Lena Dunham’s Netflix comedy series “Too Much” has filled out its cast with a star-studded lineup, Variety has learned exclusively.
Joining previously announced series leads Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe will be: Richard E. Grant (“Saltburn”), Stephen Fry (“The Dropout”), Janicza Bravo (“Sharp Stick”), Michael Zegen (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Rhea Perlman (“Cheers”), Rita Wilson (“Sleepless in Seattle”), Leo Reich (“Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?!”), Adele Exarchopoulos (“Passages”), Adwoa Aboah (“Top Boy”), Daisy Bevan (“The Alienist”), Dean-Charles Chapman (“1917”), Kaori Momoi (“The Brightest Roof in the Universe”) and Prasanna Puwanarajah (“The Crown”). It is also confirmed that Emily Ratajkowski will appear in the series after Variety exclusively reported she was in final talks to join in early February.
The official description of the series states:
“Jessica (Stalter) is a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties, reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows.
Joining previously announced series leads Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe will be: Richard E. Grant (“Saltburn”), Stephen Fry (“The Dropout”), Janicza Bravo (“Sharp Stick”), Michael Zegen (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Rhea Perlman (“Cheers”), Rita Wilson (“Sleepless in Seattle”), Leo Reich (“Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?!”), Adele Exarchopoulos (“Passages”), Adwoa Aboah (“Top Boy”), Daisy Bevan (“The Alienist”), Dean-Charles Chapman (“1917”), Kaori Momoi (“The Brightest Roof in the Universe”) and Prasanna Puwanarajah (“The Crown”). It is also confirmed that Emily Ratajkowski will appear in the series after Variety exclusively reported she was in final talks to join in early February.
The official description of the series states:
“Jessica (Stalter) is a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties, reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows.
- 3/1/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Scott Speedman is set as a lead opposite Yvonne Strahovski in Peacock’s upcoming horror thriller series Teacup (fka Unt. Ian McCulloch Project) from writer Ian McCulloch (Yellowstone), Atomic Monster’s James Wan (The Conjuring Universe) and UCP, Deadline has confirmed.
Inspired by the bestselling novel Stinger by Robert McCammon, the series follows a disparate group of people on a ranch who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat.
Speedman will play James Chenoweth opposite Strahovski’s character Maggie Chenoweth.
Atomic Monster’s James Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett executive produce alongside writer / executive producer Ian McCulloch, director (101) / executive producer E.L. Katz, executive producer/author Robert McCammon, Francisca X. Hu and Kevin Tancharoen. Danielle Bozzone oversees for Atomic Monster. The studio is UCP,...
Inspired by the bestselling novel Stinger by Robert McCammon, the series follows a disparate group of people on a ranch who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat.
Speedman will play James Chenoweth opposite Strahovski’s character Maggie Chenoweth.
Atomic Monster’s James Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett executive produce alongside writer / executive producer Ian McCulloch, director (101) / executive producer E.L. Katz, executive producer/author Robert McCammon, Francisca X. Hu and Kevin Tancharoen. Danielle Bozzone oversees for Atomic Monster. The studio is UCP,...
- 2/29/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
On the heels of the celebrated season one finale, Apple TV+ has announced a season two renewal for “The Buccaneers,” the acclaimed drama from The Forge inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel of the same name. The series stars Kristine Frøseth as Nan St. George, Alisha Boe as Conchita Closson, Josie Totah (“Saved by the Bell”) as Mabel Elmsworth, Aubri Ibrag (“Dive Club”) as Lizzy Elmsworth and Imogen Waterhouse as Jinny St. George. Emmy Award winner Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men”) is Mrs. St. George, with Mia Threapleton as Honoria Marable. The complete first season of “The Buccaneers” is now streaming on Apple TV+. Since its global premiere on November 8, “The Buccaneers” has been hailed as a “lavish period drama that feels fresh and modern, with a fast-paced, twisting narrative” that is a “decadent and delicious” “shot of adrenaline” and “a ton of fun to watch.
- 12/19/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Kristine Froseth is used to being the new girl. The New Jersey-born actress moved from Norway and back every few years for her father’s banking job, seesawing between friendships and cultures. Due to her nomadic lifestyle, she struggled to find herself during her formative years, she says, similar to her character Nan St. George in Apple TV’s The Buccaneers.
“I just wanted to fit in so desperately,” Froseth tells Rolling Stone. “So, I adapted to whatever people were doing. I was a chameleon.”
In The Buccaneers, whose finale dropped Dec.
“I just wanted to fit in so desperately,” Froseth tells Rolling Stone. “So, I adapted to whatever people were doing. I was a chameleon.”
In The Buccaneers, whose finale dropped Dec.
- 12/13/2023
- by Kalia Richardson
- Rollingstone.com
Lena Dunham’s new comedy series will be called Too Much, which is currently in production for Netflix, here are the details.
Lena Dunham made her mark as a creative powerhouse early in her career, with the gargantuan success of her comedy drama Girls, which ran for six seasons on HBO between 2012 and 2017.
She then successfully transitioned to feature films, writing and directing Tiny Furniture, Sharp Stick and, most recently, Catherine Called Birdy. She then adapted Julia Davis’ superb dark comedy Camping in America, also for HBO. It ran for a single season in 2018.
Too Much is now the second show Dunham has created, alongside her husband Luis Felber.
The synopsis reads as follows:
Too Much follows Jessica (Megan Stalter), a New York workaholic in her mid-30s who is reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block...
Lena Dunham made her mark as a creative powerhouse early in her career, with the gargantuan success of her comedy drama Girls, which ran for six seasons on HBO between 2012 and 2017.
She then successfully transitioned to feature films, writing and directing Tiny Furniture, Sharp Stick and, most recently, Catherine Called Birdy. She then adapted Julia Davis’ superb dark comedy Camping in America, also for HBO. It ran for a single season in 2018.
Too Much is now the second show Dunham has created, alongside her husband Luis Felber.
The synopsis reads as follows:
Too Much follows Jessica (Megan Stalter), a New York workaholic in her mid-30s who is reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block...
- 12/12/2023
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
While Lena Dunham seems to have found her footing again as a feature director, with 2022’s dual films “Sharp Stick” and “Catherine Called Birdy,” it seems as if the filmmaker is still not done with TV work. You see, even though she had a lengthy break from feature filmmaking, she’s never really left TV since her hit series “Girls” debuted in 2012.
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- 12/11/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Lena Dunham and her husband Luis Felber have co-created a romantic comedy series titled “Too Much” for Netflix. Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe are set to star.
“Too Much” follows Jessica (Stalter), a New York workaholic in her mid-30s who is reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behavior, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Brontë sister. But when she meets Felix (Sharpe) — who is less Hugh Grant in “Notting Hill” and more Hugh Grant’s drunken roommate — she finds that their unusual connection is impossible to ignore, even as it creates more problems than it solves. Now they have to ask themselves: Do Americans and Brits actually speak the same language?...
“Too Much” follows Jessica (Stalter), a New York workaholic in her mid-30s who is reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behavior, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Brontë sister. But when she meets Felix (Sharpe) — who is less Hugh Grant in “Notting Hill” and more Hugh Grant’s drunken roommate — she finds that their unusual connection is impossible to ignore, even as it creates more problems than it solves. Now they have to ask themselves: Do Americans and Brits actually speak the same language?...
- 12/11/2023
- by Joe Otterson and Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Scott Speedman is going bad.
The actor, most recently seen co-starring on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, has joined the cast of Sunflower, the thriller that Lovecraft Country creator Misha Green is writing and directing for Lionsgate.
Jurnee Smollett and Isabel May are already on the call sheet for the feature that will shoot in South Africa in spring of 2024.
In Sunflower, two women, played by Smollett and May, struggle to escape from a deranged college professor who holds them hostage on a remote sunflower farm. Speedman is playing the deranged college professor.
Green is making her directorial debut with the project, and is also producing alongside Craig Flores.
Meredith Wieck and Aaron Edmonds will oversee the project for Lionsgate.
Speedman will next star for Lionsgate opposite Jordana Brewster and Laurence Fishburne in the thriller Cellar Door. His recent credits include the 2022 David Cronenberg comeback Crimes of the Future, Lena Dunham’s coming-of-age drama Sharp Stick,...
The actor, most recently seen co-starring on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, has joined the cast of Sunflower, the thriller that Lovecraft Country creator Misha Green is writing and directing for Lionsgate.
Jurnee Smollett and Isabel May are already on the call sheet for the feature that will shoot in South Africa in spring of 2024.
In Sunflower, two women, played by Smollett and May, struggle to escape from a deranged college professor who holds them hostage on a remote sunflower farm. Speedman is playing the deranged college professor.
Green is making her directorial debut with the project, and is also producing alongside Craig Flores.
Meredith Wieck and Aaron Edmonds will oversee the project for Lionsgate.
Speedman will next star for Lionsgate opposite Jordana Brewster and Laurence Fishburne in the thriller Cellar Door. His recent credits include the 2022 David Cronenberg comeback Crimes of the Future, Lena Dunham’s coming-of-age drama Sharp Stick,...
- 12/1/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Turen’s credits include ’Pieces Of A Woman’, ‘Waves’ and ’The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent’.
Kevin Turen, the US producer of Ti West’s X horror film franchise and TV shows Euphoria and The Idol, has died aged 44, according to reports from US media.
Turen’s father confirmed his death over the weekend, with the cause of death not known at this time.
The New York native worked closely with Sam and Ashley Levinson, together founding Little Lamb Productions, the outfit behind HBO’s hugely successful drama Euphoria and Netflix films Pieces Of A Woman, starring Vanessa Kirby, and...
Kevin Turen, the US producer of Ti West’s X horror film franchise and TV shows Euphoria and The Idol, has died aged 44, according to reports from US media.
Turen’s father confirmed his death over the weekend, with the cause of death not known at this time.
The New York native worked closely with Sam and Ashley Levinson, together founding Little Lamb Productions, the outfit behind HBO’s hugely successful drama Euphoria and Netflix films Pieces Of A Woman, starring Vanessa Kirby, and...
- 11/13/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Kevin Turen, a producer on HBO’s Euphoria and The Idol and Ti West’s X, Pearl and MaXXXine, has died. He was 44.
A spokesperson for Penske Media Corp., the parent company of The Hollywood Reporter, confirmed Turen’s death. No other details were immediately available.
“Despite his many achievements in Hollywood, Kevin’s greatest passion was his family and friends,” Jay Penske, CEO of Pmc and a close friend of Turen, said in a statement. “He was so proud of his children. He and his wife, Evelina, were resolved that their children grow up with great values and ensured they make a difference in the broader world. Our collective heart breaks for them, and we all feel such a profound sense of loss. We will miss Kevin so much, and this town lost one of its brightest rising stars.”
Turen was closely associated with Sam and Ashley Levinson. The trio co-founded Little Lamb Productions,...
A spokesperson for Penske Media Corp., the parent company of The Hollywood Reporter, confirmed Turen’s death. No other details were immediately available.
“Despite his many achievements in Hollywood, Kevin’s greatest passion was his family and friends,” Jay Penske, CEO of Pmc and a close friend of Turen, said in a statement. “He was so proud of his children. He and his wife, Evelina, were resolved that their children grow up with great values and ensured they make a difference in the broader world. Our collective heart breaks for them, and we all feel such a profound sense of loss. We will miss Kevin so much, and this town lost one of its brightest rising stars.”
Turen was closely associated with Sam and Ashley Levinson. The trio co-founded Little Lamb Productions,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The list of directors who put their trust in Robby Müller could constitute a nice history of post-war cinema. A retrospective of films on which he served as Dp reflects accordingly––so’s the case with Metrograph’s “Robby Müller: Remain in Light,” which starts on Friday, September 29, and for which we’re glad to debut the trailer.
Contained therein are bits and pieces of what Metrograph attendees can anticipate. The series will offer a chance to see (among others) 24 Hour Party People, Alice in the Cities, The American Friend, Barfly, Breaking the Waves, Dead Man, Down by Law, Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai, Kings of the Road, Korczak, Living the Light – Robby Müller, Mystery Train, Repo Man, Saint Jack, To Live and Die in L.A., When Pigs Fly, The Wrong Move, and Paris, Texas. The opening night will be anchored by “a panel on Müller’s continued influence on filmmaking,...
Contained therein are bits and pieces of what Metrograph attendees can anticipate. The series will offer a chance to see (among others) 24 Hour Party People, Alice in the Cities, The American Friend, Barfly, Breaking the Waves, Dead Man, Down by Law, Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai, Kings of the Road, Korczak, Living the Light – Robby Müller, Mystery Train, Repo Man, Saint Jack, To Live and Die in L.A., When Pigs Fly, The Wrong Move, and Paris, Texas. The opening night will be anchored by “a panel on Müller’s continued influence on filmmaking,...
- 9/21/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Well, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” has been taken quite literally by law enforcement.
The Neon-distributed film based on the non-fiction book by of the same name has inspired an FBI alert warning against inspiring real-life terrorist attacks on energy infrastructures. Rolling Stone reported that the FBI bulletin warns against the film’s threat to fossil fuel production.
“The film has potential to inspire threat actors to target oil and gas infrastructure with explosives or other destructive devices,” the April 6 alert from FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate reads. The directive encouraged police and government officials to look for suspicious activity such as “people attempting to access infrastructure facilities to discrete or unusual use of cameras or video recorders, sketching, or note-taking aimed at learning about infrastructure operations,” Rolling Stone wrote.
Similarly, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives alert read, “The consensus amongst law enforcement and...
The Neon-distributed film based on the non-fiction book by of the same name has inspired an FBI alert warning against inspiring real-life terrorist attacks on energy infrastructures. Rolling Stone reported that the FBI bulletin warns against the film’s threat to fossil fuel production.
“The film has potential to inspire threat actors to target oil and gas infrastructure with explosives or other destructive devices,” the April 6 alert from FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate reads. The directive encouraged police and government officials to look for suspicious activity such as “people attempting to access infrastructure facilities to discrete or unusual use of cameras or video recorders, sketching, or note-taking aimed at learning about infrastructure operations,” Rolling Stone wrote.
Similarly, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives alert read, “The consensus amongst law enforcement and...
- 4/21/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
There is romance in activism and fighting the good fight against the immoral powers of the establishment. In following a group of young environmentalist anarchists who yearn to make an impact and have their voices heard by any means necessary, Daniel Goldhaber’s searing eco-thriller “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” grasps this selfless passion at a visceral level.
Thankfully, romance doesn’t mean empty idealism in Goldhaber’s film, co-written by Goldhaber, Jorgan Sjol and Ariela Barer as a loose adaptation of Andreas Malm’s 2020 book. While the characters steering an act of terrorism around a Texan pipeline are all young and hotheaded, they aren’t out there to make some futile noise about climate change. There is a real point to the fatality-free disturbance these rightfully angry citizens of the world have carefully planned out, and what they have in mind is something a lot more significant than...
Thankfully, romance doesn’t mean empty idealism in Goldhaber’s film, co-written by Goldhaber, Jorgan Sjol and Ariela Barer as a loose adaptation of Andreas Malm’s 2020 book. While the characters steering an act of terrorism around a Texan pipeline are all young and hotheaded, they aren’t out there to make some futile noise about climate change. There is a real point to the fatality-free disturbance these rightfully angry citizens of the world have carefully planned out, and what they have in mind is something a lot more significant than...
- 4/7/2023
- by Tomris Laffly
- The Wrap
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” provides one answer on how to solve climate change: Destroy the perpetrators.
The 2022 TIFF breakout film follows a group of environmental activists who are determined to dismantle an oil pipeline in West Texas. The thriller, helmed by Daniel Goldhaber, is described part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of direct action as climate activism in the official logline.
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” is based on the controversial nonfiction book by Andreas Malm, and stars Ariela Barer (“Runaways”) who also produced and co-wrote the feature with Jordan Sjol. “Euphoria” and “You” Season 4 breakout Lukas Gage, “Sharp Stick” actress Kristine Froseth, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, and Jake Weary also star.
IndieWire spoke with screenwriter and star Ariela Barer, who devised the heist movie with Jordan Sjol and Daniel Goldhaber over the course of half a year during the deep days of the pandemic.
The 2022 TIFF breakout film follows a group of environmental activists who are determined to dismantle an oil pipeline in West Texas. The thriller, helmed by Daniel Goldhaber, is described part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of direct action as climate activism in the official logline.
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” is based on the controversial nonfiction book by Andreas Malm, and stars Ariela Barer (“Runaways”) who also produced and co-wrote the feature with Jordan Sjol. “Euphoria” and “You” Season 4 breakout Lukas Gage, “Sharp Stick” actress Kristine Froseth, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, and Jake Weary also star.
IndieWire spoke with screenwriter and star Ariela Barer, who devised the heist movie with Jordan Sjol and Daniel Goldhaber over the course of half a year during the deep days of the pandemic.
- 3/2/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Moral outrage may be in vogue and cancel culture always lurks, but sex was everywhere at this year’s Sundance. Last year’s edition had a few hot takes ranging from Emma Thompson’s empowering decision to bare all in the moving “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” to Lena Dunham’s curious exploration of a ravenous teen’s post-hysterectomy horniness in “Sharp Stick.” This time, Sundance movies confronted sexuality through a darker, even tragic lens.
While mainstream American cinema still treats the subject as taboo – beyond a fleeting sequence in “Eternals,” no one gets down in a Marvel movie — our preeminent cinematic vessel for marginalized perspectives provided some bracing, somber alternatives, often tinged with acid-tongued humor.
From the moment the hotshot couple at the center of “Fair Play” sneak off to the bathroom for a quickie, only to wind up bathed in period blood, it’s clear that writer-director...
While mainstream American cinema still treats the subject as taboo – beyond a fleeting sequence in “Eternals,” no one gets down in a Marvel movie — our preeminent cinematic vessel for marginalized perspectives provided some bracing, somber alternatives, often tinged with acid-tongued humor.
From the moment the hotshot couple at the center of “Fair Play” sneak off to the bathroom for a quickie, only to wind up bathed in period blood, it’s clear that writer-director...
- 1/26/2023
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2022, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists.
Just hours prior a friend asked what’s on my best-of-2022 list. (This sounds made-up; I promise it actually happened.) I could run it down with exacting detail, each entry signaling a postmark—personal, temporal, geographic, formal—in the year before one escaped me. Absolutely, entirely, gone as if never seen. Consulting my Notes app let all attendant thoughts and feelings rush back—where and when seen, fulfilled or complicated desires, fruitful conversations (including with its director) and strong recommendations all the time since.
It is a great film. Have I thought about it more than Tár (stylized as TÁR), which but minutes prior I’d asked if my companion saw? Clearly not. Tár (stylized as TÁR) also doesn’t appear here. Much as I liked Todd Field...
Just hours prior a friend asked what’s on my best-of-2022 list. (This sounds made-up; I promise it actually happened.) I could run it down with exacting detail, each entry signaling a postmark—personal, temporal, geographic, formal—in the year before one escaped me. Absolutely, entirely, gone as if never seen. Consulting my Notes app let all attendant thoughts and feelings rush back—where and when seen, fulfilled or complicated desires, fruitful conversations (including with its director) and strong recommendations all the time since.
It is a great film. Have I thought about it more than Tár (stylized as TÁR), which but minutes prior I’d asked if my companion saw? Clearly not. Tár (stylized as TÁR) also doesn’t appear here. Much as I liked Todd Field...
- 1/12/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2022, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists.
While 2022 marked a personal benchmark in films viewed––over 600, logged away here––the major takeaway was the confirmation of just how much greater an impression the theatrical experience leaves. As noted below, while there were films I viewed at home that I perhaps appreciated more, the fondest memories looking back at the year were at Mike Leigh, Dario Argento, and Toshiro Mifune retrospectives, the bountiful offerings at the New York Film Festival, the Joachim Trier-curated My Sex Life… or How I Got Into an Argument, and even the double bill of Steven Spielberg’s Always and The Terminal we presented at the Roxy. The privilege of having access to these opportunities is not lost on me, however, and thankfully services like the Criterion Channel and Mubi...
While 2022 marked a personal benchmark in films viewed––over 600, logged away here––the major takeaway was the confirmation of just how much greater an impression the theatrical experience leaves. As noted below, while there were films I viewed at home that I perhaps appreciated more, the fondest memories looking back at the year were at Mike Leigh, Dario Argento, and Toshiro Mifune retrospectives, the bountiful offerings at the New York Film Festival, the Joachim Trier-curated My Sex Life… or How I Got Into an Argument, and even the double bill of Steven Spielberg’s Always and The Terminal we presented at the Roxy. The privilege of having access to these opportunities is not lost on me, however, and thankfully services like the Criterion Channel and Mubi...
- 1/5/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: UTA has signed writer, director, performer and producer Tommy Dorfman for worldwide representation in all areas.
Dorfman is currently in post-production on her first feature I Wish You All the Best, which she directed and produced from her own script. The project, starring Alexandra Daddario and Corey Fogelmanis, is based on Mason Deaver’s eponymous novel, which Dorfman optioned in 2019. It focuses on a non-binary teen who embarks on a journey of self-discovery after being kicked out of their home by their conservative parents and moving in with their estranged sister.
Matt Kaplan is producing Dorfman’s first feature for Ace Entertainment (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before franchise), with Aubrey Bendix and Braden Bochner overseeing production for the company. James Harris is exec producing on behalf of TeaShop Films.
Dorfman started her career as an actress, most recently appearing alongside Lena Dunham in her Sundance-premiering film Sharp Stick...
Dorfman is currently in post-production on her first feature I Wish You All the Best, which she directed and produced from her own script. The project, starring Alexandra Daddario and Corey Fogelmanis, is based on Mason Deaver’s eponymous novel, which Dorfman optioned in 2019. It focuses on a non-binary teen who embarks on a journey of self-discovery after being kicked out of their home by their conservative parents and moving in with their estranged sister.
Matt Kaplan is producing Dorfman’s first feature for Ace Entertainment (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before franchise), with Aubrey Bendix and Braden Bochner overseeing production for the company. James Harris is exec producing on behalf of TeaShop Films.
Dorfman started her career as an actress, most recently appearing alongside Lena Dunham in her Sundance-premiering film Sharp Stick...
- 11/30/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Yule log is likely roaring on the fireplace of your TV screen — the holidays are upon us. Hulu is going all-in on their Christmas content with a few holiday features, including the debut of their original movie “It’s a Wonderful Binge.” But if you’re looking for a new television series to keep you busy till Christmas it’s all about the adaptation of Octavia Butler’s “Kindred,” the first television translation of any of Butler’s acclaimed literary works, coming to FX on Hulu this month.
Based on Butler’s 1979 novel, “Kindred” focuses on Dana James, a young Black aspiring writer living in Los Angeles with her husband Kevin Franklin. While in the process of moving, Dana abruptly finds herself tossed between the modern day and 1815 Maryland during the Antebellum period of the South. During her journeys to the past, she struggles to survive while trapped at...
Based on Butler’s 1979 novel, “Kindred” focuses on Dana James, a young Black aspiring writer living in Los Angeles with her husband Kevin Franklin. While in the process of moving, Dana abruptly finds herself tossed between the modern day and 1815 Maryland during the Antebellum period of the South. During her journeys to the past, she struggles to survive while trapped at...
- 11/23/2022
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
This review originally ran June 13, 2022, in conjunction with the film’s world premiere at the Tribeca Festival.
After reaching an apparent artistic and popular breakthrough with “Support the Girls,” Andrew Bujalski sort of returns to Mumblecore, the genre he trail-blazed two decades ago, as necessitated by Covid-19.
“There There,” world premiering at the 2022 Tribeca Festival, visually recalls the D.I.Y. aesthetics from the first decade of the writer-director-editor’s career. Premise-wise, it’s one of those interconnected ensemble pieces that peaked, or perhaps jumped the shark, in the aughts with Paul Haggis’ “Crash.”
Structurally, the film contains six segments separated by transitional overtures of the type more prevalent in the 1970s, except here we see the musician actually performing diegetically. Yet even with adherence to familiar conventions, the finished product feels experimental and cerebral.
Also Read:
‘The Inspection’ Review: Military Coming-of-Age Drama Feels Like an Instant Queer Classic
Each segment is essentially a two-hander.
After reaching an apparent artistic and popular breakthrough with “Support the Girls,” Andrew Bujalski sort of returns to Mumblecore, the genre he trail-blazed two decades ago, as necessitated by Covid-19.
“There There,” world premiering at the 2022 Tribeca Festival, visually recalls the D.I.Y. aesthetics from the first decade of the writer-director-editor’s career. Premise-wise, it’s one of those interconnected ensemble pieces that peaked, or perhaps jumped the shark, in the aughts with Paul Haggis’ “Crash.”
Structurally, the film contains six segments separated by transitional overtures of the type more prevalent in the 1970s, except here we see the musician actually performing diegetically. Yet even with adherence to familiar conventions, the finished product feels experimental and cerebral.
Also Read:
‘The Inspection’ Review: Military Coming-of-Age Drama Feels Like an Instant Queer Classic
Each segment is essentially a two-hander.
- 11/17/2022
- by Martin Tsai
- The Wrap
Four top film writers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022/2023 awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Thursday, November 10, at 6:00 p.m. Pt; 9:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Daniel Montgomery and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following Oscar contenders:
Bones and All (United Artists)
Synopsis: Maren, a young woman, learns how to survive on the margins of society in this cannibal romance.
Bio: David Kajganich’s career has included “The Invasion,” “True Story,” “A Bigger Splash,” “The Terror” and “Suspiria.
RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following Oscar contenders:
Bones and All (United Artists)
Synopsis: Maren, a young woman, learns how to survive on the margins of society in this cannibal romance.
Bio: David Kajganich’s career has included “The Invasion,” “True Story,” “A Bigger Splash,” “The Terror” and “Suspiria.
- 11/3/2022
- by Chris Beachum and Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
If you want to be scared this Halloween season you won’t need to stray too far from movie theaters—or even leave the house, if you don’t want to. October brings two vampire series, numerous horror movies, and a reunited Key and Peele as demons.
But if you don’t want to be scared, you’ve got options too. The end of the month brings a second season of The White Lotus (which will undoubtedly be scary in its own way) and, in theaters, you can find an...
But if you don’t want to be scared, you’ve got options too. The end of the month brings a second season of The White Lotus (which will undoubtedly be scary in its own way) and, in theaters, you can find an...
- 10/19/2022
- by Keith Phipps
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Jon Bernthal has signed with Cognition for representation. Bernthal joins a talented roster of clients which include two-time Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali; BAFTA & SAG Award nominee Caitriona Balfe; Emmy Award winner Tobias Menzies; and “Doctor Who” star Jodie Whittaker.
Bernthal recently starred in the HBO series We Own This City from creators David Simon and John Pelecanos and director Reinaldo Marcus Green. He also recently starred in Lena Dunham’s feature film Sharp Stick, alongside Kristine Froseth, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Taylour Paige. The film made its debut at the virtual Sundance Film Festival in January 2022.
Bernthal recently starred in King Richard from director Reinaldo Marcus Green, alongside Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis. Bernthal played Serena and Venus Williams’ famed tennis coach Rick Macci.
Bernthal is also developing The Bottoms, a drama series he created, will star in, and co-write. In addition to his work on screen, Bernthal...
Bernthal recently starred in the HBO series We Own This City from creators David Simon and John Pelecanos and director Reinaldo Marcus Green. He also recently starred in Lena Dunham’s feature film Sharp Stick, alongside Kristine Froseth, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Taylour Paige. The film made its debut at the virtual Sundance Film Festival in January 2022.
Bernthal recently starred in King Richard from director Reinaldo Marcus Green, alongside Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis. Bernthal played Serena and Venus Williams’ famed tennis coach Rick Macci.
Bernthal is also developing The Bottoms, a drama series he created, will star in, and co-write. In addition to his work on screen, Bernthal...
- 10/18/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
In honor of its newest release Catherine Called Birdy, Amazon Prime Video transformed the top of The Grove parking lot in Los Angeles into a medieval-themed festival on Friday night, where writer-director Lena Dunham also made an appearance to take in the sights.
“This is my dream — I don’t go out very much but if I were going to, it would be to a medieval rave, and now it’s happening,” Dunham told The Hollywood Reporter of the experience — dubbed “Birdyfest” — which saw staff in character as medieval townspeople and booths for psychics, tarot card reading, hair braiding, candle rolling and massages, along with an apothecary and themed treats like turkey legs and jousting potatoes. “There’s two very appealing men dressed as blacksmiths with soot on their bodies. Let’s just say I’m not mad at any of it, as the kids say.
In honor of its newest release Catherine Called Birdy, Amazon Prime Video transformed the top of The Grove parking lot in Los Angeles into a medieval-themed festival on Friday night, where writer-director Lena Dunham also made an appearance to take in the sights.
“This is my dream — I don’t go out very much but if I were going to, it would be to a medieval rave, and now it’s happening,” Dunham told The Hollywood Reporter of the experience — dubbed “Birdyfest” — which saw staff in character as medieval townspeople and booths for psychics, tarot card reading, hair braiding, candle rolling and massages, along with an apothecary and themed treats like turkey legs and jousting potatoes. “There’s two very appealing men dressed as blacksmiths with soot on their bodies. Let’s just say I’m not mad at any of it, as the kids say.
- 10/8/2022
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Note: The following contains spoilers for Catherine Called Birdy.
Director Lena Dunham described Karen Cushman’s “Catherine Called Birdy” as a work ingrained in her DNA with a world easy to bring to the screen and populate, but she did want to give the story a more hopeful ending.
Dunham’s film follows Cushman’s story pretty closely, which focuses on young Lady Catherine, who goes by Birdy (Bella Ramsey), daughter of Lord Rollo (Andrew Scott) and Lady Aislinn (Billie Piper). Birdy’s impending arranged marriage to some random stranger drives the film’s plot, as she does everything humanly possible to turn off her suitors.
“The last act shifts pretty significantly from the book, and that just had to do with a real desire to be able to leave Birdy’s character in a better place than we found her,” Dunham said in a recent interview with TheWrap. “The book has a beautiful ending,...
Director Lena Dunham described Karen Cushman’s “Catherine Called Birdy” as a work ingrained in her DNA with a world easy to bring to the screen and populate, but she did want to give the story a more hopeful ending.
Dunham’s film follows Cushman’s story pretty closely, which focuses on young Lady Catherine, who goes by Birdy (Bella Ramsey), daughter of Lord Rollo (Andrew Scott) and Lady Aislinn (Billie Piper). Birdy’s impending arranged marriage to some random stranger drives the film’s plot, as she does everything humanly possible to turn off her suitors.
“The last act shifts pretty significantly from the book, and that just had to do with a real desire to be able to leave Birdy’s character in a better place than we found her,” Dunham said in a recent interview with TheWrap. “The book has a beautiful ending,...
- 10/7/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
This review originally ran in conjunction with the film’s world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.
Karen Cushman’s children’s novel “Catherine, Called Birdy” is written in the form of the diary of a 14-year-old girl living in England in 1290. Cushman was most interested in exploring the details of what it was like to live as a young girl during the Middle Ages, whereas this film adaptation of the book, which was written and directed by Lena Dunham, retains the setting but filters everything through Dunham’s very narrow modern sensibility. The result is listless, plodding and self-congratulatory.
During much of the Obama administration, you couldn’t avoid seeing or reading something about Dunham and her HBO TV series “Girls,” which was over-promoted and relentlessly picked apart online. That show was at its best when it satirized the self-absorbed behavior of its young characters on the go...
Karen Cushman’s children’s novel “Catherine, Called Birdy” is written in the form of the diary of a 14-year-old girl living in England in 1290. Cushman was most interested in exploring the details of what it was like to live as a young girl during the Middle Ages, whereas this film adaptation of the book, which was written and directed by Lena Dunham, retains the setting but filters everything through Dunham’s very narrow modern sensibility. The result is listless, plodding and self-congratulatory.
During much of the Obama administration, you couldn’t avoid seeing or reading something about Dunham and her HBO TV series “Girls,” which was over-promoted and relentlessly picked apart online. That show was at its best when it satirized the self-absorbed behavior of its young characters on the go...
- 10/7/2022
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
After five years out of the limelight, actor and director Lena Dunham is back. She talks about her hit series Girls – that made her both the voice of a generation and a lightning rod for criticism – and her new film
It was a decade ago, at the sharpest peak of Lena Dunham’s fame, while her show, Girls, was being heralded as a masterpiece and Dunham herself as the voice of her generation, when producers asked what she’d like to make next. Anything, they said. Something feminist with guns maybe? Something radically erotic? A romcom perhaps, with nipples in it? No, she said. “I want to make a movie about a medieval child who gets her period.” She smiles at me, somewhat primly.
That movie, Catherine Called Birdy, a comedy based on a YA novel, comes out this week and happens to coincide with the release of another film by Dunham,...
It was a decade ago, at the sharpest peak of Lena Dunham’s fame, while her show, Girls, was being heralded as a masterpiece and Dunham herself as the voice of her generation, when producers asked what she’d like to make next. Anything, they said. Something feminist with guns maybe? Something radically erotic? A romcom perhaps, with nipples in it? No, she said. “I want to make a movie about a medieval child who gets her period.” She smiles at me, somewhat primly.
That movie, Catherine Called Birdy, a comedy based on a YA novel, comes out this week and happens to coincide with the release of another film by Dunham,...
- 9/25/2022
- by Eva Wiseman
- The Guardian - Film News
‘Catherine Called Birdy’ Is the Family-Friendly Feminist Medieval Comedy We Needed, and So Much More
Around the midway point of Catherine Called Birdy, Lena Dunham’s deliriously fun yet pointed adaptation of Karen Cushman’s YA book, our hero — a 14 year-old named Catherine, nicknamed (surprise!) “Birdy,” played remarkably and brilliantly by Bella Ramsey — begins to list off what girls are not allowed to do. They can’t go on crusades, cut their hair or be horse trainers. They aren’t permitted to be monks or go to hangings; forget about drinking in public houses or, God forbid, they laugh very loud. All strictly verboten.
Nestled...
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- 9/23/2022
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Neon has locked down North American rights to the thriller How to Blow Up a Pipeline — a Toronto Film Festival breakout which had its world premiere as part of the 2022 festival’s Platform category — following a competitive situation.
The film, billed as part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of direct action as climate activism, is based on Andreas Malm’s manifesto tackling the climate crisis. It follows a crew of young environmental activists who execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline.
Daniel Goldhaber (Cam) directed from his script written with Ariela Barer and Jordan Sjol. Barer stars alongside Kristine Froseth (Sharp Stick), Lukas Gage (Euphoria), Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant), Sasha Lane (American Honey), Jayme Lawson (The Batman), Marcus Scribner (Black-ish), Jake Weary (It Follows), Irene Bedard (Pocahantas) and Olive Jane Lorraine (Jelly).
How to Blow Up a Pipeline was written, cast, financed and prepped in only...
The film, billed as part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of direct action as climate activism, is based on Andreas Malm’s manifesto tackling the climate crisis. It follows a crew of young environmental activists who execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline.
Daniel Goldhaber (Cam) directed from his script written with Ariela Barer and Jordan Sjol. Barer stars alongside Kristine Froseth (Sharp Stick), Lukas Gage (Euphoria), Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant), Sasha Lane (American Honey), Jayme Lawson (The Batman), Marcus Scribner (Black-ish), Jake Weary (It Follows), Irene Bedard (Pocahantas) and Olive Jane Lorraine (Jelly).
How to Blow Up a Pipeline was written, cast, financed and prepped in only...
- 9/13/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Who could have possibly anticipated that, nearly a decade ago when “Girls” creator and star Lena Dunham announced in an early episode of the ground-breaking HBO series that her Hannah Horvath might “be the voice of my generation. Or at least a voice. Of a generation” that she really meant that she was the voice of…medieval tweens?
Dunham’s fourth film adapts Karen Cushman’s lauded 1994 YA novel “Catherine, Called Birdy” into Starring “Games of Thrones” breakout Bella Ramsey in the title role, the film — set in medieval England — follows young Catherine as she navigates her way through a world uninterested (and unaccustomed) to caring about the whims and wishes of its women.
If this sounds at all staid to you, you really must read Cushman’s novel, which is fresh and funny in so many ways. And then, you really must see Dunham’s film, which is her best yet,...
Dunham’s fourth film adapts Karen Cushman’s lauded 1994 YA novel “Catherine, Called Birdy” into Starring “Games of Thrones” breakout Bella Ramsey in the title role, the film — set in medieval England — follows young Catherine as she navigates her way through a world uninterested (and unaccustomed) to caring about the whims and wishes of its women.
If this sounds at all staid to you, you really must read Cushman’s novel, which is fresh and funny in so many ways. And then, you really must see Dunham’s film, which is her best yet,...
- 9/11/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
“Catherine Called Birdy” is Lena Dunham’s second feature film of 2022, and they present a striking study in contrasts. “Sharp Stick” is a provocative and occasionally cringe-y examination of contemporary mores, particularly regarding sexuality—in other words, exactly what you’d expect from a Lena Dunham movie. “Birdy,” on the other hand, is a period piece based on a book and rated PG-13; it feels like a movie made as a conscious effort to prove that she’s more than you think.
Continue reading ‘Catherine Called Birdy’ Review: A Delightfully Ribald Period Comedy From Lena Dunham [TIFF] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Catherine Called Birdy’ Review: A Delightfully Ribald Period Comedy From Lena Dunham [TIFF] at The Playlist.
- 9/11/2022
- by Jason Bailey
- The Playlist
God’s thumbs! Leave it to “Girls” creator Lena Dunham to deliver what’s been missing from the field of princess movies all these years: namely, permission for young women to be themselves, regardless of what their parents or the patriarchy might think. In many ways, movies — and YA movies in particular — double as a kind of socializing tool, encouraging audiences to be independent thinkers (on their surface) while in fact giving them the keys for conformity: Follow the rules, respect your elders, marry the right guy, and you’ll be rewarded with your happily ever after, they say. But that’s not independence; that’s indoctrination.
Adapted from Katherine Cushman’s 1994 novel, “Catherine Called Birdy” is a genially impertinent feature-length celebration of not always doing what you’re told. Set in 1290, at a time of infrequent baths and early-40s life expectancy, Dunham’s comedic take follows the creative...
Adapted from Katherine Cushman’s 1994 novel, “Catherine Called Birdy” is a genially impertinent feature-length celebration of not always doing what you’re told. Set in 1290, at a time of infrequent baths and early-40s life expectancy, Dunham’s comedic take follows the creative...
- 9/11/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Robert Schwartzman is part of one of Hollywood’s great filmmaking dynasties, but when he ventured into directing himself, he discovered that the world of distribution for up-and-coming filmmakers was broken.
The multihyphenate, who is Francis Ford Coppola’s nephew, has acted in movies like “The Princess Diaries” — where he played Anne Hathaway’s love interest Michael Moscovitz in what became her breakout movie — and has fronted the rock band Rooney since 1999. In recent years, however, Schwartzman has become more ensconced in the family business, directing indie features such as “The Unicorn,” “Dreamland” and “The Argument.”
“I felt a frustration that certain films were being overlooked in the market, like when you don’t get into a film festival, and the movie doesn’t make the cut sometimes,” Schwartzman tells Variety. “It’s pretty emotionally devastating for a filmmaker to feel that rejection.”
He continues: “You want to put [the film] in...
The multihyphenate, who is Francis Ford Coppola’s nephew, has acted in movies like “The Princess Diaries” — where he played Anne Hathaway’s love interest Michael Moscovitz in what became her breakout movie — and has fronted the rock band Rooney since 1999. In recent years, however, Schwartzman has become more ensconced in the family business, directing indie features such as “The Unicorn,” “Dreamland” and “The Argument.”
“I felt a frustration that certain films were being overlooked in the market, like when you don’t get into a film festival, and the movie doesn’t make the cut sometimes,” Schwartzman tells Variety. “It’s pretty emotionally devastating for a filmmaker to feel that rejection.”
He continues: “You want to put [the film] in...
- 9/10/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Luis Felber’s life changed in January 2021 when a mutual friend set him up on a blind date with Lena Dunham. The Winchester, U.K.-born son of a North London Jewish businessman father and Peruvian painter mom, Felber was at first hesitant, having been in lockdown for most of the year, writing love songs on his iPhone for his group Atttawalpa.
“I wasn’t in a place where I was looking for love,” the 36-year-old musician explains, revealing he’d never seen an episode of “Girls,” though his mom and sister were big fans. “Covid wasn’t exactly the sexiest time to meet someone. We texted for two days before we hung out. We’re not one-word types… we throw our emotions at the phone and our fingertips
“Literally, the moment I met Lena I was infatuated with her. I just wanted to talk to her forever. I feel...
“I wasn’t in a place where I was looking for love,” the 36-year-old musician explains, revealing he’d never seen an episode of “Girls,” though his mom and sister were big fans. “Covid wasn’t exactly the sexiest time to meet someone. We texted for two days before we hung out. We’re not one-word types… we throw our emotions at the phone and our fingertips
“Literally, the moment I met Lena I was infatuated with her. I just wanted to talk to her forever. I feel...
- 9/9/2022
- by Roy Trakin
- Variety Film + TV
‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Sequel: Taylour Paige and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Join Eddie Murphy in Netflix Film
“Beverly Hills Cop 4” is ramping up and has added Taylour Paige and Joseph Gordon-Levitt to its cast to star alongside Eddie Murphy, Netflix announced Monday.
The “Beverly Hills Cop” sequel also has an official title from Netflix, “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley.”
Production on the film is now under way, with Mark Molloy sitting in the director’s chair.
The logline for “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley” is being kept under wraps, but the film is a follow-up to the trilogy of cop comedies in which Murphy plays Foley, a Detroit cop who is suspended from the force and travels to LA, only to find himself investigating the murder of a friend.
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The “Beverly Hills Cop” sequel also has an official title from Netflix, “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley.”
Production on the film is now under way, with Mark Molloy sitting in the director’s chair.
The logline for “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley” is being kept under wraps, but the film is a follow-up to the trilogy of cop comedies in which Murphy plays Foley, a Detroit cop who is suspended from the force and travels to LA, only to find himself investigating the murder of a friend.
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Eddie Murphy to Star in Holiday Film ‘Candy Cane Lane’ for Amazon and Imagine
The 1984 film spawned two more sequels, including ones in 1987 and 1994, and the original film and its 316 million worldwide at the box...
- 8/29/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The long-awaited sequel to the classic comedy franchise is a go as sources tell Deadline that Taylour Paige and Joseph Gordon-Levitt have joined series star Eddie Murphy in Netflix’s newly titled Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley. Production on the sequel is under way with Mark Molloy directing. Murphy is back as Axel Foley and will produce along with Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman of Jerry Bruckheimer films. Will Beall penned the script.
The franchise moved from Paramount to Netflix in the winter of 2019 and follows the adventures of Detroit cop Foley, who first appeared in the 1984 smash hit that followed him to Beverly Hills to solve the murder of a friend. The film became one of the year’s biggest hits and solidified Murphy’s movie-star status. It was followed by two sequels in 1987 and 1994.
Charisse Hewitt-Webster and Ray Angelic will exec produce. Melissa Reid of Jerry Bruckheimer Films will co-produce.
The franchise moved from Paramount to Netflix in the winter of 2019 and follows the adventures of Detroit cop Foley, who first appeared in the 1984 smash hit that followed him to Beverly Hills to solve the murder of a friend. The film became one of the year’s biggest hits and solidified Murphy’s movie-star status. It was followed by two sequels in 1987 and 1994.
Charisse Hewitt-Webster and Ray Angelic will exec produce. Melissa Reid of Jerry Bruckheimer Films will co-produce.
- 8/29/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
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Utopia has acquired the North American rights to writer-director Kristoffer Borgli’s cultural satire Sick of Myself.
The nihilistic romantic comedy, which screened at Cannes as part of the Un Certain Regard section, portrays a self-absorbed young woman, played by Kristine Kujath Thorp, making herself sick to attract attention and one-up her artist boyfriend (Eirik Sæther).
Sick of Myself will next play at the 2022 edition of Fantastic Fest.
“I wrote this Norwegian script after I had just moved to the U.S., and even though it’s a story about a very specific Oslo environment, I must have been influenced by my immediate surroundings because the film seems almost more relatable for American audiences,” Borgli said in a statement.
“I’m therefore very excited to partner with Utopia for U.S. distribution, to bring the movie back to where it was written,” the director added.
Utopia has acquired the North American rights to writer-director Kristoffer Borgli’s cultural satire Sick of Myself.
The nihilistic romantic comedy, which screened at Cannes as part of the Un Certain Regard section, portrays a self-absorbed young woman, played by Kristine Kujath Thorp, making herself sick to attract attention and one-up her artist boyfriend (Eirik Sæther).
Sick of Myself will next play at the 2022 edition of Fantastic Fest.
“I wrote this Norwegian script after I had just moved to the U.S., and even though it’s a story about a very specific Oslo environment, I must have been influenced by my immediate surroundings because the film seems almost more relatable for American audiences,” Borgli said in a statement.
“I’m therefore very excited to partner with Utopia for U.S. distribution, to bring the movie back to where it was written,” the director added.
- 8/18/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Utopia and Showtime have acquired the North American rights to Pulse Films’ “Meet Me in the Bathroom,” a documentary about the explosion of rock ‘n’ roll that helped define the early 2000s in New York City and ushered in a new generation of musical talent. The film, which is directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Utopia will release “Meet Me in the Bathroom” in theaters later this year. The film will air on Showtime at the end of 2022.
Based on the hit 2017 oral history of the same name by Lizzy Goodman, “Meet Me in the Bathroom” says it “tells the story of the last great romantic age of rock,” one that looks at the impact that bands like The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Interpol had on revitalizing the cultural life of a reeling, post-9/11 city. To tell its story of this pivotal moment in music,...
Based on the hit 2017 oral history of the same name by Lizzy Goodman, “Meet Me in the Bathroom” says it “tells the story of the last great romantic age of rock,” one that looks at the impact that bands like The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Interpol had on revitalizing the cultural life of a reeling, post-9/11 city. To tell its story of this pivotal moment in music,...
- 8/10/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
"You have wings - you must learn how to harness them." Amazon Prime Video has revealed a trailer for a film titled Catherine Called Birdy, which is actually the second new Lena Dunham indie film out this year. She first premiered Sharp Stick at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in January (it's playing in theaters now - watch the trailer) and now Catherine Called Birdy, also written & directed by Dunham, will premiere at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival this fall before opening in select theaters soon after. This one is set in the distant past - in the year 1290, to be exact. A 14 year old girl in medieval England navigates through life and avoiding potential suitors her father has in mind. It's another empowering feminist tale of a young woman where, "her imagination, defiance and deep belief in her own right to independence put her on a collision course with her parents.
- 8/10/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Writer/director/producer/actor Lena Dunham has had a couple of quiet years. Maybe that’s because she became Internet persona non grata from oversharing on social media and perhaps including a little bit too many Tmi personal details in her books. Whether she deserved that online abuse or not, she’s back and back with a vengeance in 2022.
Read More: ‘Sharp Stick’: Lena Dunham Talks Sex, Diane Keaton & Her Provocative New Coming Of Age Fairytale
Dunham’s already had one film arrive this year, the coming-of-sexual-age comedy “Sharp Stick” starring Kristine Froseth, that premiered at Sundance earlier this year, and it just came out in limited release over a week ago.
Continue reading ‘Catherine Called Birdy’ Trailer: Lena Dunham Releases Her 2nd 2022 Movie, A Medieval Coming-Of-Age Comedy at The Playlist.
Read More: ‘Sharp Stick’: Lena Dunham Talks Sex, Diane Keaton & Her Provocative New Coming Of Age Fairytale
Dunham’s already had one film arrive this year, the coming-of-sexual-age comedy “Sharp Stick” starring Kristine Froseth, that premiered at Sundance earlier this year, and it just came out in limited release over a week ago.
Continue reading ‘Catherine Called Birdy’ Trailer: Lena Dunham Releases Her 2nd 2022 Movie, A Medieval Coming-Of-Age Comedy at The Playlist.
- 8/10/2022
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Different century, same search for gender equality.
Lena Dunham’s third feature film “Catherine Called Birdy” is set in a Medieval English village in 1290, where teenage Lady Catherine (Bella Ramsey) is assigned the task of finding a husband. Her father (Andrew Scott) is determined to capitalize on the marriage of his eldest daughter Catherine in order to save their manor. The only issue? Tween Catherine refuses to comply.
“Would I choose to die rather than be forced to marry?” Catherine (Ramsey) says in the trailer. “I do not think either option is appealing. Or fair.”
Written and directed by Emmy nominee Dunham and adapted from Karen Cushman’s novel of the same name, “Catherine Called Birdy” will premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival before debuting in theaters September 23 before streaming globally on Prime Video October 7.
Joe Alwyn, Ralph Ineson, Billie Piper, Isis Hainsworth, and Russell Brand also star in the coming-of-age period piece.
Lena Dunham’s third feature film “Catherine Called Birdy” is set in a Medieval English village in 1290, where teenage Lady Catherine (Bella Ramsey) is assigned the task of finding a husband. Her father (Andrew Scott) is determined to capitalize on the marriage of his eldest daughter Catherine in order to save their manor. The only issue? Tween Catherine refuses to comply.
“Would I choose to die rather than be forced to marry?” Catherine (Ramsey) says in the trailer. “I do not think either option is appealing. Or fair.”
Written and directed by Emmy nominee Dunham and adapted from Karen Cushman’s novel of the same name, “Catherine Called Birdy” will premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival before debuting in theaters September 23 before streaming globally on Prime Video October 7.
Joe Alwyn, Ralph Ineson, Billie Piper, Isis Hainsworth, and Russell Brand also star in the coming-of-age period piece.
- 8/10/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Rosario Dawson joked it was her “bad” to prematurely hint that Jon Bernthal will be back as The Punisher for a Disney+ series.
Bernthal made his MCU debut in “Daredevil” Season 2 as former Marine Frank Castle aka The Punisher who sets out to avenge the death of his family. He then got his own Marvel series, “The Punisher,” which lasted at Netflix for two seasons from 2017 to 2019. Meanwhile, Dawson starred as Claire Temple aka the Night Nurse in “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,” “Luke Cage,” and “Iron Fist,” among the Netflix Marvel shows.
During the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, Dawson hinted that Bernthal may also be returning as The Punisher for a Disney+ series. However, the “Ahsoka” star later tweeted, “I can’t be trusted…! Getting intel from fans during signings is iffy apparently. My bad.”
Dawson added, “I get excited. Confirmation is key when you’re told what you want to hear…...
Bernthal made his MCU debut in “Daredevil” Season 2 as former Marine Frank Castle aka The Punisher who sets out to avenge the death of his family. He then got his own Marvel series, “The Punisher,” which lasted at Netflix for two seasons from 2017 to 2019. Meanwhile, Dawson starred as Claire Temple aka the Night Nurse in “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,” “Luke Cage,” and “Iron Fist,” among the Netflix Marvel shows.
During the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, Dawson hinted that Bernthal may also be returning as The Punisher for a Disney+ series. However, the “Ahsoka” star later tweeted, “I can’t be trusted…! Getting intel from fans during signings is iffy apparently. My bad.”
Dawson added, “I get excited. Confirmation is key when you’re told what you want to hear…...
- 8/8/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Early in Lena Dunham’s bittersweet Sharp Stick, which goes wide this week, two young women are treated, yet again, to their origin stories. Their mother, Marilyn (Jennifer Jason Leigh), believes in ritual. Treina (Taylour Paige) is the biological daughter of a stranger Marilyn met and befriended some years ago, who ran away with a Scientologist after giving birth, leaving the thirtysomething Marilyn — whose own chances at pregnancy were thought to be slim — to care for the young woman she’d grow to call her daughter. Sarah Jo (Kristine Froseth), meanwhile,...
- 8/6/2022
- by K. Austin Collins
- Rollingstone.com
A New Zealand-based platform where fans track, review and share lists of movies old and new is an increasingly influential marketing tool for specialty film with budgets tight and audiences harder to reach.
Letterboxd, founded as a passion project by Auckland tech entrepreneurs Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow just over a decade ago, recently passed 6.5 million members, with 40-50 in North America followed by the U.K., Europe and breakout markets including Brazil, India, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines. It has 4.4 million monthly visitors and 800 million monthly page views.
Since launch, users have logged a whopping 1 billion films they’ve seen, put 300 million films on watchlists and posted 76.8 million reviews. Average time spent per visitor per month across web and app is about 40 minutes.
Letterboxd has been profitable since 2019, which is “source of immense pride,” Buchanan tells Deadline. The founders early on declined venture capital backing, he said, to...
Letterboxd, founded as a passion project by Auckland tech entrepreneurs Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow just over a decade ago, recently passed 6.5 million members, with 40-50 in North America followed by the U.K., Europe and breakout markets including Brazil, India, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines. It has 4.4 million monthly visitors and 800 million monthly page views.
Since launch, users have logged a whopping 1 billion films they’ve seen, put 300 million films on watchlists and posted 76.8 million reviews. Average time spent per visitor per month across web and app is about 40 minutes.
Letterboxd has been profitable since 2019, which is “source of immense pride,” Buchanan tells Deadline. The founders early on declined venture capital backing, he said, to...
- 8/5/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Los Angeles, Aug 4 (Ians) Actress Lena Dunham thinks co-star Jon Bernthal should give lessons on “how to be a man in a sex scene.” The 36-year-old actress also praised 45-year-old Bernthal for his “thoughtfulness” when directing him during intimate shoots for her newest film ‘Sharp Stick’, which tells of a naive young woman, played […]...
- 8/4/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Los Angeles, Aug 4 (Ians) Actress Lena Dunham thinks co-star Jon Bernthal should give lessons on “how to be a man in a sex scene.” The 36-year-old actress also praised 45-year-old Bernthal for his “thoughtfulness” when directing him during intimate shoots for her newest film ‘Sharp Stick’, which tells of a naive young woman, played […]...
- 8/4/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Los Angeles, Aug 4 (Ians) Actress Lena Dunham thinks co-star Jon Bernthal should give lessons on “how to be a man in a sex scene.” The 36-year-old actress also praised 45-year-old Bernthal for his “thoughtfulness” when directing him during intimate shoots for her newest film ‘Sharp Stick’, which tells of a naive young woman, played […]...
- 8/4/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Lena Dunham was in a whole league of her own as an aspiring tween star.
The “Girls” creator and “A League of Their Own” enthusiast revealed that she met director Penny Marshall while auditioning for 2001 film “Riding in Cars With Boys.” Yet the audition soon went off the rails and didn’t warrant a callback.
“When I was 12, I met Penny Marshall in a failed audition for a film, ‘Riding in Cars With Boys.’ And that was really big for me,” Dunham detailed on SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Show.” “I was treated actually really well. There was no cruelty. The only thing I’ll say is I understand why I didn’t get the role.”
Dunham continued, “She asked all the young actors to say our name, our height, where we were from, and smile. And I said, ‘I’m Lena, I’m from New York, and I don’t smile on command.
The “Girls” creator and “A League of Their Own” enthusiast revealed that she met director Penny Marshall while auditioning for 2001 film “Riding in Cars With Boys.” Yet the audition soon went off the rails and didn’t warrant a callback.
“When I was 12, I met Penny Marshall in a failed audition for a film, ‘Riding in Cars With Boys.’ And that was really big for me,” Dunham detailed on SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Show.” “I was treated actually really well. There was no cruelty. The only thing I’ll say is I understand why I didn’t get the role.”
Dunham continued, “She asked all the young actors to say our name, our height, where we were from, and smile. And I said, ‘I’m Lena, I’m from New York, and I don’t smile on command.
- 8/2/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
July 2022 was the best month for theaters since 2019, but it ends on a weak note: For the first time since May (just before Paramount opened “Top Gun: Maverick), grosses for all films will total under 100 million. This particular fallow patch won’t last long with “Bullet Train” (Sony) starring Brad Pitt opening next Friday; it could open to 40 million or higher. After that, theaters may have to wait for October for another significant performer when Warner Bros. opens “Black Adam” starring Dwayne Johnson.
That’s assuming it doesn’t underwhelm like some DC Comics adaptations, like this weekend’s animated “DC League of Super-Pets” (Warners). It’s #1 this weekend, but with a less-than-stellar 23 million. By comparison, that’s less than a quarter of the opening gross for “Minions: The Rise of Gru;” another animated Universal title, last spring’s “The Bad Guys,” cost 90 million less and opened to 1 million more.
That’s assuming it doesn’t underwhelm like some DC Comics adaptations, like this weekend’s animated “DC League of Super-Pets” (Warners). It’s #1 this weekend, but with a less-than-stellar 23 million. By comparison, that’s less than a quarter of the opening gross for “Minions: The Rise of Gru;” another animated Universal title, last spring’s “The Bad Guys,” cost 90 million less and opened to 1 million more.
- 7/31/2022
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
“DC League of Super-Pets,” an animated adventure about the four-legged friends of superheroes, opened in first place at the domestic box office with 23 million from 4,313 theaters.
Though the Warner Bros. movie sold enough tickets to dethrone Jordan Peele’s “Nope” on North American charts, it’s a mediocre start given the film’s 90 million price tag. Sure, the Legion of Super-Pets aren’t as recognizable as Superman or Aquaman, but “DC League of Super-Pets” could have resonated with audiences a little more given its affiliation with DC Comics and its high-wattage voice cast in Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart.
“DC League of Super-Pets” did not make up much ground at the international box office, where it launched to 18.4 million from 63 markets. In total, the film has grossed 41.4 million globally.
In pandemic times, “DC League of Super-Pets” is yet another kid-friendly film that has struggled to wow in its box office debut.
Though the Warner Bros. movie sold enough tickets to dethrone Jordan Peele’s “Nope” on North American charts, it’s a mediocre start given the film’s 90 million price tag. Sure, the Legion of Super-Pets aren’t as recognizable as Superman or Aquaman, but “DC League of Super-Pets” could have resonated with audiences a little more given its affiliation with DC Comics and its high-wattage voice cast in Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart.
“DC League of Super-Pets” did not make up much ground at the international box office, where it launched to 18.4 million from 63 markets. In total, the film has grossed 41.4 million globally.
In pandemic times, “DC League of Super-Pets” is yet another kid-friendly film that has struggled to wow in its box office debut.
- 7/31/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
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