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Well-known for her signature, deadpan delivery and comedic chops in film (Neon’s upcoming Ingrid Goes West) and television (Parks and Recreation), Aubrey Plaza breaks out of a box in FX’s singular superhero series, in more ways than one. Bringing familiar shadings to the mysterious and pivotal role of Lenny Busker—a…

Aubrey Plaza goes crazy-mad in the first red band teaser trailer for Matt Spicer’s Sundance award-winning comedy Ingrid Goes West. We first meet Ingrid Thorburn (Plaza) obsessing over someone's wedding pictures on Instagram, before showing up at the reception and pepper spraying the bride because she wasn't…

EXCLUSIVE: After acquiring The Little Hours at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Gunpowder & Sky is set to release the quirky comedy about nuns gone wild in theaters on June 30, with plans to roll out to at least 50 markets. Written and directed by Jeff Baena, The Little Hours follows three nuns, Alessandra (Alison…

Tom Quinn and Tim League’s upstart distribution company Neon has lit up the Sundance Film Festival scoreboard. They’ve made a North American rights deal for around $3 million on Ingrid Goes West, the Matt Spicer-directed drama that premiered Friday night at the Library Center Theatre. The film stars Aubrey Plaza, Eliza…

On Friday at Sundance, Aubrey Plaza was quickly shaping up into the festival’s MVP for 2017, presenting two films – The Little Hours and Ingrid Goes West – that had Park City audiences rolling in the aisles. On both projects, she’s a credited producer, boarding early and attracting other talent like a magnet. And in…

TBS has opted not to go forward with Nightmare Time, its comedy horror anthology pilot from Parks and Recreation alum Aubrey Plaza. Written by Plaza, Darcy Fowler, Kieran Valla, and Seth Kirschner, Nightmare Time was set in Aubrey Plaza's Nightmare Clinic, where celebrity guests check in to overcome recurring…

TBS has given a pilot order to Nightmare Time, a comedy horror anthology from Parks and Recreation alum Aubrey Plaza. Written by Plaza, Darcy Fowler, Kieran Valla, and Seth Kirschner, Nightmare Time is set in Aubrey Plaza’s Nightmare Clinic, where celebrity guests check in to overcome recurring nightmares. According…

Believe it or not, the third Zac Efron gross-out buddy comedy of 2016 is based on a true story. Well, as the opening credits indicate, sort of true. But the bigger shocker for me is that after enduring the abysmal Dirty Grandpa and the not-a-whole-lot-better Neighbors 2, Efron is back in top comic form as Dave…

EXCLUSIVE: Joshy and Life After Beth helmer Jeff Baena recently completed principal photography on dark comedy The Little Hours. The film, which shot under the radar in Italy, has now been acquired for international by Concourse Film Trade, the sales arm of Matthew Shreder and James Andrew Felts’ Concourse Media. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Fans of comedy and basketball will get two for the price of one later this year as newly-established ad-free streaming comedy channel Seeso has acquired worldwide rights to the documentary The Pistol Shrimps, directed by Brent Hodge and executive produced by Morgan Spurlock. The film will have its world…

EXCLUSIVE: Warning to haters from Pistol Shrimp baller Aubrey Plaza, just in time for the NBA Playoffs: “You’re either with us or you’re against us — and God help you if you’re against us because we will dunk on your ass so hard!” Here’s a first look at The Pistol Shrimps, a docu-take on the basketball collective made…

Mike and Dave are brothers. They party, they ruin family events, and they have a sister. And said sibling is planning a destination wedding in Hawaii. Their father mandates that both dateless guys must bring dates to the nuptials. So the Stangle bros go on a TV talk show and appeal to the masses to find just the right…