The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022)
Ben Platt, Allison, and Kristen Bell in the first look still images from the film, released by Prime Video on October 6, 2022.
Allison with Cynthia Addai-Robinson and Isaac de Bankole in another still from the film released on October 6, 2022.
Based on the Grant Ginder novel of the same name, Allison’s attachment to this comedy film from Amazon Video was announced in March 2021 and production began in London in September 2021
Variety. September 21, 2021: Production has started in London on Amazon original romantic comedy film “The People We Hate at the Wedding,” headlined by Allison Janney, Kristen Bell and Ben Platt. The cast also includes Cynthia Addai-Robinson (“The Lord of the Rings”), Karan Soni (“7 Days)”, Dustin Milligan (“Schitt’s Creek”), Tony Goldwyn (“King Richard”), Isaach De Bankolé (“The Limits of Control”), Jorma Taccone (“Popstar”), and Julian Ovenden (“Bridgerton”). The film is being directed by Emmy winner Claire Scanlon (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) from a script by Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin and Wendy Molyneux, which the duo adapted from Grant Ginder’s novel of the same name. “The People We Hate at the Wedding” follows struggling American siblings Alice (Bell) and Paul (Platt), who reluctantly agree to attend the wedding of their estranged, wealthy half-sister in the English countryside alongside their mother, Donna (Janney). Over the course of the wedding week, the family’s skeletons are wrenched from the closet.
Amazon’s official premiere of the film was held in LA at the Westwood Village Theater on Wednesday November 16, 2022:
Allison remained in London from late September through late October shooting the film, which wrapped in early November. The film is expected to be released on Amazon Prime Video on November 18, 2022! Explore below for some social media photos of the cast behind the scenes during the shoot, as well as some media photos of Allison in costume on set:
Allison on set at ‘The People We Hate at the Wedding” - October 25, 2021:
Ben Platt visited Ellen in December 2021 and shared a story about Allison and the rest of the cast seeing ‘Magic Mike’ together in London; watch here!