Marking his first narrative feature in a decade, Mysterious Skin and The Doom Generation director Gregg Araki is returning with a new thriller. I Want Your Sex, scripted by Araki and Karley Sciortino, is set to star Olivia Wilde and the first details have been unveiled ahead of a summer shoot in Los Angeles.
Described as a “provocative thriller” which “blithely explores desire, domination, and fantasy, here’s the synopsis: “How far is too far? When fresh-faced Elliot lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder. Featuring outrageous characters and a playful sense of humor, I Want Your...
Described as a “provocative thriller” which “blithely explores desire, domination, and fantasy, here’s the synopsis: “How far is too far? When fresh-faced Elliot lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder. Featuring outrageous characters and a playful sense of humor, I Want Your...
- 5/10/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Gregg Araki is set to direct Olivia Wilde in his next feature, Black Bear’s provocative thriller “I Want Your Sex.”
The film features an original script penned by Araki and Karley Sciortino which blithely explores desire, domination and fantasy.
When fresh-faced Elliot lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder.
Arlie Day (“To Leslie”) and Mike Page (“The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry”) are casting the picture. The film will be produced by Seth Caplan, a past winner of the John Cassavetes Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards, alongside Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler.
The film features an original script penned by Araki and Karley Sciortino which blithely explores desire, domination and fantasy.
When fresh-faced Elliot lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder.
Arlie Day (“To Leslie”) and Mike Page (“The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry”) are casting the picture. The film will be produced by Seth Caplan, a past winner of the John Cassavetes Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards, alongside Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler.
- 5/9/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Olivia Wilde (Don’t Worry Darling) has signed on to star in I Want Your Sex, a new thriller from director Gregg Araki (Mysterious Skin) and Black Bear.
Blithely exploring desire, domination and fantasy, the film asks the question, how far is too far? When fresh-faced Elliot lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder.
Written by Karley Sciortino & Araki, the film will be produced by Seth Caplan, as well as Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler. Exec producers include John Friedberg and Courtney L. Cunniff. Black Bear will also fully finance the picture...
Blithely exploring desire, domination and fantasy, the film asks the question, how far is too far? When fresh-faced Elliot lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex, obsession, power, betrayal and murder.
Written by Karley Sciortino & Araki, the film will be produced by Seth Caplan, as well as Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler. Exec producers include John Friedberg and Courtney L. Cunniff. Black Bear will also fully finance the picture...
- 5/9/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Gregg Araki will direct Olivia Wilde in I Want Your Sex, an erotic thriller set in the art world which Black Bear is launching in Cannes next week.
The feature is based on a screenplay co-written by Karley Sciortino and Araki and is scheduled to start production in Los Angeles. Casting is underway.
A story of desire, domination and fantasy set against the art world, I Want Your Sex follows Elliot, who lands a job for renowned artist and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde) as her sexual muse.
However Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him...
The feature is based on a screenplay co-written by Karley Sciortino and Araki and is scheduled to start production in Los Angeles. Casting is underway.
A story of desire, domination and fantasy set against the art world, I Want Your Sex follows Elliot, who lands a job for renowned artist and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde) as her sexual muse.
However Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him...
- 5/9/2024
- ScreenDaily
Entertainment studio Topic Studios and New York-based production company Loveless have entered into an all-media first-look deal, partnering to develop scripted and unscripted projects across TV, film and podcasts.
Topic Studios, the entertainment studio from First Look Media, which recently produced the Golden Globe-nominated legal thriller “The Mauritanian,” and Loveless, the production company founded by Emmy-nominees Carly Hugo and Matt Parker, have come together for the new venture, with aims to curate a homegrown slate of new content. The new pact between has already produced an early development slate, which includes a scripted TV series, a docuseries and a feature film.
“Matt and Carly are two of the hardest-working and most innovative producers out there,” Maria Zuckerman, head of Topic Studios, said in a statement announcing the partnership. “With their prodigious relationships, endless creativity, and great eye, we at Topic Studios are excited to partner with Loveless and ignite many great new projects to come.
Topic Studios, the entertainment studio from First Look Media, which recently produced the Golden Globe-nominated legal thriller “The Mauritanian,” and Loveless, the production company founded by Emmy-nominees Carly Hugo and Matt Parker, have come together for the new venture, with aims to curate a homegrown slate of new content. The new pact between has already produced an early development slate, which includes a scripted TV series, a docuseries and a feature film.
“Matt and Carly are two of the hardest-working and most innovative producers out there,” Maria Zuckerman, head of Topic Studios, said in a statement announcing the partnership. “With their prodigious relationships, endless creativity, and great eye, we at Topic Studios are excited to partner with Loveless and ignite many great new projects to come.
- 2/23/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
ITV Studios executive Bea Hegedus is joining Vice Media Group as senior VP and global head of distribution.
The newly created role comes as Vice looks to maximize its IP internationally, and build new U.S. and international partnerships. Formed in 2017, global production outfit Vice Studios has 130 projects in production and development across all genres and formats.
At Vice, Hegedus — who most recently served as VP of global scripted content at ITV Studios — will report into Vice Studios president Kate Ward. She will be tasked with forging global distribution partnerships focusing on linear, Ott, SVOD and AVOD strategies. Her distribution pipeline includes all Vice IP, including programming from Vice TV and the recently announced Vice World News.
The new distribution arm covers documentary, lifestyle and news programming, with a library of more than 900 hours of Vice programming such as “Dark Side of the Ring,” the Emmy award-winning “Vice News Tonight,...
The newly created role comes as Vice looks to maximize its IP internationally, and build new U.S. and international partnerships. Formed in 2017, global production outfit Vice Studios has 130 projects in production and development across all genres and formats.
At Vice, Hegedus — who most recently served as VP of global scripted content at ITV Studios — will report into Vice Studios president Kate Ward. She will be tasked with forging global distribution partnerships focusing on linear, Ott, SVOD and AVOD strategies. Her distribution pipeline includes all Vice IP, including programming from Vice TV and the recently announced Vice World News.
The new distribution arm covers documentary, lifestyle and news programming, with a library of more than 900 hours of Vice programming such as “Dark Side of the Ring,” the Emmy award-winning “Vice News Tonight,...
- 7/27/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Starz has opted not to proceed with a second season of comedy Now Apocalypse.
“It was a great show, it was a great experiment for us but we have made the decision not to bring it back,” Starz COO Jeff Hirsch said at the top of the network’s TCA session.
To drum up interest in Now Apocalypse, Starz made the entire first season available across its non-linear platforms at launch, and made the premiere episode available for free on a slew of sites, including Starz.com and Starz YouTube channel.
An official selection of Sundance Film Festival 2019 and Canneseries Festival 2019, Now Apocalypse starred Avan Jogia as Ulysses, who is struggling to figure out his life in the surreal city of Los Angeles. Kelli Berglund starred as Carly, Beau Mirchoff as Ford, and Roxane Mesquida as Severine, all of them on quests for love, sex, and fame.
Between sexual and romantic dating-app adventures,...
“It was a great show, it was a great experiment for us but we have made the decision not to bring it back,” Starz COO Jeff Hirsch said at the top of the network’s TCA session.
To drum up interest in Now Apocalypse, Starz made the entire first season available across its non-linear platforms at launch, and made the premiere episode available for free on a slew of sites, including Starz.com and Starz YouTube channel.
An official selection of Sundance Film Festival 2019 and Canneseries Festival 2019, Now Apocalypse starred Avan Jogia as Ulysses, who is struggling to figure out his life in the surreal city of Los Angeles. Kelli Berglund starred as Carly, Beau Mirchoff as Ford, and Roxane Mesquida as Severine, all of them on quests for love, sex, and fame.
Between sexual and romantic dating-app adventures,...
- 7/26/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“Now Apocalypse” has been canceled after one season, Starz COO Jeffrey Hirsch said during the Television Critics Association press tour Friday.
Hirsch told reporters that the comedy, which premiered in March, is a “great show,” but the premium cable channel does not intend to bring it back for another season. “We have made a decision not to bring it back,” he said.
“Now Apocalypse” starred Avan Jogia as Ulysses, who is struggling to figure out his life in the surreal city of Los Angeles. Kelli Berglund, Beau Mirchoff, Roxane Mesquida also starred.
Also Read: Starz's 'Now Apocalypse' Had No 'Time or Budget' for Intimacy Coordinators, Creator Gregg Araki Says
According to Starz, the series focused on Ulysses and his friends Carly (Berglund), Ford (Mirchoff) and Severine (Mesquida) as they navigated love, sex and fame in Los Angeles. This is all happening as Ulysses is having premonitory dreams about the end of the world,...
Hirsch told reporters that the comedy, which premiered in March, is a “great show,” but the premium cable channel does not intend to bring it back for another season. “We have made a decision not to bring it back,” he said.
“Now Apocalypse” starred Avan Jogia as Ulysses, who is struggling to figure out his life in the surreal city of Los Angeles. Kelli Berglund, Beau Mirchoff, Roxane Mesquida also starred.
Also Read: Starz's 'Now Apocalypse' Had No 'Time or Budget' for Intimacy Coordinators, Creator Gregg Araki Says
According to Starz, the series focused on Ulysses and his friends Carly (Berglund), Ford (Mirchoff) and Severine (Mesquida) as they navigated love, sex and fame in Los Angeles. This is all happening as Ulysses is having premonitory dreams about the end of the world,...
- 7/26/2019
- by Jennifer Maas and Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Starz has canceled “Now Apocalypse” after just one season.
The announcement was made at the Television Critics Association summer press tour on Friday. “’Now Apocalypse’ is a great show, as we all know it’s been a really good experiment, but we have made the decision not to bring it back,” said Starz COO Jeffrey Hirsch.
The series, created by Gregg Araki, was described as a surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses (Avan Jogia) and his friends Carly (Kelli Berglund), Ford (Beau Mirchoff), and Severine (Roxane Mesquida), who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame in Los Angeles. Between sexual and romantic dating app adventures, Ulysses’ foreboding premonitory dreams make him wonder if some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy going on, or is he just smoking too much weed?
Araki co-wrote each episode with Karley Sciortino, creator and host of “Slutever” on Viceland. Araki also executive produced...
The announcement was made at the Television Critics Association summer press tour on Friday. “’Now Apocalypse’ is a great show, as we all know it’s been a really good experiment, but we have made the decision not to bring it back,” said Starz COO Jeffrey Hirsch.
The series, created by Gregg Araki, was described as a surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses (Avan Jogia) and his friends Carly (Kelli Berglund), Ford (Beau Mirchoff), and Severine (Roxane Mesquida), who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame in Los Angeles. Between sexual and romantic dating app adventures, Ulysses’ foreboding premonitory dreams make him wonder if some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy going on, or is he just smoking too much weed?
Araki co-wrote each episode with Karley Sciortino, creator and host of “Slutever” on Viceland. Araki also executive produced...
- 7/26/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Starting tonight, Starz will release the full 10-episode premiere of its original series Now Apocalypse across its non-linear platforms, and will make the series premiere episode available for free on its Starz.com, Starz YouTube channel, Reddit and Pride Media platforms, including Pride.com, Out.com and Advocate.com.
The giveaway starts at midnight Et/9 Pm Pacific on Friday, March 22. An official selection of Sundance Film Festival 2019 and Canneseries Festival 2019, Now Apocalypse stars Avan Jogia as Ulysses, who is struggling to figure out his life in the surreal city of Los Angeles. Kelli Berglund stars as Carly, Beau Mirchoff as Ford, and Roxane Mesquida as Severine, all of them on quests for love, sex, and fame.
Between sexual and romantic dating-app adventures, Ulysses grows increasingly troubled as foreboding, premonitory dreams make him wonder if some kind of dark...
The giveaway starts at midnight Et/9 Pm Pacific on Friday, March 22. An official selection of Sundance Film Festival 2019 and Canneseries Festival 2019, Now Apocalypse stars Avan Jogia as Ulysses, who is struggling to figure out his life in the surreal city of Los Angeles. Kelli Berglund stars as Carly, Beau Mirchoff as Ford, and Roxane Mesquida as Severine, all of them on quests for love, sex, and fame.
Between sexual and romantic dating-app adventures, Ulysses grows increasingly troubled as foreboding, premonitory dreams make him wonder if some kind of dark...
- 3/22/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Brian Berman Mar 21, 2019
At SXSW 2019, we sat down with the cast and creators of Now Apocalypse to learn why the new show is a “ray of light” in dark times.
Now Apocalypse spares no expense to craft a multifarious millennial experience. The Starz series follows four 20-somethings in Los Angeles each pursuing the realization of their own dreams, but it's also packed to the brim with sex, weed, and paranormal conspiracy.
For the primary “hero” (and massive stoner) Ulysses (Avan Jogia) that dream is true love. For his roommate Ford, played by Beau Mirchoff, an acceptable endgame is a fruitful writing career. Ford’s partner, the mystifying Severine (Roxane Mesquida), bends relationship expectations while hunting for scientific success. The trio’s uninhibited friend Carly (Kelli Berglund), like countless others in Los Angeles, simply wants to be a well-known actor.
Director and writer Gregg Araki’s TV foray draws upon his successes in indie filmmaking,...
At SXSW 2019, we sat down with the cast and creators of Now Apocalypse to learn why the new show is a “ray of light” in dark times.
Now Apocalypse spares no expense to craft a multifarious millennial experience. The Starz series follows four 20-somethings in Los Angeles each pursuing the realization of their own dreams, but it's also packed to the brim with sex, weed, and paranormal conspiracy.
For the primary “hero” (and massive stoner) Ulysses (Avan Jogia) that dream is true love. For his roommate Ford, played by Beau Mirchoff, an acceptable endgame is a fruitful writing career. Ford’s partner, the mystifying Severine (Roxane Mesquida), bends relationship expectations while hunting for scientific success. The trio’s uninhibited friend Carly (Kelli Berglund), like countless others in Los Angeles, simply wants to be a well-known actor.
Director and writer Gregg Araki’s TV foray draws upon his successes in indie filmmaking,...
- 3/22/2019
- Den of Geek
The way in which TV and film have blended together in recent years means that director Gregg Araki, whose career beginnings predate this site, but only just barely, has remained a fixture of fascination for us. Araki admitted to IndieWire he’s “been making movies for decades. I’m an old veteran in the indie world,” he was excited to bring his point-of-view to television for the Starz series “Now Apocalypse,” a lush, sexy, and at times unsettling look at life in Los Angeles for the beautiful and ambitious.
While “Now Apocalypse” is all about those hoping to make it in the entertainment industry, Araki’s initial inspiration came from a very different place: David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks.” “To do a show that’s so ground-breaking and artistic and unusual and just its totally own thing — I remember watching ‘Twin Peaks’ on TV when it was on and just...
While “Now Apocalypse” is all about those hoping to make it in the entertainment industry, Araki’s initial inspiration came from a very different place: David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks.” “To do a show that’s so ground-breaking and artistic and unusual and just its totally own thing — I remember watching ‘Twin Peaks’ on TV when it was on and just...
- 3/12/2019
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
The new Starz comedy Now Apocalypse, premiering tonight at 9/8c, sets out to confirm something you’ve likely always suspected: “there are aliens in the Los Angeles dating scene.” It’s a perfectly viable theory, even if the show’s free-spirited protagonist Ulysses (played by Twisted‘s Avan Jogia) might not be the most reliable narrator. “Stoned and paranoid” is pretty much his default mode.
“He’s a sexual astronaut, he’s exploring,” Jogia tells TVLine. “Sexuality is a spectrum, and he moves around it. He definitely has the realms in which he’s most comfortable, but he’s also...
“He’s a sexual astronaut, he’s exploring,” Jogia tells TVLine. “Sexuality is a spectrum, and he moves around it. He definitely has the realms in which he’s most comfortable, but he’s also...
- 3/10/2019
- TVLine.com
Filmmaker Gregg Araki’s new apocalyptic Starz comedy is as original as it is derivative, but at least it’s having some fun.
The following review contains no spoilers.
Much like the James Joyce novel from which his name derives, Now Apocalypse’s Ulysses (Avan Jogia) finds himself on an increasingly surreal-yet-mundane journey that begins in ends in similar fashion. In the first moments of the premiere, he has a vision of sexual violence and quickly escapes from it by bike. Toward the episode’s end, said bike collapses underneath him in front of the very place his vision occurred.
Of course, that’s not all that creator Gregg Araki manages to fit into “This Is the Beginning of the End” and subsequent episodes. Known for his so-called “Teen apocalypse trilogy” of the ‘90s, the filmmaker is widely known for a visual and narrative style that seemingly favors bright colors and hypersexuality.
The following review contains no spoilers.
Much like the James Joyce novel from which his name derives, Now Apocalypse’s Ulysses (Avan Jogia) finds himself on an increasingly surreal-yet-mundane journey that begins in ends in similar fashion. In the first moments of the premiere, he has a vision of sexual violence and quickly escapes from it by bike. Toward the episode’s end, said bike collapses underneath him in front of the very place his vision occurred.
Of course, that’s not all that creator Gregg Araki manages to fit into “This Is the Beginning of the End” and subsequent episodes. Known for his so-called “Teen apocalypse trilogy” of the ‘90s, the filmmaker is widely known for a visual and narrative style that seemingly favors bright colors and hypersexuality.
- 3/7/2019
- Den of Geek
Gregg Araki has agreed to meet at the coffee shop where he does most of his writing. It’s a Starbucks in Hollywood — we won’t say which one — and frankly, it’s amazing that he can get any work done here without being recognized.
“It’s not like I’m famous,” he insists.
Try telling that to the queer kids, punks and rebels whose minds were blown by the director’s films back in the ’90s, when Araki unleashed such anarchic grenades as “The Doom Generation” and “Nowhere” — movies, bright as gumballs but laced with razor blades, in which angry, oversexed teens and twentysomethings try to figure out where they fit in the world.
“More teen angst,” teases the title card that opens his 1993 indie “Totally F***ed Up” — a phrase that neatly sums up Araki’s career, even if today’s teens were not yet born when he started terrorizing mainstream values.
“It’s not like I’m famous,” he insists.
Try telling that to the queer kids, punks and rebels whose minds were blown by the director’s films back in the ’90s, when Araki unleashed such anarchic grenades as “The Doom Generation” and “Nowhere” — movies, bright as gumballs but laced with razor blades, in which angry, oversexed teens and twentysomethings try to figure out where they fit in the world.
“More teen angst,” teases the title card that opens his 1993 indie “Totally F***ed Up” — a phrase that neatly sums up Araki’s career, even if today’s teens were not yet born when he started terrorizing mainstream values.
- 3/6/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
In one episode of the endearingly peculiar and energetic new Starz comedy Now Apocalypse (debuting on March 10th), the show’s directionless hero Ulysses (Avan Jogia), has sex with a hot delivery guy, then asks if his life is some “never-ending porno.” The delivery guy suggests this was an anomaly for him, but it’s not for Ulysses and the show’s other characters, whose lives can at times seem barely distinguishable from adult films.
Ulysses’ friend Carly (Kelli Berglund) is an aspiring actress whose gifts assert themselves more strongly...
Ulysses’ friend Carly (Kelli Berglund) is an aspiring actress whose gifts assert themselves more strongly...
- 3/4/2019
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
How is it March already? With the Oscars fully in the rearview mirror, now is the chance for TV to take back its share of cultural attention. With Emmy season right on the horizon, that means plenty of new series vying for a spot among the most talked-about titles in the TV universe. That means plenty of offerings on the upcoming calendar across streaming, broadcast, and cable. There are shows about mysterious deaths, shows about the coming end of the world, and shows that feature Tim Tebow possibly giving someone a million dollars.
Below we’ve gathered 14 such series — if you’re looking for the Netflix list, that one’s here.
(We do this roundup of new shows pretty much every month — if you missed any of those previous picks, here are some notable TV premieres from February.)
“The Widow”
If you’re happily married on an Amazon Prime Show,...
Below we’ve gathered 14 such series — if you’re looking for the Netflix list, that one’s here.
(We do this roundup of new shows pretty much every month — if you missed any of those previous picks, here are some notable TV premieres from February.)
“The Widow”
If you’re happily married on an Amazon Prime Show,...
- 3/1/2019
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Gregg Araki said he wanted to make a “crazy, wild ride” of a show like Now Apocalypse for the last 20 years. He was speaking Tuesday at TCA alongside the cast of the Starz sex comedy on a rambunctious panel where topics including the role of the intimacy coach were addressed.
Araki, who has directed films including The Doom Generation and Nowhere and is heavily involved in New Queer Cinema, said that he was a big fan of shows such as Sex and the City, Girls and Insecure.
“I’ve always wanted to make a show like that but I don’t feel like you can do that in 2019 because it’s been done, you run out of stories, they’ve all been done so the whole alien UFO conspiracy, dark David Lynch creepy aspect, all of that is the special sauce that keeps this show [weird],” he said.
Now Apocalypse is...
Araki, who has directed films including The Doom Generation and Nowhere and is heavily involved in New Queer Cinema, said that he was a big fan of shows such as Sex and the City, Girls and Insecure.
“I’ve always wanted to make a show like that but I don’t feel like you can do that in 2019 because it’s been done, you run out of stories, they’ve all been done so the whole alien UFO conspiracy, dark David Lynch creepy aspect, all of that is the special sauce that keeps this show [weird],” he said.
Now Apocalypse is...
- 2/12/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Starz’s ‘Now Apocalypse’ Had No ‘Time or Budget’ for Intimacy Coordinators, Creator Gregg Araki Says
Despite the number of sex scenes in Gregg Araki’s upcoming Starz drama “Now Apocalypse,” the filmmaker said the show had neither the time nor the budget to have intimacy coordinators on set. But the cast and director said it was nonetheless a top priority for everyone on set that actors felt comfortable at all times.
“I’ve done a lot of movies with a lot of sex scenes,” Araki told reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour on Tuesday. “It’s really important that you create an environment where the actors feel safe, where they feel protected. I always tell them to pull me aside and we can have a private conversation if they feel weird about something.”
A stylized look at the romantic, sexual and dating lives of 20-somethings in Los Angeles in the dating app era, “Now Apocalypse” doesn’t shy away from the more adventurous aspects of sex,...
“I’ve done a lot of movies with a lot of sex scenes,” Araki told reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour on Tuesday. “It’s really important that you create an environment where the actors feel safe, where they feel protected. I always tell them to pull me aside and we can have a private conversation if they feel weird about something.”
A stylized look at the romantic, sexual and dating lives of 20-somethings in Los Angeles in the dating app era, “Now Apocalypse” doesn’t shy away from the more adventurous aspects of sex,...
- 2/12/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
For a TV series promising immediate action in its title, Gregg Araki’s “Now Apocalypse” sure takes its sweet time getting to the apocalypse. In fact, through the first three episodes, an “inciting incident” is entirely absent. Plagued by the same problem facing many feature film writers who decide to try their hand at TV, the familiar 10-episode Starz series is so focused on delaying whatever weird apocalyptic payoff it’s hiding that the early episodes never introduce an enticing, enlightening, or all that enjoyable story at all.
That doesn’t mean there’s a lack of brash, strange moments. The premiere, “The Beginning of the End,” starts with Ulysses (Avan Jogia), commonly called Uly, having sex with a married guy and escaping just before the hubby comes home. Narrating via a video diary he’s making, Uly knows his “gigantic adventures” are going to get him in trouble one day,...
That doesn’t mean there’s a lack of brash, strange moments. The premiere, “The Beginning of the End,” starts with Ulysses (Avan Jogia), commonly called Uly, having sex with a married guy and escaping just before the hubby comes home. Narrating via a video diary he’s making, Uly knows his “gigantic adventures” are going to get him in trouble one day,...
- 1/30/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Starz has released its first trailer for their new original series ‘Now Apocalypse’ from the minds of filmmaking icon Gregg Araki along with Steven Soderbergh and Gregory Jacobs.
‘Now Apocalypse’ explores identity, sexuality and artistry while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles. Between sexual and romantic dating app adventures, Ulysses grows increasingly troubled as foreboding premonitory dreams make him wonder if some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy is going on, or if he is just smoking too much weed?
Kelli Berglund, Beau Mirchoff, Roxane Mesquida and Tyler Posey co-star.
Araki co-wrote and directed all 10 half-hour episodes of the sexy, vibrant and fast-moving series that has a flipside of mythic, dreamlike creepiness. Karley Sciortino, Vogue.com sex columnist, and creator and host of ‘Slutever’ on Viceland co-wrote the series with Araki and serves as a consulting producer.
Also in trailers – Juliette Binoche and Robert Pattinson star in U.
‘Now Apocalypse’ explores identity, sexuality and artistry while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles. Between sexual and romantic dating app adventures, Ulysses grows increasingly troubled as foreboding premonitory dreams make him wonder if some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy is going on, or if he is just smoking too much weed?
Kelli Berglund, Beau Mirchoff, Roxane Mesquida and Tyler Posey co-star.
Araki co-wrote and directed all 10 half-hour episodes of the sexy, vibrant and fast-moving series that has a flipside of mythic, dreamlike creepiness. Karley Sciortino, Vogue.com sex columnist, and creator and host of ‘Slutever’ on Viceland co-wrote the series with Araki and serves as a consulting producer.
Also in trailers – Juliette Binoche and Robert Pattinson star in U.
- 1/17/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“I’m Ulysses. Everyone in my life right now is insane.” Judging from the first trailer for the Starz coming-of-age comedy Now Apocalypse, that seems about right. Have a look at it above, and judge for yourself.
Avan Jogia stars as a young man struggling to figure out his life in the surreal and bewildering city of Los Angeles. And having these increasingly troubling sleeptime premonitions. Is there some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy is going on, or might that just be da kine kicking in? Speaking of which, dig to all those far-out colors, man.
Kelli Berglund, Beau Mirchoff and Roxane Mesquida also star as Ulysses’ respective millennial friends Carly, Ford and Severine — all of whom are on various quests pursuing love, sex and fame.
Gregg Araki created, directs and co-writes Now Apocalypse, which he also executive produces alongside Steven Soderbergh and Gregory Jacobs. Vogue.com sex columnist...
Avan Jogia stars as a young man struggling to figure out his life in the surreal and bewildering city of Los Angeles. And having these increasingly troubling sleeptime premonitions. Is there some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy is going on, or might that just be da kine kicking in? Speaking of which, dig to all those far-out colors, man.
Kelli Berglund, Beau Mirchoff and Roxane Mesquida also star as Ulysses’ respective millennial friends Carly, Ford and Severine — all of whom are on various quests pursuing love, sex and fame.
Gregg Araki created, directs and co-writes Now Apocalypse, which he also executive produces alongside Steven Soderbergh and Gregory Jacobs. Vogue.com sex columnist...
- 1/16/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Most days, it feels like the world may end at any moment. In the world of “Now Apocalypse,” visions of that imminent future come with eye-catching bright greens and pinks. Gregg Araki’s ten-part series, coming to Starz later this year, shows a side of Los Angeles that’s dealing just as much with how to navigate daily life as it is with what’s on the horizon.
A new trailer for the show follows Ulysses (Avan Jogia) as he tries to get himself removed from his own personal La rut. His daily dose of weed escapism is eventually leading him to seeing the potential end of the world, a premonition that may or may not have something to do with what he’s smoking. Either way, he’s not alone in his quest to make sense of his present, as friends Ford (Beau Mirchoff), Severine (Roxane Mesquida), and Carly...
A new trailer for the show follows Ulysses (Avan Jogia) as he tries to get himself removed from his own personal La rut. His daily dose of weed escapism is eventually leading him to seeing the potential end of the world, a premonition that may or may not have something to do with what he’s smoking. Either way, he’s not alone in his quest to make sense of his present, as friends Ford (Beau Mirchoff), Severine (Roxane Mesquida), and Carly...
- 1/16/2019
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Chris Longo Dec 10, 2018
Sex, love, fame and a monstrous conspiracy drive Starz' new late night comedy series Now Apocalypse.
The truth is out there, though you might have to get stoned to see it. Starz announced that its new scripted comedy Now Apocalypse will premiere on Sunday, March 10th at 9:00 p.m. The series will get a lead-in from the long-anticipated American Gods season 2 premiere.
Now Apocalypse was created by indie director Gregg Araki and follows Ulysses (Avan Jogia), who is struggling to figure out his life in the surreal and bewildering (and quite colorful) city of Los Angeles.
The cast also includes Kelli Berglund (Lab Rats) as Carly, Beau Mirchoff (The Fosters) as Ford, and Roxane Mesquida (Gossip Girl) as Severine. Each character is on their own quest for love, sex, and fame, but according to the official logline, Ulysses grows “increasingly troubled as foreboding, premonitory dreams...
Sex, love, fame and a monstrous conspiracy drive Starz' new late night comedy series Now Apocalypse.
The truth is out there, though you might have to get stoned to see it. Starz announced that its new scripted comedy Now Apocalypse will premiere on Sunday, March 10th at 9:00 p.m. The series will get a lead-in from the long-anticipated American Gods season 2 premiere.
Now Apocalypse was created by indie director Gregg Araki and follows Ulysses (Avan Jogia), who is struggling to figure out his life in the surreal and bewildering (and quite colorful) city of Los Angeles.
The cast also includes Kelli Berglund (Lab Rats) as Carly, Beau Mirchoff (The Fosters) as Ford, and Roxane Mesquida (Gossip Girl) as Severine. Each character is on their own quest for love, sex, and fame, but according to the official logline, Ulysses grows “increasingly troubled as foreboding, premonitory dreams...
- 12/10/2018
- Den of Geek
In today’s roundup, BBC America announced writers and directors for the 11th season of “Doctor Who,” and HBO released a trailer for the documentary “Jane Fonda in Five Acts.”
Acquisitions
Scripps has paid $55 million to acquire ABC-affiliated TV stations — Kxxv and Krhd — under Raycom Media. The Texas and Florida news stations mark the 16th and 17th ABC affiliates owned by Scripps. The stations are market No. 86 (Kxxv/Krhd) and market No. 108 (Wtxl).
Behind The Scenes
BBC America has revealed a list of writers and directors for the much anticipated 11th season of “Doctor Who,” starring Jodie Whittaker and set to premiere this fall. Season 11 writers include Malorie Blackman, Ed Hime, Vinay Patel, Pete McTighe, and Joy Wilkinson, while Sallie Aprahamian, Jamie Childs, Jennifer Perrott, and Mark Tonderai are among the directors.
Hulu has shared an exclusive featurette from the set of “The Handmaid’s Tale” with Variety. The...
Acquisitions
Scripps has paid $55 million to acquire ABC-affiliated TV stations — Kxxv and Krhd — under Raycom Media. The Texas and Florida news stations mark the 16th and 17th ABC affiliates owned by Scripps. The stations are market No. 86 (Kxxv/Krhd) and market No. 108 (Wtxl).
Behind The Scenes
BBC America has revealed a list of writers and directors for the much anticipated 11th season of “Doctor Who,” starring Jodie Whittaker and set to premiere this fall. Season 11 writers include Malorie Blackman, Ed Hime, Vinay Patel, Pete McTighe, and Joy Wilkinson, while Sallie Aprahamian, Jamie Childs, Jennifer Perrott, and Mark Tonderai are among the directors.
Hulu has shared an exclusive featurette from the set of “The Handmaid’s Tale” with Variety. The...
- 8/20/2018
- by Christi Carras
- Variety Film + TV
Viceland has ordered a 20-episode third season of Grammy winner 2 Chainz’s Most Expensivest as well as a second season of Slutever with Karley Sciortino. In addition, the network is rebooting is ts James Beard Award-nominated cannabis culinary show Bong Appétit, all for premiere in 2019.
Bong Appétit returns with a new competitive format and new host Cypress Hill frontman/marijuana entreprenuer B Real, joining returning expert-turned judge Vanessa Lavorato with chef/restaurateur Miguel Trinidad Each episode follows three contestants as they face off in a series of cannabis cooking challenges; with one will be crowned winner.
The Most Expensivist, currently airing its second season, follows 2 Chainz as he crisscrosses the country to delve into the highest end versions of everything from the obvious indulgences to the extraordinary and ridiculous. He’s joined by Lush-life loving cohorts Rick Ross, Jesse Williams, Wale, Hannibal Burress and T.I.
Slutever returns for its...
Bong Appétit returns with a new competitive format and new host Cypress Hill frontman/marijuana entreprenuer B Real, joining returning expert-turned judge Vanessa Lavorato with chef/restaurateur Miguel Trinidad Each episode follows three contestants as they face off in a series of cannabis cooking challenges; with one will be crowned winner.
The Most Expensivist, currently airing its second season, follows 2 Chainz as he crisscrosses the country to delve into the highest end versions of everything from the obvious indulgences to the extraordinary and ridiculous. He’s joined by Lush-life loving cohorts Rick Ross, Jesse Williams, Wale, Hannibal Burress and T.I.
Slutever returns for its...
- 8/20/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Sirens alum Kevin Daniels and Avra Friedman (Stop the Bleeding) are set for recurring roles opposite Avan Jogia, Kelli Bergland, Beau Mirchoff and Roxane Mesquida on Now Apocalypse, Starz’s upcoming original half-hour comedy series from creator/executive producer Gregg Araki and Steven Soderbergh.
Co-written by Araki, who also directs, and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, Now Apocalypse is a 10-episode surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses (Jogia) and his friends Carly (Berglund), Ford (Mirchoff) and Severine (Mesquida), who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles.
Daniels will play Barnabas. He approaches Ford (Mirchoff), who’s diligently working on his screenplay in a coffee shop, and introduces himself as a producer who’d be interested in reading Ford’s script. Friedman will portray Magenta, a very committed but meek and untalented actress in Carly’s (Berglund) acting class.
Co-written by Araki, who also directs, and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, Now Apocalypse is a 10-episode surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses (Jogia) and his friends Carly (Berglund), Ford (Mirchoff) and Severine (Mesquida), who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles.
Daniels will play Barnabas. He approaches Ford (Mirchoff), who’s diligently working on his screenplay in a coffee shop, and introduces himself as a producer who’d be interested in reading Ford’s script. Friedman will portray Magenta, a very committed but meek and untalented actress in Carly’s (Berglund) acting class.
- 7/2/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Breaking Bad alum Rj Mitte and Grace Victoria Cox (Under the Dome) are set for recurring roles opposite Avan Jogia, Kelli Bergland, Beau Mirchoff and Roxane Mesquida on Now Apocalypse, Starz’s upcoming original half-hour comedy series from creator/executive producer Gregg Araki and Steven Soderbergh.
Co-written by Araki, who also directs, and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, Now Apocalypse is a 10-episode surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses (Jogia) and his friends Carly (Berglund), Ford (Mirchoff) and Severine (Mesquida), who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles.
Mitte will play Leif, a hot guy who becomes a temptation for Carly (Kelly Berglund) after she meets him by the pool in Palm Springs. Cox is Amber, Carly’s (Berglund) roommate, who complains to her about another disastrous Tinder date.
Araki and Soderbergh are executive producing the series with Gregory Jacobs.
Co-written by Araki, who also directs, and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, Now Apocalypse is a 10-episode surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses (Jogia) and his friends Carly (Berglund), Ford (Mirchoff) and Severine (Mesquida), who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles.
Mitte will play Leif, a hot guy who becomes a temptation for Carly (Kelly Berglund) after she meets him by the pool in Palm Springs. Cox is Amber, Carly’s (Berglund) roommate, who complains to her about another disastrous Tinder date.
Araki and Soderbergh are executive producing the series with Gregory Jacobs.
- 6/28/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Desmond Chiam (The Shannara Chronicles) and Taylor Hart (House of Lies) are set for recurring roles opposite Avan Jogia, Kelli Bergland, Beau Mirchoff and Roxane Mesquida on Now Apocalypse, Starz’s upcoming original half-hour comedy series from creator/executive producer Gregg Araki and Steven Soderbergh.
Co-written by Araki, who also directs, and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, Now Apocalypse is a 10-episode surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses (Jogia) and his friends Carly (Berglund), Ford (Mirchoff) and Severine (Mesquida), who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles.
Chiam will play Jethro, Carly’s (Berglund) boyfriend. He is an actor who is full of himself and believes that his new agey tendencies make him more enlightened.
Hart will portray Klaus, Severine’s (Mesquida) co-worker at Jpl. He is also Lar’s (Evan Hart) twin brother who looks...
Co-written by Araki, who also directs, and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, Now Apocalypse is a 10-episode surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses (Jogia) and his friends Carly (Berglund), Ford (Mirchoff) and Severine (Mesquida), who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles.
Chiam will play Jethro, Carly’s (Berglund) boyfriend. He is an actor who is full of himself and believes that his new agey tendencies make him more enlightened.
Hart will portray Klaus, Severine’s (Mesquida) co-worker at Jpl. He is also Lar’s (Evan Hart) twin brother who looks...
- 6/20/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Glee alum Jacob Artist and Chris Aquilino (Silicon Valley) are set for recurring roles opposite Avan Jogia, Kelli Bergland, Beau Mirchoff and Roxane Mesquida on Now Apocalypse, Starz’s upcoming original half-hour comedy series from creator/executive producer Gregg Araki and Steven Soderbergh.
Co-written by Araki, who also directs, and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, Now Apocalypse is a 10-episode surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses (Jogia) and his friends Carly (Berglund), Ford (Mirchoff) and Severine (Mesquida), who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles.
Artist will play Isaac, a social worker who cares more about relationships than possessions and helps Ulysses after a fall.
Aquilino will portray Kai, an extremely untalented student in Carly’s acting class.
Araki and Soderbergh are executive producing the series with Gregory Jacobs. Sciortino serves as consulting producer.
Related‘Now Apocalypse’: Kelli Berglund,...
Co-written by Araki, who also directs, and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, Now Apocalypse is a 10-episode surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses (Jogia) and his friends Carly (Berglund), Ford (Mirchoff) and Severine (Mesquida), who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles.
Artist will play Isaac, a social worker who cares more about relationships than possessions and helps Ulysses after a fall.
Aquilino will portray Kai, an extremely untalented student in Carly’s acting class.
Araki and Soderbergh are executive producing the series with Gregory Jacobs. Sciortino serves as consulting producer.
Related‘Now Apocalypse’: Kelli Berglund,...
- 6/19/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Former Teen Wolf star Tyler Posey has booked a key recurring role opposite Avan Jogia, Kelli Bergland, Beau Mirchoff and Roxane Mesquida on Now Apocalypse, Starz’s upcoming original half-hour comedy series from creator/executive producer Gregg Araki and Steven Soderbergh.
Co-written by Araki, who also directs, and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, Now Apocalypse is a 10-episode surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses (Jogia) and his friends Carly (Berglund), Ford (Mirchoff) and Severine (Mesquida), who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles.
Posey will play Gabriel, an incredibly charismatic and mysterious guy Ulysses matches with on a dating app. During their highly anticipated first date, they can hardly contain themselves.
Araki and Soderbergh are executive producing the series with Gregory Jacobs. Sciortino serves as consulting producer.
Posey starred as Scott McCall (aka Teen Wolf) on...
Co-written by Araki, who also directs, and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, Now Apocalypse is a 10-episode surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses (Jogia) and his friends Carly (Berglund), Ford (Mirchoff) and Severine (Mesquida), who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles.
Posey will play Gabriel, an incredibly charismatic and mysterious guy Ulysses matches with on a dating app. During their highly anticipated first date, they can hardly contain themselves.
Araki and Soderbergh are executive producing the series with Gregory Jacobs. Sciortino serves as consulting producer.
Posey starred as Scott McCall (aka Teen Wolf) on...
- 6/14/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Tyler Posey has signed on for a recurring role in the upcoming Starz comedy series “Now Apocalypse.”
The series is described as a surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses and his friends Carly, Ford and Severine, who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame in Los Angeles. Between sexual and romantic dating app adventures, Ulysses grows increasingly troubled as foreboding premonitory dreams make him wonder if some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy going on, or is he just smoking too much weed?
Posey will appear as Gabriel, described as an incredibly charismatic and mysterious guy that Ulysses matches with on a dating app. During their highly-anticipated first date, they can hardly contain themselves.
The series stars Avan Jogia, Kelli Berglund, Beau Mirchoff and Roxane Mesquida.
Posey played the lead character on MTV’s “Teen Wolf,” which aired its 100th and final episode in September 2017. Currently, he recurs...
The series is described as a surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses and his friends Carly, Ford and Severine, who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame in Los Angeles. Between sexual and romantic dating app adventures, Ulysses grows increasingly troubled as foreboding premonitory dreams make him wonder if some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy going on, or is he just smoking too much weed?
Posey will appear as Gabriel, described as an incredibly charismatic and mysterious guy that Ulysses matches with on a dating app. During their highly-anticipated first date, they can hardly contain themselves.
The series stars Avan Jogia, Kelli Berglund, Beau Mirchoff and Roxane Mesquida.
Posey played the lead character on MTV’s “Teen Wolf,” which aired its 100th and final episode in September 2017. Currently, he recurs...
- 6/14/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Evan Hart has been cast in the upcoming Starz comedy series “Now Apocalypse,” Variety has learned exclusively.
Hart will play a scientist named Lars. The role will see him appear alongside his real-life brother Taylor Hart, who will play Lars’ brother Klaus.
Hart is known for his role on the Showtime series “House of Lies,” in which Taylor also appeared. Hart is also known for his roles in the mini-series “The Bronx Is Burning” and the film “Law Abiding Citizen.” He is also the co-creator of the drama series “The Transplant” currently in development at Sony Crackle.
He is repped by CAA and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler & Feldman
“Now Apocalypse” will be created and executive produced by Gregg Araki, with Steven Soderbergh also set to executive produce. The series is described as a surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses and his friends Carly, Ford and Severine, who are on various quests pursing love,...
Hart will play a scientist named Lars. The role will see him appear alongside his real-life brother Taylor Hart, who will play Lars’ brother Klaus.
Hart is known for his role on the Showtime series “House of Lies,” in which Taylor also appeared. Hart is also known for his roles in the mini-series “The Bronx Is Burning” and the film “Law Abiding Citizen.” He is also the co-creator of the drama series “The Transplant” currently in development at Sony Crackle.
He is repped by CAA and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler & Feldman
“Now Apocalypse” will be created and executive produced by Gregg Araki, with Steven Soderbergh also set to executive produce. The series is described as a surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses and his friends Carly, Ford and Severine, who are on various quests pursing love,...
- 6/13/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Kelli Berglund, Beau Mirchoff and Roxane Mesquida have joined lead Avan Jogia in Now Apocalypse, Starz’s upcoming original half-hour comedy series from creator/executive producer Gregg Araki and Steven Soderberg.
Co-written by Araki, who also directs, and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, Now Apocalypse is a 10-episode surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses (Jogia) and his friends Carly (Berglund), Ford (Mirchoff) and Severine (Mesquida), who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles.
Berglund’s Carly is a wannabe actress and Ulysses’ best friend, Mirchoff’s Ford is an aspiring screenwriter and Ulysses’ roommate, and Mesquida’s Severine is a French, confident and pragmatic astrobiological theorist.
Araki and Soderbergh are executive producing the series with Gregory Jacobs. Sciortino serves as consulting producer.
Berglund, best known for her lead role on Disney Xd’s Lab Rats, most...
Co-written by Araki, who also directs, and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, Now Apocalypse is a 10-episode surreal, coming-of-age comedy that follows Ulysses (Jogia) and his friends Carly (Berglund), Ford (Mirchoff) and Severine (Mesquida), who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles.
Berglund’s Carly is a wannabe actress and Ulysses’ best friend, Mirchoff’s Ford is an aspiring screenwriter and Ulysses’ roommate, and Mesquida’s Severine is a French, confident and pragmatic astrobiological theorist.
Araki and Soderbergh are executive producing the series with Gregory Jacobs. Sciortino serves as consulting producer.
Berglund, best known for her lead role on Disney Xd’s Lab Rats, most...
- 6/7/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Avan Jogia has been cast as the lead in Now Apocalypse, Starz’s half-hour comedy series from Kaboom’s Gregg Araki and Steven Soderbergh.
Co-written by Araki, who also directs, and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, Now Apocalypse is a 10-episode surreal, coming-of-age comedy series that follows Ulysses (Jogia) and his friends Carly, Ford and Severine, who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame. Now Apocalypse explores identity, sexuality and artistry, while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles.
Jogia’s Ulysses, a recent transplant to Los Angeles, is struggling to find his place in the world. Something of a thrill seeker, Ulysses admits that he’s always had an attraction to and fear of the unknown and is plagued by recurring nightmares, which he believes are a portent for a vast, sinister conspiracy.
Araki and Soderbergh executive produce...
Co-written by Araki, who also directs, and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, Now Apocalypse is a 10-episode surreal, coming-of-age comedy series that follows Ulysses (Jogia) and his friends Carly, Ford and Severine, who are on various quests pursing love, sex and fame. Now Apocalypse explores identity, sexuality and artistry, while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles.
Jogia’s Ulysses, a recent transplant to Los Angeles, is struggling to find his place in the world. Something of a thrill seeker, Ulysses admits that he’s always had an attraction to and fear of the unknown and is plagued by recurring nightmares, which he believes are a portent for a vast, sinister conspiracy.
Araki and Soderbergh executive produce...
- 6/6/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Zach Woods has a girlfriend, and apparently, she's into some pretty freaky stuff. Woods did explain that's mainly because of her job, which includes hosting a show where she explores some weird sex acts and tries to remove the taboo nature of them. It sounds like he's dating Karley Sciortino of Viceland's Slutever, but he never says so in the video, and there's no information about this online. That said, I don't know many hosts of erotic television shows that explore sexual taboo, so I'm going out on a limb and saying that's his new boo thing. Listen to Woods explain living with someone like that below, and then get into the interesting world of monster erotica as well:...
- 3/31/2018
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
Steven Soderbergh is currently developing a comedy for Starz called Now Apocalypse. The cable network has already picked up the series for 10 half-hour episodes. The show was created by Gregg Araki (Kaboom), and it's described as a coming-of-age comedy that is said to have a "flipside of mythic, dreamlike creepiness."
The story follows "Ulysses and his friends Carly, Ford and Severine, who are on various quests pursuing love, sex and fame. Now Apocalypse explores identity, sexuality and artistry while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles. Between sexual and romantic dating app adventures, Ulysses grows increasingly troubled as foreboding premonitory dreams make him wonder — is some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy going on, or is he just smoking too much weed?"
Araki will co-write the series with Karley Sciortino (Slutever), and he will direct all ten episodes with Soderbergh executive producing. Soderbergh had this to say...
The story follows "Ulysses and his friends Carly, Ford and Severine, who are on various quests pursuing love, sex and fame. Now Apocalypse explores identity, sexuality and artistry while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles. Between sexual and romantic dating app adventures, Ulysses grows increasingly troubled as foreboding premonitory dreams make him wonder — is some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy going on, or is he just smoking too much weed?"
Araki will co-write the series with Karley Sciortino (Slutever), and he will direct all ten episodes with Soderbergh executive producing. Soderbergh had this to say...
- 3/27/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Lionsgate to handle international and North American distribution and home entertainment.
Gregg Araki and Steven Soderbergh, whose thriller Unsane opened at number 11 at the North American box office over the weekend, will collaborate on the half-hour comedy series Now Apocalypse for Starz.
Series creator Araki will co-write and direct all 10 episodes of the coming-of-age comedy about four friends pursuing love, sex and fame in Los Angeles.
Author and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino (creator of Viceland’s Slutever) will co-write and serve as a consulting producer. Soderbergh is on board as executive producer with Araki and Gregory Jacobs.
Starz...
Gregg Araki and Steven Soderbergh, whose thriller Unsane opened at number 11 at the North American box office over the weekend, will collaborate on the half-hour comedy series Now Apocalypse for Starz.
Series creator Araki will co-write and direct all 10 episodes of the coming-of-age comedy about four friends pursuing love, sex and fame in Los Angeles.
Author and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino (creator of Viceland’s Slutever) will co-write and serve as a consulting producer. Soderbergh is on board as executive producer with Araki and Gregory Jacobs.
Starz...
- 3/26/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The loudest part of the growing drumbeat in TV is for networks to find the next “Game of Thrones,” throwing mammoth budgets at pre-existing intellectual properties. But after the high-profile swing of “American Gods” (considered a mixed success for the channel), Starz has taken a different approach to this idea. The nature of several of Starz’s upcoming shows suggest that execs are now focusing their development strategy in a much different way: auteur-driven shows centered on new ideas.
The latest move for the network is “Now Apocalypse,” a ten-episode commitment to director Gregg Araki, produced by Steven Soderbergh. Per Monday’s announcement, the new series “explores identity, sexuality and artistry, while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles. Between sexual and romantic dating app adventures, Ulysses grows increasingly troubled as foreboding premonitory dreams make him wonder – is some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy going on,...
The latest move for the network is “Now Apocalypse,” a ten-episode commitment to director Gregg Araki, produced by Steven Soderbergh. Per Monday’s announcement, the new series “explores identity, sexuality and artistry, while navigating the strange and oftentimes bewildering city of Los Angeles. Between sexual and romantic dating app adventures, Ulysses grows increasingly troubled as foreboding premonitory dreams make him wonder – is some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy going on,...
- 3/26/2018
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Starz has given the green light to half-hour comedy series Now Apocalypse from Gregg Araki (Kaboom, Mysterious Skin) and Steven Soderbergh (The Knick). Co-written by Araki, who also directs, and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, Now Apocalypse is described as a sexy, vibrant and fast-moving series that has a flipside of mythic, dreamlike creepiness. The 10-episode half-hour surreal, coming-of-age comedy series follows Ulysses and his friends Carly, Ford and…...
- 3/26/2018
- Deadline TV
At the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, TV is invading the schedule in a whole new way. The Park City film fest has previously dabbled in what’s possible on the small screen, but this year marks the launch of the Indie Episodics section — which will spotlight TV pilots that mostly lack mainstream distribution.
The selections include “America to Me,” a new docu-series by “Hoop Dreams” director Steve James; as well as “The Mortified Guide,” a screen adaptation of the popular stage show “Mortified,” spotlighting the most embarrassing true stories of adolescence. There’s also “This Close,” showcasing star/creators Josh Feldman and Shoshannah Stern (both of whom are deaf), and “Franchesca,” featuring digital star and “The Nightly Show” writer/contributor Franchesca Ramsey.
This marks a major change for Sundance, and a renewed commitment to independent television. While Sundance has featured TV programming since the premiere of “Top of the Lake” in...
The selections include “America to Me,” a new docu-series by “Hoop Dreams” director Steve James; as well as “The Mortified Guide,” a screen adaptation of the popular stage show “Mortified,” spotlighting the most embarrassing true stories of adolescence. There’s also “This Close,” showcasing star/creators Josh Feldman and Shoshannah Stern (both of whom are deaf), and “Franchesca,” featuring digital star and “The Nightly Show” writer/contributor Franchesca Ramsey.
This marks a major change for Sundance, and a renewed commitment to independent television. While Sundance has featured TV programming since the premiere of “Top of the Lake” in...
- 12/4/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
‘Easy’ Season 2 Review: Grading Every Episode of Joe Swanberg’s Intimate and Exciting Netflix Series
Joe Swanberg is back! After a fairly under-the-radar Season 1 release in September 2016, Season 2 got the similar low-key marketing treatment before dropping the first day of December.
But don’t take the lack of buzz as a lack of import. Season 1 asked a lot of valuable questions while delivering a beautiful and unique realization of modern Chicago. The anthology approach, with each episode functioning as a standalone short, helped cover a lot of cultural ground, and Season 2 continues that pattern in interesting ways.
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While the episodes can certainly stand on their own, many bring back characters from Season 1. Context from earlier episodes isn’t prescient, but it does help, and just like last year, some stories are better than others.
To that end, IndieWire has reviewed each episode individually below and ranked them by their assigned grades.
But don’t take the lack of buzz as a lack of import. Season 1 asked a lot of valuable questions while delivering a beautiful and unique realization of modern Chicago. The anthology approach, with each episode functioning as a standalone short, helped cover a lot of cultural ground, and Season 2 continues that pattern in interesting ways.
Read More:7 New Netflix Shows to Binge in December, and The Best Episodes of Each
While the episodes can certainly stand on their own, many bring back characters from Season 1. Context from earlier episodes isn’t prescient, but it does help, and just like last year, some stories are better than others.
To that end, IndieWire has reviewed each episode individually below and ranked them by their assigned grades.
- 12/2/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
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