EXCLUSIVE: Comic Invoice Burr is about for Bender, a coming-of-age comedy taking pictures in Eire subsequent spring.
Described as Superbad meets Derry Ladies, Bender relies on the late-’70s, post-punk Dublin coming-of-age experiences of Adrian Cunningham, who penned the script. The story unfolds amid the frenzy surrounding an impending papal go to. Burr performs a gruff American record-store proprietor who convinces a ragtag gang of teenage misfits that their finest, and probably solely, probability to lose their virginity earlier than graduating highschool is at a large open-air mass for the visiting Pope.
The movie will probably be produced by Lesley-Ann Brandt (Lucifer) and Cunningham underneath their D6 Leisure banner, in partnership with Stephen McCormack and Craig Verdon of the Irish-based ReflektorMedia. The deal for the movie’s director continues to be being labored by way of, so stand by for particulars there.
An Emmy and Grammy Award nominee, Burr is coming off the discharge of his eighth hour-long stand-up particular, Hulu’s Invoice Burr: Drop Useless, which was nominated for 2 Emmys. Just lately, he additionally acquired rave critiques in his Broadway debut starring alongside Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk in David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross, which ran from March by way of June. After making his characteristic directorial debut with the Netflix comedy Outdated Dads, by which he additionally starred, Burr is getting again behind the digital camera subsequent yr on Born Losers, a movie he co-wrote and can direct, produce and star in. Upcoming, he’ll even be seen starring alongside Jeremy Allen White, Mikey Madison and Jeremy Robust in Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning, which hits theaters on October 9, 2026. He’s repped by 3 Arts Leisure, WME, and Schreck Rose Dapello.
An Irish-born, LA-based former advert inventive director turned screenwriter, Cunningham is repped by Luber Roklin and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.
An actress recognized for starring in Netflix’s Lucifer, Brandt beforehand produced the South African Oscar entry The Coronary heart Is a Muscle alongside Brett Innes. She is repped by CAA, Luber Roklin Leisure and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.
