Sam Richardson & Ben Schwartz (Stars Of Apple TV’s “The Afterparty”) Speak With The Hype

The Afterparty — the murder-mystery comedy series from Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award winners Chris Miller and Phil Lord — will launch globally on Friday, January 28, 2022 on Apple TV+ with 3 episodes, followed by 1 new episode weekly, every Friday. The 8-episode first season stars Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Ben Schwartz, Ike Barinholtz, Ilana Glazer, Jamie Demetriou and Dave Franco. A genre-defying series centered on a murder mystery at a high school reunion, each episode of The Afterparty explores a different character’s account of that fateful evening, all through the lens of popular film genres and unique visuals to match the storyteller’s perspective.

Miller, who created and directed The Afterparty, serves as showrunner and is executive producing alongside Lord through the pair’s production banner Lord Miller; prior Lord Miller successes include Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and The Last Man On Earth. Tony and Emmy-nominated writer, producer and performer Anthony King executive produces the series. Lord Miller’s SVP Of Television Aubrey Lee is a producer on the series, as produced for Apple by TriStar TV and Sony Pictures Television as part of Lord Miller’s overall deal.

On January 13, 2022, I had the pleasure of speaking with both Sam Richardson and Ben Schwartz via Zoom, as embedded below. More on The Afterparty can be found by clicking here, here and here.

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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."