In their latest work together, The Skeleton Twins, SNL castmates Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig play estranged siblings that reexamine why they’re estranged after surviving a near death experience.
From the trailer, there’s plenty of what seems to be what it must be like to hang out with Hader and Wiig. The Skeleton Twins comes out September 19th.
Kristen Wiig to Make Directorial Debut on Buddy Comedy
Kristen Wiig will, for the first time, star, co-write, and direct her own comedy. It’s slated to be a buddy with Annie Mumolo from Bridesmaids and other than they will be best friends in over their heads, there are no other details.
With Wiig at the helm, we can surely count on this getting delightfully weird.
Being the first week of the new era of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon and company of course want to go big and reading this line-up, they certainly did.
Jerry Seinfeld, the First Lady, Will Ferrell, Arcade Fire, his old friend Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, and more will probably make for a pretty good first week for Fallon at 11:30PM starting Mon. Feb. 17th on NBC.
Monday, Feb. 17: Guest Will Smith and musical guest U2
Tuesday, Feb. 18: Guests Jerry Seinfeld, Kristen Wiig and musical guest Lady Gaga
Wednesday, Feb. 19: Guest Bradley Cooper and musical guest Tim McGraw
Thursday, Feb. 20: Guests First Lady Michelle Obama, Will Ferrell and musical guest Arcade Fire
Friday, Feb. 21: Guest Justin Timberlake
The Spoils of Babylon Premieres Tonight on IFC
What might be the most epic comedy mini series (it certainly has the look for it) on TV, The Spoils of Babylon starring Tobey Maguire and Kristen Wiig premieres tonight on IFC at 10PM.
Let’s see if it’s a hilarious cross between The Heart She Holler and There Will Be Blood that we think it very well might be.
Sundance Unveils 2014 Competition Lineups/Potential 2014-15 Indie Comedy Darlings
In the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, The Skeleton Twins with Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader, Happy Christmas with Lena Dunham, Obvious Child with Jenny Slate, Life After Beth with Aubrey Plaza, Ping Pong Summer with Amy Sedaris will all be part of the official competition.
Here are some production stills of Life After Beth and Skeleton Twins, if you’re curious to get any sort of idea what’s coming to Park City.
Don’t be surprised to see these play in theaters later next year.
Watch Kristen Wiig and Tobey Maguire as Sibling Lovers in ‘Spoils of Babylon’ Teaser for IFC
Many of the overly wrought, heavy handed television dramas spanning the decades that TV has existed as a medium are going to get their send up in the upcoming IFC mini series ‘Spoils of Babylon’ produced by Funny or Die.
Just watch the gorgeous trailer that has all the makings of one hell of a parody.
Kristen Wiig to Team Up Again with Will Ferrell in Dark Comedy Feature
Adding to Anchorman 2 and the upcoming IFC mini-series Spoils of Babylon, Kristen Wiig is joining the cast of another Will Ferrell project. It’s a dark comedy, which should be expected from the likes of both Ferrell and Wiig, but we’re excited anyway to see what comes from three collaborations in one year.
Tobey Maguire and Kristen Wiig Cast in Will Ferrell’s ‘Spoils Of Babylon’ on IFC
Tobey Maguire and Kristen Wiig will join Will Ferrell in his upcoming series at IFC making the already intensely intriguing ‘Spoils of Babylon’ even more so.
It’s moves like this that make us think that F in IFC doesn’t stand for films so much, anymore, as the C stands for comedy.
Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell Team Up Again For ‘Welcome To Me’
We can just imagine that there would be a big enough blooper and outtake reel from Will and Kristen alone that they could cut together a whole other movie.
1) Why can’t we have something like the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival here in LA? This sounds pretty fantastic and maybe you should donate to the cause…
2) Real Life: My Girlfriend’s A Bitch with Iliza Shlesinger.
3) Punchline Magazine became Laughspin.com and now there’s a whole page of stuff we contribute.
4) So Kristen Wiig is the voice of Babs in this slightly disturbing reboot of Looney Tunes on Cartoon Network and will produce and star in a suicide themed comedy that focuses on a woman who fakes suicide to gain the attention of an ex-boyfriend. We like this dark comedy streak by Wiig and hope it continues.
5) Remember when David Lynch used to do the daily weather? We’re surprised Lynch didn’t go the route of Rick Shapiro and his frequently posted and out of order Morning Meditations from Our Lady of No Thought Depot.
6) One of the more important things to note about GQ’s current “comedy” issue out on magazine racks now is that no one would know if it’s an issue about comedy if GQ didn’t tell anybody.
7) ON THE HORIZON
Jamie Kilstein-One Night Only @ Steve Allen Theater Mon. July 18th 8PM $10
The 2 & 45 @ All Star Lanes Mon. July 18th 8PM FREE
8) COMEDY CRAWL
Matt Besser: Enter the Hot Chicks Room @ UCB Theatre 6PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Re-Animator: The Musical @ The Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30
A Gentle Evening With Josh & Don IV @ Fake Gallery 8:30PM FREE
French Toast @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 9PM $5
Louis C.K. Working On New Shit During An Evening of Disjointed Comedy @ Largo 9PM $20-Sold Out
Power Violence @ The Complex 9PM FREE
Set List @ Flappers Burbank 9PM $12/2 item min.
Celebrity @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
9) OPEN MIC RUN
PALMS 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/lottery
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
NERDIST THEATRE 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (back room of Meltdown Comics)/Sign-up 7:15PM/Starts 7:30PM/lottery/30 spots available/no purchase necessary
TSUNAMEDY @ TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/mixed mic
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5/multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee available
10) As reporting of Carmeggedon continues, people are calling the 405 the main freeway in LA. That’s bullshit. The 10 gets no respect? If you want a real Carmeggedon shut down the 10 freeway between the 405 and the 110. (I obviously drive too much and think about these things)
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