Long Shot trivia: 35 amazing facts about the new political – romantic comedy!

Long Shot is a new film that deals with politics and romantic tropes and it comes with rave reviews form SXSW!

In the film stars Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen. Before its premiere is the perfect time to find out some facts and trivia about this comedy!

Long Shot is a 2019 American romantic comedy film
It is directed by Jonathan Levine
The film stars Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron
The plot follows a journalist who begins to spend time with his former babysitter
Who is now running for president
O’Shea Jackson Jr., Andy Serkis, June Diane Raphael, Bob Odenkirk and Alexander Skarsgård also star
It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 9, 2019
And was release in United States on May 3, 2019, by Lionsgate
Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogen) is an unemployed journalist
Battered by his own misfortune and self-destructive ways
He courts his childhood love interest and former babysitter
Who is now one of the most powerful and unattainable women on Earth
In February 2017, the project, then titled Flarsky, was announced
With Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron attached to star with Jonathan Levine directing
That summer, Liz Hannah was hired to rewrite Dan Sterling’s original script
Her first Hollywood job was at Theron’s production company Denver and Delilah Productions
In October 2017, O’Shea Jackson Jr. was cast
In November 2017, June Diane Raphael, Ravi Patel, Andy Serkis, Alexander Skarsgard, and Randall Park joined the cast
Filming commenced in Montreal
Scenes were filmed in Plaza de la Trinidad in Cartagena, Colombia in the end of January 2018
In January 2019, it was announced the film had been retitled Long Shot
The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 9, 2019
Originally slated to be released on February 8, 2019
It was pushed back to June 7, 2019 following highly positive test screenings
In order to be positioned as a summer tentpole
It was then moved up to May 3, 2019
In the United States and Canada, Long Shot will be released alongside The Intruder and UglyDolls
And is projected to gross $9- 16 millions
From 3,100 theaters in its opening weekend
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 85% based on 110 reviews
With an average rating of 7.19/10
The website’s critical consensus reads, “A sharp and deceptively layered comedy that’s further fueled by the odd couple chemistry of its leads, this Long Shot largely hits its marks.”
On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 71 out of 100
Based on 34 critics, indicating “generally favorable reviews”