Comic and star Bert Kreischer’s The Machine will snicker its method into theaters on Could 26, the start of the lengthy Memorial Day weekend. Legendary Star Wars actor Mark Hamill co-stars reverse Kreischer.

Sony and Legendary introduced the movie’s launch date on Wednesday. The 2 firms not too long ago introduced a multi-year distribution deal.

The movie is an adaptation of a narrative Kreischer informed onstage about getting concerned with the Russian mob whereas finding out overseas in faculty. The story of Kreischer’s exploits shortly went viral and has been considered greater than 85 million instances, based on Legendary.

Peter Atencio (Key & Peele, Keanu) is directing The Machine from a script by Kevin Biegel and Scotty Landes.

Set 23 years after the unique story which impressed it, The Machine finds Kresischer dealing with familial disaster and the arrival of his estranged father (Hamill) when the ghost of his booze-soaked previous arrives: a murderous mobster (Iva Babić) hellbent on kidnapping Bert again to the motherland to atone for his crimes. Collectively, he and his father should retrace the steps of his youthful self (Jimmy Tatro) within the midst of a warfare between a sociopathic crime household whereas they try to search out frequent floor.

The movie is described as The Hangover meets Midnight Run.

Kreischer will carry out a stay pre-show occasion in Los Angeles on the night of Could 25 at a theater yet-to-be introduced. The pre-show, which will likely be simulcast throughout greater than 1,000 nationwide, will likely be adopted by the primary preview screening of the movie.

Kreischer and Judi Marmel are producing alongside Cale Boyter, Atencio and LeeAnn Kreischer. Jay Ashenfelter and Philip Waley function govt producers.

The movie additionally stars Jimmy Tatro, Robert Maaser, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jessica Gabor, Rita Bernard Shaw, Nikola Đuričko, Oleg Taktarov, Amelie Villers and Mercedes de la Cruz.

Additionally opening on Could 26 are Disney’s The Little Mermaid, a live-action retelling of the enduring animated movie, and Lionsgate comedy My Father, starring Robert De Niro and Kim Catrall.