Universal and Dreamworks have released the first trailer for Jo Koy's "Easter Sunday." The film stars the comedian in his first film role and is set around a family gathering to celebrate Easter Sunday. The trailer first debuted at CinemaCon.
The movie. Released on August 5, it is a love letter to the Filipino community and is the first studio film to star an all-Filipino main cast. Jimmy O. Yang, Tia Carrere, Brandon Wardell, Tony nominee Eva Noblezada, Lydia Gaston, Asif Ali, Rodney To, Eugene Cordero, Jay Chandrasekhar, Tiffany Haddish and Lou Diamond Phillips star alongside Koy, who returns home for lunch. During the holy week. , laugh, drink and have wild fun.
Stars: Jo Koy, Lydia Gaston, Brandon Wardell
The trailer shows how Koy draws from both his personal experience and his stand-up comedy routine as it features Koy's mother on screen commenting on how he should have been a lawyer. Another family moment reveals how everyone has the same ATM pin number in honor of Filipino-American boxer Manny Pacquiao's birthday. Haddish plays a cop who tells Koy, "Your dad and I used to be really close in the past."
Amblin is producing in conjunction with DreamWorks. The film will be distributed by Universal Pictures nationwide. Amblin Partners and Universal will share international distribution rights.
The film was directed by Jay Chandrasekhar from a screenplay by Ken Cheng. The film is produced by Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of Rideback. “Easter Sunday” is executive produced by Koy, Jessica Gao, Yang, Cheng, Joe Meloche, Nick Reynolds and Seth William Meier.