{"id":252449,"date":"2026-07-18T03:50:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T03:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/reverse-nepotism-curry-barkers-dad-to-make-a-short-film-starring-dane-cook\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T03:50:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T03:50:29","slug":"reverse-nepotism-curry-barkers-dad-to-make-a-short-film-starring-dane-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/reverse-nepotism-curry-barkers-dad-to-make-a-short-film-starring-dane-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"Reverse nepotism? Curry Barker’s dad to make a short film starring Dane Cook"},"content":{"rendered":"


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‘Obsession’ Director Curry Barker’s Dad Jeff Barker to Write, Direct Horror Short Starring Dane Cook (Exclusive) https:\/\/t.co\/lab8oEGLnm<\/a><\/p>\n

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The father of Obsession director Curry Barker, Jeff Barker, has his own psychological horror in the works. <\/p>\n

A short film titled “Medium Rare” will see Dane Cook and Lesley Ann Warren trapped in a bar where reality begins to unravel in disturbing ways.<\/p>\n

Jeff Barker served as a script consultant on Obsession and hosts his own podcast. He wrote the script for “Medium Rare” 8 years ago and production will begin in LA this summer.<\/p>\n

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‘Obsession’ Director Curry Barker’s Dad Jeff Barker to Write, Direct Horror Short Starring Dane Cook (Exclusive) https:\/\/t.co\/lab8oEGLnm \u2014 The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) July 14, 2026 The father of Obsession director Curry Barker, Jeff Barker, has his own psychological horror in the works. A short film titled “Medium Rare” will see Dane Cook and Lesley Ann […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":252450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-252449","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}