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The follow-up to Barbarian has been teased by one of its stars. The movie, which is titled Weapons and is set to premiere in theaters on January 16, 2026, is the next film from director Zach Cregger, who made his horror debut with the twist-filled Barbarian in 2022 after a career in comedy projects including The Whitest Kids U'Know and Miss March. The upcoming movie, which is set in Florida, features a cast that includes Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Benedict Wong, Amy Madigan, Austin Abrams, and June Diane Raphael.

Per Collider, Julia Garner was interviewed by Perri Nemiroff on the video series Collider Ladies Night while promoting her upcoming Blumhouse horror movie Wolf Man. During their conversation, they touched on the topic of Weapons. While Garner could not reveal much about the project, she described it as not being "a proper horror movie" and taking after Barbarian by occupying a singular...

The horror movie Barbarian finds success on Netflix. The title landed on Netflix's global top 10 English-language movie chart with 4.6 million viewers in a week. The success of Barbarian on Netflix may boost upcoming projects from stars Bill Skarsgrd and Georgina Campbell.

Barbarian has become a global hit on Netflix two years after its original release. The twisty 2022 horror thriller, which stars Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgrd, and Justin Long, was directed by The Whitest Kids U'Know's Zach Cregger, who was previously known more or less exclusively as a comedy filmmaker. In addition to being a critical success, earning a Certified Fresh 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the movie was a theatrical hit, grossing $45.4 million against a budget of roughly $4.5 million.

Netflix has now calculated their global Top 10 chart for the most-watched English-language movies during the week of April 29 through May 5. Barbarian landed on the chart at No. 10 thanks to 4.6 million viewers...

Dr. Jennifer Ashton is exiting ABC News, where she serves as a co-host on GMA3.

Ashton will depart the network at the end of June after 13 years in order to expand her women’s wellness company, Ajenda, which tackles the challenges of menopause health and weight management.

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Writer/director Zach Cregger’s horror film Barbarian (watch it Here) was a financial success when it was released last year, and it also received a lot of positive word-of-mouth. New Line Cinema was so impressed by it, they forked over $38 million to pick up Cregger’s mysterious new horror project, Weapons. (Beating out Jordan Peele and Universal in the bidding war.) New Line then signed a first look deal with BoulderLight Pictures, the production company behind Barbarian. They have since set up two other projects, a sci-fi thriller called Companion and a haunted house movie called Occupant, that Cregger will be producing. But while the filmmakers move on to other ideas, Barbarian does still has life in it. Our friends at Bloody Disgusting report that a Barbarian video game is now in the works!

The Barbarian video game is a collaboration between New Regency Pictures and Diversion3 Entertainment – a...

The following contains spoilers for I Think You Should Leave Season 3, Episode 2, "I Can Do Whatever I Want," now streaming on Netflix.

For 50 seconds, there were monsters in the world of I Think You Should Leave. The "Darmine Doggy Door" sketch was one of the Netflix show's most terrifying and existential entries. Tim Robinson's sleep-deprived salesman mistook a pig in a Richard Nixon mask for a waking nightmare, and was left to grapple with the existential fallout of his momentary delusion.

"Darmine Doggy Door" instantly entered the pantheon of I Think You Should Leave's other intriguing calls to consumer action, such as "Turbo Team" and "Corncob TV," but introduced a twist. Utilizing genre tropes such as the reliable jump scare and a practical effects creature design, Robinson met audiences at the threshold of horror and comedy. He then demonstrated that the difference between the two can be as thin as a standard-issue doggy door.

There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding Zach Cregger’s latest project, Weapons. Cregger, who started out as a main cast member and director for the comedy series The Whitest Kids U’Know, made a big splash last year with his first horror movie debut, Barbarian. New Line Cinema acquired the rights for the original screenplay of Weapons, written and set to be directed and produced by Zach Cregger.

Up next from writer/director Zach Cregger (Barbarian) is New Line Cinema’s Weapons, and THR reports that Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World) will star.

Renate Reinsve joins the previously announced Pedro Pascal (“The Last of Us”).

Moving full speed ahead toward a theatrical release, production is anticipated to commence later this year. The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.

The Hollywood Reporter teased, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”

Richard Brener, President and Chief Creative Officer, New Line Cinema, stated, “Zach proved with ‘Barbarian’ that he...

The filmmaker behind last year's surprise horror hit "Barbarian" has lined up his next movie, and it sounds like Hollywood was absolutely salivating over it. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Zach Cregger will next write and direct a new original titled "Weapons," with Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema winning the bidding war that emerged over the project. What's more, Cregger managed to score an unusually rich deal for the film, but more on that in a moment.

News of Cregger's follow-up to "Barbarian" hit the town earlier this week and, even before that, studios were said to be trying to nab the rights to the film. Ultimately, New Line bested the competition, and a deal was made quickly. Production is expected to kick off later this year, but there is no word yet on who will star in the film, which is described as another horror effort, though plot details are thin for now.

After making one of the most talked about horror movies of 2022, Zach Cregger has set his sights on a follow-up. The “Barbarian” writer-director’s sophomore film “Weapons” will begin production this year, it was announced January 25.

The film, which has not revealed any plot details, will be distributed by New Line Cinema and receive a full theatrical release. Warner Bros. Pictures will distribute the film worldwide. Cregger, best known before “Barbarian” for his work as a writer in the comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know” and its IFC TV series, will produce the film, alongside the rest of the producing team from “Barbarian,” including Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon will also produce.

“Zach proved with ‘Barbarian’ that he can create a visceral theatrical experience for audiences and that he commands every tool in the filmmaker toolbelt,” New...

New Line Cinema has acquired the original screenplay Weapons from the filmmaking team behind the award-winning horror hit Barbarian, Bd has learned this afternoon.

Moving full speed ahead toward a theatrical release, production is anticipated to commence later this year. The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.

The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”

Richard Brener, President and Chief Creative Officer, New Line Cinema, stated, “Zach proved with ‘Barbarian’ that he can create a visceral theatrical experience for audiences and that he commands every tool in the filmmaker toolbelt.

The buzz had been building for more than two weeks. A new project from Zach Cregger, the out-of-nowhere filmmaker behind the cult horror hit Barbarian, was coming.

There were offers sight unseen, some even hitting eight figures, before the project was taken to market. Producers were calling Cregger’s representatives, begging to be involved. No dice. Nobody was getting a peek until it was to hit the market the morning of Jan. 22.

In the 24 hours after Cregger’s new horror project, Weapons, was sent to Hollywood studios, a brief but intense bidding war exploded. And just as quickly, a whopper of a deal was made.

Closing whirlwind negotiations Tuesday, New Line has won the rights to Weapons, signing a deal that seems unprecedented in modern times, especially for a filmmaker with essentially just one movie under his belt.

Yes, there is the money — eight figures to write and direct — according to sources.

If you haven’t watched writer/director Zach Cregger’s horror film Barbarian yet, you should back out of this article. The best way to watch Barbarian is without knowing any Spoilers ahead of time – and there are spoilers below. But if you’ve already seen the movie, or if you don’t mind ruining the surprises, keep reading to find out about the scene Cregger thought was too gross to be in the final cut.

Cregger, who co-created the TV series The Whitest Kids U’Know, crafted a story for Barbarian that begins when

a young woman traveling to Detroit for a job interview books a rental home. But when she arrives late at night, she discovers that the house is double booked, and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to spend the evening, but soon discovers that there’s a lot more...

Barbarian director Zach Cregger has shared a progress update on his next horror film. Barbarian was a surprise hit in the post-summer season when it took No. 1 in its opening weekend this past September. The film followed a young woman named Tess (Georgina Campbell) whose Airbnb was accidentally double booked with Keith (Bill Skarsgård). While she attempts to ascertain if Keith is telling the truth about his intentions, she discovers that the house has sinister secrets of its own.

Recently, ComingSoon.net sat down with Cregger to discuss the success of Barbarian and his plans for the future. The writer-director is currently working on the screenplay for an as-yet-untitled horror project, and he shared the latest update on his progress. He is currently holed up in an appropriate setting - an isolated cabin in the woods - and making good progress, which has him "feeling very positive." Read his full...

Exclusive: Jim Biederman, who produced Kids in the Hall and Jodi Lennon, who produced At Home with Amy Sedaris, are teaming up and have struck a first-look deal with Truly Original.

It comes after the pair worked with the Banijay-owned production company on The CW’s comedy panel show Would I Lie To You?. Biederman was showrunner and exec producer and Lennon was co-exec producer and writer.

The deal will help Truly Original, which also makes a number of The Real Housewives shows, move further into comedic unscripted series in the narrative, sketch, variety and game show genres.

The pair will work with Head of Development Chachi Senior and SVP Michelle Schiefen.

Biederman and Lennon have known each other for more than two decades from the New York comedy and sketch scene with Biederman’s other credits including The Tom Green Show, The Whitest Kids U’ Know and The Howard...

Writer/director Zach Cregger’s horror film Barbarian was given a theatrical release on September 9th – and now 20th Century Studios and New Regency have announced that the movie will be getting a digital release just in time for Halloween! To be specific, Barbarian will be available to watch digitally as of October 25th.

Cregger, who co-created the TV series The Whitest Kids U’Know, crafted a story for Barbarian that begins when

a young woman traveling to Detroit for a job interview books a rental home. But when she arrives late at night, she discovers that the house is double booked, and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to spend the evening, but soon discovers that there’s a lot more to fear than just an unexpected house guest.

The film stars Georgina Campbell (Krypton), Bill Skarsgård (It), Justin Long (Tusk), Matthew Patrick Davis...

Once you've seen "Barbarian," you'll think twice about booking your next Airbnb. If you need a horror movie to really throw you off guard this Halloween season, then the new chiller from 20th Century Studios and New Regency will be receiving a Digital release to haunt you in your own home later this month.

One of the greatest things about horror is the element of surprise. Each year comes with a wildly unpredictable horror film that thrusts you into a nightmare you never could have expected, and with 2022, "Barbarian" is that film. Director Zach Cregger ("The Whitest Kids U'Know"), along with producer Roy Lee does his best to lull you into one horror movie, before unleashing a whole wave of them.

Whether you're seeing this basement-dwelling terror for the first time or looking to catch clues that you missed the first time around in theaters, "Barbarian" is the way to go this Halloween season.

This article contains major spoilers for "Barbarian."

We've barely entered the spooky movie season and Zach Cregger's "Barbarian" has already blown the doors off in a big way. It's rare that you come across a movie that keeps its deepest secrets close to its chest in the way that this unpredictable nightmare does. It comes as such a surprise given how Cregger, one of the founding members of "The Whitest Kids U' Know," has only directed one other theatrical feature with "Miss March," which was savagely panned by critics at the time of its release.

"Barbarian" already feels like a formidable addition to the roster of modern horror greats. Those of you who are already privy to this movie's dark secrets know how imperative it is that others walk into it as cold as possible. While Cregger was interviewed by Bloody Disgusting, he stressed how important it was to...

"Barbarian" is one of the hottest horror movies of 2022. The film is cheeky, terrifying, and refreshingly contemporary. It also marks the directorial debut of Zach Cregger, known for creating the hilarious sketch comedy series "The Whitest Kids U'Know." With all the buzz surrounding "Barbarian," a lot of people are wondering what the filmmaker plans to do next. Nothing is set in stone yet, but Cregger has already written some very exciting films that he hopes to get made in the near future. This includes some original work as well as a spin-off of a beloved franchise — Batman.

Like "Joker," "Barbarian" is dark, stylistically distinct, and sprinkled with humor. It also follows a main character unraveling a mystery, much like how Batman follows the Riddler's clues. Cregger wrote the screenplay in his free time and never expected the project to get off the ground. "I didn't write this thinking this would ever get made,...

Horror fans can scream “original horror” all they want but the truth is that risks are only taken when there’s proof of success. Studios and distributors are reactionary and when horror fans vote with their dollars it tells them to take more risks.

2022 has been an excellent year for both the genre and risks. Universal Pictures’ The Black Phone was a massive hit, so much so that discussions are underway to turn it into a franchise. That’s the irony here – an original idea that hits becomes IP and then there’s less room for those risks.

Digressing, it’s all a win for horror fans. And for those complaining there aren’t enough original horror films, you just aren’t looking hard enough. Thankfully, some sneak their way into theaters and continue to prove that these are risks worth taking.

This week it was 20th Century Studios’ Barbarian,...

Now playing in theaters, Barbarian has been earning rave reviews from critics – including our own Meagan Navarro, who awarded the film 4.5/5 stars – and the horror movie debut from writer/director Zach Cregger is sure to shock and surprise horror audiences for many years to come. Read nothing. Have nothing spoiled for you. Just buy the ticket and take the ride.

Meagan writes, “Perhaps best known as one of the founding members of “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” Zach Cregger has had an enduring comedy career. While Cregger’s latest, Barbarian, features a darkly funny streak, it’s the type of horror that goes for the jugular.”

So what’s next from Zach Cregger, you might be wondering? Speaking with Bloody Disgusting’s The Boo Crew Podcast, Cregger reveals he’s working on another horror movie!

“I’m writing a horror [movie] right now,” Cregger tells The Boo Crew. “It’s way more ambitious than Barbarian.

Bill Skarsgård has made quite the name for himself over the last few years. After playing Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the 2017 Stephen King adaptation It, Skarsgård appeared in several more films including Deadpool 2, The Devil All the Time, and Eternals. However, Skarsgård returns to the realm of horror with Barbarian. This new film stars Georgina Campbell (Black Mirror) as a young woman named Tess who realizes that the apartment she's renting is somehow already booked by a man named Keith (Skarsgård). Even though Tess decides to stay with Keith for the night, she begins to suspect everything in this house isn't what it seems. Justin Long (Jeepers Creepers) also plays a character in the movie named Aj. Meanwhile, Skarsgård serves as an executive producer on Barbarian, which is written and directed by Zach Cregger, a member of the irreverent comedy sketch show The Whitest Kids U'Know, so this...

Spoiler warning: Perhaps best known as one of the founding members of “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” writer/director Zach Cregger has had an enduring comedy career. While Cregger’s latest, Barbarian, features a darkly funny streak, it’s the type of horror that goes for the jugular.

Barbarian, out in theaters on September 9, stars Georgina Campbell as Tess. When Tess arrives at her Detroit rental late one night, she’s startled to find that it’s been double booked. She reluctantly agrees to share the space with the stranger (Bill Skarsgård) but soon realizes there’s more to fear than unexpected guests.

Ahead of the film’s release, Bloody Disgusting chatted with Cregger about his unpredictable horror movie. The filmmaker spoke about why comedy and horror are two sides of the same coin, the story behind a song choice, and his surprising horror influences.

The film’s introduction to Justin Long...

Trevor Moore, the comedian, actor and producer who co-founded sketch comedy group “The Whitest Kids U Know,” died Friday in an accident. He was 41.

Moore’s manager confirmed the news to Variety and provided a statement on behalf of Moore’s wife, Aimee Carlson, and family. “We are devastated by the loss of my husband, best friend and the father of our son. He was known as a writer and comedian to millions, and yet to us he was simply the center of our whole world,” Carlson wrote. “We don’t know how we’ll go on without him, but we’re thankful for the memories we do have that will stay with us forever. We appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from everyone. This is a tragic and sudden loss and we ask that you please respect our privacy during this time of grieving.”

Moore was born in Montclair,...

Trevor Moore, a comedian, actor, producer, and co-founder of the sketch comedy group The Whitest Kids U Know, died Friday evening at 41 from an accident. His death was confirmed by his manager, who issued this statement on behalf of his wife Aimee Carlson and the Moore family:

“We are devastated by the loss of my husband, best friend and the father of our son. He was known as a writer and comedian to millions, and yet to us he was simply the center of our whole world. We don’t know how we’ll go on without him, but we’re thankful for the memories we do have that will stay with us forever. We appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from everyone. This is a tragic and sudden loss and we ask that you please respect our privacy during this time of grieving.”

Moore received...

Also Known as The Bounceback. Watch the trailer for Tribeca Film's Love & Air Sex, starring Ashley Bell, Zach Cregger, Sasra Paxton, Michael Stahl-David, Addison Timlin, Marshall Allman and Justin Arnold, When brokenhearted Stan (Stahl-David) flies to Austin for the weekend in hopes of "accidentally" running into his ex-girlfriend Cathy (Bell), he arrives to find their best friends Jeff (Cregger, "The Whitest Kids U'Know")and Kara (Paxton) in the middle of their own vicious breakup. Before too long, battle lines are drawn – and with the Air Sex World Championships in town, anything can go down.

NBC's Assistance has cast Zach Cregger of Guys With Kids alongside Krysten Ritter in the single-camera comedy pilot. Deadline reports that the show coming from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Productions and and Universal TV, is written by Leslye Headland. Follows Ritter's Nora who's described as an idealistic working girl assistant, being pulled between Cregger's character who's her her colleague, and her fiancé played by Peter Cambor, and has a demanding boss to deal with. Aside from Guys with Kids, Cregger's credits include 2008's College comedy, followed by Miss March, which he directed alongside Trevor Moore, and also co-created TV's The Whitest Kids U'Know series with Moore. He's up next in The Bounceback with The Last Exorcism's star Ashley Bell, as well as Shark Night's Sara Paxton, Michael Stahl-David and Addison Timlin.

NBC's Assistance has cast Zach Cregger of Guys With Kids alongside Krysten Ritter in the single-camera comedy pilot. Deadline reports that the show coming from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Productions and and Universal TV, is written by Leslye Headland. Follows Ritter's Nora who's described as an idealistic working girl assistant, being pulled between Cregger's character who's her her colleague, and her fiancé played by Peter Cambor, and has a demanding boss to deal with. Aside from Guys with Kids, Cregger's credits include 2008's College comedy, followed by Miss March, which he directed alongside Trevor Moore, and also co-created TV's The Whitest Kids U'Know series with Moore. He's up next in The Bounceback with The Last Exorcism's star Ashley Bell, as well as Shark Night's Sara Paxton, Michael Stahl-David and Addison Timlin.

One of Monsters and Critics' favorites is back with a vengeance! A comedian, actor, musician, writer, director and producer, Trevor Moore (Whitest Kids U' Know) will release his new comedy album, Drunk Texts To Myself, on March 26 on Comedy Central Records featuring ten new comedic songs. Check out The Pope Rap, below! A founding member and leader of the sketch comedy group, The Whitest Kids U'Know, Trevor is currently on tour with the group throughout the Us. Their self-titled comedy show ran for five seasons on the IFC Network and their videos have over 100 million views on YouTube. Trevor is a regular correspondent on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He co-directed,...

"House" regular Peter Jacobson won't have a lot of downtime between the end of his current series and his possible next series role.

Jacobson, who's joined "House" in its fourth season, has taken a role in the Showtime drama pilot "Ray Donovan," according to Deadline. He's the first "House" cast member to line up pilot work since the announcement of the show's end date.

"Ray Donovan" star Liev Schreiber as a professional trouble-shooter (a la "Michael Clayton") who works for the wealthy and powerful of Los Angeles but has a boatload of issues within his own family. Jacobson, whose credits also include "The Starter Wife" and "The Lost Room," will have a recurring part as a colleague who often turns to Ray when he needs a problem fixed.

The series will also star Jon Voight as Ray's dad, Elliott Gould as Ray's professional mentor and Paula Malcomson ("Deadwood") as his wife,...

Best Male LeadRonald Bronstein"Daddy Longlegs"Beginner's luck? Ronald Bronstein is an award-winning writer-director of indie films. But in writer-directors Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie's film "Daddy Longlegs," he makes his film acting debut. Here he plays Lenny, a divorced father of two young boys who has little grasp on parental responsibility and skill, and even less good judgment.When we first meet Lenny, he pompously mouths off to the school principal in a juvenile defense of his two boys. That scene sets our teeth on edge for what's to come. Lenny takes his sons on vacation with a woman he first met at a bar the night before. He brings the kids to his job as a projectionist, then lets them run wild and even operate the projector—badly. Told he can't bring them again, he gives them a wee dose of sedatives that sends them into Stage 4 sleep for days on end.

"Human Target" won't be just a boys' club next season. The Fox show has cast Indira Varma ("Rome," "Torchwood") as a new addition to Christopher Chance's (Mark Valley) team. [Deadline]

"$#*! My Dad Says" has recast the lead role of William Shatner's son, to whom much of the dad's $#*! gets said. Jonathan Sadowski ("Friday the 13th," "American Dreams") will star in the CBS sitcom, replacing Ryan Devlin ("Cougar Town"). [Variety]

Andrea Roth (pictured) of "Rescue Me" is joining the cast of the new CBS drama "Blue Bloods," where she'll play a love interest for Tom Selleck's NYPD chief. She replaces Wendy Moniz in the role. [EW]

Nickelodeon has greenlit a combination live-action/animated movie version of their show "Fairly OddParents," starring Drake Bell as the 23-year-old Timmy Turner. Jason Alexander and Cheryl Hines still star as Timmy's live-action godparents. [The Wrap]

NBC's midseason comedy "Friends with Benefits" has cast Zach Cregger ("The Whitest Kids U'Know...

Exclusive: Zach Cregger has landed a lead role on NBC’s midseason ensemble comedy series Friends with Benefits. The 20th TV/Imagine TV project, whose pilot was directed by David Dobkin, explores modern-day romance through the eyes of five friends, each looking for "the one" but in the meantime settling for "friends with benefits." Cregger will play one of them, a nerdy but cute hopeless romantic who is worth $12 million after selling an algorithm to Google. He replaces Fran Kranz who played the role in the pilot, one of two Friends with Benefits leads that were recast after the upfronts. Andre Holland was recently tapped for the other, replacing Ian Reed Kesler. Cregger starred in another NBC comedy pilot this past development season, The Pink House. He also is a founding member of The Whitest Kids U'Know sketch comedy troupe.

Delroy Lindo has been tapped for a lead role on Fox's drama pilot "Ride-Along."

Shawn Ryan's "Ride-Along" revolves around on Jarek (Jason Clarke), a rogue cowboy cop, and Teresa (Jennifer Beals), Chicago's first female police chief, who vow to clean up the streets.

Lindo will play a longtime building magnate-turned-politician who is loved by his constituents, but there have always been whispers about possible ties to organized

Crime and Jarek and Teresa are convinced he's dirty.

Also, Zach Cregger has been cast in NBC's "The Pink House" comedy pilot.

The project is about two guys living in a La beach house. Cregger is a founding member of "The Whitest Kids U'Know" sketch comedy troupe and is represented by The Collective and Wme.

Nobody can accuse Christian Slater of not trying to get himself into a hit TV series. First there was 'My Own Worst Enemy,' then this year's 'The Forgotten.' Two swings, two misses. Will the third strike rule apply if his next project fails to make the cut? Whatever the outcome, you gotta give the guy credit for trying. Today, the Hollywood Reporter reported that Christian Slater's been cast in an Adam Goldberg comedy pilot for Fox.

There's action as well as comedy apparently, with Slater playing the leader of a group called Titan Team, a bunch of young, brilliant security experts. He's ex-military and a maverick. Writer/actor Trevor Moore from 'The Whitest Kids U'Know' is also in the pilot. He's the Don Juan and reconnaissance expert.

Continue reading Christian Slater's Latest Will Be a Fox Pilot

 

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IFC is going for laughs with its 2009-10 slate, which includes projects starring "Saturday Night Live" alum Chris Kattan and punk food princess Thu Tran.

"We're making huge strides in the comedy genre by creating nontraditional original series that appeal to our core base of men 18-34," said Jennifer Caserta, executive vp and Gm of IFCtv.

IFC's new original series include "Food Party," which premieres June 9, a surreal mixture of puppets, weird special effects and cooking hosted by Tran.

The previously announced "Bollywood Hero," which airs Aug. 6-8, is an original three-part comedy miniseries centering on Kattan, who plays himself as he moves to India, where he's been promised a starring role in a Bollywood film.

The mini, which co-stars Julian Sands, Neha Dhupia, Ali Fazal and Pooja Kumar, is co-produced by Starz Media and executive produced by Kattan and Snackaholic's Ted Skillman and Belisa Balaban.

"Monty Python: Almost...

Warner Bros.' "Watchmen" wilted under the pressure in its second weekend as Disney's family adventure "Race to Witch Mountain" sped to No. 1 with $25 million in estimated opening grosses.

"Watchmen" dropped a big 67% from its opening domestic grosses to register $18.1 million in second place. Universal's Rogue-produced horror pic "The Last House on the Left" bowed in third place with $14.7 million, while Fox Atomic's youth comedy "Miss March" stumbled into theaters with just $2.4 million in 10th place.

Industrywide, the $101 million weekend represented a 16% decline from the same frame last year, according to Nielsen Edi. It was only the second year-over-year weekend decline this year, with industryites citing a tough comparison with a year-ago session topped by the $45 million opening of "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!"

The industry boxoffice is tracking 2% ahead of the same portion of last year, at $1.88 billion. But the year-to-date uptick is deceptively modest due to...

Up until yesterday I was having trouble keeping track of all the movies that were contenders for the worst of 2009, and I couldn't decide which one topped the list. Now my head is clear of such decisions. I've seen Miss March. In the film, high school boy Eugene (Zach Cregger) practices abstinence but reluctantly agrees to sleep with his girlfriend Cindi (Raquel Alessi) on prom night. Before he can seal the deal he falls down some stairs and goes into a coma. When he wakes up four years later, Cindi is the new Playboy Centerfold. So he and his idiot best friend Tucker (Trevor Moore) take a road trip to the Playboy Mansion to find her.

How they're friends is one of the movie's greatest mysteries, aside from, you know, the one about how it ever got made. These two morons react to everything with bug eyes and jaws agape,...

Disclaimer: I'm a huge fan of "The Whitest Kids U Know". Groups like "Whitest Kids" and "Derrick Comedy" (whose recent film, "Mystery Team", which was a hit at Sundance) have found major success on the Internet and revived sketch comedy that's either been trampled from "SNL" or dormant since "Monty Python" depending on how you want to interpret the history. As the success of these groups grows online, Hollywood wants in on the action and they've nicked a piece of "Whitest Kids U Know" with writers, directors, and stars Trevor Moore and Zack Cregger in the sex comedy "Miss March". Unfortunately, while Moore and Cregger are funny, the film lacks the insane irreverence of their show, the full-dynamic of the show's five-person cast, and that leaves too much wacky/straight-man dynamic between Moore's lovable, horny-idiot Tucker and ...

Chicago – Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore – best known as members of the TV comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’ Know” (now on the Independent Film Channel) – make their directorial feature-film debut with the release of “Miss March”.

Rating: 2.5/5.0 “Miss March,” which opens on March 13, 2009, is a sex comedy that also stars Cregger and Moore as Eugene Bell and Tucker Cleigh, a couple of high school goofs who are looking to score. Tucker is the rampant horny boy in the scenario, while Eugene is a purer soul, hoping to lose his virginity on prom night with his girlfriend Cindi (Raquel Alessi).

HollywoodChicago.com sat down with Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore to talk about doing feature films versus sketch comedy world and where the horny boy sex comedy fits in the internet age.

Zach Clegger (left) as Eugene Bell and Trevor Moore (right) as Tucker Clegh in “Miss March”

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Will "Watchmen" turn out to be a one-week wonder?

There appears at least a possibility of that -- though after the pic topped the domestic boxoffice with $55.2 million this past weekend, nobody is likely to shed tears for distributor Warner Bros. if the "Watchmen" reign proves short-lived.

Not that there isn't considerable interest in the question. "Watchmen" was watched for weeks for signs of whether it would open well, so it similarly will be scrutinized for the strength of its legs in the theatrical marketplace.

The visually charged superhero pic won't be helped by the emergence of three wide openers during its sophomore session: Disney's family adventure "Race to Witch Mountain," Universal's R-rated horror film "The Last House on the Left" and Fox Atomic's R-rated youth comedy "Miss March."

"Witch Mountain" seems strongest among the new pics. Some industryites believe it will outpace "Watchmen," even though the R-rated comic-book adaptation...

It’s no great feat to score laughs in a Judd Apatow production with a clever script, talented castmates, and the freedom to improvise fruitfully. But it takes real talent to get them in a brutal black hole of a comedy like Miss March,co-directed, co-scripted and starring Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore of the sketch comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U Know. If there were an Academy Award for best supporting performance in a dreadful sex comedy, Craig Robinson would win for his inspired turn as a deluded rapper named Horsedick.Mpeg (always remember the Mpeg part) here. As ...

The co-stars/co-directors of the new comedy “Miss March” are Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore, from the sketch comedy show The Whitest Kids U Know. Never heard of it? Eh, me, neither, although I’ve seen Cregger on talk shows. Anyways, they’ve written, starred, and directed a sex comedy called “Miss March”, which also has actor Craig Robinson playing a big black guy name Horsedick.Mpeg who raps about doing you know what to white girls. I kid you not. A hilarious red band trailer and poster for the movie after the jump. Miss March tells the story of a young man (Cregger) who awakens from a four-year coma to hear that his once virginal high-school sweetheart (Alessi) has since become a naked centerfold in Playboy. He and his sex-crazed best friend (Moore) decide to take a cross- country road trip in order to crash a party at the...

A restricted trailer for the upcoming "Miss March" comedy has been released, featuring several new scenes and lots of language. Click on the link below to check it out. Plot: A young man who awakens from a four-year coma to hear that his once virginal high-school sweetheart has since become a centerfold in one of the world's most famous men's magazines. He and his sex-crazed best friend decide to take a cross-country road trip in order to crash a party at the magazine's legendary mansion headquarters and win back the girl. "Miss March" is written and directed by Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore, who are the creators of "The Whitest Kids U Know" TV show. Their new movie is scheduled to hit theaters on March 13th. Click here to read more about "Miss March."...

If you're one of our local Big Picture readers in Phoenix, we've got a chance for you to check out the upcoming comedy, Miss March, about a month early. It just so happens that the directors of the film, Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore from The Whitest Kids U Know, will be in town this Friday to promote the film, and will be on hand for a special question and answer session following the screening on Friday.

If that's not enough to entice you, 2007 Playmate of the Year Sara Jean Underwood will also be joining us.

So if you want to go, you might have to blow off an hour of work Friday afternoon, because the movie starts at 5:30 at Harkins Tempe Marketplace. Look at it this way: You're probably about to get laid off anyway, so what's another hour? The Big Picture will be moderating the Q & A...

About a week ago, we shared with you some video of "auditions" for the raunchy comedy, Miss March, which stars and is written directed by members of The Whitest Kids U Know. That sounds like a fantasy football team, but it's actually a comedy ensemble.

We're hoping to land an interview with the two guys in this video, who just so happen to be the two leads in Miss March, Trevor Moore and Zach Cregger.

I must warn you: This is not a video to play around a kid. This is one of those Nsfw deals. (They talk about and approximate fellatio.)

Trailer courtesy of Funny or Die...

I'll warn you up front: There's an awful lot of profanity in this video. It's laced with some swear words. Now I'm off the hook...

Two of The Whitest Kids U Know, Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore, have co-written and directed Miss March , a new sex romp comedy in which they also star. There are now some "auditions" for roles in the film, and who should pop up but other members of the Whitest Kids ensemble.

I didn't really care for the one with Darren Trumeter (which you can watch here), but I do like when Sam Brown shows up to audition for Hugh Hefner, a part that will be played by Hugh Hefner.

Miss March opens, oddly enough, on March 13th.

Check out the first poster for Fox Searchlight Pictures' comedy "Miss March," directed by, written by and starring Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore from "The Whitest Kids U Know," Fuse Network's eagerly followed comedy series. Also in the cast are Rawuel Alessi, Molly Stanton, Holly Hindman, Craig Robinson, Alexis Raben, Geoff Meed, Landon Ashworth, Tanjareen Martin and Eve Mauro...

Check out the first poster for Fox Searchlight Pictures' comedy "Miss March," directed by, written by and starring Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore from "The Whitest Kids U Know," Fuse Network's eagerly followed comedy series. Also in the cast are Rawuel Alessi, Molly Stanton, Holly Hindman, Craig Robinson, Alexis Raben, Geoff Meed, Landon Ashworth, Tanjareen Martin and Eve Mauro...

Check out the first poster for Fox Searchlight Pictures' comedy "Miss March," directed by, written by and starring Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore from "The Whitest Kids U Know," Fuse Network's eagerly followed comedy series. Also in the cast are Rawuel Alessi, Molly Stanton, Holly Hindman, Craig Robinson, Alexis Raben, Geoff Meed, Landon Ashworth, Tanjareen Martin and Eve Mauro. This one is due for release on March 13th. Miss March (Released date: 13 March, 2009 )  -   Rate & Review this! (Not released? Then add a rating on your anticipation!)    -   Add to your List! - Find similar releases!- Get Showtimes & Tickets on MovieJungle.com!Starring:Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore, Raquel Alessi, Molly Stanton, Holly Hindman, Craig Robinson, Alexis Raben, Geoff Meed, Landon Ashworth, Tanjareen Martin, Eve Mauro...

Check out the first poster for Fox Searchlight Pictures' comedy "Miss March," directed by, written by and starring Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore from "The Whitest Kids U Know," Fuse Network's eagerly followed comedy series. Also in the cast are Rawuel Alessi, Molly Stanton, Holly Hindman, Craig Robinson, Alexis Raben, Geoff Meed, Landon Ashworth, Tanjareen Martin and Eve Mauro...