Brendan Fraser to Lead It’s a Wonderful Life Virtual Table Read

You need the moon? Well, Brendan Fraser offers you the moon. And by the moon, we after all imply a desk learn of the vacation traditional It’s a Wonderful Life, led by Fraser himself. That’s proper, Fraser is main The Ed Asner Family Center’s 2022 Virtual Table Read of It’s a Wonderful Life. The occasion will profit the middle and honor Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann, and takes place on December 11, at 5:00 PM PT/8:00 PM ET.

The occasion is occurring in partnership with Turner Classic Movies and Whatnot. This is the third 12 months that The Ed Asner Family Center has come collectively to retell the traditional vacation story of It’s a Wonderful Life with a star-studded digital desk learn. In addition to Fraser, this 12 months’s spectacular forged will embody Seth Rogen, Fred Armisen, JK Simmons, Jean Smart, Ken Jeong, Jim Beaver, Brent Spiner, Phil Lamarr, Chelsea Darnell, Ben Mankiewicz, and extra. The occasion will probably be hosted by Tom Bergeron. And you’ll be able to watch the desk learn for a minimal donation of $29.99. The occasion may also characteristic a music-filled intermission and a silent public sale.

Of the occasion, Matt Asner, son of Ed Asner and Co-Founder of The Ed Asner Family Center mentioned, “I’m amazed and deeply grateful that this unimaginable group of actors have volunteered their time and expertise to assist The Ed Asner Family Center, a trigger close to and expensive to my dad’s coronary heart. He can be so very proud.” He continued, “I wish to thank this 12 months’s honorees, Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann, for his or her beneficiant dedication and dedication to the autism group. In addition, my heartfelt because of Turner Classic Movies and Whatnot for partnering with us this 12 months and serving to to make this very particular occasion an enormous success.”

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The Ed Asner Family Center is a useful resource devoted to enriching the lives of particular wants people and their households. The Center is a nonprofit and was co-founded by Navah Paskowitz-Asner and Matt Asner. You can study extra concerning the heart on their web site.

The digital desk learn will happen on December 11, at 5:00 PM PT/8:00 PM ET. Additionally, it is possible for you to to observe the movie in theaters nationwide on December 18 and December 21, as part of TCM’s Big Screen Classics Series. You can study extra concerning the screenings right here.