Jesse Eisenberg is following up ‘A Real Pain’ with musical comedy
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Jesse Eisenberg’s directorial follow-up to A Real Pain has announced more cast members, and revealed that the film will be a musical comedy.
Currently untitled, Eisenberg was initially announced to star in the film alongside Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti. Variety has now reported that more actors have been added to the cast, including Disney star Halle Bailey, Havana Rose Liu, and Broadway legend Bernadette Peters.
The film is being produced by cult studio A24 and started production in April. Emma Stone’s production company Fruit Tree is also behind the film, as they were with A Real Pain.
Having been an actor since 1996, Eisenberg is known for his work in a variety of genres, from drama such as The Social Network, to comedies like Zombieland and playing Lex Luthor in the DC Extended Universe blockbusters. He is also in post-production on the third Now You See Me movie.
In 2024, he made A Real Pain, his second film as a director, telling the story of two mismatched cousins who reunite for a Jewish heritage tour through Poland to remember their late grandmother. Eisenberg co-starred with Kieran Culkin, who won Best Supporting Actor for his performance at March’s Academy Awards. Eisenberg himself was nominated for Best Original Screenplay, winning a BAFTA in the same category.
NME’s four-star review called it a “devastating tragicomedy”, and described it as: “A road movie that really makes you think about the stops it makes, there is real pain inside this film; Eisenberg and his cast do well to ensure you’ll feel every moment of it”.
In February, Jesse Eisenberg made Emma Stone cry with an emotional speech while accepting an Independent Spirit Award. He said of Stone, his co-star in Zombieland: “I think about her like a fairy godmother”
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