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New York University has revealed its 2025 picks for its Black List-inspired Purple List of the best production-ready screenplays from Tisch School of the Arts graduate film students and recent alumni.

The four screenplays, selected via a blind reading process by industry insiders, are How I Learned to Die by Manya Glassman, Mandingo by Terrance Daye, Punter by Jason Adam Maselle and Sweetwater by Cassidy Batiz.

Prominent filmmakers whose work was included on past editions of the Purple List, now in its 14th year, include Chloé Zhao (Nomadland, Eternals), Judas and the Black Messiah‘s Shaka King, Cathy Yan (Succession, Dead Pigs, Birds of Prey), Desiree Akhavan (Appropriate Behavior, The Miseducation of Cameron Post) and The Starling Girl’s Laurel Parmet.

Nineteen of the 58 scripts showcased in past editions of the list, founded by alumni Ashim Bhalla and Shandor Garrison and faculty member John Tintori in 2012, have been turned into finished feature films.

In more ways than one, a Robert De Niro movie comes off as the perfect remake of Meet the Parents. Helmed by Jay Roach, Meet the Parents is actually a remake of a 1992 film of the same name directed by Greg Glienna. The film was initially supposed to be directed by Steven Spielberg, with Jim Carrey playing the lead role. However, when it later went to Jay Roach after Spielberg and Carrey dropped out of the project, Ben Stiller was taken aboard to play the iconic main character, Greg Focker.

When the film premiered in October 2000, it was an instant hit, raking in over $330 million against a budget of $55 million. Its success spawned two sequels, Meet the Fockers and Little Fockers, and even inspired television shows like Meet the Folks. Despite its success, Meet the Parents has never been remade. However, after watching one Robert De Niro movie, I cannot...

‘About My Father’ director Laura Terruso has spoken about the cast of the comedy film and said that he found Kim Cattrall as one of the funniest women on the planet. Cattrall plays Tigger Collins. Back on the digital front with ‘About My Father’, which is set to stream exclusively on August 18 on Lionsgate Play in India, Kim showcases her versatility by playing a headstrong character with a soft side.

Terruso said: “Casting is the single most important part of making a comedy and to have Robert De Niro and Sebastian Maniscalco playing opposite each other and then to have supporting them, Kim Cattrall – who is one of the funniest women on the planet.”

“David Rasche is a genius in his own right, even Anders Holm, Brett Dier.. Leslie Bibb, is just the ultimate dream woman for Sebastian and they have such incredible chemistry and I think that chemistry is everything in a comedy.

About My Father is a comedy film starring Sebastian Maniscalco and Robert De Niro, directed by Laura Terruso.

The movie is a pleasant comedy that tries to be pure comedy but falls short in terms of humor and sentimentality.

Robert De Niro plays his role well, although it feels like he’s parodying himself once again.

Sebastian Maniscalco, known for his excellent Netflix stand-up comedy, brings some humor to the film with his Brooklyn-style parodies.

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The plot revolves around Sebastian, whose fiancée encourages him to bring her father, Salvo, an immigrant and a barber, to a weekend gathering with her wealthy and eccentric family. The weekend turns into a cultural clash, during which Sebastian and Salvo discover that the best thing about the family is everything related to family.

About My Father The Movie

The film is a parody of Italian-Americans, Americans… and everything that moves on the screen.

Hollywood's upcoming film About My Father, slated for a Premium Video on Demand (PVOD) release by Lionsgate on June 16th, is making waves as a hilarious comedy that explores the complexities and nuances of familial relationships​​. Fronted by Sebastian Maniscalco, a renowned stand-up comedian and actor, this film promises to provide a hearty laugh that captures the ups and downs of family dynamics that most people can relate to.

Maniscalco portrays a character named Sebastian, who, alongside his father Salvo, played by the acclaimed actor Robert De Niro, finds themselves in a whirlwind of amusing predicaments. As the narrative unfolds, Sebastian and his fiancée Ellie (Leslie Bibb) plan a Fourth of July weekend visit to Ellie's family home. In a bid to include Salvo in their plans, what follows is a comedic clash of cultures, as Salvo encounters Ellie's eccentric and affluent family. The stark cultural and socioeconomic differences between...

Netflix’s upcoming series “Glamorous” is like “The Devil Wears Prada” if Meryl Streep were replaced by “Sex and the City’s” Kim Cattrall and instead of Anne Hathaway, she hired drag queens and non-binary actor Miss Benny to work for her. The 10-episode LGBTQ comedy series premieres June 22 on the streamer.

“Glamorous” follows baby-faced new hire Marco Mejia (Miss Benny), a young, queer man who lands a job for the legendary CEO Madolyn Addison (Cattrall). Madolyn’s makeup line, Glamorous Cosmetics, is plummeting. Suspecting her business is being sabotaged by someone on the inside, she hires Marco to sleuth around.

“She wants him to be her eyes and ears, to make friends — and find out what’s going on behind her back, to discover what they’re hiding and what they’re stealing. In exchange, she’ll teach Marco everything she knows – but she warns him, ‘This business isn’t all glitter and glamour,...

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on Wbgr-fm on June 1st, reviewing “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” another animated adventure for the web slinger in the multi-verse. In theaters on June 2nd.

Rating: 5.0/5.0

The premise again is that there are that there are many Spider-Heroes, across multiple universes. We are back with Miles Morales (voice of Shameik Moore), who has settled into the spider role in his universe. He has a new nemesis, The Spot (Jason Schwatzman) a faceless humanoid whose spotted body can form real holes. Complications arise as The Spot gains more power, which has another universe’s Spider-Woman Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) visiting Miles again, renewing some feelings they had as a couple. When The Spot escapes into the multiverse, Miles follows close behind, ending up in several surreal places with several different Spider-Heroes, including his multi-universe mentor Peter Parker (Jake Johnson...

Mama Mia! In an alternate timeline, Chris Pratt never voiced Mario in Illumination and Nintendo‘s The Super Mario Bros. Movie. How is this possible? The role could have gone to About My Father actor and comedian Sebastian Maniscalco! Speaking with Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos on Live With Kelly and Mark, Maniscalco told the duo he auditioned for the Mario role before joining the cast as Spike, Mario and Luigi’s former boss in the film. While Maniscalco didn’t get the chance to play Mario, he says his version of the character is closer to the voice used by Charles Martinet in the video game franchise.

“Everybody was like, ‘How come they didn’t cast an Italian American for the role?’ So I read for Mario, and I went in there and I did the whole, ‘It’s a’me, Mario!’ And then they said, ‘We’re gonna give you Spike.

Directed by Laura Terruso from a screenplay by comedian Sebastian Maniscalco and Austen Earl, About My Father has a fun, trope-y premise that somehow doesn’t land, and a fantastic cast can’t save it. It’s hard to come by a really good comedy these days, and though About My Father has its moments, its humor and story never reach the heights they were perhaps aiming for. At times sweet and occasionally funny, the film leaves a lot to be desired despite a stellar cast, and is an exercise in wasted potential.

Sebastian (Maniscalco) was raised by his working class immigrant parents. He always saw his father, Salvo (Robert De Niro), as his hero growing up. As an adult, Sebastian and his father don’t always see eye to eye, but there’s still love there. When Sebastian decides he’s ready to propose to his longtime girlfriend, Ellie...

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on Wbgr-fm on May 25th, reviewing “About My Father,” the first film with comedian Sebastian Maniscalco taking a lead role. In theaters on May 26th.

Rating: 3.5/5.0

The fictional story uses Maniscalco’s real name, as he is about to propose to his girlfriend Ellie (Leslie Bibb), but his widowed father Salvo (Robert De Niro) still dominates his life. Ellie asks Sebastian to spend the 4th of July with her wealthy blue blood family, with includes her Senator mother Tigger (Kim Cattrall), father Bill (David Rasche) and brothers Lucky (Anders Holm) and Doug (Brett Dier). Sebastian tries to get out of it, with the excuse that he has to spend the 4th with Salvo, but Ellie insists that he bring Dad along. So it’s the Sicilian father and son against the country club one percenters.

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About My Father’s ending gets sentimental as it unites Sebastian and Ellie’s families. Directed by Laura Terruso from a screenplay by Austen Earl and Sebastian Maniscalco, who also stars, About My Father brings together two wildly different families when Maniscalco’s character decides to propose to his longtime girlfriend.

After an argument, Salvo (Robert De Niro), Sebastian’s Italian American father, leaves his mother’s ring for his son but decides to go back to Chicago. A Christmas card photoshoot goes awry after Ellie (Leslie Bibb) discovers her parents, Tigger (Kim Cattrall) and Bill (David Rasche), have been paying a third-party designer to buy her art. Following a conversation with Ellie, Sebastian realizes how lucky he is to have a father like Salvo, and hops on a helicopter to the airport to stop him from leaving. Salvo and Sebastian...

We already know that About My Father is a personal film for Sebastian Maniscalco, and it serves as a love letter to his father Salvo Maniscalco, who in the film is played by Robert de Niro, but what I also found extremely fascinating while doing my research for the film was just how personal the film was to its director, Laura Terruso, who looks at the film as a love-letter to her own Silician mother. Knowing this, it's now incredibly easy to see why Maniscalco entrusted Terruso with directing his first film as a leading man.

Sebastian Maniscalco is soaring high these days. Sure, he’s the hottest comic in America right now, but after coming off another hit Netflix stand-up special (Is it Me?) this spring, he’s taking a bold leap to leading man status — and screenwriter — with About My Father. Think of the new film as a hilarious love letter to his Sicilian father, Salvo, a recurring subject in his popular stand-up act. That film legend and Oscar winner Robert De Niro plays Maniscalco’s father was both surreal and a dream come true for the comic.

“It's unbelievable, man. I'm pinching myself every day,” beamed Mansicalco in an exclusive interview with MovieWeb. “I'm here in my hometown of Chicago, going to a hometown screening with De Niro, and my family and friends. I mean, come on! I left here in 1998. And if you had told me I'd be doing this in 2023. I...

Hollywood star Robert De Niro, who plays the father to comedian-actor Sebastian Maniscalco in the film ‘About My Father’, has shared that the film’s story has a personal element from Sebastian’s experience.

Talking about the film and his reel life son, Robert De Niro told Ians: “I knew Sebastian, of course. Not well, but I have worked with him a little bit; had seen a couple of his shows, and worked on the ‘Irishman’ with him. So, we had a reading and then after that, I pretty much was like ‘let’s do it – just had to find the time and when to do it’.”

He further spoke about the script, as he shared: “I liked it, and saw that the script had a personal element from Sebastian’s experience, obviously. And, after getting to know Laura Terruso a little bit, I realised her background; she was from Brooklyn,...

Plot: The film centers around Sebastian who is encouraged by his fiancée to bring his immigrant, hairdresser father, Salvo, to a weekend get-together with her super-rich and exceedingly eccentric family. The weekend develops into what can only be described as a culture clash, leaving Sebastian and Salvo to discover that the great thing about family is everything about family.

Review: The marketing around About My Father makes a big deal about Sebastian Maniscalco being considered one of the most popular comedians in America. Maniscalco’s stand-up routine pokes fun at his immigrant family, his vastly different in-laws, and his observations about how people act. With a fair amount of profanity in his routines, Maniscalco’s brand of humor remains pretty inviting to all audiences. About My Father takes a lot of jokes and stories Maniscalco has told over the years and pulls them together into a comedy loosely inspired by his own life.

If Sebastian Maniscalco really is the most popular comic in the country at the moment, you’d never know why from his film debut in About My Father. So unfunny it’s embarrassing, this is an over-the-top, under-achieving generational comedy that feels like it was written in the mid- to late-1960s and has been moldering in a drawer ever since.

At 79 the oldest person in the cast, Robert de Niro has the most energy of anyone in the film and employs all the tricks he could think of to help the cause. Still, this mostly plays like a ragged hand-me-down being performed at top volume, as if the dialogue was going to be competing with a laugh track.

One plausibly might presume that this lightweight vehicle was conceived and designed by Maniscalco using elements of his own upbringing so as to surround himself with reliable talent to ease his...

Following a handful of supporting roles in “Tag,” “Green Book” and “The Irishman,” Sebastian Maniscalco makes his first bid for leading-man status with “About My Father,” a family comedy sourced from the same semi-autobiographical material that made his stand-up a commercial and cultural phenomenon. To say it’s better than all three “Meet the Parents” films may be a dubious compliment, but it’s one made more significant because it co-stars Robert De Niro — and more importantly, actually features recognizable human behavior amidst its suitably outlandish set pieces. Whether or not Maniscalco has a legitimate future as a movie star, he proves a likeable presence as a romantic lead, while director Laura Terruso skillfully delivers comedic payoffs that tap into his wheelhouse while introducing him to a wider audience.

Maniscalco plays “himself,” the successful, Chicago-based manager of a boutique hotel who falls for painter and artist Ellie Collins (Leslie Bibb...

There’s no doubt that Robert De Niro is funny, but his recent taste in comedies have certainly called his sense of humor into question. It’s been over 20 years since “Analyze This” and “Meet the Parents” launched the robust comedy leg of the Oscar winner’s career, but not every subsequent project has been as successful. Following the twin head scratchers of “Dirty Grandpa” and “The War with Grandpa” (unrelated; though equally ignored), the godfather of Hollywood has finally found his comedy groove again.

And wouldn’t you know, all it took was a good, old-fashioned Italian American family farce — fittingly titled “About My Father.” Though there’s a wide swath of the public for whom De Niro can do no wrong, even giants can fall. Luckily, Sebastian Maniscalco knows the importance of family.

The marquee comedian appeared opposite De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” sealing his...

Chicago – The adage of write what you know certainly applies to the first film in which hot stand-up comic Sebastian Maniscalco takes the lead role. “About My Father” is a fictionalized version of the relationship between Sebastian and his real life father Salvo, which Maniscalco also co-wrote. They both sat down with HollywoodChicago.com for a video interview.

“About My Father” is based on routines in Sebastian Maniscalco’s act. The fictional story uses his real name, as he is about to propose to his girlfriend Ellie (Leslie Bibb), but his widowed father Salvo (Robert De Niro in the film) still dominates his life. Ellie asks Sebastian to spend the 4th of July with her wealthy blue blood family, with includes her Senator mother Tigger (Kim Cattrall), father Bill (David Rasche) and brothers Lucky (Anders Holm) and Doug (Brett Dier). Sebastian tries to get out of it, with the excuse...

If you appreciated the offbeat humor of a film like Meet the Parents and anything that stand-up superstar Sebastian Maniscalco has brought to his popular Netflix specials, best to make About My Father your next must-watch movie. The engaging new comedy, written by Maniscalco and longtime collaborator Austen Earl, hits theaters Memorial Day Weekend. Cultures clash in this wild outing when Maniscalco’s “Sebastian” brings his outspoken Italian immigrant pop, Salvo (Robert De Niro), to his girlfriend’s family home for a holiday celebration. What can go wrong?

Well, nearly everything. Hilarity ensues. The film also stars Kim Cattrall and Leslie Bibb, who recently told MovieWeb how much they appreciated Maniscalco’s humor and “vulnerability." The story feels like a bona fide tribute to his real-life father, Salvo, who immigrated to Chicago from Sicily, and went on to make a new life for himself and his family as a hair stylist.

Disney’s return to live-action takes of their animated vault in the fullest theatrical form happens this weekend with Rob Marshall’s The Little Mermaid which is eyeing a $180M worldwide start.

The majority of that number will be made stateside with $120M for the four-day Memorial Day weekend holiday, and around $100M over three days. At $120M, Little Mermaid would be the fifth highest opening in U.S./Canada for the Friday-Monday Memorial Day weekend holiday. Pic’s overseas launch in such major markets, save Japan on June 9, begins today in France, Italy, Korea, Brazil, Germany, the UK, Spain and China joining in subsequent days. For those keeping track, Cruella was the last live-action adaptation of a Disney animated pic (she was the villain in 101 Dalmatians), however, it went day and date over Memorial Day weekend 2021 when theaters were just reopening for the summer from Covid.

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Chicago – The Windy City was abuzz with Red Carpet bliss as the multi-star cast and director of the new film “About My Father” walked before the Chicago premiere of the film on May 6th, 2023. Hot stand-up comic Sebastian Maniscalco is the leading man, with his father Salvo portrayed by the legendary Robert De Niro.

The film is Maniscalco’s first lead role, based on routines in his act. The fictional story uses his real name, as he is about to propose to his girlfriend Ellie (Leslie Bibb), but his widowed father Salvo (Robert De Niro) still dominates his life. Ellie asks Sebastian to spend the 4th of July with her wealthy blue blood family, with includes her Senator mother Tigger (Kim Cattrall), father Bill (David Rasche) and brothers Lucky (Anders Holm) and Doug (Brett Dier). Sebastian tries to get out of it,...

“This was not planned,” says stand-up comedian Sebastian Maniscalco about his auto-biopic comedy About My Father making it to the screen.

“This is not something I had on my vision board,” he tells us on today’s Crew Call.

About My Father, directed by Laura Terruso, and written by Austen Earl and Maniscalco, follows the stand-up as he meets his posh wife’s well-to-do family. Complicating matters is Maniscalco’s salon stylist immigrant Italian father, Salvo (played by Robert De Niro) is also along for the ride.

Earl and Maniscalco bonded as both of their wives “come from a better cut of cloth” as the stand-up puts it.

How did Terruso win the job?

“She had –I don’t know what the hell it was–a power point presentation,” Maniscalco tells us, “She came in with visuals of what the wardrobe is going to be; I’m a visual guy.

About My Father follows Sebastian and his girlfriend Ellie, whose family invites them to spend the weekend at their home. Since Sebastian's father, Salvo, doesn't want to spend the holiday weekend alone, Sebastian brings him along despite his hesitation. However, he is quickly embarrassed by Salvo's judgmental attitude towards Ellie's wealthy family. Although it starts out bumpy with cultural clashes and hilarious misunderstandings, the two families grow into one stronger unit over the course of the weekend.

About My Father is directed by Laura Terruso and co-written by Austen Earl and star Sebastian Maniscalco. The latter was inspired by his real relationship with his father, Salvo. About My Father includes a star-studded cast led by Maniscalco, Robert De Niro, Lelie Bibb, Anders Holm, David Rasche, Kim Cattrall, and Brett Dier.

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Screen Rant spoke with director Laura Terruso about her new movie, About My Father.

Chicago – If you’re a “Workaholics” fan, Anders Holm needs no introduction. The actor was a co-creator of the farcical series on Comedy Central, and from there has carved a niche as a character actor. He portrays Lucky in the new comedy “About My Father,” which features Sebastian Maniscalco and Robert De Niro.

The film is hot stand-up comic Sebastian Maniscalco’s first lead role, based on routines in his act. The fictional story uses his real name, as he is about to propose to his girlfriend Ellie (Leslie Bibb), but his widowed father Salvo (Robert De Niro) still dominates his life. Ellie asks Sebastian to spend the 4th of July with her wealthy blue blood family, with includes her Senator mother Tigger (Kim Cattrall), father Bill (David Rasche) and brothers Lucky (Anders Holm) and Doug (Brett Dier). Sebastian tries to get out of it, with the excuse that he...

In About My Father Sebastian and his girlfriend, Ellie, are invited to spend a weekend at their home, but his father, Salvo, doesn't want to be alone for the holiday. Sebastian, although worried about being embarrassed by his father, brings him along for their weekend getaway. While the two families clash initially due to cultural differences, they eventually become a stronger single family over the course of the weekend.

About My Father is co-written by star Sebastian Maniscalco, inspired by his real relationship with his father, and Austen Earl. The comedy is directed by Laura Terruso. About My Father features a star-studded cast, including Robert De Niro, Lelie Bibb, Anders Holm, David Rasche, Kim Cattrall, and Brett Dier.

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Screen Rant spoke with Brett Dier, David Rasche, and Anders Holm about their new movie About My Father.

Kim Cattrall and Leslie Bibb emanate a delightful sheen when in deep conversation about their new comedy, About My Father. The dynamite actors bring their wit and comedic genius to the new film, which is directed by another remarkable female, Laura Terruso (I Want My Phone Back). It hits theaters Memorial Day weekend.

But get Cattrall and Bibb talking about their two male costars, and these ladies light up. And rightly so. Those fellas are Sebastian Maniscalco, perhaps one of the hottest comics in America right now, and film legend Robert De Niro. Maniscalco co-wrote About My Father with his longtime collaborator Austen Earl. Cattrall and Bibb play mother and daughter (Tigger McArthur Collins and Ellie) in the hilarious comedy that finds Maniscalco morphing into, well, another version of his real-life self.

Relatable hilarity ensues throughout the film after Ellie nudges “Sebastian” to bring along his Italian immigrant/hairdresser father,...

There are quite a few comedians translating their real lives into streaming series or big-screen movies. While Pete Davidson has taken a surreal twist on his life in Bupkis and Bert Kreischer has gone full John Wick for The Machine, popular stand-up Sebastian Maniscalco has mined his hit stage show for a feature film comedy that blends the sense of humor of movies like Meet the Parents with an honest look at the importance of family and father-son relationships.

In About My Father, Sebastian Maniscalco plays a fictional version of himself while the legendary Robert De Niro portrays the real-life Salvo Maniscalco. Sebastian has reservations when Sebastian’s girlfriend Ellie (Leslie Bibb) suggests that they bring Salvo to her parent’s summer home at a country club. As the two families clash, the Maniscalcos learn what they mean to each other while trying to navigate the intensely foreign dynamic of Ellie’s parents and siblings.

Sebastian Maniscalco's About My Father is slated to premiere later this month, with cast and creators recently gathering at a red-carpet event to celebrate the movie. The comedy is based on the stand-up comedian's relationship with his real-life father and growing up a first-generation Italian American. Alongside Maniscalco, the film stars The Irishman's Robert De Niro, Iron Man's Leslie Bibb, How I Met Your Father's Kim Cattrall, Succession's David Rasche, Workaholics' Anders Holm, and Fresh's Brett Dier.

In About My Father, Sebastian is ready to propose to his girlfriend Ellie (Bibb), but his father Salvo (De Niro) will only give him his grandmother's ring to do so after meeting her family. Having just been invited to Ellie's family's summer home to celebrate the Fourth of July, Sebastian decides to take Salvo along for some father-son bonding. What follows is a hilarious culture clash between Salvo and...

Comedian-actor Sebastian Maniscalco, who is gearing up for his upcoming theatrical film ‘About My Father’, has shared that the film is an ode to his father.

‘About My Father’, which stars Robert De Niro and Sebastian Maniscalco, is a whimsical tale of a father-son duo that are nothing alike. The film shows Sebastian’s character torn between impressing his fiance’s parents and leaving his father alone on July 4. He decides his best bet is bringing the two together. However, when Italian meets American; chaos ensues.

Sebastian’s father Salvo also revealed that he learnt the craft of hairdressing from his father. Talking about his early days in the US, Salvo Maniscalco said, “I came to the US, from Sicily, when I was 15 years old. School really wasn’t for me, so I told my father, who was a barber, that I wanted to be a hairdresser. So, I’ve...

About My Father follows Sebastian and his girlfriend Ellie, who bring his Italian immigrant father with them to her parents' home for a holiday weekend in the summer. Sebastian is embarrassed as Salvo is quick to judge the wealthy family, and hilarious misunderstandings over clashing cultures come to the forefront. However, over the course of their weekend together, the two families become unified.

About My Father, inspired by Sebastian Maniscalco's real relationship with his father, is co-written by star Maniscalco and Austen Earl. About My Father is directed by Laura Terruso. About My Father also stars Robert De Niro, Lelie Bibb, Anders Holm, David Rasche, Kim Cattrall, and Brett Dier.

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Screen Rant spoke with stars Leslie Bibb and Kim Cattrall about their new movie, About My Father. Bibb explained how her character Ellie and Sebastian's...

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In About My Father, the hottest comic in America, Sebastian Maniscalco joins forces with legendary Italian-American and two-time Oscar® winner, Robert De Niro. The film centers around Sebastian (Maniscalco) who is encouraged by his fiancée (Leslie Bibb) to bring his immigrant, hairdresser father, Salvo (De Niro), to a weekend get-together with her super-rich and exceedingly eccentric family. The weekend develops into what can only be described as a culture clash, leaving Sebastian and Salvo to discover that the great thing about family is everything about family.

About The Film Genre: Comedy Cast: Sebastian Maniscalco, Robert De Niro, Leslie Bibb, Anders Holm, David Rasche, Brett Dier, Kim Cattrall, Deborah Tucker Director: Laura Terruso Screenplay: Austen Earl, Sebastian Maniscalco Producer: Andrew Miano,...

In About My Father, Sebastian brings his Italian immigrant father, Salvo, to spend the weekend with his girlfriend Ellie's family. Salvo is quick to judge the wealthy family and embarrass Sebastian as they deal with cultural clashes and hilarious misunderstandings. However, in time, the two families become one unified family by the end of their weekend together.

About My Father is inspired by Sebastian Maniscalco's real relationship with his father, Salvo. About My Father is directed by Laura Terruso and co-written by Maniscalco, who also stars in the movie, and Austen Earl. About My Father also stars Robert De Niro, Lelie Bibb, Anders Holm, David Rasche, Kim Cattrall, and Brett Dier.

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Screen Rant spoke with Sebastian Maniscalco and Robert De Niro about their new movie, About My Father. De Niro discussed working with the real Salvo, Maniscalco,...

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for The Little Mermaid, Platonic, The Mother and Book Club: The Next Chapter.

The Little Mermaid premiere

Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay, Javier Bardem, Melissa McCarthy, Noma Dumezweni and Art Malik joined director Rob Marshall at the world premiere of The Little Mermaid in Hollywood on Monday.

Jessica Alexander, Javier Bardem, Sienna King, Daveed Diggs, Marc E. Platt, Jonah Hauer-King, Alan Menken, Halle Bailey, Rob Marshall, Melissa McCarthy, John DeLuca, Jacob Tremblay, Awkwafina, Art Malik, Simone Ashley and Lorena Andrea Halle Bailey John DeLuca, Rob Marshall, Bob Iger, Halle Bailey and Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman

Book Club: The Next Chapter premiere

Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen and Don Johnson reunited at the premiere of the Book Club sequel on Monday in NYC.

The trailer of the Robert De Niro starrer comedy film ‘About My Father’ was unveiled recently. The film is based on the life of the popular comedian Sebastian Maniscalco and promises to be a hilarious and heartwarming tribute to different cultures and experiences as told through the eyes of Maniscalco as he stars in the film as De Niro’s son.

The trailer shows Sebastian Maniscalco taking his father to meet the family of his love interest on the occasion of the U.S. Independence Day. As the two families meet, comedy ensues with De Niro’s character pulling off antics one after the other.

The differences between the two families come to an amusing crash as the estranged father-son duo add a fun Italian twist to the all-American family.

The film, which also stars Kim Cattrall and Leslie Bibb, has been helmed by Laura Terruso and written by Austen Earl and Sebastian Maniscalco,...

Robert De Niro and Sebastian Maniscalco engage in some father-son bonding in the About My Father trailer. The upcoming comedy is co-written by the accomplished Italian-American stand-up, Maniscalco, loosely based on his own life and his relationship with his father, who is played by De Niro. About My Father was first announced in 2018, and after several years in development, the star-studded comedy is almost ready for audiences to see.

Now, Lionsgate has released the first official About My Father trailer, which can be seen below:

Clocking in at over two and a half minutes long, the trailer introduces the film's basic premise as comedian Sebastian Maniscalco, who is playing himself, is convinced by his fiancée (played by Leslie Bibb) to bring his old-fashioned immigrant father, Salvo (De Niro), on an elaborate weekend getaway with her affluent and eccentric family. This results in a culture clash and some unexpected family bonding.

When it comes to families, everyone is at least a little bit embarrassed by their own interpersonal dynamics. Such is certainly the case for Sebastian Maniscalco in the upcoming comedy About My Father. Directed by Laura Terruso, the feature takes a stab at two families from very different backgrounds who bring their personalities together for the Fourth of July weekend. In a trailer released today, we see the hilarious chemistry between Maniscalco and Robert De Niro who play an Italian father and son duo.

No one can embarrass you like your parents. They often mean well, but it’s difficult not to dread every word out of their mouths, especially when they’re interacting with members of your extended circle. In Lionsgate‘s About My Father trailer, stand-up comic Sebastian Maniscalco and Robert De Niro play a father and son duo who venture outside their comfort zone to interact with extended family members they barely understand.

Laura Terruso directs from a script co-written by Maniscalco and Austen Earl. The story is about Sebastian (Maniscalco) bringing his immigrant hairdresser dad Salvo (De Niro), to a weekend-long getaway to meet his fiancée’s (Leslie Bibb) wealthy and eccentric family. The two groups quickly realize they’re from opposite sides of the track, leading to hilarity, awkward exchanges, and a dead peacock.

Speaking with People, Maniscalco says the plot was inspired by his experience meeting his now-wife Lana Gomez’s family.

Lionsgate has released the official trailer and poster for the upcoming comedy About My Father starring Robert De Niro, and you can check them both out right here on CinemaNerdz (see above and below)!

The hottest comic in America, Sebastian Maniscalco joins forces with legendary Italian-American and two-time Oscar® winner, Robert De Niro, in the new comedy About My Father. The film centers around Sebastian (Maniscalco) who is encouraged by his fiancée (Leslie Bibb) to bring his immigrant, hairdresser father, Salvo (De Niro), to a weekend get-together with her super-rich and exceedingly eccentric family. The weekend develops into what can only be described as a culture clash, leaving Sebastian and Salvo to discover that the great thing about family is everything about family.

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Genre: Comedy Cast: Sebastian Maniscalco, Robert De Niro, Leslie Bibb, Anders Holm, David Rasche, Brett Dier, and Kim Cattrall Director: Laura Terruso Screenplay: Austen Earl,...

Anders Holm has signed on for a major recurring role in Apple TV+s upcoming live-action Godzilla and the Titans series based on Legendary’s Monsterverse franchise, from Legendary Television, Deadline has confirmed.

Following the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco and the shocking new reality that monsters are real, the untitled Monsterverse series will explore one family’s journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the secret organization known as Monarch.

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Holm’s role, like the others, is being kept under wraps. He joins previously announced cast Anna Sawai (Pachinko), Ren Watabe (461 Days of Bento), Kiersey Clemons (Hearts Beat Loud), Joe Tippett (Mare of Easttown) and Elisa Lasowski.

Matthew Shakman will direct the first two episodes and serve as executive producer on the series, which is produced for Apple TV+ by Legendary Television...

There’s nothing like a good dance film to get your heart racing and your feet moving. And thanks to Netflix, there’s no shortage of great dance movies to choose from.

Whether you’re a fan of dance competitions or enjoy watching people bust a move, there’s something for everyone on this list.

Rejoice, Dance fans! We’ve compiled a list of the best dance movies streaming on Netflix.

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Step Sisters (2018)

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Logline is being under wraps. While no director is attached at this time, the project is in active development with a decision on a director expected in the weeks to come.

Rae recently signed a massive multi-million dollar deal with Netflix that rivals any major A-lister’s overall pact at the streamer. Given her global influencer due to her massive TikTok following, which has more then 80 million followers, more and more companies see her as having an immediate impact on the projects they are developing at their companies.

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Exclusive: Brett Dier (Jane the Virgin), Anders Holm (Workaholics) and David Rasche (Succession) are the latest additions to the cast of the recently-wrapped Lionsgate comedy About My Father, written by and starring comedian Sebastian Maniscalco.

They join an ensemble that also includes Robert De Niro, Leslie Bibb and Kim Cattrall.

The film directed by Laura Terruso (Work It) is inspired by Maniscalco’s life and his relationship with his father. It sees Sebastian tell his old-school Italian immigrant father Salvo (De Niro) that he is going to propose to his all-American girlfriend, with Salvo insisting on crashing a weekend with her tony parents. Though cultures clash and it seems that the two families have nothing in common, by the end of the weekend, they’ll be la famiglia.

As previously announced, Bibb is playing Sebastian’s onscreen fiancée, Ellie. Dier and Holm will play her brothers, Doug and Lucky Collins,...

Matt Fechter has joined Hyperion to launch their Comedy Department. Fechter comes from CAA where he worked as an agent in both the comedy and talent departments working closely with such actors, directors, and comedians as Aristotle Athiras, Courtney Parchman, Jim Rash, Jeff Garlin, Laura Terruso, Madelaine Petsch, Maddie Phillips, Michael Cimino, Mike Cabellon, Miles Brown and Nat Faxon.

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Exclusive: Leslie Bibb is set to star opposite Sebastian Maniscalco and Robert De Niro in Lionsgate’s comedy About My Father. The pic, as we first told you, is inspired by Maniscalco’s own life and relationship with his dad, and the stand-up comedian co-wrote the screenplay with Austen Earl, which Laura Terruso is directing.

In the film, when Maniscalco tells his old-school Italian immigrant father Salvo (De Niro) that he is going to propose to his all-American girlfriend, Salvo insists on crashing a weekend with her tony parents. Though cultures clash and it seems that the two families have nothing in common, by the end of the weekend, they’ll be la famiglia.

Bibb will play Ellie, Maniscalco’s character’s fiancée.

The pic will be produced by Depth of Field’s Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, and Andrew Miano, alongside Judi Marmel. Depth of Field’s Dan Balgoyen will executive produce.

Robert De Niro has joined the cast of “About My Father,” an upcoming film that’s loosely based on the life of standup comic Sebastian Maniscalco.

De Niro is set to play Maniscalco’s dad Salvo in the movie, reuniting the pair after first appearing together in Martin Scorsese’s mob drama “The Irishman.”

In “About My Father,” Sebastian tells his old-school Italian immigrant dad of his plans to propose to his all-American girlfriend, prompting Salvo to insist on crashing a weekend with her parents.

Nathan Kahane, president of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, says production on the film will begin later in 2021.

“The way Sebastian talks about his father, Salvo sounds to us like the type of guy who thinks that Robert De Niro should play him in a movie. So we thought, why not?” Kahane said in a statement. “Actually, Robert De Niro is incredibly selective about the projects he chooses,...

Comedy is loosely based on Maniscalco’s relationship with his father

Robert De Niro has joined Sebastian Maniscalco in “About My Father,” which will loosely be based on the stand-up comedian’s life and his relationship with his father, Nathan Kahane, president of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, announced on Wednesday.

Laura Terruso is directing from a screenplay by Maniscalco and Austen Earl. De Niro will play Salvo, Sebastian’s father. The official logline reads: “In the film, when Sebastian tells his old-school Italian immigrant father that he is going to propose to his all-American girlfriend, Salvo insists on crashing a weekend with her tony parents. Though cultures clash and it seems that the two families have nothing in common, by the end of the weekend, they’ll be la famiglia.”

De Niro and Maniscalco first appeared together in Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman.”

Depth of Field’s Chris Weitz,...

Exclusive: Two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro has signed on to star opposite standup comic Sebastian Maniscalco in About My Father, the Lionsgate comedy loosely based on Maniscalco’s life and his relationship with his father. Laura Terruso, who directed the 2020 YA comedy Work It and co-wrote the Sally Field-starrer Hello, My Name Is Doris, has been tapped to direct About My Father from a screenplay by Maniscalco and Austen Earl.

In the film, when Sebastian tells his old-school Italian immigrant father Salvo (De Niro) that he is going to propose to his all-American girlfriend, Salvo insists on crashing a weekend with her tony parents. Though cultures clash and it seems that the two families have nothing in common, by the end of the weekend, they’ll be la famiglia. The pic reunites De Niro and Maniscalco after the two first appeared together in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman.

Robert De Niro will play the titular dad in Lionsgate comedy About My Father, the feature film vehicle for popular comic Sebastian Maniscalco.

The story, loosely based on the stand-up’s own life story, follows Sebastian as he tells his old-school Italian immigrant father that he is going to propose to his all-American girlfriend, and Salvo (De Niro) insists on crashing a weekend with her parents. A culture clash and hilarity ensues.

De Niro and Maniscalco, who wrote the screenplay for the film with Austen Earl, previously worked together on Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman.

Laura Terruso, who was behind hit Netflix YA ...