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A higher power is calling upon Ben Falcone to do some good in God’s Favorite Idiot, the latest comedy from the actor-creator and Melissa McCarthy that drops June 15 on Netflix. The streamer has unveiled the first trailer for the series (see above). Here’s the logline for the comedy: “Clark Thompson (Falcone) is a…

Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone’s Netflix comedy series God’s Favorite Idiot has wrapped up production earlier than expected in Australia—and now, we know why. The Guardian reported on Tuesday that just eight of 16 episodes originally planned for had been shot, when production came to a halt. This apparently caused…

Everything in Thunder Force, writer-director Ben Falcone’s latest collaboration with wife Melissa McCarthy, seems overly familiar — certainly in its comic spin on the well-worn comic book genre. Coming on the heels of another sci-fi comedy, Superintelligence, in which McCarthy battled supernatural alien forces out to…

EXCLUSIVE: Leslie Bibb (Jupiter’s Legacy) and Kevin Dunn (Veep) have been tapped as leads opposite Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy in God's Favorite Idiot, Netflix’s new workplace comedy starring and executive produced by Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy. Created by Falcone, God's Favorite Idiot follows Clark…

Netflix has given a 16-episode series order to God’s Favorite Idiot, a workplace comedy from Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy, who will star and executive produce. Michael McDonald (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Nobodies) is attached to direct and executive produce. Created by Falcone, God’s Favorite Idiot follows Clark…

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the latest Melissa McCarthy-Ben Falcone comic creation, Superintelligence. In fact, it is a sweet little film, instantly forgettable but with a worthy message and also amusing in enough parts — I laughed at a few scenes — to justify a look on HBO Max. That’s where it is headed…

HBO Max has dropped the trailer for its technology-comedy Superintelligence, starring Melissa McCarthy and James Corden. Directed by Ben Falcone, Superintelligence follows McCarthy’s undoubtedly average Carol Peters as she seeks to save the world from technological destruction. “Carol, I am a technological…

The more than $10 million breach of contract lawsuit just filed over the 2018 Melissa McCarthy starrer Life of the Party may prove a party pooper for the Ghostbusters actress, Warner Bros, director Ben Falcone, the Gersh Agency, agent Sean Barclay, and Brett Ratner and his RatPac banner. "Plaintiff formally pitched…

EXCLUSIVE: In a move that could become more common as major studios lean in heavily toward their streaming launches, the Ben Falcone-directed Melissa McCarthy-starrer Superintelligence has exited its December 20 theatrical release date to instead become the first Warner Bros Pictures Group film to premiere on HBO…

EXCLUSIVE: As we watch superhero movies dominate Deadline’s Most Profitable Pic tournament, it was just a matter of time before Netflix got in that game. Sure enough, sources say they are wrapping up deals with Octavia Spencer and Melissa McCarthy to star this fall in Thunder Force, a film that Ben Falcone has written…

The first trailer for New Line Cinema's college-centric Life of the Party has dropped, and it has Melissa McCarthy in all her alcohol-consuming, “cool mom” physical comedy glory. Directed by McCarthy’s husband Ben Falcone and in the same vein as the 1986 Rodney Dangerfield classic Back to School, Life of the…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, New Line has purchased an Untitled Female Boston Cop project based on a book proposal by Alexandra Lydon about the first women to join Boston’s police department in the ’70s. The film will be developed as a dramatic vehicle for Melissa McCarthy to play one of the main women cops…