A new update on a high profile comedy project featuring a Marvel actor and a Ghostbusters star has shifted attention to its release rollout. The latest report details when audiences may learn more as the film progresses through development. Interest continues to build as the project moves forward at Amazon MGM Studios. Compulsive Liar starring Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon finds studio Amazon MGM Studios has acquired Compulsive Liar, a comedy project from Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, according to Deadline. The studio confirmed that Nanjiani is attached to star and that 21 Laps and Gaumont will produce. The package follows the pair’s previous work on The Big Sick, which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Gordon and Nanjiani will serve as executive producers alongside Holly Brown for Gaumont and Émile Gaudreault. Compulsive Liar adapts the Quebec comedy Menteur, written by Émile Gaudreault, Éric K. Boulianne, and Sébastien Ravary and directed by Gaudreault. The original film follows Simon, a habitual liar whose family and coworkers stage an intervention. When he rejects them, he wakes up to find that every lie he has told has become real. Emily Feher is overseeing the adaptation for 21 Laps. Shawn Levy and Dan Levine produce for 21 Laps, and Nicolas Atlan and Sidonie Dumas produce for Gaumont. In 2024, Gordon launched the production company Winter Coat with Nanjiani and signed a first look deal with Sony Television. Nanjiani and Gordon earned an Academy Award nomination for The Big Sick, which starred Kumail Nanjiani, Holly Hunter, Zoe Kazan, and Ray Romano. The film won Best First Screenplay at the Film Independent Spirit Awards and Best Comedy at the Critics Choice Awards and received multiple major guild and industry nominations. It also appeared on the American Film Institute Top 10 Movies of the Year list. Nanjiani recently announced his new stand up special Night Thoughts, set to debut on Hulu on December 19. His television credits include Only Murders in the Building, Poker Face, Welcome to Chippendales, Obi Wan, Little America, Silicon Valley, Very Young Frankenstein, and Fallout season two. His upcoming films include Ella McCay, Driver’s Ed, and The Breadwinner.
https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/2065127-compulsive-liar-kumail-nanjiani-emily-v-gordon-comedy-movie
Tag: intervention
Mother trusts her gut, makes hasty exit after stranger aggressively tries to give her $5 for her baby and won’t take no for an answer
Parents often have an almost supernatural instinct when it comes to sensing whether something’s off. Call it divine intervention or over-protectiveness, whatever it may be, it’s always better to be safe than sorry—especially when it comes to your own children. One mother on TikTok recently experienced this firsthand.
Jane Williamson was able to record part of a bizarre and frightening encounter from the relative safety of her car. In the video, she can be heard telling her children to “get buckled right now” while frantically yelling “no” at someone outside the window. In the moments afterward, she explains the strange situation, trying to rationalize her response despite the fact that, on the surface, it seemed like an innocent enough interaction.
Jane shares that she had been at the grocery store and was putting her kids in the car when an older woman in a red vehicle approached her. The woman told Jane that she had seen her baby and then proceeded to hold out a five-dollar bill, saying it was “money for your baby.” Naturally, Jane refused to take the money, but the woman was insistent.
The stranger claimed it was bad luck not to accept the money and kept trying to pass her the note. Jane continued to refuse. She also notes that the woman was about 10 feet away from the car, which meant Jane would have had to get out of the vehicle and leave her children unattended to take the money.
Despite Jane’s refusal, the woman lingered nearby, waving the money persistently. Thankfully, Jane and her children were able to safely leave the situation.
Not knowing the woman’s true intentions, Jane turned to the TikTok community for insight, wondering if it could have been some sort of scam. She commented, “there’s no way that was gonna pan out to be a good thing.”
Viewers were unsure what the stranger’s endgame might have been, but most agreed that her insistence and apparent aggression suggested something was off. One user speculated it could have been a scam involving a tracker stuck to the bill, although that seemed far-fetched. Another suggested the money might have been laced with drugs—again, unlikely. A few commenters thought it might have been just an old tradition where people give money to newborns, implying Jane had nothing to worry about.
Whatever the case, it’s probably for the best that Jane trusted her instincts. The worst-case scenario was being a little rude to someone who was genuinely trying to be kind. On the other hand, she may have avoided a potentially dangerous situation for herself and her children.
This encounter is a powerful reminder that a mother’s instinct to protect her kids is always worth listening to. When something feels wrong, it’s better to err on the side of caution—because sometimes, it just might save lives.
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GOP Senator Breaks With Trump Over Plan To Import Argentine Beef
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, has expressed “deep concerns” over the Trump administration’s plan to import Argentine beef in an effort to bring prices down in the U.S. This proposal has sparked an angry backlash from American ranchers.
“Since hearing the president’s comments suggesting the U.S. would buy beef from Argentina, I’ve been in touch with his administration and my colleagues to seek clarity and express my deep concerns,” Fischer wrote Tuesday in a social media post.
“Bottom line: if the goal is addressing beef prices at the grocery store, this isn’t the way,” she argued. “Right now, government intervention in the beef market will hurt our cattle ranchers.”
Fischer emphasized that the U.S. has “safe, reliable beef” and warned that “Nebraska’s ranchers cannot afford to have the rug pulled out from under them when they’re just getting ahead or simply breaking even.”
The plan to import Argentine beef was floated by Trump on Monday, just days after his administration announced plans to arrange a $20 billion currency swap with Argentina. The swap aims to prop up the peso and help embattled Argentine President Javier Milei ahead of a critical midterm election scheduled for October 26.
https://crooksandliars.com/2025/10/republican-senator-breaks-trump-over-plan