SNL's Pete Davidson Teaming Up with Judd Apatow for an Autobiographical Comedy

Judd Apatow has been out of the movie directing game for the last few years, as he has focused on some TV projects. The last big screen direction we saw from him was the 2015 Amy Schumer comedy, Trainwreck, which was hilarious and a big boost for Schumer’s career.

Apatow is now teaming up with SNL’s Pete Davidson for a comedy that will look to do the same for him. Davidson wrote the script with Apatow and Dave Sirus, and Davidson will star in what will be a semi-autobiographical comedy about his life growing up in Staten Island, New York.

Davidson lost his father as a child on September 11th, 2001, and started doing stand-up as a teenager in New York, landing SNL as one of the youngest cast members in the show’s history when he was just 20. His comedy is truthful and raw, and usually based on controversial subjects.

Barry Mendel, who worked with Apatow on Funny People and also produced The Big Sick and Bridesmaids, is on board to produce. We don’t have a synopsis or other casting details yet, but Apatow is always great, and Davidson is being met this week with fantastic reviews for his new movie, Big Time Adolescence, that premiered at Sundance on Monday. The Hollywood Reporter said his performance was “so on-target” and "disciplined, showing fine comic timing and yielding the screen when it serves the movie."

I think this is a great pairing, and I can’t wait to see what comes of it. Are you a fan of Apatow and Davidson?

Source: THR