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Amy Poehler to join Tina Fey for new comedy The Nest
MUMBAI: According to The Hollywood Reporter (THR), Amy Poehler is in final negotiations to team up once again with Tina Fey, again for a comedy called The Nest. Director Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect) will helm the film.
The plot revolves around two adult sisters (Fey and Poehler) who decide to throw one last massive party in their parents’ house before it’s sold, and in the process they start to mature. Fey will produce the film alongside Jay Roach, which is based on an original idea by Paula Pell, who wrote the screenplay.
Emmy award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors’ Guild Award winner Tina Fey is best known for her work on the Lindsay Lohan starrer Mean Girls and the Emmy award winning television comedy, 30 Rock.
Likewise, Golden Globe Award and Critics’ Choice Award winner Amy Poehler is best known for writing, producing and starring in her workplace comedy, Parks & Recreation.
Fey and Poehler are long-time friends and colleagues. They worked together on Saturday Night Live, where they were co-anchors of Weekend Update. They also hosted the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards.
The Nest will be the pair’s second movie together after the 2008 comedy Baby Mama.
Hollywood
US theatre group opposes Paramount, Warner Bros. merger, calls it ‘harmful’
Exhibitors warn mega deal could shrink film output and weaken cinema ecosystem
LAS VEGAS: Cinema United has come out strongly against the proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, warning it could concentrate too much power in the hands of a single player and disrupt the global film ecosystem.
Speaking at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, the group’s chief executive Michael O’Leary did not mince words as he addressed thousands of theatre owners. The deal, reportedly valued at $110 billion, was agreed in March after Netflix exited the bidding process.
“We believe this transaction will be harmful to exhibition, consumers and the entire entertainment ecosystem,” O’Leary said, cautioning that greater consolidation would allow fewer distributors to dictate terms around release windows, scheduling and access to film libraries. Theatre owners argue that such scale could reduce competition and ultimately mean fewer films making it to cinemas.
Pushing back, a spokesperson for Paramount Skydance said the merged entity plans to release 30 films annually in theatres, while continuing to operate both studios separately. The company added that the deal would expand opportunities for creators and strengthen competition by backing more projects globally.
However, exhibitors remain unconvinced. Drawing parallels with The Walt Disney Company’s 2019 acquisition of Fox, O’Leary noted a drop in wide theatrical releases post-merger, reinforcing concerns that consolidation often leads to fewer films.
“Unfortunately, history shows us that consolidation results in fewer films being produced for movie theaters,” O’Leary said.
Beyond output, Cinema United also flagged concerns around theatrical windows, warning that a combined Paramount-Warner entity could exert greater control over how long films remain exclusively in cinemas before shifting to other platforms.
With the debate set to intensify, the clash highlights a familiar tension in Hollywood: scale versus diversity. For theatre owners, the stakes are clear, as they push to ensure that bigger does not mean fewer stories on the big screen.
