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TCB Debriefing 9/12/23: Young Love, Ridiculousness Unionizes, Simpsons, CK Doc

September 12, 2023

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1. Spun off from Matthew A. Cherry‘s Oscar winning short film, Hair Love, Young Love follows the same family, but in full length animated series form, complete with Issa Rae and Scott Mescudi (Kid Cudi) as the lead voices. Issa has made her footprint in almost every space in entertainment and she has just added animated TV show to her the list. Take a gander at Young Love‘s first official trailer here, then look for it on Max on Thurs. Sept. 21st.

2. They took a vote and, surprise, surprise, Ridiculousness‘ staff have officially unionized (THR). Wouldn’t it be great if Dyrdek had to take time to acknowledge that, perhaps with some appropriate clips of the WGA strike.

3. With the unveiling of this trailer, The Simpsons is on the threshold of their 35th season, set to premiere on Sun. Oct. 1st. Apologies for elder millenials and Gen-Xers that felt a pang of their age just now.

4. Thanks to Greenwich Entertainment, a doc about Louis CK‘s sexcual misconduct appropriately called Sorry/Not Sorry is getting distribution in North America (Deadline). Hopefully, they release before CK has another hour special.

5. How many more years need to pass before all comedy is referred to by our collective parents and extended family as “skits”?

TCB Debriefing 7/18/23: Liz Miele’s JET-LAGGED, Rebel Wilson’s Bride Hard, This Fool S2, Jena Friedman/AI

July 18, 2023

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1. The delightful Liz Miele captured a beautiful snapshot of what exactly it’s like to 1) tour as a comedian on your own, 2) tour internationally, even in non-English speaking countries, and 3) what it’s like to “do crime” abroad with her docu-series JET-LAGGED. Watch, learn, and enjoy here.

2. Though the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes have effectively shut down all of Hollywood, a handful of indie productions can apply for waivers to continue. Rebel Wilson’s Bride Hard was just granted said waiver from SAG-AFTRA (THR). Bride Hard sounds like a studio rom com and we’re thoroughly curious what Wilson has up her sleeve with this being an indie (maybe it’s a little more wonderfully chaotic?).

3. In case you’ve got caught in strike news, don’t forget that the second season of the already critically acclaimed This Fool is due out on Jul. 28th on Hulu. Get your first taste of what should be an Emmys contender very soon here.

4. Jena Friedman, a comedian who has written some of the best abortion jokes in all of comedy, asks AI to write abortion jokes and here’s what happened.

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5. If you’re thinking about buying tickets to a comedy show, please do so sooner rather than later. Comedians/comedy producers love pre-sales and get anxious about people buying tickets last minute.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Remake with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson to Be Helmed by Veep Director Chris Addison

March 29, 2017

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Remake with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson to Be Helmed by Veep Director Chris Addison

The remake of comedy classic Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is going forward with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson taking on the roles that Steve Martin and Michael Caine once played and, just announced, Chris Addison, a director on HBO’s Veep, as the director.

Also, he script is written by Jac Schaeffer who wrote and directed the intriguing TiMER.

It’s an interesting mix and, altogether, we hope that there isn’t the nonsense that happened with the Ghostbusters reboot.

Todd Strauss-Schulson, Director of Meta Horror Comedy Final Girls, Will Take His Unique Talents to Meta Rom Com “Isn’t It Romantic”

March 24, 2017

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Todd Strauss-Schulson, Director of Meta Horror Comedy Final Girls, Will Take His Unique Talents to Meta Rom Com “Isn’t It Romantic”

Two years ago, Todd Strauss-Schulson wowed us with The Final Girls in how he expertly, and literally, turned the slasher film genre inside out.

Along the same lines, Isn’t It Romantic has Rebel Wilson finding herself in actual rom com world making Strauss-Schulson kind of a perfect choice to helm the film.

We’re imagining this will be like They Came Together, but taken to the nth degree and thus, we can’t wait to see what Todd cooks up.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Is Getting Female Led Remake with Rebel Wilson Starring

August 4, 2016

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Is Getting Female Led Remake with Rebel Wilson Starring

Hopefully there are no Ghostbusters-like fanboys that Hollywood will have to pay attention to or attempt to satisfy for this particular female-led remake of a comedy classic.

Also, assuming that Rebel will be taking on the Steve Martin role, Cate Blanchett should be the other ‘dirty rotten scoundrel’ that was played by Michael Caine, right?

Andre Hyland Does a Unique Interview With The Cast and Director of “Night at The Museum 3”

December 19, 2014

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Most press in promotion of a movies consist of rote questions that cast members, directors, writers, etc. hate answering and, in many cases, the interviewers hate asking.

So, Andre Hyland is changing the press interview game with his unique style that is less about what is working with who and more about “custom” autographs on Hyland’s head, etc. Check his sit down with Ben Stiller, Rebel Wilson, Dan Stevens, Ricky Gervais, Shawn Levy, and Owen Wilson and you’ll agree that more interviews should be like it.

Rebel Wilson Joins Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Grimsby”

June 13, 2014

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Rebel Wilson Joins Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Grimsby”

Sacha Baron Cohen’s upcoming spy farce Grimsby is coming together quite nicely. Already, there’s an intriguing grouping for the cast including Ian McShane, Gabourey Sidibe, Johnny Vegas, and Mark Strong.

Now, Rebel Wilson is joining on the ensemble, which might get to be as big as Paul Feig’s spy comedy Spy.