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Making successful Comedies in 2025 with "You're Cordially Invited" & "Back in Action" writer-directors Nicholas Stoller & Seth Gordon
Published: 1 April 2025 at 00:01 Europe/London
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On today’s special episode, we welcome not one but two incredible guests to the show: Nicholas Stoller, writer-director of the comedy film You're Cordially Invited (2025), starring Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon, and Seth Gordon, writer-director of the action-comedy Back in Action (2025), starring Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz. They each sat down individually with Dom Lenoir to chat about their movies, including:
- Writing and directing a successful comedy
- The actor-director collaboration on a comedy
- Making comedies in 2025
- The challenges of shooting action scenes
- And much more!
Tune in for an insightful and entertaining conversation with two masters of comedy and action!
YOU'RE CORDIALLY INVITED is out NOW | Trailer
When two weddings are double-booked at the same venue, the father of one bride and the sister of the other bride try to preserve the wedding weekend.
BACK IN ACTION is out NOW | Trailer
Former CIA spies Emily and Matt are pulled back into espionage after their secret identities are exposed.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT is finally out NOW | Watch it HERE
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