Exclusive: Gloria Sanchez Productions has promoted Alex Brown to Head of Film and hired Alix Taylor as Head of Television.
The L.A. based-pair will now oversee all development and production for the company, across film and television, reporting to principals Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum.
Brown comes to her new role following three years as a feature producer for Gloria Sanchez. Among her most recent credits as an exec producer for the company is the improvisational ensemble comedy Theater Camp, starring Molly Gordon, Ben Platt and Noah Galvin, which was acquired by Searchlight Pictures out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Gordon and Nick Lieberman directed the title, based on a same-name 2020 short, from their script written with Platt and Galvin.
Other recent credits for Brown as an EP include an Untitled Sister Comedy, starring Sandra Oh and Awkwafina, for Hulu; Todd Haynes’ May December, starring Natalie Portman...
The L.A. based-pair will now oversee all development and production for the company, across film and television, reporting to principals Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum.
Brown comes to her new role following three years as a feature producer for Gloria Sanchez. Among her most recent credits as an exec producer for the company is the improvisational ensemble comedy Theater Camp, starring Molly Gordon, Ben Platt and Noah Galvin, which was acquired by Searchlight Pictures out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Gordon and Nick Lieberman directed the title, based on a same-name 2020 short, from their script written with Platt and Galvin.
Other recent credits for Brown as an EP include an Untitled Sister Comedy, starring Sandra Oh and Awkwafina, for Hulu; Todd Haynes’ May December, starring Natalie Portman...
- 5/2/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
European production group Mediawan, which recently made headlines when it acquired a majority stake in Brad Pitt’s outfit Plan B Entertainment, has sealed another M&a deal, taking a majority stake in Submarine, the Dutch-based producers of Amazon Prime series Undone from Bojack Horseman creators Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob Waksberg.
Submarine’s credits also include “A Dream of a Thousand Cats,” an episode of Netflix and Warner Bros. Television’s The Sandman, Richard Linklater’s latest film Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood (also on Netflix), and the Emmy Award-winning documentaries Last Hijack and Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World.
Among their upcoming projects are drama series The Kollective written by Gomorrah and ZeroZeroZero showrunner Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Rvaglia; and Safe Harbor a true-crime-inspired series by Ozark co-creator Mark Williams.
“We are delighted to welcome within Mediawan a team as creative and renowned as the Submarine team,...
Submarine’s credits also include “A Dream of a Thousand Cats,” an episode of Netflix and Warner Bros. Television’s The Sandman, Richard Linklater’s latest film Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood (also on Netflix), and the Emmy Award-winning documentaries Last Hijack and Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World.
Among their upcoming projects are drama series The Kollective written by Gomorrah and ZeroZeroZero showrunner Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Rvaglia; and Safe Harbor a true-crime-inspired series by Ozark co-creator Mark Williams.
“We are delighted to welcome within Mediawan a team as creative and renowned as the Submarine team,...
- 4/17/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Plan B’s new owner Mediawan is pursuing its buying spree with the acquisition of a majority stake in the Emmy Award-winning company Submarine. The Amsterdam-based company develops and produces international scripted series and feature films and documentaries, and owns the largest animation studio in the Netherlands.
Submarine’s film and series credits include the Emmy Award-winning documentary “Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World,” and the Netflix original production “Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press.” Most recently, Submarine produced Richard Linklater’s latest film “Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood” for Netflix, and the Amazon Prime Video series “Undone” created by Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob Waksberg. Upcoming projects include the upscale drama series “The Kollective” written by “Gomorrah” and “ZeroZeroZero” showrunner Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Rvaglia; as well as “Safe Harbor” which is inspired by true events crime series and is created by Mark Williams (“Ozark”).
This...
Submarine’s film and series credits include the Emmy Award-winning documentary “Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World,” and the Netflix original production “Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press.” Most recently, Submarine produced Richard Linklater’s latest film “Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood” for Netflix, and the Amazon Prime Video series “Undone” created by Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob Waksberg. Upcoming projects include the upscale drama series “The Kollective” written by “Gomorrah” and “ZeroZeroZero” showrunner Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Rvaglia; as well as “Safe Harbor” which is inspired by true events crime series and is created by Mark Williams (“Ozark”).
This...
- 4/17/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
France’s Mediawan has continued its acquisitions spree by acquiring Submarine, the international producer behind Richard Linklater’s animated film Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood.
The deal, financial terms of which were not disclosed, is for a majority stake in the company, which has offices in Amsterdam, London and L.A.
Mediawan, which last year bought Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment and has been expanding internationally, claimed the Submarine acquisition builds its “House of Talent” credentials. It is led by CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton, who struck a $107M co-development and financing deal with private equity Entourage Ventures earlier this year that Mediawan Rights boss Valerie Vleeschhouwer recently outlined in more detail in an interview with Deadline.
Submarine is known for the Emmy-winning documentary Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World, Netflix original Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press and most recently Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood...
The deal, financial terms of which were not disclosed, is for a majority stake in the company, which has offices in Amsterdam, London and L.A.
Mediawan, which last year bought Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment and has been expanding internationally, claimed the Submarine acquisition builds its “House of Talent” credentials. It is led by CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton, who struck a $107M co-development and financing deal with private equity Entourage Ventures earlier this year that Mediawan Rights boss Valerie Vleeschhouwer recently outlined in more detail in an interview with Deadline.
Submarine is known for the Emmy-winning documentary Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World, Netflix original Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press and most recently Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood...
- 4/17/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
"Undone" is impressive for many reasons, but its ability to combine wildly different genres might be the biggest. On the one hand, there's the stark depiction of listless 20-year-old Alma Winograd-Diaz (Rosa Salazar) and her family drama, which makes the show so emotionally affecting. On the other, there's the wild time and space-bending sci-fi adventure featuring the ghost of her late father, Jacob Winograd (Bob Odenkirk). In the show's first season, after a car accident gives Alma the ability to traverse space and time, she embarks on a multi-dimensional journey to try to solve the mystery of her father's death.
To help pull off such an ambitiously innovative project, "BoJack Horseman" alums Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy used rotoscoping — an animation style created by tracing over real footage. This same technique was used by Richard Linklater in his movies "Waking Life" and "A Scanner Darkly," and was chosen for "Undone" by Dutch animator Hisko Hulsing,...
To help pull off such an ambitiously innovative project, "BoJack Horseman" alums Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy used rotoscoping — an animation style created by tracing over real footage. This same technique was used by Richard Linklater in his movies "Waking Life" and "A Scanner Darkly," and was chosen for "Undone" by Dutch animator Hisko Hulsing,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Each December, acclaimed television series from the previous 12 months are discussed in the form of “best of...” lists. In these, the same shows are usually bandied around – some deserving (Better Call Saul), others not so (we won’t name names).
Often, though, several key titles are omitted – not because they aren’t any good, but because they haven’t been widely seen. This is understandable; after all, there’s an increasing amount of television to wade through every week.
Perhaps this is why these lists are skewed towards the high-profile releases – the ones that happen to be right there when people browse Netflix or whichever streaming service they have. But the fact remains, there’s a goldmine of under-the-radar shows out there to discover.
In the past year, all of the below deserved more love.
‘As We See It’ (Prime Video)
Season one, premiered 21 January
The media’s representation of...
Often, though, several key titles are omitted – not because they aren’t any good, but because they haven’t been widely seen. This is understandable; after all, there’s an increasing amount of television to wade through every week.
Perhaps this is why these lists are skewed towards the high-profile releases – the ones that happen to be right there when people browse Netflix or whichever streaming service they have. But the fact remains, there’s a goldmine of under-the-radar shows out there to discover.
In the past year, all of the below deserved more love.
‘As We See It’ (Prime Video)
Season one, premiered 21 January
The media’s representation of...
- 12/24/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
‘Undone’ Creators on the Incredible Ingenuity Required for Season 2 — and Why They’re Ready for More
When an “Undone” viewer stops to consider the challenges that go into creating Prime Video’s acclaimed family drama — which uses rotoscope animation as part of an expansive artistic palette — plenty of awe-inspiring examples spring to mind. Perhaps they think of the rapid time shifts, when Alma (Rosa Salazar) moves backward and forward in the blink of an eye, searching the past and present for clues about her father’s death. Or maybe it’s when rooms, buildings, and people evaporate as Jacob (Bob Odenkirk) teaches her how to alter reality — and maybe bring him back from the dead — through time travel. In Season 2, many may point to the moving, semi-traversable M.C. Escher painting that appears in later episodes, as a key character’s entire life is embodied within gravity-defying stairways, rooms, and venues, while the family works to mend old wounds by (literally) navigating their ancestor’s history.
- 8/8/2022
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
After dealing with her own mental health, Kate Purdy decided to channel her experiences through animation for Amazon Prime’s Undone. Along with fellow co-creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Purdy created a story of generational trauma and redemption.
Undone follows Alma (Rosa Salazar), a woman who survives a near-fatal car crash and discovers she has the ability to manipulate time and reality. Season 1 focuses on Alma trying to find the truth behind her father Jacob’s (Bob Odenkirk) death and save him. Season 2 takes place in a new timeline after she succeeds, and now finds that her sister Becca (Angelique Cabral) has a similar ability. Together they try to help their mother Camila (Constance Marie) who is hiding something from them.
Deadline: Where did the idea for Undone come from?
Kate Purdy: I had a mental breakdown in 2012. I was in a really difficult marriage and was trying to figure out...
Undone follows Alma (Rosa Salazar), a woman who survives a near-fatal car crash and discovers she has the ability to manipulate time and reality. Season 1 focuses on Alma trying to find the truth behind her father Jacob’s (Bob Odenkirk) death and save him. Season 2 takes place in a new timeline after she succeeds, and now finds that her sister Becca (Angelique Cabral) has a similar ability. Together they try to help their mother Camila (Constance Marie) who is hiding something from them.
Deadline: Where did the idea for Undone come from?
Kate Purdy: I had a mental breakdown in 2012. I was in a really difficult marriage and was trying to figure out...
- 6/16/2022
- by Ryan Fleming
- Deadline Film + TV
Rotoscope animation is a rare technique on television, and a rare one to see used as well as it is in Prime Video’s “Undone.”
Created by Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the series is shot in live-action on green screen soundstages, with the footage animated by the companies Submarine and Minnow Mountain. The result is a formally inventive series that uses dreamlike, hazy animated imagery to tell the slippery story of Alma (Rosa Salazar) as she confronts her memories of her father’s death by leaping through time to prevent it.
For the show’s recent second season, the animation of “Undone” gets even more ambitious, as the narrative sees Alma and her sister Becca (Angelique Cabral) travel into the memories and traumatic pasts of their father Jacob (Bob Odenkirk), mother Camila (Constance Marie) and eventually their grandmother Geraldine (Holley Fain). The further they travel through time, the more the animation distorts reality,...
Created by Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the series is shot in live-action on green screen soundstages, with the footage animated by the companies Submarine and Minnow Mountain. The result is a formally inventive series that uses dreamlike, hazy animated imagery to tell the slippery story of Alma (Rosa Salazar) as she confronts her memories of her father’s death by leaping through time to prevent it.
For the show’s recent second season, the animation of “Undone” gets even more ambitious, as the narrative sees Alma and her sister Becca (Angelique Cabral) travel into the memories and traumatic pasts of their father Jacob (Bob Odenkirk), mother Camila (Constance Marie) and eventually their grandmother Geraldine (Holley Fain). The further they travel through time, the more the animation distorts reality,...
- 5/17/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
When talking to the cast and crew behind Amazon Prime Video’s trippy series Undone, the last thing you want to do is ask about the rotoscoping of it all too early.
First deployed in the early 20th century, rotoscoping is an animation technique in which artists paint over live-action footage to make the movement of animated characters appear more realistic. Deployed strategically and sparingly in films like Cinderella and Mary Poppins, director Richard Linklater revolutionized the concept in the modern era with fully digital rotoscoped feature films like Waking Life in 2001 and A Scanner Darkly in 2006.
Per Prime Video, Undone is first TV series to fully utilize the technique, so naturally you’d want to ask about it when stars Rosa Salazar, Angelique Cabral, Constance Marie; creator Kate Purdy; and director Hisko Hulsings sit down at Den of Geek video studio during SXSW to discuss the upcoming second season of the show.
First deployed in the early 20th century, rotoscoping is an animation technique in which artists paint over live-action footage to make the movement of animated characters appear more realistic. Deployed strategically and sparingly in films like Cinderella and Mary Poppins, director Richard Linklater revolutionized the concept in the modern era with fully digital rotoscoped feature films like Waking Life in 2001 and A Scanner Darkly in 2006.
Per Prime Video, Undone is first TV series to fully utilize the technique, so naturally you’d want to ask about it when stars Rosa Salazar, Angelique Cabral, Constance Marie; creator Kate Purdy; and director Hisko Hulsings sit down at Den of Geek video studio during SXSW to discuss the upcoming second season of the show.
- 4/29/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Season 1 of “Undone” pulled off the magic trick of being grounded and fantastical all at once. It showed that a touching father-daughter story can still happen even as both of them are tumbling through different forms of reality and a jumble of stitched-together timelines. The Prime Video series’ co-creator and writer Kate Purdy helped to steer the story of Alma Winograd-Diaz (Rosa Salazar), a young woman recovering from a car accident who becomes convinced that she can communicate with the spirit of her dead father Jacob (Bob Odenkirk).
That initial germ of an idea spread over the course of the show’s first eight episodes, expanding along with Alma’s consciousness. With Alma perceiving glitches in time and revisiting her own memories as easily as if she were walking into an adjoining room, the details she found on each new go-round with the past led her closer to some uncomfortable truths about her family.
That initial germ of an idea spread over the course of the show’s first eight episodes, expanding along with Alma’s consciousness. With Alma perceiving glitches in time and revisiting her own memories as easily as if she were walking into an adjoining room, the details she found on each new go-round with the past led her closer to some uncomfortable truths about her family.
- 4/26/2022
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
The first season of "Undone" took big swings that paid off in spades. The show from "BoJack Horseman" alums Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy shattered the mold of conventional TV storytelling and delivered an utterly unique show centered on achingly relatable and believable characters. The show and those characters — the Winograd-Diaz family — are back for a second season. And although "Undone" is different than any other show out there, it still faces the daunting question of any second season or sequel — how can the creators tell another story that builds on the events of the first while bringing something new...
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- 4/26/2022
- by Vanessa Armstrong
- Slash Film
When “Undone” premiered on Amazon Prime in 2019, it was like nothing else on television, combining rotoscope animation with bold nonlinear storytelling and some stunning acting performances. The complex animation style has led to a long delay between seasons, but later this month, fans will be treated to a new season. Today, Amazon gave fans at WonderCon their first look at Season 2, dropping a trailer for the eight new episodes that are scheduled to stream on April 29.
“Undone” was created by Kate Purdy and “BoJack Horseman” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg, and stars Rosa Salazar, Angelique Cabral, Constance Marie, and Bob Odenkirk. Season 1 told the story of a woman who experiences a car crash that dramatically alters her relationship with time. She continues to relive the car crash in a myriad of ways, but also begins to reconnect with her dead father.
The show was notable for its use of rotoscoping, in which...
“Undone” was created by Kate Purdy and “BoJack Horseman” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg, and stars Rosa Salazar, Angelique Cabral, Constance Marie, and Bob Odenkirk. Season 1 told the story of a woman who experiences a car crash that dramatically alters her relationship with time. She continues to relive the car crash in a myriad of ways, but also begins to reconnect with her dead father.
The show was notable for its use of rotoscoping, in which...
- 4/2/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
It’s been more than two and a half years since Prime Video’s Undone debuted on the streamer, but for Alma Winograd-Diaz, time is merely relative.
In Season 2 of the genre-bending animated series (all eight episodes will be released on Friday, April 29), Alma realizes there are deeper mysteries in her family’s past. However, no one in her family is interested in digging into these uncomfortable truths — until she finally convinces Becca to help. As the sisters search for answers, they unravel a complex network of memories and motivations that have shaped who they are today.
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In Season 2 of the genre-bending animated series (all eight episodes will be released on Friday, April 29), Alma realizes there are deeper mysteries in her family’s past. However, no one in her family is interested in digging into these uncomfortable truths — until she finally convinces Becca to help. As the sisters search for answers, they unravel a complex network of memories and motivations that have shaped who they are today.
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- 4/2/2022
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
A South by Southwest panel today received the first glimpse of Season Two footage from Prime Video’s animated series Undone, which will premiere Friday, April 29.
From creators Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg (BoJack Horseman), Undone is a half-hour animated dramedy that explores the elastic nature of reality through its central character, Alma (Rosa Salazar), a 28-year-old living in San Antonio, Texas alongside her mother Camila (Constance Marie) and sister Becca (Angelique Cabral).
After getting into a car accident and nearly dying, Alma finds she has a new relationship to time. She develops this new ability in order to find out the truth about her father Jacob’s (Bob Odenkirk) death.
In Season Two, Alma realizes there are deeper mysteries in her family’s past. However, no one in her family is interested in digging up uncomfortable truths with her—until she finally convinces her sister Becca to help her look.
From creators Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg (BoJack Horseman), Undone is a half-hour animated dramedy that explores the elastic nature of reality through its central character, Alma (Rosa Salazar), a 28-year-old living in San Antonio, Texas alongside her mother Camila (Constance Marie) and sister Becca (Angelique Cabral).
After getting into a car accident and nearly dying, Alma finds she has a new relationship to time. She develops this new ability in order to find out the truth about her father Jacob’s (Bob Odenkirk) death.
In Season Two, Alma realizes there are deeper mysteries in her family’s past. However, no one in her family is interested in digging up uncomfortable truths with her—until she finally convinces her sister Becca to help her look.
- 3/12/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Prime Video’s genre-bending animated series, Undone, is set to release its second season in late April — more than two-and-a-half years after its freshman season debuted.
As announced during the show’s SXSW (South by Southwest) panel this weekend, all eight episodes of Undone Season 2 will be released on Friday, April 29, in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
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From series creators Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg...
As announced during the show’s SXSW (South by Southwest) panel this weekend, all eight episodes of Undone Season 2 will be released on Friday, April 29, in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
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From series creators Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg...
- 3/12/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
AMC has announced the cast for “Pantheon,” the network’s upcoming animated drama.
The series is based on a collection of short stories from Ken Liu about Uploaded Intelligence — human consciousness uploaded to the Cloud. “Pantheon” is created and written by Craig Silverstein with Liu serving as a consulting producer and Titmouse Inc., animation studio also attached. AMC, which produces through AMC Studios, has placed an initial order for two seasons of the speculative fiction series consisting of eight one-hour episodes each.
The cast of “Pantheon” will consist of Daniel Dae Kim, Katie Chang, Paul Dano, Rosemarie DeWitt, Aaron Eckhart, Taylor Schilling, Ron Livingston, Chris Diamantopoulos, Raza Jaffrey, and Scoot McNairy. Additional cast members include Anika Noni Rose, Grey Griffin, SungWon Cho, Kevin Durand, Samuel Roukin, and Krystina Alabado.
The show’s first season will center on Maddie (Chang), a bullied teen who receives mysterious help from someone online. The...
The series is based on a collection of short stories from Ken Liu about Uploaded Intelligence — human consciousness uploaded to the Cloud. “Pantheon” is created and written by Craig Silverstein with Liu serving as a consulting producer and Titmouse Inc., animation studio also attached. AMC, which produces through AMC Studios, has placed an initial order for two seasons of the speculative fiction series consisting of eight one-hour episodes each.
The cast of “Pantheon” will consist of Daniel Dae Kim, Katie Chang, Paul Dano, Rosemarie DeWitt, Aaron Eckhart, Taylor Schilling, Ron Livingston, Chris Diamantopoulos, Raza Jaffrey, and Scoot McNairy. Additional cast members include Anika Noni Rose, Grey Griffin, SungWon Cho, Kevin Durand, Samuel Roukin, and Krystina Alabado.
The show’s first season will center on Maddie (Chang), a bullied teen who receives mysterious help from someone online. The...
- 8/7/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
With Amazon’s Undone, Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy endeavored to break new ground, methodically crafting the first television series created in its entirety through rotoscope animation.
A gorgeously surreal drama starring Rosa Salazar, Undone tells the story of Alma, a woman who discovers that she has a new relationship to time, after surviving a horrific car crash. Harnessing the powers that come to her in the aftermath of this event, the character sets out to piece together the story behind her father’s mysterious and untimely death.
Widely known for their work on Netflix’s Bojack Horseman, Bob-Waksberg and Purdy embarked on Undone with almost no knowledge of rotoscoping—a process that is incredibly intensive, in terms of both time and labor. Produced over the course of a year, Season 1 would ultimately comprise 50,000 hours of work in character animation, and 130,000 hand drawn frames.
But for the series’ creators, the unknown was nothing to fear.
A gorgeously surreal drama starring Rosa Salazar, Undone tells the story of Alma, a woman who discovers that she has a new relationship to time, after surviving a horrific car crash. Harnessing the powers that come to her in the aftermath of this event, the character sets out to piece together the story behind her father’s mysterious and untimely death.
Widely known for their work on Netflix’s Bojack Horseman, Bob-Waksberg and Purdy embarked on Undone with almost no knowledge of rotoscoping—a process that is incredibly intensive, in terms of both time and labor. Produced over the course of a year, Season 1 would ultimately comprise 50,000 hours of work in character animation, and 130,000 hand drawn frames.
But for the series’ creators, the unknown was nothing to fear.
- 6/25/2020
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
With Amazon Prime Video’s “Undone,” TV has its own version of “A Scanner Darkly” and “Waking Life,” but its a work that is far more advanced in its use of rotoscope animation for trippy storytelling. The latest series from “BoJack Horseman” producers Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg examines perception, reality, and existence in a fantastical journey through space and time.
In “Undone,” an auto accident upends the life of Alma (Rosa Salazar), who begins questioning reality when she’s visited by the spirit of her late father, Jacob (Bob Odenkirk), who asks her to help solve the mystery of his death with her mind-bending abilities. Funny thing, though: the series wasn’t supposed to be animated until Dutch animator Hisko Hulsing signed on to direct. Hulsing was a rotoscope expert, dabbling with the technique of tracing over live-action footage frame-by-frame on his award-winning shorts “Junkyard,” “Seventeen,” and HBO’s Emmy-nominated documentary,...
In “Undone,” an auto accident upends the life of Alma (Rosa Salazar), who begins questioning reality when she’s visited by the spirit of her late father, Jacob (Bob Odenkirk), who asks her to help solve the mystery of his death with her mind-bending abilities. Funny thing, though: the series wasn’t supposed to be animated until Dutch animator Hisko Hulsing signed on to direct. Hulsing was a rotoscope expert, dabbling with the technique of tracing over live-action footage frame-by-frame on his award-winning shorts “Junkyard,” “Seventeen,” and HBO’s Emmy-nominated documentary,...
- 6/17/2020
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
With Amazon Prime Video’s “Undone,” TV has its own version of “A Scanner Darkly” and “Waking Life,” but its a work that is far more advanced in its use of rotoscope animation for trippy storytelling. The latest series from “BoJack Horseman” producers Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg examines perception, reality, and existence in a fantastical journey through space and time.
In “Undone,” an auto accident upends the life of Alma (Rosa Salazar), who begins questioning reality when she’s visited by the spirit of her late father, Jacob (Bob Odenkirk), who asks her to help solve the mystery of his death with her mind-bending abilities. Funny thing, though: the series wasn’t supposed to be animated until Dutch animator Hisko Hulsing signed on to direct. Hulsing was a rotoscope expert, dabbling with the technique of tracing over live-action footage frame-by-frame on his award-winning shorts “Junkyard,” “Seventeen,” and HBO’s Emmy-nominated documentary,...
In “Undone,” an auto accident upends the life of Alma (Rosa Salazar), who begins questioning reality when she’s visited by the spirit of her late father, Jacob (Bob Odenkirk), who asks her to help solve the mystery of his death with her mind-bending abilities. Funny thing, though: the series wasn’t supposed to be animated until Dutch animator Hisko Hulsing signed on to direct. Hulsing was a rotoscope expert, dabbling with the technique of tracing over live-action footage frame-by-frame on his award-winning shorts “Junkyard,” “Seventeen,” and HBO’s Emmy-nominated documentary,...
- 6/17/2020
- by Bill Desowitz
- Thompson on Hollywood
Netflix and Imagine Impact — an offshoot of Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s production company Imagine Entertainment — are teaming up develop original content from up-and-coming screenwriters.
Through the open submission process, Imagine Impact will identify and develop feature film ideas in four specific genres over the next year that they will then bring to Netflix. The companies announced Wednesday that they are seeking submissions for large scale action-adventure movies for all audiences with a “well-thought out idea and writing sample” through July 6.
“Netflix is the most innovative content creation and distribution company of the last decade, leading the way in streaming since 2007 and changing the original content game with ‘House of Cards’ in 2013. As Impact continues to evolve the way that global talent is discovered, projects are developed and how the creative industry connects, this partnership demonstrates both companies’ commitment to improving the development system in order to generate more original,...
Through the open submission process, Imagine Impact will identify and develop feature film ideas in four specific genres over the next year that they will then bring to Netflix. The companies announced Wednesday that they are seeking submissions for large scale action-adventure movies for all audiences with a “well-thought out idea and writing sample” through July 6.
“Netflix is the most innovative content creation and distribution company of the last decade, leading the way in streaming since 2007 and changing the original content game with ‘House of Cards’ in 2013. As Impact continues to evolve the way that global talent is discovered, projects are developed and how the creative industry connects, this partnership demonstrates both companies’ commitment to improving the development system in order to generate more original,...
- 6/17/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Rosa Salazar has left Paradigm for UTA, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. A source tells THR that the move was not related to Paradigm's recent pandemic-induced agent layoffs.
The actress currently stars opposite Bob Odenkirk in Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg's rotoscope-animated sci-fi drama Undone, which Amazon has renewed for a second season. Before production ended, she had just finished filming Netflix's series adaptation of horror revenge novel Brand New Cherry Flavor, leading an ensemble that includes Catherine Keener and The Good Place's Manny Jacinto.
Salazar has been a rising star in recent years, portraying the title character in Robert Rodriguez'...
The actress currently stars opposite Bob Odenkirk in Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg's rotoscope-animated sci-fi drama Undone, which Amazon has renewed for a second season. Before production ended, she had just finished filming Netflix's series adaptation of horror revenge novel Brand New Cherry Flavor, leading an ensemble that includes Catherine Keener and The Good Place's Manny Jacinto.
Salazar has been a rising star in recent years, portraying the title character in Robert Rodriguez'...
Rosa Salazar has left Paradigm for UTA, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. A source tells THR that the move was not related to Paradigm's recent pandemic-induced agent layoffs.
The actress currently stars opposite Bob Odenkirk in Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg's rotoscope-animated sci-fi drama Undone, which Amazon has renewed for a second season. Before production ended, she had just finished filming Netflix's series adaptation of horror revenge novel Brand New Cherry Flavor, leading an ensemble that includes Catherine Keener and The Good Place's Manny Jacinto.
Salazar has been a rising star in recent years, portraying the title character in Robert Rodriguez'...
The actress currently stars opposite Bob Odenkirk in Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg's rotoscope-animated sci-fi drama Undone, which Amazon has renewed for a second season. Before production ended, she had just finished filming Netflix's series adaptation of horror revenge novel Brand New Cherry Flavor, leading an ensemble that includes Catherine Keener and The Good Place's Manny Jacinto.
Salazar has been a rising star in recent years, portraying the title character in Robert Rodriguez'...
There’s never been a show like “BoJack Horseman.” The Netflix series, which took its final bow on January 31, defied easy categorization from day one with its anthropomorphic reimagining of Hollywoo(d), sharp turns into existential melancholy, cutting jokes, and embrace of all things strange and poignant. It told the interweaving stories of five lost souls — BoJack (Will Arnett), Diane (Alison Brie), Princess Carolyn (Amy Sedaris), Mr. Peanutbutter (Paul F. Tompkins) and Todd (Aaron Paul) — and the many lives they touched. By its bittersweet end, “BoJack Horseman” represented the best and most ambitious of this decade in television, taking apart timely issues and its characters’ innermost demons with the kind of consideration that remains all too rare.
After writing about “BoJack Horseman” since its beginning, I chose 10 episodes I felt show the series at its best and most representative, and asked creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg to walk me through the process of making them.
After writing about “BoJack Horseman” since its beginning, I chose 10 episodes I felt show the series at its best and most representative, and asked creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg to walk me through the process of making them.
- 2/4/2020
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
Searchlight Television has hired Gina Kwon, former Co-Head of TV Comedy at Amazon Studios, as its new Head of Development and Production. She begins her new job on January 13.
“We are longtime fans of Gina and thrilled that she will be bringing her impeccable taste, deep relationships and extensive experience working with the world’s best storytellers to Searchlight TV,” said Searchlight Pictures’ Presidents of Production for Film and Television Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum to whom Kwon will report.
Kwon previously worked alongside Ryan Andolina at Amazon Studios, where they shepherded a slate of award-winning TV shows, including multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winner Fleabag, Golden Globe-winning Transparent, One Mississippi, Good Omens, Catastrophe from Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, Undone from Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg, and Homecoming from Micah Bloomberg, Eli Horowitz and Sam Esmail. Most recently, Kwon developed and oversaw Amazon’s hit show Modern Love, John Carney...
“We are longtime fans of Gina and thrilled that she will be bringing her impeccable taste, deep relationships and extensive experience working with the world’s best storytellers to Searchlight TV,” said Searchlight Pictures’ Presidents of Production for Film and Television Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum to whom Kwon will report.
Kwon previously worked alongside Ryan Andolina at Amazon Studios, where they shepherded a slate of award-winning TV shows, including multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winner Fleabag, Golden Globe-winning Transparent, One Mississippi, Good Omens, Catastrophe from Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, Undone from Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg, and Homecoming from Micah Bloomberg, Eli Horowitz and Sam Esmail. Most recently, Kwon developed and oversaw Amazon’s hit show Modern Love, John Carney...
- 1/9/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The IFP tweaked its Gotham Awards categories this year to better reflect the rich landscape on the small screen, and nominated two animated series in the process.
“Tuca & Bertie” and “Undone” will both compete for breakthrough short-form series honors this year, vying with “Pen15,” “Ramy” and “Russian Doll.” “Chernobyl,” “David Makes Man,” “My Brilliant Friend,” “Unbelievable” and “When They See Us” are competing for the long-form honors.
To qualify for the short-form category, episodes had to be 39 minutes or fewer, while episodes for long-form series had to be 40 minutes or longer. When the Ifp originally established these categories in 2015, long-form episodes had to be 30 minutes or longer while short-form episodes had to be 20 minutes or shorter in order to qualify.
Early winners tilted toward lower-profile web series, but with the advent of streamers, series have become creatively adventurous, causing the Gotham board to reconsider its guidelines.
“For the last...
“Tuca & Bertie” and “Undone” will both compete for breakthrough short-form series honors this year, vying with “Pen15,” “Ramy” and “Russian Doll.” “Chernobyl,” “David Makes Man,” “My Brilliant Friend,” “Unbelievable” and “When They See Us” are competing for the long-form honors.
To qualify for the short-form category, episodes had to be 39 minutes or fewer, while episodes for long-form series had to be 40 minutes or longer. When the Ifp originally established these categories in 2015, long-form episodes had to be 30 minutes or longer while short-form episodes had to be 20 minutes or shorter in order to qualify.
Early winners tilted toward lower-profile web series, but with the advent of streamers, series have become creatively adventurous, causing the Gotham board to reconsider its guidelines.
“For the last...
- 11/29/2019
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Undone is far from done. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Amazon has renewed the TV show for a second season.
From Kate Purdy, the animated series "stars Rosa Salazar as Alma, a young woman who survives a near-fatal car accident and finds she has a new relationship with time." The cast also includes Bob Odenkirk, Angelique Cabral, and Constance Marie.
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From Kate Purdy, the animated series "stars Rosa Salazar as Alma, a young woman who survives a near-fatal car accident and finds she has a new relationship with time." The cast also includes Bob Odenkirk, Angelique Cabral, and Constance Marie.
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- 11/22/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Joseph Baxter Nov 21, 2019
Amazon has given a second season order for Undone, its rotoscope-animated series, which stars Rosa Salazar.
Undone Season 2 is officially in the works at Amazon!
The retail monolith’s streaming platform, Amazon Prime Video, has ordered a second season for Undone, the rotoscope animation drama series, which debuted its 8-episode inaugural season this past September to wide acclaim. The order was made as part of Amazon Studios’ overall deal with Kate Purdy, who co-created the series with Raphael Bob-Wakseberg. As the co-creators collectively express in a statement:
"It's been wonderful to share Undone and have people watching become part of the experience as they interpret the show through their own perceptions of reality. We are thrilled Amazon Studios is giving us the opportunity to keep exploring this world and these characters, and we look forward to seeing where the story takes us next — but since time is a construct,...
Amazon has given a second season order for Undone, its rotoscope-animated series, which stars Rosa Salazar.
Undone Season 2 is officially in the works at Amazon!
The retail monolith’s streaming platform, Amazon Prime Video, has ordered a second season for Undone, the rotoscope animation drama series, which debuted its 8-episode inaugural season this past September to wide acclaim. The order was made as part of Amazon Studios’ overall deal with Kate Purdy, who co-created the series with Raphael Bob-Wakseberg. As the co-creators collectively express in a statement:
"It's been wonderful to share Undone and have people watching become part of the experience as they interpret the show through their own perceptions of reality. We are thrilled Amazon Studios is giving us the opportunity to keep exploring this world and these characters, and we look forward to seeing where the story takes us next — but since time is a construct,...
- 11/21/2019
- Den of Geek
Amazon has renewed its rotoscope animation series Undone for a second season and inked an overall deal with co-creator Kate Purdy.
Undone follows the cosmic journey of a young woman named Alma (Rosa Salazar), who treks across time, space, and beyond to solve the mystery of her father’s death.
It is the first episodic television project to use rotoscoping animation, a technique that involves animators tracing over motion picture footage. It was used in A Scanner Darkly, the 2006 Keanu Reeves film based on the writings of Philip K. Dick.
Undone‘s first season has scored 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, and will return to Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. The show is co-produced by Amazon Studios and Tornante Productions.
Purdy, who co-created Undone with Raphael Bob-Waksberg, has signed an exclusive deal with Amazon. Details of the agreement were not disclosed.
Albert Cheng, co-head of television and COO at Amazon Studios,...
Undone follows the cosmic journey of a young woman named Alma (Rosa Salazar), who treks across time, space, and beyond to solve the mystery of her father’s death.
It is the first episodic television project to use rotoscoping animation, a technique that involves animators tracing over motion picture footage. It was used in A Scanner Darkly, the 2006 Keanu Reeves film based on the writings of Philip K. Dick.
Undone‘s first season has scored 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, and will return to Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. The show is co-produced by Amazon Studios and Tornante Productions.
Purdy, who co-created Undone with Raphael Bob-Waksberg, has signed an exclusive deal with Amazon. Details of the agreement were not disclosed.
Albert Cheng, co-head of television and COO at Amazon Studios,...
- 11/21/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Alma’s journey through multiple dimensions will continue: Amazon Prime has renewed Undone for Season 2.
In addition, series co-creator Kate Purdy has signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios.
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“It’s been wonderful to share Undone and have people watching become part of the experience as they interpret the show through their own perceptions of reality,” Purdy and fellow Ep Raphael Bob-Waksberg said in a statement.
In addition, series co-creator Kate Purdy has signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios.
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“It’s been wonderful to share Undone and have people watching become part of the experience as they interpret the show through their own perceptions of reality,” Purdy and fellow Ep Raphael Bob-Waksberg said in a statement.
- 11/21/2019
- TVLine.com
Amazon has renewed the adult animated series “Undone” for a second season.
The news comes a couple months after season 1 dropped on the streamer, and Amazon Studios has also announced an overall deal with the show’s co-creator and executive producer Kate Purdy.
“Undone” is a half-hour dramedy that explores the elastic nature of reality through its central character, Alma, played by Rosa Salazar. After getting into a near fatal car accident, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about the death of her father. Season 1 also starred Bob Odenkirk, Angelique Cabral and Constance Marie.
“It’s been wonderful to share ‘Undone’ and have people watching become part of the experience as they interpret the show through their own perceptions of reality,” said creators and executive producers Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg. “We are thrilled Amazon Studios is giving us...
The news comes a couple months after season 1 dropped on the streamer, and Amazon Studios has also announced an overall deal with the show’s co-creator and executive producer Kate Purdy.
“Undone” is a half-hour dramedy that explores the elastic nature of reality through its central character, Alma, played by Rosa Salazar. After getting into a near fatal car accident, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about the death of her father. Season 1 also starred Bob Odenkirk, Angelique Cabral and Constance Marie.
“It’s been wonderful to share ‘Undone’ and have people watching become part of the experience as they interpret the show through their own perceptions of reality,” said creators and executive producers Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg. “We are thrilled Amazon Studios is giving us...
- 11/21/2019
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Studios has picked up a second season of the animated series “Undone.”
Co-created by “Bojack Horseman’s” Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy, “Undone” is a half-hour dramedy featuring “Alita: Battle Angel” star Rosa Salazar as a woman who discovers she has a new relationship with time after a near-fatal car accident and uses this ability to find out the truth about the death of her father. Angelique Cabral and Constance Marie also star.
Co-created by “Bojack Horseman’s” Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy, “Undone” is a half-hour dramedy featuring “Alita: Battle Angel” star Rosa Salazar as a woman who discovers she has a new relationship with time after a near-fatal car accident and uses this ability to find out the truth about the death of her father. Angelique Cabral and Constance Marie also star.
- 11/21/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Amazon is doubling down on its first animated series aimed at adults.
The streamer has renewed Undone for a second season, a little more than two months after its Sept. 13 debut. Amazon Studios has also signed co-creator Kate Purdy, a veteran of BoJack Horseman, to an overall deal.
"It's been wonderful to share Undone and have people watching become part of the experience as they interpret the show through their own perceptions of reality," said Purdy and co-creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg in a statement. "We are thrilled Amazon Studios is giving us the opportunity to keep exploring ...
The streamer has renewed Undone for a second season, a little more than two months after its Sept. 13 debut. Amazon Studios has also signed co-creator Kate Purdy, a veteran of BoJack Horseman, to an overall deal.
"It's been wonderful to share Undone and have people watching become part of the experience as they interpret the show through their own perceptions of reality," said Purdy and co-creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg in a statement. "We are thrilled Amazon Studios is giving us the opportunity to keep exploring ...
- 11/21/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Michael Ahr Dave Vitagliano Oct 6, 2019
Our genre television podcast hosts review the genre-defying animated tour de force Undone on Amazon Prime Video.
When we came across Undone, created by Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg of BoJack Horseman fame, we figured most of the appeal would come from the realistic, rotoscoped animation, which reminded us of Linklater’s A Scanner Darkly or Waking Life. But what we quickly realized was this technique, combined with a completely unique form of time travel, allowed director Hisko Hulsing to create a world that felt real but could be dismantled and rearranged at a whim, which wouldn't have worked with live action without a lot of money.
In this week's Sci Fi Fidelity, we break down the first three episodes of Undone, in which 28-year-old Alma Winograd-Diaz, played by Rosa Salazar of Alita: Battle Angel, is dissatisfied with her boring life, causing her to sabotage...
Our genre television podcast hosts review the genre-defying animated tour de force Undone on Amazon Prime Video.
When we came across Undone, created by Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg of BoJack Horseman fame, we figured most of the appeal would come from the realistic, rotoscoped animation, which reminded us of Linklater’s A Scanner Darkly or Waking Life. But what we quickly realized was this technique, combined with a completely unique form of time travel, allowed director Hisko Hulsing to create a world that felt real but could be dismantled and rearranged at a whim, which wouldn't have worked with live action without a lot of money.
In this week's Sci Fi Fidelity, we break down the first three episodes of Undone, in which 28-year-old Alma Winograd-Diaz, played by Rosa Salazar of Alita: Battle Angel, is dissatisfied with her boring life, causing her to sabotage...
- 10/6/2019
- Den of Geek
With a broadcast show, it takes a certain degree of moxie to go full-on ridiculous, right from the start — those hourlong dramas that appear serious – yet are so serious the only choice is to laugh – can alienate viewers before they hook ’em. Sure, there are some beautifully loopy success stories, but those usually evolve their weird energy over time, pushing too far only to discover it works or amassing so many goofy ticks that acknowledging them is the only way to keep going. “Prodigal Son,” the new Fox drama that turns the Clarice Starling/Hannibal Lecter relationship familial, is chock-full of batshit energy immediately. Even though Chris Fedak and Sam Sklaver throw everything and the kitchen sink into the first three episodes, their serial killer series still feels more bad than “so bad it’s good.”
Meet Malcolm Bright. Malcolm (played by a manic Tom Payne) is the son of...
Meet Malcolm Bright. Malcolm (played by a manic Tom Payne) is the son of...
- 9/23/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Netflix’s BoJack Horseman has been one of the best shows on television since it debuted in 2014. It is a hilarious satire of celebrity and show business, while also being a profoundly sad portrait of depression, loneliness and substance abuse. Virtually the only complaint I’ve ever heard from anyone who’s watched more than the first few episodes is that its visual style is intentionally primitive, bordering on ugly. (And even that allows for elaborate background gags and bizarrely compelling designs of the show’s many animal/human hybrid characters.
- 9/16/2019
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
When Kate Purdy wanted to tell a story about the nature of reality, she knew she wanted to play with perception and time, fade in and out of memories and give voice to visions that only her main character could see. And it wasn’t long before the executive producer and co-creator of Amazon’s new series, “Undone,” realized that only animation could make the kinds of leaps and bounds her story needed.
“In 2012, I had a nervous breakdown, and I was struggling with depression, and anxiety and I didn’t know what to do about it,” says Purdy, who wants the series, which debuts Sept. 13, to convey what she experienced. Executive produced by “BoJack Horseman” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the show stars Rosa Salazar (“Alita: Battle Angel”) as Alma, a woman who discovers after an accident that she has an unusual relationship with time, which she uses to unravel the mystery of her dead father,...
“In 2012, I had a nervous breakdown, and I was struggling with depression, and anxiety and I didn’t know what to do about it,” says Purdy, who wants the series, which debuts Sept. 13, to convey what she experienced. Executive produced by “BoJack Horseman” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the show stars Rosa Salazar (“Alita: Battle Angel”) as Alma, a woman who discovers after an accident that she has an unusual relationship with time, which she uses to unravel the mystery of her dead father,...
- 9/13/2019
- by Karen Idelson
- Variety Film + TV
A genre-bending series that sends its heroine through time and space to unlock a family mystery, the Amazon Prime Video Original “Undone” breaks new ground by becoming the first episodic series wholly created through rotoscope animation.
While animated shows have been part of the television landscape for decades, rotoscope provides a unique view in which to tell this complex story. Industry veterans Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg, who were producers on acclaimed animated series “BoJack Horseman,” bring us the rotoscoped series Undone. To explain what to expect before getting started on the series, we have prepared the following primer on rotoscope animation.
First, what’s the show about?
After an auto accident leaves Alma Winograd-Diaz (Rosa Salazar) hospitalized, she begins to experience visions of her late father, Jacob (Bob Odenkirk), who encourages her to explore her newfound ability to bend reality in order to help solve his untimely death. But...
While animated shows have been part of the television landscape for decades, rotoscope provides a unique view in which to tell this complex story. Industry veterans Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg, who were producers on acclaimed animated series “BoJack Horseman,” bring us the rotoscoped series Undone. To explain what to expect before getting started on the series, we have prepared the following primer on rotoscope animation.
First, what’s the show about?
After an auto accident leaves Alma Winograd-Diaz (Rosa Salazar) hospitalized, she begins to experience visions of her late father, Jacob (Bob Odenkirk), who encourages her to explore her newfound ability to bend reality in order to help solve his untimely death. But...
- 9/13/2019
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
Amazon's new series Undone is not your average animated show. Using mind-bending rotoscope animation, the dramedy is unlike any other show on television and takes animation to a new level.
Created by BoJack Horseman veterans Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Undone tells the story of Alma (Rosa Salazar), who feels in a rut with her boring daily routine of work at a daycare facility, her relationship with her live-boyfriend and her overbearing mother. But after a car accident, Alma starts receiving visits from her deceased father (Bob Odenkirk), who informs her that she has the ability to travel through time, and could ...
Created by BoJack Horseman veterans Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Undone tells the story of Alma (Rosa Salazar), who feels in a rut with her boring daily routine of work at a daycare facility, her relationship with her live-boyfriend and her overbearing mother. But after a car accident, Alma starts receiving visits from her deceased father (Bob Odenkirk), who informs her that she has the ability to travel through time, and could ...
- 9/13/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
When “Mr Inbetween” premiered a year ago this September, it was enveloped by the rather large shadow of another half-hour hitman series, “Barry.” Bill Hader’s first season had wrapped months prior to Scott Ryan’s FX debut, but it was in the middle of what proved to be a very successful Emmys run and comparisons between the two dark comedies were unavoidable. They still are, as “Barry” continues to dominate cultural conversation (on its way to another likely score at the Emmys) and “Mr Inbetween” hopes to find its own space within the ever-growing TV sphere.
To be clear, it deserves one. The sharply written and well-performed Australian series isn’t in “Barry’s” upper-echelon of comedy, but it’s smart, wickedly funny, and, in Season 2, purposeful. And much of its new direction can be found in the clear differences between this bald, mustachioed hitman (played by Ryan) and his tall,...
To be clear, it deserves one. The sharply written and well-performed Australian series isn’t in “Barry’s” upper-echelon of comedy, but it’s smart, wickedly funny, and, in Season 2, purposeful. And much of its new direction can be found in the clear differences between this bald, mustachioed hitman (played by Ryan) and his tall,...
- 9/12/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
In the latest series to make the jump from podcast to screen, “Modern Love” is on its way to Amazon Prime Video. With both based on the long-running New York Times column of the same name, the TV version is just a month away from making its debut. Told in an anthology format, the series dramatizes a handful of some of the best-loved stories that first appeared in print.
Some of these “Modern Love” TV episodes center around stories that are closer to a traditional rom-com meet-cute (albeit with a surprise or two up its sleeve). But as with all forms of “Modern Love,” this looks to be a cross-section of emotions that doesn’t just focus on romance.
Anne Hathaway makes her streaming TV debut in a story about the evolution of an unexpected chance encounter at a grocery store. Tina Fey and John Slattery play a married couple...
Some of these “Modern Love” TV episodes center around stories that are closer to a traditional rom-com meet-cute (albeit with a surprise or two up its sleeve). But as with all forms of “Modern Love,” this looks to be a cross-section of emotions that doesn’t just focus on romance.
Anne Hathaway makes her streaming TV debut in a story about the evolution of an unexpected chance encounter at a grocery store. Tina Fey and John Slattery play a married couple...
- 9/12/2019
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
One of the first things you see in “Undone” is a car crash. One of the last things you see, in the pilot at least, is a car crash. One of the things you see the most over five episodes of Season 1 — in a myriad of different ways, interrupting various other moments — is this same exact car crash, where Alma (Rosa Salazar) gets T-boned after running a stop sign because she sees… something… on the side of the road. That “something” holds great meaning to the central mystery, but, as it first appears in the show, it’s just a few brush strokes on the giant canvas that is “Undone”; it’s an important part, but also a means to the bigger picture — and I’m not just talking about the show’s groundbreaking format.
“Undone,” the new half-hour original program from creators Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg (both of...
“Undone,” the new half-hour original program from creators Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg (both of...
- 9/12/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Despite the catastrophic crash that opens the series, it takes some time for “Undone” to reveal its story’s surprising depths. It seems at first to just be about Alma (Rosa Salazar), a San Antonio woman who spends just about every waking hour trudging through her own depressive fog, hoping that one day something extraordinary might happen to shake her out of it and prove that there’s something even mildly interesting worth living for. She has a job as a preschool teacher, a perfectionist younger sister (Angelique Cabral), a perpetually worried mother (Constance Marie), and an easygoing boyfriend (Siddarth Dhananjay) who insists he likes Alma the way she is, to her knee-jerk suspicion. She’s never gotten over the sudden death of her father (Bob Odenkirk). She’s disaffected, very funny, and a little mean despite herself. She also believes, as she tells her sister during a particularly tough conversation,...
- 9/11/2019
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
Using rotoscope animation for the first time on TV, Amazon's Undone offers much more than just trippy visuals.
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Let’s try a pitch: A streaming half-hour animated series from Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy that tackles the monotony of adult life, the burden of relationships, the trauma we inherit from our families, mental illness, and depression. So basically, Bojack Horseman, you might say. Not quite. A talking horse doesn’t even begin to touch the mind-bending aspects of Amazon’s new series, Undone.
Undone centers on Alma, played by Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel), a 28-year old going through the motions with her boyfriend Sam (Siddharth Dhananjay). Alma starts becoming restless about her boring, seemingly predetermined future when her sister Becca (Angelique Cabral) gets engaged. After a blowout fight with Becca, which once again circles back to the untimely death of their father Jacob (Bob Odenkirk...
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Let’s try a pitch: A streaming half-hour animated series from Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy that tackles the monotony of adult life, the burden of relationships, the trauma we inherit from our families, mental illness, and depression. So basically, Bojack Horseman, you might say. Not quite. A talking horse doesn’t even begin to touch the mind-bending aspects of Amazon’s new series, Undone.
Undone centers on Alma, played by Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel), a 28-year old going through the motions with her boyfriend Sam (Siddharth Dhananjay). Alma starts becoming restless about her boring, seemingly predetermined future when her sister Becca (Angelique Cabral) gets engaged. After a blowout fight with Becca, which once again circles back to the untimely death of their father Jacob (Bob Odenkirk...
- 9/3/2019
- Den of Geek
Chris Longo Alec Bojalad Kayti Burt Michael Ahr Sep 3, 2019
The TV landscape has never been busier and that's reflected in our jam-packed fall 2019 TV preview.
Those who subscribe to the theory that there is Too Much TV™ will find some powerful evidence in the upcoming fall tv season. In fact, call this Fall 2019 TV Preview "exhibit A" in The People v. Content.
Even with beginning after Labor Day this upcoming TV season is absolutley massive. From Kurt Sutter's Samcro prequel Mayans Mc season 2 all the way through to a paradigm-shifting new season of Marvel's Runaways, there are more than 40 new and returning shows of note to keep track of in the coming months.
But honestly, that's just the way we like it. What else are you going to do in the autumn? Go outside? Let's just dismiss that ridiculous notion out of hand and get right to the Fall 2019 offerings.
The TV landscape has never been busier and that's reflected in our jam-packed fall 2019 TV preview.
Those who subscribe to the theory that there is Too Much TV™ will find some powerful evidence in the upcoming fall tv season. In fact, call this Fall 2019 TV Preview "exhibit A" in The People v. Content.
Even with beginning after Labor Day this upcoming TV season is absolutley massive. From Kurt Sutter's Samcro prequel Mayans Mc season 2 all the way through to a paradigm-shifting new season of Marvel's Runaways, there are more than 40 new and returning shows of note to keep track of in the coming months.
But honestly, that's just the way we like it. What else are you going to do in the autumn? Go outside? Let's just dismiss that ridiculous notion out of hand and get right to the Fall 2019 offerings.
- 8/28/2019
- Den of Geek
CBS’ “All Rise,” the CW’s “Nancy Drew,” Spectrum’s “Mad About You” revival and ABC’s “Mixed-ish” are among the new fall television shows that will present screening and panel events during this year’s PaleyFest Fall TV Previews.
The Paley Center for Media will host this, its 13th annual, fall television event at the Beverly Hills, Calif. location between September 5 and 15, 2019. The New York location will host select screenings between Sept. 6 and 8, as well.
“We’re thrilled to once again present one of the most anticipated events of the fall television season,” said Maureen J. Reidy, the Paley Center’s president & CEO. “Many of television’s most beloved shows have graced the PaleyFest Fall TV Previews stage, and we look forward to hosting the cast and creative teams from the next generation of unforgettable television programs.”
NBC will bring its new fall shows “Bluff City Law,” “Perfect Harmony...
The Paley Center for Media will host this, its 13th annual, fall television event at the Beverly Hills, Calif. location between September 5 and 15, 2019. The New York location will host select screenings between Sept. 6 and 8, as well.
“We’re thrilled to once again present one of the most anticipated events of the fall television season,” said Maureen J. Reidy, the Paley Center’s president & CEO. “Many of television’s most beloved shows have graced the PaleyFest Fall TV Previews stage, and we look forward to hosting the cast and creative teams from the next generation of unforgettable television programs.”
NBC will bring its new fall shows “Bluff City Law,” “Perfect Harmony...
- 8/5/2019
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
The Paley Center for Media unveiled the lineup for its 13th annual PaleyFest Fall TV Previews. The fest will take place September 5-15 at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills and feature new shows from the fall 2019 television season as well as returning favorites from broadcast, cable and streaming services. As an added bonus, the Paley Center in New York will host free PaleyFest Fall TV Previews screenings September 6-8.
The event will feature screenings of new shows like Mixed-ish, Dollface, Wu-Tang: An American Saga as well as familiar series such as the forthcoming revival of Mad About You. Screenings will be followed by discussions with series cast and creatives. Scheduled to appear are Helen Hunt, Paul Reiser, Kat Dennings, Anna Camp, Nat Faxon, Ann Curry, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Matt Groening, Abbi Jacobson, The RZA, Rosa Salazar, Brenda Song, Tika Sumpter, Bradley Whitford and more.
“We’re thrilled to once again...
The event will feature screenings of new shows like Mixed-ish, Dollface, Wu-Tang: An American Saga as well as familiar series such as the forthcoming revival of Mad About You. Screenings will be followed by discussions with series cast and creatives. Scheduled to appear are Helen Hunt, Paul Reiser, Kat Dennings, Anna Camp, Nat Faxon, Ann Curry, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Matt Groening, Abbi Jacobson, The RZA, Rosa Salazar, Brenda Song, Tika Sumpter, Bradley Whitford and more.
“We’re thrilled to once again...
- 8/5/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
When the creative minds behind Netflix‘s “BoJack Horseman” whip up a new project, the expectation for nuanced, creative commentary is right there in the fine print. Now, Amazon has fleshed out that very project into the next addition to their series Rolodex.
Read More: The Best TV Shows Of 2019… So Far
“Undone” was given a straight to series order back in 2018 and is created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy (“BoJack Horseman”).
Continue reading ‘Undone’ Trailer: A Trippy, Time-Bending Addition To Amazon’s Content at The Playlist.
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“Undone” was given a straight to series order back in 2018 and is created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy (“BoJack Horseman”).
Continue reading ‘Undone’ Trailer: A Trippy, Time-Bending Addition To Amazon’s Content at The Playlist.
- 8/2/2019
- by Julia Teti
- The Playlist
"Undone" is the new rotoscoped, 'adult animation' comedy-drama series created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy, starring Rosa Salazar as 'Alma' and Bob Odenkirk ("Better Call Saul") as 'Jacob', streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, September 13, 2019:
"...the animated series explores the elastic nature of reality through its central character, 'Alma'. After getting into a near fatal car accident...
"...Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father. That begs the question: Are we stuck in a loop or is there more to life?..."
Cast also includes Angelique Cabral, Constance Marie, Siddharth Dhananjay, Daveed Diggs, John Corbett, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sheila Vand and Tyler Posey.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Undone"...
"...the animated series explores the elastic nature of reality through its central character, 'Alma'. After getting into a near fatal car accident...
"...Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father. That begs the question: Are we stuck in a loop or is there more to life?..."
Cast also includes Angelique Cabral, Constance Marie, Siddharth Dhananjay, Daveed Diggs, John Corbett, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sheila Vand and Tyler Posey.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Undone"...
- 8/1/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Amazon is to launch its rotoscope animation series Undone on September 13 and has dropped a new trailer.
The Svod service will launch the series, which takes inspiration from Philip K. Dick and Pink Floyd, in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, The first two episodes of the Amazon Original series got a big-screen audience at the Atx TV Festival in Austin, Texas.
The series is the work of Kate Purdy & Raphael Bob-Waksberg (BoJack Horseman) and it follows the cosmic journey of a young woman who treks across time, space, and beyond to solve the mystery of her father’s death. Undone is produced by Amazon Studios and Tornante Productions.
Alma Winograd-Diaz (Rosa Salazar of Alita: Battle Angel) takes her mundane life one day at a time until a near fatal accident induces visions of her late-father, Jacob. Through these persistent visions he urges her to tap into a mysterious ability...
The Svod service will launch the series, which takes inspiration from Philip K. Dick and Pink Floyd, in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, The first two episodes of the Amazon Original series got a big-screen audience at the Atx TV Festival in Austin, Texas.
The series is the work of Kate Purdy & Raphael Bob-Waksberg (BoJack Horseman) and it follows the cosmic journey of a young woman who treks across time, space, and beyond to solve the mystery of her father’s death. Undone is produced by Amazon Studios and Tornante Productions.
Alma Winograd-Diaz (Rosa Salazar of Alita: Battle Angel) takes her mundane life one day at a time until a near fatal accident induces visions of her late-father, Jacob. Through these persistent visions he urges her to tap into a mysterious ability...
- 7/27/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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