After Judd Apatow made the leap to Netflix, he made quite a cast for his next comedy, The bubble. Karen Gillian, Iris Apatow, Fred Armisen, Maria Bakalova, David Duchovny, Keegan-Michael Key, Leslie Mann, Pedro Pascal and Peter Serafinowicz joined the film.
Apatow will direct and produce the photo and co-write the screenplay with Pam Brady. Apatow’s longtime partner, Barry Mendel, will serve as executive producer. Brady and Donald Sabourin will also deliver production.
The film follows a group of actors and actresses who are trapped in a pandemic in a hotel trying to complete a film. The photo can no longer be timely, as more and more productions push up again, even as Covid-19 remains in force around the world.
After Netflix was on board the project, it was quickly followed up with a plan to start shooting at the beginning of 2021. The plan has also always been to provide a cast that matches the previous A-list ensembles such as those for The disaster Artist and Knives out, and Apatow seems to have delivered it here.
Gillian is awarded by UTA and B-Side Management; Armisen is awarded by WME, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Morris Yorn; Duchovny is represented by WME, Mosaic and Nelson Davis; Pascal is crowned by WME, Anonymous Content and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Bakalova is repeated by CAA; The key is exchanged back by UTA; Serafinowicz is awarded by UTA and 3 Arts Entertainment; Mann is repeated by CAA; and Apatow is represented by UTA, Mosaic and Ziffren Brittenham.