Co-writer and Safdie collaborator Ronnie Bronstein told Complex that it was after 'Good Time' that 'Uncut Gems' began to look like the film it eventually became: 'Literally the day after we finished 'Good Time,' we were able to just dismantle the script, finally get rid of all these outmoded vestiges and rebuild it using the muscles that we developed. ' Good Time' was great practice for the team in terms of focusing on pace and plot. Telling stories in their films 'Heaven Knows What' and 'Daddy Longlegs' got some elements 'out of their system,' as Benny Safdie said, allowing them to whittle away at the story (via Complex). With each project, the Safdies learned something new and improved upon their craft. Starring:Adam Sandler, LaKeith Stanfield, Kevin Garnett. Eventually, they pared it back down to focus on their main character, Howard.Īll of these rewrites took place over several years, with stops and starts in between as other projects came up. With his debts mounting and angry collectors closing in, a fast-talking New York City jeweler risks everything in hopes of staying afloat and alive.

Then, they expanded it to explore more people within the Diamond District ('At one point, the story was so sprawling we had people encouraging us to make it a TV show,' Josh Safdie told Complex). Uncut Gems star Julia Fox has joined Marlon Wayans and Tyriq Withers in sporting horror movie Goat from Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions. Fielder will play Stone’s husband and HGTV co-host, while Safdie will play the show’s producer.The Safdies took the screenplay through many iterations, the first of which was essentially an adaptation of their father's stories. Though Safdie is primarily a director and Fielder often flexes as both a director and actor, the series will star all three. Benny Safdie, Stone, and Fielder will all star Stone made the jump to streaming a few years ago, when she starred in the Netflix dark comedy miniseries Maniacs. Josh and Benny Safdie are known for their high-adrenaline films like Good Time and Uncut Gems that leave you clutching the knee of the person next to you in a theater, but The Curse will mark the Safdies’ first foray into television. Now, according to Film Updates, the show will start shooting in June. It was first greenlit in December 2020, but nothing was filmed.

We may have to keep waiting awhile for The Curse, but here’s everything we know about it in the meantime. “Together, they promise to deliver a groundbreaking satire that is both unexpected and deeply human.” Uncut Gems Cast Interview: Adam Sandler, Lakeith Stanfield, Idina Menzel and Julia FoxWith Josh and Benny Safdie’s intense crime thriller, Uncut Gems, openin. “The fierce intelligence and wit of the incomparable Emma Stone make her the perfect partner with the ingenious minds of the Safdie brothers and the subversive comedy of Nathan Fielder,” said Amy Israel, Executive Vice President, Scripted Programming, Showtime Networks Inc in a statement when the show was first announced. Josh and Benny Safdie spent a decade trying to make their new feature, Uncut Gems, and for a good portion of that time. The film also features a talented ensemble cast including LaKeith Stanfield as Demany, Julia Fox as Julia De Flore, Kevin Garnett as himself, Idina Menzel as.

Every once in a blue moon, a familiar star gets a role that changes the way you. The fictional couple might be reminiscent of Tarek El Moussa and Christina Haack, the HGTV couple whose marriage dissolved while still filming their series Flip or Flop. Uncut Gems offers a career-defining performance from Adam Sandler and a uniquely slick crime drama you cannot miss. Now, the duo is working together on comedy series about how an alleged curse threatens the relationship of a newly married couple who are co-starring on their own HGTV show Flipanthropy, as they try to conceive a child. They make things for those of us who daydream when in social situations or crowded public places about the most socially weird things we could do. Need we say more? We don’t even care what the plot is.įielder and Safdie are masters of cringe and high stakes, which they deliver on a spectrum of lo-fi ( Nathan for You, How To With John Wilson) and maximalist ( Uncut Gems). We don’t know much yet about Showtime’s upcoming comedy The Curse, but the small details we do know are enough to get us sufficiently excited: It’s created by Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie, will star Safdie and Emma Stone, and be produced by A24.

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