THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Pete Davidson (What Men Want), Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny), Bill Burr (The Heat), Bel Powley (The Diary of a Teenage Girl), Maude Apatow (This Is 40), Steve Buscemi (Lean On Pete), Pamela Adlon (Bumblebee), Jimmy Tatro (Stuber), Ricky Velez (film debut), Kevin Corrigan (Superbad), Domenick Lombardozzi (The Irishman), Mike Vecchione (Killed on the Fourth of July), Moisés Arias (Five Feet Apart), Carly Aquilino (film debut), Lou Wilson (Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot), Derek Gaines (film debut), Pauline Chalamet (film debut), Colson Baker (Bird Box), Mario Polit (The Devil’s Own), Luke David Blumm (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin), director, writer, producer; Pete Davidson (film debut) and Dave Sirus (Archie Black: The Worst), writers; Barry Mendel (Trainwreck), producer; Michael Andrews (Bridesmaids), composer; Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood), cinematographer; William Kerr (Superbad) and Brian Scott Olds (Central Intelligence), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Scott (Davidson) is a young man in his early 20s who has been stuck in arrested development since his firefighter father was killed when he was seven. He still lives with his mother Margie (Tomei) and his college-bound sister Nell (Apatow), spending his days lazing around with his friends, but when his mother starts dating fireman Ray (Burr), Scott is finally forced to make some serious steps towards moving forward in life…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Judd Apatow directs SNL breakout Pete Davidson in a starring vehicle which explores a whole new side to the edgy comedian.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 12TH JUNE 2020 (AVAILABLE ON VOD)

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