Ariana DeBose, Chloe Fineman, Amanda Seyfried, and Megan Stalter are teaming up for a very exciting new movie!
13.02.2023 - 19:41 / nme.com
Double Fine and 2 Player Productions have released a 22-hour documentary series that charts the making of Psychonauts 2.Titled Double Fine PsychOdyssey, the 32-part series follows Double Fine as it works on platform-adventure game Psychonauts 2, which was released in 2021. The series is a follow-up to Double Fine Adventure, which documented the creation of Broken Age.“Ten years after the release of their flagship video game Psychonauts, Double Fine Productions returns to its most celebrated franchise with Psychonauts 2,” reads the documentary’s description.
“Now facing the pressure to produce a worthy sequel, the studio must confront overly ambitious designs, poor morale, technical challenges and financial woes, all during a turbulent span of time for the world.”In a trailer published for the documentary, Double Fine founder Tim Schafer is seen preparing for the game’s development with employees. Later, it shows the studio trying to navigate setbacks and the COVID-19 pandemic while development continues.“Congratulations to 2 Player Productions on the release of their epic documentary today,” tweeted Schafer.
“Thanks to everybody who allowed themselves to be filmed through all the ups and downs of making Psychonauts 2. I hope everybody out there enjoys watching it as much as I did!”Psychonauts 2 went on to be Double Fine’s best-selling game and was met with critical success, receiving five stars in our own review of the game.In December, Schafer sat down with NME to discuss his career, Double Fine, and the creation of Psychonauts 2.“Psychonauts 2 was such a long haul,” recalled Schafer.
“So many things went wrong, just like the first game – we lost our publisher at one point. It was such a roller coaster, and at certain
.Ariana DeBose, Chloe Fineman, Amanda Seyfried, and Megan Stalter are teaming up for a very exciting new movie!
Oscar voters scanning their final ballot may do a double-take when they get to Best Documentary Feature: the name Shane Boris really does appear twice in the same category.
Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Sony Pictures has won global distribution rights to the hot comedy package “My Ex-Friend’s Wedding,” a script co-written by buzzy author Taylor Jenkins Reid starring a murderers’ row of funny women. Oscar winner Ariana DeBose, “Saturday Night Live” breakout Chloe Fineman, Amanda Seyfried and Megan Stalter are set as the core ensemble. The film follows four childhood best friends who receive a drunken voicemail from a former BFF on the eve of her wedding day — confessing that she thinks she’s making a mistake. The group sets out to stop her wedding and rekindle the friendship they once shared. Comedy vet Kay Cannon, whose 2019 feature directorial debut “Blockers” over-performed at the box office, is directing. The script is from Ashley Rodger and Jenkins Reid. The latter could not be hotter at the moment, as the series adaptation of her novel “Daisy Jones & The Six” is about to hit Amazon Prime Video. Additional Jenkins Reed books are headed to the screen at Hulu (“Malibu Rising”) and Netflix (“The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo”).
Pretty Baby, Brooke Shields recounts her career and shares what her life looked like when the cameras stopped rolling. Shields has been in front of the camera since she was 11 months old, and has spent her entire life under watchful eyes. Her career as a supermodel and actress is impressive (add a to the list), but fame took a toll on Shields behind closed doors. In a teaser for the documentary released on March 1, the 57-year-old says, “I spent my life owing people things and doing whatever they wanted, and finally I asked myself, 'Who will I be if I don't allow that anymore?'” Shields landed her breakout role in Pretty Baby, in which she starred as a sex worker's 12-year-old daughter that lost her innocence to the industry.
Naman Ramachandran A film of Coldplay’s sold-out 10-night concert run at Buenos Aires’ River Plate stadium in 2022 will get a worldwide release in April from Trafalgar Releasing. The concert was part of the band’s “Music Of The Spheres” world tour, which sold more than six million tickets. The film, “Coldplay – Music Of The Spheres: Live At River Plate,” is the director’s cut of the Oct. 28, 2022 worldwide live broadcast of the show across 81 countries. It will feature remixed/remastered sound and visuals captured using 30 cameras, racing drones and 360° filming techniques, by BAFTA-winning and Grammy-nominated director Paul Dugdale.
Rick Famuyiwa, director and executive producer of The Mandalorian, was at the Season 3 premiere of the Disney+ series and teased the upcoming season.
The Mandalorian returns for another round of adventures in a galaxy far, far away this month.The show’s third season picks up after events of fellow Star Wars spin-off The Book Of Boba Fett, where Grogu departed Tatooine with Din Djarin aka The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) after helping to tame a loose Rancor in Mos Espa.A synopsis for the third season reads: ‘Once a lone bounty hunter, Din Djarin, has reunited with Grogu. Meanwhile, the New Republic struggles to lead the galaxy away from its dark history.
EXCLUSIVE: With The Mandalorian season 3 dropping this Wednesday, and our hero Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) headed to the Mandalorian home planet of Mandalore with dark saber in hand, how will the show deal with the departure of Gina Carano’s fan fave bounty hunter character Cara Dune?
praised Cox and called her a “sister” to them, pointing out that they have all been friends for 30 years.“We’re very honored to be here today to speak on your behalf as your co-workers, your friends and your family, your sisters,” Aniston said, with Kudrow standing right next to her. “To be friends with Courteney is to be family with Courteney.
EXCLUSIVE: Fiona Palomo is Mary, Milo Manheim is Joseph and Oscar nominee Antonio Banderas is King Herod in Sony Affirm’s upcoming untitled holiday musical centered around the Nativity.
Blair Underwood (American Crime Story), Victoria Pedretti (You), Isha Blaaker (The Flight Attendant) and Finn Wittrock (Ratched) are among the final major additions to Academy Award nominee Ava DuVernay’s latest film Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, based on the bestseller of the same name by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson.
Angelique Jackson The cast of Ava DuVernay’s latest film, inspired by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” is now complete with the addition of Blair Underwood, Finn Wittrock, Victoria Pedretti, Isha Blaaker, Leonardo Nam, Donna Mills and Emily Yancy. The seven actors join Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis, who was previously announced as the lead in the film, as well as Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga, Niecy Nash-Betts, Nick Offerman, Jon Bernthal, Audra McDonald, Connie Nielsen, Jasmine Cephas Jones and Myles Frost. Announced in October 2020, DuVernay serves as the writer and director of “Caste,” which adapts Wilkerson’s acclaimed book. Described in The New York Times as “an instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far,” the book — and subsequently DuVernay’s film — examines the system of hierarchy that has shaped America.
Kendall Jenner has Bad Bunny are getting closer. After making headlines last week with a rumored club romance, they were spotted on what looked like a double date with Justin and Hailey Bieber.The new fling comes after Kendall and Devin Booker called it quits after dating for over a year and a half. A source recently told PEOPLE, they are “spending time together.”Another source told the outlet.
Fiona Apple has appeared in and provided music for a PSA for the National Courtwatch Network.The artist has become an outspoken advocate of court watching over the past few years and explains in the short film what the constitutionally enshrined tradition involves, while also encouraging Americans to get involved. She also offers testimonials from her own experiences of court watching, where she observes what happens in publicly accessible court rooms, particularly bail hearings, and documents what she sees.Court watchers are particularly keen to keep an eye on any injustices in the criminal justice system that play out in the courts, especially where constitutional rights are breached.Speaking to The Washington Post about the short film, Apple said: “Court watching is really the gateway to a better community, a better world, because it will make you care. It makes you care about people you don’t know.
Fiona Apple has been an outspoken advocate of court watching over the past few years. In March 2022, she shared a video urging her fans to sign a petition demanding that Prince George County, Maryland courts continue to allow civilians to tune into their proceedings virtually — a practice that has increased the legal system’s transparency nationwide by making it much more convenient for the average citizen to court watch.
Hulu had a slew of critically acclaimed TV series last year, like “The Dropout,” “Pam & Tommy,” and “Fleishman Is In Trouble.” So what will its big hits of 2023 be? “Great Expectations” may be one of them, considering Olivia Colman headlines the cast. READ MORE: ‘Great Expectations’ Trailer: Olivia Colman & Fionn Whitehead Star In Limited Series Of Dickens’ Classic Novel, Hits Hulu On March 26 British screenwriter Steven Knight adapts Charles Dickens‘ novel for BBC and Hulu as a six-part series, which premieres stateside on the streamer next month.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The double dip is making a return. The TV Academy has removed its rule barring documentaries from campaigning for both an Oscar and and Emmy — as long as those docs weren’t nominated for an Academy Award. Specifically, “Documentaries that appear on the AMPAS viewing platform but have not received an Oscar nomination may still qualify for Emmy consideration.” That returns the Emmy rules to its pre-2022 stipulations. Starting last year, documentary films placed on the AMPAS viewing platform were ineligible for Emmy consideration. At that point, the rule had been changed to read, “Any film placed on the AMPAS viewing platform will be deemed a theatrical motion picture and thus ineligible for the Emmy competition.”
as Susan.Considered a modern take on David Cronenberg’s 1988 thriller, Emmy-nominated writer Alice Birch serves as the creator, writer, showrunner and executive producer while Weisz assumes the role of executive producer for Astral Projection alongside Stacy O’Neil, Sue Naegle and Sean Durkin. Co-produced by Amazon Studios and Annapurna Television, Ali Krug is the executive producer for Annapurna Television while Erica Kay, Anne Carey and Polly Stokes also serve as executive producers and James G.
Michael Douglas left his fans in awe when he appeared in a wild video with his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones and their two children Carys, 19, and Dylan, 20.The Wall Street actor was having the time of his life as he energetically moved around a dancefloor, waving his arms in the air and whipping his hair back and forth while being filmed by Catherine, who alongside their children was also throwing up some serious shapes.WATCH: Michael Douglas is living his best life in energetic new videoThe video was shared by Catherine in honor of Valentine's Day on Tuesday, and she sweetly captioned it: "Happy Valentine's Day to all love, love, love." Her followers on Instagram were quick to react and loved the feel-good video, especially Michael's dad moves. TRENDING: Beyonce's daughter Blue Ivy's appearance has fans saying the same thingPOPULAR: Carrie Underwood reveals jaw-dropping addition to her 400-acre family home"Michael still living his best life," commented one.