{"id":98715,"date":"2022-10-16T11:30:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T11:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/joe-pesci-stars-as-pete-davidsons-grandfather-in-first-look-at-comedy-series-bupkis\/"},"modified":"2022-10-16T11:30:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T11:30:04","slug":"joe-pesci-stars-as-pete-davidsons-grandfather-in-first-look-at-comedy-series-bupkis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/joe-pesci-stars-as-pete-davidsons-grandfather-in-first-look-at-comedy-series-bupkis\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Pesci Stars As Pete Davidson&#8217;s Grandfather In First Look At Comedy Series &#8216;Bupkis&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comedian Pete Davidson and cinema icon Joe Pesci are teaming up for \u201cBupkis,\u201d a new fictional series based on Davidson&#8217;s real life.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production on the half-hour Peacock comedy series, which is written and executive-produced by the \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d alum,<\/span> is already underway, and Peacock marked the moment by releasing a first look at the two stars on set. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The snapshot shows Davidson sitting on a dock beside Oscar-winner Pesci, who plays his grandfather.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Both stars are well-known for their famous roles in critically acclaimed mafia-themed works, with Pesci frequently working beside Martin Scorsese for \u201cGoodfellas\u201d (1990), \u201cCasino\u201d (1995) and \u201cThe Irishman\u201d (2019). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cBupkis\u201d will \u201ccombine grounded storytelling with absurd elements from the unfiltered and completely original worldview for which Pete is well known,\u201d Deadline reported. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cSNL\u201d creator Lorne Michaels is also executive producing the series, as are Davidson&#8217;s longtime creative partners Dave Sirus and Judah Miller, who are also writers.  Emmy Award-winner Edie Falco stars as Davidson&#8217;s mom. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>In April, \u201cBupkis\u201d was green-lit ahead of Davidson&#8217;s exit from \u201cSNL\u201d this year.  He had joined the late-night sketch comedy in 2014 at the age of 20, making him the youngest cast member in the show&#8217;s long-running history. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the specific plot details of \u201cBupkis\u201d are still under wraps, Susan Rovner, chair of entertainment content for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, said that \u201cBupkis will showcase Pete&#8217;s funny, surprising and unfiltered brand of comedy audiences have come to love as we continue to bolster our Peacock comedy slate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The series&#8217; official release date has not yet been announced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"cli cli-related-articles js-cet-subunit\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n      n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n      n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n      t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>  fbq('init', '1621685564716533');\n  fbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/p>\n<p>  var _fbPartnerID = null;\n  if (_fbPartnerID !== null) {\n    fbq('init', _fbPartnerID + '');\n    fbq('track', \"PageView\");\n  }<\/p>\n<p>  (function () {\n    'use strict';\n    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n      document.body.addEventListener('click', function(event) {\n        fbq('track', \"Click\");\n      });\n    });\n  })();\n<\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Pete Davidson and cinema icon Joe Pesci are teaming up for \u201cBupkis,\u201d a new fictional series based on Davidson&#8217;s real life. Production on the half-hour Peacock comedy series, which is written and executive-produced by the \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d alum, is already underway, and Peacock marked the moment by releasing a first look at the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/joe-pesci-stars-as-pete-davidsons-grandfather-in-first-look-at-comedy-series-bupkis\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Joe Pesci Stars As Pete Davidson&#8217;s Grandfather In First Look At Comedy Series &#8216;Bupkis&#8217;<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[28838,1657,369],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56392,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/joe-pesci-joins-pete-davidson-edie-falco-in-bupkis-peacock-series-deadline\/","url_meta":{"origin":98715,"position":0},"title":"Joe Pesci Joins Pete Davidson &#038; Edie Falco In &#8216;Bupkis&#8217; Peacock Series \u2013 Deadline","date":"August 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"In a return to acting \u2014 and television \u2014 Oscar winner Joe Pesci will star opposite Pete Davidson and Edie Falco in bupkisPeacock's upcoming half-hour live-action comedy that tells a heightened, fictionalized version of Davidson's life. 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