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The follow-up to 2020’s action comedy, My Spy, My Spy: The Eternal City, reunites Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman in a feel-good family adventure set in some of Europe’s most storied destinations.
When Sophie’s (Coleman) high school choir is selected for an Italian tour culminating in a performance for the Pope in Vatican City, JJ (Bautista) sees this as an opportunity to bond with his new stepdaughter, so he volunteers to help chaperone the group through the Venetian canals, across Florence’s renowned bridges and into Rome’s most historic sites. Instead, he finds that he and Sophie have become unwitting pawns in a terrorist plot that could end the world as we know it.
Directed by Pete Segal and featuring returning stars Ken Jeong and Kristen Schaal, who are joined by Anna Faris, Craig Robinson and Flula Borg, My Spy: The Eternal City will premiere globally on Amazon Prime on July 18th.
When Sophie’s (Coleman) high school choir is selected for an Italian tour culminating in a performance for the Pope in Vatican City, JJ (Bautista) sees this as an opportunity to bond with his new stepdaughter, so he volunteers to help chaperone the group through the Venetian canals, across Florence’s renowned bridges and into Rome’s most historic sites. Instead, he finds that he and Sophie have become unwitting pawns in a terrorist plot that could end the world as we know it.
Directed by Pete Segal and featuring returning stars Ken Jeong and Kristen Schaal, who are joined by Anna Faris, Craig Robinson and Flula Borg, My Spy: The Eternal City will premiere globally on Amazon Prime on July 18th.
- 6/14/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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Prime Video has dropped the first trailer for My Spy: The Eternal City, featuring the return of Dave Bautista‘s CIA operative JJ and his protégé Sophie, played by Chloe Coleman. This time, the action-comedy duo is taking their adventure to Italy, where a high school choir tour becomes anything but routine. The trailer teases a mixture of action and comedy reminiscent of the 2020 original. Fans will see familiar faces but also some fresh additions to the cast. Let’s dive into what we can expect from this much-anticipated sequel. New Setting Changes the Dynamics The backdrop for My Spy: The...
- 6/13/2024
- by TV Overmind
- TVovermind.com
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Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman are back in My Spy: The Eternal City, and here’s the trailer for the film.
My Spy was a fun family comedy that landed on Amazon Prime in 2020 after being delayed by the events of that year. It also made the cover of one of our junior magazines too. It was the third most watched streaming film of the year after Hamilton on Disney+ and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm on Prime Video.
Following in the footsteps of similar ‘tough guy action star does a family comedy’ – a surprisingly crowded subgenre with the likes of Vin Diesel in The Pacifier, Jackie Chan in The Spy Next Door and Hulk Hogan in Mr Nanny – My Spy followed Dave Bautista as CIA operative JJ, who is assigned to keep watch on a family and is soon discovered by their precocious nine year old daughter, Sophie, played by Chloe Coleman.
My Spy was a fun family comedy that landed on Amazon Prime in 2020 after being delayed by the events of that year. It also made the cover of one of our junior magazines too. It was the third most watched streaming film of the year after Hamilton on Disney+ and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm on Prime Video.
Following in the footsteps of similar ‘tough guy action star does a family comedy’ – a surprisingly crowded subgenre with the likes of Vin Diesel in The Pacifier, Jackie Chan in The Spy Next Door and Hulk Hogan in Mr Nanny – My Spy followed Dave Bautista as CIA operative JJ, who is assigned to keep watch on a family and is soon discovered by their precocious nine year old daughter, Sophie, played by Chloe Coleman.
- 6/13/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
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The sequel to the 2020 film My Spy is set to premiere next month. Starring Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman, this movie was one of Prime Video’s most streamed films of the year, securing its place for a sequel. The sequel, My Spy: The Eternal City, is scheduled to release on Prime Video on July 18. Picking up with a now teenage Sophie (Coleman) dragging JJ (Bautista) along as a chaperone for her school choir trip to Italy, the film follows the duo as they find themselves in the midst of trouble, again. Accidental pawns in a terrorist plot against...
- 6/12/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
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Streaming globally on Prime Video July 18 is My Spy The Eternal City.
The eagerly awaited follow-up to 2020’s action comedy, My Spy The Eternal City, reunites a beloved cast led by Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman in a feel-good family adventure set in some of Europe’s most storied destinations.
When Sophie’s (Coleman) high school choir is selected for an Italian tour culminating in a performance for the Pope in Vatican City, JJ (Bautista) sees this as an opportunity to bond with his new stepdaughter, so he volunteers to help chaperone the group through the Venetian canals, across Florence’s renowned bridges and into Rome’s most historic sites. Instead, he finds that he and Sophie have become unwitting pawns in a terrorist plot that could end the world as we know it.
Returning stars Ken Jeong and Kristen Schaal are joined by Anna Faris, Craig Robinson and Flula Borg...
The eagerly awaited follow-up to 2020’s action comedy, My Spy The Eternal City, reunites a beloved cast led by Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman in a feel-good family adventure set in some of Europe’s most storied destinations.
When Sophie’s (Coleman) high school choir is selected for an Italian tour culminating in a performance for the Pope in Vatican City, JJ (Bautista) sees this as an opportunity to bond with his new stepdaughter, so he volunteers to help chaperone the group through the Venetian canals, across Florence’s renowned bridges and into Rome’s most historic sites. Instead, he finds that he and Sophie have become unwitting pawns in a terrorist plot that could end the world as we know it.
Returning stars Ken Jeong and Kristen Schaal are joined by Anna Faris, Craig Robinson and Flula Borg...
- 6/12/2024
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Prime Video has debuted the trailer for the sequel to the 2020 ‘My Spy,’ ‘My Spy The Eternal City.’
The movie reunites a beloved cast led by Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman in a feel-good family adventure set in some of Europe’s most storied destinations.
When Sophie’s (Coleman) high school choir is selected for an Italian tour culminating in a performance for the Pope in Vatican City, JJ (Bautista) sees this as an opportunity to bond with his new stepdaughter, so he volunteers to help chaperone the group through the Venetian canals, across Florence’s renowned bridges and into Rome’s most historic sites. Instead, he finds that he and Sophie have become unwitting pawns in a terrorist plot that could end the world as we know it.
Returning stars Ken Jeong and Kristen Schaal are joined by Anna Faris, Craig Robinson and Flula Borg in this all-new international...
The movie reunites a beloved cast led by Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman in a feel-good family adventure set in some of Europe’s most storied destinations.
When Sophie’s (Coleman) high school choir is selected for an Italian tour culminating in a performance for the Pope in Vatican City, JJ (Bautista) sees this as an opportunity to bond with his new stepdaughter, so he volunteers to help chaperone the group through the Venetian canals, across Florence’s renowned bridges and into Rome’s most historic sites. Instead, he finds that he and Sophie have become unwitting pawns in a terrorist plot that could end the world as we know it.
Returning stars Ken Jeong and Kristen Schaal are joined by Anna Faris, Craig Robinson and Flula Borg in this all-new international...
- 6/12/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The action comedy sequel, “My Spy: The Eternal City”, directed by Peter Segal, stars Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman, streaming July 18, 2024 on Amazon Prime Video:
“…when ‘Sophie’ finds out her high school choir is selected for an Italian tour culminating in a performance for the Pope in Vatican City, ‘JJ’ sees this as an opportunity to bond with his new stepdaughter, so volunteering to help chaperone the group through the Venetian canals, across Florence’s renowned bridges and into Rome’s most historic sites.
“Instead he finds that he and Sophie have become unwitting pawns in a terrorist plot that could end the world as we know it…”
Cast also includes Kristen Schaal, Flula Borg, Craig Robinson, Billy Barratt, Taeho K, Anna Faris, and Ken Jeong.
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“…when ‘Sophie’ finds out her high school choir is selected for an Italian tour culminating in a performance for the Pope in Vatican City, ‘JJ’ sees this as an opportunity to bond with his new stepdaughter, so volunteering to help chaperone the group through the Venetian canals, across Florence’s renowned bridges and into Rome’s most historic sites.
“Instead he finds that he and Sophie have become unwitting pawns in a terrorist plot that could end the world as we know it…”
Cast also includes Kristen Schaal, Flula Borg, Craig Robinson, Billy Barratt, Taeho K, Anna Faris, and Ken Jeong.
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 6/12/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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My Spy The Eternal City Trailer has Dave Bautista chaperone his step-daughter with her class in Rome
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Dave Bautista tried his hand at the family comedy sub-genre where tough guys take care of children in the 2020 film My Spy. That film joined the likes of Kindergarten Cop, The Nanny, The Pacifier, The Game Plan and The Chaperone. My Spy would become Prime Video’s third most-watched streaming title of 2020, so a sequel would definitely be in the books. Wait no further as Amazon MGM releases the trailer for My Spy The Eternal City (the title does not include a colon punctuation). The film is set to hit home screens on July 18.
The official synopsis reads,
“The eagerly awaited follow-up to 2020’s action comedy, My Spy The Eternal City, reunites a beloved cast led by Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman in a feel-good family adventure set in some of Europe’s most storied destinations. When Sophie’s (Coleman) high school choir is selected for an Italian tour culminating...
The official synopsis reads,
“The eagerly awaited follow-up to 2020’s action comedy, My Spy The Eternal City, reunites a beloved cast led by Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman in a feel-good family adventure set in some of Europe’s most storied destinations. When Sophie’s (Coleman) high school choir is selected for an Italian tour culminating...
- 6/12/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
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"I need my number one bull elephant heading this mission!" Prime Video has revealed the official trailer for an action comedy sequel titled My Spy The Eternal City (aka My Spy 2), which is skipping theaters and launching straight-to-streaming in July this summer. This is the eagerly awaited follow-up to 2020's action comedy My Spy, with the same director and cast returning for this next one set mostly in Italy. Back by popular demand, My Spy's amusing dynamic duo, veteran CIA operative JJ and his 14-year-old stepdaughter and protégé Sophie, reunite to save the world when a high school choir tour of Italy is interrupted by a nefarious nuclear plot targeting the Vatican. Dave Bautista & Chloe Coleman are back as JJ and Sophie, respectively. Returning stars Ken Jeong and Kristen Schaal are joined in this sequel by Anna Faris, Craig Robinson, and Flula Borg in this international action comedy from director Pete Segal.
- 6/12/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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A live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV series was in development for Paramount+ and had even been given an eight-episode, straight-to-series order by the streaming service, but Deadline now reports that the project is no longer moving forward.
However, the Dungeons & Dragons series isn’t entirely dead, as Hasbro Entertainment will be shopping it to other potential buyers. It’s also said the series will receive a creative update which will be tackled by a new creative team. The version which was sold to Paramount+ was overseen by Rawson Marshall Thurber (Skyscraper), who wrote the pilot script and was going to direct the first episode. Drew Crevello (WeCrashed) was brought on to serve as executive producer and showrunner last year.
The report states that Hasbro remains committed to the Dungeons & Dragons TV series, meaning that it will likely be a matter of when, not if, the project emerges elsewhere.
However, the Dungeons & Dragons series isn’t entirely dead, as Hasbro Entertainment will be shopping it to other potential buyers. It’s also said the series will receive a creative update which will be tackled by a new creative team. The version which was sold to Paramount+ was overseen by Rawson Marshall Thurber (Skyscraper), who wrote the pilot script and was going to direct the first episode. Drew Crevello (WeCrashed) was brought on to serve as executive producer and showrunner last year.
The report states that Hasbro remains committed to the Dungeons & Dragons TV series, meaning that it will likely be a matter of when, not if, the project emerges elsewhere.
- 5/30/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
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The 6-time heavyweight champion Dave Bautista is back as JJ, alongside Chloe Coleman’s Sophie, for the My Spy 2. The sequel will debut on Prime Video on July 18, revolving around the two characters accidentally getting entangled in an international conspiracy, in an attempt to take out the head of the CIA.
Dave Bautista as JJ, alongside Chloe Coleman’s Sophie in My Spy (2020)
Recently, Prime Video shared the first-look image of My Spy: The Eternal City, via X. Although not much is revealed about the movie in the image, it does unveil Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman’s looks for the film. And certainly, fans are losing their minds over Bautista’s new look. Offering cheeky responses, netizens are expressing their excitement surrounding the film.
Prime Video Shared the First Look at My Spy: The Eternal City
Following the 2020 movie My Spy, Dave Bautista reprised his role as JJ, a no-nonsense CIA operative,...
Dave Bautista as JJ, alongside Chloe Coleman’s Sophie in My Spy (2020)
Recently, Prime Video shared the first-look image of My Spy: The Eternal City, via X. Although not much is revealed about the movie in the image, it does unveil Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman’s looks for the film. And certainly, fans are losing their minds over Bautista’s new look. Offering cheeky responses, netizens are expressing their excitement surrounding the film.
Prime Video Shared the First Look at My Spy: The Eternal City
Following the 2020 movie My Spy, Dave Bautista reprised his role as JJ, a no-nonsense CIA operative,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Krittika Mukherjee
- FandomWire
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Exclusive: Anna Faris (Mom) has joined the cast of I, Object, the newest feature from Oscar-nominated Gattaca filmmaker Andrew Niccol, first announced during last year’s Cannes Film Festival. She takes over the role of Melanie Lynskey, who departed due to scheduling conflicts.
Faris is now part of an ensemble that includes Karl Urban, Thomasin McKenzie, and Jemaine Clement, as previously announced.
A live-action/animation hybrid, I, Object centers on Tom, a 10-year-old grieving the loss of his father. Unable to relate to the people in his life, Tom takes refuge in the everyday objects around him. Pop can lids, suitcases and untold numbers of everyday objects reveal their true faces and speak to him, helping him on his healing journey.
Niccol directs from his own script. The project is a co-production between Canada (Good Question Media) and New Zealand (Southern Light Films). The Exchange introduced the pic to buyers at Cannes,...
Faris is now part of an ensemble that includes Karl Urban, Thomasin McKenzie, and Jemaine Clement, as previously announced.
A live-action/animation hybrid, I, Object centers on Tom, a 10-year-old grieving the loss of his father. Unable to relate to the people in his life, Tom takes refuge in the everyday objects around him. Pop can lids, suitcases and untold numbers of everyday objects reveal their true faces and speak to him, helping him on his healing journey.
Niccol directs from his own script. The project is a co-production between Canada (Good Question Media) and New Zealand (Southern Light Films). The Exchange introduced the pic to buyers at Cannes,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves may not have been a box-office success, but it did receive some pretty rave reviews, but is that enough to justify a sequel? Chris Pine believes so, as he recently teased Dungeons & Dragons 2 while speaking with GamesRadar.
“I’ve heard some rumors about it,” Chris Pine said of a possible Dungeons & Dragons 2. “But I don’t know anything yet. But I feel pretty confident that it may happen.” When asked if he would return to reprise his role of Egdin Darvis, Pine responded, “Absolutely.“
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure which follows “A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
“I’ve heard some rumors about it,” Chris Pine said of a possible Dungeons & Dragons 2. “But I don’t know anything yet. But I feel pretty confident that it may happen.” When asked if he would return to reprise his role of Egdin Darvis, Pine responded, “Absolutely.“
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure which follows “A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
- 11/21/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
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Set in Florida, David Yates’ Pain Hustlers is a revealing tale of the capitalistic deceit and corruption in America’s pharmaceutical industry. The Netflix crime drama inspired by Evan Hughes’ book of the same title highlights the sad realities necessitating the need to hold opioid manufacturers accountable, as much as it justifies monitoring corporate and individual healthcare practitioners. Although bashed for its unserious depiction of the opioid epidemic, the film anchors a meaningful premise rooted in a real-life story of greed and criminality. Starring British actress Emily Blunt and American actor Chris Evans alongside Andy Garcia, Catherine O’Hara, and Chloe Coleman,...
- 11/1/2023
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
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Plot: After a chance encounter with a fast-talking pharma rep (Chris Evans), a desperate single mother (Emily Blunt) goes to work for a pharmaceutical start-up that’s pushing a revolutionary new drug.
Review: Pain Hustlers suffers because it comes out hot on the heels of two excellent limited series about the opioid epidemic, Hulu’s Dopesick and Netflix’s Painkiller. Those shows took a macro approach to the epidemic, focusing on the Sackler family, the marketing of oxycontin, and its effect on the public. They did a pretty good job delivering a nuanced version of the story. Smartly, David Yates’ Pain Hustlers (also from Netflix) doesn’t focus on Oxycontin, with it being loosely based on what happened with a company called Insys. Still, it tells its story in a straightforward, good guys and bad guys way that makes for comforting viewing but doesn’t compare to other, much better depictions of the opioid epidemic.
Review: Pain Hustlers suffers because it comes out hot on the heels of two excellent limited series about the opioid epidemic, Hulu’s Dopesick and Netflix’s Painkiller. Those shows took a macro approach to the epidemic, focusing on the Sackler family, the marketing of oxycontin, and its effect on the public. They did a pretty good job delivering a nuanced version of the story. Smartly, David Yates’ Pain Hustlers (also from Netflix) doesn’t focus on Oxycontin, with it being loosely based on what happened with a company called Insys. Still, it tells its story in a straightforward, good guys and bad guys way that makes for comforting viewing but doesn’t compare to other, much better depictions of the opioid epidemic.
- 10/27/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
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Pain Hustlers is a 2023 drama film directed by David Yates and based on the 2022 book of the same name by Evan Hughes. The film stars Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Andy García, Catherine O’Hara, Jay Duplass, and Brian d’Arcy James.
A medicine that relieves cancer pain is a good thing, right?
This is where the story of medicine, sales, and a medication containing harmful compounds like fentanyl begins, with prescriptions causing the harm portrayed in the movie.
The film blends drama, comedy, and a lot of rhythm to create a swift, coherent, and entertaining narrative. It doesn’t invent anything, but it still manages to entertain and provoke thoughts about the industry and business behind medicine.
The best part (as expected) is Emily Blunt in a role that seems tailor-made for her.
The major issue with the film is the difficulty in finding a likable character that we can empathize with.
A medicine that relieves cancer pain is a good thing, right?
This is where the story of medicine, sales, and a medication containing harmful compounds like fentanyl begins, with prescriptions causing the harm portrayed in the movie.
The film blends drama, comedy, and a lot of rhythm to create a swift, coherent, and entertaining narrative. It doesn’t invent anything, but it still manages to entertain and provoke thoughts about the industry and business behind medicine.
The best part (as expected) is Emily Blunt in a role that seems tailor-made for her.
The major issue with the film is the difficulty in finding a likable character that we can empathize with.
- 10/27/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
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David Yates’s Pain Hustlers puffs itself up as a dynamic epic about the American dream but ends up glorifying some truly grotesque characters. Wells Tower’s script pulls loosely from Evan Hughes’s book about how executives at pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics were convicted in 2019 of conspiring to bribe doctors to overprescribe the fentanyl spray Subsys. The story has every ingredient for gripping melodrama: greed, timeliness, money, drugs, death, betrayal, and an Icarus-like fall. Thomas Jennings’s Frontline episode “Opioids, Inc.” and the second part of Alex Gibney’s The Crime of the Century have already turned the sordid tale into powerful, infuriating nonfiction. But in the course of fictionalizing the Insys story, Yates and Tower lose sight of what made it compelling to begin with.
Though ostensibly about the 2010s’ epidemic of synthetic opioid overdoses, Pain Hustlers really hangs its story on the oh-so American grit and determination...
Though ostensibly about the 2010s’ epidemic of synthetic opioid overdoses, Pain Hustlers really hangs its story on the oh-so American grit and determination...
- 10/26/2023
- by Chris Barsanti
- Slant Magazine
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According to filmmaker David Yates, the Fantastic Beasts film franchise is falling under a dark spell. Speaking with Total Film Magazine, the director of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts said the enchanted spin-off prequel franchise is “parked” after three movies. Initially, the plan involved making five Fantastic Beasts films. However, that no longer appears to be the case.
“With ‘Beasts,’ it’s all just parked,” Yates said. “We made those three movies, the last one through a pandemic, and it was enormous fun but it was tough. We were actually filming when there wasn’t a vaccine. Thankfully, no one got sick, but we did have the most detailed protocols in place.”
The three movies in the Fantastic Beasts film series include Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), and The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022). While the first film in the series delighted fans, earning $812.5M worldwide,...
“With ‘Beasts,’ it’s all just parked,” Yates said. “We made those three movies, the last one through a pandemic, and it was enormous fun but it was tough. We were actually filming when there wasn’t a vaccine. Thankfully, no one got sick, but we did have the most detailed protocols in place.”
The three movies in the Fantastic Beasts film series include Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), and The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022). While the first film in the series delighted fans, earning $812.5M worldwide,...
- 10/26/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
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Liza Drake is a single mother, a part-time stripper, and a full-time hustler. She has to be, given that she’s stuck in Florida in the year of our lord 2011, trying to figure out the next step for her and her daughter, Phoebe. On the plus side, Liza has grit, determination and some serious powers of persuasion, which come in handy when she needs to, say, negotiate with a school principal about Phoebe’s punishment for almost burning down the building. (The principal wants to suspend her for three days...
- 10/26/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
"Pain Hustlers" is a new 'pharma thriller' crime drama, directed by David Yates, based on the 2022 book by Evan Hughes, starring Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Andy García, Catherine O'Hara, Jay Duplass, Brian d'Arcy James and Chloe Coleman, streaming October 27, 2023 on Netflix:
"....school dropout 'Liza Drake' lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical start-up in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida...
"....where she soon finds herself dealing opioids at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences..."
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"....school dropout 'Liza Drake' lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical start-up in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida...
"....where she soon finds herself dealing opioids at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences..."
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- 10/26/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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It’s been a long 13 years since Love & Other Drugs made Jake Gyllenhaal’s pharma rep the lovable half of a teary rom-com couple. These days, such characters are more likely to be found in a film like Pain Hustlers,...
It’s been a long 13 years since Love & Other Drugs made Jake Gyllenhaal’s pharma rep the lovable half of a teary rom-com couple. These days, such characters are more likely to be found in a film like Pain Hustlers,...
- 10/25/2023
- by Manuel Betancourt
- avclub.com
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An Iranian American woman navigating culture clash, an Argentine bank heist and an animated ghost story voiced by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie debut this weekend with a handful of docs and some notable expansion, vying with Apple wide release Killers Of The Flower Moon.
Sony Pictures Classics The Persian Version opens on eight screens in NY, LA, Toronto and Vancouver today. The film by writer-director Maryam Keshavarz won both the Audience Award and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance where it premiered (Deadline review here). Her previous film Circumstance, about two teenage Iranian girls who fall in love, won the Audience Award too, in 2011, but the filmmaker hasn’t been able to return to Iran since.
The Persian Version stars Layla Mohammadi as Leila, Iranian-American like Keshavarz, and bisexual, striving to find balance and embrace her opposing cultures. When her family reunites in New York City for her father’s heart transplant,...
Sony Pictures Classics The Persian Version opens on eight screens in NY, LA, Toronto and Vancouver today. The film by writer-director Maryam Keshavarz won both the Audience Award and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance where it premiered (Deadline review here). Her previous film Circumstance, about two teenage Iranian girls who fall in love, won the Audience Award too, in 2011, but the filmmaker hasn’t been able to return to Iran since.
The Persian Version stars Layla Mohammadi as Leila, Iranian-American like Keshavarz, and bisexual, striving to find balance and embrace her opposing cultures. When her family reunites in New York City for her father’s heart transplant,...
- 10/20/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
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Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) is a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. Dealing with her increasingly unhinged boss (Andy Garcia), the worsening medical condition of her daughter (Chloe Coleman), and a growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing forces Liza to examine her choices. Pain Hustlers is a sharp and revealing look at what some people do out of desperation and others do out of greed. The film is directed by BAFTA award winner David Yates, produced by Lawrence Grey, and also starring Catherine O’Hara, Jay Duplass and Brian d’Arcy James.
In select theaters on October 20th and on Netflix October 27th.
Kansas City Readers:
Advance Screening is 7Pm Monday,...
In select theaters on October 20th and on Netflix October 27th.
Kansas City Readers:
Advance Screening is 7Pm Monday,...
- 10/18/2023
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"Pain Hustlers" is a new 'pharma thriller' crime drama, directed by David Yates, based on the 2022 book by Evan Hughes, starring Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Andy García, Catherine O'Hara, Jay Duplass, Brian d'Arcy James and Chloe Coleman, streaming October 27, 2023 on Netflix:
"....school dropout 'Liza Drake' lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical start-up in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida...
"....where she soon finds herself dealing opioids at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences..."
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"....school dropout 'Liza Drake' lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical start-up in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida...
"....where she soon finds herself dealing opioids at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences..."
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- 10/11/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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If the trailer for Netflix’s Pain Hustlers has a familiar-ish ring, it’s because we’ve seen the topic – a big pharma company making billions off the [hurt] backs of patients – done multiple times before. This outing benefits from a big-name cast and narrowing the focus to one particular employee, played by Emily Blunt.
“I feel like it’s been bucket list name after bucket list name,” stated producer Lawrence Grey. “It is such an incredible cast.”
In addition to Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Catherine O’Hara, Chloe Coleman, Jay Duplass, and Brian d’Arcy James star in the pharmaceutical drama. The cast also includes Amit Shah, Aubrey Dollar, Willie Raysor, and Andy Garcia .
David Yates (the Fantastic Beasts films) directs from a screenplay by Wells Tower. Yates and Lawrence Grey produce, with Emily Blunt, Mark Moran, Yvonne Walcott-Yates, Lewis Taylor, and Ben Everard executive producing.
Pain Hustlers opens in select theaters...
“I feel like it’s been bucket list name after bucket list name,” stated producer Lawrence Grey. “It is such an incredible cast.”
In addition to Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Catherine O’Hara, Chloe Coleman, Jay Duplass, and Brian d’Arcy James star in the pharmaceutical drama. The cast also includes Amit Shah, Aubrey Dollar, Willie Raysor, and Andy Garcia .
David Yates (the Fantastic Beasts films) directs from a screenplay by Wells Tower. Yates and Lawrence Grey produce, with Emily Blunt, Mark Moran, Yvonne Walcott-Yates, Lewis Taylor, and Ben Everard executive producing.
Pain Hustlers opens in select theaters...
- 10/10/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
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Are we all addicted to stories of people flinging pills and looking to make a profit in the name of Pharma? It would seem so, as we've seen various movies, series and documentaries on the subject. Several of those, including the recent Painkiller have been on Netflix, and the streaming service is tackling similar territory with comedy drama Pain Hustlers, starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans. You can find the most recent trailer below…
This latest look at the movie, directed by :a[Harry Potter]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/harry-potter-deathly-hallows-part-2-review/' } veteran David Yates, initially focuses more on Blunt's Liza Drake, who is in a financial bind having lost her home and her car and trying to provide for her daughter (Chloe Coleman).
A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes...
This latest look at the movie, directed by :a[Harry Potter]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/harry-potter-deathly-hallows-part-2-review/' } veteran David Yates, initially focuses more on Blunt's Liza Drake, who is in a financial bind having lost her home and her car and trying to provide for her daughter (Chloe Coleman).
A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes...
- 10/10/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
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"There is nothing so inspiring as sheer desperation." Netflix has debuted the full official trailer for the film Pain Hustlers, arriving in theaters soon for just a week before it's streaming on Netflix later this month. It first premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival. Liza dreams of a better life for her and her daughter so she gets a job at a bankrupt pharmacy, and Liza's guts catapult the company and her into the high life not knowing that she'll be in the middle of a criminal conspiracy. All the while dealing with her increasingly unhinged boss, the medical condition of her daughter, and her growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing forces Liza to examine her choices. Co-starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans, with Catherine O'Hara, Chloe Coleman, Amit Shah, Aubrey Dollar, Willie Raysor, and Andy Garcia. The film is directed by BAFTA award winner David Yates,...
- 10/10/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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We're not in Kansas anymore, folks -- or, to put it more accurately, Chris Evans is no longer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Ever since sending Steve Rogers off to retirement in "Avengers: Endgame," the A-list actor hasn't exactly shied away from shedding his image as the biggest boy-scout superhero this side of Superman. He's played loathsome murderers, like Ransom Drysdale in "Knives Out." He's gone full sociopathic villain as the mercenary Lloyd Hansen in the Russo brothers' "The Gray Man." And now, he's gearing up to portray yet another conniving and morally compromised figure in "Pain Hustlers," which appears intent on pushing the boundary of how far audiences will tolerate Evans as a thoroughly unlikable and money-grubbing creep.
The crime drama originally debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival this past September to somewhat less-than-sterling reviews (you can check out what /Film's Rafael Motamayor had to say about it...
The crime drama originally debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival this past September to somewhat less-than-sterling reviews (you can check out what /Film's Rafael Motamayor had to say about it...
- 10/10/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
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The full length trailer for Pain Hustlers has arrived!
Here’s a synopsis: Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) is a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. Dealing with her increasingly unhinged boss (Andy Garcia), the worsening medical condition of her daughter (Chloe Coleman), and a growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing forces Liza to examine her choices. Pain Hustlers is a sharp and revealing look at what some people do out of desperation and others do out of greed.
Jay Duplass and Brian d’Arcy James also star.
Expect the film to drop on Netflix on October 27, 2023 with a short theatrical window on October 20 as well.
Here’s a synopsis: Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) is a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. Dealing with her increasingly unhinged boss (Andy Garcia), the worsening medical condition of her daughter (Chloe Coleman), and a growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing forces Liza to examine her choices. Pain Hustlers is a sharp and revealing look at what some people do out of desperation and others do out of greed.
Jay Duplass and Brian d’Arcy James also star.
Expect the film to drop on Netflix on October 27, 2023 with a short theatrical window on October 20 as well.
- 10/10/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
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Emily Blunt frantically hustles for a better life, only to fall deeper into a dangerous racketeering scheme, in the official trailer for David Yates’ Pain Hustlers, which Netflix released on Tuesday.
Dreaming of riches for herself and her young daughter, Liza Drake, played by Blunt, lands a job from Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) at a failing pharma startup in a Florida strip mall.
“There’s nothing so inspiring as sheer desperation,” Drake says at one point in the trailer as her charm, drive and guts catapult her into the high life as a sales executive at a company marketing a new kind of opioid drug offering pain relief to cancer patients.
The problem is that drug unwittingly is helping spark the U.S. opioid epidemic and Drake’s unceasing hustle can’t keep the company and her position safe at the center of a criminal enterprise. And to complicate their success,...
Dreaming of riches for herself and her young daughter, Liza Drake, played by Blunt, lands a job from Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) at a failing pharma startup in a Florida strip mall.
“There’s nothing so inspiring as sheer desperation,” Drake says at one point in the trailer as her charm, drive and guts catapult her into the high life as a sales executive at a company marketing a new kind of opioid drug offering pain relief to cancer patients.
The problem is that drug unwittingly is helping spark the U.S. opioid epidemic and Drake’s unceasing hustle can’t keep the company and her position safe at the center of a criminal enterprise. And to complicate their success,...
- 10/10/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Netflix has released a brand new trailer for the Emily Blunt and Chris Evans-led ‘Pain Hustlers.’
Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) is a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. Dealing with her increasingly unhinged boss (Andy Garcia), the worsening medical condition of her daughter (Chloe Coleman), and a growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing forces Liza to examine her choices.
Pain Hustlers is a sharp and revealing look at what some people do out of desperation and others do out of greed.
Directed by BAFTA award winner David Yates, Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Catherine O’Hara, Chloe Coleman, Jay Duplass, Brian d’Arcy James, Amit Shah, Aubrey Dollar,...
Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) is a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. Dealing with her increasingly unhinged boss (Andy Garcia), the worsening medical condition of her daughter (Chloe Coleman), and a growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing forces Liza to examine her choices.
Pain Hustlers is a sharp and revealing look at what some people do out of desperation and others do out of greed.
Directed by BAFTA award winner David Yates, Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Catherine O’Hara, Chloe Coleman, Jay Duplass, Brian d’Arcy James, Amit Shah, Aubrey Dollar,...
- 10/10/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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The world of peddling pharmaceuticals and the sudden financial success that comes with it is bound to have some side effects. The new Netflix comedy/drama, Pain Hustlers, is a new cautionary tale of breaking laws and business ethics for massive flows of cash. The recently released trailer showcases Emily Blunt taking a chance on a career opportunity that puts her in over her head. Joining Blunt is Chris Evans and the cast of the movie includes Catherine O’Hara, Chloe Coleman, Jay Duplass, Brian d’Arcy James, Amit Shah, Aubrey Dollar, Willie Raysor and Andy Garcia.
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
“Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) is a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme.
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
“Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) is a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme.
- 10/10/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
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‘Pain Hustlers’ Trailer: Emily Blunt Quits Being a Stripper to Sell Opioids in Netflix’s Dark Comedy
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Emily Blunt unveils the dark side of the pharmaceutical industry amid the opioid epidemic in “Pain Hustlers.”
Blunt leads David Yates’ film, based on Evan Hughes’ 2022 book, “Pain Hustlers: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup.” Blunt portrays a single mother struggling to make ends meet as a stripper until a generous customer (Chris Evans) offers her a position as a pharmaceutical representative for fentanyl.
Per the official synopsis, Liza Drake (Blunt) is a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. Dealing with her increasingly unhinged boss (Andy Garcia), the worsening medical condition of her daughter (Chloe Coleman), and a growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing forces Liza to examine her choices.
Blunt leads David Yates’ film, based on Evan Hughes’ 2022 book, “Pain Hustlers: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup.” Blunt portrays a single mother struggling to make ends meet as a stripper until a generous customer (Chris Evans) offers her a position as a pharmaceutical representative for fentanyl.
Per the official synopsis, Liza Drake (Blunt) is a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. Dealing with her increasingly unhinged boss (Andy Garcia), the worsening medical condition of her daughter (Chloe Coleman), and a growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing forces Liza to examine her choices.
- 10/10/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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The Retirement Plan is an action-comedy film written and directed by Tim Brown. The film revolves around Ashley as her family is in danger from very dangerous gangsters but when Ashley’s estranged father gets mixed in the picture. He starts killing off the gangsters one by one. The Retirement Plan stars Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Ashley Greene, Jackie Earl Haley, and Joel David Moore. So, if you love the action film here are some similar movies you could check out next.
Taken (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – 20th Century Fox
Synopsis: When his estranged daughter is kidnapped in Paris, a former spy (Liam Neeson) sets out to find her at any cost. Relying on his special skills, he tracks down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launches a one-man war to bring them to justice and rescue his daughter.
A History of Violence (Rent on Prime Video) Credit...
Taken (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – 20th Century Fox
Synopsis: When his estranged daughter is kidnapped in Paris, a former spy (Liam Neeson) sets out to find her at any cost. Relying on his special skills, he tracks down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launches a one-man war to bring them to justice and rescue his daughter.
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- 9/26/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
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Spy Kids: Armageddon is a comedy adventure film directed by Robert Rodriguez, who co-wrote the film with Racer Max. The Netflix original film is the fifth installment in the Spy Kids franchise and it also serves as a reboot of the franchise with a whole new cast including Zachary Levi, Gina Rodriguez, Everly Carganilla, and Connor Esterson. The film follows the Tango-Torrez siblings, children of the world’s greatest spies. When they unwittingly help a game developer in unleashing a dangerous virus that lets him control all of the technology. To save their parents and the world they must also become spies. So, if you loved Spy Kids: Armageddon here are some similar movies you could check out next.
Secret Headquarters (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Paramount+
Synopsis: While hanging out after school, Charlie and his friends discover the headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home.
Secret Headquarters (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Paramount+
Synopsis: While hanging out after school, Charlie and his friends discover the headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home.
- 9/23/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie,’ ‘Poker Face’ Among Titles Coming to SkyShowtime This Fall (Exclusive)
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SkyShowtime, the European streaming home to releases from Paramount and Universal, has revealed its upcoming film and TV slate through the rest of the year, including “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” and “Poker Face.”
Just one year since the streaming service’s launch in the Nordics and six months since its rollout in 20 more European markets, SkyShowtime is on track to have 50% of this year’s box office on the platform.
“Less than a year since our launch, SkyShowtime boasts an impressive line-up of amazing content,” SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan said in a statement. “From the latest Hollywood hits and exclusive global series to our local originals, SkyShowtime offers subscribers across Europe an incredible selection of the world’s best entertainment. And with even more spectacular content to come in 2024, SkyShowtime will continue to deliver great entertainment at a great price.”
SkyShowtime is currently available in Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina,...
Just one year since the streaming service’s launch in the Nordics and six months since its rollout in 20 more European markets, SkyShowtime is on track to have 50% of this year’s box office on the platform.
“Less than a year since our launch, SkyShowtime boasts an impressive line-up of amazing content,” SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan said in a statement. “From the latest Hollywood hits and exclusive global series to our local originals, SkyShowtime offers subscribers across Europe an incredible selection of the world’s best entertainment. And with even more spectacular content to come in 2024, SkyShowtime will continue to deliver great entertainment at a great price.”
SkyShowtime is currently available in Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina,...
- 9/13/2023
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
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Netflix’s Pain Hustlers is a largely fictionalized tale of a very real-world and rather eye-opening business: selling an easy fix for what ails us, even if it leads to addiction and death.
Although names have been changed and characters invented (though inspired for some by actual cases and people), the original source material is all too real. Based on a New York Times article by Evan Hughes and then developed as Hughes was turning his research into the book The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Start-Up, screenwriter Wells Tower has fashioned a riveting if disturbing scenario brought to life by director David Yates, who was looking for a less fantastical tale to tell other than the Harry Potter movies he was directing. He found it, and also his way in to what might be quite a shocking exposé of just how far into a grift some...
Although names have been changed and characters invented (though inspired for some by actual cases and people), the original source material is all too real. Based on a New York Times article by Evan Hughes and then developed as Hughes was turning his research into the book The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Start-Up, screenwriter Wells Tower has fashioned a riveting if disturbing scenario brought to life by director David Yates, who was looking for a less fantastical tale to tell other than the Harry Potter movies he was directing. He found it, and also his way in to what might be quite a shocking exposé of just how far into a grift some...
- 9/12/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
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Early in his career, comedian Kumail Nanjiani did a bit about a new drug called “cheese,” which, if you break down the ingredients, turns out to be Tylenol Pm mixed with heroin. “So really, it’s heroin,” he joked. “Heroin’s doing the heavy lifting.”
That line was going through my mind as I watched “Pain Hustlers,” a garish and, yes, mostly painful Big Pharma satire from director David Yates, who (“The Legend of Tarzan” aside) spent the last 15 years making increasingly convoluted Harry Potter movies. “Pain Hustlers” is the starry, mostly-true story of a company called Insys, a key player in America’s ongoing opioid crisis. In 2012, Insys launched a fast-acting spray called Subsys whose active ingredient was fentanyl. Guess what happened. People got hooked. People died. Insys got rich.
Liberally adapted by Wells Tower from Evan Hughes’ reporting on Insys, “Pain Hustlers” takes an off-putting mock-documentary approach to this tragedy,...
That line was going through my mind as I watched “Pain Hustlers,” a garish and, yes, mostly painful Big Pharma satire from director David Yates, who (“The Legend of Tarzan” aside) spent the last 15 years making increasingly convoluted Harry Potter movies. “Pain Hustlers” is the starry, mostly-true story of a company called Insys, a key player in America’s ongoing opioid crisis. In 2012, Insys launched a fast-acting spray called Subsys whose active ingredient was fentanyl. Guess what happened. People got hooked. People died. Insys got rich.
Liberally adapted by Wells Tower from Evan Hughes’ reporting on Insys, “Pain Hustlers” takes an off-putting mock-documentary approach to this tragedy,...
- 9/12/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
"Pain Hustlers" is a new 'pharma thriller' crime drama, directed by David Yates, based on the 2022 book by Evan Hughes, starring Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Andy García, Catherine O'Hara, Jay Duplass, Brian d'Arcy James and Chloe Coleman, streaming October 27, 2023 on Netflix:
"....school dropout 'Liza Drake' lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical start-up in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida...
"....where she soon finds herself dealing opioids at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences..."
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"....school dropout 'Liza Drake' lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical start-up in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida...
"....where she soon finds herself dealing opioids at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences..."
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- 9/6/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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Emily Blunt is a desperate single mom who ends up in a wild criminal scheme in David Yates’ Pain Hustlers. Netflix today dropped the first trailer for the film billed as tonally similar to The Big Short, American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street.
In Pain Hustlers, Blunt stars as Liza Drake, a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. Dealing with her increasingly unhinged boss (Andy Garcia), the worsening medical condition of her daughter (Chloe Coleman), and a growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing forces Liza to examine her choices.
The trailer teases Liza and Pete’s high salary, hard-partying lifestyle with title cards...
In Pain Hustlers, Blunt stars as Liza Drake, a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. Dealing with her increasingly unhinged boss (Andy Garcia), the worsening medical condition of her daughter (Chloe Coleman), and a growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing forces Liza to examine her choices.
The trailer teases Liza and Pete’s high salary, hard-partying lifestyle with title cards...
- 9/6/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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The latest “like Hollywood used to make” Netflix original, “Pain Hustlers,” just got a brief announcement teaser.
The 62-second trailer, which you can watch above, is mostly a montage of high-intensity incidents and reactions and offers up Emily Blunt as a pharmaceutical rep allegedly getting into the painkiller game “for the right reasons.” Her boss or co-worker, Chris Evans, has no such qualms of conscience. When asked “Is this even legal?” Evans replies “Like 67 in a 65.”
As the trailer states with onscreen text, the film may cause “increased energy, elevated mood, ecstasy, paranoia, aggression [and] greed.” The picture, opening in theaters on Oct. 20 one week prior to its Oct. 27 Netflix debut, comes courtesy of director David Yates. It’s just the second film he’s directed outside of the Wizarding World of J.K. Rowling since helming the fifth Harry Potter film in 2007.
This film is more of an old-school studio programmer...
The 62-second trailer, which you can watch above, is mostly a montage of high-intensity incidents and reactions and offers up Emily Blunt as a pharmaceutical rep allegedly getting into the painkiller game “for the right reasons.” Her boss or co-worker, Chris Evans, has no such qualms of conscience. When asked “Is this even legal?” Evans replies “Like 67 in a 65.”
As the trailer states with onscreen text, the film may cause “increased energy, elevated mood, ecstasy, paranoia, aggression [and] greed.” The picture, opening in theaters on Oct. 20 one week prior to its Oct. 27 Netflix debut, comes courtesy of director David Yates. It’s just the second film he’s directed outside of the Wizarding World of J.K. Rowling since helming the fifth Harry Potter film in 2007.
This film is more of an old-school studio programmer...
- 9/6/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
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The first trailer for Netflix’s “Pain Hustlers” is here.
Emily Blunt and Chris Evans are among a star-studded cast featuring in the upcoming flick, with the pair playing pharmaceutical sales employees pushing opioids.
Read More: ‘Pain Hustlers’: David Yates Says Emily Blunt Was ‘Sick Of Seeing Leading Female Characters Who Had To Be Honourable’
A synopsis for the film — which is based on a real-life story — reads, “Liza [Blunt] dreams of a better life for her and her daughter so she gets a job at a bankrupt pharmacy and Liza’s guts catapult the company and her into the high life not knowing that she will soon be in the middle of a criminal conspiracy.”
A caption in the teaser warns, “‘Pain Hustlers’ may cause increased energy, elevated mood, ecstasy, paranoia, aggression [and] greed.”
Read More: Emily Blunt Eager To Reunite With Tom Cruise For ‘Edge Of Tomorrow’ Sequel: ‘I...
Emily Blunt and Chris Evans are among a star-studded cast featuring in the upcoming flick, with the pair playing pharmaceutical sales employees pushing opioids.
Read More: ‘Pain Hustlers’: David Yates Says Emily Blunt Was ‘Sick Of Seeing Leading Female Characters Who Had To Be Honourable’
A synopsis for the film — which is based on a real-life story — reads, “Liza [Blunt] dreams of a better life for her and her daughter so she gets a job at a bankrupt pharmacy and Liza’s guts catapult the company and her into the high life not knowing that she will soon be in the middle of a criminal conspiracy.”
A caption in the teaser warns, “‘Pain Hustlers’ may cause increased energy, elevated mood, ecstasy, paranoia, aggression [and] greed.”
Read More: Emily Blunt Eager To Reunite With Tom Cruise For ‘Edge Of Tomorrow’ Sequel: ‘I...
- 9/6/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
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The trailer for Pain Hustlers, a new film starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans, shows the ecstasy and insanity of pharmaceutical pill peddlers as a conspiracy mounts. There are exciting scenes of sales charts, corporate confetti, cash, and pills, as well as lots of screaming and chicanery. The picture, for which the MPAA promises strong language, sexual content, and drug use, will stream on Netflix on Oct. 27.
Blunt plays Liza Drake, a newly unemployed mom who meets pharmadude Pete Brenner (Evans), who welcomes her into his world … enticing her into a life of crime.
Blunt plays Liza Drake, a newly unemployed mom who meets pharmadude Pete Brenner (Evans), who welcomes her into his world … enticing her into a life of crime.
- 9/6/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
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Hustling is the mantra for the actress Emily Blunt in her latest film. On Wednesday, Netflix released the first trailer for ‘Pain Hustlers’. The film stars Blunt and Chris Evans as pharmaceutical sales employees pushing opioids in a story based on real events, reports ‘People’ magazine.
Blunt plays Liza Drake, a single mom “at the end of her rope” after losing her job, per a synopsis. “A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. The film’s trailer teases Liza and Pete’s high-earning, hard-partying lifestyle as title cards read that Pain Hustlers “may cause increased energy, elevated mood, ecstasy, paranoia, aggression and greed.”
As Liza deals with “her increasingly unhinged boss, the worsening medical condition of her daughter, and a growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing,...
Blunt plays Liza Drake, a single mom “at the end of her rope” after losing her job, per a synopsis. “A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. The film’s trailer teases Liza and Pete’s high-earning, hard-partying lifestyle as title cards read that Pain Hustlers “may cause increased energy, elevated mood, ecstasy, paranoia, aggression and greed.”
As Liza deals with “her increasingly unhinged boss, the worsening medical condition of her daughter, and a growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing,...
- 9/6/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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"Is that even legal?!" Netflix has unveiled a teaser trailer for their new opioids film titled Pain Hustlers, which is premiering at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival kicking off this week. It's also set to open in select US theaters for a week before it's streaming on Netflix worldwide later in October this fall. Liza dreams of a better life for her and her daughter so she gets a job at a bankrupt pharmacy, and Liza's guts catapult the company and her into the high life not knowing that she will soon be in the middle of a criminal conspiracy. All the while dealing with her increasingly unhinged boss, the medical condition of her daughter, and a growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing forces Liza to examine her choices. Starring Emily Blunt, plus Chris Evans, Catherine O'Hara, Chloe Coleman, Amit Shah, Aubrey Dollar, Willie Raysor, and Andy Garcia.
- 9/6/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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The opioid crisis is a scourge that seemingly no one will ever face any consequences for, and it's all driven by pure, unapologetic greed. To quote the poet Lana Del Rey, money is the reason we exist — and pharmaceutical manufacturers and their salespeople saw a chance to make a killing with opioids. There was money to be made on all different fronts, and seemingly ordinary people got swept up in the lust for cash. And you can almost understand why — it's expensive to live in America. Greed and drugs are at the center of "Pain Hustlers," a new Netflix film starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans. Based on the non-fiction book by Evan Hughes, the film follows a single mom (Blunt) who becomes a pharmaceutical rep and ends up getting mixed up in a racketeering scheme in the process. All of this makes for what appears to be a very hectic,...
- 9/6/2023
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
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Netflix has just dropped the teaser trailer of one of their anticipated releases of the year with Pain Hustlers. The dark comedy showcases Emily Blunt joining Chris Evans in the lucrative game of pill peddling. David Yates, who is predominantly involved with the Harry Potter movies, as well as the Fantastic Beasts spin-offs, helms this new original Netflix film.
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
“Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) is a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. Dealing with her increasingly unhinged boss (Andy Garcia), the worsening medical condition of her daughter (Chloe Coleman), and a growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing forces Liza to examine her choices.
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
“Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) is a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. Dealing with her increasingly unhinged boss (Andy Garcia), the worsening medical condition of her daughter (Chloe Coleman), and a growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing forces Liza to examine her choices.
- 9/6/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
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Netflix has unleashed a number of images from the upcoming drama ‘Pain Hustlers,’ featuring Chris Evans and Emily Blunt.
‘Harry Potter’ director David Yates is taking on the pharmaceutical industry in the feature which sees Evans star as Zanna Therapeutics sales rep Pete Brenner. Emily Blunt stars as Liza Drake, a desperate but business-savvy single mom who weasels her way into a job at the company and peddles its pain medication designed for cancer patients to doctors.
Chris Evans as Brenner, Andy Garcia as Neel and Emily Blunt as Liza. Cr. Brian Douglas/Netflix © 2023. (L to R) Amit Shah as Paley, Emily Blunt as Liza and Chris Evans as Brenner. Cr. Brian Douglas/Netflix © 2023.
Inspired by Evan Hughes’ book ‘Pain Hustlers: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup,’ Andy Garcia, Catherine O’Hara, Jay Duplass, Brian d’Arcy James and Chloe Coleman also star.
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‘Harry Potter’ director David Yates is taking on the pharmaceutical industry in the feature which sees Evans star as Zanna Therapeutics sales rep Pete Brenner. Emily Blunt stars as Liza Drake, a desperate but business-savvy single mom who weasels her way into a job at the company and peddles its pain medication designed for cancer patients to doctors.
Chris Evans as Brenner, Andy Garcia as Neel and Emily Blunt as Liza. Cr. Brian Douglas/Netflix © 2023. (L to R) Amit Shah as Paley, Emily Blunt as Liza and Chris Evans as Brenner. Cr. Brian Douglas/Netflix © 2023.
Inspired by Evan Hughes’ book ‘Pain Hustlers: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup,’ Andy Garcia, Catherine O’Hara, Jay Duplass, Brian d’Arcy James and Chloe Coleman also star.
Also in news – Demonic Nuns take over the...
- 9/6/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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Emily Blunt is at the center of a criminal conspiracy in the first official trailer for Netflix’s “Pain Hustlers,” which is set to debut on the streaming service Oct. 27 after premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival.
As a mother struggling to support her daughter, Liza Drake (portrayed by Blunt) seeks out a new stream of income in hopes of turning her life around. All seems to be working out well for Liza when she lands a job at a pharmaceutical start-up. However, she has no idea that the company is failing, fully-fledged illegal business, and she swiftly finds herself stuck in the middle of a racketeering scheme.
The first trailer gives audiences a glimpse at the drama, which has been speculated to be in the vein of critically acclaimed movies like “American Hustle” and “The Big Short.” Having been introduced to Blunt’s Liza, viewers get a sneak...
As a mother struggling to support her daughter, Liza Drake (portrayed by Blunt) seeks out a new stream of income in hopes of turning her life around. All seems to be working out well for Liza when she lands a job at a pharmaceutical start-up. However, she has no idea that the company is failing, fully-fledged illegal business, and she swiftly finds herself stuck in the middle of a racketeering scheme.
The first trailer gives audiences a glimpse at the drama, which has been speculated to be in the vein of critically acclaimed movies like “American Hustle” and “The Big Short.” Having been introduced to Blunt’s Liza, viewers get a sneak...
- 9/6/2023
- by McKinley Franklin
- Variety Film + TV
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Emily Blunt has gone from bombs to pills in her domination of 2023 cinema.
The “Oppenheimer” actress and anticipated Oscar nominee leads (and also executive produces) Netflix film “Pain Hustlers” alongside MCU alum Chris Evans. BAFTA-winning “Harry Potter” franchise director David Yates helms the pharmaceutical-centric drama adapted by Wells Tower from Evan Hughes’ book of the same name.
The official synopsis reads: Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) is a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. Dealing with her increasingly unhinged boss (Andy Garcia), the worsening medical condition of her daughter (Chloe Coleman), and a growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing forces Liza to examine her choices.
Catherine O’Hara,...
The “Oppenheimer” actress and anticipated Oscar nominee leads (and also executive produces) Netflix film “Pain Hustlers” alongside MCU alum Chris Evans. BAFTA-winning “Harry Potter” franchise director David Yates helms the pharmaceutical-centric drama adapted by Wells Tower from Evan Hughes’ book of the same name.
The official synopsis reads: Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) is a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. Dealing with her increasingly unhinged boss (Andy Garcia), the worsening medical condition of her daughter (Chloe Coleman), and a growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing forces Liza to examine her choices.
Catherine O’Hara,...
- 9/6/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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