Poolman

Poolman (2024)

Los Angeles has a new hero.

Darren Barrenman, an unwavering optimist and native Angeleno, spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting to make his hometown a better place to live.

Date of release
2024-05-09
TMDB
4.2 / 10 (76)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Mystery, Comedy
Director
Chris Pine

Casting

Interesting facts

Poolman is a 2023 American comedy mystery film directed, produced, co-written by and starring Chris Pine in his directorial debut. It also stars Annette Bening, DeWanda Wise, Stephen Tobolowsky, Clancy Brown, John Ortiz, Ray Wise, Juliet Mills, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Danny DeVito. The film follows Darren Barrenman (Pine), an unwavering optimist and native Angeleno, who spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and campaigning to make his hometown a better place to live.

Production

It was announced in February 2022 that Chris Pine was set to make his directorial debut on the film, which he co-wrote the screenplay for with Ian Gotler. Pine starred in the film alongside Annette Bening and Danny DeVito. Pine came up with the idea for the film during a conversation with director Patty Jenkins, who served as a producer.

Filming began in June 2022 in Los Angeles. The film moved to post-production by November 2022, with the distribution rights being sold by AGC International to Paramount Pictures, StudioCanal, Lionsgate Films and other companies for multiple countries outside the United States. The rights for the UK and Ireland were sold to Signature Entertainment.

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