Will Ferrell’s Cord Hosenbeck and Molly Shannon’s Tish Cattigan are returning to “host” coverage of the 2019 Rose Parade. Last year, the pair debuted via Funny or Die on Amazon Prime Video; for this edition, the spoofy coverage will be simulcast live on FunnyOrDie.com and its social platforms as well as on…
Greenwich Entertainment has acquired distribution rights to Wild Nights With Emily, the dramatic comedy about Emily Dickinson that premiered at SXSW this year. Directed and penned by Madeleine Olnek, the pic stars SNL alum Molly Shannon and will be released in theaters in early 2019.
Shannon portrays the vivacious…
EXCLUSIVE: Molly Shannon (Private Life, SNL), Glynn Turman (Queen Sugar, How To Get Away With Murder), Michael Ian Black (Insatiable, Wet Hot American Summer) and Debbi Morgan (Power, The Defenders) are set for supporting roles as production on the Netflix original film Sextuplets is currently underway. Starring Marlon…
Molly Shannon is returning to Will & Gracethis season, reprising her Emmy-nominated role as Valerie Bassett on NBC’s revival. In addition, White Collar alum Matt Bomer, who was cast for one episode this season, will be returning for three additional episodes as Will’s (Eric McCormack) suitor McCoy Whitman.
Shannon…
HBO and Funny or Die are resurrecting Cord Hosenbeck and Tish Cattigan, the “broadcast legends” played by Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon who “hosted” this year’s Rose Parade coverage on Amazon. The pair are now set to take on live coverage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s nuptials with The Royal Wedding Live with Co…
The Deadline Studio is making its premiere at the SXSW Film Festival, opening its doors to the most riveting and groundbreaking talent at the 25th edition of the fest, running March 9-17, in Austin, Texas. Actors, directors and producers – from film and television – stopping by the Deadline Studio for portraits and…
Meeting actresses Molly Shannon and Susan Ziegler while in college at NYU, playwright and film director Madeleine Olnek years ago found the foundation for what would become the group’s latest feature, Wild Nights with Emily. Premiering at SXSW, the comedy stars Shannon as Emily Dickinson, painting an altogether…
EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media, the recently acquired digital film distribution division of Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios, has acquired the North American rights to director/co-writer Nathan Adloff's Outfest audience award winner Miles for theatrical and digital distribution June 9. The film stars Tim…
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…
EXCLUSIVE:Â In yet another preemptive deal before Sundance gets underway, eOne’s Momentum Pictures has closed North American theatrical distribution and Netflix got multi-territory SVOD rights to Fun Mom Dinner. The total deals are worth around $5 million, counting several international territory deals Voltage made…
EXCLUSIVE: It’s a decided turn for Molly Shannon who portrays a mother stricken with cancer in this semi-autobiographical film from Saturday Night Live veteran and head writer Chris Kelly. Other People, from Vertical Entertainment, follows a struggling comedy writer, fresh from breaking up with his boyfriend portrayed…
EXCLUSIVE:Molly Shannon and Emily Dickinson? Seems like an oxymoron, yet Shannon just starred in the low-budget indie feature for writer-director Madeleine Olnek (The Foxy Merkins). The comedy-period piece about famed poet Dickinson has been described as kind of an “experimental” piece with Shannon taking the title…
