Tonight, Hulu and 20th Century threw a spirit week party to remember!
Cast and filmmakers from the supernatural teen comedy “Darby and the Dead” were in the Historic Core District downtown for a special screening party at the Los Angeles Theatre Center. The Original film from 20th Century Studios, follows the story of a high school student who moonlights as a spiritual messenger!
In attendance were stars of the film, including Riele Downs, Auli’i Cravalho, Chosen Jacobs, Derek Luke, Asher Angel, Kylie Liya Page, Nicole Maines, and Genneya Walton, as well as director Silas Howard, screenwriter Becca Greene, story writer Wenonah Wilms, producers Adam Saunders and Eddie Rubin, and executive producer Mac Hendrickson.
After suffering a near-death experience as a young girl, Darby Harper (Downs) gains the ability to see dead people. As a result, she becomes introverted and shut off from her high school peers and prefers to spend time counseling lonely spirits who have unfinished business on earth. But all that changes when Capri (Cravalho), the Queen Bee of the school’s most exclusive clique, unexpectedly dies in a freak hair straightening accident, resulting in the obvious cancellation of her upcoming “Sweet 17.” Capri, however, pleads with Darby from the other side to intervene and convince Capri’s friends to proceed with the party as planned. In order to appease the wrath of the undead diva, Darby must emerge from her self-imposed exile and reinvent herself — which along the way, allows her to find new joy back in the land of the living. “Darby and the Dead” stars Riele Downs, Auli’i Cravalho, Chosen Jacobs, Asher Angel, Wayne Knight, with Derek Luke, and Tony Danza, and is directed by Silas Howard. The screenplay is by Becca Greene, based on a story by Wenonah Wilms, and the producers are Adam Saunders and Eddie Rubin, with Michele Weisler and Mac Hendrickson serving as executive producers.
The movie will stream December 2, 2022, exclusively on Hulu in the U.S!