You’ve obviously always wanted to see Abbi Jacobson and Dave Franco onscreen together (nope, The Lego Ninjago Movie doesn’t count). Now, you’ll get your chance, but it isn’t what you expect. The two actors most known for comedy co-star in the direct-to-Netflix drama, 6 Balloons. The film is about a woman (Jacobson) trying to help her brother (Franco), after he has a relapse of his heroin addiction (the 6 balloons probably don’t refer to a kindergartener’s birthday party).

The film is rather bleak, and raw— there’s mundane but crucial matters of insurance, for example, and Franco’s character has a young daughter whom Jacobson has to care for as her brother shoots up. The story is based in part on the experiences of one of its producers, Samantha Housman, who too had a brother— a lawyer, professionally— addicted to heroin. Apparently, the rather short film— less than eighty minutes— is not tied up in a neat bow of recovery, instead focussing on one awful night.

While for Franco this is a not-unheard-of progression from comedy to drama, for Jacobson, this is another surprising development in a hugely diverse career— from podcasting to cartooning, she seems to be good at anything she tries.

The movie, directed by Marja-Lewis Ryan, just had its debut at SXSW, and early buzz is very positive, particularly for Jacobson and Franco’s performances.

The film drops onto Netflix April 6th, and in the meantime, check out the trailer below:

Image from 6 Balloons

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What does a movie about sex-crazed, abusive nuns featuring a slew of big-name celebrities have to do with Judaism? Not much on the surface, but it should come as no surprise that proper Hollywood Catholic sex comedy wouldn’t be complete without its share of Jews.

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Finally, Dave Franco and Alison Brie have tied the knot!

The (Jewish, funny, unfairly attractive) couple has been dating since 2012 and engaged since 2015. In that time, Franco has been in like a dozen movies, and Brie has wrapped up both Community and Mad Men (oh don’t worry; she still has more than enough on her plate).

There’s no word on if the ceremony was Jewish at all; after all, both Franco, 31, and Brie, 34, (both from interfaith families) were raised culturally Jewish, rather than religiously. Besides, they’re being private about the details of the event (the odds are good that at least James Franco was there, though, since Dave is his brother).

A la Chelsea Peretti (Jewish) and Jordan Peele (not Jewish but great), when the Dabrie (Franison? DaFrAB?) were engaged, they made a TV commercial together… for a mobile game, as you do.

But the most important question remaining: Are Franco and Brie going to appear on Jewcy‘s March Madness Jewish Celebrity bracket? We’ll tell you now— yes. But will they at some point be up against one another?

Wait and see.

In the meantime, mazel tov to Dave and Alison, and here’s a weird (slightly NSFW) comedy video they made together back in 2013:

Image via YouTube

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• A 75-year-old Yiddish bookstore reopens in Long Island City.

• Jewcy favorite Alison Brie is reportedly dating James Franco’s younger brother, Dave.

• Describing comedian Marc Maron’s WTF podcast: “Every problem on WTF can be explained by a mother, a father, a cultural weirdness, Judaism, or addiction.”

• Today’s Bar Refaeli news comes in video form, from her appearance on Conan where she discussed the things she knows best, like underwear:

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