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Netflix’s Latest Series Worth Diving Into Might Be “The Chair”

July 21, 2021
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With going back indoors seeming more and more to be the operative move as the pandemic continues, you might be wondering, “What else is there to watch?” Even if you thought you reached the end of Netflix or whatever your streaming service of choice is, we’re betting that you didn’t even get close.

That said, we’re sure it’ll take something of real quality or, at the very least, looks damn promising to invest yourself in another round of binge watching. One of Netflix’s latest series, The Chair from Amanda Peet & Annie Wyman, might be just the thing you’re looking for as a dissection of the non-sense and oft-unchecked privilege of higher education faculty. Sandra Oh leads what is a very impressive ensemble cast and also has to tangle with, from the looks of the trailer, a pretty perfectly cast problematic professor in Jay Duplass.

Just from our first impression, The Chair seems to be a little on the same wavelength as the classic 90s sharp satire Election, but just a bit more grown-up, perhaps for university. We certainly hope it’s up to that level.

We shall see if it makes that grade when it drops on Netflix on Fri. Aug. 20th.

Room 104 Season 3 Trailer Is Here and Is as Trippy as Can Be

August 21, 2019
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By now, you ought to expect the unexpected with The Duplass Brothers’ HBO anthology series that bends genre, tone, etc. all in the confines of one room.

This upcoming third season should prove no different as you can see in the trailer. Also, you might dig that featured in the cast will be Arturo Castro, Paul F. Tompkins (perhaps a vintage one w/o facial hair), Sam Richardson (with an almost Detroiters-like moment), Luke Wilson, and Steve Little

If you’re on board, get ready to set sail when the new season premieres Fri. Sept. 13th on HBO.

Netflix Secures Worldwide Rights to Next Four Movies from The Duplass Brothers

February 22, 2018
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Netflix Secures Worldwide Rights to Next Four Movies from The Duplass Brothers

We wondering what The Duplass Brothers were up to after having a long dalliance with television over at HBO.

With Netflix’s ability to release a movie simultaneously in well-over 100 territories, don’t be surprised to see more and more indie auteurs, especially in the comedy space, find their way to Netflix.

By the way, one of these films includes a bromance comedy with made-up sports starring Ray Romano, which definitely has our interest peaked.

See What Rules The Duplass Brothers Set Up for Themselves While Making “Room 104″

July 22, 2017
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As The Duplass Brothers first Sundance short film that got that attention was shot as lo fi as possible with no crew and in one day, you might know that some of Jay and Mark Duplass’ best work comes out of having restrictions. 

With their upcoming HBO anthology series, they have a lot more resources at their disposal, but made sure to stay true to their roots by imposing a handful of rules in making and shooting each episode. Based off how the show looks and feels already, we think this was probably a pretty good call on their part.

See what the rules are here, then look for the series premiere of Room 104 on July 28th.

“Landline” Trailer Promises a Delightful, Very 90s, Dysfunctional Family Comedy

June 8, 2017
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Director Gillian Robespierre and Jenny Slate proved to be a winning combo on Obvious Child three years ago.

The two thankfully teamed up again along with writing from Elisabeth Holm with a fantastic cast of Edie Falco, John Turturro, Abby Quinn, and Jay Duplass for Landline.

The trailer shows this movie is as much of a 90s period piece on top of following the lives of what looks to be a very well-crafted, fully realized dysfunctional family.  

See for yourself in the trailer.

Landline will have a limited theatrical release on July 21st, then expand to theaters everywhere on August 4th.

Here’s The First Teaser for “Room 104″, The Duplass Brothers’ HBO Anthology Series

June 2, 2017
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It would seem anthology series have never been more popular than they are now and The Duplass Brothers are going to take their crack at it with Room 104 on HBO. 

The show, which seems to have some hints of Twin Peaks, is centered through one, supposedly average motel room following several different characters and their offbeat lives. Get a taste of it with this very first teaser.

Look for the premiere of Room 104 on Friday, July 28th at 11:30PM on HBO.

Transparent Season 3 Trailer Is Here

August 8, 2016
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Transparent, seemingly one of the crown jewels of Amazon’s programming line-up, is about to get into its third season after its first two were groundbreaking, accolade-filled, and awards-decorated.

The trailer for season 3 shows no signs of slowing down in Jill Soloway’s that expertly paints with all the colors and simultaneously putting a lens on changing the idea of what gender and sexuality can be. 

Look for the season 3 of Transparent to start streaming on Amazon Prime on Friday, September 23rd.

HBO Orders Duplass Brothers Chain Hotel Anthology Comedy Series ‘Room 104’ | Deadline

August 4, 2016
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HBO Orders Duplass Brothers Chain Hotel Anthology Comedy Series ‘Room 104’ | Deadline

FYI, all Togetherness fans, Mark and Jay Duplass are back at HBO. You can rest slightly more easy now.

Also, as this will be an anthology set at a chain hotel, this will be a fascinating, possibly more free sandbox for the Duplass brothers to play in.

We can’t wait to see what they come up with in 2017 when the series is set to debut.

“Girls” and “Togetherness” Return Tonight

February 21, 2016
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Starting at 10PM on HBO tonight.

Lena Dunham’s Girls and The Duplass Brothers’ Togetherness return, respectively, for their fifth and second season tonight.

So, you can actually watch two whole different generations try and cope with crisis that’s made for critically acclaimed television.

Girls is at 10PM and Togetherness is right after 10:30PM on HBO. 

“Togetherness” Gets Another Season 2 Promo Where Things Are Still Bubbling Under the Surface

February 15, 2016
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The Duplass Brothers’ Togetherness is pretty much everything you would want from a TV show from Jay and Mark Duplass in how they unflinchingly explore the real and comedic tension of everyday life. 

From the looks of this promo, Season 2 will be doubling down on that notion. 

Catch the season premiere on Sun. Feb. 21st at 10:30PM on HBO.

Here Are Some Swell Character Posters for The Duplass Brothers’ Animals

January 17, 2016
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As there are a couple of weeks before HBO premieres the highly anticipated animated series Animals from The Duplass Brothers, these fantastic character posters were tweeted out by Mark Duplass. 

They all give you a pretty good sense of the show and might make you secretly wish animals are like this when us humans aren’t looking.

Finally, Here’s the First Teaser for The Duplass Brothers’ “Animals”

January 10, 2016
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With BoJack Horseman and a multitude of web series that have talking animals, it would seem anthropomorphized animated series are becoming their own sub genre. 

That being said, there’s still room for more such shows as you can see with this teaser of The Duplass Brothers’ Animals. 

Not only are NYC animals talking like regular New Yorkers a clever concept, but having the voice talents of Nick Kroll Matt Walsh, Steve Zissis, Adam Scott, Colbie Smulders, Marc Maron, Zach Woods, Jessica Chastain, Horatio Sanz, Kumail Nanjiani, Katie Aselton, Wanda Sykes, Paul Scheer, Rob Corddry, and Molly Shannon definitely pushes it to the next level.

Look for the premiere of Animals on Friday Feb. 5th at 11:30PM on HBO.

Watch the Trailer for Season 2 of The Duplass Brothers’ “Togetherness”

January 8, 2016
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Looks like grounded, unflinching looks into family, relationships, love, sex, etc. are not going away in TV comedy. There’s You’re the Worst, Transparent, and Catastrophe in addition to The Duplass Brothers’ Togetherness that all do the above so well. 

By the way, Jay Duplass stars in Transparent and Mark Duplass stars in Togetherness on top of working the behind the scenes with his brother just in case you want to know Jay and Mark’s imprint on this sub genre.

Here’s a trailer for season 2 of Togetherness, which promises things are only going to get more off the rails.

Look for the premiere on Sun. Feb. 21st at 10:30PM on HBO.

Here’s a Teaser for Season 2 of The Duplass Brothers’ Togetherness

December 6, 2015
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Togetherness is riding high with its acclaim on the wave of grounded comedy exploring relationships on television. Also, series creators Mark and Jay Duplass have seem to hit the ground running when they gave TV a shot. 

This season 2 teaser for Togetherness makes it look like they’ll be keeping all of that up when the season premiere rolls around on Sun. Feb. 21st at 10:30PM on HBO.

The Duplass Brothers Set to Write Book of Essays

December 2, 2015
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(via Variety)

There’s a certain method to the madness of going from independent film to premium cable to essays. 

Coming from Ballantine Books, Mark and Jay Duplass will publish a book filled with essays focused on their life experiences from childhood until now. If they’ve been able to make great art of their lives like they did with This Is John, we’re sure that this will be worth a read, if not several. 

It’s going to be awhile though until this book comes out. The release date is set for sometime in 2017.

Here’s a Full Trailer for Season 2 of “Transparent”

November 19, 2015
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From the looks of it, season 2 of Jill Soloway’s Transparent is going to pack just as much of a punch, emotionally/comedically/etc., as it did with its first groundbreaking, award winning season.

Watch the trailer here and you’ll know what we’re saying. Look for its release on Amazon on Dec. 11th.

The Season 2 Teaser of “Transparent” Assures That You That Things Still Won’t Be Easy for The Pfeffermans

November 11, 2015
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Transparent got so many accolades and honors on top of it being a culturally groundbreaking in its first season that it seems like it has many more seasons under its belt.

Yet, Jill Soloway’s brilliant Transparent is set to stream its second season on Amazon on Fri. Dec. 11th.

If this teaser is any indication, the series will pick up right where they left off.

Watch THR’s Roundtable Discussion with Showrunners of Transparent, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Black-ish, Silicon Valley, Togetherness, and Modern Family

September 7, 2015
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You can not only get into the headspace of many today’s top comedy showrunners, but what their headspace is like when they’re all in a room together.

Jill Soloway of Transparent, Robert Carlock of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Kenya Barris of Black-ish, Alec Berg of Silicon Valley, Jay Duplass of Togetherness, and Steve Levitan of Modern Family all came together to sit and chat at The Hollywood Reporter’s fascinating roundtable discussions about their shows and how they fit into the booming and constantly evolving landscape of television.

As you’ll see, there are plenty of the reasons that each one of these shows with these folks at the helm are successful.

Watch the hour long discussion here.

The Orchard Gets The Rights to Distribution Aside From Netflix For Seven Movies From The Duplass Brothers

June 22, 2015
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(via Deadline)

Once more, there is proof of the indie empire, whether they’re aware of it or not, that Mark and Jay Duplass show are building.

The Duplass Brothers already have a four picture deal at Netflix and an overall deal at HBO. Why not get worldwide theatrical and non-online streaming distribution for seven of their movies?

The Orchard already will be releasing their swingers comedy The Overnight and will now take on six other movies from Mark and Jay to release theatrically as well as through any other media that isn’t Netflix/online streaming. 

At this rate, we wouldn’t be surprised if Mark and Jay start a full fledged studio in the not so distant future.

HBO Renews The Duplass Brothers’ “Togetherness” For a Second Season

January 28, 2015
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BREAKING: #Togetherness, created by @jayduplass and @markduplass, is returning for a second season. pic.twitter.com/CLVmh3jZ8j

— HBO (@HBO) January 27, 2015

Things are just coming up Mark and Jay Duplass right now. Not only did they just land a historic four picture deal at Netflix, but Togetherness, their first full foray into TV, just got picked up for a second season.

This is all on top of Jay starring in Transparent and Mark starring in so many movies as well as The League and the pair producing movies left and right. 

Are they a new power duo in comedy? 

Mark and Jay Duplass Come to Speakeasy with Paul F. Tompkins

December 26, 2014
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When it comes to pushing the boundaries of comedy, The Duplass Brothers, Mark and Jay, have not only push boundaries, but do so in an unexpected, but delightful way.

From The Puffy Chair to Jeff Who Lives at Home to Cyrus to their latest project, an HBO series, Togetherness and so much more (both together and individually), Mark and Jay find the comedy in life in some of the most organic ways possible.

So, of course we’re going to watch a nice, long intimate conversation that they have with Paul F. Tompkins on his nice, long intimate conversation web series Speakeasy.

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