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Silicon Valley season 5 gets a first trailer

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HBO has released a trailer for the fifth season of its Emmy award-winning comedy series Silicon Valley, along with a first look image featuring Zach Woods, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, and Thomas Middleditch; take a look here… In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable […]

Second Opinion – Fist Fight (2017)

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Fist Fight, 2017. Directed by Richie Keen. Starring Charlie Day, Ice Cube, Jillian Bell, Tracy Morgan, Dean Norris, Christina Hendricks, Kumail Nanjiani, Dennis Haysbert, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Alexa Nisenson, Stephnie Weir, and Austin Zajur. SYNOPSIS: When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight. Fist Fight is a film difficult […]

Movie Review – Fist Fight (2017)

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Fist Fight, 2017. Directed by Richie Keen. Starring Charlie Day, Ice Cube, Jillian Bell, Tracy Morgan, Dean Norris, Christina Hendricks, Kumail Nanjiani, Dennis Haysbert, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Alexa Nisenson, Stephnie Weir, and Austin Zajur. SYNOPSIS: When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight. Fist Fight is exactly what […]

Sundance London 2017 Review – The Big Sick (2017)

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The Big Sick, 2017. Directed by Michael Showalter. Starring Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, and Bo Burnham. SYNOPSIS: A couple struggling through cultural differences in their relationship hit an even bigger obstacle when one of them is suddenly hospitalised for a prolonged period of time.  A failing Asian performer, a romance jilted by […]

First poster and trailer for Duck Butter starring Alia Shawkat and Laia Costa

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Ahead of its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival next month, the first trailer and poster have debuted for the upcoming comedy drama Duck Butter. Directed by Miguel Arteta, the film sees Alia Shawkat and Laia Costa leading a cast that includes Mae Whitman, Hong Chau, Kumail Nanjiani, Mark Duplass, and Kate Berlant; take a […]

Mark Ruffalo and Kumail Nanjiani to star in The True American

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The Tracking Board is reporting that Mark Ruffalo (Thor: Ragnarok) and Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) are in talks to star in director Pablo Larrain’s (Jackie) next film The True American. Based on Anand Giriharadas’ non-fiction book The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas, the film takes place in Texas in the days following 9/11 and follows “Rais […]

The Big Sick’s Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon developing Little America for Apple

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Apple has tapped the husband-and-wife duo of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of The Big Sick and producers of Master of None and SMILF, to develop a new immigration-themed anthology series entitled Little America. Written by Lee Eisenberg (SMILF), who will also serve as showrunner, Little America is based on true […]

Kumail Nanjiani set for TV adaptation of My Beautiful Laundrette, teases potential sequel to The Big Sick

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Fresh from the hit romantic comedy The Big Sick, Variety is reporting that Kumail Nanjiani is set to co-write and star in a small screen adaptation of Stephen Frears’ 1985 film My Beautiful Laundrette. The project will reunite Nanjiani with Alec Berg, executive producer on Silicon Valley, who will executive produce alongside Stephen Gaghan (Traffic) […]

Ruben Fleischer to direct John Cena and Kumail Nanjiani in buddy cop comedy

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Deadline is reporting that Zombieland helmer Ruben Fleischer has signed on to direct WWE Superstar John Cena (Trainwreck) and Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) in a buddy cop comedy from writer Murray Miller (7 Days in Hell, Tour De Pharmacy). Universal has snapped up the rights to the project, the plot of which is being […]