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Exclusive: Premiere Entertainment Group has picked up international rights to the satirical comedy Nuked, starring Justin Bartha (The Hangover) and Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect). Premiere will be shopping the pic to international buyers at AFM.

The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and follows a group of friends who gather for a birthday party at a lavish remote estate free from cell phones and children only to learn of their impending deaths as a nuclear missile is headed their way. Lucy Punch, George Young, Ignacio Serricchio, Tawny Newsome, Maulik Pancholy, Stephen Guarino, and Natasha Leggero also co-star in the ensemble comedy.

Deena Kashper wrote and directed the film based on a story by her and Danny Kashper. The film was produced by Julie Christeas, Daryl Freimark, and Deena Kashper.

Premiere’s AFM lineup includes the action thriller Desert Dawn starring Kellan Lutz, the family comedy F Plus starring Randy Couture and Jennifer Esposito,...

As festivals have increasingly endeavored to showcase more diverse talent, benchmarks of inclusivity occasionally run the risk of feeling like a dutiful checklist.

The Bentonville Film Festival, though, has celebrated — and elevated — underrepresented voices since its inception. Returning for its 10th edition from June 10-16, the northwest Arkansas festival has always taken as its mission statement the centering of work from not only LGBTQ+ and Bipoc creators but also other historically marginalized groups.

That focus shouldn’t be surprising, given that the festival’s roots stretch back to the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, a nonprofit research organization the actor founded after noticing the disparity in female characters while watching TV series and movies with her daughter.

While co-founder Davis remains Bentonville Film Festival’s chair, president Wendy Guerrero and artistic director Drea Clark, with a combined 19 years of experience with the festival, provide stability and steerage.

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Nuked explores relationships in the face of looming disaster, blending humor and heart with a star-studded cast and character-driven story. Director Deena Kashper praises the cast for finding the balance between high-stakes intensity and interpersonal comedy in the film. The ensemble cast of Nuked shared insights on their characters, their experiences on set, and the importance of character-driven storytelling in film.

Nuked, which recently premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, follows a group of college friends reunited for the birthday party of married couple Jack and Gill who decide to host a cannabis-infused dinner party at a lavish estate. However, things take a shocking turn when they are alerted to an impending nuclear missile attack. Extremely high and terrified they seek shelter. But tensions rise as the marijuana lowers inhibitions and secrets are revealed that could change the course of each of their relationships forever.

Nuked is a hilarious and heartfelt...

Nuked follows a group of friends facing a nuclear missile scare during a cannabis-infused dinner party. Justin Bartha became an executive producer due to his connection with the pandemic-inspired story. The film explores relationships and humor amidst a disaster, offering a character-driven narrative.

In Nuked, which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, a group of college friends and their partners reunite for Jack and Gill's 40th birthday party. On a lavish estate, the friends take part in a cannabis-infused dinner party. As inhibitions fall, an alert on everyone's phones warns them of an impending nuclear missile strike. The friends hide in an attempt to survive and ride out this horror, but tensions rise as truths about each couple come to light.

Nuked is the feature directorial debut of Deena Kashper, who also penned the screenplay, with star Justin Bartha serving as an executive producer. Nuked features a stacked cast that also includes Pitch Perfect's Anna Camp,...

Screen Rant presents first look images from the Tribeca Film Festival 2024 pick Nuked - a wild story of couples facing a nuclear bomb after a cannabis-infused meal. Nuked stars an impressive cast including Anna Camp, Justin Bartha, Lucy Punch, and more - check out the first-look images here. Exciting films to watch out for at Tribeca 2024 include Sacramento, All That We Love, Group Therapy, and more! Don't miss out.

Nuked is a new comedy coming to Tribeca Film Festival 2024, and Screen Rant has first-look images from the film. The movies story is a recipe for hilarity, seeing couples spend a night away for a 40th birthday blowout when, after ingesting a full cannabis-infused meal, they learn that a nuclear bomb will soon drop near them. The movie was written and directed by Deena Kashper, who makes her feature film directorial debut.

Screen Rant is happy to share a first look at images from Nuked,...

The 2024 Tribeca Festival has added even more films, including eight world premieres, to its lineup.

The annual New York event will now include the world premieres of two sports documentaries: Roger Federer’s Twelve Final Days, directed by Asif Kapadia and Joe Sabia, about the 20-time Grand Slam tennis champion’s decision to retire from the sport, and Dawn Porter’s Power of the Dream, about the WNBA’s fights for fair pay, better airtime and social justice. Both docs are set to stream on Amazon’s Prime Video.

And it’s adding the North American premiere of Nanette Burstein’s Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes as well as the world premiere of Sabrina Van Tassel’s Missing From Fire Trail Road, about the efforts to find out what happened to missing Native American woman Mary Ellen Johnson-Davis, who disappeared more than two years ago from the Tulalip Indian reservation near Seattle.

New York’s Tribeca Festival has added eight world premieres to its 2024 line-up, including Asif Kapadia and Joe Sabia’s Federer: Twelve Final Days.

The behind-the-scenes sports documentary, which will screen in Tribeca’s Spotlight Documentary section, is about tennis champion Roger Federer and his decision to retire from the sport.

Also set for the festival, which runs June 5-16, is the world premiere, in the International Narrative Competition, of The Freshly Cut Grass, a dramedy directed by Celina Murga and executive produced by Martin Scorsese.

Other world premieres joining the programme are: Power of the Dream, a documentary about women’s professional basketball,...

The 2024 Tribeca Festival has added 11 new feature films to its lineup — including a Hannah Einbinder standup special from Max — and has also set a world premiere of Michael Sarnoski’s A Quiet Place: Day One on June 26 in partnership with Paramount Pictures and Imax just ahead of the film’s theatrical release. The red carpet event is for Tribeca members as part of the organization’s push into year-round programming. It’s after the festival, which runs June 5-16.

Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go, features the actress and comedian best known for her role as Ava Daniels in the HBO hit Hacks with Jean Smart.

Other new word premieres include sports documentaries Federer: Twelve Final Days, directed by Asif Kapadia and Joe Sabia — a behind-the-scenes film of the 20-time Grand Slam tennis champion Roger Federer and his emotional decision to retire from the sport — as well as Power of the Dream,...

Exclusive: Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect) and Justin Bartha (National Treasure) are among the stars set for the upcoming comedy Nuked, which Deena Kashper wrote and is directing, in her feature debut.

The film watches as several couples gather at a luxurious estate for a cannabis-infused birthday dinner party — only to get sudden phone alerts about a nuclear missile headed straight for them. Their stress and panic unfolds into a wake-up call for everyone involved.

Others set for the pic, produced by Tandem Pictures and Hardball Entertainment, include Lucy Punch (Motherland), George Young (Falling for Christmas), Tawny Newsome (Star Trek: Lower Decks), Ignacio Serricchio (Lost in Space), Maulik Pancholy (30 Rock), Stephen Guarino (Eastsiders) and Natasha Leggero (Broke). The film being made with sustainable production practices is currently being shot in Arkansas.

Julie Christeas (Black Bear) is producing for Tandem, with Daryl Freimark (House of Darkness) of Hardball. Bartha is exec...