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The crowds of film sellers and buyers are still rolling into Toronto from Venice and Telluride, but the puck dropped Thursday night on the acquisitions marketplace with the premiere of Nutcrackers.

David Gordon Green has taken a detour from genre to serve up a Ben Stiller-starrer that proved a crowdpleaser in two opening-night showings.

That kind of movie — with promising premises with stars and directors with proven track records — is all over the schedule. There is a lot to like in this 2024 TIFF acquisitions market. But I’ve just come from an L.A. visit and cannot recall as bleak a black cloud hangover from the twin strikes of last year. It will take time for the business to recover, and this caution could factor into the dealmaking. Also on the minds of distributors is how elusive box office has become. Comparable films to the ones on sale here...

Screen is tracking the key packages launched before and during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, which runs September 5-15.

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4 Kids Walk Into A Bank

Liam Neeson is in talks to star in Frankie Shaw’s heist comedy about a former bank robber planning one final job, only to learn his loving granddaughter has assembled a juvenile team to break into the vault the day before to prevent him from doing so. Erik Feig’s Picturestart co-finances and produces alongside Seth Rogen’s Point Grey Pictures and Black Mask Studios.

Sales: FIlmNation...

Exclusive: Phoebe Dynevor is set to join Zac Efron in director Jody Hill’s latest feature film, Famous, a provocative Los Angeles-set thriller that explores the dark side of celebrity.

In Famous, Zac Efron will star in dual roles, playing both overzealous fan, Lance Dunkquist, and Hollywood heartthrob, James Jansen. The film is based on the acclaimed novel by bestselling author Blake Crouch and is adapted for the screen by Chad Hodge, who also adapted Crouch’s Wayward Pines trilogy into a series.

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…...

Leslie Mann, Anna Faris, Isla Fisher, and Michelle Buteau are teaming up for a new buddy comedy!

On Friday (August 30), it was announced that the ladies will all be starring in the upcoming movie titled Spa Weekend, written and directed by Bad Moms writer-directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore.

Keep reading to find out more…Spa Weekend follows “three best friends, Jane, Coco and Sophie, as they embark on some much-needed pampering during a luxury spa break in Palm Springs. But when their trainwreck friend, Mel, turns up, the relaxation quickly descends into chaos with hilarious consequences,” according to Deadline.

The movie will be produced by Bad Moms producer Suzanne Todd for Suzanne Todd Productions and John Friedberg for Black Bear, with Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler executive-producing.

“Suzanne, Jon and Scott struck gold with the Bad Moms franchise and Spa Weekend captures that same magic. It’s irreverent, outrageous,...

Exclusive: Here’s a hot one. Black Bear and Suzanne Todd Productions are checking in for female ensemble comedy, Spa Weekend, which will be led by Leslie Mann (Knocked Up), Isla Fisher (Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy), Michelle Buteau (Babes) and Anna Faris (Scary Movie).

The buzzy package has been written by and will be directed by Bad Moms writer-directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore.

The film follows three best friends, Jane, Coco and Sophie, as they embark on some much-needed pampering during a luxury spa break in Palm Springs. But when their trainwreck friend, Mel, turns up, the relaxation quickly descends into chaos with hilarious consequences.

The picture will be produced by Suzanne Todd (Bad Moms) for Suzanne Todd Productions and John Friedberg (The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) for Black Bear, with Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler executive-producing.

Black Bear reps international rights on the film and will also co-rep U.

Incoming is a teen comedy film written and directed by Dave and John Chernin. The Netflix film follows the story of four teen friends as they go to their first high school party, which turns out to be one of the most memorable nights of their lives. Incoming stars Mason Thames, Raphael Alejandro, Bardia Seiri, Ramon Reed, Bobby Cannavale, Kaitlin Olson, Isabella Ferreira, and Ali Gallo. So, if you loved the carefree vibes, hilarious comedy, and the insane story in Incoming here are some similar movies you should check out next.

Project X (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Warner Bros.

Project X is a found-footage teen comedy film directed by Nima Nourizadeh from a screenplay co-written by Matt Drake and Michael Bacall. The 2012 film follows the story of three high school seniors who decide to throw a party to gain popularity amongst their peers but their plans to throw a...

In 1843, London publishers Chapman & Hall released A Christmas Carol. Written by Charles Dickens and illustrated by John Leech, it was inspired in part by Dickens’s anger at inequality in his country, especially as it affected children. Despite its aversion to the upper classes, A Christmas Carol was an immediate hit among readers and critics. Given the book’s popularity, it’s no surprise that movie makers have picked up on the story many times. Between its clear redemption arc and ghostly premise, the story has everything that a good movie needs.

Still, not every adaptation of A Christmas Carol is created equal. So if you’re looking for the best of the worst man in film and literature, check out these ten great movies. And if you don’t like my picks, well, bah humbug I say.

10. Scrooged (1988)

On paper, Scrooged sounds like a home run. Bill Murray, in his ’80s glory,...

Hard Rock International today announced its continued partnership with global non-profit WhyHunger and activist-artist Yoko Ono Lennon to launch the “Imagine There’s No Hunger” campaign, a unified effort to raise awareness and funds to combat global hunger and poverty.

As a part of the campaign and inspired by John Lennon’s iconic song “Imagine” and the 50th anniversary of its release, Hard Rock is introducing its 37th Signature Series – the John Lennon, “Imagine There’s No Hunger” Collection – for purchase online and at Hard Rock Hotels, Cafes and Casinos worldwide. The collection will feature a variety of merchandise, including two shirt designs, a hat, a mini guitar with stand and a commemorative pin, with the items ranging in price from $16.00 to $29.50.

“We’re honored to continue working alongside WhyHunger and further build upon our partnership, a relationship that has resulted in over $6.8 million raised to combat global hunger and poverty,...

Ryan Reynolds might be known for lacing the vast majority of his onscreen performances with a rich dose of self-deprecating humor, but the Deadpool star hasn’t actually featured in an out-and-out comedy for close to a decade. While he’s made uncredited cameo appearances in Seth McFarlane’s Ted and A Million Ways to Die in the West, you’d have to go back to 2011’s The Change-Up to find his last comedy vehicle.

Directed by Wedding Crashers‘ David Dobkin, The Change-Up puts an R-rated spin on the body-swap formula as Reynolds’ hedonistic man-child Mitch ends up trading lives and identities with his longtime best friend Dave, with Jason Bateman finding himself in familiar territory as the straight man in a foul-mouthed studio comedy.

With that kind of talent both in front and behind of the camera, as well as a script from The Hangover’s Jon Lucas and Scott Moore,...

Stars: Adam Devine, Alexandra Shipp, Rose Byrne, Ron Funches, Charlyne Yi, Michael Peña, Wanda Sykes, Kid Cudi, Justin Hartley | Written and Directed by Jon Lucas, Scott Moore

Written and directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, Jexi is an Amazon Prime original movie that is part sci-fi and part comedy, with the main focus being on the silly comedy side of things. That, for me, is both problematic and a shame, and I’ll tell you why in a moment.

Jexi follows Phil (Adam Devine), a guy who is single, down on his luck in the romance and social departments, and is struggling to go further in his job. He needs a new phone, and when he buys one and switches it on, he finds this new operating system, a new AI named Jexi who he gives permission to pretty much take control of things, without realising just how much...

Everyone knows someone who just can’t keep their face off of their phones. Well in this laugh-out-loud comedy, Adam Devine stars as a man who’s addiction goes off the rails! Jexi arrives on Digital December 24 and on Blu-ray (plus Digital), DVD, and On Demand January 14 from Lionsgate.

She had him at “Hello” in this outrageous comedy about an A.I. life coach becoming a tech nightmare when Jexi arrives on Digital December 24 and on Blu-ray (plus Digital), DVD, and On Demand January 14 from Lionsgate. Written and directed by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore, Jexi features a hilarious all-star ensemble cast including Adam Devine, Alexandra Shipp, Ron Funches, Charlyne Yi, Primetime Emmy winner Wanda Sykes, Justin Hartley, with Michael Peña, and Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy nominee Rose Byrne as the voice of “Jexi”. Jexi is produced by Primetime Emmy nominee Suzanne Todd, p.g.a., and executive produced by Mark Kamine...

Brad Lamm, founder of West Hollywood’s Breathe Life Healing Centers, offers his picks of recent movies that capture the trials and triumphs of addiction and recovery. For more from Variety‘s Recovery Issue, in which prominent entertainment figures offer insights on navigating a sober life in Hollywood, click here.

Crazy Heart, 2009

Director, writer: Scott Cooper

Jeff Bridges plays a fading, alcoholic country music star who begins a doomed romance with a writer (Maggie Gyllenhaal) that forces him to reassess his life.

You very well might have missed this alcohol-drenched gemstone of a flick inspired by the real-life song-cycle of country music star Hank Thompson. Bridges won the Oscar for best actor for “Crazy Heart,” and you deserve to see why.

The Hangover, 2009

Director: Todd Phillips

Writers: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore

Three friends in Las Vegas for a bachelor party wake up after a bacchanal of drugs and booze with...

A dweeb strikes up a relationship with his female-voiced virtual assistant. Most moviegoers would recognize that as the plot of Spike Jonze’s “Her” — and most would probably say, as well, that Jonze’s cautionary A.I. romantic fantasy, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the depressed loner who comes under the seductive spell of his Siri muse, is the definitive treatment of that subject. But I was my own kind of loner on “Her.” I found the movie to be one-note and monotonous.

It stars Adam DeVine, with his motormouth cuddliness, as Phil, a millennial office-space worker who churns out viral lists of clickbait for a San Francisco-based website. Phil is addicted to his phone, to social media — to anything that puts an invisible filter between himself and the human race. When his precious phone gets smashed (an event as trauma-inducing to him as if he’d lost his parents), he...

If, for whatever reason, you’re determined to see “Jexi,” you’ll want to arrive with a backup plan. Life is busy, so it’s important to use our time wisely. Perhaps you can mentally balance your checkbook, think through your upcoming schedule, or finally memorize the alphabet backwards. I came up with a long list of all the worthy filmmakers who’ve been unable to make a second movie, or had to struggle for years just to get their first one onscreen.

Although this wasteful effort from the “Bad Moms” team is uninspired in almost every regard, it does advance cinema in a single way: writers-directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore have figured out how to modernize one of the most traditional and apparently still essential Hollywood tropes: the Crazy Bitch. They’ve even managed to cut out the middle(wo)man, no longer requiring the services of a...

“Jexi,” which IndieWire can now confirm is the title of a real movie that’s actually playing in theaters and everything, begins with a somewhat intriguing premise: What if Spike Jonze’s “her” had been made for the lowest common denominator? What if it hadn’t been a beloved softboy romance about digital era dislocation, but rather a slapdash comedy about incels (they’re having a moment!) that’s only funny scene featured Wanda Sykes unfavorably comparing smartphone users to crackheads? What if it hadn’t cast Scarlett Johansson as the voice of a sweet A.I. who struggled to balance fragile human emotions with the infinitude of cyberspace, but gone with Rose Byrne as the voice of a cruel, Siri-cold virtual assistant who constantly tormented her user about how ugly his dick looked? See, it’s somewhat intriguing!

Alas, Jon Lucas and Scott Moore’s “Jexi” is . The same...

Warner Bros/Village Roadshow/Bron Studios’ Joker earned $13.9 million on Tuesday, easily making it the best Tuesday at the October box office and continuing to pummel Sony’s Venom records from a year ago. That movie owned the previous October Tuesday high of $8.2M.

The domestic total for Todd Phillips’ R-rated movie stands at $119.8M through five days, 22% ahead of Venom at the same point in time. Venom ended its run at $213.5M, and as we mentioned over the weekend, industry estimates believe Joker will final around $265M.

Joker also bested a slew of other Tuesday autumn records as well: Similar to its Monday, Joker yesterday came in ahead of the highest September Tuesday, which belongs to It ($11.4M), and when compared to November Tuesdays, the pic is second behind The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($15.96M).

Joker is expected to continue to rule the weekend with around $42.5M, off 56%, ahead...

Adam DeVine's upcoming comedy Jexi imagines a world where a Siri-type artificial intelligence system (voiced by Rose Byrne) goes rogue, deciding that the man who owns the phone she's housed in (DeVine's Phil) is her one true love. Unsurprisingly, she doesn't take kindly to the idea of competition. Nevertheless, sparks begin to fly between Phil - a blogger with few friends and a serious addiction to his phone - and Cate (Alexandra Shipp), the free-spirited owner of a bicycle shop.

In our exclusive clip from the film, which hails from directing team Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, Phil discovers that Jexi isn't the only object standing in his way to dating Cate. As he quickly realizes after stopping by her shop one afternoon, her tall, hunky ex-fiancé (This Is Us star Justin Hartley) is still very much in her life, and the pair have an awkward run-in.

Watch the tense (and hilarious) scene above,...

They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re all together ooky — but can “The Addams Family” give “Joker” a run for its money at the domestic box office?

MGM’s animated comedy about the notorious macabre kin is debuting in theaters this weekend alongside Paramount’s “Gemini Man,” an action thriller directed by Ang Lee that stars not one, but two Will Smiths, and CBS Films’ comedy “Jexi” with Adam DeVine. Those movies will contend with last weekend’s champ, Warner Bros.’ “The Joker,” Joaquin Phoenix’s very R-rated take on Batman’s infamous foe that launched with $96.2 million in North America.

Despite three new nationwide releases, “Joker” is expected to nab first place on box office charts again. Though comparisons are difficult since the super-villain adaptation is very different in scope than other comic-book origin stories, “Joker” should add another $42 million to $48 million in its sophomore outing.

Adam DeVine‘s co-star in the new comedy “Jexi” is a cell phone, more specifically, a virtual assistant voiced by Rose Byrne.

At the film’s premiere on Thursday in Los Angeles, DeVine told Variety that during filming, for timing, he listened through a crackling earpiece to another actress reading Byrne’s lines.

“It was hard [acting opposite the phone] because it was before [Byrne] recorded,” he said. “It was much harder than it [looks], because half the time those ear pods don’t work as well as you want them to.”

Co-director Jon Lucas told Variety of the scene anatomy, “We had a lot of ideas about how the sound would work. Then our sound guy was like those are all terrible ideas. He was 100% correct, and we were 100% wrong. … Frankly, there were times when [Adam] would just take the earbud out and do the whole scene, his side of the scene, without ever hearing anyone talking.

Lionsgate has launched a new trailer for Adam Devine Comedy ‘Jexi’ and it redefines the lines of human relationships and mobile phones.

From the writers behind ‘The Hangover’ and Bad Moms Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, the film stars Adam Devine, Alexandra Shipp, Ron Funches, Charlyne Yi, Wanda Sykes, Justin Hartley, Kid Cudi, Michael Peña, Rose Byrne.

Also in trailers – Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver star in two new trailers for ‘Marriage Story’

The film has a Us release of October 11th

Jexi Synopsis

The film follows Phil (Devine), a man addicted to his phone with no friends, no love life and a job writing Top 10 pop-culture lists. When he is forced to upgrade his phone, the latest model comes with an unexpected feature – the A.I. life coach, virtual assistant and cheerleader Jexi (voiced Byrne).

With her help, Phil begins to get a real life. But as he becomes less dependent on his phone,...

The official trailer for the upcoming film “Jexi” starring Adam Devine has been revealed and give us a taste of just what can happen when virtual reality becomes a little too real! Directed by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore Written by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore Produced by Suzanne Todd Starring Adam Devine, Alexandra Shipp, Ron Funches, Charlyne Yi, Wanda Sykes, Justin Hartley, Kid Cudi, Michael Peña, Rose Byrne From the writers of The Hangover and the writing/directing team behind Bad Moms comes the new comedy “Jexi” Phil (Adam Devine) has a major dependency issue – he’s addicted to his phone. He has no friends, he has a job writing pop culture “Top 10” lists, and his love life is non-existent. But his Facebook status is about to change. When he is forced to upgrade his phone, the latest model comes with an unexpected feature…Jexi (Rose Byrne) – an A.I.

Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale will star in Simon Stone’s contemporary rewrite of the Euripides’ tragedy Medea at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in January.

Originally staged in 2014 by Amsterdam’s International Theater Amsterdam (formerly Toneelgroep Amsterdam), Medea will pair real-life couple Byrne and Cannavale, with additional cast to be announced.

Stone’s adaptation of the Medea story uses the true-life crime case of American Debora Green, who poisoned her cheating husband and killed two of her three children in 1995. The adaptation played London’s Barbican in 2019, where it starred Marieke Heebink and Aus Greidanus Jr.

Byrne, whose performance on FX’s Damages earned her an Emmy nomination, is currently in production for FX’s limited series Mrs. America, the nine-episode drama in which she plays Gloria Steinem (set for a 2020 premiere). She’ll next be seen in comedy Hostile Makeover (formerly Limited Partners) opposite Tiffany Haddish and Salma Hayek...

Toward the end of Stx Boss Adam Fogelson’s presentation today at Stx, two projects were announced in development: Work It with Alicia Keys producing and the Bad Moms spinoff Bad Moms’ Moms starring A Bad Moms Christmas‘ Cheryl Hines, Susan Sarandon and Christine Baranski. Keys hasn’t been set to star yet.

Bad Moms and A Bad Moms Christmas directors and writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore are also involved on Bad Moms’ Moms.

Previous Bad Moms pics have grossed over $314M at the global box office.

Keys is a 65M-album-selling, 15 Grammy Award-winning performer. Her feature film credits include Smokin’ Aces, The Nanny Diaries and Jem and the Holograms, and, on TV, Empire.

No further details were revealed by Stx about the projects.

Stx announced during its presentation at CinemaCon that it will release a third installment of the “Bad Moms” comedy series.

The upcoming film, titled “Bad Moms’ Moms,” will star Cheryl Hines, Susan Sarandon and Christine Baranski as the mothers of the original “Bad Moms,” having made their debut in the series previous installment, “A Bad Moms Christmas.” Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, writer-directors on the first two “Bad Moms” films, will return for the project. A release date has not yet been announced.

“Bad Moms” has been the most consistent franchise for Stx since the first film debuted in 2016 and grossed $183 million worldwide. “A Bad Moms Christmas,” which released in 2017, grossed $130 million worldwide. Both films were made on a production budget below $30 million.

Stx also announced that it is starting production on the film “Work It” starring Alicia Keys and presented trailers for several of its upcoming films, including “21 Bridges...

Entertainment One has come on board to co-finance comedy Lexi with CBS Films. Sierra/Affinity is launching international sales at the 2019 European Film Market in Berlin.

The film stars Adam DeVine, Alexandra Shipp, Ron Funches, Charlyne Yi, Justin Hartley, Wanda Sykes, Michael Peña and Rose Byrne, and has been written and directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore.

Suzanne Todd is producing along with CBS Films and eOne. The film is due to be distributed wide domestically by CBS Films and Lionsgate. eOne will distribute directly across its footprint internationally.

Pic, whose production is underway, tells the story of what can happen when you love your phone more than anything else in your life. Rose Byrne will play the voice of an omnipresent AI assistant who takes her job of ‘making his life better’ much too seriously.

Entertainment One (eOne) has jumped on board Lexi, the upcoming comedy from Bad Moms directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, picking up rights for the film across its international footprint.

eOne will release the movie — which features Adam DeVine, Alexandra Shipp, Wanda Sykes and Michael Pena — directly in the U.K., Germany, Australia and Spain. Domestically, co-producers CBS Films will bow Lexi together with Lionsgate.

The high-concept laffer features Rose Byrne as the voice of an omnipresent AI assistant who takes her job of ‘making his life better’ much too seriously.

Sierra/Affinity will handle world sales on remaining international ...

Entertainment One (eOne) has jumped on board Lexi, the upcoming comedy from Bad Moms directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, picking up rights for the film across its international footprint.

eOne will release the movie — which features Adam DeVine, Alexandra Shipp, Wanda Sykes and Michael Pena — directly in the U.K., Germany, Australia and Spain. Domestically, co-producers CBS Films will bow Lexi together with Lionsgate.

The high-concept laffer features Rose Byrne as the voice of an omnipresent AI assistant who takes her job of ‘making his life better’ much too seriously.

Sierra/Affinity will handle world sales on remaining international ...

CBS Films, Lionsgate plan wide Us release; eOne to distribute across international footprint.

eOne has come on board to co-finance the Adam Devine comedy Lexi with CBS Films, which Sierra/Affinity has added to its Efm sales slate and will introduce to international buyers next week.

Joining Devine are Alexandra Shipp, Ron Funches, Charlyne Yi, Justin Hartley, and Wanda Sykes, with Michael Peña and Rose Byrne.

Jon Lucas and Scott Moore wrote and are currently shooting the film, with Suzanne Todd on board as producer along with CBS Films and eOne.

CBS Films and Lionsgate plan a wide Us release...

Exclusive: Rose Byrne, Justin Hartley, Wanda Sykes, Ron Funches, and Charlyne Yi have joined star Adam Devine as well as previously announced cast Michael Peña and Alexandra Shipp in Lexi, a comedy from Bad Moms helmers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore.

The film, which is currently in production, explores what can happen when you love your phone more than anything else in your life. Byrne will voice Lexi, an omnipresent AI assistant who takes her job of ‘making his life better’ much too seriously.

“We are extremely grateful to have such an incredible cast,” said Lucas. “Clearly, they haven’t watched any of our prior work.”

“Speaking for everyone perpetually enamored with, and increasingly terrified by, how well their phone knows them, I look forward to this extraordinary...

Michael Pena has joined the cast of the CBS Films comedy Lexi, which earlier tapped Adam Devine and Alexandra Shipp as leads.

Pena, who currently plays a DEA agent in Narcos: Mexico for Netflix, boards the indie comedy where Devine's character loves his smartphone more than anything else in his life, and Shipp plays his romantic interest.

The Hangover writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore are directing the indie, which Suzanne Todd is producing, with production in San Francisco to run through Feb. 15.

Pena, who recently starred as Sam Diller in Warner's 12 Strong, also appears on the big screen in ...

Michael Pena has joined the cast of the CBS Films comedy Lexi, which earlier tapped Adam Devine and Alexandra Shipp as leads.

Pena, who currently plays a DEA agent in Narcos: Mexico for Netflix, boards the indie comedy where Devine's character loves his smartphone more than anything else in his life, and Shipp plays his romantic interest.

The Hangover writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore are directing the indie, which Suzanne Todd is producing, with production in San Francisco to run through Feb. 15.

Pena, who recently starred as Sam Diller in Warner's 12 Strong, also appears on the big screen in ...

Exclusive: X-Men actress Alexandra Shipp is set to co-star opposite Adam Devine (Workaholics) in Lexi, a CBS Films comedy about what can happen when you love your phone more than anything else in your life. The Hangover scribes and Bad Moms helmers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore are on board to direct the feature, which they also penned.

Shipp, whose credits include Love, Simon, Tragedy Girls, and Straight Outta Compton, will play Cate, the love interest of Devine’s character.

Suzanne Todd is producing the pic, which will begin filming throughout California in January.

Shipp first appeared as Storm in Fox’s X-Men: Apocalypse and will reprise her role in the forthcoming Dark Phoenix. She will also appear in New Line’s Son Of Shaft, with Samuel L. Jackson, Sony’s A Dog’s Way Home, and recently wrapped on the Netflix film All The Bright Places with Elle Fanning.

“Workaholics” and “Pitch Perfect” actor Adam Devine is set to co-star in the CBS Films’ comedy “Lexi,” sources tell Variety.

Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, who wrote the original “The Hangover” and helmed “Bad Moms,” are on board to direct from a script they wrote. Suzanne Todd (“Bad Moms”) is producing.

The movie is described as what can happen when you love your phone more than anything else in your life. Sources say Devine’s character falls in love with an A.I. who appears throughout his smart devices.

Mark Ross and Alex Ginno are overseeing the project for CBS Films which is expected to begin production this January in California.

Devine co-created and starred in “Workaholics,” which ran for seven seasons on Comedy Central. He recently appeared in the Netflix comedies “Game Over, Man” and “Where We First Met” and can be seen next in New Line’s “Isn...

Hangover creators Jon Lucas and Scott Moore are credited as the writers and directors of the 2016 hit Bad Moms but a potentially multi-million dollar suit filed by the authors of I’d Trade My Husband For A Housekeeper is laying blame for fraud on producer Suzanne Todd.

“In 2008, Defendant contacted Plaintiffs after seeing them on The Today Show, informing them that they believed there was significant potential to develop their Books and genre insights into films and television series,” the 10-claim complaint from Amy Nobile and Trisha Ashworth submitted against the veteran producer in La Superior Court on June 6 says (read it here). “Defendant’s use is indisputable as the Film uses themes and ideas expounded by Plaintiffs in their books and employs plots, scenes and various ideas Plaintiffs provided to Defendant during the Collaboration Period,” they add of the period up until 2011 when the duo and Todd were supposedly in constant contact.

Christmas is upon us and with every approaching Christmas season, audiences can expect a seasonally themed comedy (or two) to crop up in November/December. This year, in addition to the Daddy’s Home 2 joy, we have a festive sequel to Jon Lucas and Scott Moore’s fine Comedy hit Bad Moms. Unfortunately it seems that A Bad Moms Christmas makes the fundamental error of not actually having many (or arguably any) jokes on show.

The concept is very by the books for festive family fracas fare and sees the three bad matriarchs from the last film – Amy (Mila Kunis), Carla (Kathryn Hahn) and Kiki (Kristen Bell) – prepare for the big show for mums (sorry, ‘moms’)…Christmas. But their job of taking all the stress of the holidays and styling it out will be made even worse this year, as their own mothers – Ruth (Christine Baranski), Sandy (Cheryl Hines) and...

Watch Sucharita Tyagi's Not A Movie Review of A Bad Moms Christmas starring Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn. The movie is directed by Scott Moore & Jon Lucas.

2017-11-03T07:01:56-07:00'Bad Moms Christmas' Off to a Slow Start

The coming weekend is unquestionably going to belong to Thor: Ragnarok, but comedy sequel A Bad Moms Christmas hoped to get a substantial portion of the leftovers. Part of the movie's strategy was to hit the ground running by opening on Wednesday instead of Thursday. Unfortunately, all the early opening did was point out the movie's weaknesses. The sequel, so far, is not measuring up to the original in terms of critics' reviews, audience reactions, or ticket sales.

Via The Hollywood Reporter.

STXfilms' A Bad Moms Christmas debuted to a muted $2.6 million on Wednesday from 3,615 theaters.

The sequel — a follow-up to the 2016 hit comedy Bad Moms — is opening midweek to provide some distance from Thor: Ragnarok, which unfurls everywhere on Friday.

Going after women, A Bad Moms Christmas had hoped to post a five-day...

MaryAnn’s quick take… This rushed sequel is an insult to its progenitor movie. A cheap knockoff that doesn’t understand what made Bad Moms so smart, funny, and feminist-wise. I’m “biast” (pro): love the first movie

I’m “biast” (con): the trailer looked awful

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a sequel throw its progenitor movie under a bus the way that A Bad Moms Christmas does. If I hadn’t just rewatched Bad Moms, I would have been doubting what I remembered as a very positive reaction to it last year as I sat through this barrage of nasty, cruel, antiwoman, even antimom garbage. But no: as I had just reminded myself, Bad Moms truly is a terrifically smart and wise movie — and also a very funny one — about the impossible job that modern...

Considering the fact that Stx’s raunchy broad comedy Bad Moms became a surprise summer hit in 2016, it should come as no shock that a sequel would be ordered quickly. Turnaround on the new holiday-themed follow-up, A Bad Mom’s Christmas, was especially fast as Stx has it in theaters starting today, just 15 months after the debut of the original. With director-writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore back in the driver's seat along with the starring “moms” Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn…...

Okay, have you added your jack-o-latern to the compost heap and packed away all the cardboard witches, black cats, and ghosts? Good, cause it’s time to grab the decoration box for the next big holiday (sorry Thanksgiving, aside from the fold-out table top turkey, you’re mainly a big lavish meal followed by hours of football). December will be here before you know it, and this new release tries to add some laughs along with the wreaths. Plus it’s that rare two-for-one flick in that it’s a seasonal celebration and a sequel, just as with The Best Man Holiday from four years ago. And while the holiday is one for families to get together, this new movie is really aimed at the older revelers. It’s rated “R” for raw and rowdy, with jokes and gags much raunchier than the Parkers (from the classic A Christmas Story...

Meet the comedy sequel with more montages than Rocky IV: it's A Bad Moms Christmas...

If you didn’t know going into seeing A Bad Moms Christmas that this was a sequel scrambled together in double-quick time, you could soon figure it out. It’s a hodgepodge of half-formed characters, erratic narrative pace, and parts of story that just about smash together to make something okay. That it does so is no small achievement, but it’s worth stating from the off that the comedy heights of last year’s Bad Moms are rarely troubled.

The idea this time is that the Bad Moms – Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn – each have their own Bad Moms to put up with. Respectively, they get Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines and Susan Sarandon. Baranski gets to play the overbearing, everything has to be perfect one. Hines is the clingy, living her life through her daughter mother.

Sometimes, only sometimes, Hollywood serves up exactly what its audiences asks for. Just last summer, many of us asked for “Bad Moms” breakout Kathryn Hahn to gain more recognition for her comedic chops. But not like this: Enter “A Bad Moms Christmas,” a fast-tracked, holiday-themed sequel to the surprise smash hit (nearly $185 million worldwide) that giddily plays up all the worst impulses of Hahn’s indelible character Carla, culminating with the Emmy nominee spouting off the year’s most eye-popping line: “It was almost like waxing the balls of the Dalai Lama.”

You want raunchy Kathryn Hahn, you’re gonna get it, care of a slapdash followup that has mostly forgotten what made the original so weirdly charming.

Set soon after the events of the original film, “A Bad Moms Christmas” follows the eponymous bad moms as they attempt to work through the most stressful time of the year — aka the holidays.

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With A Bad Moms Christmas now in cinemas. it seems there are plans for Bad Moms 3 and beyond...

Arriving in UK cinemas today is A Bad Moms Christmas, the fast-turnaround sequel to last year’s sleeper hit, Bad Moms. The film brings back the core cast, led by Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn. Also back for the sequel are directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore.

Press screenings have been thin on the ground for this one, as they were for last week’s Jigsaw. But Lucas and Moore seem confident in their film, and are hinting at many more adventures to come. As Lucas said on the red carpet for the movie, “there have been eight Fast & Furious movies. You can only make a movie this quickly if everyone is on the same page. The cast and crew were so good. They covered up all...

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Chicago – The holiday season officially kicks off on November 1st, 2017, with the early present of “A Bad Moms Christmas.” This sequel to the popular “Bad Moms” of last year is decorated with tinsel and has more badness, much of that generated from the stars of the first film… Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn. Joining these Bad Moms are three iconic actresses portraying their mothers… Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines and Susan Sarandon. Every major cast member except Baranski came to Chicago last week to promote the film.

Last year’s “Bad Moms” was a surprise huge hit, essentially featuring stressed out mothers lashing out against the mendacity of their workaday domestic sameness. The sequel came naturally, as Christmas is a time for more stress, always in an attempt to create perfection. Susan Sarandon, Cheryl Hines, Kathryn Hahn,...

Christmas can be a happy occasion, but sometimes having to spend so much quality time with your mom can a little much.

In an exclusive clip from A Bad Moms Christmas, stay-at-home mom Kiki (Kristen Bell) lets on that spending Christmas with her mom — played by Cheryl Hines — isn’t going all that well.

“Oh you know it’s…” Kiki begins, clearing her throat before she continues. “It’s okay, I guess, yeah. I mean, my mom got her hair cut and colored exactly like mine, but I think that’s pretty normal, right?”

Tentatively she asks her friends Amy...

A new full red-band trailer has been released for A Bad Moms Christmas and if you liked the first movie, you're probably going to love what the sequel has to offer. The film features the return of Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn battling the Christmas holiday and to make things more difficult for them, their mother's are coming into town to visit. It's very obvious that they aren't happy that their mothers are coming to visit because they all have issues with them. Their mothers are being played by Christine Baranski, Susan Sarandon, and Cheryl Hines. You can see three character posters below the trailer that shows each of the main characters with their on-screen mom. This sequel looks like it could be fun.

When talking about the film, director Scott Moore says:

“It’s the time of year that families come together, so people are having fun and celebrating,...

"Can you put a price tag on wonder?" No, I guess you can't. Stx Entertainment has debuted another rowdy new trailer for comedy sequel A Bad Mom's Christmas, from the same writers and directors behind the smash hit Bad Moms just last year. This new trailer is a bit crazier than the first one, because sure it's time to go wild. The three "bad moms" from the original, Milas Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn, all return. And this time we get to meet their mothers - played by Cheryl Hines, Christine Baranski and Susan Sarandon. Also starring Jay Hernandez, Peter Gallagher, Justin Hartley, David Walton. This looks uncomfortably entertaining, especially if you're in the mood for this kind of raucous comedy. Second red band trailer (+ poster) for Jon Lucas & Scott Moore's A Bad Mom's Christmas, on YouTube: You can still see the first red band trailer for A Bad Moms Christmas here,...

Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn are getting Nsfw in the latest trailer for A Bad Moms Christmas.

The matriarchal trio of last year's STXfilms hit return for the holiday-themed sequel, again directed by Scott Moore and Jon Lucas. This time, the R-rated comedy charts their struggles with their kids and their own visiting mothers, played by Susan Sarandon, Christine Baranski and Cheryl Hines. Jay Hernandez, Peter Gallagher, Oona Laurence, Justin Hartley and Wanda Sykes are also among the cast.

A Bad Moms Christmas hits theaters Nov. 3.

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Kathryn Hahn, Mila Kunis, and Kristen Bell in A Bad Moms Christmas

In his review of the 2016 comedy Bad Moms, Jim Batts wrote:

“With their second feature film as directors (21 & Over was the first), screenwriter Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (they did pen the The Hangover) have proven that they can deliver a film that tackles more adult concerns and situations without sacrificing the laughs. The laughs are big and the cast is most engaging (hooray for Hahn), so expect to have a good, raucous time with some Bad Moms.”

Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn are back for more hilarious shenanigans in the brand new trailer for A Bad Moms Christmas.

A Bad Moms Christmas follows our three under-appreciated and over-burdened women as they rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for moms: Christmas. And if creating a more perfect holiday for their families wasn’t hard enough,...

"Remember when the holidays were actually fun?" Stx Entertainment has unveiled the first full trailer for comedy sequel A Bad Mom's Christmas, from the same writers and directors behind the smash hit Bad Moms just last year. Fast turnaround on this, but why not. The three "bad moms" from the original movie, Milas Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn, all return. And this time we get to meet their mothers - played by Cheryl Hines, Christine Baranski and Susan Sarandon. Also starring Jay Hernandez, Peter Gallagher, Justin Hartley, and David Walton. This is a red band trailer mostly for some vulgar language, which is perfect for this. Glad to see them totally embrace the raunchy craziness of these moms. Here's the red band trailer for Jon Lucas & Scott Moore's A Bad Mom's Christmas, direct from YouTube: A Bad Mom's Christmas follows our three under-appreciated and over-burdened women as they...