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19 Penn Alumni you should know about: Vol. 8

[ssba] This may be the juiciest “Penn Alumni You Should Know About” edition yet! After the jump, check out exciting news about the latest from 19 Penn alumni with projects in TV, film, stage, web, apps, and print. Plus, more stories of Penn alumni working together on entertainment projects ….an alum who dishes on what happens backstage […]

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Hold onto your socks!: His American Reunion Red Band Trailer

Not only does his high-larious next Harold and Kumar movie debut in a couple of months, but we’re now just getting a first glimpse of writer/director Jon Hurwitz‘s (W’00) take on the next installment of the American Pie franchise. And it looks wrong, and funny! After the jump, hold onto your socks and check out this […]

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Penn alum takes Christmas to new “highs”

Penn alum screenwriter Jon Hurwitz’s (W’00) trailer for his upcoming A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas was just released and you must watch it! After the jump, see some high-larious scenes which include: a unique spin on using 3D in movies  claymation!  a musical interlude by Neil Patrick Harris  …and a fantastic NSFW reinterpretation of […]

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Another “34th Street” writer follows his dreams

A tale of another ambitious recent Penn grad who went from involved undergrad to following his ambition to become recently published. More about this alum after the jump! Gabe Oppenheim (C’09) follows in the footsteps of many proactive Penn authors and recently published a novel called How Delightful Is The Day. Here’s the shpiel: “Jeremiah and Mo […]

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Yes, A Penn Alum Wrote “Hot Tub Time Machine” and Another Penn Alum Helped Produce It (and it’s awesome!)

You’ve been seeing the funny commercials for it on TV for months now and tomorrow, Hollywood screenwriter Josh Heald’s (W’00, Editor-in-Chief 34th Street Magazine (’99), Penn Jazz) Hot Tub Time Machine hits theaters nationwide. The film is about 4 friends who travel back to the 80s after they discover that their ski resort hot tub […]

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From White Castle to American Pie: Penn Alum To Reboot Popular Film Franchise

Harold and Kumar writers Jon Hurwitz (W’00) and Hayden Schlossberg have been tapped by Universal to write a new script to reboot the American Pie film franchise.  And by reboot, I mean not direct-to-DVD, but back in the theaters! I’m excited to see what Jon and Hayden will do to top that memorable pie scene! […]

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