{"id":328075,"date":"2026-03-13T18:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/328075\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T18:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:04:09","slug":"pizza-movie-exclusive-trailer-and-poster-for-gaten-matarazzos-first-post-stranger-things-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/328075\/","title":{"rendered":"Pizza Movie: Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Gaten Matarazzo&#8217;s First Post-Stranger Things Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">IGN can exclusively reveal the new trailer and key art for Pizza Movie, an upcoming comedy starring and executive produced by Gaten Matarazzo in his first major project since <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/stranger-things-season-5-series-finale-spoiler-review-recap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the end of Stranger Things<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">(The trailer can be seen via the player above or the embed below.)<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Pizza Movie is written and directed by Brian McElhaney &amp; Nick Kocher, the internet sketch comedy duo known as BriTANicK. In a statement provided to IGN, the directors said, \u201cWe\u2019re so excited for people to see this absolutely insane film we got to make starring some of the most talented, amazing, kind people on Earth and also Caleb Hearon.\u201c<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cA shy college student and his reckless roommate set out on a simple mission to grab pizza, but after a strange dose of a mind-bending experimental drug, they\u2019re thrust into a chaotic night of absurd encounters, wild hallucinations, and unexpected revelations that could change their lives forever,\u201d according to the official plot synopsis.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In addition to Gaten Matarazzo, Pizza Movie\u2019s cast includes Sean Giambrone, Lulu Wilson, Jack Martin, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Marcus Scribner, Caleb Hearon, Sarah Sherman, Justin Cooley, Kevin Matthew Reyes, Adam Herschman, and Lucas Zelnick.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">American High&#8217;s Jeremy Garelick and Will Phelps and All Things Comedy&#8217;s Billy Rosenberg serve as producers. Jason Zaro, Molle DeBartolo and Max Butler are also producers. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/03\/12\/pizza-movie-digital-vertical-2700x4000-pre-1-1773355041614.png\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image article-image article-image-full-size jsx-1809694635 jsx-2338608387\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Pizza Movie will premiere at the SXSW Film Festival on March 13, 2026, and then debut on Hulu on April 3.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">For more Gaten Matarazzo coverage, check out <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/videos\/stranger-things-5-star-gaten-matarazzo-reacts-to-gta-6-delay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his reaction to learning about the delay of GTA 6<\/a> and what he had to tell us about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ign\/video\/7571287992485039374\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">his \u201ccomfort game,\u201d The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IGN can exclusively reveal the new trailer and key art for Pizza Movie, an upcoming comedy starring and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-328075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}