{"id":41721,"date":"2026-03-14T10:52:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T10:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/?p=41721"},"modified":"2026-03-14T10:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T10:52:06","slug":"sony-pictures-classics-sets-july-10-release-for-david-wains-gail-daughtry-and-the-celebrity-sex-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/sony-pictures-classics-sets-july-10-release-for-david-wains-gail-daughtry-and-the-celebrity-sex-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Pictures Classics Sets July 10 Release for David Wain\u2019s Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sony Pictures Classics will release <strong>David Wain\u2019s<\/strong> new comedy <em>Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass<\/em> in theaters nationwide on <strong>July 10, 2026<\/strong>. The film made its world premiere at the <strong>2026 Sundance Film Festival<\/strong>, where it earned strong reviews for its sharp humor, chaotic energy, and Wain\u2019s signature ensemble\u2011driven style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GAIL-DAUGHTRY-AND-THE-CELEBRITY-SEX-PASS-Courtesy-of-SPC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GAIL-DAUGHTRY-AND-THE-CELEBRITY-SEX-PASS-Courtesy-of-SPC-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GAIL-DAUGHTRY-AND-THE-CELEBRITY-SEX-PASS-Courtesy-of-SPC-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GAIL-DAUGHTRY-AND-THE-CELEBRITY-SEX-PASS-Courtesy-of-SPC-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GAIL-DAUGHTRY-AND-THE-CELEBRITY-SEX-PASS-Courtesy-of-SPC-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GAIL-DAUGHTRY-AND-THE-CELEBRITY-SEX-PASS-Courtesy-of-SPC-660x369.png 660w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GAIL-DAUGHTRY-AND-THE-CELEBRITY-SEX-PASS-Courtesy-of-SPC.png 1342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shot entirely on location in Los Angeles, the film follows <strong>Gail Daughtry<\/strong>, a small\u2011town hairdresser happily engaged to her high\u2011school sweetheart, Tom. But when Tom unexpectedly cashes in his \u201ccelebrity pass\u201d at a book signing, Gail\u2019s world implodes. Reeling from the betrayal, she impulsively heads to L.A. with her friend Otto\u2014only to be told by a psychic that the only way to save her marriage is to \u201ceven the scales\u201d with her own celebrity pass: <strong>Jon Hamm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What follows is a star\u2011studded, city\u2011spanning odyssey through Hollywood as Gail and Otto team up with a talent\u2011agency assistant, a paparazzo, and actor <strong>John Slattery<\/strong> in their increasingly unhinged quest to track down Hamm. Along the way, they collide with celebrities, dodge Italian assassins, and plunge deeper into Tinseltown absurdity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cast and Creative Team<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Directed by:<\/strong> David Wain <strong>Written by:<\/strong> David Wain &amp; Ken Marino<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Starring:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Zoey Deutch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jon Hamm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John Slattery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ken Marino<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miles Gutierrez\u2011Riley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ben Wang<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joe Lo Truglio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sabrina Impacciatore \u2026plus a lineup of surprise celebrity cameos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Producers:<\/strong> Anthony Bregman, Peter Cron, Ken Marino, David Wain, Crystine Zhang, Charles Zhong <strong>Executive Producers:<\/strong> Robert Herjavec, Chenchen Dong, Tom Griffin, Amanda Chang, Adrian Politowski, Jamie Canniffe, Franny Baldwin, Zoey Deutch, Jon Hamm, John Slattery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony Pictures Classics will release David Wain\u2019s new comedy Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass in theaters nationwide on July 10, 2026. The film made its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, where it earned strong reviews for its sharp humor, chaotic energy, and Wain\u2019s signature ensemble\u2011driven style. Shot entirely on location\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/sony-pictures-classics-sets-july-10-release-for-david-wains-gail-daughtry-and-the-celebrity-sex-pass\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41723,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41721\/revisions\/41723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}