The new comedy coming soon to HBO Max stars Melissa McCarthy and is directed by her creative partner and husband, Ben Falcone. This is just the latest in a long string of team-ups between the comedy duo. Their most recent outing - with Falcone in the director's seat and McCarthy in the starring role - was 2018's Life of the Party, a movie I genuinely enjoyed and think we need to talk about more often.

With a star-studded cast, including Bobby Cannavale, Brian Tyree Henry, Jean Smart, and James Corden, Superintelligence tells the story of Carol Peters (Melissa McCarthy), to whom nothing extraordinary ever happens. But when she starts getting snarky backtalk from her TV, phone, and microwave, she thinks she's being punked. Or losing her mind. In fact, the world's first superintelligence has selected her for observation, taking over her life...with a bigger, more ominous plan to take over everything. Now Carol is humanity's last chance before this artificial intelligence-with-an-attitude decides to pull the plug.



The trailer for Superintelligence is a charming ride. It's nice to see McCarthy re-team with Bobby Cannavale, who she last worked with on 2015's Spy. And I'd be lying if I said I'm not super curious to know what kind of banter McCarthy and Brian Tyree Henry will get to have in their shared scenes.

Superintelligence premieres on HBO Max on November 26.