Is This Thing On? is a comedy-drama film directed by Bradley Cooper, partly based on the life of a British comic. Find out about the release date, cast, plot, and more.

Bradley Cooper and Will Arnett in Is This Thing On, based on the life of comedian John Bishop - Jason McDonald/Searchlight Pictures Will Arnett is that man. He plays Alex Novak, the fictionalised ...

Hollywood actor Bradley Cooper has said his new film about a man who seeks purpose in the New York comedy scene was “directly” influenced by British humour. Is This Thing On?, which is part-based on ...

The film follows a father named Alex who turns to stand-up comedy as a form of free therapy as his marriage breaks down ...

Instead, Cooper, Arnett and British screenwriter Mark Chappell make up the co-writing, and for the first two of them at least ...

British comedian John Bishop became the inspiration for the new film Is This Thing On, directed by Bradley Cooper, after sharing his life story with a film producer at a nightclub in London. Film ...

John Bishop is an English comedian who won the Best Male Comedy Breakthrough Artist title at the British Comedy Awards in 2010. But what led a professional medical representative to become a comedian?

Did you hear the one about the woman who walked into a club and heard a joke about her estranged husband keeping her severed head in the fridge? It was 2001, the woman was Melanie Bishop, and the club ...