Lake Bell & Sarah Cooper On The New Film “Summering,” Future Projects, Park City & More
In the new film Summering — as released nationwide to theaters today, August 12, 2022 — four best friends face the uncertainties of growing up and embark on their biggest adventure yet as their last summer before middle school comes to a close. Starring Lia Barnett, Lake Bell, Sarah Cooper, Ashley Madekwe, Madalen Mills, Megan Mullally, Eden Grace Redfield and Sanai Victoria, the film was an official 2022 selection of the Sundance Film Festival. And speaking of the Park City, Utah-based Sundance Film Festival, Summering was filmed around multiple locations within the state of Utah.
Summering aside, the film’s co-writer and director James Ponsoldt has been making films for the past 20 years, including the award-winning and critically acclaimed film The Spectacular Now. A Special Jury Prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival, that film was named one of the top 10 independent films that year by the National Board Of Review and was nominated for Independent Spirit and Gotham Awards. Most recently, Ponsoldt executive produced and directed the pilot and multiple episodes of Amazon’s upcoming series Daisy Jones & The Six, as starring Riley Keough, beyond his work on the Apple TV series Shrinking, which stars Jason Segel, Harrison Ford and Jessica Williams.
On August 9, 2022, I had the pleasure of speaking with Lake Bell and Sarah Cooper via Zoom, as embedded below. Conversation topics included Park City, Wet Hot American Summer and future projects. More on Summering can be found online 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."
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