Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers Collaborating on New Comedy Film for Searchlight Pictures

Bowen Yang, known for Wicked: For Good, and Matt Rogers, recognized from No Good Deed, are teaming up to co-write and co-star in an upcoming comedy for Searchlight Pictures. The project draws inspiration from a multi-part episode of the Search Engine podcast titled Why didnt Chris and Dan get into Berghain?, which follows two Americans traveling across the ocean in an attempt to enter the worlds most exclusive nightclub.

This collaboration marks a reunion for Yang and Rogers with Searchlight, following their lead roles in the 2022 queer rom-com Fire Island, directed by Andrew Ahn and released directly on Hulu. Production will be handled by Olivia Gerke and Oly Obst for 3 Arts Entertainment, with PJ Vogt and Sruthi Pinnamaneni serving as co-producers. The project is overseen by VP of Production Richard Ruiz and Creative Executive Daniel Yu, reporting to Searchlight Pictures Co-Heads of Film Production & Development, DanTram Nguyen and Katie Goodson-Thomas.

Yang and Rogers are well-known for their podcast Las Culturistas, which has been awarded Podcast of the Year at the iHeart Radio Podcast Awards in both 2023 and 2025. Time magazine also recognized it as one of the 100 Best Podcasts of All Time. The duo recently hosted the televised edition of the Las Culturistas Culture Awards on Bravo, with the show set to return next year on Peacock.

Yang, a five-time Emmy nominee, continues to appear on Saturday Night Live and reprises his role as Pfannee in Wicked: For Good. He is also set to voice a character opposite Bill Hader in Warner Bros. upcoming animated adaptation of The Cat in the Hat. Rogers has recently appeared alongside Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano in Netflixs dark comedy series No Good Deed and in Aziz Ansaris Good Fortune. He also stars in the new season of the Kristen Wiig series Palm Royale, which premiered on Apple TV in November.

Representation for Yang and Rogers is provided by UTA, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Schreck Rose Dapello, while Vogt and Pinnamaneni are represented by UTA and Jackoway Austen. The deal for this new project was negotiated by UTA.

Author: Logan Reeves