{"id":161229,"date":"2022-04-12T12:33:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T16:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=161229"},"modified":"2022-04-12T12:40:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T16:40:08","slug":"first-look-trailer-hbo-max-original-comedy-special-marlon-wayans-presents-the-headliners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/first-look-trailer-hbo-max-original-comedy-special-marlon-wayans-presents-the-headliners\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look Trailer: HBO Max Original Comedy Special &#8216;MARLON WAYANS PRESENTS: THE HEADLINERS&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbomax.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Max<\/a> Original stand-up comedy special,\u00a0<strong>MARLON WAYANS PRESENTS: THE HEADLINERS<\/strong>, debuts\u00a0<strong>THURSDAY, APRIL 21\u00a0<\/strong>on HBO Max. Five up-and-coming comics join comedy legend Marlon Wayans for an hour of no-holds-barred stand-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch the HBO Max trailer below!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n\t       <div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <div class=\"mace-youtube\" data-mace-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nPcyeDstbdk?showinfo=0&#038;rel=1&#038;ytp-pause-overlay=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" data-mace-video-thumb=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/nPcyeDstbdk\/hqdefault.jpg\"><div class=\"mace-play-button\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Taped live at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles, this hour-long special feature the comedic stylings of multi-hyphenate legend Marlon Wayans and five up-and-coming stand-ups. Serving as emcee, Wayans shines the spotlight on actor <strong>D.C. Ervin<\/strong>, social media star <strong>Tony Baker<\/strong>, niece and stand-up comic <strong>Chaunt\u00e9 Wayans<\/strong>, writer <strong>Sydney Castillo<\/strong>, and noted \u201ccloser\u201d <strong>Esau McGraw<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With everyone decked out in their Sunday best, MARLON WAYANS PRESENTS: THE HEADLINERS centers on the comedians\u2019 frank takes on fatherhood, fear, dating, disappointment, adult orthodonture, and so much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directed by Troy Miller, MARLON WAYANS PRESENTS: THE HEADLINERS is executive produced by Marlon Wayans, Rick Alvarez, Troy Miller, Steve Harris and Michael Rotenberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MARLON WAYANS PRESENTS: THE HEADLINERS is Wayans second comedy special for HBO Max following the 2021 release of \u201cMarlon Wayans: You Know What It Is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1684276-MO_Marlon-Wayans-Headliners_MO_27x40_COLOR_v1_Tunein_0-1024x341.jpeg\" alt=\"HBO\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-161230\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marlon Wayans<\/strong> is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Wayans began his career portraying a pedestrian in\u00a0<em>I&#8217;m Gonna Git You Sucka<\/em>\u00a0(1988). He went on to regularly collaborate with his brother\u00a0Shawn Wayans\u00a0on\u00a0The WB\u00a0sitcom\u00a0<em>The Wayans Bros.<\/em>\u00a0(1995\u20131999), and in the comedy films\u00a0<em>Scary Movie<\/em>\u00a0(2000),\u00a0<em>Scary Movie 2<\/em>\u00a0(2001),\u00a0<em>White Chicks<\/em>\u00a0(2004),\u00a0<em>Little Man<\/em>\u00a0(2006), and\u00a0<em>Dance Flick<\/em>\u00a0(2009)<em>.<\/em>\u00a0Wayans had a dramatic role in\u00a0Darren Aronofsky&#8217;s critically acclaimed film\u00a0<em>Requiem for a Dream<\/em>\u00a0(2000), which saw his departure from the usual comedies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wayans has appeared in other films including\u00a0<em>Norbit<\/em>\u00a0(2007),\u00a0<em>G.I. 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In 2017, he began starring in his own\u00a0NBC\u00a0sitcom\u00a0<em>Marlon,<\/em>\u00a0which ran for two seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-blackfilm-com-interview-marlon-wayans-on-his-leading-role-in-respect\">Blackfilm.com interview &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2021\/08\/marlon-wayans-on-his-leading-role-in-respect\/\">Marlon Wayans On His Leading Role In \u201cRESPECT\u201d<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Max Original stand-up comedy special,\u00a0MARLON WAYANS PRESENTS: THE HEADLINERS, debuts\u00a0THURSDAY, APRIL 21\u00a0on HBO Max. Five up-and-coming comics join comedy legend Marlon Wayans for an hour of no-holds-barred stand-up. Watch the HBO Max trailer below! Taped live at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles, this hour-long special feature the comedic stylings of multi-hyphenate legend Marlon [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/first-look-trailer-hbo-max-original-comedy-special-marlon-wayans-presents-the-headliners\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":161230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,143,20,23],"tags":[30117,3806,36649,36647,36651,7872,36652,36650,36648],"reaction":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-161229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-read","9":"category-trailers","10":"category-watch","11":"tag-black-film-tv","12":"tag-blackfilm","13":"tag-chaunte-wayans-2","14":"tag-d-c-ervin","15":"tag-esau-mcgraw","16":"tag-marlon-wayans","17":"tag-marlon-wayans-presents-the-headliners","18":"tag-sydney-castillo","19":"tag-tony-baker"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First Look Trailer: HBO Max Original Comedy Special &#039;MARLON WAYANS PRESENTS: THE HEADLINERS&#039; - blackfilm.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Max Original stand-up comedy special,\u00a0MARLON WAYANS PRESENTS: THE HEADLINERS, debuts\u00a0THURSDAY, APRIL 21\u00a0on HBO Max.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/first-look-trailer-hbo-max-original-comedy-special-marlon-wayans-presents-the-headliners\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First Look Trailer: HBO Max Original Comedy Special &#039;MARLON WAYANS PRESENTS: THE HEADLINERS&#039;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Max Original stand-up comedy special,\u00a0MARLON WAYANS PRESENTS: THE HEADLINERS, debuts\u00a0THURSDAY, APRIL 21\u00a0on HBO Max.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/first-look-trailer-hbo-max-original-comedy-special-marlon-wayans-presents-the-headliners\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"blackfilm.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blackfilm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-12T16:33:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-12T16:40:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1684276-MO_Marlon-Wayans-Headliners_MO_27x40_COLOR_v1_Tunein_0.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ellen J. 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