Ben Stiller Back As Lead Actor in Upcoming Comedy From Halloween Director

It’s been seven years since his final main position, however Ben Stiller returns to performing within the upcoming comedy Nutcrackers. Directed by David Gordon Inexperienced (Halloween Ends), Nutcrackers follows a middle-aged workaholic who’s compelled to look after his 4 nephews after their mother and father die in a automotive accident. Stiller didn’t imply to take a break from starring in movies the previous couple of years, however Nutcrackers supplied the right alternative at simply the fitting time.

In an interview with Variety, Ben Stiller mentioned his return as a lead actor in Nutcrackers, revealing his absence in entrance of the display was not on goal. When the business was dealing with strikes, Nutcrackers, a completely unbiased movie, was allowed to get permission slips from unions to begin manufacturing. Principal images occurred in rural Ohio, the place Stiller’s co-stars, 4 brothers named Homer, Ulysses, Arlo, and Atlas Janson, who’re performing for the primary time, lived on a farm together with a whole lot of animals. As a result of nature of the manufacturing, starring in Nutcrackers was the one factor Stiller might do on the time.

“I by no means thought I’d take this a lot time away from performing. It wasn’t intentional; it was simply how issues advanced. This film occurred in a zone the place it was actually the one time I might have made it. Just a few months later, and I couldn’t have carried out it.”

The approaching future sees Stiller working behind the scenes, totally on the hit Apple TV+ present Severance. Nonetheless, he’s at present set to star alongside Colin Farrell in Stomach of the Beast, a real crime thriller by Andrew Haigh. Stiller might additionally return in a possible Tropic Thunder sequel, during which he lends his abilities to either side of the display as lead actor, author, and director. Nonetheless, Nutcrackers presents a return not solely to performing but additionally to a style that fits him so effectively.

Nutcrackers Is a Change of Tempo for Stiller & Inexperienced

With Nutcrackers, each Ben Stiller and David Gordon Inexperienced discover themselves tackling a really completely different type of venture that veers from their current output. Inexperienced, specifically, takes a break from high-profile horror after directing the newest Halloween trilogy, which had a mountain of expectations for them. Now, he does one thing much less strict and extra comedic, regardless that Nutcrackers offers with tragedy. For Stiller, Nutcrackers is a return to fundamentals, taking part in a reluctant parental determine that audiences can relate to and can most likely fall in love with.

Nutcrackers is written by Leland Douglas, and the supporting solid consists of Linda Cardellini, Edi Patterson, Tim Heidecker, and Toby Huss. Try the official synopsis under:

“Nutcrackers follows the work-obsessed Mike (Stiller), who should reluctantly journey to rural Ohio to take care of his 4 rambunctious nephews after their mother and father die in a automotive accident. What begins as a three-day journey to search out foster care turns into weeks of farm-life mayhem – and the conclusion that he doesn’t want to search out them a house, they’ve discovered one for him.”