Noah Baumbach is getting again within the awards race, and he’s bringing a star-studded forged together with George Clooney and Adam Sandler.
Netflix has introduced that Baumbach’s upcoming function “Jay Kelly” will open in theaters on November 14 earlier than hitting the streaming service on December 5. The announcement was accompanied by a photograph of Clooney, who performs the title character, strolling previous a poster of himself.
“Jay Kelly” seems to be a return to the acquainted territory of center aged neuroses for Baumbach, following the apocalyptic ambition of his earlier function, “White Noise.” Whereas little is understood concerning the movie‘s plot, it’s believed to heart across the relationship between Clooney’s eponymous character and a longtime pal performed by Sandler. A cryptic official synopsis reads “All people is aware of Jay Kelly, however Jay Kelly doesn’t know himself.”
Along with Clooney and Sandler, “Jay Kelly” stars Billy Crudup, Laura Dern, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach, Riley Keough, Emily Mortimer, Patrick Wilson, Nicôle Lecky, Thaddea Graham, Jim Broadbent, Eve Hewson, Alba Rohrwacher, Lenny Henry, Josh Hamilton, and Greta Gerwig.
“Jay Kelly” marks the fourth collaboration between Baumbach and Netflix. His final three movies, 2017’s “The Meyerowitz Tales (New and Chosen),” 2019’s “Marriage Story,” and 2022’s “White Noise,” have been all produced by the streaming large. “Jay Kelly” is Baumbach’s first directorial effort since “White Noise,” although he picked up an Oscar nomination within the meantime for co-writing “Barbie” together with his associate Greta Gerwig.
The autumn launch date alerts that Netflix views “Jay Kelly” as an Oscar contender, and makes a significant fall pageant premiere appear inevitable. Baumbach’s earlier two Netflix movies debuted on the Venice Worldwide Movie Pageant, whereas “The Meyerowitz Tales” controversially premiered at Cannes in 2017 and helped result in the pageant’s refusal to display motion pictures produced by Netflix as a result of their lack of theatrical exclusivity in France.
“Jay Kelly” is directed by Noah Baumbach and co-written by Baumbach and Emily Mortimer. David Heyman and Amy Pascal, who’ve lately been tapped to spearhead the James Bond franchise for Amazon MGM, produce the movie alongside Baumbach.