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Podcast: Coming This Summer
Episode: THE MACHINE STORY CONTINUES | Bert Kreischer's The Machine | Full Movie Review | Coming this Summer
Description: We are reviewing The Machine..... a 2023 American action comedy film directed by Peter Atencio inspired by the 2016 stand-up routine of the same name created by Bert Kreischer. The film stars Kreischer as a fictionalized version of himself, with Mark Hamill, Jimmy Tatro, Iva Babić, Stephanie Kurtzuba and Jessica Gabor. Following its viral success, Legendary Entertainment acquired the rights of Kreischer's true story stand-up routine into a feature film adaptation in September 2018. Most of the lead cast members were hired from April to June 2021. Filming began in Serbia in April 2021 through Balkanic Media. The Machine was released in the United S...