Actors Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike will play roles in a romantic comedy on Netflix, titled “Ladies First“, where they will portray characters living in an alternative society.
During Rachel Sennott’s time at NYU, she wasn’t selected for the top sketch comedy group. However, now she’s starring as one of the creators of the renowned sketch comedy show in Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night”. Co-written by Reitman and Gil Kenan, this biographical comedy-drama follows a tumultuous 90 minutes before the first episode of “Saturday Night Live”, which premiered on October 11, 1975. In the movie, Sennott plays Rosie Shuster, who was also the initial spouse of “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels (portrayed by Gabriel LaBelle). Interestingly, just as their ambitious goal to revolutionize NBC’s Saturday night shows, their marriage, as portrayed in the film, is shown to be equally fragile yet collaborative.
Mickey Rourke, an Oscar nominee, and retired NFL player Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski have been cast as leading actors in the sports comedy titled “The Roaring Game“, directed by Tom DeNucci.
Steve McQueen’s Blitz presents a richly detailed yet expansive portrayal of war-torn London in 1940, as experienced by a nine-year-old boy, Elliott Heffernan (newcomer), yearning to return home to his lone mother, Rita (played by Saoirse Ronan). Not surprisingly, given its location, the movie mirrors the hardships and melodrama often found in Dickensian works. However, unlike Charles Dickens, it provides minimal instances of the humorous relief that he was known for. Yet, there’s no disputing its powerful message about the hardships endured by ordinary people when civilian areas are bombarded.
In the recently released trailer for the thriller series “The Day of the Jackal,” Lashana Lynch portrays a tenacious British intelligence agent pursuing Eddie Redmayne, who is playing an evasive assassin.