might be goes completely out of the window in the recently released Prime Video animated series "Sausage Party: Foodtopia."
While the series has the gnarly violence and graphic sexual acts that made the "Sausage Party" so gross and funny, "Foodtopia" takes things to another level. Early on in the series, the foods take a human...
While the series has the gnarly violence and graphic sexual acts that made the "Sausage Party" so gross and funny, "Foodtopia" takes things to another level. Early on in the series, the foods take a human...
- 7/12/2024
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
Andy Samberg is looking back on walking away from Saturday Night Live.
While appearing on Kevin Hart’s Peacock interview series Hart to Heart, the comedian recalled why he made the decision to quietly exit the comedy sketch series after seven seasons back in 2012.
“I was falling apart in my life,” he said, opening up about the exit all these years later. He called the decision to leave “a big choice” and though he didn’t want to leave, he couldn’t “endure it anymore.”
Samberg joined SNL in 2005. After seven years, his contract was up and he decided not to return after the 2011-2012 season wrapped, officially announcing his decision weeks after the finale.
Though he dreamt of being on SNL since he was 8 years old, Samberg explained to Hart how things started to change when his longtime friends and Lonely Island collaborators, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, left...
While appearing on Kevin Hart’s Peacock interview series Hart to Heart, the comedian recalled why he made the decision to quietly exit the comedy sketch series after seven seasons back in 2012.
“I was falling apart in my life,” he said, opening up about the exit all these years later. He called the decision to leave “a big choice” and though he didn’t want to leave, he couldn’t “endure it anymore.”
Samberg joined SNL in 2005. After seven years, his contract was up and he decided not to return after the 2011-2012 season wrapped, officially announcing his decision weeks after the finale.
Though he dreamt of being on SNL since he was 8 years old, Samberg explained to Hart how things started to change when his longtime friends and Lonely Island collaborators, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, left...
- 7/11/2024
- by Lexy Perez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Will Forte has been added to the cast of Netflix’s upcoming comedy “The Four Seasons,” opposite stars including Tina Fey and Steve Carell.
Fey, Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield are behind the series, based on the 1981 feature film that was written and directed by Alan Alda (who starred with Carol Burnett).
Forte was most recently seen in Netflix’s “Bodkin.” The “Saturday Night Live” alum’s credits include “Last Man on Earth,” “Sweet Tooth” and “MacGruber.” Besides Fey and Carell, previously announced cast members include Colman Domingo, Kerri Kenney-Silver and Erika Henningsen.
Slated to begin production later this year, “The Four Seasons” has received an eight-episode order at Netflix. The original film, which also starred Rita Moreno, Sandy Dennis, and Len Cariou , centered on three married couples take vacations together each season, but things are thrown for a loop when one of the husbands leaves his wife and begins...
Fey, Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield are behind the series, based on the 1981 feature film that was written and directed by Alan Alda (who starred with Carol Burnett).
Forte was most recently seen in Netflix’s “Bodkin.” The “Saturday Night Live” alum’s credits include “Last Man on Earth,” “Sweet Tooth” and “MacGruber.” Besides Fey and Carell, previously announced cast members include Colman Domingo, Kerri Kenney-Silver and Erika Henningsen.
Slated to begin production later this year, “The Four Seasons” has received an eight-episode order at Netflix. The original film, which also starred Rita Moreno, Sandy Dennis, and Len Cariou , centered on three married couples take vacations together each season, but things are thrown for a loop when one of the husbands leaves his wife and begins...
- 6/28/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Seth Meyers has renewed his deal with NBCUniversal, cementing him as the host of “Late Night” through 2028.
The extension comes months after the renowned writer and comedian hit his 10-year anniversary as host; “Late Night With Seth Meyers” first launched in February 2014.
Meyers’ production company, Sethmaker Shoemeyers, has also extended its deal with Universal Studio Group to produce content across NBCUniversal platforms. The banner previously produced “A.P. Bio” for NBC and “The Amber Ruffin Show” for Peacock.
“Over the last 10 years, Seth has resonated with his audience night after night with a sharp monologue and established segments such as ‘A Closer Look’ and ‘Day Drinking,’” said Katie Hockmeyer, executive vice president of late night programming at NBCUniversal Entertainment. “We’re so happy to continue this legacy franchise with Seth at the helm and watch him continue to elevate the success of ‘Late Night.’”
“Late Night With Seth Meyers” is executive produced by Lorne Michaels,...
The extension comes months after the renowned writer and comedian hit his 10-year anniversary as host; “Late Night With Seth Meyers” first launched in February 2014.
Meyers’ production company, Sethmaker Shoemeyers, has also extended its deal with Universal Studio Group to produce content across NBCUniversal platforms. The banner previously produced “A.P. Bio” for NBC and “The Amber Ruffin Show” for Peacock.
“Over the last 10 years, Seth has resonated with his audience night after night with a sharp monologue and established segments such as ‘A Closer Look’ and ‘Day Drinking,’” said Katie Hockmeyer, executive vice president of late night programming at NBCUniversal Entertainment. “We’re so happy to continue this legacy franchise with Seth at the helm and watch him continue to elevate the success of ‘Late Night.’”
“Late Night With Seth Meyers” is executive produced by Lorne Michaels,...
- 5/13/2024
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Fan Siu-wong, Kurt Russell, Zoe Bell, Mike Star, Fred Stoller, Johnny Barnes, Keanu Reeves’ fist, and Hugo Weaving Screenshot: YouTube With the release of Amazon’s Mma-inspired remake of Road House, The A.V. Club is looking at the most brutal, compelling, and consequential punches to the face in cinema.
- 3/22/2024
- by Matt Schimkowitz
- avclub.com
Fan Siu-wong, Kurt Russell, Zoe Bell, Mike Star, Fred Stoller, Johnny Barnes, Keanu Reeves’ fist, and Hugo WeavingScreenshot: YouTube
With the release of Amazon’s Mma-inspired remake of Road House, The A.V. Club is looking at the most brutal, compelling, and consequential punches to the face in cinema. Now,...
With the release of Amazon’s Mma-inspired remake of Road House, The A.V. Club is looking at the most brutal, compelling, and consequential punches to the face in cinema. Now,...
- 3/22/2024
- by Matt Schimkowitz
- avclub.com
Stefon Zelesky — movie star?
Seth Meyers said this week that a movie based on Bill Hader’s popular Saturday Night Live character was discussed but scrubbed, leaving the club kid who appeared on the late-night staple often from 2008-13, and a couple of times after, to linger only in fans’ memory. And YouTube (see below).
In an interview for Las Culturistas, the podcast hosted by comic actor Matt Rogers and SNL‘s Bowen Yang, the Late Night host said he would have had a small part in the pic but that his “Weekend Update” anchor would have died early on — after a long night of partying with Stefon. So someone else would have had to co-star.
“There was a moment in time where the idea of a Stefon script was being discussed,” he said. “This was not a scene that was written, but I did have a pitch for myself...
Seth Meyers said this week that a movie based on Bill Hader’s popular Saturday Night Live character was discussed but scrubbed, leaving the club kid who appeared on the late-night staple often from 2008-13, and a couple of times after, to linger only in fans’ memory. And YouTube (see below).
In an interview for Las Culturistas, the podcast hosted by comic actor Matt Rogers and SNL‘s Bowen Yang, the Late Night host said he would have had a small part in the pic but that his “Weekend Update” anchor would have died early on — after a long night of partying with Stefon. So someone else would have had to co-star.
“There was a moment in time where the idea of a Stefon script was being discussed,” he said. “This was not a scene that was written, but I did have a pitch for myself...
- 11/24/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
CinemaBlind’s Review – 75%
Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain is a coming-of-age adventure comedy film directed by Paul Briganti, from a screenplay by the Please Don’t Destroy guys Martin Herlihy, Ben Marshall, and John Higgins, who also stars as the three main leads in the film. The Peacock is the first SNL film since 2010’s MacGruber and I have to say that it doesn’t disappoint.
The Treasure of Foggy Mountain revolves around three childhood best friends Ben, John, and Martin who live and work together, but lately, John is getting the feeling that all of them are drifting apart. To get them all closer once again he takes them on a treasure hunt on the titular Foggy Mountain. This adventure is filled with hilarious gags, witty dialogues, and silly comedy which keeps you laughing from the beginning to the end.
While The Treasure of Foggy Mountain is funny,...
Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain is a coming-of-age adventure comedy film directed by Paul Briganti, from a screenplay by the Please Don’t Destroy guys Martin Herlihy, Ben Marshall, and John Higgins, who also stars as the three main leads in the film. The Peacock is the first SNL film since 2010’s MacGruber and I have to say that it doesn’t disappoint.
The Treasure of Foggy Mountain revolves around three childhood best friends Ben, John, and Martin who live and work together, but lately, John is getting the feeling that all of them are drifting apart. To get them all closer once again he takes them on a treasure hunt on the titular Foggy Mountain. This adventure is filled with hilarious gags, witty dialogues, and silly comedy which keeps you laughing from the beginning to the end.
While The Treasure of Foggy Mountain is funny,...
- 11/18/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
If you’re wondering about the ungainly title of the new comedy film premiering on Peacock, then you’re probably not a sketch comedy aficionado or regular Saturday Night Live viewer. The first part of Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain refers to the comedy group consisting of 20-somethings Ben Marshall, John Higgins and Martin Herlihy, whose absurdist videos have been a regular feature on SNL for the past couple of years. The second part of the title calls to mind the sort of old-fashioned adventure movies geared toward kids that have inspired this ramshackle spoof reminding you that sketch comedy is best appreciated in small doses. For proof, look no further than such misfires as Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, It’s Pat, MacGruber and, well, you get the idea.
Written by the trio, directed by SNL veteran Paul Briganti and produced by Judd Apatow, Foggy Mountain...
Written by the trio, directed by SNL veteran Paul Briganti and produced by Judd Apatow, Foggy Mountain...
- 11/17/2023
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary), Timothy V. Murphy (Appaloosa) and Bruce Greenwood (The Fall of the House of Usher) have boarded The Fabulous Four, a new comedy from Bleecker Street, which has entered production in Georgia under an Interim Agreement from SAG-AFTRA.
Timothy V. Murphy and Bruce Greenwood
The actors join an ensemble that also includes Susan Sarandon, Bette Midler, and Megan Mullally, as previously announced. Ralph takes over the role of Sissy Spacek, who was attached as of last fall but was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. Bleecker Street nabbed North American rights to the pic last October and will release the film in U.S. theaters in 2024. UTA Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance arranged the financing and brokered the deal for U.S. rights, with Sierra/Affinity repping international sales.
Written and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, the Cannes prize-winner best known for...
Timothy V. Murphy and Bruce Greenwood
The actors join an ensemble that also includes Susan Sarandon, Bette Midler, and Megan Mullally, as previously announced. Ralph takes over the role of Sissy Spacek, who was attached as of last fall but was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. Bleecker Street nabbed North American rights to the pic last October and will release the film in U.S. theaters in 2024. UTA Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance arranged the financing and brokered the deal for U.S. rights, with Sierra/Affinity repping international sales.
Written and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, the Cannes prize-winner best known for...
- 10/25/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Clockwise from upper left: Superbad (Sony), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Universal), Bridesmaids (Universal), The Hangover (Warner Bros.), Girls Trip (Universal)Graphic: AVClub
This week’s release of Jennifer Lawrence’s No Hard Feelings marks a return of sorts for R-rated comedies. For decades, this comedy subgenre has had more than its...
This week’s release of Jennifer Lawrence’s No Hard Feelings marks a return of sorts for R-rated comedies. For decades, this comedy subgenre has had more than its...
- 6/22/2023
- by Phil Pirrello
- avclub.com
Bill Hader knew the post-“SNL” club had everything — just not a Stefon movie in the works.
The “Barry” creator admitted to “a hundred percent” feeling pressure to pursue his standout “Saturday Night Live” character Stefon in a spinoff movie, in the veins of “Night at the Roxbury” and “MacGruber.”
“It’s this weird combination of being open, but also clearly knowing what you don’t want,” Hader told The New Yorker. “Like, nah, I don’t want to do a Stefon movie. It didn’t work as a sketch! That’s why it was on Weekend Update. And the reason people liked it is because I kept laughing.”
Hader departed “Saturday Night Live” in 2013.
“I’d just had a second child, and I just was kind of burnt out, and I knew I wanted to live in Los Angeles. I love New York, but it was that thing that...
The “Barry” creator admitted to “a hundred percent” feeling pressure to pursue his standout “Saturday Night Live” character Stefon in a spinoff movie, in the veins of “Night at the Roxbury” and “MacGruber.”
“It’s this weird combination of being open, but also clearly knowing what you don’t want,” Hader told The New Yorker. “Like, nah, I don’t want to do a Stefon movie. It didn’t work as a sketch! That’s why it was on Weekend Update. And the reason people liked it is because I kept laughing.”
Hader departed “Saturday Night Live” in 2013.
“I’d just had a second child, and I just was kind of burnt out, and I knew I wanted to live in Los Angeles. I love New York, but it was that thing that...
- 5/8/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Director Jorma Taccone's "MacGruber" was always destined to become a cult hit. The 2010 action-comedy movie is based on a recurring "Saturday Night Live" sketch in which Will Forte plays special ops agent MacGruber, the son of expert problem-solver Angus MacGyver from the popular 1980s TV show "MacGyver." Far from a chip off the old block, MacGruber is quite incompetent at his job and never fails to blow himself up while trying to disarm deadly explosives.
Taking things a step further, the "MacGruber" movie is a no-holds-barred satire of macho retro action film cliché. MacGruber himself is depicted in the movie as a mullet-ed, rip their throat out first, ask questions later type with a dark backstory whose fiancée was killed by his arch-enemy, Dieter Von Cunth (Val Kilmer). Of course, in one of the film's many Nsfw exchanges, MacGruber reveals his tragic past is, er, much less derivative than it sounds.
Taking things a step further, the "MacGruber" movie is a no-holds-barred satire of macho retro action film cliché. MacGruber himself is depicted in the movie as a mullet-ed, rip their throat out first, ask questions later type with a dark backstory whose fiancée was killed by his arch-enemy, Dieter Von Cunth (Val Kilmer). Of course, in one of the film's many Nsfw exchanges, MacGruber reveals his tragic past is, er, much less derivative than it sounds.
- 9/26/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
(From left) Mark Wahlberg and Kevin Hart in John Hamburg’s Me Time Photo: Netflix As Netflix buddy comedies with Kevin Hart go, Me Time is a definite step up from The Man From Toronto, but it’s not exactly a basement-to-penthouse trajectory. It’s more like metaphorically climbing out...
- 8/26/2022
- by Luke Y. Thompson
- avclub.com
"MacGruber The Series" is the new action comedy TV series, parodying "MacGyver", starring Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe, Sam Elliott, Laurence Fishburne, Billy Zane and Timothy V. Murphy, streaming December 16, 2021 on Peacock:
"...after rotting in prison for over a decade, ultimate hero and uber patriot 'MacGruber' is finally released. His mission: to take down a mysterious villain from his past—'Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth'. With the entire world in the crosshairs, MacGruber must race against time to defeat the forces of evil -- only to find that evil may be lurking within..."
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"...after rotting in prison for over a decade, ultimate hero and uber patriot 'MacGruber' is finally released. His mission: to take down a mysterious villain from his past—'Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth'. With the entire world in the crosshairs, MacGruber must race against time to defeat the forces of evil -- only to find that evil may be lurking within..."
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- 11/29/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Well, shut yer butt. It looks like we get one more treat in the year of our Lord 2021 and that's the return of "MacGruber." The series will be launching on Universal's streaming service, Peacock, on December 16, and today we got a slew of images and even a trailer in the form of a jailhouse interview with Mac himself.
Will Forte returns as MacGruber, who has apparently spent the time since we last saw him rotting away in jail for his over-the-top dispatching of one Dieter Von Cunth (Val Kilmer). I'm on team Grubes ... Cunth did try to blow up the world and also...
The post MacGruber First Look: The Disgraced National Hero Comes to Peacock in December appeared first on /Film.
Will Forte returns as MacGruber, who has apparently spent the time since we last saw him rotting away in jail for his over-the-top dispatching of one Dieter Von Cunth (Val Kilmer). I'm on team Grubes ... Cunth did try to blow up the world and also...
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- 11/23/2021
- by Eric Vespe
- Slash Film
It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve heard the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song in your life. You’ve never heard it like this.
Original series star Will Smith lends his voice to an incredibly serious teaser for Peacock’s Bel-Air, a dramatic reboot of the iconic sitcom set to premiere sometime in 2022.
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“This is a story… all about how my life got flipped… turned upside down,” Smith...
Original series star Will Smith lends his voice to an incredibly serious teaser for Peacock’s Bel-Air, a dramatic reboot of the iconic sitcom set to premiere sometime in 2022.
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“This is a story… all about how my life got flipped… turned upside down,” Smith...
- 11/23/2021
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
MacGruber will be back on the cast next month.
Peacock has confirmed the highly anticipated TV follow-up of the movie will launch Thursday, December 16.
"After rotting in prison for over a decade, America’s ultimate hero and uber patriot MacGruber is finally released," reads the official logline.
"His mission: to take down a mysterious villain from his past—Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth."
"With the entire world in the crosshairs, MacGruber must reassemble his old team, Vicki St. Elmo and Dixon Piper, in order to defeat the forces of evil."
Will Forte will reprise his iconic role as MacGruber and will also write and executive produce.
The Peacock series is an adaptation of the 2010 feature film and cult favorite of the same title, which will also feature the original creative team behind the camera.
The cast also includes Kristen Wiig (Vicki St. Elmo), Ryan Phillippe (Dixon Piper), Sam Elliott (Perry), Laurence Fishburne...
Peacock has confirmed the highly anticipated TV follow-up of the movie will launch Thursday, December 16.
"After rotting in prison for over a decade, America’s ultimate hero and uber patriot MacGruber is finally released," reads the official logline.
"His mission: to take down a mysterious villain from his past—Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth."
"With the entire world in the crosshairs, MacGruber must reassemble his old team, Vicki St. Elmo and Dixon Piper, in order to defeat the forces of evil."
Will Forte will reprise his iconic role as MacGruber and will also write and executive produce.
The Peacock series is an adaptation of the 2010 feature film and cult favorite of the same title, which will also feature the original creative team behind the camera.
The cast also includes Kristen Wiig (Vicki St. Elmo), Ryan Phillippe (Dixon Piper), Sam Elliott (Perry), Laurence Fishburne...
- 11/23/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
After rotting in prison for over a decade, America’s ultimate hero and uber patriot MacGruber is finally released. His mission: to take down a mysterious villain from his past – Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth. With the entire world in the crosshairs, MacGruber must reassemble his old team, Vicki St. Elmo and Dixon Piper, in order […]
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- 11/22/2021
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
The world is really terrible right now. It doesn’t seem like there’s any hope for the human race. Well, maybe there’s one hope—MacGruber. Unfortunately, he’s been locked away in prison for more than a decade. Thankfully, Peacock is busting him out of jail for a new series in December.
Read More: Will Forte Teases “Classier” ‘MacGruber’ With Some Sample Dialogue From The Upcoming Series
As seen in the new teaser/clip from “MacGruber,” Will Forte returns as the title character, who has been wasting away in prison for 11 years.
Continue reading ‘MacGruber’ Clip: Will Forte Returns In December To Rip Throats And Leave Upper Deckers For His Enemies at The Playlist.
Read More: Will Forte Teases “Classier” ‘MacGruber’ With Some Sample Dialogue From The Upcoming Series
As seen in the new teaser/clip from “MacGruber,” Will Forte returns as the title character, who has been wasting away in prison for 11 years.
Continue reading ‘MacGruber’ Clip: Will Forte Returns In December To Rip Throats And Leave Upper Deckers For His Enemies at The Playlist.
- 11/22/2021
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Amazon Prime Video announced the upcoming series “As We See It” will premiere all eight episodes on Jan. 21, 2022 and released a trailer for it.
The series follows 20-something roommates — Jack (Rick Glassman), Harrison (Albert Rutecki) and Violet (Sue Ann Pien), who are on the autism spectrum — as they strive to get jobs, make friends and fall in love. The trailer features each of the roommates tackling their goals, with the help of family and friends along the way. “I think you are such a beautiful person that you shouldn’t have to hide who you are,” says their aide Mandy (Sosie Bacon) to Jack. “That makes me want to throw up,” he responds.
The series also stars Chris Pang as Violet’s brother Van and Joe Mantegna as Jack’s father Lou. Writer Jason Katim executive produces with Jeni Mulein, Danna Stern, Dana Idisis, Yuval Shafferman and Udi Segal. Jesse Peretz...
The series follows 20-something roommates — Jack (Rick Glassman), Harrison (Albert Rutecki) and Violet (Sue Ann Pien), who are on the autism spectrum — as they strive to get jobs, make friends and fall in love. The trailer features each of the roommates tackling their goals, with the help of family and friends along the way. “I think you are such a beautiful person that you shouldn’t have to hide who you are,” says their aide Mandy (Sosie Bacon) to Jack. “That makes me want to throw up,” he responds.
The series also stars Chris Pang as Violet’s brother Van and Joe Mantegna as Jack’s father Lou. Writer Jason Katim executive produces with Jeni Mulein, Danna Stern, Dana Idisis, Yuval Shafferman and Udi Segal. Jesse Peretz...
- 11/22/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano and Katie Song
- Variety Film + TV
Peacock has revealed MacGruber is set to premiere on Dec. 16 with a first look teaser featuring stars Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe, and Billy Zane.
The eight-episode action-comedy is based on Forte’s recurring MacGyver parody sketch on Saturday Night Live and its 2010 cult movie offshoot.
Co-written and executive produced by Forte, the series picks up after the titular character (Forte) was rotting in prison for over a decade and is finally free. His mission: to take down a mysterious villain from his past—Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth (Zane). With the entire world in the crosshairs, MacGruber must reassemble his old team, of Vicki St. Elmo (Wiig) and Dixon Piper (Phillippe) to defeat the forces of evil.
Zane’s Queeth is one of MacGruber’s mortal enemies. Long thought dead, he has resurfaced to carry out a heinous plot to destroy the world and, in the process, claim his revenge against MacGruber.
The eight-episode action-comedy is based on Forte’s recurring MacGyver parody sketch on Saturday Night Live and its 2010 cult movie offshoot.
Co-written and executive produced by Forte, the series picks up after the titular character (Forte) was rotting in prison for over a decade and is finally free. His mission: to take down a mysterious villain from his past—Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth (Zane). With the entire world in the crosshairs, MacGruber must reassemble his old team, of Vicki St. Elmo (Wiig) and Dixon Piper (Phillippe) to defeat the forces of evil.
Zane’s Queeth is one of MacGruber’s mortal enemies. Long thought dead, he has resurfaced to carry out a heinous plot to destroy the world and, in the process, claim his revenge against MacGruber.
- 11/22/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Get ready to do some celebratory head-banging, because We Are Lady Parts is coming back.
Peacock announced Monday that it has renewed the comedy series for a second season, which will air on Channel 4 in the U.K.
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“We Are Lady Parts exploded onto our screens and into our hearts with irreverent humor, original storytelling and boundary-pushing comedy,...
Peacock announced Monday that it has renewed the comedy series for a second season, which will air on Channel 4 in the U.K.
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“We Are Lady Parts exploded onto our screens and into our hearts with irreverent humor, original storytelling and boundary-pushing comedy,...
- 11/22/2021
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
NBCUniversal’s international flight plan for Peacock starts this week: Starting Nov. 16, Sky TV and Now customers in the U.K. and Ireland will get access to the streaming service for no additional fee.
Comcast had announced plans this summer to launch Peacock as a free add-on for Sky’s satellite TV customers in Europe, representing a base of close to 20 million households. According to NBCU, after the “soft launch” in the U.K. and Ireland, Peacock will continue to roll out across Sky platforms in territories including Germany, Italy, Austria and Switzerland in the next few months.
Sky TV customers and subscribers to the Now Entertainment package in the U.K. and Ireland will get “early access” to the new ad-supported Peacock destination, with original and library TV shows and movies from across NBCU although the content availability will differ from what’s available on Peacock in the U.
Comcast had announced plans this summer to launch Peacock as a free add-on for Sky’s satellite TV customers in Europe, representing a base of close to 20 million households. According to NBCU, after the “soft launch” in the U.K. and Ireland, Peacock will continue to roll out across Sky platforms in territories including Germany, Italy, Austria and Switzerland in the next few months.
Sky TV customers and subscribers to the Now Entertainment package in the U.K. and Ireland will get “early access” to the new ad-supported Peacock destination, with original and library TV shows and movies from across NBCU although the content availability will differ from what’s available on Peacock in the U.
- 11/15/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Ryan Phillippe (Crash), Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns) and Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible) are star to star in thriller The Locksmith, we can reveal.
Arclight Films is launching world sales on the package at the virtual AFM.
The project follows Miller, an expert locksmith fresh out of prison after a job gone bad. Back home, he tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and his ex-girlfriend, Beth, who is now a police detective. Determined to make a clean start, he is forced to use the only skills he has as a gifted locksmith. But things soon get complicated after an unexpected kidnapping.
Principal photography is slated to begin on November 15 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and the movie is due to be ready for delivery in September 2022.
The film will be directed by veteran first assistant director Nicolas Harvard, who makes his feature film debut. Screenplay is written by John Glosser,...
Arclight Films is launching world sales on the package at the virtual AFM.
The project follows Miller, an expert locksmith fresh out of prison after a job gone bad. Back home, he tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and his ex-girlfriend, Beth, who is now a police detective. Determined to make a clean start, he is forced to use the only skills he has as a gifted locksmith. But things soon get complicated after an unexpected kidnapping.
Principal photography is slated to begin on November 15 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and the movie is due to be ready for delivery in September 2022.
The film will be directed by veteran first assistant director Nicolas Harvard, who makes his feature film debut. Screenplay is written by John Glosser,...
- 11/2/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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Your favorite coverall-wearing, masked murderer sets out on another gruesome stabbing spree in “Halloween Kills.” The latest installment to the slasher film franchise arrived in theaters and on Peacock on Friday. Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Thomas Mann, and Anthony Michael Hall star in the horror movie directed by David Gordon Green.
There’s nothing like a slasher flick to get you in the spirit of Halloween, and if you’re a fan of the previous “Halloween” movies, then you might just enjoy Laurie Strode’s (Curtis) fresh attempt at killing her lifelong tormentor. The story picks up minutes after Laurie, her daughter Karen (Greer), and granddaughter Allyson (Matichak...
Your favorite coverall-wearing, masked murderer sets out on another gruesome stabbing spree in “Halloween Kills.” The latest installment to the slasher film franchise arrived in theaters and on Peacock on Friday. Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Thomas Mann, and Anthony Michael Hall star in the horror movie directed by David Gordon Green.
There’s nothing like a slasher flick to get you in the spirit of Halloween, and if you’re a fan of the previous “Halloween” movies, then you might just enjoy Laurie Strode’s (Curtis) fresh attempt at killing her lifelong tormentor. The story picks up minutes after Laurie, her daughter Karen (Greer), and granddaughter Allyson (Matichak...
- 10/15/2021
- by Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
A “Pitch Perfect” series has been ordered at Peacock with Adam Devine onboard to reprise his role from the film franchise, Variety has learned exclusively.
The series is set several years after the events of the films. Devine returns as Bumper Allen, who moves to Germany to revive his music career when one of his songs becomes big in Berlin.
Bumper was the main antagonist of the first film and the leader of the all-male a cappella group The Treblemakers. He returned in the second film as a supporting character and the love interest of Rebel Wilson’s character, Fat Amy. He worked as a backup singer for John Mayer before returning to his alma mater, Barden University, as a security guard.
“Pitch Perfect” will be written by Megan Amram, who will also serve as executive producer and showrunner. Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman of Brownstone Productions will also executive...
The series is set several years after the events of the films. Devine returns as Bumper Allen, who moves to Germany to revive his music career when one of his songs becomes big in Berlin.
Bumper was the main antagonist of the first film and the leader of the all-male a cappella group The Treblemakers. He returned in the second film as a supporting character and the love interest of Rebel Wilson’s character, Fat Amy. He worked as a backup singer for John Mayer before returning to his alma mater, Barden University, as a security guard.
“Pitch Perfect” will be written by Megan Amram, who will also serve as executive producer and showrunner. Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman of Brownstone Productions will also executive...
- 9/21/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Cult classics generally don’t happen on purpose and they usually don’t happen in just 10 days, either. Sam Raimi shot “Evil Dead” on a budget that would’ve paid for only half a shoestring back in 1981; Oliver Benjamin founded Dudeism, a religion inspired by the Coen Brothers’ “The Big Lebowski,” in 2005, 7 years after the film premiered; SNL’s “MacGyver” parody, “MacGruber,” crashed and burned at the box office and with critics in 2010 then rose from the ashes over the following decade, embraced as the masterpiece that it is.
Continue reading ‘Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash’: An Offbeat Martial Arts Romance That Really Wants To Become A Cult Classic [TIFF Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash’: An Offbeat Martial Arts Romance That Really Wants To Become A Cult Classic [TIFF Review] at The Playlist.
- 9/15/2021
- by Andrew Crump
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Fox is developing How To Be Human, a multi-camera comedy from writer Brenda Hsueh (Disjointed) and Party Over Here, the production company founded by The Lonely Island’s Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone.
Written by Hsueh, How To Be Human revolves around Eve, a robot becoming sentient who breaks free from her lab so she can learn how to be human by living among them. But when she tries to convince three housemates to let her live with them, she realizes it’s not going to be so easy.
Hsueh and Yvonne Cheng executive produce via their Shoes Off Productions, along with Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone and Ali Bell for Party Over Here. Fox Entertainment is the studio.
Party Over Here produces Hulu’s praised comedy series Pen15 and also is behind the upcoming SNL offshoot series MacGruber for Peacock. The company also recently set single-camera comedy Black Magic...
Written by Hsueh, How To Be Human revolves around Eve, a robot becoming sentient who breaks free from her lab so she can learn how to be human by living among them. But when she tries to convince three housemates to let her live with them, she realizes it’s not going to be so easy.
Hsueh and Yvonne Cheng executive produce via their Shoes Off Productions, along with Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone and Ali Bell for Party Over Here. Fox Entertainment is the studio.
Party Over Here produces Hulu’s praised comedy series Pen15 and also is behind the upcoming SNL offshoot series MacGruber for Peacock. The company also recently set single-camera comedy Black Magic...
- 8/18/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Succession, MacGruber, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and more TV Casting News — Numerous TV series have made recent TV show casting, TV mini-series casting, TV movie casting, and TV directing news. These shows and TV movies air on United States and international cable, broadcast, and streaming TV show stations. Beware of spoilers [...]
Continue reading: TV Casting: Succession, MacGruber, Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, and Dallas Liu in Avatar: The Last Airbender, & More...
Continue reading: TV Casting: Succession, MacGruber, Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, and Dallas Liu in Avatar: The Last Airbender, & More...
- 8/15/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
The game may have changed, but the players are still the same. MacGruber is getting his own streaming series with the cult comedy’s three leads returning. On top of that, none other than Billy Zane is coming to play. Variety reports that Zane will play the series’ heavy, who has the memorable name Brigadier Commander […]
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- 8/14/2021
- by Eric Vespe
- Slash Film
In a recasting, Billy Zane has joined the cast of MacGruber, Peacock’s eight-episode action comedy series based on Will Forte’s recurring MacGyver parody sketch on Saturday Night Live and its 2010 cult movie offshoot. Joseph Lee Anderson also is set for a recurring role, and Timothy V. Murphy will reprise his role from the film of the same name in the series from Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, and Broadway Video.
They join Forte, Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe who are reprising their roles as MacGruber, Vicki St. Elmo and Dixon Piper, respectively, along with Sam Elliott and Laurence Fishburne. (Forte and Wiig starred in the SNL skits and the movie; Phillippe in the movie.)
In the series, co-written/executive produced by Forte, after rotting in prison for over a decade, America’s ultimate hero and uber...
They join Forte, Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe who are reprising their roles as MacGruber, Vicki St. Elmo and Dixon Piper, respectively, along with Sam Elliott and Laurence Fishburne. (Forte and Wiig starred in the SNL skits and the movie; Phillippe in the movie.)
In the series, co-written/executive produced by Forte, after rotting in prison for over a decade, America’s ultimate hero and uber...
- 8/12/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Peacock is listening to its friend Billy Zane (he’s a cool dude), adding him to the cast of the upcoming “MacGruber” series.
Zane has joined the cast of the series along with Joseph Lee Anderson and Timothy V. Murphy. They join previously announced series leads Will Forte, Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe, as well as cast members Sam Elliott and Laurence Fishburne. Zane is taking over the role of Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth from Mickey Rourke in a recasting.
Zane is known for his roles in films like “Titanic,” “True Story,” and his memorable cameo in “Zoolander.” His past TV credits include “Guilt,” “Deception,” “The Boys,” and “Samantha Who?” He is repped by APA and Canopy Media Partners.
In the eight-episode series based on the “SNL” sketch and film of the same name, after rotting in prison for over a decade, America’s ultimate hero and uber patriot MacGruber (Forte) is finally released.
Zane has joined the cast of the series along with Joseph Lee Anderson and Timothy V. Murphy. They join previously announced series leads Will Forte, Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe, as well as cast members Sam Elliott and Laurence Fishburne. Zane is taking over the role of Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth from Mickey Rourke in a recasting.
Zane is known for his roles in films like “Titanic,” “True Story,” and his memorable cameo in “Zoolander.” His past TV credits include “Guilt,” “Deception,” “The Boys,” and “Samantha Who?” He is repped by APA and Canopy Media Partners.
In the eight-episode series based on the “SNL” sketch and film of the same name, after rotting in prison for over a decade, America’s ultimate hero and uber patriot MacGruber (Forte) is finally released.
- 8/12/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Peacock’s upcoming “MacGruber” series has added three more to its cast, including franchise veteran Timothy V. Murphy as Constantine Bach.
The “Saturday Night Live” spinoff starring Will Forte has also cast Billy Zane as Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth, one of MacGruber’s “mortal enemies.” According to Peacock, “Long thought dead, he has resurfaced to carry out a heinous plot to destroy the world, and in the process, claim his revenge against MacGruber.”
Murphy will return as Constantine, the ruthless henchman of Dieter von Cunth (played by Val Kilmer in the 2010 film), who has returned to seek revenge against MacGruber.
Also joining the series is “Young Rock” actor Joseph Lee Anderson. He’ll play Major Harold Kernst, the right-hand man of General Fasoose (Laurence Fishburne), who is responsible for overseeing MacGruber on a life-threatening mission.
Fishburne joined the series back in June alongside Sam Elliott and Mickey Rourke. Kristen Wiig...
The “Saturday Night Live” spinoff starring Will Forte has also cast Billy Zane as Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth, one of MacGruber’s “mortal enemies.” According to Peacock, “Long thought dead, he has resurfaced to carry out a heinous plot to destroy the world, and in the process, claim his revenge against MacGruber.”
Murphy will return as Constantine, the ruthless henchman of Dieter von Cunth (played by Val Kilmer in the 2010 film), who has returned to seek revenge against MacGruber.
Also joining the series is “Young Rock” actor Joseph Lee Anderson. He’ll play Major Harold Kernst, the right-hand man of General Fasoose (Laurence Fishburne), who is responsible for overseeing MacGruber on a life-threatening mission.
Fishburne joined the series back in June alongside Sam Elliott and Mickey Rourke. Kristen Wiig...
- 8/12/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
You can be blasé about a lot of things, but not Billy Zane joining the cast of the MacGruber TV series.
The Titanic actor has joined an upcoming eight-episode Peacock series that’s based on the iconic Saturday Night Live sketch (and subsequent 2010 film).
Will Forte reprises his role as the explosive action hero MacGruber who has been “rotting in prison for over a decade.” Upon release, his mission is to take down a mysterious villain from his past—Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth (Zane). Described as one of MacGruber’s mortal enemies, Queeth “has resurfaced to carry out a heinous plot to destroy ...
The Titanic actor has joined an upcoming eight-episode Peacock series that’s based on the iconic Saturday Night Live sketch (and subsequent 2010 film).
Will Forte reprises his role as the explosive action hero MacGruber who has been “rotting in prison for over a decade.” Upon release, his mission is to take down a mysterious villain from his past—Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth (Zane). Described as one of MacGruber’s mortal enemies, Queeth “has resurfaced to carry out a heinous plot to destroy ...
- 8/12/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
It's not the news that Yellowstone fans have been waiting for, but it's pretty great nonetheless.
Paramount+ today announced that Academy Award nominee legend Sam Elliott will star alongside global superstars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in the service’s upcoming original series 1883.
Created by Taylor Sheridan, 1883 is the highly anticipated prequel to the Emmy-nominated Yellowstone.
1883 follows the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America.
It is a stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana.
Elliott is set to play Shea Brennan, a tough as nails, handsome cowboy with immense sadness in his past.
He has the herculean task of guiding a group from Texas to Montana, and he does not suffer fools.
McGraw and Hill will portray James and Margaret Dutton,...
Paramount+ today announced that Academy Award nominee legend Sam Elliott will star alongside global superstars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in the service’s upcoming original series 1883.
Created by Taylor Sheridan, 1883 is the highly anticipated prequel to the Emmy-nominated Yellowstone.
1883 follows the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America.
It is a stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana.
Elliott is set to play Shea Brennan, a tough as nails, handsome cowboy with immense sadness in his past.
He has the herculean task of guiding a group from Texas to Montana, and he does not suffer fools.
McGraw and Hill will portray James and Margaret Dutton,...
- 8/4/2021
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Big news on the Yellowstone prequel series.
Paramount+ and MTV Entertainment Studios have set Sam Elliott to star with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in 1883, the Taylor Sheridan-created prequel to the network’s signature hit drama Yellowstone. 101 Studios and Bosque Ranch Productions will serve as production partners on the series. The trio seems just about perfect for a continuation of the saga.
1883 follows the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. It is a stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana. Elliott is set to play Shea Brennan, a tough-as-nails, handsome cowboy with immense sadness in his past. He has the herculean task of guiding a group from Texas to Montana, and he does not suffer fools.
Paramount+ and MTV Entertainment Studios have set Sam Elliott to star with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in 1883, the Taylor Sheridan-created prequel to the network’s signature hit drama Yellowstone. 101 Studios and Bosque Ranch Productions will serve as production partners on the series. The trio seems just about perfect for a continuation of the saga.
1883 follows the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. It is a stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana. Elliott is set to play Shea Brennan, a tough-as-nails, handsome cowboy with immense sadness in his past. He has the herculean task of guiding a group from Texas to Montana, and he does not suffer fools.
- 8/4/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lionsgate has teamed with Canadian broadcaster CBC to bring comedy series Son of a Critch to the U.S. and the world.
The 13-part series comes from Schitt’s Creek producer Andrew Barnsley and comedian Mark Critch, and Lionsgate is hoping that it can replicate the success of the Emmy-winning Canadian comedy, which it brought to the U.S. via Pop TV.
Lionsgate will handle U.S. and international distribution rights.
The half-hour series is based on Critch’s memoir Son of a Critch: A Childish Newfoundland Memoir and he will star alongside Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Malcolm McDowell, Claire Rankin and newcomers Sophia Powers and Mark Rivera.
Son of a Critch, which has just started production, is the story of 11-year-old Mark coming of age in St. John’s, Newfoundland in the ’80s, a boy much older inside than his 11 years – using comedy and self-deprecation to win friends and connect...
The 13-part series comes from Schitt’s Creek producer Andrew Barnsley and comedian Mark Critch, and Lionsgate is hoping that it can replicate the success of the Emmy-winning Canadian comedy, which it brought to the U.S. via Pop TV.
Lionsgate will handle U.S. and international distribution rights.
The half-hour series is based on Critch’s memoir Son of a Critch: A Childish Newfoundland Memoir and he will star alongside Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Malcolm McDowell, Claire Rankin and newcomers Sophia Powers and Mark Rivera.
Son of a Critch, which has just started production, is the story of 11-year-old Mark coming of age in St. John’s, Newfoundland in the ’80s, a boy much older inside than his 11 years – using comedy and self-deprecation to win friends and connect...
- 7/29/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Will Forte‘s comedic action hero character, who originated in a Saturday Night Live sketch, got his own movie in 2010 – a film which performed abysmally at the box office, but quickly earned cult status. Now, more than 10 years later, MacGruber is coming back to the small screen in a Peacock streaming series. And […]
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- 6/28/2021
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
I've always hoped we'd get a MacGruber 2. Jorma Taccone's original film was so much better than anyone could have reasonably thought it would be. Sure, the original SNL skits were funny, but did anyone think they could sustain a film? In the end, it wound up being fantastic, with Will Forte's MacGruber ripping out throats alongside Kristen Wiig's Vicki St.…...
- 6/28/2021
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Mickey Rourke & Jennifer Carpenter To Star In Supernatural Horror ‘She’s Still Here’ — Cannes Market
Exclusive: Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) and Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter) are set to star in supernatural horror She’s Still Here, which Archstone Entertainment is launching for the Cannes virtual market.
Written by Martin Gomez and to be directed by the Gaudioso twins, She’s Still Here tells the story of a desperate widower who is being tormented by the vengeful spirit of his deceased wife. Exasperated, he enlists the aide of his ghost-hunting nephew to decipher the haunting’s meaning and bring peace to his household.
The film is set to go into production this fall. Producers are Lisa Bruhn of Tenacious Films, James and Anthony Gaudioso, and Scott Martin, Michael Slifkin, and Jack Sheehan of Archstone. Kimberly Hines will serve as executive producer and Sophie Rose Barry as associate producer.
Vet Rourke recently joined the cast of the upcoming Peacock series MacGruber. He received an Oscar nomination...
Written by Martin Gomez and to be directed by the Gaudioso twins, She’s Still Here tells the story of a desperate widower who is being tormented by the vengeful spirit of his deceased wife. Exasperated, he enlists the aide of his ghost-hunting nephew to decipher the haunting’s meaning and bring peace to his household.
The film is set to go into production this fall. Producers are Lisa Bruhn of Tenacious Films, James and Anthony Gaudioso, and Scott Martin, Michael Slifkin, and Jack Sheehan of Archstone. Kimberly Hines will serve as executive producer and Sophie Rose Barry as associate producer.
Vet Rourke recently joined the cast of the upcoming Peacock series MacGruber. He received an Oscar nomination...
- 6/17/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
If there’s one thing we’re looking forward to on Peacock, it’s the forthcoming MacGruber TV series, based on the (truly incredible) feature film comedy of the same name, which was in turn based on the Saturday Night Live sketch parody of MacGyver. We’ve yet to see any photos or footage from the show, but during […]
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- 6/15/2021
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
Girls5eva is getting yet another shot at fame: Peacock has renewed the musical comedy for Season 2, TVLine has learned.
The series — which debuted May 6 — stars Grammy Award-winning singer Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry (Broadway’s Hamilton), Paula Pell (Saturday Night Live) and Busy Philipps (Cougar Town) as the remaining members of a one-hit-wonder ’90s girl group. (Their fifth singer — played in flashbacks by Emily in Paris‘ Ashley Park — died in an accident.) After their old single “Famous 5eva” is sampled by a young rapper, the quartet reunite and try to relaunch their music career.
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The series — which debuted May 6 — stars Grammy Award-winning singer Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry (Broadway’s Hamilton), Paula Pell (Saturday Night Live) and Busy Philipps (Cougar Town) as the remaining members of a one-hit-wonder ’90s girl group. (Their fifth singer — played in flashbacks by Emily in Paris‘ Ashley Park — died in an accident.) After their old single “Famous 5eva” is sampled by a young rapper, the quartet reunite and try to relaunch their music career.
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- 6/14/2021
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
On the June 10, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including a new Lord of the Rings movie, Zack Snyder’s new anime series, a Dracula sequel, a Kingpin sequel, and MacGruber […]
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- 6/10/2021
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
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