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Jill Kargman leads and co-writes the film Influenced, in theaters this spring
PEOPLE has the exclusive first trailer for the comedy, based on Kargman’s viral New York City mom character Dzanielle
Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Jason Biggs and more appear in the trailer
Jill Kargman’s Dzanielle is taking her wealthy mom-fluencer lifestyle to the big screen.
The fictional Upper East Side mom that actress-author Kargman, 51, created during the pandemic to poke fun at social media influencers takes center stage in Influenced, out this spring.
As its trailer, shared exclusively with PEOPLE, shows, Kargman and director Rachel Israel pulled in some big names to populate Dzanielle’s posh life.
The character appears to be friends — or at least in proximity — with Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore and more. (Barrymore used to be Kargman’s sister-in-law, married to Kargman’s brother Will Kopelman from 2012 to 2016.)
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“I’m gonna get to a mil if it kills me,” Kargman can be heard saying as Dzanielle, referring to a million social media followers.
The hilarious trailer shows glimpses of Dzanielle’s glamorous online life and kooky offline life. “It’s time to use my platform for good,” she says. “So, I decided to become the Mr. Rogers of East 74th Street.”
Influenced, co-written by Kargman, Carol Hartsell and Sean Crespo, features a supporting cast of comedy pros: Eugene Cordero, Laura Bell Bundy, Nathan Lee Graham, Justin Bartha, Christine Taylor, Jessica Capshaw, Jason Biggs and David Krumholtz.
“Like my show Odd Mom Out, Influenced is set in the Black card–swiping, Ozempic-sharting, workout-addicted Upper East Side,” says Kargman in a statement.
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“In her comedic quest, the momfluencer protagonist Dzanielle is chasing a million followers, but instead wins a happier life, weeding the friendship garden of fake women, making her first real friend and, ultimately, finding herself.”
Following its world premiere at the Miami Jewish Film Festival in January, Influenced is coming soon to theaters this spring.
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