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Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers to Write and Star in Searchlight Comedy Inspired by Berghain Podcast

The project marks a return to Searchlight for the Fire Island collaborators.

Overview

  • The untitled feature is in development at Searchlight with Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers attached as writers and leads.
  • The premise adapts the Search Engine episode “Why Didn’t Chris and Dan Get Into Berghain?” about two Americans attempting to enter the exclusive Berlin nightclub.
  • Olivia Gerke and Oly Obst will produce for 3 Arts Entertainment, with PJ Vogt and Sruthi Pinnamaneni serving as co-producers.
  • Searchlight executives Richard Ruiz and Daniel Yu are overseeing development, and no director, production start, or release plan has been announced.
  • UTA brokered the deal for the parties involved, and Yang and Rogers previously teamed with Searchlight on the 2022 rom-com Fire Island.