Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd and Kate Mara to prepare for indie film titled ‘Friendship’ – The Hollywood Reporter

Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd and Kate Mara

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Tim Robinson, the comedian behind the sketch series I think you should leaveis starring friendshipWith Paul Rudd and Kate Mara. The indie comedy marks the directorial debut of Andrew DeYoung, a director known for his work on series such as… Our knowledge means death And Pen15.

JD Lifshitz and Raphael Margules, the producing duo behind horror films barbaricis producing the comedy, which is now in production, with a fifth season, and is the financing production and distribution group behind the recent films Flora and his son And 80 for Brady. Season 5, previously called Endeavor Content, is also being financed.

Written by De Jong, friendship The film is about a mild-mannered man named Craig, whose life is perfectly balanced, with Subway sandwiches and Marvel movies, a job he enjoys and a happy home life with a wife and son. That life is turned upside down when a meteorologist, played by Rudd, arrives in the neighborhood. Mysterious yet friendly, macho yet vulnerable, the weatherman turns everything around for Craig, but Craig’s obsessive and childish nature threatens to ruin the friendship and perhaps everything else in his life.

Tracy Rosenblum serves as executive producer.

WME Independent and UTA are co-representing domestic sales of the title with the fifth season.

DeYoung has made a name for himself in television, where he recently won an Emmy Award for his writing Will laughter kill you?, a Peacock comedy special starring John Early and Kate Berlant, which he also directed and produced. In addition to directing Max’s episodes Our knowledge means death and Hulu’s four Emmy nominees Pen15His credits include episodes of the Hulu series Intense, foreign currency Dave And the upcoming Netflix The Decameron. He is repped by WME and Rise.

Robinson is a writer and former player Saturday Night Live Who took off with his comedy series on Netflix I think you should leave, which hit its third season last year. The series won two Emmy Awards last month, for Outstanding Comedy or Drama Miniseries and Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries Comedy or Drama. Robinson also won the second category at the 2022 Emmy Awards.

Rod, was last seen on Hulu’s Murders only in the buildingthe stars coming in Ghostbusters: The Frozen Empire, which Sony opens on March 22. He is repped by UTA, Lighthouse Management + Media and Jackoway Austen.

Mara recently starred in the FX crime series Class ’09, which aired on Hulu. She is repped by CAA and Mosaic.