Even before they turned up on “Saturday Night Live,” taking over the Digital Shorts duty from the Lonely Island trio—which is still the best element of ‘SNL’ these days—the comedy trio Please Don’t Destroy (Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy) were seemingly destined for greatness. Their viral videos about the COVID-19 pandemic that blew up on Twitter and TikTok were hysterical, and when they landed that coveted ‘SNL’ gig in short order, it felt like a well-deserved no-brainer.

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“Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure Of Foggy Mountain” premieres on Peacock, November 17 this weekend. The feature-length debut effort of the eponymous comedy team Please Don’t Destroy (Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy), the trio who are currently the “Saturday Night Live” Digital Shorts creator, the film is a hilarious absurdist treat. And it is perhaps the most wacky, out-there, and oddball film the movie’s producer, Judd Apatow, has ever produced.

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Three friends search for legendary riches but end up finding much more than they expected in “Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain.” And as the title indicates, the upcoming comedy comes from writers Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, and Ben Marshall, otherwise known for “Please Don’t Destroy” digital shorts on “Saturday Night Live“. The trio joined the late night show in 2021, with their popular shorts usually involved that week’s host and increasingly large budgets.

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Well, this is a big bummer and perhaps an unfortunate sign that Universal has lost faith in the project, at least on the theatrical level. “Please Don’t Destroy,” the new upcoming comedy from the “Saturday Night Live” trio Please Don’t Destroy, produced by Judd Apatow, is no longer going to be released theatrically by Universal. Instead, Variety reports that the film, that the film will debut on Peacock instead later this summer.

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Going back to the 1970s, “Saturday Night Live” has long been a breeding ground and launching pad for comedians transforming into bonafide stars. Sometimes that’s SNL regulars, sometimes its writers turned filmmakers (Adam McKay, for example), and sometimes it’s whole package teams like The Lonely Island crew who write, direct and star in their shorts and films. Taking a page from the Lonely Island gang is their successors, Please Don’t Destroy, a similar absurdist comedy trio that now handles all the digital shorts for SNL.

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