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“Crush” crucially moves past the coming out stage of queer life and into the part where those who have come out can be themselves. The co-writers, who both identify as queer, started working on the project after meeting at BuzzFeed in 2018 and starting a queer writers group. “We just felt there was a real gap in the culture for queer rom-coms that aren’t about coming out,” King told TheWrap.

Zoe Lister-Jones is coming out.

EXCLUSIVE: Isabella Ferreira, one of the young stars of Hulu’s recent teen dramedy Love, Victor, has signed with Innovative Artists for representation.

Sophia Scorziello editor Adam Sandler is back on tour and hitting the road for a slate of North American comedy shows through the end of the year. Starting in October, Sandler will start his 25-city “The I Missed You Tour,” produced by Live Nation, and is set to debut a “surprise guest” at its opening show at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena on Oct. 12.

Adam Sandler is bringing his kids along for the ride.

While You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah has scored a record breaking Rotten Tomatoes score, there are some fans who are calling it out for nepotism.

Sunny Sandler is premiering her biggest film. “You Are So Not Invited to my Bat Mitzvah” follows Sadie (played by 14 year old Sunny), a girl who alongside her best friend has long been waiting for her Bat Mitzvah, hoping for an epic party.

“You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.”Director Sammi Cohen told People recently how the Sandler clan got together to celebrate his now 14-year-old daughter Sunny’s big day.“What’s really funny is right before we started prepping for the film, Sunny had her actual bat mitzvah,” Cohen revealed.“So I went to that service, and we got to do the real-life bat mitzvah and then left to make the movie. It was a really fun life movie moment.”Cohen continued that the bash “felt equally as fun as the parties you see [in the film].”“It was really, really fun.

K.J. Yossman “You’re So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah” is the sophomore feature from “Crush” director Sammi Cohen, but the film is very much focused on a specific junior high experience familiar to Jewish kids and their friends: the Bat Mitzvah, a coming-of-age ceremony (usually accompanied by a big party) to mark the transition into adulthood. Based on Fiona Rosenbloom’s novel of the same name, the film stars Adam Sandler alongside his wife Jackie Sandler and daughters Sunny (who plays the Bat Mitzvah girl herself Stacy Friedman) and Sadie (who plays older sister Ronnie).

nepo baby! Adam Sandler’s latest movie “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah,” is a family affair, starring the 56-year-old’s daughters Sunny, 14, and Sadie, 17, as well as wife Jackie, 48. Streaming now on Netflix, the Sandler-produced flick is based on a 2005 novel of the same name.

Courtney Howard The growing pains and dramatic throes of girlhood can be character building, traumatic, and cathartic — for both cinematic protagonists and their audience. It’s certainly not an easy time for the heroine at the center of “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah,” whose impending rite-of-passage ushers in an adulthood she’s not quite ready to handle. Director Sammi Cohen and screenwriter Alison Peck bestow this hilarious, heartrending adaptation of Fiona Rosenbloom’s novel with an uplifting, effervescent vision and vitality, giving voice to a young Jewish girl’s struggle to figure out who she is before the most important night of her life so far.

When you look at Adam Sandler’s filmography you may either think outrageous comedy or some seriously impressive dramatic turns in movies like Punch Drunk Love, Uncut Gems, and Hustle. But for his latest Netflix flick he is taking a back seat on camera by basically playing the beleaguered dad to his real life daughters Sadie and Sunny Sandler, all in fictionalized roles but nevertheless all still in the family. Sandler’s real influence in You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah is as a producer and in this instance he has brought forward the right creative elements to make this adaptation of Fiona Rosenbloom’s YA book a complete delight.

It’s hit or miss when it comes to Adam Sandler‘s Netflix projects. On the one hand, there’s the highs of “Uncut Gems” (more a Safdie Bros./A24 joint than a Netflix one, but the streamer did help with distribution).

The Sandler family is teaming up for a new movie!

The new Adam Sandler comedy is a family affair.

is almost here, and it stars . Netflix's You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, a brand new comedy directed by Sammi Cohen, arrives on the streamer later this month—and at the movie's trailer.You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023)You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah is adapted from the 2005 YA novel of the same name, written by Fiona Rosenbloom.

McKinley Franklin editor Adam Sandler and the rest of his family (yes, his biological family) are front and center in the first official trailer for Netflix’s “You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah,” streaming Aug. 25 on the platform. The film is an adaptation of Fiona Rosenbloom’s coming-of-age novel of the same name.

which debuted at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and is now streaming on Hulu; “Banana Split”starring Hannah Marks, Liana Liberato and Dylan Sprouse; “The Binge,” which stars Skyler Gisondo, Dexter Darden, Eduardo Franco and Vince Vaughn; “Looks That Kill” starring Brandon Flynn; Josh Friedlander’s “Holly Slept Over;” “The Ultimate Playlist of Noise” starring Emmy-nominee Madeline Brewer and Keean Johnson; Natalie Morales’ solo feature directorial debut “Plan B;” Talia Osteen’s “Sex Appeal;” Sammi Cohen’s directorial debut “Crush”starring Rowan Blanchard and Auli’i Cravalho; and “It’s A Wonderful Binge,” the sequel to the original “Binge”title, which stars Kaitlin Olson, Danny Trejo, Nick Swardson and Tim Meadows and released in November.In addition to producing multiple films per year, American High aims to finance and acquire a number of third-party films that align with the mission of its brand.

Crush (★★★☆☆). In one pivotal scene between two amorous teens, a rainbow, distinct though far in the distance, arcs across the horizon, a bellwether of good fortune for young lovers.Just as fortunately, director Sammi Cohen, and screenwriters Kirsten King and Casey Rackham, seek to subvert their movie’s candy-coated innocence with a keen edge of tart and bawdy humor that keeps the ship from sinking into cheesy oblivion.That contrast bears out in the characters, too, with never-been-kissed high school junior Paige, played by Rowan Blanchard, often embarrassed by her oversharing, sex-positive mom Angie, played by Megan Mullally, a comic actress who, of course, knows her way around, over, and through a double entendre.Angie’s a “cool mom” to the extreme, so fully supportive of lesbian daughter Paige that she gifts her packs of glow-in-the-dark dental dams.

WARNING: Spoilers ahead for Hulu’s new movie “Crush”Trying to figure out if you have real feelings for your childhood crush or her sister, can be hard. But such is the situation in Hulu’s new rom-com “Crush.” And for Auli’Cravalho, who stars as half — or rather, one third — of that love story, having queer writers was a huge factor in telling that story authentically.“Having queer writers, and a director, just allowed us to have this film that was so vibrant and funny,” Cravalho told TheWrap.

Tomris Laffly Curiously unadventurous for a sex-positive teen romantic comedy, Sammi Cohen’s “Crush” centers its premise on an age-old recipe: an emotionally bemused heroine desperately pursues her supposed soul mate, when her ultimate the one has been right under her nose all along.Still, predictability isn’t the real deficit of this well-meaning and progressive Hulu original that aims to land somewhere in the vicinity of “Some Kind of Wonderful” and “American Pie.” After all, some of the most timeless and irresistible romances stem from tales we’ve all heard a million times before. What’s jarring in “Crush” is the absence of some requisite dose of youthful mischief, a sense of stakes and perhaps even a lightly scandalous touch, integral to the spirit of many of the genre staples Cohen and co-writers Kirsten King and Casey Rackham attempt to revive on their own terms.

Hulu’s “Crush” just dropped its first trailer, and let’s just say the trifecta playing the three main characters is fierce.Aspiring artist Paige (Rowan Blanchard) hopes to get into art school. For her application, she has to render her happiest moment so far in life through her medium of choice.When Paige is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she’s had a crush on: Gabriela Campos (Isabella Ferreira).

Hulu today set an April 29 premiere date for its untitled Sammi Cohen film, starring Rowan Blanchard (Snowpiercer) and Auli’i Cravalho (Moana), announcing that the teen romance is now titled Crush, and unveiling a few first-look photos.

Megan Mullally (Will & Grace), Tyler Alvarez (Never Have I Ever), Michelle Buteau (First Wives Club), Aasif Mandvi (Evil), Teala Dunn (All Night) and Isabella Ferreira (Love, Victor) will round out the cast of the untitled coming-of-age romance pic starring Rowan Blanchard and Auli’i Cravalho, which Sammi Cohen is directing for Hulu.

Angelique Jackson Hulu’s upcoming queer teen love story, directed by Sammi Cohen, has rounded out its cast.Emmy and SAG Award-winner Megan Mullally (“Will & Grace”), Tyler Alvarez (“Never Have I Ever”), Michelle Buteau (“First Wives Club”), Aasif Mandvi (“Evil”), Teala Dunn (“All Night”) and Isabella Ferreira (“Love, Victor”) join previously announced stars Rowan Blanchard and Auli’i Cravalho in the movie.Written by Kirsten King and Casey Rackham, the movie follows an aspiring young artist

Angelique Jackson Rowan Blanchard and Auli’i Cravalho have signed on to lead Hulu’s upcoming queer teen movie from director Sammi Cohen.Blanchard will play Paige, an aspiring artist who’s thrust out of her comfort zone when forced to join the track team captained by her longtime crush, but she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate, ultimately discovering what real love feels like.