Max Barbakow is the director of 2020 Sundance comedy darling “Palm Springs,”Has found his next film and will now direct it. “Disaster Wedding”Warner Bros. contacted a person who knew the details of the project and they were able to provide.
“Spider-Man: No Way Home”Jon Watts is the director. “Disaster Wedding” alongside Andrew Kortschak.
Dave Holstein (“Weeds,” “Kidding”The script is being rewritten from the original draft of the film by Jeff Kaplan (and Ian Springer). Plot details are being kept under wraps, though it’s worth noting that Barbakow’s “Palm Springs”It was also about a terrible wedding that saw its stars become trapped in a trap. “Groundhog Day”Style continuous time loop repeating the exact same day over and again
“Palm Springs”Barbakow directed the film, which was based on his story. The film starred Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti, as well as J.K. Simmons. Not only was it a crowd pleaser at Sundance in 2020, Hulu acquired it for a then-record $17.5 million, and even during the pandemic, the movie went on to be one of the streamer’s most successful films ever.
Next up for Barbakow’s is “Brothers,”The film stars Brendan Fraser and Josh Brolin as well as Peter Dinklage, Glenn Close, and Macon Blair wrote the screenplay.“Blue Ruin”) and a story by Etan Cohen (“Get Hard”).
Max Barbakow is represented by CAA, Range Media Partners and Jim Gilio and Jonathan Sauer at Sloan, Offer, Weber, & Dern. Jon Watts is represented by CAA, Johnson, Shapiro, Slewett & Kole, and Slate PR. Jared Levine at Yorn Levine represents Dave Holstein.
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