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HBO anthology series “It’s Florida, Man” wants your craziest Fl-centric stories for Season 2.

IndieWire can announce that the irreverent late-night comedy is launching an official call for submissions to bring Irl tales to the screen.

“It’s Florida, Man” hails from the team behind “Eastbound and Down” and fellow HBO series “The Righteous Gemstones.” Jeff Tomsic directs and executive produces, with Clark Filio producing.

“We are calling all Floridians to submit their stories. We are looking for any and all crazy and unbelievable True stories that take place in Florida,” the announcement reads. “If your story looks interesting, we will get in touch to learn more.”

Shooting begins in April 2025.

Season 1 had Anna Faris, Jake Johnson, Sam Richardson, Jon Gries, Juliette Lewis, Ego Nwodin, Randall Park, Bobby Lee, Simon Rex, and more stars.

The unhinged tales couldn’t all fit into just one season — or even two. Director Tomsic previously told...

One day, we all must leave this world to meet our maker, and some shows are called upon by Danny McBride sooner than others.

This week, fans of the hit HBO comedy-drama The Righteous Gemstones learned that the show’s upcoming fourth season will be its last. In his infinite wisdom, series creator and star McBride decided to go out on a high note and deliver his latest cult-beloved series about cocky lunatics living in the South its last rites before the show could possibly suffer the late-series corruption that claimed the souls of so many quality comedies before it. But, as the Righteous Gemstones’ flock struggles with this somber news, they should take comfort in the fact that McBride now has the opportunity to deliver his magnum opus to HBO heaven.

“The Lord spoke to me and said it’s time to wrap this sucker up,” McBride explained in a statement to Variety,...

The “Florida Man” meme stands out as a bright thread in the tapestry of modern culture, a reflection of the bizarre and frequently gross aspects of human existence. This phenomenon captures the essence of the absurd: tales that are so outrageous that they go beyond just being hard to believe, forcing us to confront the dissonance between reality and our expectations.

The series “It’s Florida, Man” serves as an anthology that brings these narratives to life while inviting viewers to navigate the murky waters of human folly and desperation. Each episode plays out like a twisted fairy tale, mixing the surreal with the every day and illuminating the darker corners of Hu Man’s mind.

The creators of this exploration are Mark Herwick and Jeff Tomsic, whose backgrounds in comedic storytelling shape a lens through which these crazy tales are reflected. The series is made more complicated by their partnership with Rough House Pictures,...

Early this year, it was announced that Zac Efron (The Iron Claw) had signed on to star in the A24 thriller Famous for director Jody Hill, and it was revealed that he’ll be playing dual roles in the film, which is based on a novel by Blake Crouch. Phoebe Dynevor (Bridgerton) has since joined the cast, along with Nicholas Braun (Succession), Stephanie Koenig (Lessons in Chemistry), Debby Ryan (Insatiable), Mekki Leeper (Jury Duty), and Cory Michael Smith (Saturday Night) – and now that the project is in production, it has been revealed that Bill Pullman (Independence Day) and Daniel Zovatto (Woman of the Hour) are also in the cast!

Scripted by Chad Hodge, who created the short-lived, Crouch-inspired TV series Wayward Pines back in 2015, Famous has the following synopsis: Lance Dunkquist has one asset that’s about to change his life – he has the face of a movie star. And...

The HBO Original late-night comedy series It’S Florida, Man. has been renewed for a second season. The season one finale debuts Friday, November 22 and the first season is available to stream on Max. From Rough House Pictures (HBO’s “Eastbound & Down” and “The Righteous Gemstones”) and Range Studios, this irreverent late-night comedy series brings to life unbelievable ripped-from-the-headlines tales of the Sunshine State – straight from the people who live there. Featuring interviews from everyday Floridians and playful recreations starring a rotating cast of actors and comedians, including Anna Faris, Jake Johnson, Randall Park, Juliette Lewis, Sam Richardson, Ego Nwodim, and ... Read more...

The HBO Original late-night comedy series It’s Florida, Man. has been renewed for a second season. The season one finale debuts on Friday, November 22, and the first season is available to stream on Max.

From Rough House Pictures (HBO’s Eastbound & Down and The Righteous Gemstones) and Range Studios, this irreverent late-night comedy series brings to life unbelievable ripped-from-the-headlines tales of the Sunshine State – straight from the people who live there.

Featuring interviews from everyday Floridians and playful recreations starring a rotating cast of actors and comedians, including Anna Faris, Jake Johnson, Randall Park, Juliette Lewis, Sam Richardson, Ego Nwodim, and more, this hilarious and outrageous series sheds light on the viral, wacky, and weird.

Covering diverse topics – from mermaids to witches, extreme fantasies, and feral bunnies with equal parts humor and heart, It’s Florida, Man. is a love letter to the beaches, backwaters, and especially the people...

Exclusive: Ahead of It’s Florida, Man‘s Season 1 finale on November 22, the late-night comedy series has been renewed for a second season by HBO.

An irreverent, low-budget anthology comedy, It’s Florida, Man has been proof of concept for HBO, and its impressive performance is expected to usher in more shows developed under that cost-effective comedy model to the network’s late-night.

Acknowledging on an investor call last year that hit drama series in general provide better return on investment than comedies, Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO and Max Content, has been looking to revamp the genre, mixing up high-end, star-driven vehicles with off-beat, cheaper entires as the TV industry across the board has been trying to bring comedy costs down.

HBO’s previous lower-budget comedy efforts under that strategy include Los Espoookys and How To with John Wilson.

The latest experiment, It’s Florida, Man, has delivered an attractive cost-vs.

Early this year, it was announced that Zac Efron (The Iron Claw) had signed on to star in the A24 thriller Famous for director Jody Hill, and it was revealed that he’ll be playing dual roles in the film, which is based on a novel by Blake Crouch. Phoebe Dynevor (Bridgerton) has since joined the cast, and now that production is underway in Los Angeles, a press release confirms that Nicholas Braun (Succession), Stephanie Koenig (Lessons in Chemistry), Debby Ryan (Insatiable), Mekki Leeper (Jury Duty), and Cory Michael Smith (Saturday Night) also have roles in the film.

Scripted by Chad Hodge, who created the short-lived, Crouch-inspired TV series Wayward Pines back in 2015, Famous has the following synopsis: Lance Dunkquist has one asset that’s about to change his life – he has the face of a movie star. And not just any movie star – Lance is the spitting image of a Hollywood icon,...

Hayes Davenport is a comedy writer with an enviable resume, having worked on shows like “Eastbound & Down,” “Family Guy,” “Vice Principals” and “Dickinson.” Yet he left that career behind for a three-year run working at City Hall, with a special focus on helping Los Angeles’ homeless population.

It’s a journey he first started by supporting the campaign of Nithya Raman, who became a Los Angeles City Council member for the 4th District in 2020.

“It was Nithya laying out a path for me to go out and talk to people, something I wouldn’t have felt like I could just do on my own,” he says. “From gradually seeing opportunities to actually help people get off the street … once you’ve done it a few times, you just can’t not do it. It activates and empowers you in a way that very few jobs can.”

Davenport first met...

If you’ve been on the internet for any length of time since about 2013, you’ve run into the “Florida Man” meme, premised on the idea that, at any given moment, a Florida man is wilding out in a way that’s possibly criminal and definitely irrational. If a man is almost dying getting a lap dance from his housekeeper, snorting coke to hide evidence after fleeing a traffic stop or jogging shirtless in defiance of Hurricane Milton’s imminent landfall, he’s a Florida man. He’s been immortalized in a website, an Instagram feed, a subreddit and quasi-Olympic “Games” where competitors wrestle in muddy water and tussle while holding pitchers of beer. He used to be the subject of a Twitter feed collecting kooky stories, but its curator, Freddie Campion, retired it in 2019. As he told Logan Hill for a piece in the Washington Post that year, Campion shut it down after wondering,...

The HBO Original late-night comedy series It’s Florida, Man. debuts on Friday, October 18 (11:00-11:30 p.m. Et/Pt) on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. New episodes of the six-episode season will debut weekly.

From Rough House Pictures (HBO’s Eastbound & Down and The Righteous Gemstones) and Range Studios, this irreverent late-night comedy series brings to life unbelievable ripped-from-the-headlines tales of the Sunshine State – straight from the people who live there.

Featuring interviews from everyday Floridians and playful recreations starring a rotating cast of actors and comedians, including Anna Faris, Jake Johnson, Randall Park, Juliette Lewis, Sam Richardson, Ego Nwodim, Jon Gries, Simon Rex, and more, this hilarious and outrageous series sheds light on the viral, wacky, and weird.

Covering diverse topics – from mermaids to witches, extreme fantasies, and feral bunnies with equal parts humor and heart, It’s Florida, Man. is a love letter to the beaches,...

There is a common refrain upon reading an unhinged news story: It probably happened in Florida, right?

From Lana Del Rey marrying an alligator farmer to a whole “Atlanta” episode dedicated to the Florida Man myth, the southermost state in the U.S. has an infamous lore all its own. And now, the state itself is getting the “Drunk History” treatment to capture all of its stranger than fiction tales.

HBO’s unscripted comedy series “It’s Florida, Man,” co-created by executive producers Jeff Tomsic and Mark Herwick, brings those Wtf Florida stories to the screen, complete with interviews with the real-life people who lived out the crazy tales.

Anna Faris, Jake Johnson, Sam Richardson, Jon Gries, Juliette Lewis, Ego Nwodin, Randall Park, Bobby Lee, Simon Rex, and more stars assemble to portray the stories. Iconic Florida-based author Carl Hiassen also makes an appearance.

Per the official synopsis, each episode...

Fox is developing a comedy series centered on a washed up golf prodigy, Variety has learned exclusively.

Titled “Thunderjacks,” the series has received a script commitment at the broadcast network. Chad Mountain is writing and executive producing, with Oliver Hudson, John Stalberg Jr., Douglas Banker of Five All in the Fifth, Jonathan Watson, and Scott MacArthur also executive producing. Fox Entertainment Studios will produce.

The official logline for the series states, “A famous former golf prodigy, who vanished into anonymity after a very public meltdown, is dragged into the limelight a decade later, forcing his dysfunctional family to futilely scramble to save their opulent lifestyle and fragile egos.”

There is no cast currently attached to the project, but sources say it could serve as a starring vehicle for Hudson should it go forward. The show falls under the broadcast direct deal Hudson and his producing partner Stalberg signed with Fox in 2023. Under that deal,...

Talk to John Hawkes about “True Detective: Night Country” for any length of time and you’ll get a string of confessions.

When showrunner Issa López offered him the role of police officer Hank Prior, he’d never seen a single episode from the first three seasons of the HBO limited series. He thought the character was too one-dimensional and not nuanced enough. When López said she wanted the character to play guitar in one scene, he didn’t think that was a good idea. And when she said that the instrumental song he’d reluctantly written also needed words for Hank to sing, he resisted for weeks, thinking it’d be too performative.

Hawkes admitted all of these misgivings with typically self-deprecating grins and then shrugged. “I’m glad she prevailed,” he said, “because she’s brilliant.”

López’s brilliance, along with Hawkes’ ability to slip into the skin...

While HBO execs aren't tied to the ratings like regular commercial channels, they have to air programs that will keep viewers subscribed. Which of their shows will be cancelled or renewed? We'll have to wait and see.

Scripted HBO shows listed: Animals, Avenue 5, The Baby, Ballers, Betty, Big Little Lies, Boardwalk Empire, The Brink, Camping, The Comeback, Crashing, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Deuce, Divorce, Eastbound & Down, Euphoria, Game of Thrones, Gentleman Jack, Getting On, Girls, The Gilded Age, Hello Ladies, Here and Now, High Maintenance, His Dark Materials, House of the Dragon, I May Destroy You, I Know This Much Is True, The Idol, In Treatment, Industry, Insecure, Irma Vep, Jonah from Tonga, The Last of Us, The Leftovers, Looking, Lovecraft Country, Mare of Easttown, Mosaic, Mrs. Fletcher, The Nevers, The New Pope, The Newsroom, The Night Of, The Outsider, Perry Mason,...

Forget your state’s lottery, A24 has the scratch-off game covered. The indie studio has launched its first-ever scratch-off prize event for fans, and it comes with a zoo worth of prizes.

Beginning August 2, AAA24 members have a chance to win exclusive prizes ranging from coveted merchandise to set visits on upcoming A24 films, as well as other unforgettable exclusive experiences. To participate, fans can join membership program AAA24, which includes early access to ticket sales and merch. Members will receive their scratcher in their welcome package and/or first zine shipment; the membership is $5/month or $55/year at launch for U.S. customers, and $9.99/month or $99/year for customers in all other countries.

The scratcher prizes include adopting a baby lamb — a nod to the twisted 2021 family drama “Lamb” — and a roundtrip ticket to Norway and two-night stay at the “Ex Machina” house (aka the Juvet Landskaphotell).

To be clear,...

Exclusive: The vampires are moving from Amazon to HBO.

A comedy series based on Grady Hendrix’s New York Times bestseller The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires has landed at HBO, with the author writing alongside The Righteous Gemstones duo Danny McBride and Edi Patterson.

The project was previously in development at Amazon with Patrick Moran’s Pkm Productions but has now moved to the Warner Bros Discovery premium network without Moran’s involvement.

Hendrix, McBride and Patterson will exec produce, alongside Brandon James for McBride’s Rough House Pictures. Quirk Books, which published the novel, will also have an exec producer credit.

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires follows a women’s book club that must protect its suburban community from a mysterious and handsome stranger that may be a vampire killing their children.

The book, which was published in May 2021, is set in Charleston...

A24 has secured domestic distribution rights to an upcoming thriller titled Famous, Deadline reports today, which has Zac Efron (The Iron Claw) leading the cast in dual roles.

Jody Hill will direct the film.

Deadline details, “The story follows Lance Dunkquist, who has one asset that’s about to change his life – he has the face of a movie star. And not just any movie star – Lance is the spitting image of a Hollywood icon, James Jansen. Lance is about to travel to Los Angeles to make his dream come true. Lance is going to be famous, no matter what it takes.”

Zac Efron is playing both Lance Dunkquist and James Jansen.

Famous is based on the novel written by Blake Crouch.

Chad Hodge (“Wayward Pines”) scripted the adaptation.

The post ‘Famous’ – Zac Efron Plays Dual Roles in Upcoming Thriller from A24 appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

A24 loved Zac Efron’s work in “The Iron Claw” so much, it’s tapping him to play not one but two roles in another upcoming thriller.

A24 has pre-bought the domestic distribution rights to “Famous,” a thriller that will star Efron in a dual role and will be directed by Jody Hill (“Eastbound and Down”), an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire.

“Famous” is also being produced by “Mr. Robot” creator Sam Esmail alongside Michael Sagol, and Chad Hamilton producing.

“Famous” is based on the book of the same name by Blake Crouch. It follows the life of Lancelot Blue Dunkquist, an overzealous fan and loser living above his parents’ garage and working a meaningless job but who is the spitting image of world famous movie star James Jansen. When Dunkquist loses his job, he decides to follow his dream to become famous at whatever cost. Efron...

HBO's loyalty to its actors is evident in The Last of Us' casting, with many familiar faces from other HBO shows making appearances. Pedro Pascal brings a softer side to Joel in The Last of Us, showcasing emotionality and vulnerability alongside his badassness. Bella Ramsey captures Ellie's spirit effectively in The Last of Us, drawing on their Game of Thrones experience to play the role authentically.

From Game of Thrones Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey to The White Lotus Murray Bartlett, pretty much every major actor from The Last of Us had worked with HBO before. Once an actor is in the HBO family, the network tends to keep bringing them back. The Leftovers Carrie Coon was cast in The Gilded Age. The Wires Robert Wisdom was cast in Barry. Sharp Objects Sydney Sweeney was brought back for Euphoria and The White Lotus. Danny McBride has created and starred in Eastbound & Down,...

This year’s Toronto International Film Festival will open with a familiar face: filmmaker David Gordon Green’s latest, the world premiere of his heartfelt comedy “Nutcrackers,” will kick off the festival on September 5. While Green is a regular at the annual festival, screening everything from his Jake Gyllenhaal-starring Boston Marathon biopic “Stronger” to his horror re-quel “Halloween” at the event, 2024 marks the first time he will officially open the fall fest.

The film also sounds as if it marks a return to early form for the longtime auteur, who has spent his most recent years helming a series of horror-centric sequels and remakes, including three “Halloween” films and last year’s “The Exorcist: Believer.” For his newest feature, Green seems to be reinvested in the kind of personal drama that drove early films like “All the Real Girls” and “Undertow,” albeit with a slightly lighter touch.

“Nutcrackers” stars Ben Stiller,...

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Missing Actor Gurucharan Singh Making A Comeback On The Show? ( Photo Credit – YouTube )

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah actor Gurucharan Singh left everyone worried last month after the actor went mysteriously missing while taking a flight from Delhi To Mumbai. However, he returned back after 24 days, safe and sound and confessed he was on a spiritual journey.

The actor, recently landed in Mumbai for professional commitments and was caught by paps who threw a swarm of questions at him. But he patiently answered all the queries.

While Gurucharan Singh went missing, it was highlighted that a lot of actors from Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah have not got their dues and their paychecks are still pending with the production house, waiting to get cleared. However Gurucharan Singh confirmed that the payments have been done.

Trending Bigg Boss Ott 3: Armaan Malik’s Alleged R*pe...

Amid persistent rumors that the Booster Gold Max series is in the process of assembling its creative team, we're now hearing that the project has enlisted a trio of righteous writers to work on the scripts.

According to Nexus Point News, James Gunn and Peter Safran have tapped Danny McBride, John Carcieri and Jeff Fradley, the creative team behind the HBO Max Original series The Righteous Gemstones, to work on the show.

If accurate, this may lend some credence to a previous rumor that the team's frequent collaborator Jody Hill was hired as director/showrunner.

Gunn recently shot down a report that production was set to commence in July, but he did reveal that "most" of the Dcu-based shows currently in the pipeline have set their creative teams.

Back in 2022, Gunn asked his social media followers which character that has yet to appear in the Dcu they'd most like to see on screen,...

Danny McBride and Walton Goggins shine as a ruthless duo in HBO's Vice Principals, joined by a stellar supporting cast of talented actors. The dark comedy series was uniquely planned for two seasons, with every episode written before filming began, setting it apart from traditional TV productions. From Dr. Belinda Brown to Gale Liptrapp, the Vice Principals supporting characters add depth and humor to the twisted tale of school politics.

Danny McBride and Walton Goggins lead a stacked ensemble of hilarious performers in the cast of HBOs twisted dark comedy series Vice Principals. Vice Principals revolves around a pair of spiteful and vindictive vice principals both gunning for the top job. When theyre both passed over in favor of an outside hire, they reluctantly join forces to usurp the new principal. Vice Principals was an oddity in the world of TV production, because it wasnt designed to go on indefinitely...

Walton Goggins shared one story of rejection in his career which made him realize many things in life. He has been considered one of the most versatile actors in Hollywood with a wide range of roles under his belt so it’s crazy to think that he still gets declined at auditions.

Walton Goggins as The Ghoul in Fallout

He currently stars in Prime Video’s Fallout series as Cooper Howard/The Ghoul, but before that, the actor tried to audition for Eastbound & Down years ago though he failed to snag the role of Shane.

Walton Goggins On Missing Out Role In Eastbound & Down

During his interview with Business Insider, actor Walton Goggins revealed he tried to audition for Eastbound & Down and that his performance blew away the director so hard he was rejected. The part went to Jason Sudeikis.

“Yeah, I was considered for it. Jason got it.

Sue Naegle and Ali Krug are re-teaming for a new venture.

The former Annapurna duo and longtime collaborators have launched Dinner Party Productions and signed a multiple-year overall deal with Universal Content Productions.

Naegle, the former content chief at Megan Ellison’s company, and Krug, who was co-head of TV alongside her at Annapurna, will develop and produce new projects for UCP for both NBCUniversal-owned platforms as well as third-party buyers.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Naegle and Krug — who have worked together for 13 years — said the appeal of being able to sell to outside buyers was part of why they wanted to sign with the Beatrice Springborn-led division that is housed within Pearlena Igbokwe’s Universal Studio Group. (Read the Q&a, below.)

As part of the pact, Naegle and Krug have boarded Peacock’s adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s New York Times best-seller The Five-Star Weekend.

Danny McBride and friend David Gordon Green were sitting around Rough House Pictures in South Carolina and spitballing about about improvements they might make to the movie-going experience.

In a GQ interview, McBride revealed he hates the modern-theater-that-serves-dinner trend. “I hate it, I can’t stand it,” he said. “I also don’t think it makes sense to combine booze with movies. You’re going to have to piss. Doesn’t alcohol make you want to get up and get loose? You don’t want to sit there, drink beer, and just be quiet. I would have no interest in going to see a movie and just pounding IPAs. Just f**king falling asleep.”

Ah, but there is an alternative vision to that.

Weed and movies “go together f**king perfectly,” said McBride. The friends have talked about the concept of opening a theater...

Fresh off the well received wrestling drama The Iron Claw and soon to be seen in the comedy Ricky Stanicky, Zac Efron has now signed on to star in the thriller Famous for director Jody Hill – and he’ll be playing dual roles in the film, which is based on a novel by Blake Crouch!

Scripted by Chad Hodge, who created the short-lived, Crouch-inspired TV series Wayward Pines back in 2015, Famous has the following synopsis: Lance Dunkquist has one asset that’s about to change his life – he has the face of a movie star. And not just any movie star – Lance is the spitting image of a Hollywood icon, James Jansen. Lance is about to travel to Los Angeles to make his dream come true. Lance is going to be famous, no matter what it takes… The film aims to be a “provocative and highly entertaining Los Angeles-set thriller...

Clegg is a recurring character in Eastbound & Down and has a confusing yet funny line about Jb and the Boys. The Eastbound & Down Jb and the Boys reference is a shoutout to the band Widespread Panic. Clegg's actor, Ben Best, passed away in 2021.

Clegg is a recurring character in Eastbound & Down, and his line about Jb and the Boys is as confusing as it is funny. Eastbound & Down follows the ups and downs of one of Danny McBride's most outrageous characters, Kenny Powers. Kenny is a former MLB pitcher with a rocket for an arm. Alcohol, money, drugs, and ego drove him out of the league before the series started, and the over-emotive man-child spends the next four seasons trying to gain his confidence back and return to professional baseball.

It's a hilarious and raunchy yet unexpectedly moving series featuring a cast of characters who make...

Pop open the champagne! On Thursday, Peso Pluma surprised his fans with one final song for 2023, “Rompe La Dompe,” concluding a highly successful breakthrough year.

“Último corrido del año,” the singer teased on Instagram earlier on Thursday, posting a snippet of the track.

The chilled-back corrido — whose title translates to “open up the Dom Pe,” referencing Dom Pérignon champagne — hears Pluma alongside Óscar Maydon and Junior H singing about the start of a big party as they try to forget about a former lover. “Red eyes and I caress your leg,...

Salman Khan Schools Fans For Crowding At Sohail Khan’s Birthday Bash – Watch ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Salman Khan enjoys a massive fan following, and there’s no denying that. After the debacle of Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ka Jaan, fans had huge expectations from his Diwali release, Tiger 3. However, the film, which did decently well at the box office, also stars Katrina Kaif, Emraan Hashmi, and Shah Rukh Khan in the cameo appearance. Recently, the superstar celebrated his brother Sohail Khan’s birthday at a grand bash.

Since last night, a video from his brother and actor’s birthday bash has been widely shared because netizens feel he scolded paps at the event. The superstar is often captured schooling his fans or paps or others for different reasons. However, the latest clip has divided netizens into groups. Scroll down.

The viral video in question sees ‘doting son’ Salman Khan...

The series finale of Vice Principals resolves the tensions between Gamby and Russell, as well as their conflict with Abbott, resulting in an action-packed and chaotic conclusion. The finale showcases the newfound friendship and trust between Gamby and Russell, as they work together to confront a tiger and save Snodgrass, highlighting the importance of their bond. The ending of Vice Principals emphasizes the theme of fixation and the destructive consequences it can have on relationships, suggesting that true happiness lies in friendship and acceptance.

Danny McBride's HBO show has a finale that is the culmination of two seasons' worth of boiling tension, and a Vice Principals recap can be helpful for all the series-long themes that are finally resolved in the last episode. Vice Principals is another David Gordon Green, Danny McBride, and Jody Hill co-creation, their second TV collaboration after Eastbound & Down. Like Eastbound & Down, Vice Principals...

Instead of jumping on the tour bus and heading to his band Midland’s headlining gig at the Dreamy Draw music festival, Mark Wystrach hopped into his vehicle and took the scenic route from his home in Tucson, Arizona, to the event site two hours away in Scottsdale.

“I drove up this back road — the original old highway — through the beautiful Sonoran desert,” Wystrach tells Rolling Stone backstage. “Growing up around a bunch of remarkable music here and at my parents’ [restaurant] the Steak Out in Sonoita — there were always incredible bands playing.

The comedic landscape of Hollywood has been significantly shaped by the talents and contributions of one man: John William Ferrell, more popularly known as Will Ferrell. Over the years, he has demonstrated his undeniable prowess in acting, producing, and writing, leaving an indelible mark on the entertainment industry.

Will Ferrell. Depositphotos

John William Ferrell, born on July 16, 1967, in Irvine, California, was brought into a world of creativity and art. His mother, Betty Kay Overman, was an elementary school teacher, and his father, Roy Lee Ferrell Jr., was a talented musician, who once played with The Righteous Brothers. Both his parents hailed from Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, but moved to California in 1964. He has a mixed ancestry of English, German, and Irish.

Ferrell’s childhood was marked by a pivotal moment when his parents divorced when he was just eight. Despite the divorce, both parents remained committed to their children. Ferrell...

Danny McBride's cameo in Superbad is so brief that it's easy to miss, but it offered a hint of the star he would become in the future. Seth Rogen gave McBride the uncredited role because he was a fan of his work, and they became friends, leading to more collaborations. Superbad marked the start of success for many involved, including Danny McBride, who went on to create and star in many hit TV shows.

The hilarious Danny McBride makes a surprise cameo in Superbad, but it's so brief that you might miss it if you're not paying attention. The film, written and executive produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and directed by Greg Mottola, has become a comedy classic. Sixteen years after its release, audiences are still reciting hilarious Superbad quotes. The movie marked the start of success for many of the people involved, and Danny McBride is...

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday shared a throwback picture of former Prime Minister of India and her father Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary. The picture in question was clicked by veteran Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who had good relations with Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi.

Taking to Instagram, Priyanka shared a photo along with a montage video of her father, with a backdrop song of ‘jeena isi ka naam hain’ from the 1959 film ‘Anari’. It was sung by Mukesh. The film starred Raj Kapoor and Nutan.

In the caption, Priyanka quoted the lines of the song: “Kisi ki muskuraahaton pe ho nisaar, kisi ka dard mil sake to le udhaar, kisi ke vaaste ho tere dil me pyaar, jeena isi ka naam hain.”

“These lines always reminds me of you. Whenever I listen to this song my eyes are filled with tears. Photo credit- @amitabhbachchan Ji,” added Priyanka.

Two decades ago, Civic Development Group put a lot of people to work who couldn’t find it anywhere else. The telemarketing company employed high school dropouts, convicted felons, and drug addicts, many of whom felt as though they’d found their calling at a company that incentivized them to unwittingly participate in a high-stakes grift.

As they juggled calls on behalf of policemen unions and other charitable organizations, inadvertently duping gullible targets into opening their wallets, they had no idea how little money actually went to the organizations themselves. In truth, CDG was making a killing, keeping 90 percent of all donations — while its staffers treated the office as a hedonistic playground.

The footage of those antics provides the backbone for the first episode of “Telemarketers,” directors Adam Bhala Lough and Sam Lipman-Stern’s gritty and often darkly funny look at the CDG’s scam and the wider conspiracy of...

Lord Business in The Lego Movie and Will Ferrell as Mattel’s CEO in Barbie. Screenshot: Warner Bros. Warning: The following article discusses the plot of Barbie.Buddy The Elf has grown up. Raised in the frat pack 2000s, Will Ferrell became the wide-eyed, full-throated id of masculine immaturity. From...

Lord Business in The Lego Movie and Will Ferrell as Mattel’s CEO in Barbie.Screenshot: Warner Bros.

Warning: The following article discusses the plot of Barbie.

Buddy The Elf has grown up. Raised in the frat pack 2000s, Will Ferrell became the wide-eyed, full-throated id of masculine immaturity. From...

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Viewership for the back-to-back final episodes of “The Righteous Gemstones” Season 3 was up 9% from the two episodes dropped during its June premiere, TheWrap can reveal exclusively.

As the HBO comedy wrapped up its third installment Sunday evening, the final two episodes averaged 590,000 viewers across streaming platform Max and linear telecasts, according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day viewership.

With the added boost from the finale episodes, “The Righteous Gemstones” Season 3 is on track to become the series’ most watched season yet. The first five episodes of the nine-episode season have averaged over 5 million viewers, currently outpacing the average viewership for Season 2 episodes after the same amount of time by over 10%. While Season 2 averaged 4.3 million viewers at this time, the second installment went on to average 5.1 million viewers across platforms.

“The Righteous Gemstones” has...

Well, this was a no-brainer.

HBO is keeping its hit Danny McBride comedy series, The Righteous Gemstones, around.

The series has been renewed for Season 4.

The premium cabler notes the series is on track to reach its most-viewed season to date, with episodes currently averaging 4.9 million viewers and growing.

It is now Danny McBride's most-watched HBO series, garnering more viewers than Eastbound and Down (2009-2013) and Vice Principals (2016-2017), which averaged 4.2 million viewers and 4.8 million viewers, respectively.

"Get ready for more of the hilarious adrenaline ride that is The Righteous Gemstones," said Amy Gravitt, Executive Vice President of HBO Programming, Head of HBO & Max Comedy Series of the pickup.

"As this truly biblical season comes to a close on Sunday night, I am delighted to announce that we are picking up a fourth season."

The show tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance,...

The Righteous Gemstones will be back for a fourth season. HBO announced today it has renewed the critically acclaimed comedy series ahead of its Season 3 finale.

Created by Danny McBride, The Righteous Gemstones tells the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work. When the spoiled Gemstone children finally get their wish to take control of the Church, they discover leadership is harder than they imagined and that their extravagant lifestyle comes with a heavy price.

Danny McBride stars as Jesse Gemstone, Adam Devine as Kelvin Gemstone, John Goodman as Eli Gemstone, Edi Patterson as Judy Gemstone, Cassidy Freeman as Amber Gemstone, Tim Baltz as Bj, Tony Cavalero as Keefe Chambers, Greg Alan Williams as Martin Imari, Skyler Gisondo as Gideon Gemstone, Walton Goggins as Baby Billy Freeman, Jennifer Nettles as Aimee-Leigh Gemstone, James DuMont as Chad, Jody Hill as Levi, Troy Anthony Hogan as Matthew,...

Ahead of its Season 3 finale, “The Righteous Gemstones” has been renewed for a fourth season on HBO. The nine-episode current season is set to conclude Sunday night.

“Get ready for more of the hilarious adrenaline ride that is ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ As this truly biblical season comes to a close on Sunday night, I am delighted to announce that we are picking up a fourth season,” Amy Gravitt, executive vice president of HBO programming and head of HBO and Max comedy series, said.

At the moment, it’s unknown when Season 4 is expected to premiere.

The third HBO series from Danny McBride, the religiously focused comedy follows a dysfunctional family of televangelists who run a megachurch set in the Carolinas. The first two seasons revolved around the three Gemstone children — Jesse (Danny McBride), Judy (Edi Patterson) and Kelvin (Adam DeVine) — untangling their various crimes and misdeeds as they vied to...

The Safdies may be (temporarily) breaking up as directors, but the brothers are still a showbiz team. Josh and Benny Safdie have executive produced a new documentary limited series “Telemarketers” for HBO, it was announced Wednesday. The channel has set an August 13 premiere date for the series, in addition to releasing the official trailer.

“Telemarketers” focuses on two former telemarketing employees Pat Pespas and Sam Lipman-Stern, the latter of whom is credited as co-director of the series with Adam Bhala Lough. The series chronicles, with the assistance of footage shot by Limpman-Stern, the duo’s time working in the telemarketing industry during the early 2000s, when Limpman-Stern was a 14 year-old high school dropout and Pespas was a top salesman dealing with addiction issues. The two worked for a company that advertised itself as raising money for police and firefighter charities, but in reality pocketed most of the money.

After a...

HBO’s potential deal to license a slew of library titles to rival Netflix, as revealed by Deadline, was met with derision by some, another example of Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav selling off the crown jewels to hit his savings targets.

However, industry experts have urged that the move could actually open the door to streaming profitability and increase residuals for creatives, leading to a larger digital détente.

Talk of such a move was a surprise, largely given the frostiness between the two rivals, which have been battling it out on the talent and awards front for the last few years, but optics aside, a deal, which was described as “groundbreaking” by one source, could be good for consumers and the town.

‘Ballers’

In addition to Issa Rae’s Insecure, Deadline has confirmed that the non-exclusive deal, which has not been signed, will include Dwayne Johnson’s Ballers,...

From the twisted mind of Danny McBride comes HBO's The Righteous Gemstones, and the Righteous Gemstones cast is full of recognizable faces from other McBride productions and beyond. Centered on a family of televangelists and their various antics, the comedy series is full of larger-than-life characters, most of whom are prone to either taking themselves too seriously or acting like fools. The true brilliance of the series, however, lies in its cast’s ability to mine their characters for such hilarious comedy.

Following two televangelist generations in the Gemstone family, The Righteous Gemstones cast consists of four main players: patriarch Eli Gemstone, eldest son and pastor Jesse, the middle child and oddball Judy, and Youth Pastor Kelvin. There is also a revolving door of recurring characters and guest stars that add significant color to the Righteous Gemstones cast and allow the series to keep spinning its wildest narrative threads.

Danny...

Last month, HBO said goodbye to two of its signature series: “Succession,” a tale of three born billionaires vying to replace their aging patriarch; and “Barry,” an action comedy that unlocked new levels of ambition in its star-auteur, Bill Hader. Fans — and, one presumes, the network — were left with a vacuum the next seasons of “The White Lotus” and “House of the Dragon” are too far off to fill. Fortunately, a show that combines the best of both its erstwhile peers returns June 18 for a third season. “The Righteous Gemstones” remains consistent in its outrageous opulence and crude humor, but its latest chapter is unusually well timed.

Like “Succession,” “The Righteous Gemstones” follows a family poisoned by wealth and power at a crucial inflection point; like “Barry,” the show has a visual panache that defies our expectations for a half-hour comedy. But unlike either show, “The Righteous Gemstones” resists the...

Ah, okay: so there’s really just one Wes Anderson film this year. He can be forgiven for not putting out two ornate, exhaustively manicured works in a twelve-month span, just as we can be absolved for assuming The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar might be notably longer than an episode of Eastbound & Down. But during an interview with Indiewire the director, who is hours out from the release of Asteroid City, revealed his second Roald Dahl adaptation will in fact be closer to BBC’s Play for Today series––which gave a medium-length platform for the likes of Mike Leigh and Alan Clarke––than Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Whatever jokes can be made about the change in expectations, it’s only refreshing to have a capital-a Auteur use Netflix’s fake-capital empire for these experiments in adaptation and duration. And par for this director’s course: Anderson compared the...

Actor and rapper Chaitnya Sharma, professionally known as ‘Slow Cheeta’, has released the music video of his new single ’90’s ke Ladke featuring D’Evil. A rawer and energising track, it speaks of memories of an era gone by.

The rappers go old school, capturing the ’90s hip hop vibes in a mix of freestyle and gangsta rap complete with great flow and delivery.

The track features fellow rapper D’Evil with whom Slow Cheeta goes on an energising collaboration, complete with wit, sarcasm, attitude and just a good deal of fun. Though rhythmically simple, the track produced by Ink Heart, is full of raw old school energy and features a very clear production, with the accompanying sound design providing enough room to accentuate both the rhythm as well as its energy.

Set in Mumbai, the music video, which is both simple and effective, encapsulates the unique style and vibe of...

The Angry Birds Movie voice cast includes actors who appear in big-name TV shows and movies. The movie centers on Red, an outcast from his community of flightless birds, who investigates a group of green pigs when their ship arrives on his island. Suspecting the pigs of a nefarious plot, Red and his friends Chuck and Bomb seek the help of the Mighty Eagle. The Angry Birds Movie was a critical failure, earning only 43% on Rotten Tomatoes. But thanks to its talented ensemble cast and established IP, the 2016 film was enough of a box office success to warrant a sequel, The Angry Birds Movie 2, released in 2019.

When this film came out in 2016, it appealed to both children and nostalgic adults who played the Angry Birds mobile games. In the original Angry Birds game, released in December 2009, players launched birds at green pigs and their structures in order to smash everything.