![]() Throughout test screenings with friends and family, Barbakow, Siara, Samberg, and their team (including Samberg’s fellow Lonely Island partners Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone as producers) toyed with multiple endings before settling on the one that made the final cut. “We tried lifting most of it out, and it moved faster.” “We wrote a whole scene that was much more specific, which Milioti memorized and performed ably, but when we started doing it at my friends and family screenings, we realized people didn’t actually need it,” Samberg said. While the film’s time-travel technicalities may seem dizzying on paper, “Palm Springs” largely eschews over-the-top, Rube Goldbergian levels of explanation for how the portal that traps Nyles and Sarah in a single day actually works. Five Critics Choice award nominations, and placement on many critics’ 10 best lists, could help keep it in the conversation for indie awards this year. While “Palm Springs” isn’t what you’d call Oscar bait, with Samberg unlikely to break into a crowded field of Best Actor contenders, it sailed from a buzzy Sundance premiere to become Hulu’s biggest opening weekend ever. “It was the middle of the summer time, and it was normally when everybody would be going to see ‘Wonder Woman’ and stuff, and they couldn’t.” He noted that Judd Apatow’s “The King of Staten Island” had already gone straight to VOD, followed by the Disney+ success of “Hamilton” and Netflix’s Will Ferrell comedy “Eurovision.” When “Palm Springs” came out, “everyone was at home,” Samberg said. “We had a more captive audience,” he said. But life had other plans, with the pandemic shuttling the film exclusively to Hulu, save for a few drive-ins, in July.īut Samberg said that actually benefited the film becoming available in the midst of a complex home entertainment market informed by the shutdowns. “Palm Springs” sold to Neon and Hulu for a record deal close to $22 million back at Sundance in January 2020. Samberg shares a joyous chemistry with Milioti, making for the kind of romantic comedy that could easily see becoming a generational touchstone. Natasha Rothwell Unpacks 'White Lotus': 'Opportunity for Conversation Unlike Anything I've Seen'ġ9 Best Erotic Thrillers, from Adrian Lyne to Brian De PalmaĮmmy Predictions: Outstanding Animated Program - 'Rick and Morty' Warp Speed Toward Another Win Jung Ho-yeon's Favorite 'Squid Game' Scene Was an Early Reminder to Herself That 'You Are Enough' “When the two of them start doing the loop together,” Samberg said, “not to sound like a producer about it, but that’s the trailer. Samberg also came on board as producer, suggesting “we add a little more fun and games,” specifically when Nyles and Sarah ( Cristin Milioti), whom he meets at a Palm Springs wedding, find themselves both stuck in a time loop replaying the same day over and over, “Groundhog Day” style.
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