Awkwafina, Barinholtz to star in comedy ‘Crime After Crime’
LOS ANGELES: Fresh from eliciting guffaws in Crazy Rich Asians, comedienne-actress Awkwafina is to co- star with Ike Barinholtz in the comedy Crime After Crime.
It’s one step up the ladder of creativity for Awkwafina, because both she and Barinholtz will produce and star in it.
Awkwafina will portray a millennial podcast host who agrees to help a convict that she has devoted her true- crime podcast to prove his innocence after he escapes jail and turns up at her house.
Dan Gurewitch and David Young are writing the screenplay, with Nick Stoller and Conor Welch producing under their Stoller Global Solutions banner alongside Awkwafina, Barinholtz and David Stassen.
STX’s Kate Vorhoff and Catherine Hagedorn will oversee the film’s production on behalf of the studio.
“Awkwafina and Ike are comedy powerhouses who make a supremely funny duo, and we can’t wait to see what they bring to this sharp and fun material,” said Adam Fogelson, chairman of STXfilms.
Welch joked, “Nick and I are huge fans of Awkwafina. Ike, not so much. But he was already attached.”
Awkwafina, a rapper-turnedactress, broke out in last year’s hits Oceans Eight and Crazy Rich Asians. She will next be seen in the Sundance drama The Farewell, which was acquired by A24 and will be released in July.
Awkwafina will also star in the untitled sequel to Jumanji: The Lost World. She also co- created a show for Comedy Central that she will star in.
Barinholtz recently starred in the comedy Blockers. He made his feature directorial debut with 2018’s The Oath, which he starred in opposite Tiffany Haddish.
He next appears in Amazon’s Late Night with Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson, along with the Jordan Peele-hosted anthology series, The Twilight Zone.