Tai Freligh interviews The King of Staten Island co-writer Dave Sirus… Known for his early prank interviews as fictitious reporter Brick Stone with the Westboro Baptist Church, Dave Sirus has established a name for himself in the comedy world with his Emmy-nominated writing on Saturday Night Live and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Now, in The King of […]
Movie Review – The King of Staten Island (2020)
The King of Staten Island, 2020. Directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Pete Davidson, Bel Powley, Marisa Tomei, Maude Apatow, Bill Burr, Ricky Velez, Lou Wilson, Moises Arias, and Carly Aquilino. SYNOPSIS: Scott has been a case of arrested development since his firefighter dad died. He spends his days smoking weed and dreaming of being a […]
Movie Review – The King of Staten Island (2020)
The King of Staten Island, 2020. Directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Pete Davidson, Bel Powley, Bill Burr, Marisa Tomei, Maude Apatow, Pamela Adlon, Machine Gun Kelly, Jimmy Tatro, Pauline Chalamet, Moisés Arias, Kevin Corrigan, Lou Wilson, Ricky Velez, Carly Aquilino, Joseph Paul Kennedy, Lynne Koplitz, Giselle King, John Sorrentino, Domenick Lombardozzi, Rafael Poueriet, and Steve […]
Pete Davidson stars in trailer for Judd Apatow’s The King of Staten Island
Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for the upcoming comedy The King of Staten Island. Directed by Judd Apatow, the film is loosely based on the life of Pete Davidson, and sees him playing Scott, a man in his mid-20s who has achieved little since his father passed away, until he finds himself taking […]
Pete Davidson’s King of Staten Island to premiere on-demand
Universal’s The King of Staten Island will forgo a theatrical release and instead premiere digitally on demand. The semi-autobiographical comedy starring Pete Davidson and directed Judd Apatow will now arrive on June 12th, a week before the film’s scheduled big-screen debut. Davidson and Apatow took to Twitter to post a video about the release change; […]
Pee-wee’s Big Holiday to shoot next month
We’ve known for a while that a new Pee-wee Herman film is in the works, and now the official site of Paul Reubens’ iconic character has announced that production on the Judd Apatow-produced Netflix original movie Pee-wee’s Big Holiday is set to get underway in March under first time feature director John Lee. “Judd and […]
Second Opinion – The Disaster Artist (2017)
The Disaster Artist, 2017. Directed by James Franco. Starring Dave Franco, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Alison Brie, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, Josh Hutcherson, Sharon Stone, Ari Graynor, Dylan Minnette, Jacki Weaver, Megan Mullally, Eliza Coupe, Jason Mantzoukas, Hannibal Buress, Jason Mitchell, Kristen Bell, Bryan Cranston, Jerrod Carmichael, Sugar Lyn Beard, J.J. Abrams, John Early, Lizzy […]
Movie Review – The Disaster Artist (2017)
The Disaster Artist, 2017. Directed by James Franco. Starring Dave Franco, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Alison Brie, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, Josh Hutcherson, Sharon Stone, Ari Graynor, Dylan Minnette, Jacki Weaver, Megan Mullally, Eliza Coupe, Jason Mantzoukas, Hannibal Buress, Jason Mitchell, Kristen Bell, Bryan Cranston, Jerrod Carmichael, Sugar Lyn Beard, J.J. Abrams, John Early, Lizzy […]
Judd Apatow says no plans for a Freaks and Geeks revival
Over the past couple of years, it seems that if a new TV show hasn’t been adapted from a movie, then there’s a strong likelihood that it’s actually a revival or a reboot of an old series (see The X-Files, 24, Full House, Prison Break, Gilmore Girls, Will & Grace, Twin Peaks et al). Naturally, this has led […]
Netflix’s Judd Apatow comedy Love to end after season 3
The upcoming third season of Gillian Jacobs (Community) and Paul Rust’s comedy drama Love will be its last. The Hollywood Reporter announced that Netflix had decided to end the Judd Apatow produced series after its third run, which debuts on the streaming service from March 9th 2018. “I am really excited about the third season […]
