Natasha Lyonne has set her next feature film. The former Poker Face star will write and direct Bambo, which is set in the ’80s and follows a Brooklyn-born boxing-promoter father as he tries and fails to become the next Don King, and “takes his kid daughter along for the hurly burly ride of tax evasion, cocaine, race cars, lost dreams and heartbreak.”
Lyonne is producing through her Animal Pictures banner with Max Ferguson alongside Craig Mazin for Word Games and Sarah Sarandos. Principal photography is set to begin in the summer of 2026.
Bambo is the second feature film from Lyonne. Earlier this year, Lyonne announced she will be making her feature directorial debut with the AI film Uncanny Valley. Produced by Asteria Film Co., the hybrid AI studio Lyonne co-founded, Uncanny Valley will be set in the world of immersive video games and will blend live-action and game elements while…
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