The King of Staten Island (2020) - Dir. Apatow, starring Pete Davidson

[imsounoriginal]

Pete Davidson Teams With Judd Apatow for Semi-Autobiographical Comedy

Pete Davidson will star in an untitled semi-autobiographical comedy from director Judd Apatow.

The Universal Pictures film is written by Apatow, Davidson, and Dave Sirus.

Davidson, who grew up in Staten Island, lost his firefighter father in the September 11 attacks. Davidson has said that his dad’s death has greatly influenced his work, including starting stand-up comedy at the age of 16.

He joined the cast of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” in 2014 at age 20. Davidson’s coming-of-age film “Big Time Adolescence” premiered Monday at the Sundance Film Festival, where the actor dropped by the Variety Studio.

Apatow will produce the pic for his Apatow Productions alongside Barry Mendel. They share producing credits on “The Big Sick,” “Bridesmaids,” “This Is 40,” “Trainwreck,” and “Funny People.”

Apatow has directed five films for Universal, including “Knocked Up” and “The 40 Year Old Virgin.” Universal executive vice president of production Erik Baiers will oversee the project on behalf of the studio.

Production will start this summer in New York City.

Davidson is repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners, ICM Partners, and Josh Sandler. Apatow is repped by Mosaic, UTA, and attorney Bryan Wolf.

from Variety

[ArmyOfDarknessAW]

SNL is far from what it used to be, but I generally like this guy. He can’t stay in character most times yet I find in many skits it kinda enhances it.

[format916]

pete davidson looks like a fish.

[AaronJ]

I'm always up for new Apatow.

[levcore]

The most punchable face on the planet.

[El Rey]

Oh good Apatow can make some good safe, SJW/Twitter approved PC comedy

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by El Rey

Oh good Apatow can make some good safe, SJW/Twitter approved PC comedy

Is this a joke? Or are you serious?

[imsounoriginal]

Release date: June 19, 2020

[Synchg]

I pretty much knew this guy was a joke prior to the whole ariana latte grande fiasco. He talked about the music of kid cudi saving him from killing himself when he was younger. Kid friggin cudi. Now he's god knows how old and still talks about killing himself, just pathetic. No surprise this is coming from apatow. In short, two douchebags make a movie

[Britnasty]

Marisa Tomei is joining the cast as his mother.

THR

[Kaiju]

Are they going to reference his magnum dong

[Markgway]

Never heard of him.

[djgeneral]

Originally Posted by Kaiju

Are they going to reference his magnum dong

Reference? They better show it.

[Kaiju]

Originally Posted by djgeneral

Reference? They better show it.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by djgeneral

Reference? They better show it.

Recreation of Boogie Nights scene confirmed!

[doctor_who]

Originally Posted by Synchg

I pretty much knew this guy was a joke prior to the whole ariana latte grande fiasco. He talked about the music of kid cudi saving him from killing himself when he was younger. Kid friggin cudi. Now he's god knows how old and still talks about killing himself, just pathetic. No surprise this is coming from apatow. In short, two douchebags make a movie

Classic jerk on the internet not understanding mental illness. You are part of the problem in this society, not him.

[Hoke Moseley]

Originally Posted by Britnasty

Marissa Tomei is joining the cast as his mother.

THR

Marisa*

[prkprkprk]

Skipping theaters, going to VoD

[Predatorix38417]

Originally Posted by prkprkprk

Skipping theaters, going to VoD

I think that’s actually a bad choice for a film that has had no marketing, and then Universal thinks people are gonna spend $20 for a 48 hour rental on a film they have no idea what it’s about other than Pete Davidson. They should’ve really just sold the film to Hulu or Netflix cause now it’s highly likely they’ll take a big loss on a film that otherwise could’ve been profitable.

[HorrorBlu]

Originally Posted by Predatorix38417

I think that’s actually a bad choice for a film that has had no marketing, and then Universal thinks people are gonna spend $20 for a 48 hour rental on a film they have no idea what it’s about other than Pete Davidson. They should’ve really just sold the film to Hulu or Netflix cause now it’s highly likely they’ll take a big loss on a film that otherwise could’ve been profitable.

Hulu just released a Pete Davidson movie last month and nobody cared.