The Big Picture · Interview
April 6, 2018/ 30 min/ Sean Fennessey
Sean Fennessey talks to Kay Cannon about her directorial debut, Blockers, and where the R-rated studio comedy stands in 2018.
1 films across 1 segment.
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In conversation
Cannon's first film as director, after writing all three Pitch Perfect movies. An R-rated comedy about three teen girls' pact to lose their virginity on prom night and the parents chasing them. She kept the butt-chugging and the Marcy/Lisa double-standard argument in over producer notes to cut them.
Also mentioned raised along the way
Studio comedies discussed The HangoverAmerican PieOld SchoolGame NightStripesGirls TripTrainwreck
John Hughes touchstones The Breakfast ClubWeird ScienceFerris Bueller's Day OffPretty in Pink
Cannon also wrote Pitch Perfect
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