Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers longtime friends, comedy partners and co-hosts of the hit queer podcast Las Culturistas are officially reteaming for a new feature film at Searchlight Pictures. The duo, who charmed audiences with their roles in the modern queer rom-com Fire Island, will write and star in the untitled comedy, marking another major milestone for two of LGBTQ+ comedys most influential voices.The film is inspired by an episode of the popular Search Engine podcast titled Why Didnt Chris and Dan Get Into Berghain?, which chronicles two Americans increasingly desperate attempts to enter the notoriously exclusive Berlin nightclub. The Searchlight adaptation follows a similar premise, sending Yang and Rogers characters across the Atlantic on a chaotic mission to breach Berghains infamously selective door, known globally as one of nightlifes toughest thresholds.The project brings together an impressive roster of queer and queer-adjacent creatives. Olivia Gerke and Oly Obst will produce for 3 Arts Entertainment, while Search Engine co-creators PJ Vogt and Sruthi Pinnamaneni are set to serve as co-producers. Searchlight executives Richard Ruiz and Daniel Yu are overseeing the film on behalf of the studio. UTA, which represents Yang, Rogers, Vogt and Pinnamaneni, brokered the deal.The announcement caps off a standout year for Yang and Rogers, a year that has highlighted the ways their partnership continues to shape contemporary queer comedy. The pair were recently featured on Varietys 2025 Comedy Impact Report, a recognition rooted in the cultural reach of Las Culturistas. Since launching the podcast in 2016 as NYU graduates, Yang and Rogers have welcomed A-list guests including Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Lady Gaga. The show was named Podcast of the Year at the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards in both 2023 and 2025.Their annual Las Culturistas Culture Awards, an irreverent, hyper-gay celebration of pop culture, made its televised debut this past August on Bravo and Peacock. The spectacle will return in 2026, further expanding the duos growing multimedia universe.For Yang, the Searchlight film joins an already stacked slate. The five-time Emmy nominee remains a standout on Saturday Night Live, where he is now seven seasons into defining some of the shows most memorable characters. He also stars in the blockbuster musical film Wicked: For Good, reprising his role as Pfanee, and will next lend his voice to Warner Bros. Animations upcoming adaptation of The Cat in the Hat.Rogers has been equally busy. He is currently touring his beloved holiday show Christmas in December, and his recent screen work includes Aziz Ansaris Good Fortune, Showtimes I Love That For You, Apple TV+s Palm Royale and the Netflix series No Good Deed. Behind the camera, he has written for fan-favorite queer and queer-adjacent comedies such as The Other Two and Netflixs animated LGBTQ+ spy series Q-Force.The new movie will mark Yang and Rogers first return to a Searchlight feature since 2022s Fire Island, their critically acclaimed collaboration with writer-star Joel Kim Booster and director Andrew Ahn. That film, which reimagined Pride and Prejudice through a queer Asian American lens, became an instant touchstone in LGBTQ+ cinema.With their comedic chemistry, shared cultural fluency and a premise rooted in queer nightlife lore, Yang and Rogers latest project is poised to deliver the kind of sharp, chaotic and deeply specific humor fans have come to love. And if Berghains reputation holds true, the door drama alone could be worth the price of admission.Source