‘Pizza Movie’ – Hulu’s Hallucinogenic Comedy Starring Gaten Matarazzo Streams in April
by Alex DiVincenzo · Bloody DisgustingGaten Matarazzo’s first post-“Stranger Things” role is in the college comedy Pizza Movie alongside Sean Giambrone (“The Goldbergs”) and Lulu Wilson (“The Haunting of Hill House”).
The film will debut on Hulu April 3 follow its world premiere at SXSW in Texas on March 13.
It follows a shy college student and his reckless roommate who set out on a simple mission to grab pizza. After a strange dose of a mind-bending experimental drug, they’re thrust into a chaotic night of absurd encounters, wild hallucinations, and unexpected revelations that could change their lives forever.
Jack Martin, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Marcus Scribner, Caleb Hearon, Sarah Sherman, Justin Cooley, Kevin Matthew Reyes, Adam Herschman, and Lucas Zelnick round out the cast.
“Saturday Night Live” alumni Nick Kocher & Brian McElhaney write and direct. The duo, collectively known as BriTANicK, also penned the upcoming action comedy thriller Over Your Dead Body, out April 24.
Pizza Movie is produced by Jeremy Garelick & Will Phelps of American High, Billy Rosenberg of All Things Comedy, Jason Zaro, Molle DeBartolo, and Max Butler. Matarazzo receives an executive producer credit.
Stay tuned for a trailer.