{"id":104961,"date":"2025-07-30T13:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/104961\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T13:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:59:09","slug":"bradley-coopers-is-this-thing-on-first-look-sets-new-york-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/104961\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradley Cooper’s ‘Is This Thing On’ First Look, Sets New York Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBradley Cooper<\/a>\u2018s dramatic comedy \u201cIs This Thing On<\/a>?\u201d will host its world premiere at the New York Film Festival<\/a>. It will be the festival\u2019s closing night film on Oct. 10 at Lincoln Center\u2019s Alice Tully Hall.<\/p>\n

\n\tInspired by the life of British comedian John Bishop, \u201cIs This Thing On?\u201d follows the break-up of a married couple \u2014 portrayed by Will Arnett and Laura Dern \u2014 who are raising two kids. The husband, Alex, takes a wild career pivot to become a professional stand-up comedian in New York City\u2019s West Village. In a newly revealed first-look image, Arnett\u2019s character is standing wistfully in a comedy club.<\/p>\n

\n\tSearchlight is backing the film but hasn\u2019t revealed the theatrical release date. Andra Day, Christine Ebersole, Ciar\u00e1n Hinds, Sean Hayes, Peyton Manning, and Amy Sedaris round out the movie\u2019s cast.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are honored and humbled to premiere our film at the New York Film Festival,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cEarlier this year we had the wonderful opportunity to shoot this story all throughout the city, so it\u2019s very exciting to debut it on the closing evening of the festival. NYC injects an energy into every aspect of filmmaking that just can\u2019t be replicated.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIs This Thing On?\u201d is Cooper\u2019s third directorial effort following \u201cA Star Is Born\u201d and \u201cMaestro.\u201d In front of the camera, he\u2019s best known for \u201cThe Hangover,\u201d \u201cSilver Linings Playbook,\u201d \u201cAmerican Hustle\u201d and \u201cAmerican Sniper.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are thrilled to close the festival with Bradley Cooper\u2019s delightful third feature,\u201d said New York Film Festival\u2019s artistic director Dennis Lim. \u201c\u2018Is This Thing On?\u2019 is a film of many dimensions and surprises: a fond tribute to New York City\u2019s comedy scene, a sensitive study of midlife discontent, and a modern-day comedy of remarriage, pitch-perfect in its balance of humor and feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNew York Film Festival will open on Sept. 26 with Luca Guadagnino\u2019s \u201cAfter the Hunt.\u201d Jim Jarmusch\u2019s \u201cFather Mother Sister Brother\u201d has been set as the centerpiece with the remaining slate to be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bradley Cooper\u2018s dramatic comedy \u201cIs This Thing On?\u201d will host its world premiere at the New York Film…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":104962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,43583,67581,405,403,58178,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-104961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-bradley-cooper","10":"tag-is-this-thing-on","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-new-york-film-festival","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}