Bicoastal production company Honor Society has signed directing team Jetpacks Go!–consisting of Alden Ford, Justin Tyler and Bobby Webster–for U.S. commercial representation. The directorial trio is known for its character-driven comedy work for such brands as Oral-B, Trident, Sprint, Ruffles, HP and Wiser’s Whiskey.
“Justin, Bobby and Alden’s background at UCB [Upright Citizens Brigade] gives them strong improv comedy experience as well as access to some of the best young comedy talent in the country,” noted Honor Society exec producer Megan Kelly. “Their most recent project for Subway also illustrates their ability to get natural comedic performances out of real people. The non traditional perspective of a directing trio allows them to cover more ground while shooting, enabling them to create dynamic content.”
Ford and Tyler of Jetpacks Go! have been collaborating as writers and comedians for nearly a decade out of the famed Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, having written and directed both scripted and non-scripted television for the likes of Comedy Central, MTV, MTV2, FUSE, Nickelodeon and Fox Sports1. Webster brings a background in film to the trio, having written and directed shorts and commercials, as well as shooting independent feature films and the Oscar-winning short film “God of Love.” As a team, Jetpacks Go! has upcoming work for Honeywell, Stonyfield and Subway.
Review: Writer-Director Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance”
In its first two hours, "The Substance" is a well-made, entertaining movie. Writer-director Coralie Fargeat treats audiences to a heavy dose of biting social commentary on ageism and sexism in Hollywood, with a spoonful of sugar- and sparkle-doused body horror.
But the film's deliciously unhinged, blood-soaked and inevitably polarizing third act is what makes it unforgettable.
What begins as a dread-inducing but still relatively palatable sci-fi flick spirals deeper into absurdism and violence, eventually erupting — quite literally — into a full-blown monster movie. Let the viewer decide who the monster is.
Fargeat — who won best screenplay at this year's Cannes Film Festival — has been vocal about her reverence for "The Fly" director David Cronenberg, and fans of the godfather of body horror will see his unmistakable influence. But "The Substance" is also wholly unique and benefits from Fargeat's perspective, which, according to the French filmmaker, has involved extensive grappling with her own relationship to her body and society's scrutiny.
"The Substance" tells the story of Elisabeth Sparkle, a famed aerobics instructor with a televised show, played by a powerfully vulnerable Demi Moore. Sparkle is fired on her 50th birthday by a ruthless executive — a perfectly cast Dennis Quaid, who nails sleazy and gross.
Feeling rejected by a town that once loved her and despairing over her bygone star power, Sparkle learns from a handsome young nurse about a black-market drug that promises to create a "younger, more beautiful, more perfect" version of its user. Though she initially tosses the phone number in the trash, she soon fishes it out in a desperate panic and places an order.
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