She gets very active and like, could it be funny if I tried this and I'm all like, why not?

Let's give it a shot. I go story first as long as we get that.

I know we've got something. Sometimes I call it the Let's Make Sense version. Guys, we're making sense. Great.

Everyone seems real and then we'll get the the fun version.

I'm Sean Fennesy, editor and chief of the ringer and this is the big picture a conversation show with the most interesting filmmakers in the world.

Today's guest is a man who has a partnership with one of the only sure things in Hollywood.

It's Ben Falcone, the creative co-conspirator and husband of Melissa McCarthy, a movie star who's managed to stay relevant despite an increasingly hectic and diffuse media landscape.

Falcone and McCarthy's new movie, the college campus comedy Life of the Party, is their third collaboration as a writer-director duo.

They've been collaborating for decades, first as members of the groundlings in Chicago, and then in TV shows like Gilmore Girls and movies like Bridesmaids.

You may recognize Falcone as the withholding air marshal who falls from Melissa McCarthy's character in that movie.

Falcone is directed to previous movies starring McCarthy, Tammy and the Boss, and this one has the same hallmarks, high concept setup, slapstick, a quietly stellar cast, and a star who's up for anything.

I talk to Falcone about building these stories from the ground up, working so closely with your life partner, and what it's like to create in the time of superhero movies.

Here's Ben Falcone.

Very delighted to be joined by Ben Falcone today. Ben, thank you for coming in.

Oh, thanks for having me. Ben, this is your third film with your wife, and it's your third film as a director.

That's right. These are all true facts. How are you feeling about it? It's called Life of the Party.

I'm feeling great about it. I really love this movie. You know, I love them all for different reasons, but it's so hopeful.

Melissa is so great and it's so funny. All these young women who are just really great actors and really great people, we became a little family out there.

To get to see them all again, doing the press tour, to get to watch the movie play, and how well they all do.

You can't help but feel proud for all the performers and everything.

I'm really excited about this when I think and hope people really like it.

I'm interested to hear about your journey as a filmmaker specifically.

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