Some Penn in Hollywood bits and pieces for you ranging from a Penn alum TV show which debuts tonight to a Penn alum screenwriter in franchise heaven!: “Miami Medical”, the new Jerry Bruckheimer CBS drama that ER physician TV medical consultant Zach Lutsky (C’97, AEPi)‘s been working on debuts tonight (Friday, 4/2)! ….Next up for […]
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 […]
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! […]
Some recent juicy Penn Hollywood alumni tidbits for y’all… Click HERE for the scoop! Elizabeth Banks (C’96) has signed on for a potentially recurring role on ABC’s critically-praised new fall sitcom, “Modern Family”. More HERE Todd Lieberman (C’95) will be producing a film based on the comic book “Alibi”. More HERE Speaking of Liz and […]
Looks like another successful comedy is being made by one of our alumni. “Harold & Kumar” writers Jon Hurwitz (W’00) and Hayden Schlossberg will write and direct the comedy “‘Til Beth Do Us Part” for Warner Bros. Per The Hollywood Reporter, “The feature will focus on two twentysomething males whose close friendship is put to […]
Today writer Jon Hurwitz’s (W’00) film Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay comes out in theaters. This of course is the follow-up movie to Jon’s first film Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. Per Yahoo Movies, here’s the plot:“The same morning that Harold and Kumar eat at White Castle, Harold learns that Maria, […]