# Anna Kendrick in seven movies this year **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 9, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423 "2016-03-09T16:59:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/1 "2016-03-09T16:59:49Z")
Ever notice how an actor can become popular and suddenly they’re appearing everywhere? I was trying to remember the name of an upcoming movie I had seen a trailer for. I remembered it had Anna Kendrick in it. So I checked IMDB. Kendrick has seven movies that are being released in 2016: The Accountant, Get a Job, The Hollars, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Mr. Right, Table 19, and Trolls. And these aren’t cameos; she’s one of the lead characters in all seven. Is this a new record? If so, Kendrick might be breaking her own record; she was in six movies that were released in 2014. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/2 "2016-03-09T17:06:49Z")
I would guess that bigger name actors and actresses get approached for many many roles. At some point, they may decide they just want to work and take a slug of them at a time. I’m thinking Liam Neeson after his wife passed and Nicholas Cage after his cash flow problems. It may also be that they had movies in the can that were not previously released for some reason and due to their rising popularity studios put out the movie to cash in on the rise. One of Kendrick’s films you have listed, Get a Job, was actually filmed in 2012 and is only now being released. And I’m not complaining at all about Kendrick. She can make movies about telemarketing and I’d watch because…reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/3 "2016-03-09T17:09:58Z")
I agree with those ‘reasons’. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/4 "2016-03-09T18:02:57Z")
Actresses in particular probably feel a lot of pressure to make hay while the sun shines, since their shelf life in Hollywood is typically so short. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/5 "2016-03-09T18:17:33Z")
Also, bear in mind that a lot of the movies she has coming out are the type that did not require a huge time commitment on her part. \*\*Trolls \*\*was voice-work so the work probably happened in 2014 or 15 to get a 2016 release on an animated film and the recording probably lasted a week or less if it was a major role and did not require many changes after the initial sessions. If it is a smaller role, she could have ben done in a day or two. All told, since **Trolls** and \*\*Get A Job \*\*did not happen recently, you are looking at maybe 6 months worth of filming and rehearsal times for all of it. Good work if you can get it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/6 "2016-03-09T18:20:16Z")
Eric Roberts scoffs at her laziness. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/7 "2016-03-09T19:24:59Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Ever notice how an actor can become popular and suddenly they’re appearing everywhere? > > I was trying to remember the name of an upcoming movie I had seen a trailer for. I remembered it had Anna Kendrick in it. So I checked IMDB. > > Kendrick has seven movies that are being released in 2016: The Accountant, Get a Job, The Hollars, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Mr. Right, Table 19, and Trolls. And these aren’t cameos; she’s one of the lead characters in all seven. > > Is this a new record? If so, Kendrick might be breaking her own record; she was in six movies that were released in 2014. Doesn’t she also have like three Pitch Perfects coming out this year? Zac Efron and Aubrey Plaza are also both in like 4 movies this year (including Mike and Dave which actually looks really funny). > [@Bone](#): > > And I’m not complaining at all about Kendrick. She can make movies about telemarketing and I’d watch because…reasons. So basically “Up in the Air”. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/8 "2016-03-09T20:13:08Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Eric Roberts scoffs at her laziness. 2016 Black Wake (post-production) Dr. Frank 2016/II Bleach (filming) Matthew 2016 Devil Dogs (Short) (completed) Col. Armstrong 2016/I Father (post-production) Dr. Eric Owens 2016 Hometown Hero (post-production) Gunnar Hansen 2016 Oiled Up (Short) (post-production) Loan Shark 2016 Santa’s Boot Camp (completed) Mall Santa 2016 School’s Out (completed) Eric Roberts 2016 Six Matches (Short) (post-production) Fischer 2016 Taco Shop (completed) Old School Eddie 2016 The Sector (completed) Senator Allen 2016 The Wind Walker (post-production) Mr. Jacobsen 2016 Victory by Submission (post-production) Leon ‘The Neon’ Harris 2016 You’re Gonna Miss Me (post-production) Lawrence Graves 2016 Inferno by Dante (post-production) Dante (voice) 2016 The Private Eye (pre-production) Edmond 2016 Past Due (pre-production) Ray Weaver 2016/II Snare (post-production) Vito 2016 Unbridled (post-production) Roger Donigal 2016 Days of Power (completed) Nick 2016 The Beautiful Ones (post-production) Carl 2016 The Downside of Bliss (post-production) Benny 2016 The Rally-LA (completed) Santiago 2016 Compadres (post-production) Dalton 2016 Lux in Tenebris (completed) Pokerboss Dean Deus 2016 But Deliver Us from Evil (completed) Leigh Warring 2016/I Actors Anonymous (post-production) Sonny 2016 EuroClub (post-production) Uncle Nicky 2016 Euro Kings (post-production) Uncle Nicky 2016 In This Our Youth (post-production) Jack 2016 Maximum Impact (post-production) Secretary of State Robert Jacobs 2016 Osprey (post-production) Apollos 2016 Running with Fear (post-production) Dr. Mattson 2016 The Best Thanksgiving Ever (completed) Rod 2016 The Legacy of Avril Kyte (announced) Ben 2016/II The Summoning (post-production) Chief Lubbock 2016 Wild Things in Europe 3D (announced) Detective Novak Apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/9 "2016-03-09T20:59:25Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > So basically “Up in the Air”. I quite enjoyed Up in the Air - caught it on video at some point. How bad is it if after I watched that, I went back and watched some of the Twilight movies because Kendrick was in them? Hypothetically. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/10 "2016-03-09T22:31:25Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Actresses in particular probably feel a lot of pressure to make hay while the sun shines, since their shelf life in Hollywood is typically so short. That’s probably the biggest reason. Kendrick is 30 so she still has a couple of years left to bank in on lighthearted romantic comedies. Male actors can pace their careers a lot better and not risk audience fatigue. Kendrick is now an internet darling and there’s always an inevitable backlash when their real personality doesn’t quite match up with what the masses imagined it to be. [Something that’s happening to Jennifer Lawrence right now.](http://www.thewrap.com/jennifer-lawrence-catches-backlash-for-scolding-reporter-at-golden-globes/) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/11 "2016-03-09T22:36:40Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > [Something that’s happening to Jennifer Lawrence right now.](http://www.thewrap.com/jennifer-lawrence-catches-backlash-for-scolding-reporter-at-golden-globes/) Wow, some unnamed twitter users said things. That’s pretty damning. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/12 "2016-03-09T22:43:48Z")
Well, this is something that grows slowly. There’s always going to be more slips of the tongue or disappointing fan encounters on a bad day that gets blown up on social media. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/13 "2016-03-10T00:31:33Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Kendrick is 30 so she still has a couple of years left to bank in on lighthearted romantic comedies. Either she still looks really young or I am getting really old. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/14 "2016-03-10T00:36:09Z")
Why not both? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/15 "2016-03-10T00:58:19Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Wow, some unnamed twitter users said things. That’s pretty damning. My heart breaks a little every time I see a story that’s essentially a collection of tweets by absolute nobodies. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/16 "2016-03-10T01:02:00Z")
Pfft, check out Jessica Chastain. She did 7 in 2011, and has 6 this year. The other years aren’t slacking either. > **[Jessica Chastain - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1567113/)** > > Jessica Chastain. Actress: Zero Dark Thirty. Jessica Michelle Chastain was born in Sacramento, California, and was raised in a middle-class household in a Northern California suburb. Her mother, Jerri Chastain, is a vegan chef whose family is... ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/17 "2016-03-12T18:39:23Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Wow, some unnamed twitter users said things. That’s pretty damning. This was a huge deal in the JLaw fandom. Twitter is where they congregate. The idea that Twitter is no big deal is really old. Every single time I see JLaw mentioned no Reddit (who absolutely worshipped her), I now see people calling her a racist over this. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/18 "2016-03-13T08:53:00Z")
So, she’s this year’s Jude Law (from that year of the Chris Rock Oscars joke about how when no one could cast their first choice they settled for Jude Law)? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/19 "2016-03-13T13:12:11Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > The idea that Twitter is no big deal is really old. Timeless, one might say. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423/20 "2016-03-13T16:01:12Z")
Only time twitter has a point is when some nobody is tweeting about the tanks rolling down their street. Some nobody hating a celebrity? Are there any celebrities who don’t get hate tweets? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-kendrick-in-seven-movies-this-year/748423.md?page=2)