Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, multi-hyphenate entertainers who’re collectively greatest identified for internet hosting the “Las Culturistas” podcast, are growing an untitled comedy for Searchlight Footage.
The comedy duo will write and star in a comedy based mostly on “Why Didn’t Chris and Dan Get Into Berghain?,” a multi-part episode of the podcast “Search Engine.” In it, a pair of People journey internationally to Berlin to attempt to get into Berghain, the world’s most unique nightclub.
Olivia Gerke and Oly Obst will produce for 3 Arts Leisure, with PJ Vogt and Sruthi Pinnamaneni co-producing. VP of Manufacturing Richard Ruiz and Artistic Government Daniel Yu are overseeing the venture for Searchlight.
Yang and Rogers beforehand labored with Searchlight on “Hearth Island,” a queer rom-com reinterpretation of “Satisfaction and Prejudice” from writer-star Joel Kim Booster that was launched on Hulu in 2022. Their podcast, “Las Culturistas,” is a two-time recipient of iHeart Radio’s Podcast of the Yr Award and has spawned its personal awards present which aired on Bravo earlier this yr and was picked up once more for 2026.
Yang, a five-time “Saturday Night time Stay” Emmy nominee, could be seen in theaters in Common’s “Depraved: For Good.” He’s additionally a part of the voice solid of Warner Bros.’ upcoming adaptation of “The Cat within the Hat,” due out November 2026, and earlier this yr reunited with “Hearth Island” director Andrew Ahn for “The Marriage ceremony Banquet.” Rogers most not too long ago was seen within the Lionsgate comedy “Good Fortune” and in the newest season of the Apple TV sequence “Palm Royale.”
Yang and Rogers are represented by UTA, 3 Arts Leisure, and Schreck Rose Dapello. Vogt & Pinnamaneni are repped by UTA and Jackoway Austen. The deal was brokered by UTA.
