Vacation Friends: Release Date, Cast And More
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The mid-budget studio comedy has become an endangered species over the past few years, but against all odds,John Cenais one of the actors trying his best to keep the genre alive. His latest entry isVacation Friends, a chaotic, antics-filled comedy (or maybe it’s more of a horror movie?) about the consequences of letting loose on vacation. Here’s everything we know about it so far.
Vacation Friends Release Date and Where You Can Watch It
Vacation Friendswill premiere worldwide onAugust 27,2021. In the United States, the film will be exclusively available on Hulu. Internationally, it will be available in the Star hub on Disney+.
What is Vacation Friends?
There’s a whole genre of movies that have been described as “from hell” films: there’s the mistress from hell (Fatal Attraction), the neighbor from hell (Lakeview Terrace), the criminal from hell (Cape Fear). This film is essentially the “vacation acquaintances from hell”: It follows an uptight couple who let loose on vacation at a Mexican resort, only for their temporary partners in debauchery to follow them back to the “real” world months later and ingratiate themselves into the couple’s lives in uncomfortable ways. This movie will be 20th Century Studios' first film to get a global release on the Hulu and Disney+ streaming platforms.
Vacation Friends Synopsis
Here is the synopsis forVacation Friends:
In this raw and raunchy comedy, straight-laced Marcus and Emily are befriended by wild, thrill-seeking partiers Ron and Kyla at a resort in Mexico. Living in the moment, the usually level-headed couple lets loose to enjoy a week of uninhibited fun and debauchery with their new “vacationfriends.” Months after their walk on the wild side, Marcus and Emily are horrified when Ron and Kyla show up uninvited at their wedding, creating chaos and proving that what happens onvacation, doesn’t necessarily stay onvacation.
Vacation Friends Director, Crew, and More
Clay Tarver, who wrote the horror filmJoy Ridewith J.J. Abrams and later wrote, produced, and directed episodes of HBO’sSilicon Valley, is making his feature directorial debut with this movie. He’s also one of the credited screenwriters, along withTomandTim Mullen, who wrote a version of this movie many years ago, and the writing duoJonathan GoldsteinandJohn Francis Daley(Game Night,Spider-Man: Homecoming).
Vacation Friends Cast
Lil Rel Howery(Get Out,Bad Trip) andYvonne Orji(Night School,Insecure) play the straight-laced couple, while the out-of-control couple is portrayed byJohn Cena(Blockers,The Suicide Squad) andMeredith Hagner(Palm Springs,Search Party).Robert Wisdom(The Alienist),Andrew Bachelor(The Babysitter), andLynn Whitfield(Greenleaf) play supporting roles.
