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"Top Gun" star Tom Cruise has a memorable big screen history with Val Kilmer. Not only did the two actors rise to fame in the 1980s, but they played rivals in the blockbuster air combat film that would eventually result in a sequel that gave them a heartfelt reunion. That sequel also served as a fond farewell for Kilmer, who had been suffering from throat cancer but still managed to make a wonderful appearance in "Top Gun: Maverick," where his previously cocky character Tom "Iceman" Kazansky was suffering from the same ailment as Kilmer in real life, eventually dying in the movie years before Kilmer would actually pass away in 2025.

However, Cruise and Kilmer almost had a much different "Top Gun" reunion on the small screen over two decades earlier, thanks to "Saturday Night Live."

In a recent episode of "The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast," which is a must-listen for fans of "SNL,...

Give the late Val Kilmer credit for good taste and common sense. While Kilmer was an extremely good sport while making the MacGruber movie, explained director Jorma Taccone on a recent episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers podcast, there was one extreme gag that he refused to do. “We did want to cut his penis off and shove it in his mouth,” Taccone confessed. “That was the one joke that he did not want to do.”

That was “especially a good decision on his part,” noted Meyers.

The Late Night host couldn’t believe Kilmer would do the role at all. “I think not only would 85 percent of actors not want to play a character named Peter von Cunth,” Meyers said, “I think probably 99 percent of agents don’t want to call their clients and say, ‘Hey, there’s a part I think you’re perfect for.”

Taccone was shocked as well.

This week, we are pleased to introduce Rushes Extra, a new series of reported pieces that go beyond the headlines to take a closer look at developing stories from throughout the film world. In this first installment, Vikram Murthi reports from the picket lines of the New York cinema workers strike at Alamo Drafthouse.Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. To keep up with our latest features, sign up for the Weekly Edit newsletter and follow us @mubinotebook on Twitter and Instagram.NEWSFerris Bueller’s Day Off.Chinese authorities are reportedly considering “reducing or banning the import of US films” in response to President Trump’s global tariffs. Though US studio earnings in China have decreased as the country has invested in their own film industry, losing access to the world’s second-largest film market would be a major blow to the American film industry.The...

If these two stars had their way, they would have been in the greatest race around the world. Following the recent passing of Val Kilmer, his friend and former roommate, Will Forte, paid tribute to his dear friend. In an essay penned for Vulture, Forte shared one of his deepest regrets in his career that involved the late actor, The Amazing Race. Forte wrote, "I used to watch The Amazing Race, and he came back home at some point when I was watching it and was like, 'What are you watching that garbage for? Come on, that stuff's going to rot your mind.' I said, 'It's pretty good. You should sit down and watch it. Give it a try before you s—t on it.' So he sat down, and he started watching it, and he got really into it." Kilmer's newfound passion for the long-running competition series prompted a brilliant idea.

Will Forte has written about his friendship with Val Kilmer, recalling their time as roommates and a shared interest in joining The Amazing Race. The two actors first met while filming MacGruber, a movie based on the Saturday Night Live sketch spoofing action thrillers. Kilmer played the film’s villain, Dieter Von Cunth, opposite Forte in the title role.

Forte said that he had been a longtime admirer of Kilmer’s work, calling his casting in MacGruber something he hadn’t expected to happen. After filming, they became close and ended up living together for nearly three months when Kilmer needed a temporary place to stay.

“I got the impression that it was going to be a couple days,” Forte wrote in an essay for Vulture. “So he showed up on a Monday, and later that day, his assistant came over with two huge duffel bags filled with books… It...

After Will Forte and Val Kilmer co-starred in MacGruber, the film adaptation of a recurring Saturday Night Live sketch spoofing high-intensity spy dramas, the two became close friends and even shared an apartment for a few months. In a heartwarming essay published in Vulture, the SNL alum reflected warmly on their relationship and what he called the “biggest regret” of his professional life.

Forte initially characterized himself as a “huge fan” of the Top Gun actor’s, saying that the idea of casting him in the eventual role of the villainous Dieter Von Cunth was originally a long shot. When he eventually signed on, Forte and his co-star became fast friends, paving the way for them to become roommates for three months after Kilmer was looking to move out of his Malibu home.

While they lived together, Forte would typically watch The Amazing Race, the popular CBS reality show in...

Will Forte has shared memories of his friendship with Val Kilmer, including a plan the two once had to compete on The Amazing Race as a team. Kilmer, who passed away on April 1 at the age of 65 from pneumonia, met Forte while working on the 2010 film MacGruber, based on a recurring sketch from Saturday Night Live.

In a first-person essay for Vulture, Forte reflected on how their connection extended beyond the set. He recalled Kilmer offering support and generosity during production. “He literally gave me the shirt off his back,” Forte wrote.

After filming, the actors remained in touch. During a period when Kilmer was involved in a dispute with his landlord in Malibu, he asked Forte if he could stay with him. They ended up living together for more than two months.

Forte introduced Kilmer to The Amazing Race while they were roommates. “He came back home at some...

Will Forte is revealing that his “biggest regret” is not going on a reality television show with the late Val Kilmer.

In a first-person essay for Vulture, the Saturday Night Live alum looked back at his friendship with Kilmer, who died of pneumonia on Tuesday at the age of 65, his daughter announced. The two actors grew close while working together on the 2010 movie MacGruber, which was based on Forte’s recurring SNL sketch of the same name.

In the years that followed, Forte and Kilmer stayed in contact, and at one point, he recalled The Doors actor asking to stay with him while he “was having a dispute with his landlord” in Malibu. During their time living together for two and a half months, Forte shared that he actually introduced Kilmer to reality television.

“I used to watch The Amazing Race, and he came back home at some point when...

Will Forte wrote an emotional first-person essay for Vulture in which he remembered his friendship with the late Val Kilmer, who died April 1 from pneumonia at 65 years old. The two actors were co-stars in Forte’s 2010 comedy “MacGruber,” which was based on the popular “SNL” skit of the same name. Kilmer starred as the villainous Dieter von Cunth. According to Forte, Kilmer “literally gave me the shirt off his back” while on set.

“MacGruber” was the start of a beautiful friendship between the two actors. Forte writes that when Kilmer “was having a dispute with his landlord” in Malibu, Calif., he asked if he could move in. Forte and Kilmer then lived together for two and a half months. It was during this period that Forte introduced Kilmer to reality television, specifically “The Amazing Race,” which Kilmer “got really into.”

“Then, at a certain point, he said, ‘Will, you and...

Will Forte said his biggest regret in life is not participating in “The Amazing Race” with his former roommate and late actor Val Kilmer.

“I used to watch ‘The Amazing Race,’ and he came back home at some point when I was watching it and was like, ‘What are you watching that garbage for? Come on, that stuff’s going to rot your mind.’ I said, ‘It’s pretty good. You should sit down and watch it. Give it a try before you s—t on it,'” Forte explained of his interest in the competition series, during an interview this week with Vulture. “So he sat down and he started watching it, and he got really into it. Then, at a certain point, he said, ‘Will, you and I have to go do ‘The Amazing Race.’ We have to. Let’s do ‘The Amazing Race.’” I’m like, ‘I am so fully in.

“The Amazing Race” famously inspired Mike White to create “The White Lotus” after appearing on the reality series (he also was in “Survivor”), but it turns out that White wasn’t the only famous filmmaker who was a fan-turned-contestant. Will Forte revealed to Vulture that he and his “MacGruber” co-star, late actor Val Kilmer, almost joined “The Amazing Race” after both binging the series.

Forte and Kilmer co-starred in 2010 “SNL” spinoff spoof film “MacGruber,” and later lived together in 2011. During their cohabitation, Forte got Kilmer into watching “The Amazing Race.” Kilmer died at age 65 in 2025 after battling throat cancer for more than a decade, and Forte now says that not competing in “The Amazing Race” with him is his “biggest regret.”

“I used to watch ‘The Amazing Race’ and he came back home at some point when I was watching it and was like, ‘What are you watching that garbage for?...

Movie legend Val Kilmer passed away yesterday at the age of 65, but his memory will live on in the hearts of the dozens of comedy fans who saw MacGruber in theaters.

The 2010 action/comedy MacGruber, based on the Saturday Night Live sketch by the same name, may have been a total flop at the box office, failing to even earn back its $10 million budget, but at least it earned the scorn of the critical community to match its commercial failure. As it turns out, neither moviegoers nor movie reviewers at the time had any interest in seeing a profane, illogical and hilariously dated feature-length adaptation of an overdone SNL sketch that parodied a TV show that had been off the air for nearly 20 years. However, MacGruber’s titular star Will Forte and his onscreen nemesis Kilmer didn’t give a cut-off dick about what anyone else thought of their glorious turd of a comedy masterpiece.

Beloved actor Val Kilmer has died at the age of 65 in Los Angeles, his family has confirmed. Kilmer had long faced throat cancer, of which he received a diagnosis in 2014; his daughter Mercedes has said the cause of his death was pneumonia.

After becoming one of the youngest students ever accepted to acting school Juilliard, entering their program at 17, Kilmer went on to star in multiple cinematic favourites. Following roles in Top Secret! And Real Genius, he broke out with his role as pilot Iceman in 1986’s Top Gun. From there, he played swordsman Madmartigan in Ron Howard’s fantasy Willow, on which he met his future wife (and mother of his children) Joanne Whalley. Through the early ‘90s, he starred as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone’s The Doors biopic, played Doc Holliday in Western hit Tombstone, and briefly popped up as the spirit of Elvis in True Romance.

It's with a heavy heart that we report tonight that Val Kilmer has died at the age of 65 in Los Angeles after a short battle with pneumonia. His daughter Mercedes Kilmer confirmed news of his passing to The New York Times earlier this evening.

Kilmer had also battled throat cancer since 2015, and had a procedure on his trachea that damaged his vocal cords to the point where it significantly limited his ability to speak. He had also undergone chemotherapy treatments and two tracheotomies.

He is survived by his two adult children, Mercedes and Jack, who he had with ex-wife Joanne Whalley.

Kilmer's breakthrough performance was in 1986's Top Gun, where he played Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky, and his career reached new heights in 1991 when he played Jim Morrison in The Doors. His most prominent credits also include playing Doc Holliday in 1993's Tombstone, Bruce Wayne/Batman in 1995's Batman Forever, and Chris Shiherlis in Heat.

Actor Val Kilmer has passed away. Known for several fan-favorite roles, from Doc Holliday to Batman, the actor was 65 years old.

The New York Times reported on the passing of Kilmer, with his daughter, actress Mercedes Kilmer, confirming the news. According nto his daughter, Kilmer died in Los Angeles due to pneumonia. He'd previously been diagnosed with throat cancer in 2015. His subsequent health struggles had been chronicled in the documentary Val, released in 2021.

Val Edward Kilmer was born on New Year's Eve in 1959. At the age of 17, he started studying acting at Juilliard in New York. This led to his work in theater, and he made his Broadway debut in 1983 with a role in Slab Boys. He'd make his debut in film by playing teen idol Nick Rivers in the 1984 film Top Secret!, following it up with a role in tthe1985 film Real Genius.

A big break came quickly for...

Kristen Wiig, the American actress known for her roles in films such as Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters, MacGruber, and Paul, is 5 feet 5 ½ inches (166.4 cm) tall and wears a shoe size 8 (US).

In a memorable sketch on Saturday Night Live, one of her characters once famously claimed, “I’m 5 foot 6 and weigh 108 pounds.”

Kristen Wiig radiates effortless elegance in a strapless black paisley-textured dress with a keyhole cutout at the Film Independent Spirit Awards (Credit: Nicky Nelson / WENN)

Kristen Wiig has been spotted wearing stylish heels from popular shoe brands featured on Your Next Shoes. She has elongated her height with designer heels by Christian Louboutin, Stella Luna, Sophia Webster, Casadei, and Nicholas Kirkwood.

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Kristen Wiig’s red carpet choices are a testament to her eclectic and sophisticated style, often highlighted by her selection of designer footwear that adds a distinctive flair to her ensembles:...

Will Forte has looked back at his Saturday Night Live spinoff MacGruber bombing at the box office. The 2010 comedy infamously debuted to harsh reviews and subsequently underperformed at financially as well.

MacGruber was based on Forte's recurring SNL sketches in which he played a MacGyver-like hero whose attempts to diffuse dangerous situations almost always failed miserably. Despite the movie being packed with SNL stars – including Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph – the project's failure was seen as a black mark on Forte's potential as a movie star.

Will Forte Reflects on MacGruber's failure

Forte candidly reflected on MacGruber's failure during a recent interview with Ted Danson on the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast (via Entertainment Weekly). He admitted that the project bombing was particularly hurtful since it came out only a week after SNL's triumphant season finale.

"The movie came out and just s*** the bed, just did tremendously badly,...

Thankfully, Will Forte didn’t have to beg some fellow SNL alumni to help him get his career back on track after the failure of MacGruber. We all know what he gets like when he starts begging.

On paper, the 2010 feature film adaptation of a Lorne-Michaels-beloved SNL character had all of the makings of a blockbuster: MacGruber was a movie parody of a TV show that hadn’t been on the air in 18 years at the time of release, a YouTuber who had never shot anything much longer than “I’m on a Boat” wrote and directed the film and, most promisingly, MacGruber was an R-rated comedy that released on the exact same night as the fourth Shrek movie. MacGruber had everything going for it, but, on a $10 million budget, it somehow failed to even hit eight figures at the box office, and it landed near the top of the...

Saturday Night Live celebrates 50 years on the air in 2025. It also means that creator Lorne Michaels has spent half a century amassing an eye-popping net worth.

SNL's anniversary celebration culminates with a three-hour primetime special on February 16. Michaels will be joined by A-list celebrities, music legends, and countless cast members he helped discover and propel to the top of the comedy world.

Along the way, Michaels has made quite the fortune for himself through SNL and his production company. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Michaels net worth is an estimated $500 million in 2025. To put that in context, that is much higher than Robert Downey Jr.'s estimated $300 million net worth.

Of course, creating and producing Saturday Night Live is responsible for a large part of Michaels' lifetime earnings. But the 80-year-old has also created a media empire that extends beyond the halls of Studio 8H.

Film and television productions have increased Michaels' net worth.

We’re celebrating 50 years of “Saturday Night Live”! All this week, we’re digging into the late-night comedy institution with new stories, including lists, essays, interviews, and more.

When “The Blues Brothers” hit theaters in 1980, it opened a Pandora’s Box that would eventually gift Hollywood films like “Wayne’s World” and curse it with abominations like “It’s Pat” and “Coneheads.” John Landis’ ultra-cool film about two brothers on a mission from God to get the band back together was bursting with Chicago blues performances, epic car chases, and enough celebrity cameos to fill a season of “Saturday Night Live.” Grossing over $100 million on a $27 million budget, it proved to many that characters who originated on Lorne Michaels’ NBC variety show were more than capable of carrying their own feature film.

In theory, that was true. With “SNL” exploding in popularity and Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi wading into movie stardom,...

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With Saturday Night Live's 50th season well underway, many fans are revisiting movies, TV shows, and digital content made by SNL cast members and alums. There are, of course, the films personally produced by Lorne Michaels and SNL, such as The Blues Brothers, Wayne's World, and most recently, 2010's MacGruber, but the impact of SNL alumni extends far beyond this shortlist. NBC's longest-running sketch comedy show has produced some bonafide stars that have a stranglehold on the industry. The talent ranges from Will Ferrell to Adam Sandler to Eddie Murphy all the way to the oft-forgotten Academy Award-winning Robert Downey Jr., but the less famous cast members often still go on to have amazing careers. Whether they go on to star in sitcoms, Broadway shows, or films,...

Robin Williams’ performance as the antagonist in Christopher Nolan’s harrowing Insomnia earned the comedian some of the best reviews of his career. “Williams reminds us that he is a considerable dramatic talent,” wrote Roger Ebert. Slate’s David Edelstein called his performance “shockingly effective,” while Empire said, “Williams delivers his best straight performance yet.”

But you can’t expect a guy like Williams to keep a straight face for long. Between takes, the fast-riffing comedian broke into his usual antics, bouncing off the walls and entertaining the tech folks with improvised characters and celebrity impressions. But one guy on set wished Williams would have given it a rest. That’s director Nolan, who was trying to create a moody murder mystery while Williams was telling penis jokes.

“He was very much Robin Williams,” Nolan told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. “He likes to perform. He could see I wasn’t receptive to his comedy between takes,...

The Lonely Island‘s Jorma Taccone is in good company for his next directorial project as Ben Schwartz and Sam Rockwell board the upcoming Searchlight comedy DNA. News about Taccone joining DNA as the film’s director and producer comes after he recently launched production in Finland for The Trip, an upcoming thriller starring Jason Segel and Samara Weaving.

Plot details for DNA remain a mystery, though we know Schwartz sold the concept to Searchlight in 2020. Schwartz wrote the script, while Ali Bell, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Taccone produced through their Party Over Here studio. Rockwell gets in on the action as an executive producer alongside Schwartz.

Taconne’s other directorial efforts include shorts and music videos for The Lonely Island, Parks and Recreation, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Miracle Workers, The Last O.G., and Paramount’s Knuckles series. His upcoming thriller, The Trip, revolves around a troubled couple who visit an isolated cabin.

Exclusive: The Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone has come aboard Searchlight’s comedy DNA, starring Ben Schwartz and Sam Rockwell, as director and producer.

The project is the second announced in two weeks for Taccone, who recently launched production in Finland on The Trip, a thriller starring Jason Segel and Samara Weaving. News of the film first broke in the summer of 2020, after Schwartz sold it to Searchlight as an untitled pitch, with Rockwell also cementing his involvement at that time.

DNA‘s logline is being kept under wraps. Schwartz wrote the script, with Ali Bell, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Taccone to produce under their Party Over Here banner. Schwartz and Rockwell are the executive producers. SVP of Production Taylor Friedman and Creative Executive Cornelia Burleigh are overseeing the project for Searchlight Pictures, reporting to Heads of Production and Development DanTram Nguyen and Katie Goodson-Thomas.

Taccone broke out as...

Hollywood anarchist and noted nudist Jack Nicholson saw his career flash before his eyes in the mid-1980s as the era’s most popular movies totally confounded him. In a 1986 interview with The New York Times, Nicholson was asked if he felt “like a creative person trapped in an uncreative age in the industry.”

''Well, you know,” Nicholson replied, “last night I saw — what’s that movie? Ferris something?”

Was Nicholson referring to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off? Anyone? Anyone?

“Well, that movie made me feel totally irrelevant to anything that any audience could want, and 119 years old,” he explained.

To make matters worse, it felt like the audience was on John Hughes’ side of the argument. “Believe me, everyone else watching it liked it,” he said. “And you know, I literally walked out of there thinking my days are numbered. These people are trying to kill me.”

Imagine what...

After directing two of the most underrated comedies of the past decade or so, “MacGruber” and “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping,” we haven’t seen a new film from director Jorma Taccone since 2016. Thankfully, that’s ending soon, as he is set to direct “The Trip.”

According to 87North and XYZ Films, Jorma Taccone has begun production on the new thriller, “The Trip.” The film is set to star Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis, Paul Guilfoyle, and Keith Jardine.

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Samara Weaving and Jason Segel have signed on to star in 'The Trip’ remake.The 32-year-old actress and the ‘How I Met Your Mother’ star, 44, will appear in the upcoming remake of the 2021 Norwegian comedy-thriller ‘I Onde Dager’, which follows a dysfunctional couple who travel to a remote cabin in a supposed effort to reconnect, though both have secret intentions to kill the other.However, their murderous plans get cast aside when another couple arrives, who have a much stronger lust for blood, and chaos ensues thereafter. The cast also includes Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis, Paul Guilfoyle, and Keith Jardine, while ‘MacGruber’ filmmaker Jorma Taccone is set to helm the movie.The original picture’s director Tommy Wirkola will serve as executive producer alongside Taccone, with Karen Gillan due to co-produce.In a statement, Wirkola said: “I can’t wait to see Jorma bring his totally singular sensibility to the material.

Samara Weaving, aka one of the newer faces of modern horror and one of our favorite scream queens, is booked and busy, and we're glad to see her taking on more and more projects. We recently learned that she's signed on to star in the upcoming horror flick Ready or Not 2. Now, we've just learned that she'll be in an upcoming thriller titled The Trip.

Set to star opposite of her in The Trip is Emmy-nominated actor Jason Segel. They will play a dysfunctional couple who retreat to a secluded cabin to "reconnect," but both harbor hidden motives to kill each other. Other talented actors such as Timothy Olyphant (Justified: City Primeval), Juliette Lewis (Yellowjackets), Paul Guilfoyle (Evil), and Keith Jardine (Love Lies Bleeding) will star in this movie as well.

Jorma Taccone, who is known for his work on the action comedy series MacGruber, is directing from a...

87North and XYZ Films have begun production on thriller The Trip from director Jorma Taccone (MacGruber).

The film stars Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis, Paul Guilfoyle, and Keith Jardine.

Pic follows a dysfunctional couple (Segel and Weaving) who head to a remote cabin to “reconnect”, but each has secret intentions to kill the other.

XYZ is financing and producing alongside 87North’s Kelly McCormick (The Fall Guy), Lee Kim (Dual), and Guy Danella (Violent Night). Taccone and Tommy Wirkola are executive-producing with Karen Gillan co-producing.

The script was adapted by Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney from Wirkola’s Norwegian thriller, I Onde Dager, which starred Noomi Rapace and Aksel Hennie, and was written by Wirkola, John Niven, and Nick Ball. I Onde Dager was produced by Jørgen Storm Rosenberg and Kjetil Omberg for 74 Entertainment and financed by XYZ in conjunction with Ipr.Vc. Rosenberg and Omberg are...

87North and XYZ Films have begun production in Finland on Jorma Taccone’s thriller The Trip starring Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Timothy Olyphant, and Juliette Lewis.

Paul Guilfoyle and Keith Jardine round out the key cast on the story of a dysfunctional couple who head to a remote cabin under the pretence of reconnecting while harbouring a wish to kill each other.

Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney adapted the screenplay from Tommy Wirkola’s Norwegian thriller I Onde Dager that starred Noomi Rapace and Aksel Hennie, and was written by Wirkola, John Niven, and Nick Ball. That film was produced...

87North and XYZ Films have begun production in Finland on Jorma Taccone’s thriller The Trip starring Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Timothy Olyphant, and Juliette Lewis.

Paul Guilfoyle and Keith Jardine round out the key cast on the story of a dysfunctional couple who head to a remote cabin under the pretence of reconnecting while harbouring a wish to kill each other.

Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney adapted the screenplay from Tommy Wirkola’s Norwegian thriller I Onde Dager that starred Noomi Rapace and Aksel Hennie, and was written by Wirkola, John Niven, and Nick Ball. That film was produced...

Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Timothy Olyphant and Juliette Lewis are taking “The Trip.” Jorma Taccone, a member of the Lonely Island comedy group and co-director of “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping,” is directing from a script by Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney (BriTANicK).

The film is a remake of Tommy Wirkola’s blood-soaked Norwegian action comedy from 2021 — “I onde dager,” starring Aksel Hennie and Noomi Rapace.

XYZ is financing the film and producing alongside 87North’s Kelly McCormick, Lee Kim and Guy Danella. Taccone and Wirkola are executive producing with Karen Gillan co-producing. Original producers Jørgen Storm Rosenberg and Kjetil Omberg will executive produce the new version of “The Trip.”

The film follows a dysfunctional married couple (Segel and Weaving), who head to a remote cabin in the hopes of reconnecting – but both secretly have plans to kill the other. The original film is total bonkers – oscillating between moments of...

If you’ve been following The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, you’ve known that one third of The Lonely Island, Jorma Taccone, has been absent for the last few weeks while shooting a movie in Finland. Details of that movie have finally been announced.

Taccone will direct “The Trip,” a thriller and comedy film that stars Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Juliette Lewis, and Timothy Olyphant, it was announced on Tuesday, November 19. Filming is currently taking place in Tampere, Finland and has been ongoing since October 23. Paul Guilfoyle and Keith Jardine also co-star.

This is Taccone’s first feature behind the camera since 2016’s “Pop Star: Never Stop Never Stopping,” which he co-directed with Akiva Schaffer. For this one he’ll partner with the team behind “The Fall Guy,” David Leitch and Kelly McCormick’s 87North production banner, and XYZ Films.

No distributor is attached for the film.

“The Trip...

As far as movies based on SNL sketches go, A Night at the Roxbury probably had the least to work with. Wayne’s World, MacGruber and even It’s Pat had well-defined characters with reliable bits. The Night at the Roxbury guys, however, didn’t even have names, which is why Steve Koren, who wrote the breakout SNL sketch for those characters, was surprised when Clueless director Amy Heckerling wanted to make a movie about two idiots who aggressively danced up on women in night clubs.

But soon thereafter, Koren, along with Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan who played and created the characters, got to work on the script that would become A Night at the Roxbury.

I recently spoke to Koren about how the original draft was inspired by Saturday Night Fever, how the Marx Brothers contributed to the film’s title and how they sought to include every slang term...

As Saturday Night Live marks its 50th anniversary, Seth Meyers is fondly looking back at his onscreen love story.

The Late Night host called Bill Hader‘s long-running ‘Weekend Update’ character Stefon “my one true love” as he listed his top five favorite SNL characters in honor of the NBC sketch comedy show’s milestone season.

He listed the rest of his top five as Will Forte‘s MacGruber, Kate McKinnon‘s Colleen Rafferty, Eddie Murphy‘s Buckwheat and Rachel Dratch‘s Debbie Downer, as he appeared on Watch What Happens Live.

Meyers’ number-one pick should come as no surprise after he married the “city correspondent” in Hader’s 2013 farewell episode, breaking up Stefon’s wedding to Anderson Cooper in an epic sketch filled with all of the character’s bizarre references, including a Ben Affleck cameo.

Following his 2005-’13 run on SNL, Hader has returned to ‘Weekend Update’ as Stefon on a few occasions.

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Throughout the 80s and 90s, Val Kilmer was one of the biggest yet most underrated names in Hollywood. Having starred in such classics as Top Gun, Heat, The Doors, and even taking on the role of DC's iconic caped crusader in Batman Forever, it was hard for moviegoers to avoid the unique charm that he brought to the screen. The one film that audiences perhaps still recognize him the most for today, however, is undoubtedly the classic western, Tombstone. The film starred quite an impressive cast of well-known actors, including Powers Boothe, who gave a standout performance as its main villain. Some may not be aware, however, that a mini Tombstone reunion of sorts had occurred in 2010, all...

Saturday Night Live‘s golden year is reuniting cast members past for some new laughs.

This weekend, SNL alums and musical comedy trio The Lonely Island made a surprise appearance with their new song ‘Sushi Glory Hole’, the group’s first digital short on the sketch comedy show in six years.

A la 2006’s Emmy-winning “D— in a Box,” the song’s title is pretty self-explanatory, featuring Akiva Schaffer and Andy Samberg (Jorma Taccone is not featured but is credited as a writer) in their finest Wolf of Wall Street attire, pitching their new concept to a group of investors.

‘Sushi Glory Hole, imagine that / Instead of strange d—, you’ll be getting a snack,” raps Samberg during their pitch, complete with a tiny model.

James Austin Johnson, Andrew Dismukes, Devon Walker and Chloe Fineman then demonstrate how to use the Sushi Glory Hole,...

“SNL sucks now” isn’t as fresh a complaint as you might think. This sentiment was even a matter of public discourse way back in the early ‘90s, as evidenced by the not-so-cleverly titled 1994 Entertainment Weekly article, “Is Saturday Night Dead?”

The magazine wasn’t alone in expressing concern for the long-running comedy series during its 19th season. The New York Daily News noted that SNL would have to try and “find a desperately needed fresh sense of identity” following the loss of Dana Carvey and Chris Rock, and the announced departures of Phil Hartman, Julia Sweeney and Rob Schneider.

So EW offered up “20 suggestions” for “how to fix the show.” Looking back at this list, it’s amazing how spot-on some ideas are in retrospect — while others are laughably dated and arguably awful.

For starters, writer Bruce Fretts (who sadly passed away in 2020) suggested handing over the reins of Weekend Update to David Spade,...

Saturday Night Live is about to hit its 50th anniversary, so no better time to count down the 25 funniest stars!

Narrowing down the best actors in a show that's run for five decades and boasted nearly 150 cast members is a challenge, to say the least. SNL has had its ups and downs over the years, with some periods boasting fantastic, brilliant comedic talents and others so low that many believed the show would be canceled. It's still survived, all thanks to that revolving cast of actors capable of pulling off these skits every week.

Many have gone on to become huge stars in movies and television and even bigger comics. Yet their SNL tenures often showed them at their best, with some standing taller than others. It's hard to figure it out, but here's how the 25 funniest SNL cast members of all time fall out as a stunning reminder of the show's legacy.

One of the most memorably brilliant creative choices behind the MacGruber movie was the casting of Val Kilmer as the dastardly Dieter von Cunth. Not only is Kilmer an icon of ‘80s and ‘90s action movies, but as Airplane! proved, putting dramatic actors in absurd roles is often way funnier.

But Kilmer wasn’t the only name that was floated for the awkwardly-named villain. Apparently MacGruber came very close to battling the legendary actor who faced off against Batman, Adam Sandler and his own wife and child after a few stiff drinks served by a ghost: Jack Nicholson.

In the most recent episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, the trio discussed their work on “People Getting Punched Right Before Eating.” It wasn’t a metaphor or anything, it was literally about people getting punched right before eating.

The episode aired on October 13, 2007, with host Jon Bon Jovi,...

Who hasn’t wanted to turn into a snarling, free-wheeling beast when the pressures of domestic life — hell, of life in general — get too much? Women have transformed into beasts throughout mythological history, but that wasn’t always a matter of choice. In Rachel Yoder’s bestselling 2021 novel, “Nightbitch,” that line is a bit fuzzier. Does our heroine become a dog because she wants to or because she has to?

That’s just one of the questions at the heart of filmmaker Marielle Heller’s latest film, which adapts Yoder’s story to the big screen. Like her breakout hit “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” her fact-based grifter tale “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” and her deep-feeling Mr. Rogers-centric feature “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” Heller’s latest explores the different facets of being a very real person in a very tough world. Sometimes that includes turning into a dog.

The Variety and Chanel Female Filmmakers Dinner brought together an A-list lineup of Hollywood stars and creatives including Andrew Garfield, Elizabeth Olsen, “Nightbitch” director Marielle Heller (who attended this event mere moments before her film’s premiere), Danielle Deadwyler, Barry Keoghan and more for a vibrant night amidst the Toronto Film Festival. The vibe was electric, with drinks flowing, delicious food on hand and a spontaneous game of “Two Truths and a Lie” breaking out.

The event, which took place at Soho House Toronto, featured a cocktail hour downstairs before a three-course dinner on the second floor of the social club. Inside, the hotly anticipated “Saturday Night” film cast Cory Michael Smith, Lamorne Morris, Ella Hunt and Dylan O’Brien stopped in before their Tuesday night premiere. The film, a hot title at TIFF, is set within the chaotic 90 minutes before the first episode of “SNL” aired in 1975. The group mingled...

Exclusive: Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men) and Laura Slade Wiggins (Shameless) have signed on to star alongside Landon Ashworth (Space Force) in Go On, a fantasy drama marking Ashworth’s feature directorial debut, which will enter production in New Mexico in September.

Marking Ashworth’s first produced feature screenplay, the film follows two strangers on a remote mountain, scorched by forest fires, as they help each other process baggage from their previous lives so they can transition to the afterlife. Ashworth crafted the screenplay after losing his very young cousin, Landon Bellm, to suicide.

“Having my feature film directorial debut be my own screenplay which addresses real, meaningful, and relatable issues is an honor,” Ashworth told Deadline. “Also, having the opportunity to work with Vincent is beyond a dream come true. I’ve followed his career for over a decade and knew he needed to play the co-lead of this movie.

The animated "Sausage Party" was not only one of the funniest movies of 2016, but it was easily one of the most graphic comedies that has ever hit the big screen. Culminating in an all-out war between sentient food and humans, the movie ends with a celebratory orgy with groceries of all kinds just going to town on each other in every imaginable way. If they were human, it would be a porno movie, but it's ever so slightly more innocent when it's everyday food having all kinds of sex. But any modicum of innocence there might be goes completely out of the window in the recently released Prime Video animated series "Sausage Party: Foodtopia."

While the series has the gnarly violence and graphic sexual acts that made the "Sausage Party" so gross and funny, "Foodtopia" takes things to another level. Early on in the series, the foods take a human...

Andy Samberg is looking back on walking away from Saturday Night Live.

While appearing on Kevin Hart’s Peacock interview series Hart to Heart, the comedian recalled why he made the decision to quietly exit the comedy sketch series after seven seasons back in 2012.

“I was falling apart in my life,” he said, opening up about the exit all these years later. He called the decision to leave “a big choice” and though he didn’t want to leave, he couldn’t “endure it anymore.”

Samberg joined SNL in 2005. After seven years, his contract was up and he decided not to return after the 2011-2012 season wrapped, officially announcing his decision weeks after the finale.

Though he dreamt of being on SNL since he was 8 years old, Samberg explained to Hart how things started to change when his longtime friends and Lonely Island collaborators, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, left...

Some of That '90s Show season 2 guest stars have connections to the sitcom franchise, whether by reprising roles or having worked behind the scenes. Will Forte's cameo as Kiefer, a cocaine-addicted spiritual scam artist, is a nod to his previous work as a writer and producer on That '70s Show. Forte's career trajectory includes starring roles in MacGruber, The Last Man On Earth, and various other films and TV shows after his time on That '70s Show.

One That 90s Show season 2 guest star has an interesting history with the sitcom franchise, having played a part in the production of That 70s Show years earlier. That 90s Show's cast of characters are likable enough for the sitcom spinoff to need no celebrity cameos. However, like its predecessor That 70s Show, the Netflix comedy still brings in famous faces from time to time to spice up proceedings. In...

Will Forte has been added to the cast of Netflix’s upcoming comedy “The Four Seasons,” opposite stars including Tina Fey and Steve Carell.

Fey, Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield are behind the series, based on the 1981 feature film that was written and directed by Alan Alda (who starred with Carol Burnett).

Forte was most recently seen in Netflix’s “Bodkin.” The “Saturday Night Live” alum’s credits include “Last Man on Earth,” “Sweet Tooth” and “MacGruber.” Besides Fey and Carell, previously announced cast members include Colman Domingo, Kerri Kenney-Silver and Erika Henningsen.

Slated to begin production later this year, “The Four Seasons” has received an eight-episode order at Netflix. The original film, which also starred Rita Moreno, Sandy Dennis, and Len Cariou , centered on three married couples take vacations together each season, but things are thrown for a loop when one of the husbands leaves his wife and begins...

SNL movies peaked in the '90s with hits like Wayne's World. Recent films like MacGruber haven't fared as well financially. As studios move away from theatrical comedies, SNL stars are finding success on the small screen with TV shows. The days of SNL launching movie star careers may be fading, with actors like Pete Davidson now finding TV success.

Live from the big screen, it's the Saturday Night Live movies! In its nearly 50-year history, NBC's iconic sketch comedy series has seen several hit sketches jump to the film world. Some have seen massive success. Others have returned with less-than-stellar results (nearly every other movie).

There is no doubt that the '90s were the peak of SNL and SNL movies. From 1992 to 2000, roughly one new film was released per year. SNL took the 2000s off before returning with the 2010 film MacGruber, the most recent SNL movie to date.

Seth Meyers has renewed his deal with NBCUniversal, cementing him as the host of “Late Night” through 2028.

The extension comes months after the renowned writer and comedian hit his 10-year anniversary as host; “Late Night With Seth Meyers” first launched in February 2014.

Meyers’ production company, Sethmaker Shoemeyers, has also extended its deal with Universal Studio Group to produce content across NBCUniversal platforms. The banner previously produced “A.P. Bio” for NBC and “The Amber Ruffin Show” for Peacock.

“Over the last 10 years, Seth has resonated with his audience night after night with a sharp monologue and established segments such as ‘A Closer Look’ and ‘Day Drinking,’” said Katie Hockmeyer, executive vice president of late night programming at NBCUniversal Entertainment. “We’re so happy to continue this legacy franchise with Seth at the helm and watch him continue to elevate the success of ‘Late Night.’”

“Late Night With Seth Meyers” is executive produced by Lorne Michaels,...

Bodkin, a Netflix series starring Will Forte, follows a group of podcasters uncovering dark secrets in a small Irish town. The show features a talented cast including Siobhn Cullen and Robyn Cara, with episodes directed by Bronwen Hughes. Will Forte shines as Gilbert in his first leading role since Sweet Tooth, delivering a blend of comedy and mystery in Bodkin.

The cast of Bodkin features a star performance from former Saturday Night Live cast member Will Forte. Bodkin, which releases in its entirety exclusively on Netflix on May 9, 2024, is a 7-episode miniseries that takes place entirely in a small coastal town in Ireland. The series was created by British writer Jez Scharf, whose previous works include Mister Biscuits (2018), Groucho Nietzsche (2014), and The UnDream (2013). Three of Bodkin's seven episodes are directed by Bronwen Hughes, who is best known for her directorial work on Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and 13 Reasons Why.