Pete Davidson and Colin Jost could also be greatest identified on TV for Saturday Evening Reside (with Jost nonetheless a part of the solid within the 2024 TV schedule and into the 2025 TV schedule), however there’s one thing rather more unconventional that in addition they have in frequent: a decommissioned Staten Island ferry that they bought and renamed as Titanic 2 for $280,000 in 2022. Regardless of lofty targets for the boat, the ferry turned an eyesore for locals. That stated, there have been not one however two current updates on whether or not or not the vessel is definitely helpful for the 2 comedians, one in every of which got here from Scarlett Johansson.
Earlier this week, Scarlett Johansson – who has been concerned within the ferry saga whether or not she likes it or not as Jost’s spouse – revealed that the Tommy Hilfiger Style Present occurred on the boat earlier this yr. That is definitely extra consistent with the preliminary aim to show it right into a reside leisure area when Jost and Davidson made the acquisition… nearly three years in the past. Higher late than by no means? The Weekend Replace co-anchor did predict again in 2023 that folks had been “going to be BEGGING to get on this ferry in two years”.
Whereas the Titanic 2 does not appear to have folks begging and there is evidently not precisely a excessive profile trend present occurring on board each week, the second replace in a matter of days someway appears extra consistent with their method to purchasing the ferry.
In keeping with TMZ, this explicit use for the ferry goes again to Steamboat Willie coming into the general public area, because the vessel was used because the set for a horror flick referred to as Screamboat. In reality, manufacturing reportedly concerned a lot pretend blood that producers wanted to rent a particular cleansing crew to get Titanic 2 again to regular. The outlet states that filming on the ferry fulfills a dream of filming on a Staten Island ferry for director Steven LaMorte, with native producers reaching out to reps for Colin Jost and Pete Davidson for permission. The 2 SNL icons are stated to have given their permission, however their involvement in Screamboat goes no additional.
In keeping with manufacturing sources cited by TMZ, the indie film was filmed solely on the ferry, though footage from the teaser trailer suggests no less than some photographs could have occurred on dry land. Have a look:
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Let it not be stated that filmmakers aren’t profiting from beloved characters coming into the general public area! Not too lengthy after Winnie the Pooh turned public area, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey launched to blended opinions. I am simply going to go forward and predict that Screamboat goes to be rather more alongside the traces of Bloody and Honey than takes on public area characters like Peter Pan and Robin Hood.
It stays to be seen if Pete Davidson and/or Colin Jost have any feedback about Screamboat, however it might be enjoyable if the horror film impressed one other SNL sketch just like the “Three Guys Who Simply Purchased a Boat” section on Weekend Replace. For now, you possibly can see extra of Jost when Saturday Evening Reside returns to NBC in December. You may as well stream previous episodes that includes each actors on Peacock.