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Currently available on Digital, Hell of a Summer will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on July 8 via Neon.

Described as “Friday the 13th meets Wet Hot American Summer,” the slasher comedy is co-written and co-directed by actors Finn Wolfhard (“Stranger Things”) and Billy Bryk (Ghostbusters: Afterlife).

Special features:

Audio Commentary by Writer-Director-Actor Billy Bryk, Writer-Director-Actor Finn Wolfhard, and Actor Fred Hechinger Blooper Reel Fireside Chat Spoiler Alert Featuring Ruben Rabasa Rated Rizzler Pineway Bus Tour Trailer

24-year-old camp counselor Jason Hochberg arrives at Camp Pineway thinking his biggest problem is that he feels out of touch with his teenage co-workers. What he doesn’t know is that a masked killer is lurking on the campgrounds, brutally picking counselors off one by one.

Fred Hechinger (Fear Street Part One: 1994) stars with Wolfhard, Bryk, Abby Quinn (Knock at the Cabin), D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai (“Reservation Dogs”), Pardis Saremi (“Death and Other Details”), Rosebud Baker...

Sheng Wang will return to Netflix with another stand-up special in 2026.

The comedy hour will be directed by Ali Wong, who also directed Wang’s 2022 special “Sweet & Juicy.” The special will be filmed on Nov. 8 at the Warner Theater in Washington, D.C. Wong and Wang executive produce alongside John Irwin.

Wang is a Houston-born comic who is now based in Los Angeles. He was featured on HBO’s stand-up special “2 Dope Queens” and went on to write for the ABC sitcom “Fresh Off the Boat.”

Earlier this year, Wong won a Golden Globe for her comedy special “Single Lady,” which debuted on Netflix in October. It followed her previous three stand-up specials for Netflix, “Baby Cobra,” “Hard Knock Wife” and the Emmy-nominated “Don Wong.” She is also set to direct Frankie Quiñones’ upcoming stand-up special for Hulu.

As an actor, Wong won the Emmy, Golden Globe, Critics Choice...

Neon’s slasher comedy, Hell of a Summer, directed by Finn Wolfhard(Stranger Things) and Billy Bryk(Ghostbusters: Afterlife), is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on July 8, 2025. Not just that, but the film will also be available to rent and purchase on digital starting April 22, 2025. Hell of a Summer premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2023 before its U.S. theatrical release on April 4, 2025.

The slasher follows a group of counselors as they are hunted down by a mysterious masked killer. The stellar cast of the film includes Fred Hechinger (Fear Street Part One: 1994), Abby Quinn (Knock at the Cabin), and D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai (Reservation Dogs) alongside Bryk and Wolfhard. Pardis Saremi, Rosebud Baker, and Adam Pally also feature in prominent roles. Special features for the digital and physical releases will include audio commentary by Wolfhard and Bryk, along with a blooper reel, a fireside chat, and a few more surprises.

Hell of a Summer will slash onto digital platforms for purchase and rent tomorrow, April 22, before arriving on Blu-ray and DVD on July 8 via Neon.

Described as “Friday the 13th meets Wet Hot American Summer,” the slasher comedy is co-written and co-directed by actors Finn Wolfhard (“Stranger Things”), Billy Bryk (Ghostbusters: Afterlife).

Special Features:

Audio Commentary by Writer-Director-Actor Billy Bryk, Writer-Director-Actor Finn Wolfhard, and Actor Fred Hechinger Blooper Reel Fireside Chat And More

24-year-old camp counselor Jason Hochberg arrives at Camp Pineway thinking his biggest problem is that he feels out of touch with his teenage co-workers. What he doesn’t know is that a masked killer is lurking on the campgrounds, brutally picking counselors off one by one.

Fred Hechinger (Fear Street Part One: 1994) stars with Wolfhard, Bryk, Abby Quinn (Knock at the Cabin), D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai (“Reservation Dogs”), Pardis Saremi (“Death and Other Details”), Rosebud Baker (“Life & Beth...

Exclusive: Adam Pally and Jon Gabrus, who hosted TruTV travelogue series 101 Places To Party Before You Die are moving into the wellness space.

The duo have teamed with Smartless Media, the company founded by Smartless hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett, and SiriusXM for a new podcast – Staying Alive.

The two 40-something best friends, actors and comedians have realized that after spending the better part of their lives treating their bodies terribly, they should probably make some changes, per the logline.

The pair will enlist health experts and comedy friends as they explore real ways to live longer and undo the damage they have done. Guests will include cardiologist Dr. Amar Shere, immunologist Dr. Shruti Naik, and neuroscientist Dr. Heather Berlin as well as Jerry O’Connell, Ego Nwodim, Paul Scheer, Jillian Bell, Rosebud Baker and Nicole Byer.

They will tackle a range of health and wellness topics and trials including weight management,...

Strangers Things star Finn Wolfhard and Ghostbusters: Afterlife’sBilly Bryk have gone through hell to bring back the coming-of-age comedy, combining laughs with horror in this year’s unorthodox slasher outing, Hell of a Summer. Following its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival back in 2023, the killer comedy that takes aim at slasher tropes was released in theaters earlier this month on April 4, courtesy of Neon.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with MovieWeb’s George Edelman, Billy Bryk revealed how they approached the balance between comedy, horror, and humanity in Hell of a Summer, with the actor stating that, together with his co-writer and co-director Finn Wolfhard, they hope to bring comedies back to the big screen in a big way.

“We grew up just loving comedy movies. That was sort of what we all bonded over was these classic coming of age comedies or ensemble comedies. And you're right,...

Finn Wolfhard’s transition from actor to filmmaker took a step forward this year with the release of Hell of a Summer, a horror-comedy he co-wrote, co-directed, and co-starred in alongside Billy Bryk. The film, now in theaters, follows a group of summer camp counselors facing a masked killer over one increasingly deadly night in the woods.

Wolfhard spoke with Yahoo Entertainment about the project and pointed to Jesse Eisenberg as a key influence. After acting in Eisenberg’s 2022 directorial debut When You Finish Saving the World, Wolfhard said he paid close attention to Eisenberg’s process on set. “It was so fascinating to watch him work,” Wolfhard said. “Something that really stuck with me was how light he was on set and how much of a fun environment he created.”

He emphasized how Eisenberg made space for both serious moments and humor during filming. “If we ever wanted to...

For Finn Wolfhard, making the leap from child actor to writer/director was much easier with a mentor like Jesse Eisenberg.

After he and Hell of a Summer co-writer/co-director/co-star Billy Bryk worked with Eisenberg on his 2022 directorial debut When You Finish Saving the World, Wolfhard noted the experience “really stuck with me” as he got “tons” of advice from Eisenberg on their parallel trajectories.

“It was so fascinating to watch him work,” Wolfhard told Yahoo Entertainment. “Something that really stuck with me was how light he was on set and how much of a fun environment he created. If we ever wanted to joke around or do something funny, he really gave us the time and ability to do that. He just wanted it to be fun, even though the movie was often quite serious and there were very dramatic parts.”

Eisenberg even visited the set of Wolfhard...

Finn Wolfhard rose to fame thanks to his role as Mike Wheeler in Netflix's sci-fi series Stranger Things and has since continued to hang around the supernatural/ horror genre. His latest project, Hell of a Summer, is a horror-comedy-slasher he co-directed.

Hell of a Summer was released in theaters on Apr. 4 by genre expert studio Neon following its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023. The movie has Wolfhard teaming up again with Billy Bryk after Wolfhard's directorial debut, 2020's short comedy Night Shifts. The campy slasher comedy is officially out, but its Rotten Tomatoes score is nothing to write home about, debuting with a "rotten" score of 58%.

So far, there are only 33 reviews available, so the score for the horror-comedy might fluctuate as more reviews come in. Out of the 33, 19 are recent, while the other were following its TIFF release. 12 of the recent reviews are positive.

The pace is picking up with studio wide release A Minecraft Movie booming and plenty of indie fare to fill out behind from Neon’s Hell of a Summer and IFC Films’ The Luckiest Man in America to Fathom’s next installment of The Chosen and expansions of The Friend from Bleecker Street and Gkids’ re-release of Princess Mononoke.

CinemaCon, the biggest annual gathering of theater owners and studios, wrapped last night in Las Vegas. Exhibitors’ tempers were strained by a sour first quarter at the box office and there was an explosion of talk around longer theatrical windows which will for sure remain an ongoing conversation. That said, Q1 is behind us so here’s to hoping for a sustained period of more movies — many highlighted in Vegas — and higher-grossing movies to lift all boats.

Neon opens Hell Of A Summer on 1,255 screens after Thursday previews and early shows took in $215k.

Finn Wolfhard (“Stranger Things”), Billy Bryk (Ghostbusters: Afterlife), and Fred Hechinger (Fear Street Part One: 1994) are bringing Hell of a Summer on tour.

They’ll appear in-person at the following locations:

March 24 – Harkins Tempe Marketplace – Phoenix, Az March 25 – Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar – Austin, TX March 27 – Belcourt Theatre – Nashville, Tn March 28 – Plaza Theatre – Atlanta, Ga

Tickets for the screenings, which include a Q&a, are on sale now.

Bloody Disgusting is also presenting advance screenings of the film in Chicago and Dallas on March 24.

Wolfhard and Bryk co-wrote and co-directed the slasher comedy in addition to appearing in it alongside Hechinger.

Abby Quinn (Knock at the Cabin), D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai (“Reservation Dogs”), Pardis Saremi (“Death and Other Details”), Rosebud Baker (“Life & Beth”), and Adam Pally (Sonic the Hedgehog) round out the cast.

24-year-old camp counselor Jason Hochberg (Hechinger) arrives at Camp Pineway thinking his biggest problem is that he feels out...

Rosebud Baker is an expert in making light of life’s most devastating moments. In her first Netflix special, The Mother Lode, Baker uses her gift for dark humor to talk about her difficulties getting pregnant, the agony of miscarriage, and the challenges of motherhood.

Topics like death, grief, and addiction have often been fodder for Baker. In her 2021 Comedy Central special Whiskey Fists, Baker tells jokes about the tragic death of her seven-year-old sister, who drowned in a jacuzzi when Baker was in high school. “My sister drowned in a jacuzzi,...

When Rosebud Baker found out she was pregnant in early 2023, she had to decide how to approach her standup material as she embarked on a national tour. She’s not afraid of the challenge of weaving her personal life into art — the comedian known for discussing the intimacies of her marriage onstage, as well as the death of her sister at the age of 7 — but after two miscarriages she struggled with the decision to speak about her pregnancy.

“Look, I’ll be honest with you, I didn’t have a ton of faith that she was going to make it,” Baker says with her signature deadpan delivery. “I’ve never had a superstition about it, where I thought oh if I talk about this something bad could happen — it was more like, if I talk about it and then something bad happens, how do I address that?”

The comedian, who...

It is February, and it is still cold outside. You don't want to go out there. Stay inside where it is warm. Eat a bunch of junk, and stream a lot of things on Netflix. While Netflix and chill might not have a very direct meaning, you can interpret that as you want to watch Netflix because you don't want to be chilled.

But what to watch? There is a bunch of new stuff every week on your favorite streaming service, but not everything on this list is brand new. Most of it is, though. We won't lie.

That is only because you might not yet have had a chance to see what is suggested. You should take the weekend off from work (or not go out). You should watch these things instead.

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Netflix has produced a large number of sports documentaries at this point,...

Stranger Things may be coming to an end this year, but star Finn Wolfhard isn't done fighting monsters just yet — not by a long chalk. In fact, with his and fellow actor Billy Bryk's joint directorial debut Hell Of A Summer, the 22-year-old Canadian is diving headfirst into genre territory for a throwback summer-camp slasher complete with ouija boards, masked killers, and all the blood and guts a horror fan could hope for. Check out the newly released first trailer for the gory horror-comedy, co-written by and co-starring Wolfhard and Bryk, below:

A bunch of horny teens? Check! Drinking, smoking, and candid campfire conversations? Check! Dead lines, death by six-string, and a sketchy dude called Jason? Check, check, and check again! When Empire spoke to Wolfhard and Bryk way back in October 2023, the duo — who cited everything from Night Of The Living Dead to Scream to Evil Dead II...

Finn Wolfhard of Stranger Things fame stars in and co-directs the horror-comedy Hell of a Summer, set in a familiar location.…summer camp. Hopefully this outing can carve out its own unique niche in the well-trodden slasher film subgenre. The trailer’s heavy on comedy and light on horror, but it does offer a sampling of gore, so there’s that.

Wolfhard and Billy Bryk co-wrote, co-direct, and are part of the ensemble cast that includes Fred Hechinger, Abby Quinn, D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Pardis Saremi, Rosebud Baker, and Adam Pally.

“Hell of a Summer follows 24-year-old camp counselor Jason Hochberg (Hechinger), who arrives at Camp Pineway thinking his biggest problem is that he feels out of touch with his teenage co-workers,” reads Neon’s synopsis. “What he doesn’t know is that a masked killer is lurking on the campgrounds, brutally picking counselors off one by one.”

The slasher film had...

Summer camp still proves to be a hellish experience for some young adults in the first trailer for Hell of a Summer, which marks the directorial debut of Stranger Things' Finn Wolfhard. Judging from the first look, Wolfhard hopes to make this horror comedy a worthy addition to summer camp terror along the lines of Sleepaway Camp and Friday the 13th.

Co-written with his co-director Billy Byrk, Hell of a Summer revolves around a camp counselor named Jason Hochberg (Fred Hechinger) who feels a bit out of touch as a 24-year-old working at a summer camp. However, when he arrives at Camp Pineway, he'll soon realize that bonding with his teenage co-workers is the least of his problems, as a masked killer begins picking off the camp counselors one by one.

Wolfhard and Byrk also star in the film, and they are joined by D'Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Abby Quinn, Pardis Saremi,...

Finn Wolfhard already has his post-“Stranger Things” project: directing.

The “Stranger Things” breakout star makes his directorial debut with ’80s-inspired horror-comedy film “Hell of a Summer,” which he cowrote with co-director Billy Bryk. The duo also appear in the film, which is led by “Nickel Boys” and “Gladiator II” actor Fred Hechinger.

The official synopsis reads: “‘Hell of a Summer’ centers on 24-year-old camp counselor Jason Hochberg (Hechinger), who arrives at Camp Pineway thinking his biggest problem is that he feels out of touch with his teenage co-workers. What he doesn’t know is that a masked killer is lurking on the campgrounds, brutally picking counselors off one by one.”

D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Abby Quinn, Pardis Saremi, Rosebud Baker, and Adam Pally also star. Hechinger, Wolfhard, and Bryk all produce the feature, along with Jason Bateman, Michael Costigan, and Jay Van Hoy. The film completed post-production in 2023 before landing at Neon for distribution.

Rosebud Baker is gearing up to release her second comedy special, The Mother Lode, on Netflix this February 11, Deadline reveals. The special, taped during two sold-out nights at the iconic Comedy Cellar in New York City, showcases Baker at two very different moments—before and after becoming a mom. The contrasting performances bring a fresh angle to her sharp and honest comedy.

Through her stand-up, Baker dives into her personal journey, sharing hilarious and sometimes biting takes on everything from deciding to have kids to the unglamorous sides of childbirth and parenthood.

She doesn’t shy away from the tough stuff either, opening up about struggles like infertility, miscarriage, and postpartum experiences.

The special, which Baker also directed and produced, was filmed over two years to give a full picture of her journey. She explained her goal was to make people laugh and feel less isolated, no matter their relationship to parenthood.

Exclusive: The Mother Lode, the second comedy special from SNL writer, actress and stand-up Rosebud Baker, is set to premiere globally on Netflix on February 18.

Taped months apart during two sold-out nights at the Comedy Cellar in New York City, the special intercuts between Baker before and after giving birth. With the juxtaposition of these experiences, she unpacks navigating the unknown in the evolving journey of parenthood, delving into the decision to have kids, the indignities of childbirth, the pros and cons of losing your identity in motherhood, generational divides of upbringings, along with coming to the difficult decision to retire from giving blow jobs, and more.

The Mother Lode marks the directorial debut of Baker, who performs her own material and also served as producer, with Alex Goodman and Jason Katz executive producing.

In a statement to Deadline, the comic said, “If you have kids, this special is for you.

Amy Schumer’s Life & Beth is no longer.

Hulu has canceled the dramedy after two seasons. The move is not a huge surprise as the second season finished in February, and while Hulu obviously didn’t release any viewing data, it failed to crack Nielsen’s streaming list.

Written, directed, executive produced and starring Schumer, Life & Beth follows Beth (Schumer), whose life looks pretty great on paper. Impressive to everyone she grew up with, she makes a good living as a wine distributor. She’s in a long-term relationship with an attractive, successful guy and lives in Manhattan. But when a sudden incident forces her to engage with her past, her life changes forever.

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Through flashbacks to her teen self (portrayed by Violet Young), Beth started to learn how she became who she is and who she wants to become.

Exclusive: Brillstein Entertainment Partners is expanding its comedy ranks, adding Alex Goodman, Rachel Helix and Turner Byfuglin as managers.

The three join Brillstein from Levity Entertainment Group. Goodman and Helix had been at Levity for about a decade; Helix spent her entire tenure there as a manger, Goodman was promoted to manager seven years ago. Both worked with Turner who was a coordinator at Levity and will become a manager at Brillstein.

Goodman, Helix and Byfuglin all specialize in comedy, representing more than 30 comedic multi-hyphenates with a focus on comedy touring and other live entertainment.

Joining Goodman, Helix and Byfuglin at Brillstein will be clients Aaron Weber, Andrea Jin, Brandon Rogers, Brian Simpson, Chad Daniels, Che Durena, Chelcie Lynn, Chike Robinson, Deb Digiovanni, Gianmarco Soresi, Ian Edwards, Jason Cheny, Jessie Jetski Johnson, Jesus Trejo, Joe Dombrowski, Jr De Guzman, Kam Patterson, King Hassan, Laura Peek, Lenarr Young, Leslie Liao, Lukas McCrary,...

Exclusive: Peabody Award-winning manager and producer Jennie Church-Cooper has joined the team at Levity Talent.

Church-Cooper has spent the last 15 years working with comedic writer-performers — scouting, cultivating, and propelling them into careers as TV and feature writers, showrunners, directors, podcasters, actors and more. She joins from Haven Entertainment, where she spent the last eight years. Prior to that, she built her roster of multihyphenate talent during seven years at Principato Young Entertainment (now Artists First).

Clients Church-Cooper is bringing with her clients including her brother Joel Church-Cooper, a showrunner whose single-camera comedy Going Dutch is in development at Fox; Felicia Day, who recently won an Audie Award for her Audible Original podcast Third Eye; Zibby Allen, who’s currently filming Season 6 of Netflix’s Virgin River; creator Blakely Thornton; podcaster and Emmy-nominated Ted Lasso scribe Dylan Marron; showrunners Erin Gibson (Tiny Toons Looniversity) and Shauna McGarry (The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy); Jerry Minor,...

Beth’s got a lot of living to do, and as her relationship with John continues to grow more serious, a life with marriage and children is coming clearer into view — if she manages the eternal balance of keeping her other relationships alive and supporting her friends and family with their own problems. Amy Schumer stars in the series she wrote, directed, and executive produced opposite Michael Cera, Yamaneika Saunders, and Laura Benanti, among others, with an exciting lineup of A-list guest stars for the second season, including Jennifer Coolidge, Amy Sedaris, Big Freedia, and more. The 10-episode “Life & Beth” Season 2 will premiere on Hulu on Friday, Feb. 16. You can watch Life & Beth: Season 2 with a 30-Day Free Trial of Hulu.

How to Watch ‘Life & Beth’ Season 2 Premiere When: Friday, February 16, 2024 Where: Hulu Stream: Watch with a 30-Day Free Trial of Hulu. 30-Day Free Trial$7.99+ / month hulu.

Amy Schumer booked a recognizable psychic for the second season of her Hulu series Life & Beth.

As the trailer revealed, Jennifer Coolidge makes a cameo in Schumer’s follow-up season. And now a new clip, dropped on Thursday, shows nearly two minutes of the anticipated scene, which comes in the third episode of the 10-episode season, which releases in full on Thursday.

Playing a New Orleans psychic named Madame de Merde, the Emmy-winning White Lotus actress has been booked for a reading by Beth (Schumer), who brings another season two guest character — played by Amy Sedaris — along for the appointment. As the teaser shows, however, Beth doesn’t exactly get a good vibe during their introduction.

Schumer shared a fun fact with The Hollywood Reporter that Coolidge and Sedaris’ roles were originally flipped, with Coolidge initially set to play the New Orleans wedding planner ultimately played by Sedaris, and...

Two months into the new year, Hulu is in full gear! The streamer will usher in several major premieres this February in addition to a wide variety of library shows and movies. Kick off the month with the premiere of the latest installment of Ryan Murphy and FX’s “Feud,” entitled “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans” and starring Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Chloë Sevigny, Calista Flockhart, Tom Hollander, and more.

Recent Emmy winner Quinta Brunson’s “Abbott Elementary” will also welcome students back in the doors as Season 3 makes its highly anticipated premiere mid-month on both ABC and on Hulu the next day, part of several season premieres for ABC this month, including “Not Dead Yet,” “The Conners,” and more.

From the recent Sundance debut film “Suncoast” to the epic historical miniseries “Shōgun,” find out everything coming to Hulu in February, including The Streamable’s top five must-see shows and movies!

Life & Beth has a return date. Hulu announced the season two premiere with the release of a trailer and new poster. The streaming service renewed the comedy from Amy Schumer in April 2022, a month after the show's premiere.

Starring Schumer, Michael Cera, Susannah Flood, and Violet Young, the second season of the Hulu comedy will follow Beth (Schumer) as she deals with her new relationship. Kevin Kane, Yamaneika Saunders, Laura Benanti, Michael Rapaport, Lavar Walker, Sas Goldberg, Arielle Siegel, and Rosebud Baker are recurring guest stars.

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Get ready for the return of Life & Beth!

Hulu has released debuted the season two trailer for the hit comedy series created by and starring Amy Schumer.

Here’s the synopsis for season two: “As Beth (Schumer) and John’s (Michael Cera) relationship grows more serious, Beth begins to examine the possibilities of marriage and having a family as she and John seek answers for their communication problems. Is Beth’s traumatic history with men, and people she trusted from her youth destined to repeat itself? And what is triggering her fears? Beth does her best to keep her relationships alive while struggling to support friends and family who are all facing their own problems while entering their fourth decade.”

Keep reading to find out more…

Susannah Flood, Violet Young, Kevin Kane, Yamaneika Saunders, Laura Benanti, Michael Rapaport, Lavar Walker, Sas Goldberg, Arielle Siegel, and Rosebud Baker will also be returning for season two.

Apple TV’s Messi Documentary Series Gets Trailer

Apple TV+ has released the official trailer for its highly anticipated documentary event “Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend.” The four-part series will track the career of international superstar and eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi throughout his record-setting, multi-decade career with the Argentina national football team up through their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 win.

Through personal interviews with Messi and conversations with his teammates, coaches, competitors, devout fans, and commentators, the docuseries explores the ups and downs of the champion’s tenure thus far, including his early retirement in 2016 and his comeback in 2022 as the FIFA World Cup’s best player.

Watch the trailer for “Messi’s World Cup: The Rise of a Legend” below:

“Messi’s World Cup: The Rise of a Legend” is set to premiere globally on Feb. 21 on Apple TV+.

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Amy Schumer’s Life & Beth released its season two trailer on Thursday, teasing new appearances from Amy Sedaris, Jennifer Coolidge, Beanie Feldstein, Colin Quinn, Jemima Kirke, Margaret Cho, Maria Dizzia and Tim Meadows. Schumer and Michael Cera return as the show’s two protagonists.

Season two will follow Beth (Schumer) and John (Cera) as their “relationship grows more serious,” per the official synopsis. “Beth begins to examine the possibilities of marriage and having a family as she and John seek answers for their communication problems.”

Hulu’s Life & Beth is written and directed by Schumer, who also serves as an executive producer alongside Kevin Kane, Daniel Powell and Ryan McFaul. Season one premiered in March 2022 to positive reviews and was renewed shortly after.

Hulu teases season two by asking, “Is Beth’s traumatic history with men, and people she trusted from her youth destined to repeat itself? And what is triggering her fears?...

A wedding, a pregnancy and a search for a mental health diagnosis for John are among the happenings in Season 2 of Life & Beth, written, directed, executive produced and starring Amy Schumer. Hulu released the official Season 2 trailer today, which reveals some of the season’s guests stars including Jennifer Coolidge, Amy Sedaris, Beanie Feldstein, Big Freedia, Colin Quinn, Jemima Kirke, Margaret Cho, Maria Dizzia and Tim Meadows.

In addition to Schumer, they join returning cast Michael Cera, Susannah Flood, Violet Young as well as recurring guest stars, Kevin Kane, Yamaneika Saunders, Laura Benanti, Michael Rapaport, Lavar Walker, Sas Goldberg, Arielle Siegel, Rosebud Baker and more.

In Season 2, per the official synopsis: As Beth (Schumer) and John’s (Cera) relationship grows more serious, Beth begins to examine the possibilities of marriage and having a family as she and John seek answers for their communication problems. Is Beth’s traumatic history with men,...

Beth and John approach some of life’s biggest milestones in Life & Beth‘s newly released Season 2 trailer.

Amy Schumer’s semi-autobiographical comedy series will return Friday, Feb. 16 — a whopping 23 months after the release of Season 1 (which bowed March 18, 2022). All 10 episodes will drop at once.

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Amy Schumer is back and this time, expecting, in “Life & Beth” Season 2.

The next season of the Hulu series picks up with Schumer’s title character Beth tying the knot with unexpected love John (Michael Cera), and soon finding out they are pregnant.

In addition to the returning stars, Emmy winner Jennifer Coolidge, Beanie Feldstein, Margaret Cho, Jemima Kirke, Tim Meadows, and Amy Sedaris appear in Season 2, alongside Susannah Flood, Violet Young, Kevin Kane, Yamaneika Saunders, Laura Benanti, Michael Rapaport, Lavar Walker, Sas Goldberg, Arielle Siegel, and Rosebud Baker.

The official synopsis reads: “As Beth and John’s relationship grows more serious, Beth begins to examine the possibilities of marriage and having a family as she and John seek answers for their communication problems. Is Beth’s traumatic history with men, and people she trusted from her youth destined to repeat itself? And what is triggering her fears? Beth...

Exclusive: Immersive virtual reality stand-up series Surrounded is to return for a second season next month with Jack Whitehall, Marlon Wayans, Lil Rel Howery and Mae Martin among the comics lined up.

The six-part series will debut via the Meta Horizon Worlds VR online video game platform, with episodes starting from December 29, including a festival holiday special that drops at 10am Pt.

The comedians’ sets were filmed at the 2023 Just For Laughs Montréal Comedy Festival. The format sees the audience inspiring the jokes, with everyone fair game. It originated as a stand-up comedy show created by Mike Falzone before being adapted for the Metaverse.

Hosted by The Carmichael Show star Howery, the episodes will feature Whitehall, Wayans, Martin, Fortune Feimster, Mark Normand, Chris Redd, Dan Soder, Jay Pharaoh, Meg Statler, Felipe Esparza, Rosebud Baker, Sam Morril, Joel Kim Booster, Hannah Berner, Nate Jackson, Brad Williams, Preacher Lawson, Sasheer Zamata, Brian Simpson,...

Next month, a handful of stand-up comedians are heading to Netflix in a brand-new special. Today, the streamer announced a multi-comic special entitled Verified Stand-Up. It will feature 10 comedians total in 10 different short form sets. The roster boasts an impressive bunch of comedians from diverse backgrounds, including Asif Ali, Dulcé Sloan, Nimesh Patel, Gianmarco Soresi, Isiah J. Kelly, Leslie Liao, Robby Hoffman, Rosebud Baker, Sabrina Wu, and Vanessa Gonzalez. The special will consist of two episodes, with each set filmed at Webster Hall in New York City. It was directed by Linda Mendoza and executive produced by Anne Harris. Verified Stand-Up premieres November 23.

Exclusive: Netflix on Monday morning unveiled Verified Stand-Up, a new series featuring short sets from 10 comedians that’s set to premiere globally on November 28. Rising comedians that perform in the two-parter, filmed at Webster Hall in New York City, include Asif Ali, Dulcé Sloan, Gianmarco Soresi, Isiah Kelly, Leslie Liao, Nimesh Patel, Robby Hoffman, Rosebud Baker, Sabrina Wu, and Vanessa Gonzalez.

News of Netflix’s new stand-up series comes following its announcement of Improv: 60 And Still Standing, a comedy special celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Improv comedy clubs, which is set to premiere November 7th. Top comics dropping in for short sets as part of that project included Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Bert Kreischer, Craig Robinson, Deon Cole, Fortune Feimster, Jeff Dunham, Kevin Nealon, Mark Normand, Jo Koy, and Whitney Cummings.

Linda Mendoza directed Verified Stand-Up, with Anne Harris serving as executive producer.

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The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival is underway. While this is one of the festivals where a lot of awards season contenders start getting buzz as we head into the fall and winter months, it's also a place where hidden horror gems can sneak up on you as we head into Halloween. Like many film festivals, TIFF has its own genre programming block called Midnight Madness where horror, thrillers, and the wilder side of filmmaking can be experienced. This year, a handful of titles have been getting some decent buzz, ranging from "Stranger Things" star Finn Wolfhard making his directorial debut with the slasher comedy "Hell of a Summer" to "Dream Scenario" putting Nicolas Cage into everyone's dreams and plenty in between.

Let's take a closer look at some of the horror titles drumming up noise at TIFF 2023.

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Hell Of A Summer

Director: Finn...

Making a grand entrance into the world of directing, Billy Bryk and Finn Wolfhard present their feature debut, Hell of a Summer. With the vibes reminiscent of Friday the 13th and Sleep Away Camp, this film delivers nostalgia that captures the essence of the golden age of horror slasher cinema. Each character checks off the 1980s horror trope boxes, ensuring that every campy moment feels both authentic and delightfully over the top. Bryk and Wolfhard also star.

Starts with John and Cathy, owners of Pineway Summer Camp sitting around a campfire drinking beer and playing guitar. When one of them leaves to grab more alcohol, things end very badly for the two of them. Cut to Jason (Fred Hechinger) in the passenger seat while his mom drives him to work as a camp counselor at Pineway for $115 a week. The arrival of the other counselors presents a colorful array of...

Amy Schumer, Hasan Minhaj, Taylor Tomlinson and Jerrod Carmichael will receive awards at the Just for Laughs award show next month.

The ceremony will take place at the Just For Laughs Montreal festival, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The award show, which takes place July 29 at the DoubleTree, will see Schumer receive an award for comedy person of the year. In addition, Minhaj will be named stand up comedian of the year, Tomlinson will receive the festival’s breakout comedy star award and Carmichael will accept the best comedy special award, for his recent HBO Max special “Rothaniel.”

In addition, Just For Laughs also announced that Schumer will perform an extra show at the festival in addition to her previously announced set. Carmichael has also been confirmed to perform. Additional new performers announced include Amanda Seales, Pete Holmes, Chris Distefano and Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld, who will bring...

Variety has named its 10 Comics to Watch for 2022. This year’s honorees will be profiled in the July 20 issue of Variety and be honored at this year’s Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, held in Montreal July 13-31. There will be a panel and cocktail reception held on July 29, followed by a performance showcase July 30.

Variety has been presenting the 10 Comics to Watch list since 2000 and has included such names as Tiffany Haddish, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt and Quinta Brunson.

The list is comprised of stand-up comedians, writers and content creators selected by a panel that includes Variety editors and those in the comedy community that scout, book, cast and represent comics.

Says Christine Walters, creative director, Just For Laughs ComedyPRO and ComedyCON: “We look forward to welcoming the hilarious new class of Variety 10 Comics to Watch in this, our 40th anniversary year of the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal.

Amy Schumer, James Acaster, Jimmy O. Yang and many other comedians have joined the lineup of Just for Laughs Montreal’s 40th anniversary festival. The news comes ahead of the launch for tickets of the event, which goes live Wednesday.

Schumer, Acaster, Yang, Jimmy Carr, Dara Ó Briain, Debra Digiovanni, Jacqueline Novak, Katherine Ryan, Maria Bamford, Fortune Feimster will all perform concert shows over the course of the almost three-week long Canadian comedy festival. In addition, Rick Mercer will host a special concert spotlighting Canadian comics. They join previously announced performers, who include John Mulaney and Hasan Minhaj.

Just for Laughs also announced a special gala celebrating the festival’s 40th anniversary, as well as several club shows, a podcast reading for Hesseltine and Rayna Greenberg’s comedy show “Girls Gotta Eat” and programming for the Off-jfl spin-off festival.

The festival also released the dates for its 26th annual New Faces series,...

Exclusive: This Joka, a stand-up comedy series exec produced by Will Smith, will not be returning for a second season on Roku.

The streaming service launched the series, which came via its acquisition of short-form service Quibi, in March.

The series features a raft of stand ups including Punkie Johnson and Chris Estrada.

Deadline understands that the decision had nothing to do with the Oscars incident, where Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage, but a somewhat unusual issue with timing.

Roku is believed to never really have had the option to renew the series, which is produced by Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Studios and Topgolf Entertainment Group. The option to renew lapsed before Roku launched the show, and certainly before the streamer had the chance to analyse its viewing data, meaning that it was unlikely to return for a second season on the platform.

The show...

Amy Schumer’s Life & Beth will be back for a second go-round. Schumer revealed today on The Howard Stern Show that Hulu has renewed the dramedy series for a 10-episode second season.

Written, directed, executive produced and starring Schumer, Life & Beth follows Beth (Schumer), whose life looks pretty great on paper. Impressive to everyone she grew up with, she makes a good living as a wine distributor. She’s in a long-term relationship with an attractive, successful guy and lives in Manhattan. But when a sudden incident forces her to engage with her past, her life changes forever.

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Through flashbacks to her teen self (portrayed by Violet Young), Beth starts to learn how she became who she is and who she wants to become. The series follows her journey toward building a more authentic life, learning to...

Exclusive: Aristotle Athari, the first male Persian/Middle Eastern descent cast member of Saturday Night Live, has signed with Brillstein Entertainment. He is the second overall Persian/Middle Eastern descent cast member of SNL following alum Nasim Pedrad and is getting rave reviews with his recent sketch with Rami Malek on the show.

Athari is best known for his work acting in, writing, and directing Comedy Central’s Goatface opposite collaborators Hasan Minaj, Fahim Anwar, and Asif Ali. He is also known for playing Gabe the programmer in the final season of HBO’s Silicon Valley.

He was named to Just For Laugh’s New Faces in 2021 and recently directed Will Smith’s snapchat series Will From Home, along with stand-up comedy specials for Rosebud Baker, Ian Edwards, Fahim Anwar, Erik Griffin, and Tom Arnold that have aired on Comedy Central, Showtime, and NBC.

Athari continues to be repped by Hyperion,...

It’s hard to imagine a more outlandish origin story than Rosebud Baker’s accidental debut as a stand-up comedian. It happened during a White House dinner and, as Baker recalls, it was a disaster. The granddaughter of Secretary of State James Addison Baker III, she was barely seven years old when her parents stood her on a chair so she could charm the assembled VIPs, including the then-president, George H.W. Bush, with a cute-as-a-button oration.

“I remember trying to congratulate the president for something and calling him by his first name,...

Exclusive: Hyperion has inked comedian, actor, and filmmaker Aristotle Athari, who has just joined Saturday Night Live this season as a featured player, for representation.

Athari is the first male Persian cast member of SNL, and the second overall, following alum Nasim Pedrad.

He is best known for his work acting in, writing, and directing Comedy Central’s, Goatface opposite collaborators Hasan Minaj, Fahim Anwar, and Asif Ali. He is also known for playing Gabe the programmer in the final season of HBO’s Silicon Valley.

Athari was also most recently named to Just For Laugh’s New Faces this year. He joins as a SNL featured player this year with Sarah Sherman and James Austin Johnson.

He directed Will Smith’s snapchat series, Will From Home, along with stand-up comedy specials for Rosebud Baker, Ian Edwards, Fahim Anwar, Erik Griffin, and Tom Arnold that have aired on Comedy Central,...

Will Smith is joining the ever-growing sheaf of Hollywood talent in Quibi’s quiver.

The Jeffrey Katzenberg-founded mobile subscription service announced the acquisition of “This Joka,” a 16-episode stand-up comedy series hosted and executive produced by Smith. Quibi is set to debut next Monday, April 6, with 50-odd shows. For now, there’s no premiere date for Smith’s series.

There’s a golf tie-in: “This Joka” is a co-production of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Media and Topgolf Studios, a unit of golf-venue chain Topgolf Entertainment Group. The show is shot on location at Topgolf’s Las Vegas driving-range venue and other spots across Sin City.

In the show, Smith plays host to a diverse guest list of comedians, ranging from up-and-comers to legendary performers. “This Joka” showcases their stand-up sets and will feature one-on-one conversations between Smith and the comedians plus docu-style moments shot backstage and around Vegas.

Exclusive: Quibi has acquired This Joka, a 16-episode stand-up comedy series hosted and executive produced by Will Smith. The series hails from Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith’s Westbrook Studios and Topgolf Entertainment Group.

Westbrook and Topgolf had been developing This Joka since last October as part of their partnership to create original entertainment. It marks the first series pickup for Westbrook since Terence Carter joined the company last fall as Co-President, Head Of Television.

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In This Joka, Smith invites a diverse lineup of up-and-coming, established, and legendary comedians to explore the nature of comedy and its unique ability to bring people together. Shot on location at Topgolf and other popular venues across Las Vegas,...

There will be plenty of laughs next week when the SXSW Comedy Festival kicks off on March 13 after the opening night film and world premiere of Judd Apatow’s The King of Staten Island starring Pete Davidson. He is set to host a standup revue that will feature the Saturday Night Live star, Bill Burr and others that will benefit the Friends of Firefighters foundation.

In addition, the Austin-based fest which runs March 13-22 will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic National Lampoon. They will bring two nights of its National Lampoon Radio Hour: The Podcast to the fest. Meanwhile Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (Ucb) co-founder, Matt Besser is set to return with a slate of shows including the podcast improv4humans, The 420 Show, and the legendary improv show Asssscat. This year the theatre’s flagship show will feature Horatio Sanz, Gil Ozeri, the cast of Golden Arm,...

Like any other job in entertainment, there’s no “right” way to crack the upper tier of standup. But for comics on the rise, a slot in New Faces at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal certainly helps.

“Inside Jokes,” the upcoming six-episode docuseries from director Neil Berkeley debuting this month on Amazon, takes a look at not just the end result of some of the most coveted slots at the annual comedy gathering, but the long and unpredictable road it takes for so many people to get there.

“The exciting thing about this show is that some of these people are going to be household names. In fact, it’s already happening. But in this show we get to meet them before they’ve had huge success,” Berkeley told IndieWire. “They’re still struggling, trying to make it and doing stand up all night, every night. Imagine seeing...