I’ve got a pretty simple question for you: do you like to laugh? If you answered yes, then I’m going to strongly recommend checking out directorsJohn Francis DaleyandJonathan Goldstein’snew filmGame Night. From start to finish, I was laughing. And if you thought it was just me, last night we held a special early screening ofGame Nightat ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood as part of the Collider screening series and it played like the crowd was on laughing gas. Trust me, see this in a crowded theater and you’ll have a great time.
If you haven’t seenthe trailers(which, thankfully, don’t spoil all the jokes or twists and turns), the film starsJason BatemanandRachel McAdamsas a couple whose weekly game night gets kicked up a couple thousand notches when Bateman’s brother (played byKyle Chandler) arranges a murder mystery party that quickly gets out of hand. Think ofGame Nightas a comedic version ofDavid Fincher’sThe Game. The film also starsBilly Magnussen,Sharon Horgan,Lamorne Morris,Kylie Bunbury,Chelsea Peretti,Danny Huston,Michael C. Halland an amazingJesse Plemons,who plays a police officer that lives next door to Bateman and McAdams.
Last week, at the Los Angeles press day, I got to sit down with John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein for an exclusive video interview. They talked about how they got involved inGame Night, if the movie changed a lot during the development process, what they learned from test screenings, what they asked composerCliff Martinezto do with the score, what’s Jason Bateman’s secret to making people like him whether he’s playing an asshole or a nice guy, and so much more. In addition, they talked about how they got involved inThe Flashmovie,Flashpoint, working in the Hasbro writers room on projects likeM.A.S.K.andRom, and how they’re currently writing and producing an adaptation ofThe Vacation Guide to the Solar Systemwhich is a science-based family adventure movie in the tone ofJurassic Park. They say the film will be about space tourism 50 years from now and the tone will be realistic likeGravityandThe Martian.
Check out what John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein had to say in the player above and below is exactly what we talked about.
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein:
