Steve Martin is one of the stars of “Only Murders in the Building”, which can be seen on Star +. Clarin archive photo
It is not very common to make a documentary film about an actor when he is still with us, alive. Well, this is what will happen Steve Martinwho in addition to being an actor, is a director, author and musician.
The interpreter of There is a girl in my body, the dead customer does not pay Y the horror shop will be the focus of this A 24 documentary, which will be divided into two parts, and which Apple TV + will preview in streaming.
Steve Martin, between his friend Martin Short and Selena Gomez in a scene from “Only Murders in the Bulding”.
Morgan Neville, who directed the Oscar-winning documentary 20 feet from stardomas well as Don’t you want to be my neighbor? and dozens of other film and television projects, he is also involved in production and directing. The project does not yet have a title, nor a specific release date.
“That’s someone else’s opinion,” said the comedian, who turns 77 this Sunday, August 14 The Hollywood reporter. “They found a lot of archival stuff. They found a photo of my father in 1944 in Germany… ”she advanced.
In “The Father of the Bride”, one of his big hits in the cinema.
As known as he is, Martin hasn’t done much research on his personal history. he published a memoir, Born standingabout his years as a comedian, in 2007. A book about his years in the cinema, Number one is walking: my life in movies and other diversions It will be released in November and, as Martin describes it, is a collection of anecdotes and illustrations.
Multi-nominee Emmy
Steve Martin is currently nominated for three Emmy Awards for his work on the Hulu comedy Only murders in the building -which in Argentina can be seen by Star + -, in the categories of Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, as a producer of the series, and also as a screenwriter of the episode true crimewhich was the pilot, the first in the series, released in August 2021.
Like the dentist, in “The little shop of horror”.
But since he was first nominated for an Emmy, and won it at the 1969 ceremony along with other screenwriters for the scripts of The hour of the Suffocates brothers’ comedyHe never won it again. And that, not counting this year’s nominations, was nominated for 9 more Emmy Awards.
Only murders in the building has finished its second season and the first 7 of the 10 total episodes are already available in streaming (one premiere a week). Martin performs alongside Martin Short and Selena Gomez.
He co-starred with Michael Caine in “Two Rogue Scoundrels”.
He has acted, in addition to the films mentioned, the asshole, Rossano, paternity, History of LA Y the father of the bride. But he is also a Grammy-winning writer, playwright and musician. The film will trace his life from his cabaret roots to the present day.
The project joins Apple’s growing list of documentary offerings, including the Magic Johnson series. They call me Magic, Billie Eilish: The world is a little blurry, The velvet undergroundthe next sidneyon actor Sidney Poitier, the first African American actor to win the Oscar for Lead Actor, for a voice in the shadows (1963), and another already announced Michael J Fox.
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Source: Clarin