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14.04.2023 - 16:31 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Egan’s best-selling novels A Visit from the Goon Squad and its sequel The Candy House are getting the TV treatment in a big way as A24 has optioned the rights to the books with Olivia Wilde attached to direct the series. Wilde also will exec produce along with Jennifer Fox.
A Visit from the Goon Squad won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and is a set of 13 interrelated stories with a large set of characters all connected to Bennie Salazar, a record company executive, and his assistant, Sasha. Her bestselling 2022 follow-up novel The Candy House revisits some of the characters and their progeny.
Wilde has become one of the more in-demand directors in town, and this will mark her first major venture into television as a director. While A24 dominated the Oscars last month, its television unit also has been delivering acclaimed hits, most recently with the Netflix series Beef that premiered last weekend.
Wilde most recently directed, starred in and produced Don’t Worry Darling, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival and opened at No. 1 at the U.S. box office, going on to earn nearly $90M worldwide. It was the third-highest-grossing film by a female director in 2022. Her 2019 debut film, Booksmart, earned an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature, a GLAAD Media Award for Best Film, a Writers Guild Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay and a Golden Globe nomination for lead actress Beanie Feldstein, among many other accolades.
Wilde also is attached to direct and develop an untitled Marvel film centered on Spider-Woman for Sony and Pascal Pictures and is developing a Christmas buddy film at Universal that she will also direct.
Wilde is repped by CAA and attorney PJ Shapiro.
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Emily Ratajkowski is opening up about how she felt in the aftermath of her makeout video with Harry Styles going viral, saying she «feels bad» for Olivia Wilde while adding that there was no confrontation or developed rivalry between her and Wilde in the days and weeks that followed.The 31-year-old model/actress spoke to Spain and was asked about a perpetuated narrative in the media of an enmity between her and Wilde in wake of her makeout session with the «As It Was» singer in Tokyo, Japan last month. When she was asked about that narrative, Ratajkowski brought up Adam Levine's cheating allegations and Summer Stroh, the woman at the center of the scandal, before addressing Wilde.«These approaches occur over and over again.
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Actor-turned-filmmaker Olivia Wilde (“Booksmart”) is certainly making waves in the cinematic space and will be taking a crack at the television with the help of A24. After directing two feature films, including the most recent, “Don’t Worry Darling,” a report from Deadline reveals that Wilde is now looking to direct series adaptations of the Jennifer Egan novels “A Visit From The Goon Squad” and “The Candy House.” READ MORE: ‘Perfect’: Thomasin McKenzie To Team With Director Olivia Wilde For A Sports Biopic About Kerri Strug “Goon Squad” takes place within the world of punk music world and should allow for an interesting take on the genre from Wilde.
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Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer CinemaCon is making sure things don’t get Wilde this year. The annual convention of movie theater owners is updating security protocols for its 2023 edition, after a shocking breach last year involving “Don’t Worry Darling” director Olivia Wilde. The filmmaker was served child custody papers on behalf of former partner Jason Sudeikis at the 2022 convention while in the middle of a presentation on stage at Caesar’s Palace. Images of Wilde opening a manila envelope slipped to her by a process server went viral on social media, an incident she would later describe as “vicious.”
Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde busted a sweat at the same gym on Wednesday in the Los Angeles area but don't worry darling, they didn't run into each other. The «As It Was» singer and actress/director had a near run-in at the Tracey Anderson Gym in Studio City, California. Wilde donned a black sports bra and black tights with a white sweater tied around her hips.
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Jason Sudeikis' show,, soccer is bringing people together. On Saturday, the 47-year-old actor and his ex-fiancée, Olivia Wilde, put up a united front as they watched their 8-year-old son, Otis', soccer game in Los Angeles, California.Sudeikis and Wilde, who called off their engagement in November 2020, were spotted chatting while watching the match.
over their two children, Daisy and Otis, has been The ugliness now continues with a legal filing that alleges Sudeikis has been failing to provide adequate financial support for his kids. Ugh. According to legal documents obtained by The Blast, per , Wilde claims her ex-fiancé, “is not currently paying child support to me, despite my requests through counsel that we agree upon an interim support amount to avoid further litigation in this matter.” The statement continues, “While Jason and I have been splitting certain expenses for the children, such as their school tuition, I have been bearing 100% of the costs of the children's care when they are with me, including, but not limited to, their food, clothing, childcare, extracurricular activities, and transportation costs.”But Sudeikis's camp says this is a misrepresentation of the facts.
Olivia Wilde claimed he does not pay child support.The former couple dated from 2011 to 2020 and share two children, an eight-year-old son and a six-year-old daughter.In new legal documents revealed earlier this week, Wilde claimed that the Ted Lasso star had never paid her child support payments, and is now seeking “retroactive” financial support in line with his income, as well as $500,000 (£400,000) to cover her legal fees.Speaking to The Independent, a source close to Sudeikis claimed that “Olivia and Jason shared costs equally and fairly throughout their relationship, including everything related to the children”.They added: “Jason took it upon himself to initiate the proceedings in the first place to ensure that the kids would be properly cared for by both parents based on the court deciding what is fair financially going forward.”In the legal documents filed by Wilde, the Don’t Worry Darling director alleged that she has been forced to cover the cost of food, clothing and childcare since her split from Sudeikis.“Jason is not currently paying child support to me, despite my requests through counsel that we agree upon an interim support amount to avoid further litigation in this matter,” the filing said.“While Jason and I have been splitting certain expenses for the children, such as their school tuition, I have been bearing 100 per cent of the costs of the children’s care when they are with me, including, but not limited to, their food, clothing, childcare, extracurricular activities, and transportation costs.”Her lawyers added: “Jason shares equal responsibility with Olivia for the support of their children, yet Olivia has borne the lion’s share of the expenses for their children since the pendency of this
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Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis’ bitter custody battle rages on…
Olivia Wilde‘s new legal documents are going viral after she stated that her ex partner Jason Sudeikis is not currently paying any child support.
Olivia Wilde has formally requested in court that Jason Sudeikis start paying child support for their two children, claiming she «has borne the lion's share of the expenses for their children» even though «he earns significantly more than» her.According to legal documents, first obtained by , the actress requested that a Los Angeles judge order the star to pay child support «retroactive» to the date in which she first filed the case.