Exclusive: Lucy Freyer (Paint), Malik Elassal, Owen Thiele (Dollface), Amita Rao and Jack Innanen (The Dessert) have been cast as the leads of FX’s ensemble comedy pilot Snowflakes, written by former The Tonight Show scribes Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw and to be directed by Jonathan Krisel (Baskets).
Snowflakes is a twenty-something ensemble comedy following a group of codependent housemates — Billie (Freyer), Samir (Elassal), Anton (Thiele), Issa (Rao) and Paul Baker (Innanen) — trying to be good people, despite being neither “good” nor “people” yet.
Nick Kroll and Alicia Van Couvering, who runs his Good at Business production banner, executive produce alongside Kronengold, Shaw, Krisel and Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens showrunner Karey Dornetto. FX Productions, where Good at Business is under a first-look deal, is the studio.
Freyer is repped by Gersh and Mj Management; Elassal by UTA and Strig Artist Management; Thiele by UTA, Entertainment 360 and Hansen...
Snowflakes is a twenty-something ensemble comedy following a group of codependent housemates — Billie (Freyer), Samir (Elassal), Anton (Thiele), Issa (Rao) and Paul Baker (Innanen) — trying to be good people, despite being neither “good” nor “people” yet.
Nick Kroll and Alicia Van Couvering, who runs his Good at Business production banner, executive produce alongside Kronengold, Shaw, Krisel and Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens showrunner Karey Dornetto. FX Productions, where Good at Business is under a first-look deal, is the studio.
Freyer is repped by Gersh and Mj Management; Elassal by UTA and Strig Artist Management; Thiele by UTA, Entertainment 360 and Hansen...
- 4/16/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
So many stars graced the red carpet outside Bar Marmont on Wednesday night (March 6) to attend Vanity Fair and Instagram Celebrate Vanities: A Night for Young Hollywood.
The celebrity packed guestlist featured the likes of Barry Keoghan, Hunter Schafer and Charles Melton. That’s barely scratching the surface, though.
We pulled together photos of more than 100 stars on the guestlist. That way you can easily see who was there and what they were wearing!
Head inside to see all of the photos from Vanity Fair and Instagram Celebrate Vanities: A Night for Young Hollywood…
Keep scrolling to see all of the photos from Vanity Fair and Instagram Celebrate Vanities: A Night for Young Hollywood…
Barry Keoghan
Fyi: Barry is wearing Amiri FW24 Rtw.
Hunter Schafer
Fyi: Hunter is wearing Prada SS13 Rtw.
Evan Ross Katz
Aria Mia Loberti
Reece Feldman
Derek Luh
Sammi Hanratty
Asa Germann
Dallas James Liu
Charles...
The celebrity packed guestlist featured the likes of Barry Keoghan, Hunter Schafer and Charles Melton. That’s barely scratching the surface, though.
We pulled together photos of more than 100 stars on the guestlist. That way you can easily see who was there and what they were wearing!
Head inside to see all of the photos from Vanity Fair and Instagram Celebrate Vanities: A Night for Young Hollywood…
Keep scrolling to see all of the photos from Vanity Fair and Instagram Celebrate Vanities: A Night for Young Hollywood…
Barry Keoghan
Fyi: Barry is wearing Amiri FW24 Rtw.
Hunter Schafer
Fyi: Hunter is wearing Prada SS13 Rtw.
Evan Ross Katz
Aria Mia Loberti
Reece Feldman
Derek Luh
Sammi Hanratty
Asa Germann
Dallas James Liu
Charles...
- 3/7/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Exclusive: Vertical has acquired North American rights to Parachute, the romantic drama marking the directorial debut of actress Brittany Snow (X), which won multiple awards in its debut at SXSW 2023, recognizing Snow and star Courtney Eaton (Yellowjackets). The film from Yale Productions, also starring Thomas Mann (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl), is set to open in select theaters on April 5.
Written by Snow and Becca Gleason (Summer ’03), Parachute boasts a starry cast that also includes Gina Rodriguez (Not Dead Yet), Dave Bautista (Dune: Part Two), Joel McHale (Community), Francesca Reale, and Scott Mescudi aka Kid Cudi (Silent Night).
The film tells the story of Riley (Eaton), a fun and energetic young woman who struggles with an eating disorder and body image issues, and Ethan (Mann), a once-promising musician approaching the end of his 20s, watching as the two meet and just “click.” To Ethan, all...
Written by Snow and Becca Gleason (Summer ’03), Parachute boasts a starry cast that also includes Gina Rodriguez (Not Dead Yet), Dave Bautista (Dune: Part Two), Joel McHale (Community), Francesca Reale, and Scott Mescudi aka Kid Cudi (Silent Night).
The film tells the story of Riley (Eaton), a fun and energetic young woman who struggles with an eating disorder and body image issues, and Ethan (Mann), a once-promising musician approaching the end of his 20s, watching as the two meet and just “click.” To Ethan, all...
- 2/27/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
There was a big party last night ahead of the Golden Globes!
Lots of stars stepped out at the Vanity Fair and Amazon MGM Studios awards season celebration at Bar Marmont on Saturday evening (January 6) in Los Anglees.
Some of the attendees included Cole Sprouse, Colman Domingo, Reese Witherspoon with her son Deacon Phillippe, Emma Chamberlain with actor Owen Thiele, Heidi Klum with daughter Leni Klum, The Boys‘ Jack Quaid, James Marsden, Jared Leto, Rachel Brosnahan with husband Jason Ralph, Malin Akerman with husband Jack Donnelly, Nicolas Cage, Abbott Elementary‘s Quinta Brunson, The Wheel of Time‘s Rosamund Pike, and The Daily Show‘s Trevor Noah.
They all mingled with Vanity Fair‘s editor in chief Radhika Jones and the head of Amazon Studios, Jennifer Salke.
Keep reading to find out more…
Other guests at the event included actor David Oyelowo, The Bear‘s Abby Elliott, Queer Eye‘s...
Lots of stars stepped out at the Vanity Fair and Amazon MGM Studios awards season celebration at Bar Marmont on Saturday evening (January 6) in Los Anglees.
Some of the attendees included Cole Sprouse, Colman Domingo, Reese Witherspoon with her son Deacon Phillippe, Emma Chamberlain with actor Owen Thiele, Heidi Klum with daughter Leni Klum, The Boys‘ Jack Quaid, James Marsden, Jared Leto, Rachel Brosnahan with husband Jason Ralph, Malin Akerman with husband Jack Donnelly, Nicolas Cage, Abbott Elementary‘s Quinta Brunson, The Wheel of Time‘s Rosamund Pike, and The Daily Show‘s Trevor Noah.
They all mingled with Vanity Fair‘s editor in chief Radhika Jones and the head of Amazon Studios, Jennifer Salke.
Keep reading to find out more…
Other guests at the event included actor David Oyelowo, The Bear‘s Abby Elliott, Queer Eye‘s...
- 1/7/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
There were so many celebs in attendance at the 2023 GQ Men of the Year party in Los Angeles this year, with Kim Kardashian, Megan Thee Stallion, and Megan Fox among those bringing star power to the event.
Kim matched her blonde hair to her suede dress while co-hosting the event alongside fellow honorees Travis Scott, Tom Ford, and Jacob Elordi on Thursday (November 16) at Bar Marmont in Los Angeles.
Prior to the main event, GQ global editorial director Will Welch and his co-hosts invited 40 notable guests to the Chateau Marmont Penthouse for an exclusive VIP dinner, presented by Spotify.
Travis gave a surprise performance during the party and singer Tyla joined the rapper to debut their remixed collaboration of the hit song “Water.”
Head inside to check out photos of all the celebs in attendance…
Keep scrolling to see photos of more than 90 celebs who attended…
Kim Kardashian in Chrome...
Kim matched her blonde hair to her suede dress while co-hosting the event alongside fellow honorees Travis Scott, Tom Ford, and Jacob Elordi on Thursday (November 16) at Bar Marmont in Los Angeles.
Prior to the main event, GQ global editorial director Will Welch and his co-hosts invited 40 notable guests to the Chateau Marmont Penthouse for an exclusive VIP dinner, presented by Spotify.
Travis gave a surprise performance during the party and singer Tyla joined the rapper to debut their remixed collaboration of the hit song “Water.”
Head inside to check out photos of all the celebs in attendance…
Keep scrolling to see photos of more than 90 celebs who attended…
Kim Kardashian in Chrome...
- 11/17/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Places, please! The show must go on at AdirondACTS, a scrappy summer theater camp in Upstate New York, after its beloved founder falls into a coma and her clueless crypto bro son is put in charge of the camp’s operations, including its big summer productions. Can the camp’s eccentric staff and ensemble of stars-to-be come up with a solution to save their safe space? While summer is almost over, you can now relive it on Hulu: “Theater Camp” will make its streaming debut on the platform on Thursday, Sept. 14. You can watch with a 30-Day Free Trial of Hulu.
How to Watch 'Theater Camp' When: Thursday, September 14, 2023 Where: Hulu Stream: Watch with a 30-Day Free Trial of Hulu. 30-Day Free Trial$7.99+ / month hulu.com About 'Theater Camp'
Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman make their feature directorial debuts with the mockumentary-style comedy set at AdirondACTS,...
How to Watch 'Theater Camp' When: Thursday, September 14, 2023 Where: Hulu Stream: Watch with a 30-Day Free Trial of Hulu. 30-Day Free Trial$7.99+ / month hulu.com About 'Theater Camp'
Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman make their feature directorial debuts with the mockumentary-style comedy set at AdirondACTS,...
- 9/14/2023
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
The most promising emerging talent in show business gathered on Thursday to celebrate Variety’s annual Power of Young Hollywood issue, honoring actors Sydney Sweeney and Noah Schnapp and musician Steve Lacy. Sony Electronics and Ford were the presenting and premier sponsors of the evening.
Honorees Steve Lacy, Noah Schnapp and Sydney Sweeney at Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Variety via Getty Images)
High atop Sunset Blvd. at Hollywood’s NeueHouse, the evening welcomed a mix of top talent and influencers, industry figures and a light smattering of the over-30 crowd. “Never Have I Ever” stars Darren Barnet and Megan Suri, “King Richard” star Demi Singleton, “The Sex Lives of College Girls” actor Reneé Rapp, TikTokers Connor Wood and Dylan Mulvaney, Marvel actor Xochitl Gomez, “Saved by the Bell” reboot star and recent Chapman grad Josie Totah, “Barbie” star Alexandra Shipp and veteran actor Dermot Mulroney...
Honorees Steve Lacy, Noah Schnapp and Sydney Sweeney at Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood (Photo by Stefanie Keenan/Variety via Getty Images)
High atop Sunset Blvd. at Hollywood’s NeueHouse, the evening welcomed a mix of top talent and influencers, industry figures and a light smattering of the over-30 crowd. “Never Have I Ever” stars Darren Barnet and Megan Suri, “King Richard” star Demi Singleton, “The Sex Lives of College Girls” actor Reneé Rapp, TikTokers Connor Wood and Dylan Mulvaney, Marvel actor Xochitl Gomez, “Saved by the Bell” reboot star and recent Chapman grad Josie Totah, “Barbie” star Alexandra Shipp and veteran actor Dermot Mulroney...
- 8/11/2023
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Searchlight Pictures’ Sundance-winning original comedy Theater Camp will take in an estimated $281,172 or $46.9k per theater at six locations opening weekend — the best limited opening for the distributor since Jojo Rabbit in the fall of 2019 ($349k in five locations). That’s after the A CinemaScore film on Sunday pulled ahead of Searchlight’s The Banshees Of Inisherin four-theater debut last year.
The number’s higher than Searchlight anticipated and the demographic mix a surprise at over 50% 25-34 year-olds,” said SVP Frank Rodriguez. “We didn’t expect that. It was a young audience. We got a lot of the older demos too. It’s a great spot to be in.”
AMC Lincoln Square and Alamo Brooklyn led the way, with Theater Camp at each booking the second-highest weekend gross behind Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning. It took the top spot at the Angelika. LA locations are AMC Century City, the Grove and AMC Burbank.
The number’s higher than Searchlight anticipated and the demographic mix a surprise at over 50% 25-34 year-olds,” said SVP Frank Rodriguez. “We didn’t expect that. It was a young audience. We got a lot of the older demos too. It’s a great spot to be in.”
AMC Lincoln Square and Alamo Brooklyn led the way, with Theater Camp at each booking the second-highest weekend gross behind Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning. It took the top spot at the Angelika. LA locations are AMC Century City, the Grove and AMC Burbank.
- 7/16/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
There is a moment toward the end of "Theater Camp" where one of the campers says that being at camp has helped him accept that he's straight. His two gay dads tell him they always knew and still support him. Of course this is a joke, a parody of the more common moment where a kid has to come out to his parents as gay. But the essence of "Theater Camp" - and why it's probably my favorite queer film of the year - is in that moment. "Theater Camp" effortlessly and immediately creates a queer world, where no one - no matter their age - has to explain or defend themselves. It's a vision of a queer future.
Let's back up. The new movie, directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman from a script written by them, Ben Platt, and Noah Galvin, transports you to camp AdirondACTS, which is...
Let's back up. The new movie, directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman from a script written by them, Ben Platt, and Noah Galvin, transports you to camp AdirondACTS, which is...
- 7/13/2023
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
When the initial idea that would become co-directors Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman’s feature directorial debut was first hatched, it was relatively small-scale. Literally: It was a short film. But after Gordon and Lieberman, alongside their creative partners Ben Platt and Noah Galvin, released the short “Theater Camp” online in 2020 to quick acclaim, the group knew they needed to make it bigger. Like, feature-sized bigger.
Three years later, the foursome premiered the feature version of “Theater Camp” at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, where it was met with strong reviews and a quick buy from Searchlight Pictures, which picked it up in “the high seven figures range,” with a theatrical release guaranteed.
Both the short and the feature hinge on a concept near and dear to all of their hearts. Cleverly conceived as a mockumentary, “Theater Camp” picks up as our unnamed (and unseen) filmmakers are just a day into production.
Three years later, the foursome premiered the feature version of “Theater Camp” at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, where it was met with strong reviews and a quick buy from Searchlight Pictures, which picked it up in “the high seven figures range,” with a theatrical release guaranteed.
Both the short and the feature hinge on a concept near and dear to all of their hearts. Cleverly conceived as a mockumentary, “Theater Camp” picks up as our unnamed (and unseen) filmmakers are just a day into production.
- 7/12/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Welcome to AdirondACTS Theater Camp in gorgeous upstate New York. Led by founder Joan Rubinsky (Amy Sedaris), the kids, a menagerie of the precocious and hyperactive, are about to put on a production of Bye Bye Birdie. The stage lights are on and––oh, wait. Never mind. Joan has just suffered a seizure from the strobing, so she’s in the hospital. Apparently the “documentary” filmmakers have only been on location for a day. Alas, we only know that because a title card tells us. We don’t really get to see anything, and via another card we learn Joan’s techbro of a son, Troy (Jimmy Tatro), has arrived to salvage the camp.
The jokes continue, largely of the predictable sort. He’s a chronic slang shitter with a ring light. He also, in what the film finds to be hysterical, just loves Post Malone. But wait: he’s not the focus either.
The jokes continue, largely of the predictable sort. He’s a chronic slang shitter with a ring light. He also, in what the film finds to be hysterical, just loves Post Malone. But wait: he’s not the focus either.
- 7/12/2023
- by Matt Cipolla
- The Film Stage
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Theater Camp and Essence Festival of Culture.
Disney x Essence Fest
Disney, the major entertainment sponsor of this year’s Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans, showcased footage from Haunted Mansion, Lucasfilm’s new Star Wars series Ahsoka and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Wish over the weekend, joined by Haunted Mansion cast members Lakeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Jamie Lee Curtis, Rosario Dawson and director Justin Simien.
Lakeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Rosario Dawson and Justin Simien
Essence Fest
The four-day New Orleans festival welcomed the casts of Abbott Elementary and The Chi, along with stars including Sheryl Lee Ralph, Rick Ross, Deon Cole, Chandra Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis and Lexi Underwood.
Lisa Ann Walter, Quinta Brunson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Janelle James and Sade Baderinwa Jania Norman, Sheryl Lee Ralph,...
Disney x Essence Fest
Disney, the major entertainment sponsor of this year’s Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans, showcased footage from Haunted Mansion, Lucasfilm’s new Star Wars series Ahsoka and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Wish over the weekend, joined by Haunted Mansion cast members Lakeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Jamie Lee Curtis, Rosario Dawson and director Justin Simien.
Lakeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Rosario Dawson and Justin Simien
Essence Fest
The four-day New Orleans festival welcomed the casts of Abbott Elementary and The Chi, along with stars including Sheryl Lee Ralph, Rick Ross, Deon Cole, Chandra Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis and Lexi Underwood.
Lisa Ann Walter, Quinta Brunson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Janelle James and Sade Baderinwa Jania Norman, Sheryl Lee Ralph,...
- 7/7/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman’s Theater Camp suggests Christopher Guest’s Waiting for Guffman as made by, and starring, theater brats. The largely improvised film also lovingly lampoons the more ridiculous and high-strung tendencies of overly serious community theater types, but does so with an earnest gusto that quickly becomes tiresome.
Guest’s 1996 film is populated by a murderer’s row of skilled improvisers whose work, even at its most over the top, feels effortless, with a lived-in quality that grounds the absurdity in a heightened yet recognizable reality. By contrast, Theater Camp’s comedy mostly comes across as forced and laborious, which makes watching the film, at times, feel like sitting through extended acting exercises where everyone is giving it 110% every take.
Adapted from Lieberman’s 2020 short of the same name, Theater Camp grew out of co-writers Gordon, Lieberman, Ben Platt, and Noah Galvin’s desire to, per Gordon,...
Guest’s 1996 film is populated by a murderer’s row of skilled improvisers whose work, even at its most over the top, feels effortless, with a lived-in quality that grounds the absurdity in a heightened yet recognizable reality. By contrast, Theater Camp’s comedy mostly comes across as forced and laborious, which makes watching the film, at times, feel like sitting through extended acting exercises where everyone is giving it 110% every take.
Adapted from Lieberman’s 2020 short of the same name, Theater Camp grew out of co-writers Gordon, Lieberman, Ben Platt, and Noah Galvin’s desire to, per Gordon,...
- 7/7/2023
- by Derek Smith
- Slant Magazine
Zoey 101 fans are in for a treat this July. The reunion movie, titled Zoey 102, has a release date on Paramount+. The streaming service announced the date of the film with the release of a trailer and key art.
The original series follows teen Zoey (Jamie Lynn Spears) after she starts attending a boarding school that previously only admitted boys. Zoey 101 aired for four seasons between 2005 and 2008 on Nickelodeon.
Spears, Erin Sanders, Sean Flynn, Matthew Underwood, Christopher Massey, Abby Wilde, and Jack Salvatore star in the Zoey 102 movie, which picks up the characters' lives years later and includes a big wedding. The cast also includes Thomas Lennon, Owen Thiele, Dean Geyer, Audrey Whitby, and Zach Zagoria.
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The original series follows teen Zoey (Jamie Lynn Spears) after she starts attending a boarding school that previously only admitted boys. Zoey 101 aired for four seasons between 2005 and 2008 on Nickelodeon.
Spears, Erin Sanders, Sean Flynn, Matthew Underwood, Christopher Massey, Abby Wilde, and Jack Salvatore star in the Zoey 102 movie, which picks up the characters' lives years later and includes a big wedding. The cast also includes Thomas Lennon, Owen Thiele, Dean Geyer, Audrey Whitby, and Zach Zagoria.
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- 6/21/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Are you ready? The official trailer for Paramount+’s Zoey 102 is here, and the gang’s (mostly) back together again.
The first look at the film sees Pacific Coast Academy alumni Zoey (Jamie Lynn Spears), Quinn (Erin Sanders), Logan (Matthew Underwood), Chase (Sean Flynn), Michael (Christopher Massey) and Stacey (Abby Wilde) reunite for Quinn and Logan’s wedding.
The trailer opens with a look at Zoey 15 years after Zoey 101 ended. She’s now 30, single and eager to know why everyone her age is obsessed with marriage, only to find out her best friend, Quinn, is set to be wed.
“Chase is gonna be there. It’ll be fine,” Quinn tells Zoey. “It’ll be the reunion we all need.” It’s a response that makes Zoey want to get another drink, hinting that the former high school couple may not be on the best of terms anymore after ending the Nickelodeon series together.
The first look at the film sees Pacific Coast Academy alumni Zoey (Jamie Lynn Spears), Quinn (Erin Sanders), Logan (Matthew Underwood), Chase (Sean Flynn), Michael (Christopher Massey) and Stacey (Abby Wilde) reunite for Quinn and Logan’s wedding.
The trailer opens with a look at Zoey 15 years after Zoey 101 ended. She’s now 30, single and eager to know why everyone her age is obsessed with marriage, only to find out her best friend, Quinn, is set to be wed.
“Chase is gonna be there. It’ll be fine,” Quinn tells Zoey. “It’ll be the reunion we all need.” It’s a response that makes Zoey want to get another drink, hinting that the former high school couple may not be on the best of terms anymore after ending the Nickelodeon series together.
- 6/20/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paramount+ has scored with franchise revivals of iCarly and The Rugrats, and now, the streaming service is trying its hand at revisiting the Zoey 101 franchise.
On Tuesday, the trailer and key art for the all-new original movie based on characters from the hit live-action Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 went public.
In the movie, Pacific Coast Academy alumni return to Malibu for an over-the-top wedding that turns into a high school reunion for the books.
Zoey 102 will be available to stream beginning Thursday, July 27, in the U.S. and Canada and the following day in the U.K.
Additionally, the movie will premiere on Tuesday, August 1, in Australia, on Friday, August 11, in Latin America and Brazil, and on Friday, November 17, in Italy, France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
"Over a decade after the iconic series ended, Zoey 102 finds Zoey Brooks still trying to figure out life and love, this time in her 20s,...
On Tuesday, the trailer and key art for the all-new original movie based on characters from the hit live-action Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 went public.
In the movie, Pacific Coast Academy alumni return to Malibu for an over-the-top wedding that turns into a high school reunion for the books.
Zoey 102 will be available to stream beginning Thursday, July 27, in the U.S. and Canada and the following day in the U.K.
Additionally, the movie will premiere on Tuesday, August 1, in Australia, on Friday, August 11, in Latin America and Brazil, and on Friday, November 17, in Italy, France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
"Over a decade after the iconic series ended, Zoey 102 finds Zoey Brooks still trying to figure out life and love, this time in her 20s,...
- 6/20/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Attention “Zoey 101” fans! Your favourite former Pacific Coast Academy students are back, and are all grown up.
It’s been 15 years in the making, but the official trailer for Paramount+’s all-new original film, “Zoey 102”, is finally here.
Based on the characters from the hit live-action Nickelodeon series “Zoey 101”, the trailer for the upcoming movie reboot — released today — sees Pca’s alumni return to Malibu for an over-the-top wedding that turns into a high school reunion for the books.
Read More: Jamie-Lynn Spears Drops New Trailer For ‘Zoey 102’: ‘Giving You 102 Reasons To Be Excited This Summer’
“Zoey 102” — Photo: Dana Hawley/Paramount+ ©2023, Paramount Global Jamie Lynn Spears as Zoey Brooks in “Zoey 102”. — Photo: Dana Hawley/Paramount+ ©2023, Paramount Global
Packed with nostalgia, the trailer also seems to present a modern version of a Tek-Mate — the 2005 sitcom’s take on a cell-phone, which was introduced in...
It’s been 15 years in the making, but the official trailer for Paramount+’s all-new original film, “Zoey 102”, is finally here.
Based on the characters from the hit live-action Nickelodeon series “Zoey 101”, the trailer for the upcoming movie reboot — released today — sees Pca’s alumni return to Malibu for an over-the-top wedding that turns into a high school reunion for the books.
Read More: Jamie-Lynn Spears Drops New Trailer For ‘Zoey 102’: ‘Giving You 102 Reasons To Be Excited This Summer’
“Zoey 102” — Photo: Dana Hawley/Paramount+ ©2023, Paramount Global Jamie Lynn Spears as Zoey Brooks in “Zoey 102”. — Photo: Dana Hawley/Paramount+ ©2023, Paramount Global
Packed with nostalgia, the trailer also seems to present a modern version of a Tek-Mate — the 2005 sitcom’s take on a cell-phone, which was introduced in...
- 6/20/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Zoey Brooks is back and apparently, still trying to figure out life and love.
Paramount+ released the official trailer for Zoey 102, a new original movie based on characters from the live-action Nickelodeon series Zoey 101. In the movie, Pacific Coast Academy alumni return to Malibu for a wedding that turns into a high school reunion for the books.
Jamie Lynn Spears returns as Zoey Brooks, who graduated alongside the first female class ever to be allowed into Pacific Coast Academy. Erin Sanders returns as Zoey’s best friend, Quinn Pensky. Sean Flynn returns as Zoey’s on again, off again love interest Chase Matthews. Also returning are Matthew Underwood as Logan Reese; Christopher Massey as Michael Barret; Abby Wilde as Stacey Dillsen and Jack Salvatore as Mark Del Figgalo. The wedding reunion includes new cast members Thomas Lennon as Zoey’s boss Kelly Kevyn; Owen Thiele as Zoey’s...
Paramount+ released the official trailer for Zoey 102, a new original movie based on characters from the live-action Nickelodeon series Zoey 101. In the movie, Pacific Coast Academy alumni return to Malibu for a wedding that turns into a high school reunion for the books.
Jamie Lynn Spears returns as Zoey Brooks, who graduated alongside the first female class ever to be allowed into Pacific Coast Academy. Erin Sanders returns as Zoey’s best friend, Quinn Pensky. Sean Flynn returns as Zoey’s on again, off again love interest Chase Matthews. Also returning are Matthew Underwood as Logan Reese; Christopher Massey as Michael Barret; Abby Wilde as Stacey Dillsen and Jack Salvatore as Mark Del Figgalo. The wedding reunion includes new cast members Thomas Lennon as Zoey’s boss Kelly Kevyn; Owen Thiele as Zoey’s...
- 6/20/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Are you ready?
The students of Pacific Coast Academy are back in the first trailer for “Zoey 102,” Paramount+’s sequel film to the Nickelodeon series “Zoey 101.”
The original series followed the students at Pca, a distinguished school in Malibu. “Zoey 101” highlighted the female characters as they were the first class to grace the boarding school that used to be an all-boys academy. “Zoey 102” reunites its original characters in the present day, long removed from their adolescent years at Pca. In true revival fashion, Zoey Brooks gets together with the rest of her classmates to attend Quinn and Logan’s wedding, bringing her group of friends back together once more.
“Zoey 102” will feature original stars Jamie Lynn Spears as Zoey, Erin Sanders as Quinn Pensky, Sean Flynn as Chase Matthews, Matthew Underwood as Logan Reese, Christopher Massey as Michael Barrett, Abby Wilde as Stacey Dillsen and...
The students of Pacific Coast Academy are back in the first trailer for “Zoey 102,” Paramount+’s sequel film to the Nickelodeon series “Zoey 101.”
The original series followed the students at Pca, a distinguished school in Malibu. “Zoey 101” highlighted the female characters as they were the first class to grace the boarding school that used to be an all-boys academy. “Zoey 102” reunites its original characters in the present day, long removed from their adolescent years at Pca. In true revival fashion, Zoey Brooks gets together with the rest of her classmates to attend Quinn and Logan’s wedding, bringing her group of friends back together once more.
“Zoey 102” will feature original stars Jamie Lynn Spears as Zoey, Erin Sanders as Quinn Pensky, Sean Flynn as Chase Matthews, Matthew Underwood as Logan Reese, Christopher Massey as Michael Barrett, Abby Wilde as Stacey Dillsen and...
- 6/20/2023
- by McKinley Franklin
- Variety Film + TV
“Zoey 102,” Paramount+’s sequel movie to “Zoey 101,” will be available to watch on Thursday, July 27. The premiere date was released as part of a new trailer for the upcoming project.
Produced by Nickelodeon Studios and set over a decade after the original series ended, the movie will follow a group of Pacific Coast Academy alumni who return to Malibu for the over-the-top wedding between Quinn (Erin Sanders) and Logan (Matthew Underwood). But it isn’t long before the whole affair turns into an unofficial high school reunion. In addition to Sanders and Underwood, the reunion stars Jamie Lynn Spears, Sean Flynn, Christopher Massey, Abby Wilde, Jack Salvatore, Dean Geyer, Owen Thiele, Thomas Lennon, Audrey Whitby and Zach Zagoria.
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Produced by Nickelodeon Studios and set over a decade after the original series ended, the movie will follow a group of Pacific Coast Academy alumni who return to Malibu for the over-the-top wedding between Quinn (Erin Sanders) and Logan (Matthew Underwood). But it isn’t long before the whole affair turns into an unofficial high school reunion. In addition to Sanders and Underwood, the reunion stars Jamie Lynn Spears, Sean Flynn, Christopher Massey, Abby Wilde, Jack Salvatore, Dean Geyer, Owen Thiele, Thomas Lennon, Audrey Whitby and Zach Zagoria.
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“Zoey 102” will be available to stream in the U.S. and Canada starting July 27. It...
- 6/20/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
Her days at Pacific Coast Academy may be long behind her, but Zoey Brooks still has a lot to learn.
Fifteen years after Zoey 101 wrapped its four-season run on Nickelodeon, Jamie Lynn Spears and (most of) the original cast are returning for Zoey 102, a reunion event that aims to answer every burning question you didn’t even know you had.
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Fifteen years after Zoey 101 wrapped its four-season run on Nickelodeon, Jamie Lynn Spears and (most of) the original cast are returning for Zoey 102, a reunion event that aims to answer every burning question you didn’t even know you had.
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- 6/20/2023
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Comedy is exceedingly difficult to pull off theatrically in the streaming age, but Searchlight Pictures is giving it the ol' college try this summer with the original comedy "Theater Camp." The good news? It looks absolutely hilarious and has been met with rave reviews coming out of film festivals such as Sundance (read our review here). Now, a trailer has arrived online, which will help give the moviegoing masses an idea of what to expect. If this is anything to go on, expect something endearing and funny.
The film hails from Nick Lieberman and Molly Gordon, who you may recognize from movies like "Booksmart" and "Good Boys." They are directing here, with Gordon also starring alongside Ben Platt ("Dear Evan Hansen"). While they may not be overly experienced feature directors, it looks like they didn't miss a beat in bringing this story to life. But enough talk, let's roll the footage.
The film hails from Nick Lieberman and Molly Gordon, who you may recognize from movies like "Booksmart" and "Good Boys." They are directing here, with Gordon also starring alongside Ben Platt ("Dear Evan Hansen"). While they may not be overly experienced feature directors, it looks like they didn't miss a beat in bringing this story to life. But enough talk, let's roll the footage.
- 5/18/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
"These people are really weird." Searchlight Pictures has revealed their fun first official trailer for the indie comedy Theater Camp, a mockumentary in the same vein as Waiting for Guffman or Best in Show. This first premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and was a massive hit, one of the best of the fest, I loved it and raved about it in my own review as well. The acclaimed faux documentary film follows the eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp in upstate New York, as they band together with the beloved founder's bro-y son to keep the camp afloat, when she falls into a coma right before the summer session is set to begin. They attempt to put on a masterpiece to save their theater camp known as "AdirondACTS". The ensemble cast of this comedy includes Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Ben Platt, Jimmy Tatro, Patti Harrison,...
- 5/18/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The first trailer for “Theater Camp,” the buzzy mockumentary hit from Sundance 2023, is out — and it previews a hilariously dramatic summer led by camp counselors played by Ben Platt and Molly Gordon.
The feature from directors Gordon and Nick Lieberman, who wrote the script together with Platt and Noah Galvin, sold earlier this year to Searchlight for $8 million.
Starring Platt, Gordon, Galvin, Jimmy Tatro, Patti Harrison, Nathan Lee Graham, Ayo Edebiri, Owen Thiele, Caroline Aaron and Amy Sedaris, “Theater Camp” is produced by Galvin, Gordon, Platt, Lieberman, Will Ferrell, Erik Feig, Samie Kim Falvey, Julia Hammer, Ryan Heller, Maria Zuckerman and Jessica Elbaum. It won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for its ensemble at Sundance and screened at the 2023 South by Southwest festival as part of its official selection.
Per the feature’s official logline: “Tony Award winner Ben Platt and Molly Gordon star in the original comedy...
The feature from directors Gordon and Nick Lieberman, who wrote the script together with Platt and Noah Galvin, sold earlier this year to Searchlight for $8 million.
Starring Platt, Gordon, Galvin, Jimmy Tatro, Patti Harrison, Nathan Lee Graham, Ayo Edebiri, Owen Thiele, Caroline Aaron and Amy Sedaris, “Theater Camp” is produced by Galvin, Gordon, Platt, Lieberman, Will Ferrell, Erik Feig, Samie Kim Falvey, Julia Hammer, Ryan Heller, Maria Zuckerman and Jessica Elbaum. It won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for its ensemble at Sundance and screened at the 2023 South by Southwest festival as part of its official selection.
Per the feature’s official logline: “Tony Award winner Ben Platt and Molly Gordon star in the original comedy...
- 5/18/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
There’s nothing that sings summer like (theater) camp.
Molly Gordon’s directorial debut “Theater Camp,” which she co-helmed with Nick Lieberman, draws upon the beloved chaos of theater camp days lore. The film debuted at 2023 Sundance and boasts an impressive ensemble cast including Amy Sedaris and “The Bear” breakout Ayo Edebiri, with Tony winner Ben Platt co-writing the script and starring in a lead role opposite Gordon.
The official synopsis for “Theater Camp” reads: Tony Award winner Ben Platt and Molly Gordon star in the original comedy as Amos and Rebecca-Diane, lifelong best friends and drama instructors at a rundown camp in upstate New York. When clueless tech-bro Troy (Jimmy Tatro) arrives to run the property (into the ground), Amos, Rebecca-Diane, and production manager Glenn (Noah Galvin) band together with the staff and students, staging a masterpiece to keep their beloved summer camp afloat.
Noah Galvin, Patti Harrison, Nathan Lee Graham,...
Molly Gordon’s directorial debut “Theater Camp,” which she co-helmed with Nick Lieberman, draws upon the beloved chaos of theater camp days lore. The film debuted at 2023 Sundance and boasts an impressive ensemble cast including Amy Sedaris and “The Bear” breakout Ayo Edebiri, with Tony winner Ben Platt co-writing the script and starring in a lead role opposite Gordon.
The official synopsis for “Theater Camp” reads: Tony Award winner Ben Platt and Molly Gordon star in the original comedy as Amos and Rebecca-Diane, lifelong best friends and drama instructors at a rundown camp in upstate New York. When clueless tech-bro Troy (Jimmy Tatro) arrives to run the property (into the ground), Amos, Rebecca-Diane, and production manager Glenn (Noah Galvin) band together with the staff and students, staging a masterpiece to keep their beloved summer camp afloat.
Noah Galvin, Patti Harrison, Nathan Lee Graham,...
- 5/18/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Searchlight Pictures has set a July 14th release date for the ensemble musical comedy Theater Camp, which it acquired out of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival for around $8M with a theatrical guarantee.
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The film will contend in its opening weekend at the box office with Paramount’s long-anticipated Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.
The improv-driven film, based on the 2020 short of the same name — which won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble at Sundance — was a passion project for longtime friends Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman, Noah Galvin and Ben Platt which would...
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The film will contend in its opening weekend at the box office with Paramount’s long-anticipated Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.
The improv-driven film, based on the 2020 short of the same name — which won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble at Sundance — was a passion project for longtime friends Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman, Noah Galvin and Ben Platt which would...
- 3/9/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
There are plenty of movies about making movies, both literally and figuratively, but you won't find nearly as many films about the art of theater. With so much drama surrounding, well, the drama of theater, it's a setting that is ripe for comedy, and the new Sundance-selected film "Theater Camp" takes advantage of that and delivers sidesplitting laughs in droves with a wonderful assembly of talent both in front of and behind the camera.
As the title suggests, "Theater Camp" follows the mentors and aspiring young actors who come together every summer in the Adirondack mountains for the uplifting and beloved theater camp known as AdirondACTS. Even more beloved is Joan (Amy Sedaris), the founder of the camp, but when the strobe lights of a local stage production send Joan into a seizure followed by a coma, AdirondACTS suddenly finds itself in the hands of crypto-bro Troy (Jimmy Tatro of...
As the title suggests, "Theater Camp" follows the mentors and aspiring young actors who come together every summer in the Adirondack mountains for the uplifting and beloved theater camp known as AdirondACTS. Even more beloved is Joan (Amy Sedaris), the founder of the camp, but when the strobe lights of a local stage production send Joan into a seizure followed by a coma, AdirondACTS suddenly finds itself in the hands of crypto-bro Troy (Jimmy Tatro of...
- 1/29/2023
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
Asked how they feel about making their Sundance debut in the mockumentary Theater Camp, newly engaged couple Ben Platt and Noah Galvin, in their first red carpet interview since the ring exchange, already sounded like an old married couple.
“It feels that much more special because we really deserved it, you know? We really earned it. We made a thing and they wanted us here,” Galvin said before his Tony Award-winning beau corrected him. “Nobody deserves anything. We’re just lucky and grateful to be here.”
Noah Galvin and Ben Platt attend the Theater Camp premiere at Park City’s Eccles Theatre on Jan. 21, 2023.
They made the most of their Park City rendezvous as the Molly Gibson- and Nick Lieberman-directed film screened to a capacity crowd at the Eccles, And for an encore, the film’s young stars took the stage and performed a musical medley of original...
“It feels that much more special because we really deserved it, you know? We really earned it. We made a thing and they wanted us here,” Galvin said before his Tony Award-winning beau corrected him. “Nobody deserves anything. We’re just lucky and grateful to be here.”
Noah Galvin and Ben Platt attend the Theater Camp premiere at Park City’s Eccles Theatre on Jan. 21, 2023.
They made the most of their Park City rendezvous as the Molly Gibson- and Nick Lieberman-directed film screened to a capacity crowd at the Eccles, And for an encore, the film’s young stars took the stage and performed a musical medley of original...
- 1/28/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Molly Gordon and Ben Platt in ‘Theater Camp’ (Photo Courtesy of Sundance)
Theater Camp comes with the audience advisory that it contains strobe effects and may potentially trigger seizures. And in a unique twist, this humorous mockumentary from first-time feature film directors Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman incorporates that warning into the plot.
AdirondACTS theater camp founder Joan (Amy Sedaris) suffers a seizure from the strobe light in the camp’s production of Bye Bye Birdie. Joan lapses into a coma at the worst possible time for the struggling upstate New York theater camp. It’s also horrible timing for the documentary crew since Joan was supposed to be the focus of the film and her coma occurs on the first day of shooting.
Money is a major issue and after Joan is forced to make an unexpected exit from camp, her son, Troy (Jimmy Tatro), is put in charge.
Theater Camp comes with the audience advisory that it contains strobe effects and may potentially trigger seizures. And in a unique twist, this humorous mockumentary from first-time feature film directors Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman incorporates that warning into the plot.
AdirondACTS theater camp founder Joan (Amy Sedaris) suffers a seizure from the strobe light in the camp’s production of Bye Bye Birdie. Joan lapses into a coma at the worst possible time for the struggling upstate New York theater camp. It’s also horrible timing for the documentary crew since Joan was supposed to be the focus of the film and her coma occurs on the first day of shooting.
Money is a major issue and after Joan is forced to make an unexpected exit from camp, her son, Troy (Jimmy Tatro), is put in charge.
- 1/26/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Set in a sleepaway stage-training program for shy kids and incorrigible natural hams, where attendees get intensive instruction from Broadway burnouts, “Theater Camp” is that rare parody that has viewers laughing from the opening scene till the credits roll. I’m talking about the 18-minute short film that Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman and Ben Platt uploaded to YouTube a month or so into the pandemic, earning a cult following among musical theater geeks and those who survived comparable drama camps in upstate New York.
The feature version is more of the same, minus the laughs.
Truth be told, this new “Theater Camp” probably contains just as many laughs, except that now, nearly all of them are packed into the final half-hour of a gets-old-fast feature in which co-directors Gordon and Lieberman hammer the same joke ad nauseam. The driving concept behind “Theater Camp” — which sold to Searchlight for...
The feature version is more of the same, minus the laughs.
Truth be told, this new “Theater Camp” probably contains just as many laughs, except that now, nearly all of them are packed into the final half-hour of a gets-old-fast feature in which co-directors Gordon and Lieberman hammer the same joke ad nauseam. The driving concept behind “Theater Camp” — which sold to Searchlight for...
- 1/25/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
One thing Theater Camp could never be accused of is not knowing its audience.
Hatched by co-directors Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman and their fellow screenwriters Noah Galvin and Ben Platt out of a string of sketches, an unreleased web series and an improvised short, this larkish comedy is laser-targeted for a highly specific niche. Musical theater geeks, aspiring performers and eccentric drama educators will find countless sweet-spot insider jokes in a film that conveys the love of its creative team for the milieu at every turn. For the uninitiated, its charms are more likely to register in fits and starts.
The project takes as its model the Christopher Guest improv comedy, which is both a blessing and a curse since the under-baked mockumentary frame is rickety and seems to be forgotten for large chunks at a time. Another drawback is the considerable overlap with two sharper, more disciplined films,...
Hatched by co-directors Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman and their fellow screenwriters Noah Galvin and Ben Platt out of a string of sketches, an unreleased web series and an improvised short, this larkish comedy is laser-targeted for a highly specific niche. Musical theater geeks, aspiring performers and eccentric drama educators will find countless sweet-spot insider jokes in a film that conveys the love of its creative team for the milieu at every turn. For the uninitiated, its charms are more likely to register in fits and starts.
The project takes as its model the Christopher Guest improv comedy, which is both a blessing and a curse since the under-baked mockumentary frame is rickety and seems to be forgotten for large chunks at a time. Another drawback is the considerable overlap with two sharper, more disciplined films,...
- 1/24/2023
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Searchlight Pitures has won a fierce bidding war for one of the buzziest Sundance crowd-pleasers. The Disney-owned distributor has closed a worldwide rights deal for the well-reviewed and well-received “Theater Camp,” with distribution rights going for around 8 million, according to an insider with knowledge of the deal.
The feature adaptation of Nick Lieberman’s 2020 short film of the same name will receive a theatrical release. It premiered in the dramatic competition on Saturday afternoon at the Eccles Theater in Park City and received a standing ovation.
The mockumentary stars comedic ensemble Gordon, Ben Platt (“Pitch Perfect”), Noah Galvin (“Booksmart”), Jimmy Tatro (“American Vandal”), Patti Harrison (“Together Together”), and Ayo Edebiri (“The Bear”). Penned by Galvin, Gordon, Lieberman and Platt, and based on their short film, the film was produced by Will Ferrell, Galvin, Gordon, Lieberman, Platt, Erik Feig, Samie Kim Falvey, Julia Hammer, Ryan Heller, Maria Zuckerman, and Jessica Elbaum.
The feature adaptation of Nick Lieberman’s 2020 short film of the same name will receive a theatrical release. It premiered in the dramatic competition on Saturday afternoon at the Eccles Theater in Park City and received a standing ovation.
The mockumentary stars comedic ensemble Gordon, Ben Platt (“Pitch Perfect”), Noah Galvin (“Booksmart”), Jimmy Tatro (“American Vandal”), Patti Harrison (“Together Together”), and Ayo Edebiri (“The Bear”). Penned by Galvin, Gordon, Lieberman and Platt, and based on their short film, the film was produced by Will Ferrell, Galvin, Gordon, Lieberman, Platt, Erik Feig, Samie Kim Falvey, Julia Hammer, Ryan Heller, Maria Zuckerman, and Jessica Elbaum.
- 1/23/2023
- by Umberto Gonzalez and Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Update: Searchlight has confirmed Deadline’s deal scoop on Theater Camp. Release is below, with another big Sundance deal in the books.
Exclusive: Searchlight Pictures is in final talks to acquire Theater Camp out of the Sundance Film Festival, in a worldwide deal that will land in the 8 million range, with a theatrical release guarantee.
Directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman, the film stars Gordon and Ben Platt as longtime best friends who return to an upstate run down theater camp that is imperiled when its founder lapses into a coma due to an unfortunate strobe-light incident. Her son takes over, and he tries to stave off foreclosure even though he initially has little interest in greasepaint and the boards.
The project grew out of Booksmart, another Gloria Sanchez production. Elbaum & Ferrell produced with PictureStart’s Erik Feig (who financed), Samie Kim Falvey, Julia Hammer, Ryan Heller, Maria Zuckerman,...
Exclusive: Searchlight Pictures is in final talks to acquire Theater Camp out of the Sundance Film Festival, in a worldwide deal that will land in the 8 million range, with a theatrical release guarantee.
Directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman, the film stars Gordon and Ben Platt as longtime best friends who return to an upstate run down theater camp that is imperiled when its founder lapses into a coma due to an unfortunate strobe-light incident. Her son takes over, and he tries to stave off foreclosure even though he initially has little interest in greasepaint and the boards.
The project grew out of Booksmart, another Gloria Sanchez production. Elbaum & Ferrell produced with PictureStart’s Erik Feig (who financed), Samie Kim Falvey, Julia Hammer, Ryan Heller, Maria Zuckerman,...
- 1/23/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
For Molly Gordon, Ben Platt, and much of the cast of “Theater Camp,” their Sundance comedy was years of friendship in the making.
“The origins truly began when Ben and I met each other when we were three. We pitched it immediately,” co-director, co-writer and star Molly Gordon joked during a discussion with TheWrap’s Executive Editor Adam Chitwood.
Gordon, co-director Nick Lieberman, writer-stars Noah Galvin and Ben Platt, and cast members Patti Harrison, Jimmy Tatro, and Owen Thiele stopped by TheWrap’s Portrait and Video Studio at The Music Lodge the day of “Theater Camp”s premiere.
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The film follows the staff of a scrappy New York theater camp who must work together with their beloved founders’ “crypto bro” son after she falls into a coma in order to keep it running.
“As a group,...
“The origins truly began when Ben and I met each other when we were three. We pitched it immediately,” co-director, co-writer and star Molly Gordon joked during a discussion with TheWrap’s Executive Editor Adam Chitwood.
Gordon, co-director Nick Lieberman, writer-stars Noah Galvin and Ben Platt, and cast members Patti Harrison, Jimmy Tatro, and Owen Thiele stopped by TheWrap’s Portrait and Video Studio at The Music Lodge the day of “Theater Camp”s premiere.
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- 1/23/2023
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Theater Camp is a hilarious film by first time directors Molly Gordon (Booksmart), and Nick Lieberman. This was a collaborative effort between friends as it’s written by Molly Gordon, Ben Platt, Nick Lieberman, and Noah Galvin which was a labor of love because while it’s kooky, it’s full of vulnerability and earnestness.
The movie opens at AdirondACTS (located in the Adirondacks in upstate NY), a rundown theater camp founded by Joan (Amy Sedaris). While they’re readying for the summer session of kids to arrive, the staff is shocked to learn Joan has fallen ill. However, its too late to mitigate circumstances as the diverse group of kids show up before the camp can cancel the session. These kids are the awkward outsiders who are unsure of their talents, and without Joan, they aren’t sure how to move forward.
The AdirondACT crew is composed of a...
The movie opens at AdirondACTS (located in the Adirondacks in upstate NY), a rundown theater camp founded by Joan (Amy Sedaris). While they’re readying for the summer session of kids to arrive, the staff is shocked to learn Joan has fallen ill. However, its too late to mitigate circumstances as the diverse group of kids show up before the camp can cancel the session. These kids are the awkward outsiders who are unsure of their talents, and without Joan, they aren’t sure how to move forward.
The AdirondACT crew is composed of a...
- 1/23/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Inside the walls of AdirondACTS — just four hours from New York City, as a musical number will later reveal — young thespians can spend summers developing their craft among likeminded kids without fear of being ridiculed by those unversed in the dramatic arts. It’s in this land where misfits rule supreme that the sidesplitting and largely improvised mockumentary “Theater Camp” sets its stage.
The humor in directors Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman’s quick-witted crowd-pleaser, which is both mischievously critical and adoring of the microcosm it depicts, derives almost entirely from the self-seriousness that everyone involved displays for their chosen passion. With utmost earnestness, they all worship at the altar of all things showbiz.
Another wondrous season is about to begin at AdirondACTS when its founder Joan (Amy Sedaris) goes into a “Bye, Bye Birdie”–induced coma. But the show must quite certainly go on, and the staff has come...
The humor in directors Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman’s quick-witted crowd-pleaser, which is both mischievously critical and adoring of the microcosm it depicts, derives almost entirely from the self-seriousness that everyone involved displays for their chosen passion. With utmost earnestness, they all worship at the altar of all things showbiz.
Another wondrous season is about to begin at AdirondACTS when its founder Joan (Amy Sedaris) goes into a “Bye, Bye Birdie”–induced coma. But the show must quite certainly go on, and the staff has come...
- 1/22/2023
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
‘Theater Camp’ Review: Song, Dance, and an Adorable and Clever New Entry Into the Mockumentary Canon
Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Searchlight Pictures releases the film in theaters on Friday, July 14.
Real summer camp buffs have this saying: “10 for 2,” meaning they spend 10 months out of the year looking forward to the two they will spend at summer camp. For some people, summer camp is their true home, the one place they can really be themselves, a treat that makes the real world bearable. For the kids (and adults) of Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman’s charming and hilarious “Theater Camp,” it’s also a place where they can hone their craft without the prying eyes of the decidedly non-theatrical in their lives.
Cleverly conceived of as a mockumentary, “Theater Camp” picks up as our unnamed (and unseen) filmmakers are just a day into production. Their plan: follow a summer at “AdirondACTS,” an upstate New York theater camp run...
Real summer camp buffs have this saying: “10 for 2,” meaning they spend 10 months out of the year looking forward to the two they will spend at summer camp. For some people, summer camp is their true home, the one place they can really be themselves, a treat that makes the real world bearable. For the kids (and adults) of Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman’s charming and hilarious “Theater Camp,” it’s also a place where they can hone their craft without the prying eyes of the decidedly non-theatrical in their lives.
Cleverly conceived of as a mockumentary, “Theater Camp” picks up as our unnamed (and unseen) filmmakers are just a day into production. Their plan: follow a summer at “AdirondACTS,” an upstate New York theater camp run...
- 1/22/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Sundance Film Festival raised the curtain on Theater Camp Saturday afternoon, presenting the world premiere of the feel-good mockumentary made by four best friends, Ben Platt, Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman.
The audience inside Park City’s Eccles Theatre gifted the showing with a generous and heartfelt standing ovation and saved another for the surprise musical performance that followed the final credits, a rarity for a fest screening. The brief musical ditty featured eight young actors belting out a medley of tunes written for the movie’s musical finale titled Joan, Still. When they had taken their final bow, the crowd cheered and applauded like one would for a Broadway performance.
They then introduce a surprise musical performance featuring 8 young actors belting out a medley of tunes from the film’s theater camp musical finale, “Joan, Still.” A couple of the cast members told me that they...
The audience inside Park City’s Eccles Theatre gifted the showing with a generous and heartfelt standing ovation and saved another for the surprise musical performance that followed the final credits, a rarity for a fest screening. The brief musical ditty featured eight young actors belting out a medley of tunes written for the movie’s musical finale titled Joan, Still. When they had taken their final bow, the crowd cheered and applauded like one would for a Broadway performance.
They then introduce a surprise musical performance featuring 8 young actors belting out a medley of tunes from the film’s theater camp musical finale, “Joan, Still.” A couple of the cast members told me that they...
- 1/22/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, Noah Galvin, Amy Sedaris, Alan S. Kim, Patti Harrison, Owen Thiele, Jimmy Tatro, Ayo Edebiri, Caroline Aaron and Nathan Lee Graham will star in the musical comedy Theater Camp, marking the directorial debut of Gordon and Nick Lieberman.
The film written by Platt, Galvin, Gordon and Lieberman is inspired by their 2020 short film of the same name. It will follow the eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp in upstate New York, as they band together with the beloved founder’s bro-y son to keep the camp afloat, when she falls into a coma right before the summer session is set to begin. Up-and-comers including Alexander Bello, Kyndra Sanchez, Bailee Bonick, Donovan Colan and Vivienne Sachs will round out the cast of the pic, which will feature original music written by Galvin, Gordon, Lieberman, Platt and Mark Sonnenblick.
Erik Feig, Samie Kim Falvey and Julia Hammer will produce for Picturestart,...
The film written by Platt, Galvin, Gordon and Lieberman is inspired by their 2020 short film of the same name. It will follow the eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp in upstate New York, as they band together with the beloved founder’s bro-y son to keep the camp afloat, when she falls into a coma right before the summer session is set to begin. Up-and-comers including Alexander Bello, Kyndra Sanchez, Bailee Bonick, Donovan Colan and Vivienne Sachs will round out the cast of the pic, which will feature original music written by Galvin, Gordon, Lieberman, Platt and Mark Sonnenblick.
Erik Feig, Samie Kim Falvey and Julia Hammer will produce for Picturestart,...
- 6/9/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
Dear Evan Hansen actor Ben Platt, Booksmart actor Noah Galvin, actress Molly Gordon and filmmaker Nick Lieberman are set to star in the comedy Theater Camp, based on their 2020 short film of the same name.
Picturestart and Topic will finance the film, with the companies producing alongside Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum’s Gloria Sanchez Productions.
The film “follows the eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp in upstate New York who must band together with the beloved founder’s bro-y son to keep the camp afloat when she falls into a coma right before the summer session is set to begin.”
Platt, Galvin, Gordon and Lieberman wrote the screenplay, with Gordon and Lieberman making their directorial debut on the film. Galvin, Gordon, Lieberman, Platt, and Mark Sonnenblick are behind the original music for the film.
Amy Sedaris, Patti Harrison, Owen Thiele, Jimmy Tatro,...
Dear Evan Hansen actor Ben Platt, Booksmart actor Noah Galvin, actress Molly Gordon and filmmaker Nick Lieberman are set to star in the comedy Theater Camp, based on their 2020 short film of the same name.
Picturestart and Topic will finance the film, with the companies producing alongside Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum’s Gloria Sanchez Productions.
The film “follows the eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp in upstate New York who must band together with the beloved founder’s bro-y son to keep the camp afloat when she falls into a coma right before the summer session is set to begin.”
Platt, Galvin, Gordon and Lieberman wrote the screenplay, with Gordon and Lieberman making their directorial debut on the film. Galvin, Gordon, Lieberman, Platt, and Mark Sonnenblick are behind the original music for the film.
Amy Sedaris, Patti Harrison, Owen Thiele, Jimmy Tatro,...
- 6/9/2022
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ben Platt, Molly Gordon and Amy Sedaris have signed up to lead the cast of “Theater Camp,” a feature adaptation of Nick Lieberman’s 2020 short film of the same name.
“Booksmart” and “Shiva Baby” star Gordon will make her directorial debut alongside Lieberman, who has helmed a number of video shorts and music videos for Platt, the award-winning star of “Dear Evan Hansen.” Gordon, Lieberman, Platt and co-star Noah Galvin (“Booksmart”), who wrote the short film together, will write the screenplay. The foursome will partner with composer Mark Sonnenblick on original music.
Set in upstate New York, the film revolves around the eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp that threatens to fall apart when its beloved founder falls into a coma right before the start of the summer session. In order to save the camp, they must work together with her bro-y son.
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“Booksmart” and “Shiva Baby” star Gordon will make her directorial debut alongside Lieberman, who has helmed a number of video shorts and music videos for Platt, the award-winning star of “Dear Evan Hansen.” Gordon, Lieberman, Platt and co-star Noah Galvin (“Booksmart”), who wrote the short film together, will write the screenplay. The foursome will partner with composer Mark Sonnenblick on original music.
Set in upstate New York, the film revolves around the eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp that threatens to fall apart when its beloved founder falls into a coma right before the start of the summer session. In order to save the camp, they must work together with her bro-y son.
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- 6/9/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Meet Cute, a podcast company specializing in romantic comedies, has struck a partnership deal with Range Media Partners.
The deal will see A+E Networks-backed Range adapt a selection of Meet Cute’s stories into TV series and films and will also add Range clients to Meet Cute’s audio series as they are packaged.
It is the latest TV deal for Meet Cute, which was founded by former investment banker Naomi Shah, after a deal with Dickinson producer wiip struck earlier this year.
Shah set up the company on Valentine’s Day in 2020 and has raised millions of dollars from the likes of Union Square Ventures and Shari Redstone’s investment firm Advancit Capital. It has produced over 450 romantic comedies as original 15-minute scripted audio episodes and has a global network of over 1,000 creators, including Pretty Little Liars author Sara Shepard, who created Cruise Ship, Dancing with the Stars...
The deal will see A+E Networks-backed Range adapt a selection of Meet Cute’s stories into TV series and films and will also add Range clients to Meet Cute’s audio series as they are packaged.
It is the latest TV deal for Meet Cute, which was founded by former investment banker Naomi Shah, after a deal with Dickinson producer wiip struck earlier this year.
Shah set up the company on Valentine’s Day in 2020 and has raised millions of dollars from the likes of Union Square Ventures and Shari Redstone’s investment firm Advancit Capital. It has produced over 450 romantic comedies as original 15-minute scripted audio episodes and has a global network of over 1,000 creators, including Pretty Little Liars author Sara Shepard, who created Cruise Ship, Dancing with the Stars...
- 5/25/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Hulu comedy “Dollface” has cast Owen Thiele in its upcoming second season, Variety has learned exclusively.
Thiele will appear in the new season as Q, a new Woom employee who becomes the girls’ cooler and younger confidante. Season 2 does not currently have a premiere date, but is expected to debut in 2022.
Thiele can currently be seen in Season 2 of “I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson” on Netflix. Thiele’s short film, “How Moving,” was selected for the Frameline Film Festival and Outfest. He wrote, directed, and starred in the film. He also co-starred in Cazzie David and Elisa Kalani’s Amazon pilot “Half Empty.”
Thiele is repped by CAA and Range Media Partners.
“Dollface” originally debuted in 2019 and was renewed for Season 2 in January 2020. The show centers on a young woman named Jules (Kat Dennings), who, in the aftermath of a breakup, tries to rekindle long-forgotten female friendships...
Thiele will appear in the new season as Q, a new Woom employee who becomes the girls’ cooler and younger confidante. Season 2 does not currently have a premiere date, but is expected to debut in 2022.
Thiele can currently be seen in Season 2 of “I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson” on Netflix. Thiele’s short film, “How Moving,” was selected for the Frameline Film Festival and Outfest. He wrote, directed, and starred in the film. He also co-starred in Cazzie David and Elisa Kalani’s Amazon pilot “Half Empty.”
Thiele is repped by CAA and Range Media Partners.
“Dollface” originally debuted in 2019 and was renewed for Season 2 in January 2020. The show centers on a young woman named Jules (Kat Dennings), who, in the aftermath of a breakup, tries to rekindle long-forgotten female friendships...
- 10/21/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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