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EXCLUSIVE: The material marketplace is beginning to perk up. Deadline hears that Wonderland has Annie Mumolo (Bridesmaids, Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar) and Emily Goldwyn (Emily in Paris, SMILF) co-writing Bad Habit, a proposed comedy series that would star Mumolo about nuns who get into the pot-selling…

EXCLUSIVE: Coming off the critical success of Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Oscar-nominated writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo will reteam on their first adventure with Disney: a live-action untitled Cinderella Evil Stepsisters film. Sources add that at this time it is unknown whether Wiig and Mumolo would also…

Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo actually got nominated for an Academy Award with 2011’s Bridesmaids as Best Original Screenplay. That hilarious comedy also made a mint at the box office for Universal and sparked numerous imitators. Wiig, who also starred in it, steadfastly has resisted turning out a sequel, so I guess…

The Bridesmaids duo are back, and they’re going on vacation. Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, who co-wrote and co-starred in the 2011 hit comedy have reteamed for Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar, due on demand next month. Lionsgate released the first full trailer for the upcoming film today. (Watch it above). The…

Lionsgate has slated Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar for a February 12 release on premium video on demand, the latest concession to a theatrical marketplace upended by Covid-19. The comedy, which was set up nearly two years ago, had originally eyed a 2020 release. It pairs Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, who got…

EXCLUSIVE: STXfilms’ scam comedy Queenpins starring Kristen Bell has added a robust roster of talent to its cast. Dayo Okeniyi (See), Joel McHale (Community), Nick Cassavetes (Prisoners of the Ghostland), Michael Masini (Birds of Prey), Paul Rust (Love), Eduardo Franco (Booksmart), Marc Evan Jackson (The Good Place), L…

Lionsgate has dated the reunion of Bridesmaids creators Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar for July 31, 2020. The duo are not only writing the comedy but starring with Jamie Dornan and Damon Wayans Jr. Josh Greenbaum, who has directed episodes of Fresh Off the Boat and New Girl, will helm…

EXCLUSIVE: Wendi McLendon-Covey and Damon Wayans Jr. are set to join Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo for the Lionsgate comedy Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar. The film was co-written Wiig and Mumolo, who will also star in the pic which follows titular best friends Barb (Mumolo) and Star (Wiig), who leave their small…

A Lionsgate film reuniting the Bridesmaids duo of Kristen Wiiig and Annie Mumolo and Amazon Prime series The Power have withdrawn from planned shoots in Georgia. The state, which has become a hotbed of film and TV production in recent years, is also in the vanguard of states passing aggressive new proposals to ban…

Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, who co-wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for Bridesmaids, are reuniting for Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar, a comedy the pair teamed to co-write and star in for Lionsgate. Josh Greenbaum, the director whose credits include episodes of New Girl and Fresh Off the Boat and the…

Actress-writer Annie Mumolo has been tapped as the female lead in Amy's Brother, Fox’s single-camera comedy produced by the husband-and-wife duo of Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone and Warner Bros TV. The project reunites Bridesmaids co-writer Mumolo with McCarthy, who got her big break in the movie, and her husband…

In Laura Dern’s latest collaboration with HBO, the former Enlightened star will executive produce a drama project from Bridesmaids co-writer Annie Mumolo. The untitled project, now in development, takes on the story of a pioneering American saleswoman largely responsible for the development of the home party system of…