Ben Schwartz News

Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz bring their two-person comedy show, Middleditch & Schwartz, to a global audience in a collection of three completely improvised Netflix comedy specials. Each performance is based entirely on a random audience suggestion. All three parts, each filmed at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, will premiere on Netflix on April 21, 2020.

Season three of the Emmy Award-nominated 'DuckTales' will debut with two new episodes SATURDAY, APRIL 4 (9:30 a.m. EDT/PDT), on Disney XD and DisneyNOW. Featuring appearances by classic Disney characters Daisy Duck, Goofy and favorites from 'TaleSpin,' 'Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers' and 'Darkwing Duck,' the new season finds the Duck family embarking on a globetrotting hunt for the world's greatest lost artifacts, with a secret organization from Scrooge's past, the Fiendish Organization for World Larceny (F.O.W.L.), trying to stop them at any cost.

Vince Ebert, who is starring in the show: SEXY SCIENCE: SERIOUS HUMOR and Matt Ratner, the director of the new Billy Crystal movie, STANDING UP, FALLING DOWN are Tom Needham's exclusive guests this Thursday at 6 pm on WUSB's SOUNDS OF FILM.

Matt Ratner, the director of the new Billy Crystal movie, STANDING UP, FALLING DOWN, and Vince Ebert, who is starring in the show: SEXY SCIENCE: SERIOUS HUMOR at the SoHo Playhouse are Tom Needham's exclusive guests this Thursday at 6 pm on WUSB's SOUNDS OF FILM.

Billy Crystal quizzes his co-star Ben Schwartz to see if Ben can complete some of the most famous movie lines from his 40-year career.

After learning his 'Sonic the Hedgehog' costar Ben Schwartz left him a secret letter wedged between cushions of the Late Late Show couch, James Marsden reads the surprise message aloud and begrudgingly treats everyone to his impression of Jim Carrey's classic 'Fire Marshall Bill' character.

Drawing inspiration from the success of his film 'Sonic the Hedgehog,' Ben Schwartz pitches a film he thinks is ripe for adaptation into a video game... but there's a twist.

In STANDING UP, FALLING DOWN, a film that is deceptively insightful and unsparingly poignant, Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz team up to deliver stellar and compelling portrayals of two men at their wit's ends who forge an unlikely but revelatory friendship. It is one of the featured films at this year's Sedona International Film Festival (Saturday, February 22nd through Sunday, March 1st.)

Billy Crystal recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where he expressed concerns about the Oscars yet again not having a host.

Billy Crystal talks about hosting the Oscars, why he thinks a host is necessary, celebrating 50 years of marriage, his mountain lion problem, the problem with dogs, doing a screening at the White house for George W. Bush, his new movie Standing Up, Falling Down, working with Ben Schwartz and Tiffany Haddish, and he tests Jimmy with questions from the written driving test.

Based on the global blockbuster videogame franchise from Sega, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG tells the story of the world's speediest hedgehog as he embraces his new home on Earth. The new film will have an exclusive Super Bowl TV spot, in addition to a new trailer being shown during the pre-game coverage.

Ben talks about starring in the new movie Sonic, the release date being on Valentine's Day, working with Jim Carrey, being a Nicks fan, attending a game with Billy Crystal, Adam Sandler & Kevin Garnett, and writing jokes for C-3PO in J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Marvel TV and HULU unveiled casting today for “Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.,” their previously announced animated series based on the popular Marvel comic book. Slated for debut in 2020, “Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.” signals Marvel's first endeavor into animated comedy geared towards adults.

Comedy Works Entertainment presents Middleditch and Schwartz coming to Paramount Theatre for one show only on Sunday, March 8th at 7:00pm. Tickets range from $29.50 to $69.50 plus applicable fees and go on sale Friday, December 13th at 10:00am at ParamountDenver.com. Starting Monday, December 16th tickets will also be available for purchase at the Pepsi Center Box Office and Dick's Sporting Goods Park box office, or Paramount Theatre box office (event days only).

Based on the global blockbuster videogame franchise from Sega, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG tells the story of the world's speediest hedgehog as he embraces his new home on Earth.

NFFTY is the world's largest and most influential film festival for emerging directors, showcases work by filmmakers 24 and younger from around the globe. NFFTY returned for its 13th consecutive year October 24 - October 27 in Seattle, Washington with thousands attending the festival. This year's festival featured over 287 films from 24 states and 24 countries. The award winners a?" including jury, audience and special achievement awards a?" have been announced.

Variety reports that Greg Daniels' upcoming Netflix series 'Space Force' has rounded out its cast. John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz, Tawny Newsome, and Diana Silvers have joined Steve Carell in the pilot.

Get ready for celebrities to get cerebral! National Geographic announced today its star-studded lineup of celebrity guests, spanning actors and musicians to entrepreneurs and athletes, for the reboot of its Emmy-nominated series, BRAIN GAMES. The eight-episode season, produced by Magical Elves, with Alfred Street Industries, adds a Hollywood twist to its classic mind-bending format by challenging the world's biggest celebrities to realize their exceptional brain power through fun and highly entertaining interactive games, illusions and social experiments.