Take an inside-look at the making of THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND featuring behind-the-scenes footage and commentary from Pete Davidson and Judd Apatow!
Over his storied career, Judd Apatow has elevated a series of promising young comedy talents to their first major big-screen performance, including Steve Carell, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Jason Segel, Kristen Wiig, Amy Schumer and Kumail Nanjiani.
This summer, Apatow directs Saturday Night Live breakout Pete Davidson in a bracing comedy about love, loss and laughter on Staten Island.
Scott (Davidson) has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He’s now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister (Maude Apatow, HBO’s Euphoria) heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother (Oscar® winner Marisa Tomei) and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys—Oscar (Ricky Velez, Master of None), Igor (Moises Arias, Five Feet Apart) and Richie (Lou Wilson, TV’s The Guest Book)—and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey (Bel Powley, Apple TV+’s The Morning Show).
But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray (Bill Burr, Netflix’s F Is for Family), it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life.
The film also stars Steve Buscemi as Papa, a veteran firefighter who takes Scott under his wing, and Pamela Adlon (FX’s Better Things) as Ray’s ex-wife, Gina.
The King of Staten Island is directed by Apatow (Trainwreck, Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) from a script by Apatow, Davidson and former SNL writer Dave Sirus. It is produced by Apatow for his Apatow Productions alongside Barry Mendel. Together, the duo shared producing credits on the Academy Award®-nominated films The Big Sick and Bridesmaids, as well as This Is 40, Trainwreck and Funny People. The film’s executive producers are Pete Davidson, Michael Bederman and Judah Miller. [Universal Pictures]
(from left) Pete Davidson (Scott Carlin/executive producer/co-writer), Judah Miller (executive producer), Dave Sirus (co-writer/co-producer), Judd Apatow (director/producer/co-writer), Ricky Velez (Oscar/co-producer) and Robert Elswit (director of photography) on the set of The King of Staten Island.
(from left) Margie Carlin (Marisa Tomei) and Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson) in The King of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow.
(from left) Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson) and Claire Carlin (Maude Apatow) in The King of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow.
(from left) Igor (Moises Arias), Oscar (Ricky Velez) and Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson) in The King of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow.
(from left) Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson) and Margie Carlin (Marisa Tomei) in The King of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow.
Pete Davidson as Scott Carlin in The King of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow.
(from left) Ray Bishop (Bill Burr) and Margie Carlin (Marisa Tomei) in The King of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow.
Pete Davidson as Scott Carlin in The King of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow.
(from left) Claire Carlin (Maude Apatow) and Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson) in The King of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow.
(from left) Kelsey (Bel Powley) and Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson) in The King of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow.
(from left) Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson) and Ray Bishop (Bill Burr) in The King of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow.
(from left) Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson) and Papa (Steve Buscemi) in The King of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow.
Marisa Tomei as Margie Carlin in The King of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow.
(clockwise, from center front) Papa (Steve Buscemi, back to camera), firefighter Jaylen Patterson (Giselle King), captain Palazzo (John Sorrentino), Ray Bishop (Bill Burr), Margie Carlin (Marisa Tomei) and firefighter Lockwood (Domenick Lombardozzi) in The King of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow.
(from left) Pete Davidson and director Judd Apatow with crew members on the set of The King of Staten Island.
(from left) Director Judd Apatow with Marisa Tomei on the set of The King of Staten Island.
(from left) Pete Davidson and director Judd Apatow with crew members on the set of The King of Staten Island.
(from left) Kelly (Alexis Rae Forlenza), Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson) and Harold (Luke David Blumm) in The King of Staten Island, directed by Judd Apatow.
