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New York Post
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Mena Suvari on if she'd star in another 'American Pie' movie
She's hungry for another slice. Mena Suvari says she's down for a fifth helping of 'American Pie' — telling The Post she'd 'love to' return for another installment of the popular sex-comedy franchise. 'I know that people have been talking about it. I feel like audiences would really appreciate it. I've seen videos that fans have put together as a trailer for it. There's like all kinds of stuff out there,' she said. Advertisement 'I haven't heard anything official, but I'd love to be a part of it.' Suvari, 46, who was signed by the prestigious Wilhelmina modeling agency at 12, landed her breakout role in the series' debut movie — which sparked three more that grossed a total of nearly $1 billion at the box office. 4 Mena Suvari, pictured here with Chris Klein, who plays her love interest in the 'American Pie' franchise, said she would want their characters to stay together. ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection Advertisement After 'American Pie' kicked off in 1999, the Newport, RI native shot to fame, becoming a household name for her portrayal of Heather, a fresh-faced high school choir singer who catches the eye of Oz, played by Chris Klein, a jock on the lacrosse team. Suvari said if there were to be a fifth movie, she'd want them to still be together. 'I think it would be wonderful to still have a relationship with Oz and maybe they have some sort of future together or family,' she said of the characters, who reunite at their high school reunion in 2012's 'American Reunion,' the last film of the franchise. 4 'I've always said that 'American Pie' gave me my high school experience,' Suvari told The Post. ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection Advertisement Suvari, who graduated from Providence High School in Burbank, CA, said her high school experience was 'very, very different' than her on-screen one. 'I was sort of like in survival mode for the most part,' she said. 'I've always said that 'American Pie' gave me my high school experience because I didn't have a boyfriend like that or go to prom or have a loving relationship. It was sort of just do the work, I was ready to graduate, that type of thing.' 4 Suvari, who was signed by Wilhelmina modeling agency at age 12, landed her breakout role in 'American Pie,' which debuted in 1999. Getty Images Advertisement The actress reunited with her 'American Pie' co-stars Jason Biggs and Alyson Hannigan to film a segment for Biggs and his wife Jenny Mollen's 'Dinner and Movie' series on TBS which will air next month — and she even brought some movie memorabilia she had unearthed during a move. 'I found an 'American Pie' script … I had written down the address [on it] for I think it was the rehearsal,' she said. 'And what's my favorite about that is that I had drawn out like the crossing of the streets because back in the day we didn't have Nav [navigation app] … I had even draw out like what streets it was on and where to turn. So it was really cool.' 4 In the new film 'Ick,' the actress plays a teenaged version of herself, alongside her co-star Brandon Routh. Fathom Entertainment Her new film, 'Ick,' a sci-fi horror comedy, out nationwide on Sunday, is also based in high school — and at the start of the movie, she appears as the teen version of herself alongside her co-star Brandon Routh. 'It definitely was surreal. I don't think I ever would have thought that I'd be doing something like that in my career,' said Suvari, who shares a 4-year-old son with her husband Michael Hope, a set designer she met on the 2016 Hallmark movie 'I'll Be Home for Christmas.' 'Being a mom in my 40s and putting on a cheerleading uniform again was just something I didn't think I'd been doing.'
Geek Tyrant
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Trailer for Director Joseph Kahn's Horror Comedy ICK with Brandon Routh and Mena Suvari — GeekTyrant
Fathom has released a trailer for an upcoming horror comedy titled Ick , and new film from music video director Joseph Kahn, who also directed the films Torque , Detention , and Bodied . In the film, 'For almost two decades, a viscous vine-like growth known colloquially as 'The Ick' has benignly crept into every nook & cranny of life while the residents of small town Eastbrook remain blasé about its existence. 'The exceptions are former high school football star-turned-hapless science teacher Hank (Brandon Routh) and his sardonically perceptive student Grace (Malina Weissman) who are thrown together by Grace's mom's (Mena Suvari) closely-guarded secret and a mutual suspicion that the Ick is about to unleash some monstrous mayhem.' The movie is described as "A wild ride driven by a power punk spirit, Ick is a dizzyingly fun & hilariously grotesque homage to throwback PG horror flicks, as well as an ode to Millennial nostalgia manifested in soundtrack needle drops by American Rejects, Paramore, and Blink 182." The movie looks like it might have some fun and entertaining moments. The movie will hit theaters on July 24th, and again starting from July 27th-29th, 2025.
Gizmodo
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Festival-Standout Creature Feature ‘Ick' Is Getting a Limited Theatrical Run
Brandon Routh, Mena Suvari, Malina Weissman, and loads of pop-punk songs star in Joseph Kahn's horror comedy. Regular moviegoers are well familiar with Fathom Entertainment, the company behind nostalgic returns of fan-favorite films to the big screen (including Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade later this month). But it also showcases new films from time to time, including a recent festival standout that audiences might not have gotten to see at the theater otherwise. It's a horror comedy titled Ick that was well-received at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival as well as the 2024 Fantastic Fest (where io9 saw and liked it). Ick is directed by Joseph Kahn, noted for his extensive resume of stylish music videos as well as previous features like Torque and Bodied. Appropriately, one of Ick's standout qualities is its soundtrack, which is stuffed with pop-punk sing-alongs from early 2000s bands (Blink-182, Paramore, etc.)—important nostalgia fodder for the main character, played by Brandon Routh, a high school teacher who's still longing for his decades-old glory days on the same high school's football field. And, of course, since this is a horror movie, the town where said high school is located has a problem described by the movie title: a mysterious and dangerous icky substance that seems to be growing in power. Check out the trailer: The cast of Ick also includes Mena Suvari as the Routh character's former flame, and Malina Weissman as her teenage daughter. Though it's only getting a three-day release, that Ick is getting a chance to stretch out on a theatrical screen at all is encouraging news for other smaller, non-franchise horror films. Hopefully this is the start of a trend that will expand audiences for more future cult classics to come. You can catch Ick in theaters in New York and Los Angeles starting July 24; then, it'll get a nationwide engagement July 27-29. You can sign up to learn when tickets go on sale at Fathom Entertainment's website.
