In 2020, Wayans signed a deal with HBO Max to create scripted shows and stand-up comedy specials. Credit: Courtesy of Aztec Theatre

If someone was planning a double feature screening, they probably couldn’t curate two films as different as Darren Aronofsky’s drama Requiem for a Dream and the comedy Scary Movie. Both were released in 2000, yet they occupy opposite ends of the cinematic spectrum.

However, they have something in common: Marlon Wayans. The actor and comedian starred in both early in his career.

Since then, his filmography has been similarly inconsistent. For every solid sleeper like On the Rocks, he also has a tacky, mainstream foray like Little Man or White Chicks.

In 2020, Wayans signed a deal with HBO Max to create scripted shows and stand-up comedy specials, which included last year’s Marlon Wayans: You Know What It Is. He’ll also star in a new movie coming out this year called Boo!, which tells the story of a father who tries to help his teenage daughter fight of a bunch of possessed Halloween decorations. Sounds awfully similar to his 2013 comedy A Haunted House, but maybe it will surprise us.

$49.50-$69.50, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 25, Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com.

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This article appears in Jun 15-28, 2022.