Interview With "Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice" Filmmaker BenDavid Grabinski

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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"Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice" is an American science fiction action comedy film written and directed by BenDavid Grabinski and produced by Andrew Lazar and starring Vince Vaughn, James Marsden, Eiza González, Keith David, and Jimmy Tatro. It premiered at the 2026 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, where it received positive reviews for its blending of different genres and dual performance from Vaughn. Grabinski was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about his work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.2	You are listening to The Next Best Picture Podcast, and this is my interview with the director and writer from Mike and Nick and Nick and Alice.
1:07.9	Ben David Grabinski.
1:09.5	Open the glove compartment.
1:29.7	Who's this? It's chloro for. Clear what? You don't know what chloroform is? Should I know what chloroform is? Have you ever seen a movie? Yeah, I've seen many movies. And have you ever seen a movie with chloroform in it? Oh, okay, just listen to me. You're going to ring the doorbell. Somebody's going to answer the door before they can get out a single word.
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