Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton & Matt Johnson | Blackberry | Talks at Google

Actors Jay Baruchel & Glenn Howerton join actor and filmmaker Matt Johnson to discuss their film “Blackberry,” the "true story" of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.

Blackberry is out in theaters on May 12, 2023. Check out the trailer here: https://goo.gle/3n5SN6c.

Jay Baruchel recently starred in the FOX series The Moodys, the critically acclaimed FXX comedy series Man Seeking Woman based on Simon Rich's book, and The Last Girlfriend On Earth executive produced by Lorne Michaels. Jay co-wrote the hockey cult feature film Goon with Evan Goldberg and was nominated for two 2013 Canadian Screen Awards in the Best Supporting Actor category and for Adapted Screenplay. He then reprised his role in Goon: Last Of The Enforcers, which he also co-wrote and in which he made his directorial debut. Other selected film credits include: This Is The End, Knocked Up, She's Out of My League, Tropic Thunder, The Trotsky, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and the Academy Award-winning Best Picture Million Dollar Baby. He also voiced the lead role of ‘Hiccup’ in the DreamWorks Animation How To Train Your Dragon franchise in which all three films grossed over $1.6 billion dollars worldwide. Most recently, Jay co-wrote, directed, and starred in the horror thriller Random Acts of Violence starring Jesse Williams and Jordana Brewster. He can next be seen starring in the Netflix Spy Thriller Series, UTAP, opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger

Glenn Howerton is best known for playing the jerk next door Dennis Reynolds on FX’s wildly popular and long-running It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. In addition to his starring role, Howerton serves as co-creator and writer on the series. A true multi-hyphenate, Howerton is a graduate of the prestigious Juilliard School of Drama and began his career onstage. Glenn previously starred alongside Patton Oswalt in the NBC & Peacock comedy ‘A.P. Bio’, and has also been seen in television hits such as The Mindy Project, the first installment of FX’s original anthology series Fargo and Showtime’s House of Lie’. His film work includes Lionsgate’s Everything Must Go starring Will Ferrell, and Lionsgate’s Crank and Crank 2 starring Jason Statham. He also produced his first feature All the Wilderness which starred Kodi Smit-McPhee. Glenn Howerton along with Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day, co-host the highly popular It's Always Sunny podcast, where they look back at the last 15 seasons of the show. Glenn and the other Sunny Stars and co-creators recently launched Four Walls, a new Irish whiskey brand. All proceeds from the whiskey will go to Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association’s HARP (Hospitality Assistance Response of Pennsylvania).

Matt Johnson is an actor and filmmaker, and has directed movies such as The Dirties (2013), Operation Avalanche (2016) BlackBerry (2023). He is also the co-creator of the cult comedy series Nirvanna the Band the Show (2017-19). As an actor, he has appeared in Anne at 1,300 Feet (2020) and Matt and Mara (2023). He teaches in the film department at York University alongside his producing partner Matthew Miller.

Moderated by Josh Lanzet.

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