Over
his storied career, Judd Apatow has elevated a series of promising
young comedy talents
to their first major big-screen performance, including Steve Carell,
Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Jason Segel, Kristen Wiig, Amy Schumer and
Kumail Nanjiani.
This summer, Apatow directs Saturday Night Live breakout Pete Davidson in a bracing comedy about
love, loss and laughter on Staten Island.
Scott
(Davidson) has been a case of arrested development ever since his
firefighter father died
when he was seven. He’s now reached his mid-20s having achieved little,
chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach.
As his ambitious younger sister (Maude Apatow, HBO’s Euphoria) heads
off to college, Scott is still living with
his exhausted ER nurse mother (Oscar® winner Marisa Tomei) and spends
his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys—Oscar (Ricky Velez, Master
of None), Igor (Moises Arias, Five Feet Apart) and Richie (Lou Wilson,
TV’s The Guest Book)—and secretly hooking up
with his childhood friend Kelsey (Bel Powley, Apple TV+’s The Morning
Show).
But
when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray (Bill
Burr, Netflix’s F
Is for Family), it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to
grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving
forward in life.
The film also stars Steve Buscemi as Papa, a veteran firefighter who takes Scott under his wing,
and Pamela Adlon (FX’s Better Things) as Ray’s ex-wife, Gina.
The
King of Staten Island is directed by Apatow (Trainwreck, Knocked Up,
The 40-Year-Old Virgin)
from a script by Apatow, Davidson and former SNL writer Dave Sirus. It
is produced by Apatow for his Apatow Productions alongside Barry Mendel.
Together, the duo shared producing credits on the Academy
Award®-nominated films The Big Sick and Bridesmaids, as
well as This Is 40, Trainwreck and Funny People. The film’s executive
producers are Pete Davidson, Michael Bederman and Judah Miller.
Genre:
Comedy
Cast:
Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Bel Powley, Maude Apatow and Steve Buscemi
Directed by:
Judd Apatow
Written by:
Judd Apatow & Pete Davidson & Dave Sirus
Producers:
Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel
Executive Producers: Pete
Davidson, Michael Bederman, Judah Miller
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