{
  "id": 3070587,
  "title": "Mike Birbiglia Sets Focus Comedy ‘Old Friends New Friends’; Lucas Hedges, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Geraldine Viswanathan & Dylan Gelula To Star",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/mike-birbiglia-sets-focus-comedy-old-friends-new-friends-lucas-hedges",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-24T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/mike-birbiglia-old-friends-new-friends-focus-features-1237048939/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "EXCLUSIVE: Earlier this month, Mike Birbiglia announced that he’d be canceling a select set of stand-up dates alongside John Mulaney, with a “dream project” coming to fruition. And now, we can tell you what that project is. Focus Features has greenlighted Old Friends New Friends, a comedy marking Birbiglia’s first feature effort in a decade. He’s eyeing […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Mike Birbiglia Movie ‘Old Friends New Friends’ Gets Greenlight at Focus Features",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/mike-birbiglia-movie-old-friends-new-friends-gets-greenlight-at-focus",
        "published": "2026-08-24T17:57:19.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}