Sony teamed up with Legendary Pictures’ Bert Kreischer for Memorial Day weekend

Sony Pictures opens up Legendary Pictures The device on May 26, 2023.

The film, directed by Peter Atencio, takes place 23 years after the original story on which the film is based. In the picture, comedian/star Bert Kreischer faces a family crisis and the arrival of his estranged father (Mark Hamill) when the ghost of his alcohol-soaked past emerges: a murderous gangster (Iva Babić) who is determined is to bring Bert back home to bring the homeland kidnapped. to atone for his crimes. Together, in the midst of a war between a sociopathic crime family, he and his father must follow in the footsteps of his younger self (Jimmy Tatro) as they try to find common ground.

Kreischer will perform an exclusive live pre-screening event in Los Angeles at a theater location to be determined on May 25th at 6:00 PM PST. The preview, which will be broadcast simultaneously in more than 1,000 theaters across the country, will be followed by the film’s first preview. Tickets will go on sale at a later date.

Kevin Biegel and Scotty Landes wrote the screenplay based on Kreischer’s stand-up routine. The device is produced by Kreischer, Cale Boyter, Judi Marmel, Peter Atencio and LeeAnn Kreischer. Jay Ashenfelter and Philip Waley serve as executive producers. Other main roles are played by Jimmy Tatro, Iva Babić, Robert Maaser, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jessica Gabor, Rita Bernard Shaw, Nikola Đuričko, Oleg Taktarov, Amelie Villers and Mercedes de la Cruz.

The device join Disney’s The little mermaid and that of Lionsgate About my father like this year’s Memorial Day-wide releases.