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Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg are once again hitting the red carpet to promote their new movie!

The actors joined co-stars Jennifer Grey and Will Sharpe at the premiere of A Real Pain on Thursday evening (October 17) held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Here’s the movie’s synopsis: “Mismatched cousins David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.”

Along with starring in the movie, Jesse also directed, wrote, and produced it.

Earlier this week, the stars promoted the movie at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival.

A Real Pain will be released in theaters on November 1. Watch the trailer here!

Fyi: Kieran is wearing Gucci. Jesse is wearing Dior.

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Theaters goers can look forward to having the time of their life when Dirty Dancing: The Musical hits the stage.

A new stage production adaptation of the 1987 movie starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey is being developed by Lionsgate and The Path Entertainment Group, under its live stage arm Showpath. The plans are for a Broadway bound production. Dirty Dancing: The Musical will kick off in 2025 with a major run in North America. From there, there are plans to take the show abroad to Asia, Australia, Latin America and beyond.

The companies are working with the original writer of the movie, Eleanor Bergstein, to develop the new musical. Tony Award nominee, Obie Award winner, and two-time Emmy Award winner Lonny Price, who played Neil Kellerman in the Dirty Dancing film, will direct the re-envisioned production.

Dirty Dancing, set during the summer of 1963, follows the journey of Frances “Baby” Houseman and...

Lionsgate wants theatergoers to have the time of their lives, so the studio is adapting “Dirty Dancing” as a Broadway musical.

“Dirty Dancing: The Musical” will launch in late 2025 with aspirations for Broadway as well as a North American run. From there, producers plan to expand the show to theater markets in Asia, Australia, Latin America and beyond.

Eleanor Bergstein, who wrote the film’s screenplay, is developing the show and writing the book of the musical. Lonny Price, who played Neil Kellerman in “Dirty Dancing,” will direct the re-envisioned production. He’s a Tony nominee for “A Class Act” and “110 in the Shade” and originated the role of Charley Kringas in the ill-fated 1981 run of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along.”

The 1987 film starred Jennifer Grey as Frances “Baby” Houseman, a young woman who falls in love with dance instructor Jonny Castle (Patrick Swayze) at a resort in...

“Dancing with the Stars” premiered in 2005 with a focus on teaching celebrities some fancy footwork. But along the way the professional dancers who teach and partner with those celebrity amateurs became stars in their own right. Many of them returned to the show year after year, and over a dozen have won the coveted Mirror Ball Trophy over the course of the series. Scroll down to see every single “DWTS” pro champion, listed by their number of victories.

It’s fitting that the “DWTS” pros have become fan-favorites because they’re not just dancers. They’re also trainers, choreographers and storytellers, and their chemistry with the stars fuels the show’s best routines, so they’re truly the lifeblood of the competition, especially when they bring talent and charisma out of unexpected places, from child stars to race car drivers to one male model, Nyle Dimarco, who won the Mirror...

It’s been four years since a sequel to “Dirty Dancing” was announced, with Jennifer Grey set to reprise her role as Frances “Baby” Houseman from the 1987 original. The follow-up film was originally slated for a 2024 release, but Lionsgate pushed back its theatrical release due to last year’s Hollywood strikes.

Recently, Grey shared an update on the long-delayed “Dirty Dancing” sequel at the BFI London Film Festival premiere of her latest film, “A Real Pain.”

“I can’t tell you much about ‘Dirty Dancing’ as I’m not going to make promises,” Grey told GamesRadar+ and other reporters at the “A Real Pain” premiere in London on Sunday. “I’m just waiting for them to really nail it down as it has to be right.”

Grey also told the reporters that they can “push that aside” until the next time they speak, “when it hopefully it will all be ironed out.

Kieran Culkin is at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival to promote his new movie!

The 42-year-old Emmy-winning actor had the support of wife Jazz Charton at a special screening of his new movie A Real Pain on Sunday (October 13) held at The Royal Festival Hall in London, England.

Fellow cast members in attendance included Jesse Eisenberg, Will Sharpe with wife Sophia Di Martino, Jennifer Grey, and Kurt Egyiawan.

Here’s the movie’s synopsis: “Mismatched cousins David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.”

Along with starring in the movie, Jesse also directed, wrote, and produced it.

A Real Pain will be released in theaters on November 1. Watch the trailer here!

Fyi: Jesse is wearing a Givenchy suit.

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Remember when Woody Allen discovered the cinematic beauty of Europe? That’s what we’re dealing with here. The quaint, cobbled streets of Europe, with their picturesque, romantic buildings, which, otherwise seen, might evoke misery and poverty. Yet, through the right lens and a few carefully placed hanging flower baskets, these images are transformed, adding colour and hope as a sentimental story unfolds.

For his second feature film, Jesse Eisenberg has taken this easy route, featuring himself (again) alongside his on-screen alter ego, Kieran Culkin. By weaving in the atrocities suffered by the Jewish people in Poland, Eisenberg (coming from a Jewish Polish family tree) has crafted a narrative with personal resonance—a choice that, apparently, permits him the references and justifies his attempt to tackle such a heavy subject.

In ‘A Real Pain,’ cousins David and Benji embark on a journey from America to Poland to explore Jewish history...

“A Real Pain” tells the story of a pair of cousins who visit Poland in honor of their late grandmother, a Holocaust survivor. “My wife and I drove pretty much the journey that these characters take, and since then I’ve been wanting to make a movie there,” said actor, writer, and director Jesse Eisenberg, who beamed in from Budapest to discuss his film “A Real Pain” at the 62nd New York Film Festival. He discussed why it was “a dream to get to go there and be able to tell what felt to me like an American-style independent film with all the trappings of an American-style buddy road trip movie, but over there.” Above, watch his entire discussion about the film with co-stars Kieran Culkin and Jennifer Grey, and producers Emma Stone and Dave McCary.

“We all just think he’s absolutely brilliant and have loved his writing, his plays for so long,...

If humanity were to one day be forced to welcome a celebrity overlord, it could do worse than the tuxedoed visage of Jesse Eisenberg.

At least so the scene at the New York Film Festival this weekend suggested, where on Sunday an unsettlingly large Eisenberg — Zooming in from Budapest — hovered literally and figuratively over the proceedings.

“Please telI me you’re in costume,” said actor Kieran Culkin, gazing upon the looming human penguin.

“Yeah, this is my costume. The last time I wore a tuxedo on my own was a bar mitzvah,” Eisenberg mused. (The filmmaker was wardrobed up for a day of shooting his new Now You See Me movie.)

The occasion of the NYFF gathering was Searchlight’s premiere of A Real Pain, Eisenberg’s Sundance sensation (he wrote, directed and stars) with designs on awards and audiences when it arrives in theaters Nov 1.

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Emma Stone and husband and production partner Dave McCary are promoting their new movie A Real Pain.

On Saturday (October 5), the 35-year-old actress and her 39-year-old love attended the New York Film Festival in New York City and took the stage at Alice Tully Hall for the movie’s premiere.

The couple are producing the movie alongside production partner Ali Herting.

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The trio was joined by the movie’s stars Kieran Culkin (with his wife Jazz Charton) and Jennifer Grey.

The movie is directed by Jesse Eisenberg, and it is already generating a lot of Oscar buzz.

Here’s the movie’s synopsis: “Mismatched cousins David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.”

A Real Pain premieres...

David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) are cousins, practically brothers, but they couldn’t be less alike—because of course they couldn’t be. And while the characters are foils for one another, they aren’t for the actors portraying them. Both leads of Eisenberg’s sophomore directorial effort,...

Searchlight Pictures has released the official trailer and poster for the forthcoming film A Real Pain, written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg.

In the film, mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

About The Film

Genre: Comedy, Drama Starring: Kieran Culkin, Jesse Eisenberg, Jakub Gasowski, Will Sharpe, Daniel Oreskes, Liza Sadovy, Kurt Egyiawan, Jennifer Grey Director: Jesse Eisenberg Screenplay: Jesse Eisenberg Producer: Jesse Eisenberg, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Ewa Puszczyńska, Jennifer Semler, Emma Stone

A Real Pain is only in theaters this Fall!

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A new trailer for Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin‘s upcoming movie has been released!

The two actors are generating a ton of Oscars buzz for their roles in the new movie A Real Pain, which was written and directed by Jesse.

Here’s the movie’s synopsis: “Mismatched cousins David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.”

Keep reading to find out more…The cast also includes Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, and Daniel Oreskes.

Kieran and Jesse first debuted the movie at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.

A Real Pain will be released in theaters on November 1.

Jesse Eisenberg’s latest film as director, A Real Pain, is heading closer to release – and the new trailer for it has landed.

Emerging out of the Sundance Film Festival this year, perhaps the most buzz was focused on Jesse Eisenberg's directorial folllow-up to 2022’s When You Finish Saving The World.

Said follow-up film is called A Real Pain and follows cousins who travel to their grandmother’s native Poland to partake in a Holocaust tour. Searchight is backing the project and Succession's Kieran Culkin brings his energy to the line up alongside Eisenberg in front of the camera.

The positive buzz surrounding the film has only continued to grow in the six months or so since the film’s festival debut and it’s fair to say that we’re very much looking forward to this one.Seeing Eisenberg and Culkin squabble their way through Poland sounds fun,...

Searchlight Pictures has released a new trailer for the Sundance Film Festival award-winning ‘A Real Pain’ starring Academy Award® nominee Jesse Eisenberg and Golden Globe® winner Kieran Culkin.

The story follows mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

Written and directed by Eisenberg, the film also stars Will Sharpe (The White Lots), Golden Globe® nominee Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing), Kurt Egyiawan (Beasts of No Nation), Liza Sadovy (A Small Light), and Daniel Oreskes.

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The film will be in UK and Irish cinemas from 10th January 2025.

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"If now is not the time to grieve, I don't know what to tell you." Searchlight Pictures has debuted the full official trailer for A Real Pain, an award-winning indie film from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival written and directed by (and also starring) actor Jesse Eisenberg. It's one of the best films you'll watch all year. Mismatched cousins David & Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The trip takes a turn when the odd-couple's tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. Sundance adds: "Eisenberg's intimate, resonant script complements the tension and humor of the two very different cousins’ tumultuous road trip with a sensitively drawn reckoning of the legacy of World War II among the survivors of survivors." Starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin as cousins, with Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, Daniel Oreskes. One of my favorite films out of Sundance this year,...

Searchlight Pictures has released the official trailer for A Real Pain, which has been rated R for language throughout and some drug use.

Opening in theaters on November 1, 2024, the heartfelt comedy was written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg, who drew the film from his own personal history.

A Real Pain, which premiered to standing ovations at the Sundance Film Festival, follows mismatched cousins David and Benji, who reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

“We are blown away by Jesse’s vision and craft in telling this hilarious and profound film,” said Searchlight Presidents Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum when the film was acquired. “He tells a deeply personal story and makes it universal. We can’t wait to bring it to audiences around the world.”

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Jesse Eisenberg’s sophomore directorial effort, A Real Pain, was anything but out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Not only did it earn Eisenberg the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award but it was also up for the Grand Jury Prize, a remarkable achievement considering he’s so fresh to that particular field. Now, ahead of the film’s fall release, Searchlight Pictures has released the official trailer.

As per Searchlight, A Real Pain has the following plot: “Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.” Ok, that might seem fairly heavy, but there is still some comedy – albeit plenty of it dark – to be found in the movie, marked through the chemistry between Eisenberg and Culkin.

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Roman Roy may have pre-grieved, but not Benji Kaplan.

On Wednesday, Searchlight Pictures dropped the full trailer for Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain.” Written and directed by and starring the Oscar nominee, the dramedy follows mismatched cousins David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) as they tour Poland to honor their late grandmother. The pair try to navigate each other, their family history, long-simmering tensions, and their grief. As you can imagine, it does not go smoothly.

“I’ve just been in a real funk, I guess, since she died. Just haven’t, um…” Benji tells their tour group in the clip, trailing off.

The cast includes Will Sharpe (“The White Lotus”), Jennifer Grey (“Dirty Dancing”), Kurt Egyiawan (“Beasts of No Nation”), Liza Sadovy (“A Small Light”), and Daniel Oreskes (“Only Murders in the Building”). Eisenberg also serves as a producer, alongside Jennifer Semler, Ewa Puszczynska, and Fruit Tree trio Dave McCary,...

Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg are the oddball duo no one knew we needed.

The two actors lead “A Real Pain,” which Eisenberg wrote and directed. The feature is Eisenberg’s sophomore film after his directorial debut “When You Finish Saving the World,” and the trailer for “A Real Pain” is now here. Watch it below.

The official synopsis for “A Real Pain” reads: “Mismatched cousins David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.”

Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, and Daniel Oreskes co-star.

“A Real Pain” is produced by Emma Stone, Dave McCary, Ali Herting, Jennifer Semler, Ewa Puszczynska, and Eisenberg.

Eisenberg told Esquire that working with “Succession” Emmy winner Culkin changed his own perspective on improvised takes in films.

Olympic athlete Ilona Maher and pro dance partner Alan Bersten are taking social media by storm, teasing all of their rehearsals ahead of their next performance on Dancing With the Stars. Now, the duo’s done it again. Ilona and Alan have decided to recreate an iconic scene for the show’s upcoming Movie Night episode. They’ll be performing “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” from the film. The scene in question? Baby (Jennifer Grey) and Johnny’s (Patrick Swayze) chemistry-loaded entendre in Dirty Dancing. It’s not set in the Catskills, but there’s one thing they got right. One person has a lot of experience in the dance field, and another has a lot of determination. To preview what fans will be able to see on DWTS, the pair shared a clip on TikTok. In the shared post, they have the onscreen caption, “Getting into...

During 33 seasons of Dancing with the Stars, hundreds of celebrities have attempted to win a Mirrorball trophy. The show’s highest honor includes bragging rights, a glittery disco ball, and a career kickstart (or restart). There have been plenty of superstars who have tried to win the show’s highest honor. How many do you remember?

These superstar celebrities appeared on ‘Dancing with the Stars’

Throughout Dancing with the Stars‘ history, many superstar celebrities have attempted to win a Mirrorball trophy. Some were, at the beginning, the pinnacle or trying to revive their careers.

Nonetheless, for many of these stars, ballroom dancing was their most difficult personal challenge. Some had dance experience, while others had never danced before.

Here are just some of the famous names who have appeared during 33 seasons of the ABC juggernaut:

Kim Kardashian Joey McIntyre Tatum O’Neal Lisa Rinna Harry Hamlin Mario Lopez Joey Fatone Lance Bass...

‘Bob Trevino Likes It’ y ‘Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point’ competirán por la Espiga de Oro. © Seminci

La Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid (Seminci), que se celebra del 18 al 26 de octubre, ha anunciado nuevas incorporaciones a su programación.

Dos nuevos títulos se han añadido a la competición por la Espiga de Oro: Bob Trevino Likes It y Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point.

Bob Trevino Likes It, dirigida por Tracie Laymon, está protagonizada por John Leguizamo y Barbie Ferreira (Euphoria). La película sigue a una joven solitaria, separada de un padre narcisista y manipulador, que encuentra consuelo emocional conectando a través de Facebook con un hombre que comparte el nombre de su padre. Este filme recibió el Gran Premio del Jurado y el Premio del Público en el South by Southwest Film Festival.

También a competición en la Seminci está Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point, segundo largometraje de Tyler Taormina,...

Demi Moore doesn’t really want more “Ghost.”

The actress told Variety that after it was announced in 2023 that Channing Tatum was set to produce a remake of the Oscar-winning 1990 film, she had her own doubts.

“There are some films better left alone,” Moore said. “But it depends on what the take is. […] Channing is incredibly intelligent and talented — who knows what he would bring to it if it happened.”

Moore starred alongside Patrick Swayze in the acclaimed romance-drama that centered on a widow (Moore) who is visited by the spirit of her husband (Swayze) after he is murdered. Whoopi Goldberg won the Academy Award for playing a psychic who helps solve the case. “Ghost” earned five Academy Award nominations, garnering another win for Best Original Screenplay.

“The success of ‘Ghost’ is really about alchemy,” “The Substance” star Moore said. “Think about Whoopi, who anchored the comedy in a magical way.

Plot: Estranged cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) join a holocaust tour in Poland to fulfill the dying request of their late grandmother.

Review: A Real Pain is Jesse Eisenberg’s second film as a director and marks a substantial leap in quality since his pleasant – but minor – first effort, When You Finish Saving the World. With a tight running time, evocative location shooting, and two terrific performances at its heart, it’s no wonder this scored one of Sundance’s biggest deals, with Searchlight shelling out a cool $10 million for it.

At its heart, the film is a character study, allowing Jesse Eisenberg’s David and Kieran Culkin’s Benji to spar over eighty minutes without making their holiday too earth-shattering an event, with characters ending the film just as broken (or not) as the movie began. It’s one of the few films I’ve seen...

The Zurich Film Festival (Zff) has unveiled the eleven titles set to screen as part of its Gala programme during its upcoming 20th edition, running October 3 – 13.

The selection features Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winning feature Anora, starring Mikey Madison, Paul Weissman, and Lindsey Normington. Also screening is Steve McQueen’s Blitz. The film is set to open the London Film Festival and stars Saoirse Ronan, Elliot Heffernan, Harris Dickinson and Paul Weller.

The selection also features German filmmaker Edward Berger’s latest feature Conclave. The film stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, and John Lithgow. The official synopsis reads: Following the death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence (Fiennes) is tasked with leading the search for a new Pope in the far corners of the Vatican. Lawrence quickly finds himself at the center of a conspiracy, as the cardinals forge factions and foster rivalries to serve their own ambitions. As the political scheming intensifies,...

The Zurich Film Festival has revealed the first titles in their Gala section, which includes several films that will bring star power to the red carpet and directors with award-winning credentials.

Among the first 11 titles to be announced are “Conclave,” by the director of Oscar winner “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Edward Berger, with Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow heading the cast.

Also selected is Tim Fehlbaum’s “September 5,” starring Peter Sarsgaard, and Gia Coppola’s “The Last Showgirl,” which is toplined by Pamela Anderson and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Steve McQueen, an Oscar winner with “12 Years a Slave,” delivers “Blitz,” starring Saoirse Ronan and rock star Paul Weller, and Nick Hamm presents “William Tell,” starring Claes Bang and Ben Kingsley.

Sean Baker’s “Anora,” the winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, also joins the selection, as does Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain,” featuring...

During the summer of 1984, parental outrage over the unexpected gore and graphic violence in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “Gremlins” led to a ratings change by the Motion Picture Association of America. Encouraged by Steven Spielberg, director of “Temple of Doom” and producer of “Gremlins,” on July 1, 1984, the MPAA introduced the “PG-13” rating, indicating that “parents are strongly cautioned to give special guidance to children under 13.” A few weeks later, on August 10, 1984, “Red Dawn” became the first American film released with the new rating. Although it got mixed reviews upon its debut, it has become a cult classic both for featuring a group of young actors who went on to become some of the biggest stars of the decade, and for its themes that are reminders of the real fear Americans felt over the Cold War. Read on for more about the “Red Dawn” 40th anniversary.

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Patrick Swayze was one of a kind. He’s the only actor I can think of who was as comfortable cutting a rug on the dance floor as demolishing a room full of bad guys with his fists of fury. When he passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2009, we lost an icon who was never really recognized as the legend he is in his time. In the years since many Patrick Swayze movies have become cult favourites, and with a Road House remake recently a hit, we decided now would be a good time to pick the five best Patrick Swayze movies.

Red Dawn (1984)

John Millius’s cold war “what if” thriller goes down in the history books as the first-ever PG-13 movie. It was also Patrick Swayze’s first major leading role, with him best known up to this point for a supporting role in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders.

In Star Trek: Tng episode “Captain’s Holiday”, how does Riker embarrass Picard on 'pleasure planet' Risa?Gets him to buy a souvenir that advertises the Captain’s sexual availabilitySwaps his swimming trunks for a child’s sizeTeaches him a saucy phrase in the local dialectWrites “I Heart Riker” on his back in sun lotionWhat’s the name of the resort where Jennifer Grey’s character and her family spend the summer in Dirty Dancing (1987)?Kellerman'sRed OaksSteiner Mountain ResortCamp KrustyWhich 16-year-old US actor provided the voice of Erin in 1996 The Simpsons episode “Summer of 4’2”, in which Lisa gets popular while the family are staying at Flanders’ beach house?Christina RicciKristen BellZooey DeschanelJessica SimpsonOn vacation in Santa Cruz in 1986, a little girl encounters her doppelganger in a beachside funhouse and stops speaking in which 2019 horror movie?UsMidsommarIt: Chapter TwoSaint MaudIn Doctor Who episode “Midnight”, David Tennant’s Ten takes an ill-fated shuttle tour.

Most people associate Kelly Bishop with her more recent work in Gilmore Girls and Halston. She had an illustrious career long before that, including several important stage and movie credits. Her most famous movie role came in 1987 when she appeared as Marjorie Houseman in Dirty Dancing. While Bishop was signed on to the movie when it began filming, she was not set to play Marjorie Houseman.

Kelly Bishop was not originally cast as Marjorie Houseman in ‘Dirty Dancing’

Long before she was Emily Gilmore, Kelly Bishop was known for her part in Dirty Dancing. She played the mother of Frances “Baby” Houseman in the cult classic. Kelly Bishop happened into the role of Marjorie Houseman somewhat by accident. While she was hired to appear in Dirty Dancing, she was originally set to play Vivian Pressman, a resort guest who tries to seduce Johnny. While the part was a memorable one,...

Una dramedia que triunfó en Sundance. © 20th Century Studios

Se ha publicado el tráiler oficial de “A Real Pain”, el segundo largometraje como director de Jesse Eisenberg después de “Cuando Termines de Salvar el Mundo”.

La dramedia sigue a dos primos que viajan a Polonia tras la muerte de su abuela para ver de dónde vienen y acaban uniéndose a una gira sobre el Holocausto. Allí afrontan el reencuentro entre ellos y la complicada historia y dinámica de su familia.

La película está protagonizada por Jesse Eisenberg (“La Red Social”) y Kieran Culkin (“Succession”). Completan el reparto Will Sharpe (“The White Lotus”), Jennifer Grey (“Dirty Dancing”), Liza Sadovy (“Una Pequeña Luz. Protegiendo a Ana Frank”), Daniel Oreskes (“Solo Asesinatos en el Edificio”) y Ellora Torchia (“Ali y Ava”).

Searchlight adquirió los derechos de distribución de la película después de su éxito en el Festival de Cine de Sundance a principios de este año.

In Sundance zählte „A Real Pain“ von Jesse Eisenberg und mit Eisenberg und Kieran Culkin in den Hauptrollen zu den großen Highlights und wurde von Searchlight gekauft. Nun wurde der erste Trailer für den Film veröffentlicht – auch wenn er in Deutschland erst am 15. Januar 2025 im Verleih von Disney in die Kinos kommt.

Jesse Eisenberg ist längst nicht mehr nur als Schauspieler geschätzt, sondern auch als Regisseur, wobei „A Real Pain“, seine neue Arbeit, die er in Sundance vorstellte und wo er den Drehbuchpreis gewinnen konnte, einen echten Quantensprung im Vergleich zu seinem Debüt „When You Finish Saving the World“ von 2022 markiert. An Eisenbergs Seite spielt „Succession“-Star Kieran Culkin. Sie spielen zwei ungleiche Cousins, die gemeinsam nach Polen reisen, um mehr über das Leben ihrer kürzlich verstorbenen Großmutter zu erfahren. Der Roadtrip, der als Reise in die Vergangenheit gedacht war, konfrontiert die beiden mit der Gegenwart, in der sie ihre...

Searchlight Pictures has revealed a teaser trailer for ‘A Real Pain’ starring Academy Award® nominee Jesse Eisenberg and Golden Globe® winner Kieran Culkin.

The film follows mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reuniting for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

Written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg, the film stars Eisenberg alongside Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Kieran Culkin, with a cast rounded out by BAFTA winner and Emmy® nominee Will Sharpe, Golden Globe® nominee Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, and Daniel Oreskes.

Producers are Dave McCary, Ali Herting, Emma Stone, Eisenberg, Jennifer Semler (Theater Camp), and Ewa Puszczyńska.

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The film will be in UK and Irish cinemas from 10th...

Jesse Eisenberg goes back behind the camera for drama A Real Pain. Here’s the trailer for the upcoming movie.

Jessie Eisenberg found huge success as an actor in the likes of Adventureland, The Social Network and the Zombieland films. He made his directorial debut in 2022 with comedy drama When You Finish Saving the World, for which he also wrote the script.

He wasted no time in getting back behind the camera for drama A Real Pain. The synopsis for which reads as follows:

From writer / director Jesse Eisenberg based on his own family history, mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) & Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. A poignant, funny exploration of the unexpected permutations of intergenerational trauma.

It’s a passion project for Eisenberg,...

Searchlight Pictures has just released the official teaser trailer (check it out above) for the forthcoming film A Real Pain, written, directed, and starring Jesse Eisenberg. The film will be in theaters on October 18, 2024!

Synopsis: Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

About The Film

Genre: Comedy, Drama Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, Daniel Oreskes Director: Jesse Eisenberg Screenplay: Jesse Eisenberg Producer: Dave McCary, Ali Herting, Emma Stone, Jennifer Semler, Ewa Puszczyńska

A Real Pain is only in theaters on October 18, 2024!

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Who would make for the more uncomfortable travel partner, Roman Roy or Mark Zuckerberg?

That’s a question you’ll ponder while watching the new trailer for “A Real Pain,” a road trip dramedy starring Emmy-winning “Succession” star Kieran Culkin and Oscar-nominated “The Social Network” star Jesse Eisenberg. Eisenberg is also the writer and director.

Eisenberg and Culkin play David and Benji, respectively. They’re cousins who are very different from each other and take a trip across Poland to honor their beloved late grandmother, who survived the Holocaust and escaped the country. Long-standing tensions between them resurface as they get deeper into their family history.

In addition to Eisenberg and Culkin, the cast includes Will Sharpe (“The White Lotus”), Jennifer Grey (“Dirty Dancing”), Kurt Egyiawan (“House of the Dragon”), Liza Sadovy (“A Small Light”), Daniel Oreskes (“Only Murders in the Building”), and Ellora Torchia (“Midsommar”). Producers include Eisenberg, Emma Stone,...

Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg play cousins who travel to Poland to honor their beloved grandmother in A Real Pain, a new film written and directed by Eisenberg. Following it premiere at Sundance earlier this year, the film will receive a theatrical release in the US on October 18th, 2024. Watch its newly revealed trailer below.

A Real Pain marks Culkin’s first major project since the conclusion of Succession, for which he earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Season. Based on the aforementioned trailer, an Academy Award may not be all too far behind.

As for Eisenberg, A Real Pain marks his second directorial effort, following 2022’s When You Finish Saving the World.

Alongside Culkin and Eisenberg, A Real Pain stars Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Liza Sadovy, Daniel Oreskes, and Ellora Torchia. Emma Stone and Dave McCary serve as producers on the project.

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"We stay moving, we stay light, we stay agile." Searchlight Pictures has revealed the first look teaser trailer for A Real Pain, an award-winning indie film from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival written and directed by (and also starring) actor Jesse Eisenberg. It's set for a release in October later this year. Mismatched cousins David & Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The trip takes a turn when the odd-couple's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. Sundance adds: "Eisenberg's intimate, resonant script complements the tension and humor of the two very different cousins’ tumultuous road trip with a sensitively drawn reckoning of the legacy of World War II among the survivors of survivors." Starring Jesse Eisenberg & Kieran Culkin, with Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, Daniel Oreskes. This was one of my favorite films out of Sundance this year, and...

Kieran Culkin follows up his run on the popular HBO series Succession with a new dramedy from Jesse Eisenberg. Eisenberg writes and directs A Real Pain, which has been collecting a bevy of accolades. In the Sundance review from our own Chris Bumbray, he glows about the film, saying, “A Real Pain is Jesse Eisenberg’s second film as a director and marks a substantial leap in quality since his pleasant – but minor – first effort, When You Finish Saving the World. With a tight running time, evocative location shooting, and two terrific performances at its heart, it’s no wonder this scored one of Sundance’s biggest deals, with Searchlight shelling out a cool $10 million for it.”

Searchlight Pictures has now released the teaser trailer for the odd couple film. The plot synopsis reads,

“Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother.

Kieran Culkin is shedding his Roman Roy persona and swapping it for another annoying family member role: This time, as Jesse Eisenberg’s cousin in semi-autobiographical film “A Real Pain.”

Eisenberg writes, directs, and stars in the feature which debuted at Sundance 2024. The “Social Network” star plays David, who travels with his mismatched cousin Benji (Culkin) to Poland to honor their beloved late grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

Will Sharpe, “Dirty Dancing” icon Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, and Daniel Oreskes also star.

Two-time Oscar winner Emma Stone produces the film, alongside Dave McCary, Ali Herting, Jennifer Semler, and Ewa Puszczyńska.

Writer/director/star Eisenberg told IndieWire while at Sundance that he actually never saw “Succession” before casting Emmy winner Culkin in the role. “My sister said to me, ‘There’s one person who...

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Searchlight Pictures has announced a release date for A Real Pain, the new film written, directed, and starring Jesse Eisenberg. The film, which was the winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, will be in theaters on October 18, 2024!

Synopsis: Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in “A Real Pain.”

About The Film

Genre: Comedy, Drama Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, Daniel Oreskes Director: Jesse Eisenberg Screenplay: Jesse Eisenberg Producer: Dave McCary, Ali Herting, Emma Stone, Jennifer Semler, Ewa Puszczyńska

A Real Pain is only in theaters on October 18, 2024!

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A Real Pain – written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg – proved to be one of the biggest hits of the Sundance Film Festival and has now been slated for release.

Coming out of the Sundance Film Festival this year, perhaps the most buzz was focused on Jesse Eisenberg's directorial folllow-up to 2022’s When You Finish Saving The World.

His second directorial outing is called A Real Pain and follows cousins who travel to their grandmother’s native Poland to partake in a Holocaust tour. Succession's Kieran Culkin stars alongside Eisenberg in the film which proved to be the first major acquisition of the festival when Searchlight stepped in to acquire the movie for $10m.

While it certainly doesn’t grab as many headlines as the woes faced by other Disney-owned subsidiaries, Searchlight has proved to be one of the House of Mouse’s successes of the past few years, exhibiting excellent...

Searchlight Pictures has scheduled an awards corridor date for Sundance hit A Real Pain and will open Jesse Eisenberg’s film in limited release on October 18.

‘A Real Pain’: Sundance Review

Eisenberg’s second outing as feature director sees the filmmaker play opposite Succession star Kieran Culkin as cousins who embark on a poignant and at times hilarious pilgrimage to their grandmother’s birthplace in Poland.

A Real Pain premiered in Park City in January and also stars Jennifer Grey, Will Sharpe, Daniel Oreskes, and Lisa Sadovy.

The film complements a Searchlight pipeline that includes Emma Stone reuniting with...

Searchlight Pictures announced on Tuesday that its dramedy A Real Pain, marking the sophomore feature of actor-turned-filmmaker Jesse Eisenberg, will hit theaters in the thick of awards season, on October 18.

Eisenberg stars opposite Succession Emmy winner Kieran Culkin in the buzz title, which Searchlight snapped up for $10 million in the first major deal out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, as we were first to report. In the film, also scripted by Eisenberg, the pair play David and Benji, cousins who reunite for a tour of Poland to honor their grandmother, but see older tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family’s history.

Hailing from Topic and Fruit Tree, the film also stars Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing), Will Sharpe (The White Lotus), Kurt Egyiawan (Beasts of No Nation), Liza Sadovy (A Small Light) and Daniel Oreskes (Only Murders in the Building). Producers on the project included Ali Herting,...