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The final comedic execution by fabled actorJames CaaninQueen Beesquietly punctuate a form reunification nearly a quarter - 100 after their box office floating-point operation . Caan , who lamentably passed away in 2022 , appear in dozens of classic dramatic event and comedies ranging fromThe Godfatheras Sonny Corleone toElfas Walter Hobbs , Buddy ’s dad . The last moving-picture show in which Caan had a leading function was the 2023 action at law offence thrillerFast Charliestarring Pierce Brosnan , Morena Baccarin , and Gbenga Akinnagbe .
Queens Beesis a 2021 feel - good drollery movie that has feel recent popularity on Netflix in January 2024 , presently ranking in the top 3 movies in the United States on the elephantine streaming political platform . take by Michael Lembeck ( Friends),Queen Beesfollows an older woman nominate Helen Wilson who reluctantly agrees to move into an assisted living home , play by Ellen Burstyn . This is not the first time that Caan and Burstyn have appeared on screen together , marking a 24 - class reunification since their reciprocal appearance in a 2000 law-breaking drama .
James Caan was a Hollywood corking who brought exposure , empathy , and restraint to explosive characters often on the wrong side of the law .
James Caan & Ellen Burstyn Starred In The Yards Before Reuniting In Queen Bees
WhileQueen Beeswas Caan ’s last funniness in which he asterisk opposite Ellen Burstyn , the pair also asterisk in the 2000 movieThe Yards , which unfortunately was a box bureau bomb calorimeter despite its great cast and director . The Yardsfeatured Caan as Frank Olchin and Burstyn as Val Handler while also starring Mark Wahlberg , Joaquin Phoenix , Faye Dunaway , and Charlize Theron . The Yardswas a box seat agency bomb , make just under $ 1 million worldwide base on an estimated $ 20 million production budget .
add to the surprisingly terrible boxwood office public presentation ofThe Yardswas the fact that it was also directed by James Gray , who extend on to maneuver celebrate films such asThe Immigrant(2013),The Lost City of Z(2016 ) , andAd Astra(2019 ) . Since appearing inThe Yards , Ellen Burstyn , who is most far-famed for her coming into court inThe Exorcist(1973 ) andRequiem for a Dream(2000 ) , has appear in the 2014 Kevin Costner picture Draft Day and the acclaimed television seriesLouieandHouse of Cards .
Queen Bees Featured Several Other Reunions In The Cast
James Caan and Ellen Burstyn were not the only cast member of Queen Bees to have reunion of their own . Jane Curtin and French Stewart both starred in the Graeco-Roman television sitcom3rd Rock from the Sunwhile Ann - Margret and Christopher Lloyd were both featured in the 1979 classic caper comedy movieGoing in Style . Queen Bees , which have the last comedic carrying out from the outstanding James Caan , can be streamed exclusively on Netflix .
