Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday (2022)

Home is where the crazy is.

Comedian and actor Joe Valencia returns home for an Easter celebration with his riotous, bickering, eating, drinking, laughing, loving family, in this love letter to the Filipino-American community.

Date of release
2022-08-04
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (51)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Jay Chandrasekhar

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Vancouver

Easter Sunday is a 2022 American comedy film directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and written by Ken Cheng and Kate Angelo from a story by Cheng. It stars Jo Koy as a struggling actor, comedian, and single father who attends a gathering of his loud and dysfunctional Filipino American family on Easter Sunday. In addition to Koy, the film stars Tia Carrere, Brandon Wardell, Eugene Cordero, Asif Ali, Lydia Gaston, Jimmy O. Yang, and Lou Diamond Phillips.

Production

Easter Sunday from director Jay Chandrasekhar was announced on February 16, 2021, with Jo Koy attached to star. In April, Eva Noblezada and Brandon Wardell joined the cast. In May, Lou Diamond Phillips was cast as a fictionalized version of himself.

Principal photography began on May 3, 2021, in Vancouver. The movie was never filmed in Daly City, California due to strict traffic rules in Daly City in obtaining a film permit. On May 29, Sharon Cuneta revealed that she was originally going to star in the film but had to drop out due to a false positive COVID-19 test; her role was given to Tia Carrere. In July, Universal Pictures confirmed that Jimmy O.

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