Straight-up comedies have struggled to discover a foothold in theaters for the reason that pandemic, however after final weekend’s encouraging “The Bare Gun” launch and this weekend’s promising “Freakier Friday” prospect, it seems like studios are able to put money into comedy once more.
Selection has shared that Kristen Wiig — the “SNL” alum who powered one of many ’10s most profitable laughers, “Bridesmaids” — will co-star with Jonah Hill as siblings within the upcoming Warner Bros. launch “Lower Off.”
The pair will play grownup siblings pressured to regulate to actual life after their mother and father cease paying for them. Ezra Woods co-wrote with Hill, who can even direct. “Lower Off” will hit theaters on July 17, 2026, putting it as counter programming to “The Odyssey,” which — after all — already has offered out advance IMAX screenings for that date, 11.5 months forward of its precise launch.
Wiig will return to dwell motion options for the primary time since 2021’s “A Boy Known as Christmas” with “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Film,” an adaptation of the Netflix youngsters’s collection set for launch on September 26 from Common. Wiig hasn’t had an enormous film comedy for the reason that acclaimed “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” which was set for a 2020 launch earlier than the pandemic scuttled these plans.
In the meantime, Wiig has been busy on tv, starring within the Apple TV+ collection “Palm Royale,” which earned her a Greatest Actress Emmy nomination in 2024. That present — which co-stars Allison Janney, Laura Dern, Ricky Martin, Leslie Bibb, Josh Lucas, Amber Chardae Robinson, and the legendary Carol Burnett — has been renewed for a second season. When that one comes again, it would pair collectively much more humorous individuals, as Burnett has signaled she desires her longtime comedic accomplice Vicki Lawrence added to the forged.
“I want they may discover one thing for [Vicki] on the present,” Burnett informed IndieWire final 12 months. “I’m going to ask Abe if there’s an element which may come up as a result of that might be enjoyable to have Vicki on. That might actually be one thing. And never only a mercy reserving. That’s not what I imply. But when there’s a task that she may sink her enamel into, as a result of she is an excellent actress.”
As for Hill, he’s been characteristically busy, as properly, however largely behind the scenes. As a producer, he’s had “Y2K,” in addition to the collection “Sausage Get together: Foodtopia,” “The Mortician,” and “Overcompensating.” He’s bought one other film — as actor, author (with Woods), and director — within the works, “End result,” set for launch by Apple TV+ at a but to be decided date. That movie can even star Keanu Reeves, Matt Bomer, Cameron Diaz, David Spade, and Laverne Cox.
