tête-à-tête in a public bathroom. It’s just the punctuation the film needed.
31.08.2022 - 20:01 / variety.com
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter A24 has landed global rights to “Earth Mama,” a coming-of-age story from Olympian-turned-director Savanah Leaf. Written and directed by Leaf, “Earth Mama” follows a pregnant single mother who embraces her Bay Area community as she determines the fate of her family. The cast includes Bay Area musician Tia Nomore, Erika Alexander (“Living Single,” “Run the World”), rapper Doechii, Sharon Duncan Brewster (“Sex Education,” “Dune”), Dominic Fike (“Euphoria”) and Bokeem Woodbine (“The Inspection,” “Halo”). A24 will handle the global rollout of the film, which does not have a release date. It wrapped production this summer. Film4 developed “Earth Mama” alongside the filmmakers and will co-finance with A24.
“Earth Mama” marks the feature directorial debut for Leaf, who has previously directed music videos including Gary Clark Jr.’s “This Land” (which received a Grammy nomination) and Common’s “HER Love.” She recently helmed the 2020 documentary short “The Heart Still Hums,” which centers on five women as they fight for their children through the cycle of homelessness, drug addiction and neglect from their own parents. Alongside A24, “Earth Mama” will be produced by Shirley O’Connor and Medb Riordan of Academy Films, Cody Ryder and Sam Bisbee of Park Pictures and Leaf. Danielle Massie will serve as co-producer. Executive producers include Ben Coren, David Kimbangi, James Wilson, Simon Cooper, Jackie Bisbee, Lance Acord, Christine D’Souza Gelb and Cameron Washington. A24 is coming off the success of “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” the indie company’s first release to gross $100 million at the global box office. A24, which just turned 10, also recently released “Bodies Bodies Bodies,”
tête-à-tête in a public bathroom. It’s just the punctuation the film needed.
Queen Elizabeth II amassed quite a fortune during her life. In an interview with ET, royal expert Katie Nicholl discussed the finances of the royal family and shared why the estimations of their wealth are «pretty conservative» at best.«The royal family's wealth is estimated to be collectively about $442 million, which sounds pretty conservative, I think, when you think of the royal family, and their wealth, and their gems, and their art collection, and their palaces,» Nicholl explained.
Louis Tomlinson appeared on The Late Late Show With James Corden earlier this week to perform latest single ‘Bigger Than Me’ – check it out below.Tomlinson released ‘Bigger Than Me’ earlier this month as the first track from upcoming second album ‘Faith In The Future’, which is out November 11.Speaking about the track, Tomlinson said: “It was my first moment of excitement making this record, and where it felt we were on to something which honours the live show.”Check out the performance on The Late Late Show below:“I’ve always strived to be a very normal, humble person in this life, but there’s a line to that and a responsibility that comes from being in this position,” he added. “I realised from doing those live shows what it means to my fans and how everything I do is bigger than me.
An Andy Cohen-based coming-of-age comedy is in development at NBC. “Most Talkative” is in the works by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, with Blumhouse Television attached.“Most Talkative” is inspired by the New York Times best-selling book penned by the Emmy-winning host, producer and author.
Selome Hailu Universal Television is developing Andy Cohen’s memoir “Most Talkative” into a coming-of-age comedy series for NBC. Blumhouse Television is also attached. “Most Talkative” centers a fictionalized 13-year-old Cohen coming of age in 1980s St Louis. He’s gay, loves the Cardinals, his bar mitzvah tutor is a stoner and his soap opera-fueled imagination makes him both the life of the party and the source of endless drama. The series will follow young Cohen’s journey not fitting into any one box and figuring out how to build his own. Cohen published his memoir in 2012 via Macmillan Publishers’ St. Martin’s Press. He is best known for hosting Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live” and executive producing the “Real Housewives” franchise for the network.
A coming-of-age comedy inspired by Andy Cohen’s bestselling book Most Talkative is in the works at NBC. Titled Most Talkative, the project hails from Universal Television, with Blumhouse Television attached.
Reese Witherspoon can't say much about season 3 of , but she did tease what fans can expect from Jon Hamm's character when the show returns. ET spoke with Witherspoon at the Apple TV+ Emmys after-party Monday, where she shared her excitement for the Emmy-nominated show's upcoming season.«I don't think I can tell you anything,» Witherspoon admitted.
. This is a truly exciting time for queer cinema, with high-caliber films like “The Inspection” and “Fire Island” that will surely stand the test of time. Not only are the genres diverse, the stories also elevate the voices and experiences of gay men of color who have been neglected in mainstream representation for way too long. “The Inspection” opens in U.S.
Dua Lipa is once again showing she is an honorary Latina, after collaborating with Bad Bunny and J Balvin, and showing her skills in Spanish on a viral video with her Venezuelan friends. Now the singer is sharing her dance moves, enjoying a fun night and showing her dance moves to the rhythm of Marc Anthony.
EXCLUSIVE: Gabriel LaBelle (The Fabelmans), Conor Sherry (The Terminal List) and Mika Abdalla (Sex Appeal) will lead the cast of coming-of-age comedy The Snack Shack, which Adam Carter Rehmeier (Dinner in America) wrote and is directing for the collective emerging filmmakers label of MRC Film and T-Street.
Mena Suvari tests her limits this month with the release of, the fictional story of a troubled married couple who imprison their six children at home as a result of a cryptic religious ideology. ET has an exclusive sneak peek of the new Lifetime film. Suvari plays Laura, a seemingly normal suburban wife who, along with her husband, Tye (Greyston Holt), follow a set of strict religious beliefs that keep their six children isolated from the outside world. The disturbing faith system leads Laura and Tye «down a path of child abuse, neglect and imprisonment,» the film's press release reads.
It’s been quite a summer, with celebrities making the most of the weather as heatwave has followed heatwave. But with the summer of 2022 now drawing to a close, we take a look at just how the stars have kept it "real" with their bodies while sunning themselves – whether on family holidays or by getting away for a “reboot” before the onset of autumn.
Pauley Perrette is looking back on a terrifying health crisis in the hopes of spreading awareness. The 53-year-old former star recently revealed that she suffered a «massive stroke» last year and now, she's opening up about exactly what happened. «I woke up and had no feeling on the entire right side of my body,» she tells ET's Kevin Frazier. «At first I thought I had just slept funny.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Eight years after delivering his Oscar-nominated film “Timbuktu,” Abderrahmane Sissako is set to make his anticipated directorial comeback with “The Perfumed Hill.” Gaumont is representing in international markets and will introduce it to buyers at at Toronto. The French studio will also distribute the film in France, while Cohen Media Group will release it in the U.S. Re-teaming Sissako with his “Timbuktu” co-writer Kessen Tall, “The Perfumed Hill” is a romance drama set between China’s tea hills, the Ivory Coast and Cape Verde. It stars Nina Melo (“Girlhood”), Han Chang (“Little Big Women”) and Ke-Xi Wu (“Nina Wu”).
Whether it’s ancient cities in the Amazon jungle, uncharted regions of the solar system, or the bleak trenches of WW1, James Gray’s worlds are always meticulously crafted and endlessly immersive. For his upcoming semi-autobiographical work, “Armageddon Time,” things are slightly more earthbound than “Ad Astra,” but they promise to be just as broad, if not broader in scope.
Love Island lovebirds Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti are back in each other's arms after their busy new work schedules kept them apart. Since being crowned winners of the ITV2 dating show, the pair have been busy planning their next business moves, meaning they haven't had much time for one another.
There is a visible theme between Louis Tomlinson’s new single, “Bigger Than Me” and his upcoming album.