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NBC has handed out its first pilot order this cycle to Night School, a multi-camera comedy based on the hit 2018 Universal movie, from Marlon co-creator Christopher Moynihan and the film’s star/producer Kevin Hart, producer Will Packer and director Malcolm D. Lee. Penned by Moynihan, Night School the series centers on…

EXCLUSIVE: Hot off the success of Night School which is on its way to clicking past $40M worldwide by the end of today, the pic’s director Malcolm D. Lee is back in business with Universal for the romantic ensemble comedy How to Fall in Love with Anyone.  The studio is developing the project, inspired by Mandy Len…

5th Update, Sunday AM FINAL: Universal’s Night School maintained its No. 1 spot over the weekend with an improved 3-day $28M after a great Saturday of $11.2M that was up 18% over Friday. Know that percentage was even greater because if you take out Thursday’s $1.35M previews from Friday’s $9.5M; the jump is really 38%…

Rodney Dangerfield made the most of an older guy going back to class in 1986’s hilarious Back to School. Now doing the same sort of thing (but not quite) in Night School, the usually very funny Kevin Hart doesn’t make the grade in this largely unfunny comic vehicle teaming him and Tiffany Haddish in what should have…

While yucks haven’t translated into bucks at the box office for quite some time, the comedy genre is expected to come alive this weekend with Universal’s PG-13 rated Malcolm D. Lee-directed feature Night School which is set to ace a $30M-plus opening; the highest debut for a comedy, well, since last July’s Girls…

“If you’re not going to do the work, drop the class,” Tiffany Haddish warns in Universal’s newly released trailer for its Kevin Hart-led comedy Night School, from Girls Trip director Malcolm D. Lee. In the film, Hart’s character, along with a group of misfits, is forced to go back to school to get his GED in hopes of…

Anne Winters, who recently was added to Season 2 of Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, is doubling down on her studies, joining Universal’s comedy Night School. Kevin Hart stars in the Malcolm D. Lee-directed film about a group of misfits who are forced to attend adult classes in the hope that they'll pass the GED exam…

Fran Drescher and legendary director/actor Peter Bogdanovich will co-star in The Creatress, a drama co-produced by Café Oscuro Films and Digital Cuvee. Written and directed by Jason Cook, the film centers on best-selling author Eryn Bellow who concludes her bookstore tour with her agent selling film rights and closing…

EXCLUSIVE: 24 alumna Mary Lynn Rajskub is set to co-star in the Kevin Hart/Universal comedy Night School, joining Tiffany Haddish, Yvonne Orji, and Taran Killam. Girls Trip director Malcolm D. Lee is at the helm of the film, which will bow in theaters September 28, 2018. The pic follows a group of misfits who are…

The Kevin Hart comedy Night School just added another name to its roster. Insecure actress Yvonne Orji is set to join Hart and Tiffany Haddish in the movie directed by Malcolm D. Lee (Girls Trip, The Best Man Holiday, Barbershop: The Next Cut). Based on a story by Hart, Night School follows a group of misfits who are…

Universal Pictures has signed a first-look production deal with Malcolm D. Lee, the writer-director-producer that has made nine films with the studio including his first, The Best Man, and most recently Girls Trip, which hits theaters Friday. The pact with Lee and his Blackmaled Productions was unveiled by Universal…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has set Malcolm D. Lee to direct Night School, an action comedy that will star Kevin Hart. Will Packer will produce for his Will Packer Productions alongside Hart and his Hartbeat Productions banner. Universal jumps back in business with Lee in anticipation of the release of the…