The 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were filled with memorable moments, from humorous to heartfelt ones. From Meryl Streep crashing into a microphone onstage to Billie Eilish autographing Melissa McCarthy’s face and Lily Gladstone making history with her best actress in a film win, here are some of the most memorable moments from the 2024 SAG Awards on Saturday night.
Meryl Streep Has a Mic Mishap Before Presenting
Before reuniting with her Devil Wears Prada co-stars Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt at the 2024 SAG Awards, Meryl Streep had a slight mishap with the microphone. After being introduced by Idris Elba to present the first award of the night — best male actor in a comedy series, which went to Jeremy Allen White — Streep walked right into the microphone on the stage. She quickly grabbed the microphone stand, looking quite frazzled. “Two things, I forgot my glasses … clearly. And the envelope,...
Meryl Streep Has a Mic Mishap Before Presenting
Before reuniting with her Devil Wears Prada co-stars Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt at the 2024 SAG Awards, Meryl Streep had a slight mishap with the microphone. After being introduced by Idris Elba to present the first award of the night — best male actor in a comedy series, which went to Jeremy Allen White — Streep walked right into the microphone on the stage. She quickly grabbed the microphone stand, looking quite frazzled. “Two things, I forgot my glasses … clearly. And the envelope,...
- 2/25/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Profiles by Seth Abramovitch, Gary Baum, Evan Nicole Brown, Tyler Coates, Kirsten Chuba, Aaron Couch, Scott Feinberg, Mesfin Fekadu, Mia Galuppo, James Hibberd, Rebecca Keegan, Sydney Odman, Rick Porter, Lacey Rose, Julian Sancton, Rebecca Sun and Beatrice Verhoeven
Cris Abrego & Karla Pita Loor Cris Abrego and Karla Pita Loor
Banijay Americas
Abrego is one of the top-ranking Latino execs in English-language media, and Pita Loor is the board chair of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, a major conduit for industry players who are invested in improving inclusion. Under their leadership, Banijay Americas has stepped up initiatives to help people from historically excluded backgrounds break into entertainment. “This work has both financial and cultural bottom lines, and those are not only equally important but also inextricably connected,” says Abrego of the content business. “Success requires attention to both.”
I’m excited about …
Abrego “Mindy Kaling is just laugh-out-loud funny...
Cris Abrego & Karla Pita Loor Cris Abrego and Karla Pita Loor
Banijay Americas
Abrego is one of the top-ranking Latino execs in English-language media, and Pita Loor is the board chair of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, a major conduit for industry players who are invested in improving inclusion. Under their leadership, Banijay Americas has stepped up initiatives to help people from historically excluded backgrounds break into entertainment. “This work has both financial and cultural bottom lines, and those are not only equally important but also inextricably connected,” says Abrego of the content business. “Success requires attention to both.”
I’m excited about …
Abrego “Mindy Kaling is just laugh-out-loud funny...
- 5/31/2023
- by Ashley Cullins, Editor and Mikey O'Connell, Editor
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A call for action and innovation in the fight against climate change rang out during the first day of the annual Environmental Media Association Impact Summit. Held at Pendry West Hollywood in partnership with Apple TV+ and The Hollywood Reporter, entertainment and sustainability leaders focused on the positive impact of environmentally conscious storytelling in the global media landscape.
“The time is now to support personal action for our climate health,” Ema CEO Debbie Levin said as the summit kicked off Wednesday. “This is a century that keeps on surprising us — storms, torrential rain, floods, earthquakes, snow and, sadly, human unrest as well. But in this room, we represent the best of us and the most innovative and the most authentically conscious. We are the change makers.”
Elisabeth Rabishaw, the executive vp and co-publisher of THR, introduced keynote speaker Lisa Jackson, Apple’s head of sustainability, as Jackson spoke of the...
“The time is now to support personal action for our climate health,” Ema CEO Debbie Levin said as the summit kicked off Wednesday. “This is a century that keeps on surprising us — storms, torrential rain, floods, earthquakes, snow and, sadly, human unrest as well. But in this room, we represent the best of us and the most innovative and the most authentically conscious. We are the change makers.”
Elisabeth Rabishaw, the executive vp and co-publisher of THR, introduced keynote speaker Lisa Jackson, Apple’s head of sustainability, as Jackson spoke of the...
- 3/16/2023
- by Hadley Meares
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 38th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards brought out smiles, laughter and tears from the presenters, winners, host and audience throughout the night. From comedian Hasan Minhaj joking about the ceremony not being broadcasted to Everything Everywhere All at Once dominating another awards show and Quinta Brunson dedicating her award to the aspiring kids “making a video on TikTok,” here are some of the night’s most memorable moments.
Hasan Minhaj Pokes Fun at IFC for Not Broadcasting Ceremony
Hasan Minhaj took his talents to the beach on Saturday for the first time as the host for the Spirit Awards. “For those of you wondering, I am definitely not making as much as Jerrod Carmichael made when he hosted the Golden Globes,” Minhaj kicked off his opening monologue. “Not even close. I am literally making 1/1000 of what he made. They just handed me a Starbucks gift card, and they were like,...
Hasan Minhaj Pokes Fun at IFC for Not Broadcasting Ceremony
Hasan Minhaj took his talents to the beach on Saturday for the first time as the host for the Spirit Awards. “For those of you wondering, I am definitely not making as much as Jerrod Carmichael made when he hosted the Golden Globes,” Minhaj kicked off his opening monologue. “Not even close. I am literally making 1/1000 of what he made. They just handed me a Starbucks gift card, and they were like,...
- 3/5/2023
- by Carly Thomas, Christy Piña, Hilton Dresden, Beatrice Verhoeven and Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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The Hollywood Reporter has landed 32 nominations for the 15th National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, including best entertainment publication and best website.
In addition, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was nominated for best columnist, David Rooney is up for best critic and Lesley Goldberg and Dan Fienberg are named among the finalists for best arts or entertainment podcast and best podcast anchor/host. THR‘s art and photo teams were also recognized for cover art, portrait photo, page layout and moving graphic.
Two THR blogs are up for best entertainment blog by an individual or group, tied to an organization: The Live Feed (by Goldberg, Rick Porter, James Hibberd and Jackie Strause) and Scott Feinberg’s The Race. Ryan Fish and Christy Piña were nominated for best journalistic use of social media to tell or enhance a story for THR‘s Michelle Yeoh cover feature.
THR landed nominations in various other categories,...
The Hollywood Reporter has landed 32 nominations for the 15th National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, including best entertainment publication and best website.
In addition, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was nominated for best columnist, David Rooney is up for best critic and Lesley Goldberg and Dan Fienberg are named among the finalists for best arts or entertainment podcast and best podcast anchor/host. THR‘s art and photo teams were also recognized for cover art, portrait photo, page layout and moving graphic.
Two THR blogs are up for best entertainment blog by an individual or group, tied to an organization: The Live Feed (by Goldberg, Rick Porter, James Hibberd and Jackie Strause) and Scott Feinberg’s The Race. Ryan Fish and Christy Piña were nominated for best journalistic use of social media to tell or enhance a story for THR‘s Michelle Yeoh cover feature.
THR landed nominations in various other categories,...
- 11/4/2022
- by THR staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Thanks for checking out the first installment of The Hollywood Reporter’s Weekend Awards Brief! This Friday week-in-review newsletter will be prepared by THR’s awards team and will feature a rundown of (a) key pieces we’ve written; (b) memorable things we’ve attended; (c) interesting rumblings we’ve heard; (d) things we encourage you to check out; and (e) things we’d like to know.
The authors of each item are identified by the following initials: awards editor Tyler Coates [Tc], executive editor of awards Scott Feinberg [Sf], film writer Mia Galuppo [Mg], senior staff writer Chris Gardner [CGa], tech editor Carolyn Giardina [CGi], senior editor of film Rebecca Keegan [Rk] and deputy awards editor Beatrice Verhoeven [Bv].
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What we’re producing…
A rundown of key pieces we’ve written
TV Academy encouraging nominees to pre-submit thank-you names to appear on-screen —Sf Hollywood Critics Association in turmoil as numerous members resign,...
Thanks for checking out the first installment of The Hollywood Reporter’s Weekend Awards Brief! This Friday week-in-review newsletter will be prepared by THR’s awards team and will feature a rundown of (a) key pieces we’ve written; (b) memorable things we’ve attended; (c) interesting rumblings we’ve heard; (d) things we encourage you to check out; and (e) things we’d like to know.
The authors of each item are identified by the following initials: awards editor Tyler Coates [Tc], executive editor of awards Scott Feinberg [Sf], film writer Mia Galuppo [Mg], senior staff writer Chris Gardner [CGa], tech editor Carolyn Giardina [CGi], senior editor of film Rebecca Keegan [Rk] and deputy awards editor Beatrice Verhoeven [Bv].
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What we’re producing…
A rundown of key pieces we’ve written
TV Academy encouraging nominees to pre-submit thank-you names to appear on-screen —Sf Hollywood Critics Association in turmoil as numerous members resign,...
- 9/3/2022
- by THR Awards Team
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter’s award-winning awards columnist and host of its Awards Chatter podcast, who has interviewed the industry’s biggest players and broken vital stories, has been named executive editor of awards.
In Feinberg’s new role, he will report directly to editorial director Nekesa Mumbi Moody.
“Scott is the pre-eminent awards expert, responsible for breaking exclusive stories, writing great features, interviewing luminaries for Awards Chatter, and of course, making expert predictions,” says Moody. “We are excited to have him continue to be a leading force in the awards space for THR.”
Feinberg adds, “I’m grateful to Nekesa for her confidence in me and for the opportunity to continue to cover a beat that I truly love, alongside colleagues whom I tremendously respect, for a publication that I’ve been lucky enough to call home for more than a...
Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter’s award-winning awards columnist and host of its Awards Chatter podcast, who has interviewed the industry’s biggest players and broken vital stories, has been named executive editor of awards.
In Feinberg’s new role, he will report directly to editorial director Nekesa Mumbi Moody.
“Scott is the pre-eminent awards expert, responsible for breaking exclusive stories, writing great features, interviewing luminaries for Awards Chatter, and of course, making expert predictions,” says Moody. “We are excited to have him continue to be a leading force in the awards space for THR.”
Feinberg adds, “I’m grateful to Nekesa for her confidence in me and for the opportunity to continue to cover a beat that I truly love, alongside colleagues whom I tremendously respect, for a publication that I’ve been lucky enough to call home for more than a...
- 8/18/2022
- by THR staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Three members of the Kardashian family — Khloé Kardashian, Kris Jenner and Kendall Jenner — stopped by Disney’s FYC Fest on Wednesday for an Emmy-centered conversation surrounding the first season of their new self-titled Hulu show. The trio appeared alongside executive producer Ben Winston and showrunner Danielle King at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre to discuss their return to TV, as well as some headline-making moments from the season, including Khloé’s breakup with Tristan Thompson and Kendall’s viral cucumber-cutting scene.
Though Winston admitted he was “definitely concerned about being the company that ruined The Kardashians and killed it” after the family’s 20 hit seasons on E!, Khloé explained, “We were looking for someone to get the Keeping Up with the Kardashians of us, but also know that there’s so much more that we haven’t been able to storytell.” Each sister...
Three members of the Kardashian family — Khloé Kardashian, Kris Jenner and Kendall Jenner — stopped by Disney’s FYC Fest on Wednesday for an Emmy-centered conversation surrounding the first season of their new self-titled Hulu show. The trio appeared alongside executive producer Ben Winston and showrunner Danielle King at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre to discuss their return to TV, as well as some headline-making moments from the season, including Khloé’s breakup with Tristan Thompson and Kendall’s viral cucumber-cutting scene.
Though Winston admitted he was “definitely concerned about being the company that ruined The Kardashians and killed it” after the family’s 20 hit seasons on E!, Khloé explained, “We were looking for someone to get the Keeping Up with the Kardashians of us, but also know that there’s so much more that we haven’t been able to storytell.” Each sister...
- 6/16/2022
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
First reactions for Ridley Scott’s star-studded murder drama “House of Gucci” are trickling in following the movie’s official world premiere in London. The film is Scott’s second major release of 2021 following “The Last Duel,” which launched to strong reviews out of the Venice Film Festival but flopped at the box office. Will “House of Gucci” be a rebound for Scott? Based on the first reactions below, it appears the director has made a messy and soapy fashion epic that’s bound to be one of the buzziest films of the holiday movie season.
Written by Roberto Bentivegna and based on the Sarah Gay Gorden book “The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed,” Scott’s film casts Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani, who was convicted of orchestrating the assassination of her ex-husband and former head of the Gucci fashion house, Maurizio Gucci...
Written by Roberto Bentivegna and based on the Sarah Gay Gorden book “The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed,” Scott’s film casts Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani, who was convicted of orchestrating the assassination of her ex-husband and former head of the Gucci fashion house, Maurizio Gucci...
- 11/9/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The Hollywood Reporter has appointed Tyler Coates and Beatrice Verhoeven to lead the publication’s awards coverage.
Tyler Coates is THR’s new awards editor, while Verhoven is its deputy awards editor, reporting to deputy editorial director Jeanie Pyun under editorial director Nekesa Moody. Both Coates and Verhoeven are based in Los Angeles and will generate print and digital content in the increasingly competitive landscape of Oscar and Emmy awards seasons’ projects and players.
“Tyler Coates and Beatrice Verhoven are impressive journalists who have already proven their ability to produce smart, compelling and forward-thinking content in the awards space,” said Moody....
Tyler Coates is THR’s new awards editor, while Verhoven is its deputy awards editor, reporting to deputy editorial director Jeanie Pyun under editorial director Nekesa Moody. Both Coates and Verhoeven are based in Los Angeles and will generate print and digital content in the increasingly competitive landscape of Oscar and Emmy awards seasons’ projects and players.
“Tyler Coates and Beatrice Verhoven are impressive journalists who have already proven their ability to produce smart, compelling and forward-thinking content in the awards space,” said Moody....
- 10/27/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Hollywood Reporter has appointed Tyler Coates and Beatrice Verhoeven to lead the publication’s awards coverage.
Tyler Coates is THR’s new awards editor, while Verhoeven is its deputy awards editor, reporting to deputy editorial director Jeanie Pyun under editorial director Nekesa Moody. Both Coates and Verhoeven are based in Los Angeles and will generate print and digital content in the increasingly competitive landscape covering Oscar and Emmy awards seasons’ projects and players.
“Tyler Coates and Beatrice Verhoeven are impressive journalists who have already proven their ability to produce smart, compelling and forward-thinking content in the awards space,” said ...
Tyler Coates is THR’s new awards editor, while Verhoeven is its deputy awards editor, reporting to deputy editorial director Jeanie Pyun under editorial director Nekesa Moody. Both Coates and Verhoeven are based in Los Angeles and will generate print and digital content in the increasingly competitive landscape covering Oscar and Emmy awards seasons’ projects and players.
“Tyler Coates and Beatrice Verhoeven are impressive journalists who have already proven their ability to produce smart, compelling and forward-thinking content in the awards space,” said ...
- 10/27/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
In the opening scene of “The Starling,” Melissa McCarthy and Chris O’Dowd play a married couple who are painting the nursery for their newborn daughter. You wouldn’t know it, but the two actors were actually across the globe from each other filming this over Zoom.
“Melissa was in Australia shooting ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ and Chris was in Los Angeles,” Melfi told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven during a virtual interview at the Toronto International Film Festival. “I was like, I don’t know how I’m going to pull this off. We shot Chris on the set, we built the room out and shot with a stand-in and then sent that footage to Melissa… then she had a day off on ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ and we made it all happen.”
“There are one or two [other scenes] in the grocery store,” McCarthy added. “I’ve talked to inanimate objects before, looked at tennis balls,...
“Melissa was in Australia shooting ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ and Chris was in Los Angeles,” Melfi told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven during a virtual interview at the Toronto International Film Festival. “I was like, I don’t know how I’m going to pull this off. We shot Chris on the set, we built the room out and shot with a stand-in and then sent that footage to Melissa… then she had a day off on ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ and we made it all happen.”
“There are one or two [other scenes] in the grocery store,” McCarthy added. “I’ve talked to inanimate objects before, looked at tennis balls,...
- 9/16/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Liz Garbus’ documentary “Becoming Cousteau” uncovers troves of unseen footage from the voyages and explorations of aquatic star and pioneer Jacques Cousteau. But it also charts his own growth from entertainer to environmentalist and provides a framework for how society needs to evolve on similar issues of climate change.
“We are in the middle of a climate crisis, and Cousteau’s journey from explorer and conqueror to protector and conservationist is a really relevant one for this moment,” Garbus told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven.
The film, which made its premiere as part of the Toronto International Film Festival, starts off by showing how his early TV shows, the “ones we fell in love with,” focused on “introducing us to the wonders of the sea” and were filled with positive messages about the world’s natural beauty. But over time, he noticed the changes to the environment and later in his...
“We are in the middle of a climate crisis, and Cousteau’s journey from explorer and conqueror to protector and conservationist is a really relevant one for this moment,” Garbus told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven.
The film, which made its premiere as part of the Toronto International Film Festival, starts off by showing how his early TV shows, the “ones we fell in love with,” focused on “introducing us to the wonders of the sea” and were filled with positive messages about the world’s natural beauty. But over time, he noticed the changes to the environment and later in his...
- 9/16/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
As presented in the Dionne Warwick documentary “Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over,” the Grammy Award-winning vocalist used her clout to call out Snoop Dogg and Suge Knight during a sit-down talk about the notable misogyny of some hip-hop lyrics.
“A lot of the things that were spewing out of their mouths were not necessary,” Warwick told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven in an interview during the Toronto International Film Festival in which she was joined by the film’s directors, Dave Wooley and David Heilbroner. She told the rappers that they should watch their words because some day they might be parents, and “‘One of those children might be a little girl,'” Warwick said she told them
“It gave them food for thought,” she said.
The encounter was just one example of what Warwick, 80, an outspoken activist for the AIDS crisis, described as a “straight up honesty” when...
“A lot of the things that were spewing out of their mouths were not necessary,” Warwick told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven in an interview during the Toronto International Film Festival in which she was joined by the film’s directors, Dave Wooley and David Heilbroner. She told the rappers that they should watch their words because some day they might be parents, and “‘One of those children might be a little girl,'” Warwick said she told them
“It gave them food for thought,” she said.
The encounter was just one example of what Warwick, 80, an outspoken activist for the AIDS crisis, described as a “straight up honesty” when...
- 9/15/2021
- by Diane Haithman
- The Wrap
Mélanie Laurent cast an assortment of different actresses with disabilities for her new film “The Mad Women’s Ball,” which is set inside a 19th century French psychiatric institution. Because the film is about how women in this time were frequently mistreated and misunderstood, she wanted to make sure her movie could celebrate these women.
“It was to be like, make sure the audience is going to be attached and moved by those women,” Laurent told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven as part of the Toronto International Film Festival. “I wanted to be close to them and respect them and be sure that they will be important in the movie.”
“The Mad Women’s Ball” is based on a classic French novel and is about a woman (Lou de Laâge) who has visions of spectral encounters and says she is visited by the dead but is sent to a neurological institution by her family.
“It was to be like, make sure the audience is going to be attached and moved by those women,” Laurent told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven as part of the Toronto International Film Festival. “I wanted to be close to them and respect them and be sure that they will be important in the movie.”
“The Mad Women’s Ball” is based on a classic French novel and is about a woman (Lou de Laâge) who has visions of spectral encounters and says she is visited by the dead but is sent to a neurological institution by her family.
- 9/14/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
In Dan Stevens’ new film “I’m Your Man,” the British actor speaks perfect German throughout. And to everyone’s surprise, Stevens actually learned German in school.
“Really loved it — it’s been a lifelong love of mine, the German language,” Stevens told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven in a virtual interview during the Toronto International Film Festival. “I did a movie there about 12 or 13 years ago playing an Englishman who spoke German, so a little bit different to this one.”
He added: “It was nice to dust off the German and use it in this way.”
In “I’m Your Man,” Stevens plays a humanoid robot designed to be the perfect man for Alma (Maren Eggert), who is taking part in the humanoid experiment to obtain research funds for her studies. The entire film, directed by Maria Schrader, is in German. Schrader co-wrote the script with Jan Schomburg, based on a short story by Emma Braslavksy.
“Really loved it — it’s been a lifelong love of mine, the German language,” Stevens told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven in a virtual interview during the Toronto International Film Festival. “I did a movie there about 12 or 13 years ago playing an Englishman who spoke German, so a little bit different to this one.”
He added: “It was nice to dust off the German and use it in this way.”
In “I’m Your Man,” Stevens plays a humanoid robot designed to be the perfect man for Alma (Maren Eggert), who is taking part in the humanoid experiment to obtain research funds for her studies. The entire film, directed by Maria Schrader, is in German. Schrader co-wrote the script with Jan Schomburg, based on a short story by Emma Braslavksy.
- 9/14/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Justin Theroux is the bad voice inside of Olivia Munn’s head in Justine Bateman’s directorial debut “Violet,” and the filmmaker said there were a lot of logistics that went into making those scenes go seamlessly.
In “Violet,” Munn plays an executive at a production company in Hollywood and has a negative voice inside her head, prompting her to realize that her life is built on fear-based decisions.
“I had only written half of what the voice ends up saying, half to two-thirds, when we shot so we were reading those off camera, we had somebody doing that,” Bateman told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven during a virtual interview at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. “In the edit, I knew I wanted the voice saying more things so I was able to write more lines and go to Justin and say, ‘Hey I’m coming at you in New York...
In “Violet,” Munn plays an executive at a production company in Hollywood and has a negative voice inside her head, prompting her to realize that her life is built on fear-based decisions.
“I had only written half of what the voice ends up saying, half to two-thirds, when we shot so we were reading those off camera, we had somebody doing that,” Bateman told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven during a virtual interview at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. “In the edit, I knew I wanted the voice saying more things so I was able to write more lines and go to Justin and say, ‘Hey I’m coming at you in New York...
- 9/14/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Anyone who is a fan of filmmaker Edgar Wright’s movies will know that he’s a giant cinephile with a knack for countless references and needle drops to older decades and classic filmmakers. But his new film “Last Night in Soho” warns that idolizing the past too much can be trouble.
In a video interview with TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the Toronto International Film Festival, Wright and screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns described “Last Night in Soho” as a psychological thriller that slowly dips into full on horror. But, Wright add, the film is a “cautionary tale” about nostalgia and the illusion that there was ever a “good old days.”
“The moral of the story is, even if you could travel back in time, you can’t have the good without the bad, so it’s sort of a cautionary tale for those who are overly nostalgic about the past,...
In a video interview with TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the Toronto International Film Festival, Wright and screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns described “Last Night in Soho” as a psychological thriller that slowly dips into full on horror. But, Wright add, the film is a “cautionary tale” about nostalgia and the illusion that there was ever a “good old days.”
“The moral of the story is, even if you could travel back in time, you can’t have the good without the bad, so it’s sort of a cautionary tale for those who are overly nostalgic about the past,...
- 9/12/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
For his role in the drama “Jockey,” actor Clifton Collins Jr. did everything he could to live the part, trying to blend in with other jockeys and learning the tricks of the trade. But his experience on the racetrack goes way back to when he was a kid.
Collins Jr. spoke with TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the Toronto International Film Festival and recalled being brought to the racetrack by his father as a boy and at a young age learning how to bet on horses. Though, he explained, that those memories weren’t always great ones.
“My parents separated when I was young, so the few times that we had visitation with him, picking up myself and my sister as children would be at the racetrack across the street from the trailer park he lived in,” Collins Jr. said. “So I learned to bet on the horses when I...
Collins Jr. spoke with TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the Toronto International Film Festival and recalled being brought to the racetrack by his father as a boy and at a young age learning how to bet on horses. Though, he explained, that those memories weren’t always great ones.
“My parents separated when I was young, so the few times that we had visitation with him, picking up myself and my sister as children would be at the racetrack across the street from the trailer park he lived in,” Collins Jr. said. “So I learned to bet on the horses when I...
- 9/11/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Attendees at the ongoing CinemaCon out of Las Vegas were treated to the first official footage from “Mission: Impossible 7” during Thursday’s Paramount presentation. That, of course, included footage of Tom Cruise’s latest death-defying stunts. While the movie (after several delays) isn’t coming out until May 27 of next year, viewers are already plenty excited based on the first look in Las Vegas.
“My heart is racing at the thought of the stunt Tom Cruise is doing in #MissionImpossible7,” TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven reported. “13,000 motor cross jumps, one year of base jump training, lots of skydiving. He’s driving off a ramp on a motorcycle, off a cliff, which will then turn into a base jump. #CinemaCon”
“Paramount shows a featurette on the signature stunt of M:i 7, which is a giant motorbike jump off a Giant cliff in Norway. They call it the hardest stunt Cruise has ever done.
“My heart is racing at the thought of the stunt Tom Cruise is doing in #MissionImpossible7,” TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven reported. “13,000 motor cross jumps, one year of base jump training, lots of skydiving. He’s driving off a ramp on a motorcycle, off a cliff, which will then turn into a base jump. #CinemaCon”
“Paramount shows a featurette on the signature stunt of M:i 7, which is a giant motorbike jump off a Giant cliff in Norway. They call it the hardest stunt Cruise has ever done.
- 8/26/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
If you were amazed by the gigantic pool scene in “In the Heights,” just wait until you learn how much work went into filming it.
Director Jon M. Chu broke down the logistics — from needing heaps and heaps of towels for the cast to ensuring no one drowned — with TheWrap’s film editor Beatrice Verhoeven ahead of the musical’s release.
“For the song ‘96,000,’ you have 600 extras who you need to make sure don’t drown or get electrocuted around lights,” Chu explained. “Their ages are from five to 80. You have to have enough towels to keep people dry so they don’t get hypothermia and they need to not only get dry once, they had to get dry over and over again. And you have barbecues, so there’s fires happening. You have your whole cast there — it’s stormy, by the way. So there’s lightning, so yes,...
Director Jon M. Chu broke down the logistics — from needing heaps and heaps of towels for the cast to ensuring no one drowned — with TheWrap’s film editor Beatrice Verhoeven ahead of the musical’s release.
“For the song ‘96,000,’ you have 600 extras who you need to make sure don’t drown or get electrocuted around lights,” Chu explained. “Their ages are from five to 80. You have to have enough towels to keep people dry so they don’t get hypothermia and they need to not only get dry once, they had to get dry over and over again. And you have barbecues, so there’s fires happening. You have your whole cast there — it’s stormy, by the way. So there’s lightning, so yes,...
- 6/11/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar is in negotiations for his exit from the company, two individuals with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap. Kilar has hired a legal team, the individuals added.
The news comes hours after it was announced that AT&T would spin off WarnerMedia in a deal that will see it merge with Discovery. If he exits, Kilar will leave WarnerMedia after little more than a year as its CEO. One individual added that Kilar was not aware of the impending deal until Saturday night.
The New York Times first reported the news of Kilar’s exit talks. Reps for WarnerMedia did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
Kilar earned $52.1 million during his first (and now only) year leading WarnerMedia, which dwarfed his boss, AT&T CEO John Stankey. Kilar took home more than $49 million in stock swards, on top of his base pay of $1.67 million.
The news comes hours after it was announced that AT&T would spin off WarnerMedia in a deal that will see it merge with Discovery. If he exits, Kilar will leave WarnerMedia after little more than a year as its CEO. One individual added that Kilar was not aware of the impending deal until Saturday night.
The New York Times first reported the news of Kilar’s exit talks. Reps for WarnerMedia did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
Kilar earned $52.1 million during his first (and now only) year leading WarnerMedia, which dwarfed his boss, AT&T CEO John Stankey. Kilar took home more than $49 million in stock swards, on top of his base pay of $1.67 million.
- 5/17/2021
- by Jennifer Maas and Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
“Four Good Days,” a drama starring Glenn Close and Mila Kunis as mother and daughter that first premiered at Sundance in 2020, has been acquired for North American theatrical release by Vertical Entertainment.
Rodrigo Garcia directs the film, which tells the story of a woman battling drug addiction who begs for one last change from her estranged mother.
Vertical Entertainment will release “Four Good Days” theatrically beginning April 30 and then release it on demand starting May 21.
Based on a true story from Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post writer Eli Saslow, the film is about 31-year-old Molly, who begs her estranged mother, Deb, for help fighting a fierce battle against the demons that have derailed her life. Despite all she has learned over a decade of disappointment, grief and rage, Deb throws herself into one last attempt to save her beloved daughter from the deadly and merciless grip of heroin addiction.
Kunis told...
Rodrigo Garcia directs the film, which tells the story of a woman battling drug addiction who begs for one last change from her estranged mother.
Vertical Entertainment will release “Four Good Days” theatrically beginning April 30 and then release it on demand starting May 21.
Based on a true story from Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post writer Eli Saslow, the film is about 31-year-old Molly, who begs her estranged mother, Deb, for help fighting a fierce battle against the demons that have derailed her life. Despite all she has learned over a decade of disappointment, grief and rage, Deb throws herself into one last attempt to save her beloved daughter from the deadly and merciless grip of heroin addiction.
Kunis told...
- 3/12/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The filmmakers of “At the Ready” — a documentary following students training to become Border Patrol officers — know how timely their film is, but they didn’t want to let recent politics shape the doc entirely.
“At the Ready” also takes a look at how the Trump Administration changed policies surrounding the U.S.-Mexico border, It documents moments where children are separated from their parents at the border, prompting many students to weigh their options.
“I think the outside forces definitely play a part in the shaping of all these young adults, but I think no matter the time period, the time we made this film, the outside forces would shape one part of this journey,” director Maisie Crow told Beatrice Verhoeven at TheWrap’s Sundance studio presented by Nfp and National Geographic. “We wanted to include those but not just have the film be about those, so we could...
“At the Ready” also takes a look at how the Trump Administration changed policies surrounding the U.S.-Mexico border, It documents moments where children are separated from their parents at the border, prompting many students to weigh their options.
“I think the outside forces definitely play a part in the shaping of all these young adults, but I think no matter the time period, the time we made this film, the outside forces would shape one part of this journey,” director Maisie Crow told Beatrice Verhoeven at TheWrap’s Sundance studio presented by Nfp and National Geographic. “We wanted to include those but not just have the film be about those, so we could...
- 2/4/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
“Cryptozoo,” an animated film that premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and was quickly acquired by Magnolia, took over four years to make, mainly due to the different animation techniques used to craft the film.
“I love an early animator named Winsor McCay… and I saw an unfinished short he did called ‘The Centaurs,’ that was elegantly drawn and sophisticated and the fact that he never made this movie felt like there was something there,” writer and director Dash Shaw told Beatrice Verhoeven during TheWrap’s Sundance Studio presented by Nfp and National Geographic.
At the same time, he said, his animation director and wife Jane Samborski “ran an all-women’s ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ group in Brooklyn and I had to leave the apartment every time these people came over — Jane painted most of the cryptids in the movie.”
Samborski explained the “collaged process” of the film, saying, “we went...
“I love an early animator named Winsor McCay… and I saw an unfinished short he did called ‘The Centaurs,’ that was elegantly drawn and sophisticated and the fact that he never made this movie felt like there was something there,” writer and director Dash Shaw told Beatrice Verhoeven during TheWrap’s Sundance Studio presented by Nfp and National Geographic.
At the same time, he said, his animation director and wife Jane Samborski “ran an all-women’s ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ group in Brooklyn and I had to leave the apartment every time these people came over — Jane painted most of the cryptids in the movie.”
Samborski explained the “collaged process” of the film, saying, “we went...
- 2/3/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
“Coda” is a film about a hearing girl in a deaf family, and filmmaker Sian Heder and the stars of the film hope that this movie opens the door to more representation of deaf culture on screen.
“The real problem we have is that these stories are so infrequently told, that when they are, there is this pressure to be all things to all people and to represent every aspect of that experience. And my hope is by telling this story, more stories are told,” Heder told Beatrice Verhoeven at TheWrap’s Sundance Virtual Studio presented by Nfp and National Geographic. “I just hope this movie opens the door to representation and that we are able to invite people in to tell these stories so we can have 100 movies about the deaf experience out there.”
“Coda,” which stands for “child of deaf adult,” follows Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) and her...
“The real problem we have is that these stories are so infrequently told, that when they are, there is this pressure to be all things to all people and to represent every aspect of that experience. And my hope is by telling this story, more stories are told,” Heder told Beatrice Verhoeven at TheWrap’s Sundance Virtual Studio presented by Nfp and National Geographic. “I just hope this movie opens the door to representation and that we are able to invite people in to tell these stories so we can have 100 movies about the deaf experience out there.”
“Coda,” which stands for “child of deaf adult,” follows Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) and her...
- 1/31/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
“Wild Indian,” a psychological thriller about two men that have to live with a crime they committed as children, has left its star Michael Greyeyes “haunted.”
“Makwa was so very complicated — when I read the script, I was immediately attracted to the potential of playing a character like this — and this character challenged me on every level,” he told Beatrice Verhoeven at TheWrap’s Sundance Virtual Studio presented by Nfp and National Geographic. “I was attracted to it because Lyle (Mitchell Corbine Jr.)’s script placed an indigenous character inside the center of a frame, like the frame of narrative, and this is a space not usually reserved for indigenous actors, and I relished the opportunity to lead in that sense. But the darkness and the character’s inherent violence was really something challenging for me.”
He added: “I’m still haunted by [the character] — some of the things that Makwa says really struck me,...
“Makwa was so very complicated — when I read the script, I was immediately attracted to the potential of playing a character like this — and this character challenged me on every level,” he told Beatrice Verhoeven at TheWrap’s Sundance Virtual Studio presented by Nfp and National Geographic. “I was attracted to it because Lyle (Mitchell Corbine Jr.)’s script placed an indigenous character inside the center of a frame, like the frame of narrative, and this is a space not usually reserved for indigenous actors, and I relished the opportunity to lead in that sense. But the darkness and the character’s inherent violence was really something challenging for me.”
He added: “I’m still haunted by [the character] — some of the things that Makwa says really struck me,...
- 1/30/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Paris Hilton, who stars in the powerful, moving, and intimate documentary of her life “This is Paris,” reveals that her participation in the documentary helped stopped her nightmares inflicted by the physical and emotional abuse she experienced at Provo Canyon School in Utah during her teen years.
“I’ve never been in a better place in my life,” Hilton tells TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven. “I’m in an incredible relationship where I feel safe and I’m just so happy that I finally feel like the world understands me and I’m just so proud of this film and I’m now finally sleeping. I don’t nightmares anymore for the first time since I was a teenager.”
“I think because I spoke about all of that and let go of all the experiences I went through that made it go away from my dreams, which is very weird because...
“I’ve never been in a better place in my life,” Hilton tells TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven. “I’m in an incredible relationship where I feel safe and I’m just so happy that I finally feel like the world understands me and I’m just so proud of this film and I’m now finally sleeping. I don’t nightmares anymore for the first time since I was a teenager.”
“I think because I spoke about all of that and let go of all the experiences I went through that made it go away from my dreams, which is very weird because...
- 1/29/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
For “New Order” star Diego Boneta, Michel Franco’s TIFF entry is a first for many reasons. Mainly, it’s his first Mexican film — previously, he had been told by the Mexican film industry that he wasn’t “Mexican enough” to star in Mexican films.
“This is a special one for me because it’s my first Mexican movie,” Boneta told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven. “Being from Mexico, and having moved here almost 14 years ago, my career didn’t take the conventional path of doing Mexican films and then going to the States. It was quite the opposite — my first film was in the U.S. with ‘Rock of Ages.’ The Mexican film industry said that I didn’t look Mexican enough to be in a Mexican film until Michel came along.”
He also said that Franco had called him to tell him that he wrote a part specifically for Boneta in his new film,...
“This is a special one for me because it’s my first Mexican movie,” Boneta told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven. “Being from Mexico, and having moved here almost 14 years ago, my career didn’t take the conventional path of doing Mexican films and then going to the States. It was quite the opposite — my first film was in the U.S. with ‘Rock of Ages.’ The Mexican film industry said that I didn’t look Mexican enough to be in a Mexican film until Michel came along.”
He also said that Franco had called him to tell him that he wrote a part specifically for Boneta in his new film,...
- 9/16/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
“Shadow in the Cloud” takes place in a small hatch of an airplane during World War II, and star Chloe Grace Moretz says she had to overcome her claustrophobia to play the female pilot in Roseanne Liang’s film.
“It was the first thing that I said to Roseanne,” Moretz told Beatrice Verhoeven in TheWrap’s virtual Toronto interview studio. “I said to her, ‘How small is this little ball going to be, because I am severely claustrophobic!’ We were lucky to have a couple panels be taken off, so we lost the front square and when we filmed from the side, we would lose the top of the side square. So because of that, I had fresh air and we constantly had fans, and I had to focus against it. The truth is, Maude might’ve been uncomfortable in that position, too, so feeding into the reality of the...
“It was the first thing that I said to Roseanne,” Moretz told Beatrice Verhoeven in TheWrap’s virtual Toronto interview studio. “I said to her, ‘How small is this little ball going to be, because I am severely claustrophobic!’ We were lucky to have a couple panels be taken off, so we lost the front square and when we filmed from the side, we would lose the top of the side square. So because of that, I had fresh air and we constantly had fans, and I had to focus against it. The truth is, Maude might’ve been uncomfortable in that position, too, so feeding into the reality of the...
- 9/15/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
J Blakeson’s “I Care A Lot” follows two women who hustle their way to big bucks in a repulsive way just to grab that brass ring and live the American dream. And it was that satirical approach to the all-too familiar story that drew it stars Rosamund Pike and Eiza González to the script.
“J had written something so delicious and sort of appalling and something that drew you in,” Pike told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven during the Toronto International Film Festival. “I was completely bewitched by Marla and her hustle because it’s always fun to watch someone who is incredibly good at what they do. Even if what they do is abhorrent, you still marvel at the mind that came up with the plan.
“I thought, ‘God, this is clever’ because it’s a satire on the American Dream,” Pike continued. “She’s unashamedly going for what...
“J had written something so delicious and sort of appalling and something that drew you in,” Pike told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven during the Toronto International Film Festival. “I was completely bewitched by Marla and her hustle because it’s always fun to watch someone who is incredibly good at what they do. Even if what they do is abhorrent, you still marvel at the mind that came up with the plan.
“I thought, ‘God, this is clever’ because it’s a satire on the American Dream,” Pike continued. “She’s unashamedly going for what...
- 9/14/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Claes Bang plays a man who does something highly inconceivable and goes off the rails because of his decisions in Giuseppe Capotondi’s drama, “The Burnt Orange Heresy.” But the actor doesn’t necessarily think his character is a “psychopath or maniac.”
“I don’t think he knows at the beginning of the film what’s going to happen three days later,” Bang told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. “I don’t think he’s a psychopath or maniac in that sense. It’s sort of what happens that drives him where he ends up going and I think that’s far more interesting… With this script, it was not so much down to me having to come up with stuff for this to be real — it was really shooting the scenes as they were written.”
In “The Burnt Orange Heresy,” Bang plays an art...
“I don’t think he knows at the beginning of the film what’s going to happen three days later,” Bang told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. “I don’t think he’s a psychopath or maniac in that sense. It’s sort of what happens that drives him where he ends up going and I think that’s far more interesting… With this script, it was not so much down to me having to come up with stuff for this to be real — it was really shooting the scenes as they were written.”
In “The Burnt Orange Heresy,” Bang plays an art...
- 8/7/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Eva Longoria is adamantly against SAG-AFTRA’s proposed studio contract that details new rules to protect actors participating in nude and simulated sex scenes.
“I’m absolutely voting no,” Longoria told TheWrap at this year’s Be Conference. “They just assume we are dumb actors who don’t read fine print, which is infuriating to me at a time when studios should look to us for content creation.”
The contract, which is currently up for a vote by SAG-AFTRA members until Wednesday, includes rules that would require all actors to have a “nudity rider” available for their review, with at least 48 hours notice, that contains details about the intimate scenes they are participating in, as well as a robe that they can use in between takes when filming intimate scenes. The contract would also prevent actors from using personal recording devices during auditions or when filming intimate scenes.
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“I’m absolutely voting no,” Longoria told TheWrap at this year’s Be Conference. “They just assume we are dumb actors who don’t read fine print, which is infuriating to me at a time when studios should look to us for content creation.”
The contract, which is currently up for a vote by SAG-AFTRA members until Wednesday, includes rules that would require all actors to have a “nudity rider” available for their review, with at least 48 hours notice, that contains details about the intimate scenes they are participating in, as well as a robe that they can use in between takes when filming intimate scenes. The contract would also prevent actors from using personal recording devices during auditions or when filming intimate scenes.
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- 7/21/2020
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
Andy Samberg’s “Palm Springs” sold for a record-breaking $17.5 million (and 69 cents) at the Sundance Film Festival — and looking back, the actor says he was drawn to the film because it was “a little more f—ed up” than traditional rom-coms.
“I liked it — it’s very rare,” Samberg told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the festival. “There are a lot of scripts written and not a lot that I personally like when I read them. [There are] many that I don’t enjoy and then like the movie when I see it later. This one was just super fun and funny and different, it felt like a way to do something that could be considered a rom-com but not in the traditional way. It was… a little more f—ed up.”
“I didn’t like it,” star Cristina Milioti joked. “I was like, ‘Please, please don’t, I don’t want...
“I liked it — it’s very rare,” Samberg told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the festival. “There are a lot of scripts written and not a lot that I personally like when I read them. [There are] many that I don’t enjoy and then like the movie when I see it later. This one was just super fun and funny and different, it felt like a way to do something that could be considered a rom-com but not in the traditional way. It was… a little more f—ed up.”
“I didn’t like it,” star Cristina Milioti joked. “I was like, ‘Please, please don’t, I don’t want...
- 7/10/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Bryce Dallas Howard chose for her directorial debut film to make a movie about dads. But at first, her own father, Ron Howard, didn’t want to include their own family story.
That changed halfway through the filming of her documentary “Dads,” however, when her brother discovered that he and his wife would be expecting their first child.
“I also pitched maybe that I could integrate some of my own family story, and my dad was like, ‘No. No. You’re not allowed to,” Howard told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven. “The whole time, I kept being like, we need to profile a dad who is an expecting dad, who hasn’t had a kid yet. We need to capture that before and after. And as filming was progressing, we just kept not finding him. And when I learned that, I was like, hmm, we’re going to be in this movie.
That changed halfway through the filming of her documentary “Dads,” however, when her brother discovered that he and his wife would be expecting their first child.
“I also pitched maybe that I could integrate some of my own family story, and my dad was like, ‘No. No. You’re not allowed to,” Howard told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven. “The whole time, I kept being like, we need to profile a dad who is an expecting dad, who hasn’t had a kid yet. We need to capture that before and after. And as filming was progressing, we just kept not finding him. And when I learned that, I was like, hmm, we’re going to be in this movie.
- 6/20/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Julie Fontaine, vice president of public relations in Netflix’s film department, is stepping down after nearly three years on the job, an individual with knowledge of the matter told TheWrap.
The reason for Fontaine’s departure has not been made public. She joined Netflix in June 2017, and will remain with the company until the end of the month.
At Netflix, Fontaine worked with Scott Stuber, head of motion pictures, Lisa Nishimura, head of indies and documentaries, Tendo Nagenda, vice president of film, and the company’s vice president of awards and talent relations, Lisa Taback.
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“She is a true cinephile and her indelible fingerprints can be found on the publicity campaigns for the Academy Award-winning ‘Roma,’ Best Picture nominees ‘Marriage Story’ and ‘The Irishman,’ ‘Bird Box, ‘Extraction,’ ‘Murder Mystery’ and everything in between,...
The reason for Fontaine’s departure has not been made public. She joined Netflix in June 2017, and will remain with the company until the end of the month.
At Netflix, Fontaine worked with Scott Stuber, head of motion pictures, Lisa Nishimura, head of indies and documentaries, Tendo Nagenda, vice president of film, and the company’s vice president of awards and talent relations, Lisa Taback.
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“She is a true cinephile and her indelible fingerprints can be found on the publicity campaigns for the Academy Award-winning ‘Roma,’ Best Picture nominees ‘Marriage Story’ and ‘The Irishman,’ ‘Bird Box, ‘Extraction,’ ‘Murder Mystery’ and everything in between,...
- 5/22/2020
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
“Bad Education” star Allison Janney says she was “blown away by the layers of deception” detailed in the script of the movie, which does a deep dive into the largest embezzlement scandal in public school history.
“Bad Education” tells the true story of a Long Island superintendent, Frank Tassone (played by Hugh Jackman), who embezzled $2.2 million of taxpayer money from the school district. The real Tassone was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison for larceny. Janney plays another school executive. Rachel Bhargava, a junior reporter for the school paper (played by Geraldine Viswanathan), is assigned to do a puff piece on a proposed building project at the school. Against the wishes of her student editor (Alex Wolff) but encouraged to be a real journalist in a chance conversation with school superintendent Taccone, she begins digging into the school files and uncovers a broad-ranging pattern of false expenses and fraud.
“Bad Education” tells the true story of a Long Island superintendent, Frank Tassone (played by Hugh Jackman), who embezzled $2.2 million of taxpayer money from the school district. The real Tassone was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison for larceny. Janney plays another school executive. Rachel Bhargava, a junior reporter for the school paper (played by Geraldine Viswanathan), is assigned to do a puff piece on a proposed building project at the school. Against the wishes of her student editor (Alex Wolff) but encouraged to be a real journalist in a chance conversation with school superintendent Taccone, she begins digging into the school files and uncovers a broad-ranging pattern of false expenses and fraud.
- 4/30/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Do you ever wonder how actors feel when they see their significant other in a sex scene on screen? “True History of the Kelly Gang” director Justin Kurzel not only had to watch — he had to direct his wife Essie Davis in a scene with Charlie Hunnam.
“I have the privilege of being married to the director,” Davis told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the Toronto International Film Festival. “Charlie’s first day on set, and my second day on set, [Kurzel was like], ‘Okay, Essie, can you kneel down and Charlie can you stand there?’ I was like, ‘Hi, Charlie!'”
Kurzel added: “That was more confronting than I thought, actually, directing a scene of my wife giving fellatio to Charlie. Especially because we had just met as well, and we were still getting to know each other… and I’m sitting there and watching it on the split, I thought, wow,...
“I have the privilege of being married to the director,” Davis told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the Toronto International Film Festival. “Charlie’s first day on set, and my second day on set, [Kurzel was like], ‘Okay, Essie, can you kneel down and Charlie can you stand there?’ I was like, ‘Hi, Charlie!'”
Kurzel added: “That was more confronting than I thought, actually, directing a scene of my wife giving fellatio to Charlie. Especially because we had just met as well, and we were still getting to know each other… and I’m sitting there and watching it on the split, I thought, wow,...
- 4/23/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Hollywood studios are in uncharted waters. Cinemas stayed open throughout two World Wars and any number of social cataclysms. But Coronavirus has done what they couldn’t. Most domestic cinema chains have shut down for the foreseeable future, and many foreign countries have followed the same model. So what does this mean for the year’s biggest movies? Well, the first reaction was to postpone their releases. Pretty much every major upcoming pic has been impacted, with tentpoles like Black Widow now without a release date. And it’s looking like many others may be released straight to digital, too.
Perhaps the biggest movie being considered for this is Wonder Woman 1984, currently still scheduled for a June 4th release. Warner Bros.’ sequel to the hit 2017 pic has already been delayed six months from its November 2019 release date, and now inside sources are saying that Warner Pictures chair Toby Emmerich...
Perhaps the biggest movie being considered for this is Wonder Woman 1984, currently still scheduled for a June 4th release. Warner Bros.’ sequel to the hit 2017 pic has already been delayed six months from its November 2019 release date, and now inside sources are saying that Warner Pictures chair Toby Emmerich...
- 3/20/2020
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
Updated 7:50 p.m. with additional information.
“The Amazing Spider-Man 2” co-writer Roberto Orci has been tapped to write an as-yet untitled Marvel film for Sony, TheWrap has exclusively learned.
Details about the project or which specific Marvel character will be used are currently being kept under wraps. The Orci project would be a part of Sony’s Marvel universe, which is not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe but does include Marvel Comics properties such as “Nitghtwatch,” “Silk,” “Venom,” “Silver and Black,” and “Morbius the Living Vampire.”
While initial indications were that the character would be related to other Sony Marvel films like Venom” that are connected to “Spider-Man,” an individual with knowledge tells thewrap the property comes from a different corner of the Marvel universe that Sony has access to.
Executive Vice President Palak Patel is overseeing for Sony.
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“The Amazing Spider-Man 2” co-writer Roberto Orci has been tapped to write an as-yet untitled Marvel film for Sony, TheWrap has exclusively learned.
Details about the project or which specific Marvel character will be used are currently being kept under wraps. The Orci project would be a part of Sony’s Marvel universe, which is not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe but does include Marvel Comics properties such as “Nitghtwatch,” “Silk,” “Venom,” “Silver and Black,” and “Morbius the Living Vampire.”
While initial indications were that the character would be related to other Sony Marvel films like Venom” that are connected to “Spider-Man,” an individual with knowledge tells thewrap the property comes from a different corner of the Marvel universe that Sony has access to.
Executive Vice President Palak Patel is overseeing for Sony.
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- 3/10/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Bo Burnham’s leap from YouTube to cinema took another step at Sundance 2020 with his performance in “Promising Young Woman.” But the “Eighth Grade” director felt a lot of nerves playing the male lead opposite Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan in Emerald Fennell’s provocative thriller about sexism and harassment. “Holding a coffee cup and just looking like I’m from planet Earth was enough of a challenge,” Burnham joked to TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven. “Just the simple act of business and sort of integrating it, and meanwhile I’m holding a french fry and wondering, ‘Do I look like I even have human DNA at this point?'” In “Promising Young Woman,” Burnham plays Ryan, a part of a dark past belonging to former pre-med student Cassie, played by Carey Mulligan. Cassie had a bright future ahead of her that was derailed by the same evil that has afflicted so...
- 3/4/2020
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Daniel Radcliffe said that he was “immediately intrigued” by the character he plays in Jason Lei Howden’s new indie “Guns Akimbo” — a man who has guns surgically attached to his hands.
“When I got to about page 10 of the script and there was this scene where my character Miles with his new gun-attachment hands has to work out and try to go to the bathroom,” the actor told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven last September at the Toronto Film Festival, where the film premiered. “That was the moment that I was like, ‘You’re fully exploring the premise, I’m in!'”
The rest of the film proved just enticing to Radcliffe, who’s been eager to shed his image as Harry Potter in the long-running film franchise. “It was both insane and crazy and violent but also incredibly funny and just exciting and really fun to read,” he said.
“When I got to about page 10 of the script and there was this scene where my character Miles with his new gun-attachment hands has to work out and try to go to the bathroom,” the actor told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven last September at the Toronto Film Festival, where the film premiered. “That was the moment that I was like, ‘You’re fully exploring the premise, I’m in!'”
The rest of the film proved just enticing to Radcliffe, who’s been eager to shed his image as Harry Potter in the long-running film franchise. “It was both insane and crazy and violent but also incredibly funny and just exciting and really fun to read,” he said.
- 2/28/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
As soon as the cast of Natalie Erika James’ “Relic” read the script for the horror film, they were all on board.
“The script was just extraordinary,” star Bella Heathcote told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the Sundance Film Festival. “It just seemed so strange that no one had made a horror film about Alzheimer’s before and I needed to be a part of it.”
Emily Mortimer, who plays Heathcote’s mother in the film, added: “It didn’t read like a horror film. What was exciting about reading the script was that it just felt like a really good script — you weren’t thinking of the genre of it… it just happened to be a horror film but it was a film about people and relationships and death and it was just so brilliantly done, and just a no-brainer especially when you meet Natalie and talk to her...
“The script was just extraordinary,” star Bella Heathcote told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the Sundance Film Festival. “It just seemed so strange that no one had made a horror film about Alzheimer’s before and I needed to be a part of it.”
Emily Mortimer, who plays Heathcote’s mother in the film, added: “It didn’t read like a horror film. What was exciting about reading the script was that it just felt like a really good script — you weren’t thinking of the genre of it… it just happened to be a horror film but it was a film about people and relationships and death and it was just so brilliantly done, and just a no-brainer especially when you meet Natalie and talk to her...
- 2/7/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Before unleashing “Birds of Prey,” director Cathy Yan sought advice from the only other female director in the DC Universe, Patty Jenkins, who was in the midst of filming “Wonder Woman 1984.”
“She’s awesome — there was a lot for us to talk about it,” Yan told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven. “I called her a bunch of times throughout and she was very much working on ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ at the same time, and she gave a lot of great advice. It’s nice to have that camaraderie. It’s not even just among female directors — directing is actually quite lonely. There aren’t that many of us and what we do is pretty singular so I’m always very curious talking to other directors.”
However, Yan didn’t speak to David Ayer, who worked with Margot Robbie on “Suicide Squad,” or Zack Snyder, who directed DC installations “Man of Steel,...
“She’s awesome — there was a lot for us to talk about it,” Yan told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven. “I called her a bunch of times throughout and she was very much working on ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ at the same time, and she gave a lot of great advice. It’s nice to have that camaraderie. It’s not even just among female directors — directing is actually quite lonely. There aren’t that many of us and what we do is pretty singular so I’m always very curious talking to other directors.”
However, Yan didn’t speak to David Ayer, who worked with Margot Robbie on “Suicide Squad,” or Zack Snyder, who directed DC installations “Man of Steel,...
- 2/7/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
“Birds of Prey,” featuring Margot Robbie’s return as the DC Comics antiheroine Harley Quinn, is only just hitting theaters — but director Cathy Yan is already thinking about a possible follow-up.
“I would love to see Poison Ivy and I would certainly love to see the relationship between Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy,” Yan told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven. That’d be perfect, given that Harley Quinn currently headlines her own animated show on the DC Universe streaming app featuring Poison Ivy — who does not show up in “Birds of Prey” — as her best friend and partner in crime.
Or will we first see a sequel to “Birds of Prey,” which follows Robbie’s Quinn as Joker’s ex-girlfriend who joins forces with other badass women to challenge a clutch of villains led by Ewan McGregor’s Roman Sionis, a.k.a. Black Mask? “I don’t know — I think...
“I would love to see Poison Ivy and I would certainly love to see the relationship between Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy,” Yan told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven. That’d be perfect, given that Harley Quinn currently headlines her own animated show on the DC Universe streaming app featuring Poison Ivy — who does not show up in “Birds of Prey” — as her best friend and partner in crime.
Or will we first see a sequel to “Birds of Prey,” which follows Robbie’s Quinn as Joker’s ex-girlfriend who joins forces with other badass women to challenge a clutch of villains led by Ewan McGregor’s Roman Sionis, a.k.a. Black Mask? “I don’t know — I think...
- 2/6/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Toni Collette was so moved by the true story of her latest film, “Dream Horse,” that for quite some time, she couldn’t even manage to talk about the movie without crying over how inspiring and heartfelt it is.
“Dream Horse” is the story of a Welsh supermarket clerk named Jan Vokes who dreams of owning a racehorse and convinces the people of her town to chip in a small amount every week until they can finally afford to buy and train what would become a champion racer.
“I just fell in love with it. Until very recently, I couldn’t talk about it without crying because I found it so moving how this horse brought an entire community together,” Collette told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at TheWrap’s studio in Sundance. “I’m a sucker for an underdog story and it’s so inspirational and so empowering to see this woman,...
“Dream Horse” is the story of a Welsh supermarket clerk named Jan Vokes who dreams of owning a racehorse and convinces the people of her town to chip in a small amount every week until they can finally afford to buy and train what would become a champion racer.
“I just fell in love with it. Until very recently, I couldn’t talk about it without crying because I found it so moving how this horse brought an entire community together,” Collette told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at TheWrap’s studio in Sundance. “I’m a sucker for an underdog story and it’s so inspirational and so empowering to see this woman,...
- 2/3/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Director Lana Wilson had more access to pop sensation Taylor Swift than anyone has ever had, and Swifties can get a closer look at the star’s private life in the documentary “Miss Americana,” now streaming on Netflix.
“It felt like we had a lot of access — more than anyone’s ever had with her,” Wilson told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the Sundance Film Festival. “No one has ever filmed her in the studio before, and the interview I did with her at the beginning was the first interview she’d done in three years, so it felt very raw and fresh.”
In fact, Wilson explained, there wasn’t really anything that Swift considered off-limits. All Swift really wanted was to make an organic, genuine documentary, unlike the “conventional pop star documentary” we usually see.
Also Read: 'Miss Americana' Film Review: Taylor Swift Gets Intimate and Political...
“It felt like we had a lot of access — more than anyone’s ever had with her,” Wilson told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the Sundance Film Festival. “No one has ever filmed her in the studio before, and the interview I did with her at the beginning was the first interview she’d done in three years, so it felt very raw and fresh.”
In fact, Wilson explained, there wasn’t really anything that Swift considered off-limits. All Swift really wanted was to make an organic, genuine documentary, unlike the “conventional pop star documentary” we usually see.
Also Read: 'Miss Americana' Film Review: Taylor Swift Gets Intimate and Political...
- 2/3/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Bo Burnham’s leap from YouTube to cinema took another step at Sundance 2020 with his performance in “Promising Young Woman.” But for the “Eighth Grade” director, playing the male lead in Emerald Fennell’s provocative thriller about sexism and harassment led to a lot of nerves.
“Holding a coffee cup and just looking like I’m from planet Earth was enough of a challenge,” Burnham joked to TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven. “Just the simple act of business and sort of integrating it, and meanwhile I’m holding a french fry and wondering, ‘Do I look like I even have human DNA at this point?'”
Also Read: 'Promising Young Woman' Film Review: Bold Thriller Is a Film for the #MeToo Era
In “Promising Young Woman,” Burnham plays Ryan, a part of a dark past belonging to former pre-med student Cassie, played by Carey Mulligan. Cassie had a bright future ahead...
“Holding a coffee cup and just looking like I’m from planet Earth was enough of a challenge,” Burnham joked to TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven. “Just the simple act of business and sort of integrating it, and meanwhile I’m holding a french fry and wondering, ‘Do I look like I even have human DNA at this point?'”
Also Read: 'Promising Young Woman' Film Review: Bold Thriller Is a Film for the #MeToo Era
In “Promising Young Woman,” Burnham plays Ryan, a part of a dark past belonging to former pre-med student Cassie, played by Carey Mulligan. Cassie had a bright future ahead...
- 1/31/2020
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Mila Kunis plays an addict in Rodrigo Garcia’s “Four Good Days,” and to play the part, she had to lose an extraordinary amount of weight and watch a lot of YouTube videos.
“I don’t know [how much weight I lost] because I don’t have a weight scale but I can tell you, based on my clothing, I was as thin as I was for ‘Black Swan,” Kunis told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the Sundance Film Festival. “I was healthy in regards to the way I did it but as far as a lifestyle choice, I was like, ‘Oh this is rough.’ But it only had to be for a minute. You have to unfortunately look a certain way to look like a heroin addict so I think I did it over four months. I exercised and dieted. I felt very strong… but I was thin.”
According to Today, Kunis dropped 20 pounds to weigh 95 pounds,...
“I don’t know [how much weight I lost] because I don’t have a weight scale but I can tell you, based on my clothing, I was as thin as I was for ‘Black Swan,” Kunis told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the Sundance Film Festival. “I was healthy in regards to the way I did it but as far as a lifestyle choice, I was like, ‘Oh this is rough.’ But it only had to be for a minute. You have to unfortunately look a certain way to look like a heroin addict so I think I did it over four months. I exercised and dieted. I felt very strong… but I was thin.”
According to Today, Kunis dropped 20 pounds to weigh 95 pounds,...
- 1/30/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
The 2020 Critics’ Choice Awards honoring both film and television projects were presented Sunday night in Santa Monica, with Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” winning the award for Best Picture.
Critics’ favorites Joaquin Phoenix and Renee Zellweger took home the trophies for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively, for their work in “Joker” and “Judy.” Supporting Actor went to Brad Pitt for his role in “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” and Laura Dern for the Netflix drama “Marriage Story.” Those are the same four acting winners as at last weekend’s Golden Globes.
The cast of “The Irishman” won for Best Acting Ensemble, with Best Original Screenplay going to Tarantino for “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” and Best Adapted Screenplay to Greta Gerwig for “Little Women.”
Best Comedy was awarded to “Dolemite Is My Name,” Best Action Movie to “Avengers: Endgame,” Best Animated Movie to “Toy Story 4,...
Critics’ favorites Joaquin Phoenix and Renee Zellweger took home the trophies for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively, for their work in “Joker” and “Judy.” Supporting Actor went to Brad Pitt for his role in “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” and Laura Dern for the Netflix drama “Marriage Story.” Those are the same four acting winners as at last weekend’s Golden Globes.
The cast of “The Irishman” won for Best Acting Ensemble, with Best Original Screenplay going to Tarantino for “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” and Best Adapted Screenplay to Greta Gerwig for “Little Women.”
Best Comedy was awarded to “Dolemite Is My Name,” Best Action Movie to “Avengers: Endgame,” Best Animated Movie to “Toy Story 4,...
- 1/13/2020
- by Rosemary Rossi and Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
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