Tim Robinson in 'Friendship.' A24 Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment A24's Friendship is about to start streaming, and it's supposed to be nuts. After hitting theaters in May, writer-director Andrew DeYoung's black comedy feature is set for its streaming launch Sept. 5 on HBO Max before debuting on HBO linear the next day. The film, which debuted on digital formats a month after its theatrical release, stars Tim Robinson, Kate Mara, Jack Dylan Grazer and Paul Rudd. Friendship centers on Robinson as Craig, a socially awkward marketing executive who seeks out a friendship with his neighbor Austin (Rudd), a charming weatherman. Related Stories TV 'Peacemaker' Is Back for Season 2: Here's Where and When to Watch the DC Comics Series Online TV Dominic West, Sienna Miller to Lead Sky and HBO Legal Thriller 'War' From 'Hijack' Creator George Kay "There's a new Marvel out that's supposed to be nuts," Robinson tells wife Tami (Mara) in a memorable moment from the film. "We should go see that." The movie premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Midnight Madness roster. Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, Nick Weidenfeld and Johnny Holland serve as producers. In his review of Friendship for The Hollywood Reporter, critic Michael Rechtshaffen wrote, "Having successfully built a devoted following as a leading purveyor of cringe comedy with his hit Netflix sketch series, I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson, the show's rubber-faced star/co-creator ups his game with the innocently titled Friendship, a gleefully discomfiting portrait of male bonding that delivers some of the year's biggest laughs." A24 acquired Friendship after it screened at TIFF, and DeYoung previously told THR that he didn't specifically write the project with the studio's sensibility in mind. "I don't quite know the A24 sensibility, but of course, I am a huge fan of theirs," the filmmaker said at the time of the theatrical release. "So I just wrote a movie that would make me and Tim laugh, and I feel like that's enough to bet on." THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Heat Vision 'The Long Walk' First Reactions: "Harrowing, Traumatizing" Film Ranks With Stephen King's Best tonatiuh Nashville Film Festival Books 'Kiss of the Spider Woman,' Colin Hanks' Doc 'John Candy: I Like Me' Nadav Lapid Kino Lorber Takes Nadav Lapid's 'Yes' for North America Riverdale KJ Apa Didn't Want to Be an Actor, But Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way Now marvel New 'Archie' Movie Set at Universal Pictures Sarajevo Film Festival Controversial Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky on Failing at Venice, Getting Banned in Russia, Ordering 70 Tons of Cabbage, and Casting Criminals as Judges Heat Vision 'The Long Walk' First Reactions: "Harrowing, Traumatizing" Film Ranks With Stephen King's Best tonatiuh Nashville Film Festival Books 'Kiss of the Spider Woman,' Colin Hanks' Doc 'John Candy: I Like Me' Nadav Lapid Kino Lorber Takes Nadav Lapid's 'Yes' for North America Riverdale KJ Apa Didn't Want to Be an Actor, But Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way Now marvel New 'Archie' Movie Set at Universal Pictures Sarajevo Film Festival Controversial Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky on Failing at Venice, Getting Banned in Russia, Ordering 70 Tons of Cabbage, and Casting Criminals as Judges