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‘The Invite’ screenwriters Rashida Jones & Will McCormack

πŸ“Ί Fresh Air πŸ• July 13, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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The new film, β€˜The Invite,’ directed by Olivia Wilde, offers a portrait of a marriage in middle age, told over the course of one dinner party that spirals out of control. Screenwriters Rashida Jones and Will McCormack have been mining this territory together for decades, while finding the funny inside the painful. β€œWe are never above a laugh,” Jones says. β€œThere’s nothing that’s grave enough for us not to laugh about, because that’s how we release. That’s how we process our pain.” They spoke with Tonya Mosley about their creative process and their other films, β€˜Celeste & Jesse Forever,’ β€˜Quincy,’ and β€˜If Anything Happens I Love You.’ 

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