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Monday 27 April 2020

Pete Davidson & Judd Apatow's King of Staten Island to Go Straight to VOD

Universal Pictures has dropped their original plans to theatrically release The King of Staten Island, a comedy directed by Judd Apatow and starring Pete Davidson, and will debut the film digitally on June 12 instead. Universal made the announcement Monday alongside an Instagram video from Apatow and Davidson. The King of Staten Island marks the second Universal title following Trolls World Tour to pivot from theatrical to digital release due to the coronavirus pandemic. Apatow's film is a semi-autobiographical account of SNL star Davidson's early years. KSI_Adv1Sheet_RGB_3SM Universal describes The King of Staten Island as "a bracing comedy about love, loss, and laughter"; here's the following official plot synopsis:

"Scott (Davidson) has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He’s now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister (Maude Apatow) heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother (Marisa Tomei) and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys—Oscar (Ricky Velez, Master of None), Igor (Moises Arias) and Richie (Lou Wilson)—and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey (Bel Powley). But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray (Bill Burr), it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life."

The cast also includes Steve Buscemi as Papa, a veteran firefighter who takes Scott under his wing, and Pamela Adlon. The film was scripted by Apatow, Davidson, and former SNL writer Dave Sirus. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=new-movies-coming-to-vod-early&captions=true"] The King of Staten Island will be available in North America on premium on-demand digital everywhere beginning Friday, June 12, 2020.

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