Netflix’s Maniac is one of the most unusual character studies in television history. It’s lead characters – Annie Landsberg and Owen Milgrim – are two genuinely messed up characters who seek help via a secretive medical trial.
Series stars Emma Stone and Jonah Hill join co-creators Cary Fukakaga and Patrick Somerville to talk about the whole WTF-edness of the show.
As a mysterious pharmaceutical trial takes a turn, Annie Landsberg and Owen Milgrim form a connection that could save their lives. Maniac premieres on Netflix on September 21.
Check out the commercial for Neberdine Pharmaceutical Biotech below.
Schizophrenic Owen Milgrim and depressive Annie Landsberg have volunteered for a unique new treatment that seems to involve, among other things, placing them in different virtual reality scenarios.
No matter where they are placing separately, they somehow find their way to each other.
Maniac premieres on Netflix on September 21st.
Two people who have problems that seem insurmountable take part in a unique and mysterious pharmaceutical trial – with highly unusual result.
Maniac stars Emma Stone as Annie Landsberg; Jonah Hill as Owen Milgrom and Justin Theroux as Dr. James K. Mantleray – and will premiere globally on Netflix on Friday, September 21st.
Set in a world somewhat like our world, in a time quite similar to our time, Maniac tells the stories of Annie Landsberg (Emma Stone) and Owen Milgrim (Jonah Hill), two strangers drawn to the late stages of a mysterious pharmaceutical trial, each for their own reasons.
Limited series Maniac will launch on September 21, 2018.
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True Story is, oddly enough, based on a true story – Christian Longo murdered his family and disappeared. When he was captured, in Mexico, he was posing as a journalist named Mike Finkel. Mike Finkel was a New York Times reporter who was fired for fabricating the subject of an important story – and became the only person Longo would talk to.
Finkel’s book, True Story, detailed those conversations and was a bestseller. The film adapted from the book is intriguing, occasionally compelling but creates a distance between itself and its audience that it almost but not quite earns back.
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Jonah Hill and James Franco star in True Story, based on the story of journalist Mike Finkel and Christian Longo – the murderer who lived in Europe for years under his name.
Also starring Felicity Jones and Ethan Suplee, True Story will be in theaters in January. Check out the trailer after the jump.
21 Jump Street was an unexpected delight because it mocked every possible aspect of turning an ‘80s cop show into a movie. 22 Jump Street aims to do the same thing for sequels. It’s too bad that when it isn’t being meta, it loses steam – but it’s still a better than average sequel.
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Starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade.
Directed By Akiva Schaffer.
Written By Jared Stern and Seth Rogen.
Produced by Shawn Levy and Tom McNulty.
Genre: Adult Comedy
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Every year, it seems like there’s at least one movie that has awful trailers but turns out to be amazing. In 2009, it was The Hangover. Last year, it was Bridesmaids. This year, it’s 21 Jump Street – a fast-paced crude comedy that pulls off its Judd Apatow-like mix of cringeworthy humor and heart with panache!
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Schmidt and Jenko are friends and rookie cops who mess up their first arrest. So they are transferred to a special division that sends them back to high school to bust a drug ring. But trying to fit in as students while tracking down the drug source proves more difficult than they imagined.
Starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Ice Cube.
Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
Written by Michael Bacall.
Produced by Stephen J. Cannell and Neal H. Moritz.
Genre: Action Comedy.
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