‘Someone Marry Barry’ to Hit Theaters and VOD on Eve of Valentine’s Day

Digital distributor FilmBuff will release Rob Pearlstein’s romantic comedy Someone Marry Barry in theaters and on VOD on Feb. 13, the day before Valentine’s Day.

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Digital distributor FilmBuff will release Rob Pearlstein’s romantic comedy Someone Marry Barry in theaters and on VOD on Feb. 13, the day before Valentine’s Day.

The film follows a trio of childhood friends who scheme to find a wife for their socially awkward pal Barry (played by Tyler Labine) in order to get him off their hands. Their plan backfires when his lady love turns out to be even more blissfully ignorant than him.

“Everyone has that one inappropriate friend,” Pearlstein said in a statement. “And if you don’t, it’s you. I’m looking forward to working with FilmBuff and discovering exactly who on their team is that person.”

In addition to Labine, the film co-stars Lucy Punch (Bad Teacher) and also stars Damon Wayans Jr. and Hayes MacArthur.

VOD release will include iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, Xbox Video and Vudu.

‘Someone Marry Barry’ Gets Theatrical/VOD February 13 Release Date – Stars Tyler Labine

Josephson Entertainment, Madrose Productions, and Straight Up Films announced today that digital entertainment curator FilmBuff will release the hilarious and irreverent romantic comedy Someone Marry Barry in theaters and on VOD on February 13, 2014.

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Josephson Entertainment, Madrose Productions, and Straight Up Films announced today that digital entertainment curator FilmBuff will release the hilarious and irreverent romantic comedy Someone Marry Barry in theaters and on VOD on February 13, 2014.

Written, directed and produced by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rob Pearlstein (“Our Time Is Up”) the film stars Tyler Labine (Tucker and Dale vs Evil), Damon Wayans Jr. (The Other Guys, “Happy Endings”), Lucy Punch (Bad Teacher), Hayes MacArthur (BacheloretteShe’s Out of My League), Thomas Middleditch (The Campaign, “CollegeHumor Originals”), Lauren Miller (For a Good Time, Call…) and Joe LoTruglio (Superbad).

Someone Marry Barry is a raucous comedy following three childhood friends who plot to get rid of their socially inappropriate friend Barry (Labine) by finding him a wife. But when Barry finally meets a woman, she turns out to be even worse than he is, and now the guys have to deal with not one but two “Barrys.”

“Everyone has that one inappropriate friend,” says Rob Pearlstein. “And if you don’t, it’s you. I’m looking forward to working with FilmBuff and discovering exactly who on their team is that person.”

“We are thrilled to be working with Rob on this hilarious and thoroughly original romantic comedy,” says Steven Beckman, FilmBuff’s Head of Content Partnerships. “We fell in love with Barry and Mel and know that audiences will as well.”

FilmBuff will release the film in theaters and across all leading Video On Demand platforms in the U.S. on February 13, 2014, including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Cable Movies On Demand, Google Play, Xbox Video, Sony Playstation, Cinemanow and Vudu.

The film was produced by Barry Josephson (Enchanted), Rob Pearlstein, Marisa Polvino and Kate Cohen (Transcendence) and executive produced by Jeremy Bailer. Creative Artists Agency and Marc H. Simon, who also served as an executive producer, negotiated the deal on behalf of the production with FilmBuff’s Steven Beckman.

Pearlstein also has his original screenplay True North in development at Warner Brothers with Imagine producing and Ed Helms set to star. Pearlstein is represented by Resolution and Ziffren Brittenham.

FilmBuff Acquires U.S. and VOD Rights to Rob Pearlstein’s ‘Someone Marry Barry’

Josephson Entertainment, Madrose Productions, and Straight Up Films announced that digital curator FilmBuff will release the romantic comedy Someone Marry Barry in theaters and on VOD on February 13, 2014.

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Josephson Entertainment, Madrose Productions, and Straight Up Films announced that digital curator FilmBuff will release the romantic comedy Someone Marry Barry in theaters and on VOD on February 13, 2014.

Written, directed and produced by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rob Pearlstein (Our Time Is Up), the film stars Tyler Labine, Damon Wayans Jr., Lucy Punch, Hayes MacArthur Thomas Middleditch, Lauren Miller, and Joe LoTruglio. Equal parts irreverent and charming, Someone Marry Barry follows three childhood friends who plot to pawn off their socially inappropriate friend Barry on a woman. But when Barry finally meets the girl of his dreams, she turns out to be even worse than he is.

"We are thrilled to be working with Rob on this hilarious and thoroughly original romantic comedy,” said Steven Beckman, FilmBuff’s Head of Content Partnerships, in a statement. “We fell in love with Barry and Mel and know that audiences will as well.”

Creative Artists Agency and Marc H. Simon, who also served as an executive producer, negotiated the deal with Beckman on behalf of the filmmakers.