Phil Lord News

“The Afterparty” features a stellar ensemble cast including Tiffany Haddish (“Girls Trip'), Sam Richardson (“Veep”), Zoë Chao (“Love Life') , Ben Schwartz (“Space Force'), Ike Barinholtz (“The Mindy Project'), Ilana Glazer (“Broad City”), Jamie Demetriou (“Fleabag') and Dave Franco (“The Disaster Artist”). Watch the teaser for the new series now!

From November 8 to 12, one fellow per day will be featured on the Academy’s YouTube channel, in content including conversations with filmmakers Destin Daniel Cretton, Phil Lord, Our Lady J, Rawson Marshall Thurber and Olivia Wilde. Watch a preview of the conversations now!

From Oscar-winning duo Chris Miller and Phil Lord, “The Afterparty” Stars Comedy Greats Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Ben Schwartz, Ike Barinholtz, Ilana Glazer, Jamie Demetriou, and Dave Franco, Among Others.

Infinity Festival, the event that brings together Silicon Valley innovators with Hollywood’s leading storytellers, announced today a slate of updates as it prepares to return to Hollywood at Goya Studios and the Dream Hotel, as well as online for global attendees from November 2-4, 2021.

Returning as producers are Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Amy Pascal, Avi Arad and Christina Steinberg. Alonzo Ruvalcaba is co-producing. Lord and Miller will also be credited as writers on the film, along with David Callaham. Peter Ramsey is also returning as an executive producer, alongside Aditya Sood.

HBO Max announced today series orders for three new adult animated series including a two-season order for CLONE HIGH.

The 2020/21 Season at the Hopkins Center for the Arts has launched with a program of passionate and acclaimed artists making the kind of work we need now.

The sequel to MGM’s 2019 box-office smash hit, The Addams Family has rounded out its stellar voice cast with the additions of Bill Hader as all-new character “Cyrus,” and Javon “Wanna” Walton taking on the role of the youngest Addams sibling, “Pugsley.”

Comedy Central today announced that MTV and MTV2 will simulcast a one-hour pandemic special event of the Emmy® and Peabody® Award-winning series South Park.

Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound today announced the composers and directors selected for the Film Music and Sound Design Lab in collaboration with Skywalker Sound, reimagined and expressed digitally this year on Sundance Co//ab. The Lab provides Fellows with firsthand experience of the collaborative process with the goal of nurturing the development of music in film.

MTV Studios (part of the Entertainment and Youth Group), a unit of ViacomCBS, announced today that Academy Award and Golden Globe®-winning creators Phil Lord and Chris Miller will reimagine the iconic “Clone High” television series with Emmy®-nominated co-creator Bill Lawrence. 

Los Angeles-based Echo Theater Company, dedicated to creating new work for the theater, has announced the nine writers who will participate in the company's 2020 Playwrights Lab.

Co-creators and executive producers Emily Spivey, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, along with cast members Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Ike Barinholtz, Jillian Bell and guest stars Ken Jeong, David Herman and Jeremy Rowley are set to read an all-new episode of 'Bless The Harts' coming this Fall to FOX!

New competition series LEGO(R) MASTERS has announced celebrity guests, including Mayim Bialik, Terry Crews, Nicole Byer and 'The LEGO Movie' writers and directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. These special guests will join host Will Arnett throughout the show's premiere season, debuting Wednesday, Feb. 5 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), immediately following the Season Three time period premiere of THE MASKED SINGER (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), on FOX.

FOX Entertainment has ordered a second season of the new animated series BLESS THE HARTS, to air during the 2020-2021 season.  With animation serving as a cornerstone of FOX programming, the network expanded its Sunday night brand this fall with the introduction of a new original voice and concept in BLESS THE HARTS. Created and executive-produced by Emmy Award winner Emily Spivey (“The Last Man on Earth,” “Parks and Recreation,” “Saturday Night Live”) and featuring a voice cast of comedy all-stars, including Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jillian Bell, Ike Barinholtz and Kumail Nanjiani, the half-hour animated comedy follows the Harts, a Southern family that is always broke, and forever struggling to make ends meet. They one day hope to achieve the American dream, but they're already rich – in friends, family and laughter.

FOX has shared a new promo for their upcoming animated series BLESS THE HEARTS, featuring a first look at Jenny's divine friend, 'Jesus,' voiced by Academy Award nominee Kumail Nanjiani.

Making its broadcast television debut on ABC, THURSDAY, SEPT. 5 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT), Academy Award® and Golden Globe®-nominated “The Lego Movie” features the voice talents of Chris Pratt and Will Ferrell. (TV-PG)

FOX Entertainment has acquired Emmy(R) Award-winning production company Bento Box Entertainment, it was announced today by Charlie Collier, Chief Executive Officer, FOX Entertainment.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 842 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. The 2019 class is 50% women, 29% people of color, and represents 59 countries. Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy's membership in 2019.

Disney Television Studios including Twentieth Century Fox Television, ABC Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios takes over the San Diego Comic-Con convention with stars and creators of 14 of its fan-favorite shows descending on the world-famous gathering next month. In addition to exclusive sneak peeks of its programs and panel discussions with the casts and creators, the studio will rotate producers and stars through the ABC and 20th Century Fox Television booths on the convention center floor for autograph signings and activities, including distribution of exclusive 2019 poster tubes, collectible mini-posters, premium giveaways and DVD sales.