Project Greenlight Digital Studios, in partnership with Issa Rae’s ColorCreative.TV, has announced the new series “Minimum Wage,” a six-episode comedic anthology series centered around five unique employees who work at a run-down fast food restaurant in La’s Koreatown as they try desperately to improve its business in addition to their personal lives. There series is executive produced by Rae, best known as the creator and star of the new HBO series “Insecure” and the web series “Awkward Black Girl.”
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The series came about from Project Greenlight and ColorCreative.TV’s ‘The New Normal’ writing contest, which was created to find underrepresented voices in media to express their unique point of view. Contestants were asked to submit a one-page pitch for an original anthology series idea about the theme of a “trophy...
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The series came about from Project Greenlight and ColorCreative.TV’s ‘The New Normal’ writing contest, which was created to find underrepresented voices in media to express their unique point of view. Contestants were asked to submit a one-page pitch for an original anthology series idea about the theme of a “trophy...
- 10/18/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Chicago – All of you DVD and Blu-Ray buyers who lament the neverending flow of slapstick comedies that basically all feel and look the same owe it to director Jody Hill and star Seth Rogen to rent or buy “Observe and Report,” one of the best comedies of the year to date and one of the most daring movies of the last several years.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
The ads made “Observe and Report” look like nothing more than a variation on “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” or, even more inaccurately, a romantic comedy with Rogen and co-star Anna Faris. Audiences weren’t sure what to expect and, consequently, stayed away. “Observe and Report” should have been pitched to the arthouse crowd, one that could handle a film with extensive drug use, male frontal nudity, extreme violence, and even arguable date rape. This is material not for the faint of heart. It’s not a movie for everyone.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
The ads made “Observe and Report” look like nothing more than a variation on “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” or, even more inaccurately, a romantic comedy with Rogen and co-star Anna Faris. Audiences weren’t sure what to expect and, consequently, stayed away. “Observe and Report” should have been pitched to the arthouse crowd, one that could handle a film with extensive drug use, male frontal nudity, extreme violence, and even arguable date rape. This is material not for the faint of heart. It’s not a movie for everyone.
- 10/1/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – This 23-image slideshow contains the press images for Warner Brothers’ “Observe and Report,” starring Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, and Ray Liotta. Written and directed by Jody Hill, the film opens on Friday, April 10th, 2009.
Synopsis: “At the Forest Ridge Mall, head of security Ronnie Barnhardt (Seth Rogen) patrols his jurisdiction with an iron fist. The master of his domain, he combats skateboarders, shoplifters and the occasional unruly customer while dreaming of the day when he can swap his flashlight for a badge and a gun.
Ronnie’s delusions of grandeur are put to the test when the mall is struck by a flasher. Driven by his personal duty to protect and serve the mall and its patrons, Ronnie seizes the opportunity to showcase his underappreciated law enforcement talents on a grand scale, hoping his solution of this crime will earn him a coveted spot at the police academy and...
Synopsis: “At the Forest Ridge Mall, head of security Ronnie Barnhardt (Seth Rogen) patrols his jurisdiction with an iron fist. The master of his domain, he combats skateboarders, shoplifters and the occasional unruly customer while dreaming of the day when he can swap his flashlight for a badge and a gun.
Ronnie’s delusions of grandeur are put to the test when the mall is struck by a flasher. Driven by his personal duty to protect and serve the mall and its patrons, Ronnie seizes the opportunity to showcase his underappreciated law enforcement talents on a grand scale, hoping his solution of this crime will earn him a coveted spot at the police academy and...
- 3/23/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Last night's world premiere for Observe and Report, the new comedy starring Seth Rogen as a self-medicating, self-righteous mall security guard, was a bit of a homecoming for many of the cast and crew. Michael Peña, who plays Rogen's partner in crime-stopping, played SXSW two years ago with his band Niko Vega; brothers Matt and John Yuan, who play more of Rogen's staff, once worked the festival as volunteers.The comedy...
- 3/17/2009
- AMC News: Film Festivals
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