New THE NIGHT BEFORE Featurette and More Promotional Videos Enjoy the new THE NIGHT BEFORE featurette and more promotional videos! The film, directed by Jonathan Levine, stars Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anthony Mackie, Lizzy Caplan, Mindy Kaling, Jillian Bell, and Kanye West. THE NIGHT BEFORE will be released in theaters on November 20. Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie) have been friends since childhood, and for a decade, their yearly Christmas Eve reunion has been an annual night of debauchery and hilarity. Now that they’re entering adulthood, the tradition is coming to an end, and to make it as memorable as possible, they set out to find the Nutcracka Ball – the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.