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Stephen Saito “Oh wow, we can take 34th Street,” Cliff (Michael Strassner) mentions to Didi (Liz Larsen) making their way to a Christmas Eve party in “The Balitmorons,” clearly appreciating the serendipity of an avenue associated with the holiday. Didi though, shows no sentimentality in suggesting a different route.

Shannon Murphy wants to change the conversation around death. “I’ve been obsessed with death from such a young age and in many ways it’s this great adventure that we will all go on,” says the Australian director. “If we start changing the way we talk about it and look at how we can guide people through death and mourn them without hiding it from society, it could be beautiful.” 

Michelle Williams is getting tons of support at the premiere of her new show!

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor Multi-hyphenate filmmaker Jay Duplass has been named as the recipient of this year’s Spotlight Award at the 31st Annual San Luis Obispo International Film Festival (SLOIFF.) Duplass will attend the event with a screening of his new film, “The Baltimorons,” followed by a Q&A on Sunday, April 27. The festival runs this year from April 24-29 in San Luis Obispo, the coastal community located midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco.Duplass is well-known on the independent film circuit for his work and his collaborations with brother Mark Duplass on such films as “The Puffy Chair” and “Cyrus” and for creating such TV shows as “Togetherness” and “Room 104.” In recent years, Duplass has also carved out an impressive acting career with roles on the Emmy-award winning series “Transparent” and “Industry” and films like “Outside In” and “Beatriz at Dinner.” Skye McLennan, executive director of SLOIFF, says, “Personally, I have been a huge fan of the Duplass Brothers’ work, and they have been a significant inspiration for many independent filmmakers and film festivals.” Mark Duplass serves as writer-director on “The Baltimorons,” which marks his first feature as director since 2012.

Max Minghella has joined Season 4 of HBO’s Industry.

As usual, there’s absolutely no rest for the wicked. The Sundance Film Festival hasn’t even started (though it kicks off tomorrow), and in the anxious prep beforehand, the SXSW Film & TV Festival has announced its meaty line-up.

EXCLUSIVE: Ora Duplass (Oh, Christmas Tree) and Chosen Jacobs (It) will lead Their Town, a YA romantic two-hander from director Katie Aselton (Mack & Rita) and Duplass Brothers Productions.

Carole Horst Described by some as “Euphoria” meets “Succession,” Mickey Down and Konrad Kay’s “Industry” stakes out territory that is all its own. Driven by exceptional ensemble performances, Season 3 of the drama set in a London investment bank skewered the global financial system, class and the media, while also tackling racism, misogyny, addiction, sexual assault and harassment. Quite a tall order that “Industry” handles deftly, with a big dose of dark humor.

EXCLUSIVE: More than a decade after his last feature directorial outing with The Do-Deca-Pentathlon, Jay Duplass is back behind the camera for See You When I See You, a comedic family drama to star Cooper Raiff (Cha Cha Real Smooth), David Duchovny (Californication), Hope Davis (Succession), Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart), Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody), and Ariela Barer (How to Blow Up a Pipeline).

Fremantle has taken global distribution rights on Mark Duplass and Mel Eslyn’s Netflix series Penelope.

It’s almost time to say goodbye to Sam and her Kansas pals: the Peabody Award-winning Somebody Somewhere will kick off its third and final season October 27 on HBO.

Jordan Moreau The cast of “Percy Jackson” Season 2 is starting to grow. During the show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel, author Rick Riordan announced that Daniel Diemer will play Tyson, Percy’s half-brother and a cyclops, in Season 2. “As some of you may know, in ‘Sea of Monsters’ we meet an important new character.

Mark Duplass announced today he has completed production on The Creep Tapes, a half-hour horror TV series based on the Netflix original films Creep and Creep 2, in which he starred.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Jay Duplass and Kelvin Yu are the latest additions to the cast of FX‘s limited series adaptation of “Dying for Sex,” Variety has learned exclusively. The series is based on the podcast of the same name.

EXCLUSIVE: Duplass Brothers Production recently wrapped production on the Katie Aselton-directed feature Magic Hour, starring Daveed Diggs (Blindspotting, Hamilton). Aselton (Old Dads, Legion) stars alongside Diggs in the project which she co-wrote with Mark Duplass.

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Hawk has long conquered the skateboarding world and next up on his list of tricks is animation.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians is streaming now on Disney+, but what songs are featured on the show’s soundtrack?The fantasy series is based on the books of the same name by Rick Riordan, and has been developed by Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg for the streaming service.The show stars Walker Scobell (The Adam Project) as the 12-year-old title character, a young demigod and the son of Poseidon, alongside Leah Sava Jeffries (Empire) as Annabeth Chase, and Aryan Simhadri as Jackson’s best friend Grover Underwood.Other recurring roles in the show include comic actor Jason Mantzoukas’ Dionysus/Mr.

Selome Hailu Mark Duplass was feeling insecure. At one point in his career, he would get greenlight after greenlight for the TV projects he pitched on behalf of Duplass Brothers Productions, the beloved indie banner he founded with Jay Duplass in the late ’90s, when the duo was focused on feature films. But recently, he and company president Mel Eslyn noticed a problem.

Ethan Shanfeld The Sundance Institute unveiled the lineup of 53 short films for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, taking place Jan. 18-28 in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. The film fest will happen in person, with a selection of titles available online from Jan.

Disney+ has unveiled some brand new stills from the upcoming Percy Jackson and the Olympians television series!

The full length trailer for Pain Hustlers has arrived!