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\n\tA24<\/a> has unveiled the first trailer for\u00a0The Debut<\/a><\/em>, Jesse Eisenberg<\/a>\u2018s directorial follow-up to Oscar winner\u00a0A Real Pain<\/em>, where he stars alongside Julianne Moore<\/a> and Paul Giamatti<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tSlated for release this fall,\u00a0The Debut<\/em>\u00a0is an R-rated musical comedy centered on Mona Friedman (Moore), who when cast in a bit part at a small community theater, transforms from a shy, unassuming housewife into a zealous method actor willing to do anything to protect the artistic integrity of her marginal role \u2014 even if it means waging war against the show\u2019s domineering director (Giamatti).<\/p>\n \n\tSeemingly akin to Whiplash<\/em> for the community theater world, The Debut<\/em>\u2018s trailer introduces viewers to Moore\u2019s Mona, who hasn\u2019t sung in front of anyone \u201csince church choir,\u201d yet lands a starring role in a production of Giamatti\u2019s Jerry \u2014 \u201cthe biggest name in New Jersey community theater.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tLater, a character played by Halle Bailey tells Mona, \u201cJerry is going to test you, and push you, and drag you through the mud.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAnd this proves true, as Jerry tells her, \u201cEvery single thing you are doing is not working,\u201d while pushing Mona towards greatness.<\/p>\n \n\tEisenberg appears to play a fellow actor in the community theater troupe.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Debut<\/em>\u00a0reunites Eisenberg with Topic Studios and Fruit Tree, with whom he worked on\u00a0A Real Pain<\/em>, as well as Moore, who starred opposite Finn Wolfhard in Eisenberg\u2019s Fruit Tree-produced, A24-released debut feature, When You Finish Saving the World<\/em>. Eisenberg directed\u00a0from his own script, with Cara Buono, Craig Bierko, Eldar Isgandarov, and Bernadette Peters rounding out the cast. Pic\u2019s producers are Stone, Dave McCary, Ali Herting, and Eisenberg.<\/p>\n \n\tCo-starring Kieran Culkin, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, Eisenberg\u2019s last film\u00a0A Real Pain<\/em>\u00a0had the multi-hyphenate playing David, who along with mismatched cousin Benji (Culkin), embarks on a journey through Poland to pay tribute to their cherished grandmother. Solidifying Eisenberg\u2019s status as a top-tier director, the dramedy came almost two years after\u00a0When You Finish Saving the World<\/em>, which A24 distributed. Searchlight snapped up worldwide rights out of Sundance, where Eisenberg won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. Eisenberg established himself as a filmmaker after building a lauded acting career, which has included an Oscar nomination for his turn as Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher\u2019s\u00a0The Social Network<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tCheck out the trailer for his new film by clicking above.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A24 has unveiled the first trailer for\u00a0The Debut, Jesse Eisenberg\u2018s directorial follow-up to Oscar winner\u00a0A Real Pain, where he stars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_animmysite_disable_animation":false,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image002_f7422d.jpg?w=462","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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