Carey Mulligan broke through with an Oscar nomination in 2009 for “An Education” when she was just 23-years-old, filling the classic ingenue slot that has persisted through academy history. Considering the career she has had since “An Education,” one might have expected a follow-up nomination in the years since, but she still has yet to earn that elusive second bid. This might finally change thanks to “Promising Young Woman,” the buzzy new Focus Features film by writer-director Emerald Fennell that is netting Mulligan some of the best reviews of her career.
In “Promising Young Woman,” Mulligan plays Cassie, a woman who, as the title suggests, was a promising young medical student only for that potential to be ripped away after a traumatic event. She seeks revenge by cleverly manipulating men at night until her world is shaken and she proceeds down a dangerous path to find the closure she craves. It...
In “Promising Young Woman,” Mulligan plays Cassie, a woman who, as the title suggests, was a promising young medical student only for that potential to be ripped away after a traumatic event. She seeks revenge by cleverly manipulating men at night until her world is shaken and she proceeds down a dangerous path to find the closure she craves. It...
- 12/26/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Naomi Ackie is in negotiations to play Whitney Houston in the musical biopic about the singer’s life, “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” that is set up at Sony’s TriStar Pictures.
“The Photograph” filmmaker Stella Meghie is directing the film about Houston’s life that comes from a screenplay by “Bohemian Rhapsody” writer Anthony McCarten.
“I Wanna Dance With Somebody” is set for release on Thanksgiving 2022. The film is being made with the support of Houston’s estate and will include a look at her full life and career as well as a journey through her music.
Ackie is a British actress who broke out in “Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker” and in the film “Lady Macbeth.” She recently won a BAFTA for her work in the second season of Netflix’s “The End of the F***ing World,” and she can be seen in “Education,” the...
“The Photograph” filmmaker Stella Meghie is directing the film about Houston’s life that comes from a screenplay by “Bohemian Rhapsody” writer Anthony McCarten.
“I Wanna Dance With Somebody” is set for release on Thanksgiving 2022. The film is being made with the support of Houston’s estate and will include a look at her full life and career as well as a journey through her music.
Ackie is a British actress who broke out in “Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker” and in the film “Lady Macbeth.” She recently won a BAFTA for her work in the second season of Netflix’s “The End of the F***ing World,” and she can be seen in “Education,” the...
- 12/15/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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