Photo: 'The Ultimate Playlist of Noise'/Hulu If you knew you only had one month left to hear the world, what would you do first? Throughout watching ‘The Ultimate Playlist of Noise’, I tried to answer this question for myself- Dua Lipa’s new album that I’ve been repeating for the past week, my mother telling me that she loves me, cherished videos of concerts, or endless hours of my friends talking about meaningless chatter? As I sit to write this, I’m still not sure that I have my final answer. It’s okay, however, because director Bennett Lasseter and writer Mitchell Winkie have done a far more eloquent job at this almost incomprehensible task by giving us the gift of ‘The Ultimate Playlist of Noise’. Related article: ‘Sound of Metal’: Brilliant Riz Ahmed in Darius Marder’s Look at an Emotional Journey Related article: Bigger than...
- 1/27/2021
- by Jordyn McEvoy
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
There’s a genre of literature, rife with fear and dismay, that’s more steeped in sinister fate than the novels of Thomas Hardy, more flecked with cruelty than the bad-dream collages of William Burroughs. It’s so infused with a sense of life’s unfairness that merely to read it is to stalk the darkness.
I’m talking, of course, about YA fiction.
Someday, somebody will write an academic thesis — maybe it’s already been done — about why so many YA tales hinge on events of grandiose misfortune. Fatal cases of cancer, cataclysmic car accidents, or, in the case of “The Ultimate Playlist of Noise,” a sweet handsome menschy suburban teenager, Marcus Lund (Keean Johnson), who must undergo a brain operation that will leave him deaf. You could argue that the darkness of these stories is a way of respecting young audiences, a way of forcing them to confront how tough life can be.
I’m talking, of course, about YA fiction.
Someday, somebody will write an academic thesis — maybe it’s already been done — about why so many YA tales hinge on events of grandiose misfortune. Fatal cases of cancer, cataclysmic car accidents, or, in the case of “The Ultimate Playlist of Noise,” a sweet handsome menschy suburban teenager, Marcus Lund (Keean Johnson), who must undergo a brain operation that will leave him deaf. You could argue that the darkness of these stories is a way of respecting young audiences, a way of forcing them to confront how tough life can be.
- 1/15/2021
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
One teenager’s collision course with an unavoidable fate highlights the Hulu original “The Ultimate Playlist of Noise.” The film revolves around a high school senior whose world is turned upside down by a serious diagnosis. What unfolds afterward is a quest to create something lasting, ultimately finding meaning in the very things he took for granted.
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Directed by Bennett Lasseter and written by Mitchell Winkie, ‘Noise’ is yet another addition to the growing list of originals for the service.
Continue reading ‘The Ultimate Playlist Of Noise’ Trailer: An Ailing Teen Creates His Bucklist Playlist In Hulu’s YA Film at The Playlist.
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Directed by Bennett Lasseter and written by Mitchell Winkie, ‘Noise’ is yet another addition to the growing list of originals for the service.
Continue reading ‘The Ultimate Playlist Of Noise’ Trailer: An Ailing Teen Creates His Bucklist Playlist In Hulu’s YA Film at The Playlist.
- 12/17/2020
- by Valerie Thompson
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Emily Skeggs, Oliver Cooper, Ariela Barer, Jake Weary, and Gordon Winarick have joined the Hulu original film, The Ultimate Playlist Of Noise from American High. Keean Johnson and Madeline Brewer were previously announced as the leads of the pic, which is being directed by Bennett Lasseter.
The plot, written by Mitchell Winkie, follows Marcus (Johnson), an audio obsessed high school senior who learns he must undergo brain surgery that will render him deaf. He decides to seize control of his fate by recording the Ultimate Playlist of Noise – a bucket list of all his favorite sounds. Once he sets out, he meets Wendy (Brewer), a wildly charming, struggling musician who is trying to escape to New York for her chance at a life-changing opportunity. Together they check off...
The plot, written by Mitchell Winkie, follows Marcus (Johnson), an audio obsessed high school senior who learns he must undergo brain surgery that will render him deaf. He decides to seize control of his fate by recording the Ultimate Playlist of Noise – a bucket list of all his favorite sounds. Once he sets out, he meets Wendy (Brewer), a wildly charming, struggling musician who is trying to escape to New York for her chance at a life-changing opportunity. Together they check off...
- 11/22/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Handmaid’s Tale” actress Madeline Brewer and Keean Johnston are set to star in the American High-produced “The Ultimate Playlist of Noise,” to which Hulu recently acquired the exclusive rights.
This is the seventh feature film from American High, a newly formed partnership between Jeremy Garelick and Mickey Liddell’s Ld Entertainment. The film will be produced by Garelick, Liddell, Will Phelps, Ryan Bennett and Michael Schade and Pete Shilaimon.
Bennett Lasseter is directing with Mitchell Winkie penning the script.
The film follows an audio-obsessed high school senior, who after learning he must undergo brain surgery that will render him deaf, he decides to seize control of his fate by recording the Ultimate Playlist of Noise — a bucket list of all his favorite sounds. Topping the list is the sole demo tape of his late brother’s voice in New York. Once he sets out, he meets a wildly charming,...
This is the seventh feature film from American High, a newly formed partnership between Jeremy Garelick and Mickey Liddell’s Ld Entertainment. The film will be produced by Garelick, Liddell, Will Phelps, Ryan Bennett and Michael Schade and Pete Shilaimon.
Bennett Lasseter is directing with Mitchell Winkie penning the script.
The film follows an audio-obsessed high school senior, who after learning he must undergo brain surgery that will render him deaf, he decides to seize control of his fate by recording the Ultimate Playlist of Noise — a bucket list of all his favorite sounds. Topping the list is the sole demo tape of his late brother’s voice in New York. Once he sets out, he meets a wildly charming,...
- 11/1/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Keean Johnson and Madeline Brewer are set to lead The Ultimate Playlist of Noise, a feature from Hulu and American High. Bennett Lasseter is at the helm, directing from a script by Mitchell Winkie
Johnson will star as Marcus, an audio obsessed high school senior who learns he must undergo brain surgery that will render him deaf, he decides to seize control of his fate by recording the Ultimate Playlist of Noise – a bucket list of all his favorite sounds. Once he sets out, he meets Wendy (Brewer), a wildly charming, struggling musician who is trying to escape to New York for her chance at a life changing opportunity. Together they check off his list as they make their way across the country, until painful revelations force Marcus to face reality and his future without sound.
American High’s Jeremy Garelick,...
Johnson will star as Marcus, an audio obsessed high school senior who learns he must undergo brain surgery that will render him deaf, he decides to seize control of his fate by recording the Ultimate Playlist of Noise – a bucket list of all his favorite sounds. Once he sets out, he meets Wendy (Brewer), a wildly charming, struggling musician who is trying to escape to New York for her chance at a life changing opportunity. Together they check off his list as they make their way across the country, until painful revelations force Marcus to face reality and his future without sound.
American High’s Jeremy Garelick,...
- 11/1/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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