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EXCLUSIVE:  Reign Edwards is set to star in Bill Burr’s Miramax comedy Old Dads.

Angelique Jackson America Ferrera, Eva Longoria, Greta Lee, Yara Shahidi, Celine Song and Linda Yvette Chávez will be feted at the 2023 WIF Honors. The annual benefit will be held on Thursday, Nov.

Netflix has acquired comedian Bill Burr’s feature directorial debut Old Dads, slating the comedy to premiere on October 20.

Miramax comedy “Old Dads,” the directorial debut for Bill Burr, who will also star in the film, has made nine additions to its cast, The Wrap has exclusively learned.Jackie Tohn (“GLOW”), Miles Robbins (“Halloween”), Rachael Harris (“Lucifer”), Dash McCloud (“Candy”), Justin Miles (“The Walking Dead”), Natasha Leggero (“Burning Love”), Katrina Bowden (“30 Rock”), Josh Brener (“Silicon Valley”) and Rory Scovel (“Physical”) have joined the cast for “Old Dads.”“Old Dads” centers on a middle-aged father, Jack (Burr), and his two best friends (Cannavale and Woodbine), who after selling their company to a millennial, find themselves out of step and behind the times as they hilariously struggle to navigate a changing world of culture, career and fatherhood.They will appear in the comedy alongside Burr, Bobby Cannavale, Bokeem Woodbine, Katie Aselton and Reign Edwards.Burr is set to make his feature directorial debut and also co-wrote the script with Ben Tishler. The film is currently in production and began principal photography on March 2 in Los AngelesProducers are Burr, Bill Block (“Bad Moms,” “Dirty Grandpa”) for Miramax, Monica Levinson (both “Borat” movies, “Bruno”) for All of Us Productions, Mike Bertolina for All Things Comedy, and Ben Tishler.Jackie Tohn is repped by Armada Partners and CAA.

EXCLUSIVE: Katie Aselton (The Morning Show) has signed on to star alongside Bill Burr, Bobby Cannavale and Bokeem Woodbine in the comedy Old Dads, which Burr wrote and is directing for Miramax and his company All Things Comedy.

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian and actor Bill Burr (F Is for Family) is writing, directing and starring alongside Emmy winner Bobby Cannavale (Boardwalk Empire) and Emmy nominee Bokeem Woodbine (Fargo) in the original comedy Old Dads, which Miramax has come aboard to produce in conjunction with Burr’s All Things Comedy.

Wearing bullet-proof vests, an entire production having to flee from New York City to New Jersey, the challenges of portraying real-life characters and the joys of working with animals — specifically, dogs and an octopus — were among the myriad of topics covered Saturday during a series of nominee panels hosted by the Producers Guild of America.

Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm arrested for extortion, according to the film’s producer.The former New York mayor appeared in the movie, following Maria Bakalova’s 15-year-old character into a hotel bedroom after a fake interview.In the scene, Giuliani is seen with his hands down his trousers while lying on the bed.

Easily the most talked-about scene in “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” comes when Rudy Giuliani, after completing an interview with Tutar (Maria Bakalova) lies back on a bed and thrusts his hand down his pants before being interrupted by her father, Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen), bursting into the room.

Producers of One Night in Miami, Promising Young Woman, and Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm spoke about how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their films at a panel staged by the Producers Guild.

Monica Levinson, producer of Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, said the film’s infamous Rudy Giuliani scene was even more harrowing for the filmmakers after the former mayor left the hotel room.

Women In Film, Los Angeles (WIF) is expanding its board of directors by six with the election appointments of Niija Kuykendall, Michelle Lee, Monica Levinson, Chris Nee, Shivani Rawat and Ida Ziniti. “Each of these impressive women is uniquely expert, whether as an executive, producer, creator, or agent," said board president Amy Baer, CEO of Gidden Media.

Women in Film Los Angeles has a half-dozen new board members.

Best Picture: “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios) – Sacha Baron Cohen, Monica Levinson, Anthony Hines Sacha Baron Cohen made history at the Golden Globes for repeating his best actor and best movie – musical or comedy wins for the original 2006 “Borat” with dual wins in the same category for its sequel. The original “Borat” also scored an Oscar nomination for its screenplay.

and his film emerged victorious at the Golden Globes this past Sunday. But if it wasn’t for some quick thinking, COVID-19 — and possibly Rudy Giuliani — could have ruined all that.Cohen — along with director Jason Woliner, writer Peter Baynham and producers Anthony Hines and Monica Levinson — joined TheWrap’s Awards Screening Series on Monday to discuss the making of one of 2020’s most talked-about films.

Borat films has compared the challenge of filming of them to Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Revenant.Monica Levinson, who has also produced films including Trumbo and Captain Fantastic said the Borat films were “so hard to make” in a new interview with Variety.She said: “Sacha said something like, ‘Let’s do another,’ as a joke. I think he was joking.