The smoking circle at the Forman house is getting bigger as Kevin Smith, Carmen Electra, Seth Green, Matt Rife, Lisa Loeb, and more get ready to puff, puff, pass in Netflix‘s That ’90s Show Part 2 trailer. The revival is back for another season of coming-of-age comedy, teen drama, and unforgettable summer shenanigans that remind us of when Nirvana, Jnco jeans, and Beanie Babies ruled the world.
Here’s the official synopsis for That ’90s Show Part 2:
It’s 1996, and Leia Forman is back in Point Place for another summer of fun with her friends and grandparents, Kitty and Red. Leia and Jay are excited to be together again after nine months of long distance. But she’s on edge since Jay still doesn’t know she almost kissed Nate. Nate is concerned that his girlfriend, Nikki, doesn’t know either. How long can they keep this secret? Turns out,...
Here’s the official synopsis for That ’90s Show Part 2:
It’s 1996, and Leia Forman is back in Point Place for another summer of fun with her friends and grandparents, Kitty and Red. Leia and Jay are excited to be together again after nine months of long distance. But she’s on edge since Jay still doesn’t know she almost kissed Nate. Nate is concerned that his girlfriend, Nikki, doesn’t know either. How long can they keep this secret? Turns out,...
- 6/4/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Beneath its silliness and Lisa Frank shimmer, Zelda Williams’ Lisa Frankenstein examines death and the difficult task of overcoming it. When death preys upon your life, you lose your identity and who you once were – your life now splits into halves: the before and the after. For Lisa (Kathryn Newton), she finds herself sluggishly trudging through life in pursuit of something, anything to make her feel again. Nothing has any meaning, so she pulls away from her family and friends (if she had any) and instead finds solace in a nearby cemetery called Bachelors Grove. There, she enjoys the sunshine, the peace and the quiet, and turns to journaling and gravestone rubbings to pass her time. Other living people are the last things on her mind.
After a torrential downpour, Lisa, high on an accidental dose of Pcp, wanders to the graveyard where she approaches her favorite gravestone, that of a young gentleman named Frankenstein.
After a torrential downpour, Lisa, high on an accidental dose of Pcp, wanders to the graveyard where she approaches her favorite gravestone, that of a young gentleman named Frankenstein.
- 3/5/2024
- by Bee Delores
- bloody-disgusting.com
No icebreakers are needed when it comes to kicking off conversation with Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody and first-time feature filmmaker Zelda Williams, who arrived for a mid-week, Midtown-located breakfast with IndieWire with nothing but smiles. Their first collaboration, ’80s-set horror comedy “Lisa Frankenstein,” blends together their seemingly mutual obsessions, and is ripe for fun conversation.
Still, this writer had to ask something kind of silly to get it going: like, oh, have they heard from the Lisa Frank people? Cody laughed. No, they haven’t called!
“Here’s the thing, the fact that the movie’s called ‘Lisa Frankenstein’ is actually kind of a coincidence, because I knew it was going to be an ’80s classic Gen X girl name plus Frankenstein for the title,” the writer said. She cycled through some names, like Stacy and Heather, before landing on Lisa, like the built-from-scratch leading lady in “Weird Science,” a film that “super-duper inspired” her.
Still, this writer had to ask something kind of silly to get it going: like, oh, have they heard from the Lisa Frank people? Cody laughed. No, they haven’t called!
“Here’s the thing, the fact that the movie’s called ‘Lisa Frankenstein’ is actually kind of a coincidence, because I knew it was going to be an ’80s classic Gen X girl name plus Frankenstein for the title,” the writer said. She cycled through some names, like Stacy and Heather, before landing on Lisa, like the built-from-scratch leading lady in “Weird Science,” a film that “super-duper inspired” her.
- 2/8/2024
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Dawn of the Dead Vinyl Soundtrack from Waxwork Records
Dawn of the Dead’s theatrical soundtrack is available on vinyl for $60 via Waxwork Records. The 3xLP album includes the complete De Wolfe library cues for the first time on vinyl.
It’s pressed on 180-gram colored vinyl and housed in a triple gatefold jacket with matte satin coating featuring art by Juan Carlos Ruiz Burgos, a four-page booklet, and liner notes by Living Dead historian Jim Cirronella. Shipping begins on December 15.
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie 4K Uhd from Scream Factory
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on November 28 via Scream Factory. Based on the TV series of the same name,...
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Dawn of the Dead Vinyl Soundtrack from Waxwork Records
Dawn of the Dead’s theatrical soundtrack is available on vinyl for $60 via Waxwork Records. The 3xLP album includes the complete De Wolfe library cues for the first time on vinyl.
It’s pressed on 180-gram colored vinyl and housed in a triple gatefold jacket with matte satin coating featuring art by Juan Carlos Ruiz Burgos, a four-page booklet, and liner notes by Living Dead historian Jim Cirronella. Shipping begins on December 15.
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie 4K Uhd from Scream Factory
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on November 28 via Scream Factory. Based on the TV series of the same name,...
- 11/24/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Ahh, the '90s. A time of "Sassy" and "Jane" magazines, MTV playing actual music videos, and devastatingly overtweezed eyebrows. We've brought back many of the decade's biggest trends, from Doc Martens and babydoll dresses to chokers and Lisa Frank - we've even rebooted some of the classic shows, like "Boy Meets World," "Full House," and "The X-Files."
In addition to the fashion, beauty, and entertainment highlights that have made their way back, there are lots of celebrities who had a huge '90s heyday and are still serving serious style now. Stars like Halle Berry, Naomi Campbell, and Winona Ryder have continued to inspire us, just like they did when we idolized them as teenagers.
Yes, we can sing the praises of Hailey Bieber, Lori Harvey
, and the Kardashian-Jenners all day, but before them came a crop of impossibly cool women who paved the way and showed us that...
In addition to the fashion, beauty, and entertainment highlights that have made their way back, there are lots of celebrities who had a huge '90s heyday and are still serving serious style now. Stars like Halle Berry, Naomi Campbell, and Winona Ryder have continued to inspire us, just like they did when we idolized them as teenagers.
Yes, we can sing the praises of Hailey Bieber, Lori Harvey
, and the Kardashian-Jenners all day, but before them came a crop of impossibly cool women who paved the way and showed us that...
- 10/1/2023
- by Britt Stephens
- Popsugar.com
DreamWorks Animation’s “Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken” (in theater’s now) is a different kind of undersea adventure.
The title character is a seemingly regular teenage girl living in the town of Oceanside (voiced by Lana Condor) who knows that her family is keeping something from her but doesn’t understand that she is actually the latest descendant in an underwater kraken kingdom. Thankfully, she reconnects with her grandmother (Jane Fonda) and together they unlock her kraken powers. Or maybe the right phrase is release the kraken.
And she’ll need it, as she’s got to do battle with a cute, popular girl who is also an evil mermaid. This leads to an unexpectedly epic kaiju battle between mermaid and kraken that is pretty amazing.
TheWrap spoke to director Kirk DeMicco, who helmed “Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken” (with co-director Faryn Pearl), shortly before the movie’s splashy (get it?...
The title character is a seemingly regular teenage girl living in the town of Oceanside (voiced by Lana Condor) who knows that her family is keeping something from her but doesn’t understand that she is actually the latest descendant in an underwater kraken kingdom. Thankfully, she reconnects with her grandmother (Jane Fonda) and together they unlock her kraken powers. Or maybe the right phrase is release the kraken.
And she’ll need it, as she’s got to do battle with a cute, popular girl who is also an evil mermaid. This leads to an unexpectedly epic kaiju battle between mermaid and kraken that is pretty amazing.
TheWrap spoke to director Kirk DeMicco, who helmed “Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken” (with co-director Faryn Pearl), shortly before the movie’s splashy (get it?...
- 7/8/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Things apparently got pretty tense between former allies Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert during the voting process for Kevin McCarthy to become Speaker of the House. According to new reports, the women found themselves on opposite sides of the fight, which nearly led to an actual fight in the bathroom — which honestly, doesn’t surprise Seth Meyers at all.
This week, The Daily Beast reported that during the House Speaker voting process, Taylor Greene and Boebert got into a screaming match in a bathroom just off the House floor, after Taylor Greene openly supported McCarthy for speaker. That screaming match never turned physical, but “after a few words were exchanged, Boebert stormed out.”
“Well, I guess that answers the riddle ‘What’s worse than Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert fighting?’ Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert fighting in a room with an echo,” Meyers joked.
Also Read:
Meyers...
This week, The Daily Beast reported that during the House Speaker voting process, Taylor Greene and Boebert got into a screaming match in a bathroom just off the House floor, after Taylor Greene openly supported McCarthy for speaker. That screaming match never turned physical, but “after a few words were exchanged, Boebert stormed out.”
“Well, I guess that answers the riddle ‘What’s worse than Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert fighting?’ Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert fighting in a room with an echo,” Meyers joked.
Also Read:
Meyers...
- 1/20/2023
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
One girl can make a difference. But can you imagine how much more of a difference she can make with a dinosaur on her side? Well, a tyrannosaurus rex may not be ideal for every situation, but Lunella Lafayette is happy to have Devil Dinosaur with her as she fights crime in the Lower East Side of New York City in the upcoming Disney Channel series "Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur."
Based on the 2015 Marvel comic series by Brandon Montclare, Amy Reeder, and Natacha Bustos, which was a sequel to Jack Kirby's "Moon Boy and Devil Dinosaur" from 1978, the animated series will follow the 13-year-old super-genius as she transports the T-rex through a time vortex to the present to help her take on the villains of the modern day. And though the project has been in development for some time at this point, the recent D23 Expo has finally...
Based on the 2015 Marvel comic series by Brandon Montclare, Amy Reeder, and Natacha Bustos, which was a sequel to Jack Kirby's "Moon Boy and Devil Dinosaur" from 1978, the animated series will follow the 13-year-old super-genius as she transports the T-rex through a time vortex to the present to help her take on the villains of the modern day. And though the project has been in development for some time at this point, the recent D23 Expo has finally...
- 9/12/2022
- by Ben F. Silverio
- Slash Film
Sorry, PEN15 fans, class is no longer in session for Maya and Anna. On Tuesday Nov, 30, Hulu confirmed to E! News that the streamer's critically acclaimed comedy, PEN15, will end after season two. The show that transports us back to our Lip Smackers and Lisa Frank notebook days will end Friday, Dec. 3 when the second half of season two drops on Hulu. The decision to end the series comes from creators and stars Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle, who play 13-year-old versions of themselves on the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Per the publication, though Erskine and Konkle are ready to take a break from the series—which they've been working on for nearly ten...
- 11/30/2021
- E! Online
Iamdoechii’s “Yucky Blucky Fruitcake” is named for an entry in the Junie B. Jones series of children’s books first published in 1992. The titular kindergartener was odd and disruptive, which resonated with Iamdoechii — Doechii for short, Jaylah Hickmon for long — as she reflected on her own childhood. On “Yucky Blucky Fruitcake,” Doechii’s nostalgic raps tell her origin story. As a young girl, she was bold (“In my black Taylor Chucks, the ones that laced up to my thighs/Lisa Frank lipstick on my eyes”), rambunctious (“I get a...
- 5/12/2021
- by Mankaprr Conteh
- Rollingstone.com
In late 2016, Kacey Musgraves put together a brief but full-scale tour to accompany the release of A Very Kacey Christmas, her first holiday album. Coming on the heels of the singer’s second LP Pageant Material, the tour’s set list was a mixture of cuts from that record as well as Christmas classics and originals, with a stage that was wrapped in campy disco-Western holiday chic.
Musgraves blows that idea up to absurd proportions with a bold splash of color in the delightfully quirky The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show,...
Musgraves blows that idea up to absurd proportions with a bold splash of color in the delightfully quirky The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show,...
- 11/29/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Five years after Kim Kardashian broke the internet, Pete Davidson is poised to do the same. The Saturday Night Live star is one of two cover stars for Paper magazine's now-infamous #BreakTheInternet issue, which dropped Thursday. Pete follows Bts' Lisa Frank-inspired photo shoot, which is admittedly a bit more family-friendly than the comedian's racy take on Barbie's iconic boyfriend. Pete's pal and 13 Reasons Why star Tommy Dorfman helped conceptualize the project, which he explained drew inspiration from Pete's own mental health struggles and public persona. As Dorfman recalled, "In a car, on our way to set for...
- 11/21/2019
- E! Online
If you’ve ever watched contrived science fiction for fun, being willing to ignore its barely sensical story points for the sake of tone, but secretly hoping it was splashed with a layer of pink glitter, then do I have the film for you. Director Alice Waddington’s feature debut, Paradise Hills, is the fluffy pastel answer to the science fiction evening fillers we’re so used to seeing toned blue, green, and yellow.
Uma (Emma Roberts) wakes up in a strange place, an inescapable island adorned in an aesthetic that matches someone’s grandmother’s tea set. She’s been sent there because she has declined to marry a man that would allow her to regain her family’s fortune. The island turns out to be an over-the-top retreat, reminiscent of a celebrity rehab facility, filled with wealthy young women sent there to change something about themselves. One has a drinking problem,...
Uma (Emma Roberts) wakes up in a strange place, an inescapable island adorned in an aesthetic that matches someone’s grandmother’s tea set. She’s been sent there because she has declined to marry a man that would allow her to regain her family’s fortune. The island turns out to be an over-the-top retreat, reminiscent of a celebrity rehab facility, filled with wealthy young women sent there to change something about themselves. One has a drinking problem,...
- 11/11/2019
- by Lindsay Traves
- DailyDead
The Netflix millennial coming-of-age dramedy sets Brie Larson as a storyteller to watch both in front of and behind the camera.
Brie Larson's directorial debut, Unicorn Store, is a coming-of-age film for a generation that is "coming of age" later and for longer than generations before. It is a sympathetic exploration of the "Peter Pan Syndrome" firmly placed in the millennial experience, and without the judgmental undertones (and sometimes overtones) of films with a similar subject matter but far less empathy for the contemporary young adult experience.
While The Verge calls Unicorn Store "an odd companion piece to Captain Marvel," in part because of the Brie Larson/Samuel L. Jackson reunion, the Netflix film pairs much better with 2012's indie Safety Not Guaranteed or 2004's 13 Going On 30, aka coming-of-age dramedies with a magical surrealist bend. If you're looking to make an event of it, Unicorn Store also pairs well with Pop Tarts,...
Brie Larson's directorial debut, Unicorn Store, is a coming-of-age film for a generation that is "coming of age" later and for longer than generations before. It is a sympathetic exploration of the "Peter Pan Syndrome" firmly placed in the millennial experience, and without the judgmental undertones (and sometimes overtones) of films with a similar subject matter but far less empathy for the contemporary young adult experience.
While The Verge calls Unicorn Store "an odd companion piece to Captain Marvel," in part because of the Brie Larson/Samuel L. Jackson reunion, the Netflix film pairs much better with 2012's indie Safety Not Guaranteed or 2004's 13 Going On 30, aka coming-of-age dramedies with a magical surrealist bend. If you're looking to make an event of it, Unicorn Store also pairs well with Pop Tarts,...
- 4/5/2019
- Den of Geek
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” fans, we know you are ready to rate a whole new set of queens (plus one veteran of the show). Season 11 of this Emmy-winning reality competition series kicks off on Thursday. Watch with us as the girls duke it out for the honor of being chosen by RuPaul Charles to join the Drag Race Hall of Fame. A whopping 15 contestants are in the fight for the coveted title. So who shantayed with the first all-important win and which queen sashayed away?
Below, check out our minute-by-minute “RuPaul’s Drag Race” recap of Season 11, Episode 1, titled “Whatcha Unpackin’,” to find out what happened on February 28, beginning at 9/8c. After following along with our live updating blog, be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite queens on VH1’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most, and who you think will ultimately join...
Below, check out our minute-by-minute “RuPaul’s Drag Race” recap of Season 11, Episode 1, titled “Whatcha Unpackin’,” to find out what happened on February 28, beginning at 9/8c. After following along with our live updating blog, be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite queens on VH1’s reality TV show, who annoys you the most, and who you think will ultimately join...
- 3/1/2019
- by John Benutty and Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
by Chris Feil
There’s an element to Aquaman’s chutzpah that feels lost to contemporary cynicism, as if its as much an artifact as the trident our titular hero chases. Here is a superhero epic that skews closer to something like Stephen Sommers Mummy trilogy, enveloped in sincerity and willingness to dazzle without winks or too-cool posturing.
But cut that with an over-caffeinated, sugar rush aesthetic packed to (forgive me) the gills with technicolor extremity, and you get a superhero film that’s delightfully batshit. It’s both beyond absurd and the guiltiest of pleasures, like Lisa Frank for dudes or gay underwater Indiana Jones. For some it might be an acquired taste, but it succeeds by pairing simplistic narrative ambitions with an authentically wild visual experience.
There’s an element to Aquaman’s chutzpah that feels lost to contemporary cynicism, as if its as much an artifact as the trident our titular hero chases. Here is a superhero epic that skews closer to something like Stephen Sommers Mummy trilogy, enveloped in sincerity and willingness to dazzle without winks or too-cool posturing.
But cut that with an over-caffeinated, sugar rush aesthetic packed to (forgive me) the gills with technicolor extremity, and you get a superhero film that’s delightfully batshit. It’s both beyond absurd and the guiltiest of pleasures, like Lisa Frank for dudes or gay underwater Indiana Jones. For some it might be an acquired taste, but it succeeds by pairing simplistic narrative ambitions with an authentically wild visual experience.
- 12/21/2018
- by Chris Feil
- FilmExperience
If you grew up in the ’90s, chances are you were the proud owner of some kind of magical Lisa Frank school supplies. (Who didn’t want folders with rainbow unicorns and tigers or pencil cases with multicolored dolphins?) And if you’re still daydreaming of these whimsical neon-hued prints, we’re here to tell you that your childhood dreams are back and being made a reality thanks to our beloved friends at Target.
Together, Lisa Frank and Target have teamed up to bring us nighties and pajama sets in some of our favorite rainbow prints – including those pink and purple dolphins,...
Together, Lisa Frank and Target have teamed up to bring us nighties and pajama sets in some of our favorite rainbow prints – including those pink and purple dolphins,...
- 7/25/2017
- by Kami Phillips
- PEOPLE.com
When it comes to fashion, it seems the Kardashian family has always been on the cutting edge.
In this equal parts adorable and hilarious throwback, Khloé Kardashian gave subscribers to her official website/app a glimpse into the family’s on-trend ’90s vibe.
Kim, seen on the left, rocks a bright green scrunchy atop a Lisa Frank-esque one-piece, rollerblades and a very “As if!” facial expression. Kourtney, right, brings her safety A-game with a pair of kneepads. And, of course, front and center is Khloé, the most whimsical of the bunch, doing a classic piggy face for the camera.
In this equal parts adorable and hilarious throwback, Khloé Kardashian gave subscribers to her official website/app a glimpse into the family’s on-trend ’90s vibe.
Kim, seen on the left, rocks a bright green scrunchy atop a Lisa Frank-esque one-piece, rollerblades and a very “As if!” facial expression. Kourtney, right, brings her safety A-game with a pair of kneepads. And, of course, front and center is Khloé, the most whimsical of the bunch, doing a classic piggy face for the camera.
- 7/20/2017
- by Liam Berry
- PEOPLE.com
If you weren’t able to try Starbucks’ new Unicorn Frappuccino before it left stores, you’re either living under a rock, living near a Starbucks that kept running out, or you just don’t care about Lisa Frank-chic beverages. But if you are still pining to try one of these magically/artificially-colored blended treats, or are distraught at the thought of encountering another one about as often as you’d encounter an actual unicorn, fear not: there’s a way to make Unicorn Frappuccinos in the comfort of your own home.
YouTuber Emmymade in Japan (who has dozens...
YouTuber Emmymade in Japan (who has dozens...
- 4/24/2017
- by Adam Campbell-Schmitt
- PEOPLE.com
Everybody’s got an opinion about the new Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino, including Jimmy Kimmel, who offered up a concoction of his own on his show Thursday night. “Who says America doesn’t invent anything anymore?” he asked his audience. After diving into the details of the Unicorn Frap — a color-changing drink that apparently tastes like pure sour sugar and looks like Lisa Frank vomit — Kimmel said that Starbucks was going to introduce another drink “designed specifically to suit our troubled time.” It’s called the F–k-It-Ccino and it’s made with everything that can get you through the current political climate.
- 4/21/2017
- by Carli Velocci
- The Wrap
Before they starred in blockbusters and hit shows, these actors were honing their skills via some pretty hilarious (in retrospect) ad campaigns.
Take a look back at who tried to sell us everything from soda to tampons in their pre-a-list days.
Courteney Cox
Dressed as a dancer, Cox and her unforgettable haircut “told it to us straight” about Tampax in the ’80s.
Mila Kunis
Long before repping Jim Beam, a bubbly Kunis appeared in commercials for Telephone Tammy, Glitter Hair Barbie and Lisa Frank.
Ben Affleck
Affleck played an optimistic would-be suitor equipped with a car phone in a 1989 Burger King ad.
Take a look back at who tried to sell us everything from soda to tampons in their pre-a-list days.
Courteney Cox
Dressed as a dancer, Cox and her unforgettable haircut “told it to us straight” about Tampax in the ’80s.
Mila Kunis
Long before repping Jim Beam, a bubbly Kunis appeared in commercials for Telephone Tammy, Glitter Hair Barbie and Lisa Frank.
Ben Affleck
Affleck played an optimistic would-be suitor equipped with a car phone in a 1989 Burger King ad.
- 4/12/2017
- by Lydia Price
- PEOPLE.com
For a certain contingent of the millennial generation, the name Lisa Frank will forever hold a special place in our hearts. With its technicolor cartoon animals living in a world of ice cream and candy punctuated with pops of rainbow-hued cheetah print, the brand and their line of products quickly came to define many twenty-somethings’ childhood. So it makes sense that with all the ’90s nostalgia we’re currently experiencing, Frank is also having a major resurgence. First, with an out-of-left-field clothing collaboration, and now with a beauty line you never knew you needed, launching a Kickstarter to fund their new cosmetics collaboration.
- 2/16/2017
- by Emily Kirkpatrick
- PEOPLE.com
If you went to school in the late '80s or '90s, you'll no doubt know that nothing mattered more than the cover art on your Trapper Keeper. Maybe you were a Transformers kid. Maybe you had a totally rad sports car. Maybe you had unicorns and rainbows. Whatever the case, we can all agree that Trapper Keeper were kind of a big deal. And now they're going to be a big deal on the big screen, too. THR reports '90s Trapper Keeper art icon Lisa Frank is teaming up with...
Read More
Read Comments...
Read More
Read Comments...
- 1/19/2017
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
If you went to school in the late '80s or '90s, you'll no doubt know that nothing mattered more than the cover art on your Trapper Keeper. Maybe you were a Transformers kid. Maybe you had a totally rad sports car. Maybe you had unicorns and rainbows. Whatever the case, we can all agree that Trapper Keeper were kind of a big deal. And now they're going to be a big deal on the big screen, too. THR reports '90s trapper keeper art icon Lisa Frank is teaming up with producer Jon Shestack to turn her imaginary world of organizational cover art into a movie. It'll be a mixture of live-action and animation and tell a story about...well, no one knows. It's not like Trapper Keepers had elaborate backstories. The inside flap didn't have ten pages of...
Read More...
Read More...
- 1/19/2017
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
In a move that we’re honestly surprised hasn’t happened earlier, Lisa Frank is channeling its weapons-grade cuteness into a feature film, as Deadline reports. Company founder Lisa Frank herself is spearheading the project, which means that those looking for a mud-slinging expose of the company‘s history of shady business dealings and employee abuse a la The Founder will almost surely be disappointed. Instead, the film will be a blend of live action and animation featuring “iconic” Lisa Frank characters like the optical-illusion leopard, the panda who gets paint everywhere, and the bear who kind of looks like a kid-friendly Flavor Flav familiar from decades’ worth of scented stickers and Trapper Keepers.
Of the project, indie producer Jon Shestack says, “Lisa Frank’s world is cheerful, it’s optimistic, it’s hip, but it is without snark. It’s just sort of impossible to scowl when you’re...
Of the project, indie producer Jon Shestack says, “Lisa Frank’s world is cheerful, it’s optimistic, it’s hip, but it is without snark. It’s just sort of impossible to scowl when you’re...
- 1/19/2017
- by Katie Rife
- avclub.com
A hybrid live-action/animated film is in the works based on Lisa Frank, the iconic stylist behind kids’ rainbow stickers, backpacks and those brightly colored Trapper Keepers with unicorns and teddy bears you used in school. Indie producer Jon Shestack (Before I Fall) is attached to develop and produce the film, with UTA Independent Film Group repping rights. "Lisa Frank's world is cheerful, it's optimistic, it's hip, but it is without snark," Shestack said in a release…...
- 1/18/2017
- Deadline
Lisa Frank, whose eponymous company’s psychedelic designs dominated classrooms in the ’80s and ’90s, is bringing those vivid characters to life in a live action/animated hybrid feature film she’s developing with independent producer Jon Shestack. A studio is not yet attached to the project, which the producers plan to develop independently with UTA. Shestack most recently produced the drama “Before I Fall” for Awesomeness Films, which will be distributed by Open Road with a March 3 opening. Frank’s stickers, pencil cases and Trapper Keepers were a middle school phenomenon back in the day, with the company grossing more than $60 million a year.
- 1/18/2017
- by Matt Pressberg
- The Wrap
Kids of the '90s, rejoice! A live-action/animation hybrid feature based on the artwork of Lisa Frank is now in development.
The artist is partnering with Jon Shestack, who recently produced the Ya adaption Before I Fall for Awesomeness TV, to develop a feature based on her psychedelic work.
"I have always wanted to do a feature film that brings the world of Lisa Frank to life," said Frank, in an announcement. "We have so much backstory on our characters and they have been alive in my imagination since the beginning."
Frank's art is a staple of back-to-school shopping, emblazoned across backpacks, binders, pencil...
The artist is partnering with Jon Shestack, who recently produced the Ya adaption Before I Fall for Awesomeness TV, to develop a feature based on her psychedelic work.
"I have always wanted to do a feature film that brings the world of Lisa Frank to life," said Frank, in an announcement. "We have so much backstory on our characters and they have been alive in my imagination since the beginning."
Frank's art is a staple of back-to-school shopping, emblazoned across backpacks, binders, pencil...
- 1/18/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
You're about to get invited into the real, intimate lives of some of the most fascinating people alive right now with Rachel Antonoff and her new series, Knock Knock. Popsugar has teamed up with Watchable to bring you the experiences of fashion designer Antonoff as she takes you inside of the homes, offices, dressing rooms, and other spaces of people like Saturday Night Live's Aidy Bryant, nostalgic touchstone Lisa Frank, and veterinarian Dr. Jan Pol. It's a look inside you won't get anywhere else, and you can get your first look at Knock Knock's trailer before catching the series on Dec. 12 - only available on Watchable!
- 12/10/2016
- by Shannon Vestal Robson
- Popsugar.com
At first thought, the idea of wearing pink eye shadow might seem too girly or too 90s, or simply to much like having pink eye. But according to looks we’ve seen on Khloé Kardashian, Shay Mitchell and Kate Hudson recently, pink eye shadow is not only possible to pull off, but it can look really gorgeous. So in order to learn how rock a pink look without dipping into Lisa Frank territory, we’ve enlisted Hudson’s pro, Avon celebrity makeup artist Lauren Andersen, to teach us how to Diy it in the How It’s Done video, above.
- 11/21/2016
- by Jillian Ruffo
- PEOPLE.com
The movies-based-on-toys trend continues with the November 4 release of “Trolls,” and early reviews aren’t great. Variety‘s Owen Gleiberman is a rare exception, calling the animated musical “an ecstatically happy movie, a giddy Edm kiddie musical that sends you out on a high.”
Read More: ‘Trolls’ Sneak Peek: How DreamWorks Embraced Retro Happiness
Alonso Duralde is much less forgiving in The Wrap:
Even if you plug your ears during the endless Kidz Bop numbers, you’re still stuck with the eye-assaulting visual palette from director Mike Mitchell (‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked’) and co-director Walt Dohm (‘SpongeBob SquarePants’) — the troll scenes offer a mix of neon pastels that suggest someone ate a Lisa Frank store and promptly regurgitated it, while Bergentown features the vast spectrum of tones you might find in a baby’s full diaper.
Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, Michael Rechtshaffen lands between those two extremes:
If you could take the ‘Shrek,...
Read More: ‘Trolls’ Sneak Peek: How DreamWorks Embraced Retro Happiness
Alonso Duralde is much less forgiving in The Wrap:
Even if you plug your ears during the endless Kidz Bop numbers, you’re still stuck with the eye-assaulting visual palette from director Mike Mitchell (‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked’) and co-director Walt Dohm (‘SpongeBob SquarePants’) — the troll scenes offer a mix of neon pastels that suggest someone ate a Lisa Frank store and promptly regurgitated it, while Bergentown features the vast spectrum of tones you might find in a baby’s full diaper.
Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, Michael Rechtshaffen lands between those two extremes:
If you could take the ‘Shrek,...
- 10/9/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Lisa Frank has a clothing line, and we can all sleep a little bit better knowing this news. If you want to wear a piece of the '90s, head on over to RageOn! and pick your rainbow-colored poison. We're personally fond of pairing the dolphin leggings with the matching sweatshirt, but that's just us. It looks like the merch prices are fairly reasonable, but expect to shell out a little bit more than you would for a pack of unicorn stickers and a glittering trapper. Tee's start at roughly $25 and we're not judging if you accidentally buy all of them. From the looks of their Instagram, it seems Lisa Frank also has another clothing collab (meant for juniors but that's not going to stop us) with...
- 7/20/2016
- E! Online
Before she played the vapid, self-obsessed Jackie on “That 70’s Show,” and well before she was able to showcase her knack for hilarious voiceover work on “Family Guy,” Mila Kunis was a wee 13-year-old singing the praises of the’ 90s-era, candy-colored world of Lisa Frank. “The stickers were so cool! The colors were awesome,” she exclaims, surrounded by the rainbows and unicorns for which the illustrator is known. “I gotta have it. What more can I say?” There isn’t much more to say, actually! You just gotta watch Kunis below! Inspired by this post? Check out our commercial audition listings!
- 6/17/2016
- backstage.com
When you think of unicorns, your mind usually goes to an image of a sparkly, magical creature like the ones Lisa Frank created for your Trapper Keepers in middle school, right? Or maybe you picture majestic, ethereal stallions that carry around princesses like in the Gif below: Well, kids, grasp onto those wonderful pictures because science is about to kick down the door of imagination and light your mind on fire with the flaming torch of reality. (Don't get us wrong, science is cool as hell. But research results like these make us wonder if maybe some discovers are better left unannounced?) A new study in the American Journal of Applied Science reveals that not only did unicorns actually roam...
- 3/29/2016
- E! Online
Part Reefer Madness for the plugged-in generation, part Giallo slasher, and part coming-of-age psychodrama, #Horror is filled with the type of craziness that sounds like it would make it a shoe-in for genre festivals across the globe. But alas, it’s incredibly dull, and for every gonzo tangent into an enigmatic snuff film social network, there’s multiple other sequences that are so ineptly directed that a sense of atmosphere or narrative momentum seems purely accidental.
Split inexplicably down the middle of its thin running time between an avant-chic artist named Alex Cox (Chloë Sevigny) on an all-day sojourn away from her crumbling marriage to a famous modern artist (think Jeffrey Koons), and a violently escalating sleepover at their mansion hosted by her daughter, #Horror proves early on that it has no sense of how to bridge these halves.
Her daughter is Sofia, a social media-obsessed, emotionally-neglected 12-year-old who overjoys...
Split inexplicably down the middle of its thin running time between an avant-chic artist named Alex Cox (Chloë Sevigny) on an all-day sojourn away from her crumbling marriage to a famous modern artist (think Jeffrey Koons), and a violently escalating sleepover at their mansion hosted by her daughter, #Horror proves early on that it has no sense of how to bridge these halves.
Her daughter is Sofia, a social media-obsessed, emotionally-neglected 12-year-old who overjoys...
- 11/21/2015
- by Michael Snydel
- The Film Stage
Plus… La Film Festival announces partnership with ArcLight Cinemas for 2016; Lakeshore, Phantom Four partner on Miles, Seattle grant finalists; Davoli and Davids merge firms.Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired worldwide rights from Submarine Entertainment and Rosalind Lichter to Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt’s Havana Motor Club (pictured) about underground drag racers in Cuba. The film premiered in Tribeca and will open in 2016.The La Film Festival produced by Film Independent has announced a partnership with ArcLight Cinemas that will see the 22nd edition of the La Film Festival take place at ArcLight Cinemas across the city next summer from June 1-9.Paramount Television has closed a two-year overall television deal with Beasts Of No Nation director Cary Fukunaga and his production company Parliament Of Owls. Fukunaga is collaborating with Paramount Television as director and executive producer of The Alienist for TNT. Benicio del Toro, an awards season contender for Sicario, will take place in an on-stage conversation about his career...
- 11/3/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
If there weren’t enough social media-friendly news sites out there, CNN has added one more. The cable news network has funded Great Big Story, a news site that offers shareable video features.
Great Big Story launched its first videos on October 20th, and it immediately identified its target audience. Two of the first videos profile a pair of 90s icons: Lisa Frank and the Kool-Aid Guy. The potential for Millennial nostalgia is high, and nostalgia flows in the direction of social media shares.
That being said, Great Big Story has pledged to offer a higher-quality brand of buzzy content. “What if there were more to your social feed than empty clickbait and cat videos?” asks a narrator in the site’s intro video.
While Great Big Story is looking to use a newsy approach to differentiate from its major competitors, it is also borrow their most compelling elements. Each post,...
Great Big Story launched its first videos on October 20th, and it immediately identified its target audience. Two of the first videos profile a pair of 90s icons: Lisa Frank and the Kool-Aid Guy. The potential for Millennial nostalgia is high, and nostalgia flows in the direction of social media shares.
That being said, Great Big Story has pledged to offer a higher-quality brand of buzzy content. “What if there were more to your social feed than empty clickbait and cat videos?” asks a narrator in the site’s intro video.
While Great Big Story is looking to use a newsy approach to differentiate from its major competitors, it is also borrow their most compelling elements. Each post,...
- 10/20/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
“All our dumb horns can do is glow, point toward the nearest rainbow, and play rave music.”
‘The Last Mabelcorn’ takes a long, hard look at how mistakes can shape us without destroying our essential goodness while also giving us a scene in which Mabel, Wendy, Candy, and Grenda double-cross a gnome in a crooked sting operation dragging for illegal butterflies. Things kick off with everyone snug in their beds, Mabel squeezing a stuffed unicorn so hard that capitalism oozes out of it while Ford dreams of a bleak, grey Wood Between the Worlds and of the sinister Bill Cipher, Gravity Falls‘ most believable and disconcerting villain. The animation, both in that interstitial space and in the psychedelic visions that coincide with Bill’s gloating, is starkly immersive. The storyboards isolate Ford in a field that is at once achingly empty and dotted with relics of his failures and regrets,...
‘The Last Mabelcorn’ takes a long, hard look at how mistakes can shape us without destroying our essential goodness while also giving us a scene in which Mabel, Wendy, Candy, and Grenda double-cross a gnome in a crooked sting operation dragging for illegal butterflies. Things kick off with everyone snug in their beds, Mabel squeezing a stuffed unicorn so hard that capitalism oozes out of it while Ford dreams of a bleak, grey Wood Between the Worlds and of the sinister Bill Cipher, Gravity Falls‘ most believable and disconcerting villain. The animation, both in that interstitial space and in the psychedelic visions that coincide with Bill’s gloating, is starkly immersive. The storyboards isolate Ford in a field that is at once achingly empty and dotted with relics of his failures and regrets,...
- 9/8/2015
- by Gretchen Felker-Martin
- Nerdly
The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards gave us everything: host Miley Cyrus in a variety of demented Lisa Frank-esque ensembles, some shade from Nicki Minaj, an undeserved Video of the Year win for Taylor Swift, and the speech of the century from Kanye West, who won the coveted Video Vanguard award. Check out the text of his 12-minute speech (transcribed by TVLine) and see if you can spot the one particular topic he didn't bring up. Bro! Bro! Listen to the kids! … First of all, thank you, Taylor, for being so gracious and giving me this award this evening. I often think back to the first day I met you, also. You know, I think about that when I’m in the grocery store with my daughter and I have a really great conversation about pressed juice, and at the end, they say, ‘Oh, you’re not that bad, after all.
- 8/31/2015
- by Louis Virtel
- Hitfix
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.