Ben Platt and Kristen Bell play crazy siblings who accompany their upbeat mother (Allison Janney) to their estranged half-wedding sisters in Britain in Prime Video’s “The People We Hate at the Wedding” (Cynthia Addai-Robinson). What may have been a chance for them to get back in touch ends up igniting their differences, which causes anarchy to break out and puts the main trio in jail.
In the teaser, Platt refers to the future bride as “our half-sister,” which allows them to “half-ass the relationship.” Claire Scanlon, who has previously directed episodes of “The Office” and the Netflix rom-com “Set It Up,” is the director of “The People We Hate at the Wedding,” which was written by “Bob’s Burgers” siblings Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin (“The Great North”) and Wendy Molyneux (“Deadpool 3”)
On November 18, “The People We Hate at the Wedding” will make its Prime Video debut. Produced by Margot Hand and Ashley Fox, the movie is an adaptation of Grant Ginder’s book of the same name.
Karan Soni, Dustin Milligan, Tony Goldwyn, Isaach De Bankolé, Jorma Taccone, and Julian Ovenden are also included in the ensemble cast. Before Bell took over, “Schitt’s Creek” breakthrough Annie Murphy was associated with the project. Previously, Bell and director Scanlon collaborated on “The Good Place.” Scanlon said to Entertainment Weekly that Janney, the Oscar winner for “I, Tonya,” frightened her at first because Janney was also making her acting debut with Netflix’s “Lou.”
Like any other person on the globe, I initially considered Allison scary, but thanks to her kind demeanor and approachable demeanor, Scanlon stated, “Allison rapidly made me forget.” “I owe her a huge debt of gratitude for giving Donna life. What audience wouldn’t understand a mother who only wants to see her children altogether, especially after these recent years?
Scanlon stated, “Harsh humor is the genre in which I feel most at home. Flawed individuals evading the repercussions of their acts – it never comes back to bite you, does it? I like seeing this family struggle and, quite honestly, suffer the consequences of their own hilariously awful decisions.
On November 18, “The People We Hate at the Wedding” will make its Prime Video debut.