The South by Southwest Film and Television Festival has released the program for this year’s event, which will take place March 7-14. The opening night TV pick will be the world premiere of “The Studio,” the highly anticipated new series from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who serve as showrunners, directors and screenwriters.
Starring Rogen as the newly appointed head of a Hollywood studio, the show also stars Catherine O’Hara, Ike Barinholtz, Chase Sui Wonders, and Kathryn Hahn. The series begins streaming on Apple TV+ on March 26.
The selection of films for the opening evening of the festival will be announced separately.
Rogen and Goldberg have become reliable forces at SXSW, having previously presented projects such as “Long shot.” “Good Boys,” “Sausage Party,” and many others at the festival.
“We are thrilled to welcome Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg back to SXSW,” he said. Claudette Godfrey“This brilliantly crafted series is wonderfully acted and written, capturing the fanatical love, dedication, pressure and, yes, arrogance that defines our industry,” the festival’s vice president of film and television said in a statement. “It’s absolutely hilarious, bringing to life stories we’ve all heard or witnessed.” We can’t wait to experience the joy and energy emanating from Paramount when we share this gem with the world.
The Accountant 2, starring Jon Bernthal, left, and Ben Affleck, will be unveiled in the high-profile headline section of South by Southwest.
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Films included in the festival’s high-profile headline section will be the world premieres of director Gavin O’Connor’s suspense thriller The Accountant 2, starring Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal; Flying lotussci-fi horror film “Ash,” starring Eiza Gonzalez and Aaron Paul; “The Death of a Unicorn” horror comedy directed by Alex Sharfman, starring Paul Rudd and… Jenna Ortega; Christopher Landon’s thriller “Drop,” starring Megan Fahey and Brandon Sklenar; and Mimi CaveThriller “Holland” starring Nicole Kidman and Matthew Macfadyen.
The feature film competition will include the world premieres of “Bunny” by Ben Jacobson, “Fantasy Life” by Matthew Scheer, “F—toys” by Annapurna Sriram, “It Ends” by Alexander Ullum, and “My Uncle Jens” by Broa Vahabour, and “Outerlands” by Elena Oxman. “,”Reeling” by Yana Alliata and “Slanted” by Amy Wang.
The documentary competition will include the world premieres of Ellen Epstein’s “Arrest the Midwife,” Rashad Newsom and Johnny Simmons’ “Assembly,” Jessica Earnshaw’s “Baby Doe,” Xander Rubin’s “The Python Hunt,” and Paige Bateman’s “Remaining Native.” . “The Secret of Me” by Grace Hughes-Hallett, “Shuffle” by Benjamin Flaherty, Jimmy Coughlin Silverman and Gabriel Silverman’s “Spies Among Us.”
In the Narrative Spotlight section, films will be screened including Uta Preisowitz’s “American Sweatshop,” starring Lili Reinhart; “The Astronaut,” directed by Jess Farley and starring Kate Mara; Jay Duplass’s “The Baltimorons” starring Michael Strassner; “Cotton Candy Bubble Gum,” directed by J. Bender, starring Nick Darnell; “The Dutchman” by André Gaines, starring André Holland; Amy Landecker’s “For Worse,” starring Landecker and Bradley Whitford; “Forge,” directed by Jing Ai Eng, starring Kelly Marie Tran; “O’Dessa,” directed by Jeremy Jasper, starring Sadie Sink; Siobhan McCarthy “She Ho”; “The Threesome” by Chad Hartigan, starring Zoey Deutch; And “We Bury the Dead” directed by Zak Hilditch, starring Daisy Ridley.
Titles in the Documentary Spotlight section include Are We Good? By Stephen Wenartz. About comedian Marc Maron, Adam Bhalla Love“Deepfaking Sam Altman” testing artificial intelligence, Kate Blackmore’s “Make It Look Real” about sex coordinators, Linus O’Brien’s “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror” about the 1975 classic Midnight, and ” “Uvalde Mom” by Anayansi Prado. After a school shooting in Texas.
David Oyelowo in the upcoming series “Government Cheese.”
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Other premieres include Matt Johnson“Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie”, an adaptation of the Canadian television series; “Hallow Road,” directed by Babak Anvari, starring Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys; Tom J. Stern’s documentary “Butthole Surfers: the Hole Truth and Nothing Butt” about the notorious Texas psychedelic band; And her documentary, “The Makes of Curtis Mayfield,” about the legendary R&B musician.
On the television side, other premieres include “#1 Happy Family USA” from series lead Ramy Youssef and Pam Brady starring Youssef and Mandy Moore; “Government Cheese,” directed and screenwriters Paul Hunter and Aisha Carr, and starring David Oyelowo and Simone Missick; “Happy Face” by director and screenwriter Jennifer Casicio and director Michael Showalter, starring Annaleigh Ashford and Dennis Quaid; and “Spy High” directed by Judy McPhee Schultz, produced by Mark Wahlberg.
“This lineup celebrates the courageous storytellers who make SXSW unique,” Godfrey said in a statement. “We love discovering and elevating filmmakers who make bold statements, push boundaries, spark important conversations, and challenge our perspectives in ways we never expected. When our amazing community comes together at SXSW in March to experience these stories, the energy and inspiration will be transformative.”
