'Serious People' Courtesy of Serious People 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 Tribeca Films, Tribeca Enterprises and Giant Pictures' distribution label, has acquired the experimental indie comedy Serious People and will release the film from Pasqual Gutierrez and Ben Mullinkosson, which first premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, later this year. Serious People follows expectant father and successful music video director Pasqual (Gutierrez) who hires a look-alike to work in his place when he gets the opportunity for the job of a lifetime. "Serious People was first and foremost a labor of love shared amongst lifelong friends, and for Ben and me, it was something we had talked about since we were post-grad roommates," Gutierrez, who wrote and co-directed the film with Mullinkosson, said in a statement. "It is the kind of filmmaking you dream about when you're a kid." Related Stories Movies His Lauded Movie Sat on the Shelf for Years. Now He Can't Imagine Directing Another One Movies Tribeca Festival Lisboa 2025 Sets 'Bugonia,' 'Nuremberg' Screenings Tribeca Enterprises co-founder and CEO Jane Rosenthal added, "Serious People embodies the inventive, fearless spirit of independent filmmaking that Tribeca Films was built to champion. Pasqual and Ben's collaboration reflects the creativity, humor and heart that make audiences fall in love with indie film - and it's a perfect finale to a year that celebrates bold voices and new perspectives." The film, partially based on true events, also stars Gutierrez's real-life partner Christine Yuan, his directing partner RJ Sanchez and Miguel Huerta. The film is produced by Ryan Hahn for HPLA, Laurel Thomson for Long Holiday and Teddy Lee. Executive producers include Jerad Anderson and Natasha Atalla Seubert for Florence and Christine D'Souza Gelb and Julia Nelson for 2AM, who brokered the sale of the film. Serious People will hit theaters on Nov. 14 through independent artist-driven production and distribution company Memory, followed by a Dec. 16 digital release via Tribeca Films. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Sundance Film Festival Sundance Officials Reveal First Wave of Screenings, Events and Robert Redford Tributes for 2026 Fest Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Sets Rebels With a Cause, Critics' Picks Competitions Shudder The Horror Collective Launches Genre Streamer BloodStream (Exclusive) Naples International Film Festival 'Group - The Schopenhauer Project' Takes Us Inside a Therapy Group (Trailer) international 'Dry Leaf' Director on Shooting on an Old Phone, Those Invisible Characters, and His Film Inspired by a Pet Shop Boys Album Letitia Wright Letitia Wright, Aneil Karia to Receive HollyShorts London Honors Sundance Film Festival Sundance Officials Reveal First Wave of Screenings, Events and Robert Redford Tributes for 2026 Fest Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Sets Rebels With a Cause, Critics' Picks Competitions Shudder The Horror Collective Launches Genre Streamer BloodStream (Exclusive) Naples International Film Festival 'Group - The Schopenhauer Project' Takes Us Inside a Therapy Group (Trailer) international 'Dry Leaf' Director on Shooting on an Old Phone, Those Invisible Characters, and His Film Inspired by a Pet Shop Boys Album Letitia Wright Letitia Wright, Aneil Karia to Receive HollyShorts London Honors