From ‘The Invite’ to ‘The Studio,’ Seth Rogen Loves Screaming at Olivia Wilde
The 1 hour 47 minute film unfolds in a single apartment as Wilde directs a script adapted from Sentimental by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack.
- On Friday, July 3, 2026, Director Olivia Wilde returns to the director's chair with the release of 'The Invite,' an acerbic chamber dramedy featuring a four-person cast navigating a tense dinner party.
- Angela and Joe invite their bohemian upstairs neighbors, Pina and Hawk, for an evening that quickly turns into what actor Edward Norton calls a "contentious environment."
- Adapted from Cesc Gay's Spanish play and film 'The People Upstairs,' the script by screenwriters Will McCormack and Rashida Jones pinpoints an "unsettling and unavoidable truth" about long-term relationships.
- Wilde and Rogen, who crossed paths at a 'Knocked Up' table read over 20 years ago, found "a kind of magic" in their collaboration despite Wilde's initial hesitation to direct herself.
- Following her 2019 debut 'Booksmart' and the difficult experience of 'Don't Worry Darling,' critics describe this as a "hilarious, poignant study," positioning Wilde as a director to watch.
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From ‘The Invite’ to ‘The Studio,’ Seth Rogen loves screaming at Olivia Wilde
Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde have found a unique chemistry in screaming at each other on screen. They first explored this dynamic in “The Studio” and now in “The Invite,” which opens nationwide on July 10.
Olivia Wilde brilliantly leads the screams and whispers of an evening in which the conjugal life is staged (cleaning).
The Invite: Olivia Wilde reminds us she's a skilled director
Four years on, Olivia Wilde is finally back in the directing chair. After a brilliant, barnstorming debut with 2019 graduation comedy Booksmart, Wilde had perhaps the worst sophomore experience of anyone’s life with Don’t Worry Darling. I won’t drag you through it again, but it goes something like: Harry Styles, angry fans, beef with Shia LaBeouf, divorce from Jason Sudeikis, Spitgate. What’s more, the film was widely panned and will chiefly be …
The Invite review: This rich, funny and keenly observed comedy is one of the year's best films
"One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry," runs the opening quote from Oscar Wilde at the start of The Invite. Olivia Wilde’s third feature is a hilarious, poignant study of the dissolution of the marriage between prickly former artist Angela (played by Wilde) and Seth Rogen’s beleaguered failed musician Joe.She stays around their home buying trinkets while he rides to work on the fold-up bike he hates, to teach m…
...And yes, with a last reflexive-dramatic-deep act. The film, which is a remake of which have been made even theatrical versions (also in Chile), gets a new air under the direction of Olivia Wilde, who also acts alongside Penélope Cruz, Seth Rogen and Edward Norton. And for little ones (and not so small): The Minions return. Streaming: three movies recommended in Netflix. The invitation In cinemas Between the laughter they provoke and that tens…
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