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Exclusive: M3GAN 2.0 is in production as it heads for a June 27, 2025 theatrical release with Timm Sharp, Aristotle Athari and Jemaine Clement boarding the Blumhouse, Atomic Monster and Divide/Conquer sequel.

Also returning from the original 2023 $181M global grossing movie is Brian Jordan Alvarez as Cole and Jen Van Epps as Tess.

Gerard Johnstone, as we previously told you, is returning to the helm with a screenplay penned by Akela Cooper, who wrote the first film.

Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, and Jenna Davis were previously confirmed to return for the sequel which will also star Ivanna Sakhno.

Jason Blum, James Wan and Williams are producers on M3GAN 2.0. Michael Clear and Judson Scott, of Wan’s Atomic Monster banner, will EP. Blumhouse’s Ryan Turek is also an EP with Mark Katchur. Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath, from Divide/Conquer, are also EPs.

Sharp’s acting career started with Undeclared for Fox,...

Exclusive: Molli and Max in the Future, the sci-fi rom-com starring Girls‘ Zosia Mamet and SNL‘s Aristotle Athari that has drawn praise in its run at festivals including SXSW, has been picked up for North American distribution and international sales by Level 33 Entertainment.

Marking the feature directorial debut of Michael Lukk Litwak, who also wrote the script, the film will be released exclusively in 100+ theaters across the country in early 2024 and subsequently across all digital platforms. International sales will commence during the 2023 American Film Market, which kicks off in Santa Monica October 31st.

Set to screen this month at the BFI and Sitges Film Festivals, Molli and Max tells the story of a man and woman whose orbits repeatedly collide over the course of 12 years, four planets, three dimensions, and one space-cult. In addition to Litwak, producers on the pic included Ben J. Murphy, Candice Kuwahara, Mallory Schwartz,...

Aristotle Athari, also known as Aristotle Athiras, is a American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his short stint as a cast member on the popular NBC comedy series Saturday Night Live, where he appeared for its forty-seventh season.

Aristotle Athari Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education

Aristotle Athari was born on July 28, 1991 (Aristotle Athari age: 32) in Plano, Texas. He is of Iranian American descent.

For college, Athari attended the University of Southern California.

Aristotle Athari Biography: Career

In an exclusive interview with uInterview, Athari revealed what inspired him and made him want to begin his comedy career in the first place.

“I mean, I was always a class clown growing up,” Athari declared. “Really, kind of, that was the only thing I was good at, I guess, maybe? I liked art a lot in school, but wasn’t the best student growing up. A teacher told...

In writer and director Michael Lukk Litwik‘s sci-fi romantic comedy Molli & Max In The Future, viewers follow the story of Molli, Zosia Mamet, and Max, Aristotle Athari, as the two’s paths continuously cross through three dimensions and four planets over the span of 12 years.

In an exclusive interview with uInterview founder Erik Meers at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, Athari revealed what it was like working with Mamet on set.

“Well, I mean Zosia’s very, very easy to work with because she’s just so pleasurable,” he began. “She’s just like a nice person to be with, it’s just like I was waiting for a moment to be like, you know, kind of that moment where you know somebody’s like a little Hollywood and she’s like not like that at all. We shared a lot of photos of...

Melissa Villaseñor is weighing in on her Saturday Night Live departure.

As we reported Thursday, Villaseñor is among three SNL cast members not returning for Season 48, joining Alex Moffat and Aristotle Athari. Their exits follow the previously announced departures of SNL vets Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon and Kyle Mooney.

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Saturday Night Live has lost three more cast members not long before season 48 is set to premiere.

The recent dropees are Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor and Aristotle Athari. Saturday Night Live lost a number of other cast members following season 47. Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant, who joined in 2012, departed, while Kyle Mooney and Pete Davidson, who joined in 2013 and 2014, respectively, also took their final bow. McKinnon and Bryant are two of the longest-tenured females in Saturday Night Live history, with current cast member Cecily Strong not far behind.

Moffat and Villaseñor joined Saturday Night Live during season 42 and lasted six seasons. Athari, meanwhile, was on the show just one season, joining a surprisingly long list of one-season cast members that at least includes luminaries like Billy Crystal, Martin Short and, uh, Randy Quaid.

Alex Moffat may be best known for playing Joe Biden, which he took over from Jim Carrey.

Saturday Night Live‘s cast of comedians is shrinking even more before Season 48 kicks off. Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, and Aristotle Athari are officially exiting ahead of the NBC sketch show’s return later this month. The three are just the latest cast members to depart from the long-running series following Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney, and Pete Davidson earlier this year. The large ensemble of players will be noticeably smaller without seven of its team members. (Credit: Will Heath/NBC) Moffat, Villaseñor, and Athari are leaving just weeks ahead of the new season, which has yet to announce hosts or musical guests. This comes almost six years after Moffat and Villaseñor first boarded the cast as featured players in 2016. They were both promoted to series regulars in 2018. As for Athari, he joined the series last year in Season 47, making his run a shorter one. He memorably introduced the...

At the end of the 47th season of "Saturday Night Live" earlier this year, the late-night sketch comedy series lost some longtime key players. Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney, and Pete Davidson were all given a farewell on the season finale back in May, but now The Hollywood Reporter has learned that three more cast members are leaving "SNL" before the show's 48th season begins.

Repertory players Alex Moffat and Melissa Villaseñor (seen above in an episode with host Octavia Spencer) will not be returning after spending six seasons on the long-running series, and featured player Aristotle Athari has exited the show after just one season.

How will this impact the cast dynamic at "SNL" this season? Let's break it down.

Alex Moffat And Melissa Villaseñor

Both Alex Moffat and Melissa Villaseñor have been at "SNL" for six years now. They started as featured players in 2016, and after two years,...

Global’s “Saturday Night Live” is undergoing more change.

Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor and Aristotle Athari will not return for season 48 of “SNL”, according to Deadline. Their departures follow those of marquee cast members Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney.

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Aristotle Athari on “Saturday Night Live (SNL)” — Photo: Kyle Dubiel/NBC

Moffat and Villaseño were promoted to the main cast in 2018 after joining in 2016. Athari only linked up with “SNL” last season.

“SNL” creator Lorne Michaels previously described 2022 as a “year of change” for the long-running sketch-comedy series. Head of talent Lindsay Shookus also recently exited the show after two decades with the program.

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“Saturday Night Live” is now sans a few more stars.

After longtime cast members Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, and Kyle Mooney parted ways with the sketch comedy series earlier this year, “SNL” has now confirmed that Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, and Aristotle Athari will not be returning for the upcoming season.

Moffat, who frequently plays Eric Trump on the series, joined the cast for Season 42 as a featured player from 2016 through 2018. He was brought on as a full-time cast member in 2018. He has since starred in “Holidate” and “Clifford the Big Red Dog,” with upcoming films “Susie Searches,” “Christmas with the Campbells,” “Jodie,” and series “Bad Monkey” in the works.

Villaseñor also became part of the “SNL” cast in Season 42, similarly starting as a featured player and along with Moffat, becoming a full time repertory player in 2018. Villaseñor started as a contestant on “America’s Got Talent” before booking “SNL.

There are more cast changes coming to “Saturday Night Live.”

Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor and Aristotle Athari are not expected to return for the venerable NBC late-night program’s 48th season, according to a person familiar with the matter, adding to an exodus that began in May when Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney and Pete Davidson revealed plans to exit the show.

The new departures follow that of senior producer Lindsay Shookus, who is parting ways with the program after years of managing talent relations.

As more TV viewers migrate to streaming services to watch their favorite scripted dramas and comedies on demand, “SNL” has taken on new importance for NBC. Once relegated to airing after the late local news in a time slot network executives didn’t consider paramount, “SNL” now runs live across the U.S. all at once, meaning that it airs in primetime in certain parts of the country.

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The cast turnover at Saturday Night Live is getting bigger.

Three more members of the NBC show’s ensemble — regulars Alex Moffat and Melissa Villaseñor and featured player Aristotle Athari — are leaving ahead of season 48, which begins in the fall. Their departures follow those of Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon and Kyle Mooney, who said their goodbyes in the final episode of season 47 in May.

Senior producer Lindsay Shookus, who had worked on SNL since the early 2000s and most recently was in charge of talent relations, also departed in late August.

Moffat and Villaseñor joined SNL as featured performers in 2016 and were promoted to repertory players two years later. Moffat played President Joe Biden in several sketches prior to last season, when James Austin Johnson took over the role, and had recurring “Weekend Update” bits as Eric Trump and Guy Who Just Bought a Boat.

The “year of change” at Saturday Night Live continues.

Deadline understands that Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor and Aristotle Athari are not returning for Season 48 of the venerable NBC sketch show.

Moffat and Villaseñor both joined as featured players in 2016, while Athari joined last season. Moffat and Villaseñor were promoted to the main cast in 2018.

Villaseñor was the show’s second Latina cast member after Noel Wells and the first to be promoted to repertory status.

The departures come after Deadline revealed in May that Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney were exiting in addition to Pete Davidson.

It comes after creator Lorne Michaels admitted that he was expecting this year to be a “year of change” for the show.

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Exclusive: The Flight Attendant star Zosia Mamet and Saturday Night Live’s Aristotle Athari are leading sci-fi romcom Molli & Max in the Future.

Principal photography on the New York-filmed feature debut from short film director Michael Lukk Litwak has just wrapped and pic has now entered post-production.

Set one billion years into the future and employing techniques used for Disney+’s The Mandalorian, the film is set in an absurd world where lead Max (Athari) believes people change and Molli (Mamet) doesn’t. Over the course of ten years, six planets, four dimensions, and one space cult, they prove each other right.

Rounding out cast is Arturo Castro (Broad City), Michael Chernus (Severance), Aparna Nancherla (BoJack Horseman), Okieriete Onaodowan (Broadway’s Hamilton), Paloma Garcia-Lee (Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story), Erin Darke (Good Girls Revolt), Grace Kuhlenschmidt (Search Party), stand-up comedian Matteo Lane and seven-time Tony Award nominee Danny Burstein (Broadway’s Moulin Rouge!