Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Poor Things, The Color Purple and American Fiction.
Leave the World Behind premiere
Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Kevin Bacon, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and writer-director Sam Esmail walked the carpet at the NYC premiere of their Netflix thriller on Monday.
Ethan Hawke and Julia Roberts Kevin Bacon, Sam Esmail, Ethan Hawke, Julia Roberts, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, Mahershala Ali and Myha’la Herrold
American Fiction premiere
Writer-director Cord Jefferson joined stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross and Sterling K. Brown at their film’s Los Angeles premiere on Tuesday.
Cord Jefferson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Erika Alexander and Adam Brody
Wish music celebration
The team behind the music of Wish, including star Ariana DeBose, celebrated with an event in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Leave the World Behind premiere
Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Kevin Bacon, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and writer-director Sam Esmail walked the carpet at the NYC premiere of their Netflix thriller on Monday.
Ethan Hawke and Julia Roberts Kevin Bacon, Sam Esmail, Ethan Hawke, Julia Roberts, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, Mahershala Ali and Myha’la Herrold
American Fiction premiere
Writer-director Cord Jefferson joined stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross and Sterling K. Brown at their film’s Los Angeles premiere on Tuesday.
Cord Jefferson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Erika Alexander and Adam Brody
Wish music celebration
The team behind the music of Wish, including star Ariana DeBose, celebrated with an event in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
- 12/8/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Five top film directors will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2024 awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Tuesday, December 5, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Christopher Rosen and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
RSVP today to our entire ongoing contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
American Fiction (MGM)
Synopsis: A novelist who is fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
Bio: Cord Jefferson was an Emmy winner for “Watchmen.” Other...
RSVP today to our entire ongoing contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
American Fiction (MGM)
Synopsis: A novelist who is fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
Bio: Cord Jefferson was an Emmy winner for “Watchmen.” Other...
- 11/28/2023
- by Chris Beachum and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Clockwise from top left: The Beanie Bubble, Tetris, The Banker, Causeway (all Apple TV+)Graphic: AVClub
Unlike Netflix, Amazon Prime, or Hulu, which each offer movies to stream from many studios both large and small, Apple TV+ focuses almost exclusively on Apple Originals that are, for the most part, only available on its platform.
Unlike Netflix, Amazon Prime, or Hulu, which each offer movies to stream from many studios both large and small, Apple TV+ focuses almost exclusively on Apple Originals that are, for the most part, only available on its platform.
- 11/25/2023
- by The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
The Beanie Bubble is about the Beanie Baby craze of the 1990s and the drama behind the scenes. Zach Galifianakis plays Ty Warner, the founder of the toy line. Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan play the three women in Warner’s life who found each other, and success, in the company. Ok Go singer Damian Kulash directed with his wife, screenwriter Kristin Gore.
Kulash said he hoped people couldn’t tell where the movie’s “needle drops” of archival music ended and his original score, with Nathan Barr, began. The film includes songs by The Cure, Inxs, The Cranberries, Queen and more.
“The job of the score was not to offset that stuff but rather to make it unclear when you’re in a pop song and when you’re not,” Kulash said.
Kulash said they even fooled the Apple legal team with the selection they performed for...
Kulash said he hoped people couldn’t tell where the movie’s “needle drops” of archival music ended and his original score, with Nathan Barr, began. The film includes songs by The Cure, Inxs, The Cranberries, Queen and more.
“The job of the score was not to offset that stuff but rather to make it unclear when you’re in a pop song and when you’re not,” Kulash said.
Kulash said they even fooled the Apple legal team with the selection they performed for...
- 11/10/2023
- by Fred Topel
- Deadline Film + TV
Renowned awards-contending composers and accomplished songwriters, gathered in Los Angeles on Thursday, November 9th, for Deadline’s Sound & Screen: Film event. The occasion highlighted the exceptional music featured in acclaimed titles of the awards season.
The Panelists were Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt (Barbie), Diane Warren (Flamin’ Hot & 80 For Brady), Anthony Willis (Saltburn), Joseph Shirley (Creed III), Martin Phipps (Napoleon), Lukasz ‘L.U.C’ Rostkowski (The Peasants), Damian Kulash & Nathan Burr (The Beanie Bubble), Gary Clark (Flora and Son), Mark Graham (Killers of the Flower Moon), Laura Karpman (American Fiction) & Michael Giacchino (Society of the Snow).
Click through the gallery to see their portraits, panels and performances.
The Panelists were Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt (Barbie), Diane Warren (Flamin’ Hot & 80 For Brady), Anthony Willis (Saltburn), Joseph Shirley (Creed III), Martin Phipps (Napoleon), Lukasz ‘L.U.C’ Rostkowski (The Peasants), Damian Kulash & Nathan Burr (The Beanie Bubble), Gary Clark (Flora and Son), Mark Graham (Killers of the Flower Moon), Laura Karpman (American Fiction) & Michael Giacchino (Society of the Snow).
Click through the gallery to see their portraits, panels and performances.
- 11/10/2023
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline’s Sound & Screen, our awards-season composer showcase of original music for some of this year’s most acclaimed films, gets underway tonight at UCLA’s Royce Hall, with a 60-piece orchestra tuning up to make it all sing.
The event for industry voters begins with a pre-reception at 5:30 p.m. Pt, with performances starting at 6:45 p.m. Follow along on social media all evening on Deadline’s social channels via #DeadlineSoundAndScreen, and stay with Deadline for full panel coverage.
This year’s lineup features Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, co-composers and songwriters for Warner Bros. Pictures’ smash Barbie, who will walk the audience through how they approached that film’s music and wrote the catchy tune “I’m Just Ken.” Additionally, we’ve got Scottish musician Gary Clark here to talk us through his most recent collaboration with John Carney: the musical drama Flora and Son from Apple Original Films.
The event for industry voters begins with a pre-reception at 5:30 p.m. Pt, with performances starting at 6:45 p.m. Follow along on social media all evening on Deadline’s social channels via #DeadlineSoundAndScreen, and stay with Deadline for full panel coverage.
This year’s lineup features Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, co-composers and songwriters for Warner Bros. Pictures’ smash Barbie, who will walk the audience through how they approached that film’s music and wrote the catchy tune “I’m Just Ken.” Additionally, we’ve got Scottish musician Gary Clark here to talk us through his most recent collaboration with John Carney: the musical drama Flora and Son from Apple Original Films.
- 11/9/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
The Hollywood Music in Media Awards (Hmma) today announced the 2023 nominees for scores and songs in film and other visual media categories. The awards will be presented Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. (Pst) at The Avalon, 1735 Vine Street, in Hollywood, CA.
Song nominees include Oscar-winners Billie Eilish and Finneas for “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie, Olivia Rodrigo and Dan Nigro for “Can’t Catch Me Now” from Hunger Games: The Ballard of Songbirds & Snakes. Justin Timberlake, Alan Menken, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lenny Kravitz, Diane Warren, Metro Boomin, and A$AP Rocky also received nods for their original songs in films.
Composers nominated include Alexandre Desplat, Michael Giacchino, Ludwig Göransson, Laura Karpman, Branford Marsalis, Thomas Newman, James Newton Howard, Daniel Pemberton, John Powell, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Robbie Robertson, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, Hans Zimmer (The Creator), among many others.
Films nominated in score, song, onscreen performance, and in...
Song nominees include Oscar-winners Billie Eilish and Finneas for “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie, Olivia Rodrigo and Dan Nigro for “Can’t Catch Me Now” from Hunger Games: The Ballard of Songbirds & Snakes. Justin Timberlake, Alan Menken, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lenny Kravitz, Diane Warren, Metro Boomin, and A$AP Rocky also received nods for their original songs in films.
Composers nominated include Alexandre Desplat, Michael Giacchino, Ludwig Göransson, Laura Karpman, Branford Marsalis, Thomas Newman, James Newton Howard, Daniel Pemberton, John Powell, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Robbie Robertson, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt, Hans Zimmer (The Creator), among many others.
Films nominated in score, song, onscreen performance, and in...
- 11/2/2023
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
When the Beanie Baby craze reached its apex in the late Nineties, around the time desperate suburbanites were shelling out small fortunes for the purple Princess Diana bear on eBay and ransacking shopping malls whenever rumors hit that a new shipment had arrived, screenwriter Kristin Gore and Ok Go frontman Damian Kulash were barely aware it was even happening. “We were in college,” Gore says. “We were too old to be collectors. We just sort of missed it.”
“I was snobby about it,” Kulash adds. “I was leaving my teens and going into my twenties,...
“I was snobby about it,” Kulash adds. “I was leaving my teens and going into my twenties,...
- 7/29/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
This summer, “Barbie” has revived the box office, making nearly $500 million worldwide in its first week. Earlier this year, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” surpassed the billion-dollar mark. If those two success are any indication, it seems that nostalgia sells — particularly nostalgia for classic toys and characters to which moviegoers have a personal connection.
“The Beanie Bubble” (streaming Friday on Apple TV+) centers around the Beanie Baby craze of the ’90s. But the movie is not really about Beanie Babies.
Based on the book “The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute” by author Zac Bissonnette, the film is the feature directorial debut for co-directors and real-life married couple, musician Damian Kulash and Kristin Gore, who wrote the screenplay. The movie is set against the backdrop of the rise in popularity of Beanie Babies in the 1990’s. But what the filmmakers are aiming to tell is a much deeper,...
“The Beanie Bubble” (streaming Friday on Apple TV+) centers around the Beanie Baby craze of the ’90s. But the movie is not really about Beanie Babies.
Based on the book “The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute” by author Zac Bissonnette, the film is the feature directorial debut for co-directors and real-life married couple, musician Damian Kulash and Kristin Gore, who wrote the screenplay. The movie is set against the backdrop of the rise in popularity of Beanie Babies in the 1990’s. But what the filmmakers are aiming to tell is a much deeper,...
- 7/28/2023
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
The comedy "The Beanie Bubble" directed by Kristen Gore and Damian Kulash Jr. stars Zach Galifianakis, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan, now streaming on AppleTV +:
‘…why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? ‘Ty Warner’ was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history.
"’The Beanie Bubble’" is an inventive story about what and who we value, and the unsung heroes whose names didn't appear on the heart-shaped tag…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
‘…why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? ‘Ty Warner’ was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history.
"’The Beanie Bubble’" is an inventive story about what and who we value, and the unsung heroes whose names didn't appear on the heart-shaped tag…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 7/28/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
One cannot hold it against Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash that their Beanie Babies biopic, appropriately titled The Beanie Bubble, is arriving late in what has suddenly become something of a trend. Just a few months ago, the prospect of a “Michael Jordan movie” being actually about Mike’s Air Jordan sneakers seemed like a bizarre novelty. In (brief) hindsight though, it now seems like the kickoff for a spate of films with their hearts set on streaming. Air, Tetris, BlackBerry, Pinball, and Flamin’ Hot have all attempted to tell stories of American (or Canadian) capitalism gone super-turbo. Some of them are feel-good human interest yarns (or perhaps just commercials) while others are Icarus parables about company executives who flew too close to the sun.
Either way, the best of them (and I’d argue about half are at least pretty good) have something to say beyond eulogizing a consumerist...
Either way, the best of them (and I’d argue about half are at least pretty good) have something to say beyond eulogizing a consumerist...
- 7/28/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
The Philippou brothers’ film is opening in 431 cinemas through Altitude.
Australian horror film Talk To Me is the major new title at UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend, following on from a record-breaking Barbenheimer week.
Released in 431 cinemas by Altitude, Talk To Me is a possession horror film about a group of friends who discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand.
The film, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January, is the debut feature of Australian brothers Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou.
The duo had film set experience prior to making Talk To Me, including as electrician and production...
Australian horror film Talk To Me is the major new title at UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend, following on from a record-breaking Barbenheimer week.
Released in 431 cinemas by Altitude, Talk To Me is a possession horror film about a group of friends who discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand.
The film, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January, is the debut feature of Australian brothers Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou.
The duo had film set experience prior to making Talk To Me, including as electrician and production...
- 7/28/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
We spoke to the cast and directors of AppleTV+’s latest original feature film The Beanie Bubble.
Why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? Ty Warner (Zach Galifianakis) was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history. “The Beanie Bubble” is an inventive story about what and who we value, and the unsung heroes whose names didn’t appear on the heart-shaped tag.
Galifianakis revealed to us what attracted him to Ty’s character and what he remembers about the Beanie Baby boom. The actor also tells us what he thinks the majority of most billionaire types have in common and what makes them more likely to succeed in their respective fields.
We were also delighted to chat to Elizabeth Banks – the actor who plays Robbie, one of the woman behind Warner...
Why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? Ty Warner (Zach Galifianakis) was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history. “The Beanie Bubble” is an inventive story about what and who we value, and the unsung heroes whose names didn’t appear on the heart-shaped tag.
Galifianakis revealed to us what attracted him to Ty’s character and what he remembers about the Beanie Baby boom. The actor also tells us what he thinks the majority of most billionaire types have in common and what makes them more likely to succeed in their respective fields.
We were also delighted to chat to Elizabeth Banks – the actor who plays Robbie, one of the woman behind Warner...
- 7/27/2023
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The new Apple TV+ film “The Beanie Bubble” takes an unconventional route to tell an unconventional story.
Based on Zac Bissonnett’s book, “The Great Beanie Baby Bubble,” the film examines the lives of three women — based on various real-life figures — at the heart of making Ty Warner’s infamous plush animals a global phenomenon. For directors Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash, they were less interested in telling the story of the Beanie Baby creator, Ty Warner, and more how the system undermined the women working for him.
“Their big obstacle was getting out of the system, or learning what was wrong with the system,” Kulash told TheWrap. “We don’t want to take you on a journey of the product at all. What we want you to do is go in thinking [about] making this cool product and then realize, along with the women, that there’s a bunch of...
Based on Zac Bissonnett’s book, “The Great Beanie Baby Bubble,” the film examines the lives of three women — based on various real-life figures — at the heart of making Ty Warner’s infamous plush animals a global phenomenon. For directors Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash, they were less interested in telling the story of the Beanie Baby creator, Ty Warner, and more how the system undermined the women working for him.
“Their big obstacle was getting out of the system, or learning what was wrong with the system,” Kulash told TheWrap. “We don’t want to take you on a journey of the product at all. What we want you to do is go in thinking [about] making this cool product and then realize, along with the women, that there’s a bunch of...
- 7/26/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
"The Beanie Bubble" directed by Kristen Gore and Damian Kulash Jr. stars Zach Galifianakis, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan, streaming July 28, 2023 on AppleTV +:
‘…why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? ‘Ty Warner’ was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history.
"’The Beanie Bubble’" is an inventive story about what and who we value, and the unsung heroes whose names didn't appear on the heart-shaped tag…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
‘…why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? ‘Ty Warner’ was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history.
"’The Beanie Bubble’" is an inventive story about what and who we value, and the unsung heroes whose names didn't appear on the heart-shaped tag…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 7/23/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Return To Dust, an arthouse hit in China last summer before being pulled from release, opens Stateside this weekend with Film Movement presenting on two screens – NYC’s Bam Rose Cinema and the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago, expanding to LA and Seattle next Friday.
The distributor acquired the film directed by Li Ruijun after it premiered in Berlin in March, 2022 to glowing reviews, see Deadlines’s here. Hai Quing and Wu Renlin star as a middle-aged couple in a rural province encouraged to marry by their families, who see them as a burden. Love and respect slowly as they scratch out a living of extreme hardship working the land. A 95% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
First released last July in China, it played unusually well for an arthouse title there and appeared on streaming platforms in early September before disappearing later that month without explanation.
Regulators don’t...
The distributor acquired the film directed by Li Ruijun after it premiered in Berlin in March, 2022 to glowing reviews, see Deadlines’s here. Hai Quing and Wu Renlin star as a middle-aged couple in a rural province encouraged to marry by their families, who see them as a burden. Love and respect slowly as they scratch out a living of extreme hardship working the land. A 95% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
First released last July in China, it played unusually well for an arthouse title there and appeared on streaming platforms in early September before disappearing later that month without explanation.
Regulators don’t...
- 7/21/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
While Barbie is busy taking over the world, another massive toy phenomenon is also getting its spotlight. The new Apple Original Film “The Beanie Bubble” will head to theaters on July 21, then make its streaming debut just one week later on Apple TV+. Starring Zach Galifianakis, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook, and Geraldine Viswanathan, the dramedy feature film takes an inventive look at how Ty Warner, once a frustrated toy salesman, joined forces with three women and created one of the biggest toy crazes in history. “The Beanie Bubble” will premiere in select theaters on July 21 before it arrives on Apple TV+ globally on Friday, July 28. You can watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Apple TV+.
How to Watch ‘The Beanie Bubble’ When: Friday, July 28, 2023 Where: Apple TV+ Stream: Watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Apple TV+. 7-Day Free Trial$6.99 / month apple.com About ‘The Beanie Bubble’
Directed by...
How to Watch ‘The Beanie Bubble’ When: Friday, July 28, 2023 Where: Apple TV+ Stream: Watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Apple TV+. 7-Day Free Trial$6.99 / month apple.com About ‘The Beanie Bubble’
Directed by...
- 7/21/2023
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Ok Go has shared the new track “This,” from the Apple Original Film “The Beanie Bubble.”
The band’s lead singer and guitarist Damian Kulash co-directed the film with his wife Kristin Gore, who also wrote the screenplay. According to Kulash, the idea for the song, filled with exuberant guitars and horns, was in the script: “The term said, ‘We close to unbelievably joyful music.”
The film debuts theaters on limited release on July 21 before streaming on AppleTV+ on July 28. It stars Zach Galifianakis, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan and follows the story of the Beanie Baby phenomenon.
Kulash says the ending of the movie hits two emotional beats: “feeling a sense of victory and being pissed off about our system.” So, “This” needed to have a “sense of joy with a bit of melancholy and nostalgia to reflect the story and time.”
Kulash adds, “After almost two...
The band’s lead singer and guitarist Damian Kulash co-directed the film with his wife Kristin Gore, who also wrote the screenplay. According to Kulash, the idea for the song, filled with exuberant guitars and horns, was in the script: “The term said, ‘We close to unbelievably joyful music.”
The film debuts theaters on limited release on July 21 before streaming on AppleTV+ on July 28. It stars Zach Galifianakis, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan and follows the story of the Beanie Baby phenomenon.
Kulash says the ending of the movie hits two emotional beats: “feeling a sense of victory and being pissed off about our system.” So, “This” needed to have a “sense of joy with a bit of melancholy and nostalgia to reflect the story and time.”
Kulash adds, “After almost two...
- 7/21/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
As cute and understuffed as the plushies alluded to by its title, Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash, Jr.’s “The Beanie Bubble” is a dramatic comedy born from the collision between two different fads: The Beanie Baby mania of the late ’90s, and the corporate biopic craze of the early 2020s.
Like “Air,” “Barbie,” “Blackberry,” and “Tetris” before it (remember when they made a movie about the thrilling race to patent “Tetris?”), this Apple TV+ original uses a footnote in the recent history of North American capitalism as the backdrop for a character-driven saga about the nature of success. And like several of those aforementioned stories of riches gained and/or lost, “The Beanie Bubble” ultimately says more about the state of the film business than it does any other. It says that we used to tell stories about people, but now we’d rather tell stories about products — even...
Like “Air,” “Barbie,” “Blackberry,” and “Tetris” before it (remember when they made a movie about the thrilling race to patent “Tetris?”), this Apple TV+ original uses a footnote in the recent history of North American capitalism as the backdrop for a character-driven saga about the nature of success. And like several of those aforementioned stories of riches gained and/or lost, “The Beanie Bubble” ultimately says more about the state of the film business than it does any other. It says that we used to tell stories about people, but now we’d rather tell stories about products — even...
- 7/20/2023
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The true story behind the once popular children’s playthings is taken on here by a decent cast who can’t stop proceedings unravelling
Some deeply muddled non-storytelling and tonal blandness pretty much sink this movie from the outset, despite its decent cast and origins in a potentially fascinating true story. It might have been served better as a documentary, and right from the off, this feature film deploys the deeply annoying and all-too familiar get-out clause of pre-emptively giggling that it is kind of false and sort of not, flashing up the statement after the opening credits: “There are parts of the truth you can’t make up. The rest we did.”
It is adapted by Kristin Gore from Zac Bissonnette’s nonfiction study The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute, and directed by Gore and Damian Kulash; it tackles the little-known human...
Some deeply muddled non-storytelling and tonal blandness pretty much sink this movie from the outset, despite its decent cast and origins in a potentially fascinating true story. It might have been served better as a documentary, and right from the off, this feature film deploys the deeply annoying and all-too familiar get-out clause of pre-emptively giggling that it is kind of false and sort of not, flashing up the statement after the opening credits: “There are parts of the truth you can’t make up. The rest we did.”
It is adapted by Kristin Gore from Zac Bissonnette’s nonfiction study The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute, and directed by Gore and Damian Kulash; it tackles the little-known human...
- 7/20/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Producers: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Karen Lunder
Executive Producers: Zach Galifianakis, Douglas S. Jones
Directors: Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash, Jr.
Writer: Kristin Gore.
Director of Photography: Steven Meizler
Production Designer: Molly Hughes
Costume Designer: Reńee Ehrlich Kalfus
Editor: Jane Rizzo
Composers: Nathan Barr
Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook, Geraldine Viswanathan, Tracey Bonner, Carl Clemons-Hopkins
An AppleTV+ release, The Beanie Bubble examines a phenomenon of a certain era when the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold. Ty Warner was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history.…...
Executive Producers: Zach Galifianakis, Douglas S. Jones
Directors: Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash, Jr.
Writer: Kristin Gore.
Director of Photography: Steven Meizler
Production Designer: Molly Hughes
Costume Designer: Reńee Ehrlich Kalfus
Editor: Jane Rizzo
Composers: Nathan Barr
Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook, Geraldine Viswanathan, Tracey Bonner, Carl Clemons-Hopkins
An AppleTV+ release, The Beanie Bubble examines a phenomenon of a certain era when the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold. Ty Warner was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history.…...
- 7/20/2023
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Dig deep enough through the eBay auction site, and you can still find Beanie Babies listed for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Nobody’s buying them at that price, but it’s a reminder that there was a moment in the not-so-distant past when the cheaply made stuffed animals fetched outrageous sums. The phenomenon, while it lasted, was fueled largely by the illusion of scarcity, as collectors chased what they believed to be limited numbers of the highly coveted critters.
Were they really so rare? “The Beanie Bubble” doesn’t have any particularly interesting insights into the craze, focusing instead on their inventor, disgraced self-made toy mogul Ty Warner, portrayed by Zach Galifianakis in one of the discomfort comedian’s most skin-crawling performances to date. Tonally, the movie walks a tricky line between easy-target satire and female-empowering corporate case study, falling into the overcrowded junk-culture nostalgia-porn category so recently represented by “Tetris,...
Were they really so rare? “The Beanie Bubble” doesn’t have any particularly interesting insights into the craze, focusing instead on their inventor, disgraced self-made toy mogul Ty Warner, portrayed by Zach Galifianakis in one of the discomfort comedian’s most skin-crawling performances to date. Tonally, the movie walks a tricky line between easy-target satire and female-empowering corporate case study, falling into the overcrowded junk-culture nostalgia-porn category so recently represented by “Tetris,...
- 7/20/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
It is probably no accident that Apple has chosen this week to launch its own legendary toy biopic, The Beanie Bubble, in the shadow of Warner Bros’ about-to-be blockbuster Barbie. It can only benefit from the obvious connections and themes of female empowerment bubbling under the surface of both.
The latest in a Hollywood trend of 2023 movie releases focusing on origin stories of products, it proves there is fertile creative ground in these movies as each of them so far has much to recommend. This one, a feature directorial debut for the husband-and-wife team of Damian Kulash Jr and Kristin Gore (the latter also writing the screenplay), is a razor-sharp look at the Beanie Baby phenomenon of the 1990s, but one more interested in the relationships of the people behind it as much as the rise and fall of the lovable plush toys themselves.
The latest in a Hollywood trend of 2023 movie releases focusing on origin stories of products, it proves there is fertile creative ground in these movies as each of them so far has much to recommend. This one, a feature directorial debut for the husband-and-wife team of Damian Kulash Jr and Kristin Gore (the latter also writing the screenplay), is a razor-sharp look at the Beanie Baby phenomenon of the 1990s, but one more interested in the relationships of the people behind it as much as the rise and fall of the lovable plush toys themselves.
- 7/20/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Plot: Why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? Ty Warner was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history. “The Beanie Bubble” is an inventive story about what and who we value, and the unsung heroes whose names didn’t appear on the heart-shaped tag.
Review: Everyone likely knows what a Beanie Baby is. The tiny plush toys were an insane fad in the 1990s, predating Crypto and NFTs by decades. But, unlike many fads, Beanie Babies became a lucrative financial market during the early days of the World Wide Web and marketplaces like eBay. While the crash reduced toys valued at thousands of dollars to just pennies, the toy’s creator, Ty Warner, remained a multi-millionaire. Despite a felony tax conviction, Warner remains extremely wealthy thanks to his revolutionized plush idea.
Review: Everyone likely knows what a Beanie Baby is. The tiny plush toys were an insane fad in the 1990s, predating Crypto and NFTs by decades. But, unlike many fads, Beanie Babies became a lucrative financial market during the early days of the World Wide Web and marketplaces like eBay. While the crash reduced toys valued at thousands of dollars to just pennies, the toy’s creator, Ty Warner, remained a multi-millionaire. Despite a felony tax conviction, Warner remains extremely wealthy thanks to his revolutionized plush idea.
- 7/20/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
[Editor’s note: The following interview was conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike began on July 14, 2023.]
Geraldine Viswanathan seems like the kind of gal you can kick off a conversation with — a professional one, to boot — by way of owl-based non sequitur. Indeed, you can, as the perpetually rising (and that’s Ok!) it girl and constant “breakout star” (she’s been here!) is about as easy and fun an interview subject as anyone would desire to have.
Where you know Viswanathan from depends on your taste in entertainment: the Emmy-nominated Aussie has been working since the age of 4 (when she booked her first commercial) and has appeared in a range of roles ever since, from the raunchy (and smart) teen 2018 comedy “Blockers” to the TBS anthology comedy series “Miracle Workers.” She’s done plenty of indies and had a recurring role on the animated comedy gem “BoJack Horseman.”
And yet, every time Viswanathan pops up in a new project, people seem to be reminded all...
Geraldine Viswanathan seems like the kind of gal you can kick off a conversation with — a professional one, to boot — by way of owl-based non sequitur. Indeed, you can, as the perpetually rising (and that’s Ok!) it girl and constant “breakout star” (she’s been here!) is about as easy and fun an interview subject as anyone would desire to have.
Where you know Viswanathan from depends on your taste in entertainment: the Emmy-nominated Aussie has been working since the age of 4 (when she booked her first commercial) and has appeared in a range of roles ever since, from the raunchy (and smart) teen 2018 comedy “Blockers” to the TBS anthology comedy series “Miracle Workers.” She’s done plenty of indies and had a recurring role on the animated comedy gem “BoJack Horseman.”
And yet, every time Viswanathan pops up in a new project, people seem to be reminded all...
- 7/19/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Beneath the fluffy exterior of a new film about the 90s soft toy craze lies a tale of corruption, collective madness and toxic narcissism. Its unlikely directors discuss bosses, brands – and how to negotiate with five-year-olds
When Damian Kulash and Kristin Gore were growing up – back when they were friends in high school, two decades before they reunited, got married and had twins – there was, he says, “this basic feeling that the world was really screwed up in the past but would get much better in the future, and we were somewhere on that curve: lots of things weren’t yet fixed, but we were inexorably going towards somewhere fairer.”
Next to him, Gore nods. Sunny optimism was, she says, “a very 90s thing”.
When Damian Kulash and Kristin Gore were growing up – back when they were friends in high school, two decades before they reunited, got married and had twins – there was, he says, “this basic feeling that the world was really screwed up in the past but would get much better in the future, and we were somewhere on that curve: lots of things weren’t yet fixed, but we were inexorably going towards somewhere fairer.”
Next to him, Gore nods. Sunny optimism was, she says, “a very 90s thing”.
- 7/14/2023
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Like a ’90s toy store packed with tiny beanbag dogs, this fact-based dramedy about one of pop culture’s cuddliest crazes boasts some seriously hot commodities. “We are so psyched we got this cast,” says Kristin Gore, who codirected The Beanie Bubble with husband Damian Kulash, of the A-list ensemble led by Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect), Sarah Snook (Succession), and Geraldine Viswanathan (Miracle Workers). Apple TV+ Each of the immensely gifted actresses portrays a woman who played a key role in helping eccentric entrepreneur Ty Warner (a wonderfully odd Zach Galifianakis) develop the company behind — and frenzy for — Beanie Babies during the internet’s infancy. Using Zac Bissonnette’s book The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute as their source material, the duo set about to honor the unsung Beanie team. So aside from Ty himself, “the characters are fictional,” says Kulash. “Renderings that...
- 6/27/2023
- TV Insider
"The Beanie Bubble" directed by Kristen Gore and Damian Kulash Jr. stars Zach Galifianakis, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan, streaming July 28, 2023 on AppleTV +:
‘…why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? ‘Ty Warner’ was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history.
"’The Beanie Bubble’" is an inventive story about what and who we value, and the unsung heroes whose names didn't appear on the heart-shaped tag…”
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‘…why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? ‘Ty Warner’ was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history.
"’The Beanie Bubble’" is an inventive story about what and who we value, and the unsung heroes whose names didn't appear on the heart-shaped tag…”
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- 6/23/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The Beanie Baby craze of the ’90s was something to behold. Millions of people collected as many of the colourful plush bears as they could get their hands on, with some even convinced that they would become lucrative investments. As most of us know someone with a box (or several) of Beanie Babies taking up space in their garage, that investment didn’t exactly pay off. Apple Original Films have dropped the first trailer for The Beanie Bubble, which chronicles the rise of stuffed toys.
The Beanie Bubble stars a beardless Zach Galifianakis (which is still so weird to me) as Ty Warner, the toy manufacturer who would become a billionaire thanks to the Beanie Baby craze in the late 1990s. The Beanie Bubble also stars Elizabeth Banks (Cocaine Bear) as Robbie, Ty’s business partner, Sarah Snook (Succession) as Warner’s wife Sheila, and Geraldine Viswanathan (Miracle Workers) as Ty Inc.
The Beanie Bubble stars a beardless Zach Galifianakis (which is still so weird to me) as Ty Warner, the toy manufacturer who would become a billionaire thanks to the Beanie Baby craze in the late 1990s. The Beanie Bubble also stars Elizabeth Banks (Cocaine Bear) as Robbie, Ty’s business partner, Sarah Snook (Succession) as Warner’s wife Sheila, and Geraldine Viswanathan (Miracle Workers) as Ty Inc.
- 6/23/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Apple TV+ is bringing the unbelievable tale of one of America’s most fascinating phenomena to life — Beanie Babies.
In the trailer for the highly anticipated feature, “The Beanie Bubble” — released today — Zach Galifianakis stars as the American businessman behind the line of stuffed toys, Ty Warner, who founded Ty Inc. in 1986.
The Apple Original Film — centred on how the ’90s and early 2000s era-defining stuffed animals came to be — also stars Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan.
Read More: Zach Galifianakis Says His Kids Haven’t Seen ‘The Hangover,’ Think He’s a Librarian
The official synopsis reads: “Why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? Ty Warner was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history. ‘The Beanie Bubble’ is an inventive story about what and who we value, and...
In the trailer for the highly anticipated feature, “The Beanie Bubble” — released today — Zach Galifianakis stars as the American businessman behind the line of stuffed toys, Ty Warner, who founded Ty Inc. in 1986.
The Apple Original Film — centred on how the ’90s and early 2000s era-defining stuffed animals came to be — also stars Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan.
Read More: Zach Galifianakis Says His Kids Haven’t Seen ‘The Hangover,’ Think He’s a Librarian
The official synopsis reads: “Why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? Ty Warner was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history. ‘The Beanie Bubble’ is an inventive story about what and who we value, and...
- 6/22/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Apple Original Films’ The Beanie Bubble explores the true story behind the toy craze that took over the world in the late 1990s. The trailer introduces the key players, including Ty Warner – the man who took credit for creating the cute little stuffed animals.
Zach Galifianakis (Baskets) stars as Ty Warner. The cast also includes Elizabeth Banks (Cocaine Bear), Sarah Snook (Succession), and Geraldine Viswanathan (Broken Hearts Gallery).
Per Apple Original Films: “Why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? Ty Warner was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history. The Beanie Bubble is an inventive story about what and who we value, and the unsung heroes whose names didn’t appear on the heart-shaped tag.”
Married duo Emmy Award nominee Kristin Gore and Grammy Award-winning lead singer of Ok Go...
Zach Galifianakis (Baskets) stars as Ty Warner. The cast also includes Elizabeth Banks (Cocaine Bear), Sarah Snook (Succession), and Geraldine Viswanathan (Broken Hearts Gallery).
Per Apple Original Films: “Why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? Ty Warner was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history. The Beanie Bubble is an inventive story about what and who we value, and the unsung heroes whose names didn’t appear on the heart-shaped tag.”
Married duo Emmy Award nominee Kristin Gore and Grammy Award-winning lead singer of Ok Go...
- 6/22/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Root around in the back of a wardrobe, or maybe up in the attic somewhere, and chances are you’ll find a Beanie Baby. In the late ‘90s and early ‘00s they were everywhere – adorable plushes partially filled with little plastic beans, available in all kinds of animal shapes. They were a huge deal, much-hyped for their collectability, and the widely-held notion that they would likely end up being hugely valuable if kept in peak condition. There was even a Princess Diana tribute bear back in the day. That feverish collectibility (and behind-the-scenes backstabbing) is at the heart of upcoming Apple TV+ movie The Beanie Bubble – starring Elizabeth Banks and Zach Galifianakis as the minds behind the mayhem.
As well as a stellar cast – Blockers and Broken Hearts Gallery standout Geraldine Viswanathan and Succession’s Sarah Snook are also in the mix – there’s some real visual flair here. How...
As well as a stellar cast – Blockers and Broken Hearts Gallery standout Geraldine Viswanathan and Succession’s Sarah Snook are also in the mix – there’s some real visual flair here. How...
- 6/22/2023
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
In the tradition of “Air,” “Tetris,” and “Blackberry” comes another flashy fact-based drama that owes more than a little of its joie de vivre to “The Social Network.” On Thursday, Apple released the first trailer for “The Beanie Bubble,” the rags-to-riches story of the first viral sensation, Ty’s Beanie Babies.
“Why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? Ty Warner was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history,” reads the film’s synopsis. “‘The Beanie Bubble’ is an inventive story about what and who we value, and the unsung heroes whose names didn’t appear on the heart-shaped tag.”
The project comes from Kristin Gore, an associate producer of “Foxcatcher” and former Vice President Al Gore’s daughter, and Damian Kulash, Jr., the lead singer of Ok Go and Kristin Gore’s husband.
“Why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? Ty Warner was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history,” reads the film’s synopsis. “‘The Beanie Bubble’ is an inventive story about what and who we value, and the unsung heroes whose names didn’t appear on the heart-shaped tag.”
The project comes from Kristin Gore, an associate producer of “Foxcatcher” and former Vice President Al Gore’s daughter, and Damian Kulash, Jr., the lead singer of Ok Go and Kristin Gore’s husband.
- 6/22/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
The Beanie Baby empire is stuffed until it pops in the first official trailer for The Beanie Bubble, premiering on Apple TV+ on July 28. The film isn’t some twisted live-action imagining of the stuffed plushies that ruled the mid- to late-nineties, especially on the internet — it’s an over-the-top, dramatized portrait of the salesman Ty Warner (Zach Galifianakis) who launched the toy craze and the three women he betrayed to making himself a billionaire.
“You have the power to create your own future,” Warner amps up in the trailer.
“You have the power to create your own future,” Warner amps up in the trailer.
- 6/22/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Remember when Beanie Babies broke the Internet? Well, the iconic toy is now landing its own biopic for audiences to see what it truly takes to build a plush stuffed animal from scratch.
Apple’s “The Beanie Bubble” charts the rise and fall of the ingenious collectible stuffed animals, with Elizabeth Banks and Zach Galifianakis playing the real-life toy titans who invented the craze. In a twist of nostalgic toy-driven fate, “The Beanie Bubble” opens in select theaters the same weekend as “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.”
Per the official synopsis, why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? Ty Warner (Galifianakis) was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history.
“Succession” star Sarah Snook portrays Warner’s wife (and one third of the love triangle alongside Banks) while “Blockers” breakout Geraldine Viswanathan is a...
Apple’s “The Beanie Bubble” charts the rise and fall of the ingenious collectible stuffed animals, with Elizabeth Banks and Zach Galifianakis playing the real-life toy titans who invented the craze. In a twist of nostalgic toy-driven fate, “The Beanie Bubble” opens in select theaters the same weekend as “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.”
Per the official synopsis, why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? Ty Warner (Galifianakis) was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history.
“Succession” star Sarah Snook portrays Warner’s wife (and one third of the love triangle alongside Banks) while “Blockers” breakout Geraldine Viswanathan is a...
- 6/22/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Indie pop band Ok Go and breakfast titan Post have settled their legal action against each other stemming from a planned line of “Ok Go!” cereals.
As Rolling Stone reported in April, after Post launched their new line of on-the-go, just-add-water cereals in a few test markets, lawyers for the “Here It Comes Again” band reached out to the company about the similarly named product and concerns that it seemed like the band was promoting the cereal.
Ok Go’s Damian Kulash, a father of two young kids, also worried...
As Rolling Stone reported in April, after Post launched their new line of on-the-go, just-add-water cereals in a few test markets, lawyers for the “Here It Comes Again” band reached out to the company about the similarly named product and concerns that it seemed like the band was promoting the cereal.
Ok Go’s Damian Kulash, a father of two young kids, also worried...
- 6/3/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Apple Original Films on Tuesday unveiled the theatrical and streaming release dates, as well as first-look photos for its true-life dramedy The Beanie Bubble, starring Zach Galifianakis (Baskets), Elizabeth Banks (Call Jane), Sarah Snook (Succession) and Geraldine Viswanathan (Cat Person). The film marking the feature directorial debut of Emmy nominee Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash, Jr. will premiere in select theaters on July 21st before bowing globally on Apple TV+ on July 28th.
Based on a script by Gore, The Beanie Bubble asks the following question: Why, in the 1990s, did the world suddenly start treating the stuffed animals known as Beanie Babies like gold? Ty Warner (Galifianakis) was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history. Pic is described as a story about what and who we value, and the unsung heroes whose names...
Based on a script by Gore, The Beanie Bubble asks the following question: Why, in the 1990s, did the world suddenly start treating the stuffed animals known as Beanie Babies like gold? Ty Warner (Galifianakis) was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history. Pic is described as a story about what and who we value, and the unsung heroes whose names...
- 5/16/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Earlier this year, Post rolled out a new “anytime, anywhere” cereal line in test markets across the U.S. In a radical break from two centuries of breakfast tradition, the four flavors (Cocoa Pebbles, Fruity Pebbles, Honey Bunches of Oats Almond, and Honey Bunches of Oats Honey Roasted) are packaged in tiny cups and merely require you to add in a bit of water to hydrate the powdered milk inside. “It’s the easiest way to enjoy cereal during those busy, on-the-go mornings,” Post boasts. “No milk required!”
As the father of two young kids,...
As the father of two young kids,...
- 4/13/2023
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
THR has reported that Zach Galifianakis has closed a deal to star in Disney’s upcoming live-action Lilo and Stitch movie.
The original Lilo & Stitch film told the story of a young Hawaiian girl named Lilo and an extraterrestrial dog-like creature known as Experiment 626, but he’s soon given the name Stitch after being adopted by Lilo. Although Stitch is a force of chaos and destruction, he eventually develops a close bond with Lilo, and together, the pair avoid the pursuing aliens who have been dispatched to capture him. The film spawned several direct-to-video sequels and a couple of TV shows. Exactly who Zach Galifianakis will play in the Lilo and Stitch movie is being kept under wraps at the moment, but Disney is still searching for actors to play Lilo and her older sister. As expected, the character of Stitch will be a CG creation.
Related The Bob’s Burgers...
The original Lilo & Stitch film told the story of a young Hawaiian girl named Lilo and an extraterrestrial dog-like creature known as Experiment 626, but he’s soon given the name Stitch after being adopted by Lilo. Although Stitch is a force of chaos and destruction, he eventually develops a close bond with Lilo, and together, the pair avoid the pursuing aliens who have been dispatched to capture him. The film spawned several direct-to-video sequels and a couple of TV shows. Exactly who Zach Galifianakis will play in the Lilo and Stitch movie is being kept under wraps at the moment, but Disney is still searching for actors to play Lilo and her older sister. As expected, the character of Stitch will be a CG creation.
Related The Bob’s Burgers...
- 2/17/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover franchise) has signed on to star in the live-action Lilo & Stitch film from Marcell the Shell With Shoes On filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp, Deadline can confirm.
Details as to his role in the Disney+ pic are under wraps. But the original 2002 animated film examined the relationship between a lonely girl named Lilo and the alien, Stitch, engineered to be a force of destruction.
Chris Kekaniokalani Bright scripted the new film, from a previous draft by Mike Van Waes. Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich will produce for Rideback, with Ryan Halprin exec producing for the company.
Galifianakis is an Emmy-winning actor and comedian best known for roles in The Hangover franchise and FX’s acclaimed comedy series Baskets, as well as his short-form Funny or Die talk show, Between Two Ferns. He’s also previously appeared in films like A Wrinkle in Time, Birdman, The Campaign and Due Date,...
Details as to his role in the Disney+ pic are under wraps. But the original 2002 animated film examined the relationship between a lonely girl named Lilo and the alien, Stitch, engineered to be a force of destruction.
Chris Kekaniokalani Bright scripted the new film, from a previous draft by Mike Van Waes. Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich will produce for Rideback, with Ryan Halprin exec producing for the company.
Galifianakis is an Emmy-winning actor and comedian best known for roles in The Hangover franchise and FX’s acclaimed comedy series Baskets, as well as his short-form Funny or Die talk show, Between Two Ferns. He’s also previously appeared in films like A Wrinkle in Time, Birdman, The Campaign and Due Date,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Beth Bednarski has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer of Imagine Entertainment, the award-winning global entertainment company of Brian Grazer and Ron Howard. The news comes following the amicable departure of Imagine Entertainment’s Presidents Tony Hernandez and Lilly Burns (from Jax Media), which we were first to report on.
Bednarski has been at Imagine for more than six years, most recently serving as Executive Vice President of Finance and Operations. Prior to joining the company, she served as Vice President of Finance at Shine America, having launched her career at Deloitte.
In her new role, Bednarski will oversee finance and accounting along with human resources, operations and It, partnering with senior leadership on business development and strategic initiatives.
“I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with Beth for over a decade and known her to be exceptionally strategic and operational,” said Imagine Entertainment COO, Steve Shikiya. “She...
Bednarski has been at Imagine for more than six years, most recently serving as Executive Vice President of Finance and Operations. Prior to joining the company, she served as Vice President of Finance at Shine America, having launched her career at Deloitte.
In her new role, Bednarski will oversee finance and accounting along with human resources, operations and It, partnering with senior leadership on business development and strategic initiatives.
“I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with Beth for over a decade and known her to be exceptionally strategic and operational,” said Imagine Entertainment COO, Steve Shikiya. “She...
- 1/13/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple Original Films has landed rights to the package The Beanie Bubble, a new film hailing from Imagine Entertainment that will be co-directed by Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash and star Zach Galifianakis, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan.
The film is inspired by the story behind one of the biggest speculative crazes that blazed through American culture in the 1990s. It pulls back the curtain on the absurdities and injustices of the American Dream — particularly the female relationship to it. It’s a celebration of the women who helped power Ty Warner’s success, whose strengths and good instincts shaped and amplified the phenomenon, but whose names are not on the Beanie Babies’ heart-shaped tags.
Produced by Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Imagine Features president Karen Lunder, the pic marks the first film order to hail from an exclusive, first-look deal between Apple and Imagine Entertainment for scripted films.
The film is inspired by the story behind one of the biggest speculative crazes that blazed through American culture in the 1990s. It pulls back the curtain on the absurdities and injustices of the American Dream — particularly the female relationship to it. It’s a celebration of the women who helped power Ty Warner’s success, whose strengths and good instincts shaped and amplified the phenomenon, but whose names are not on the Beanie Babies’ heart-shaped tags.
Produced by Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Imagine Features president Karen Lunder, the pic marks the first film order to hail from an exclusive, first-look deal between Apple and Imagine Entertainment for scripted films.
- 1/11/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Ok Go has released the first in a series of six music videos that will stitch together footage of people around the world playing the band’s 2020 song “All Together Now.”
The project has its roots in the quarantine creation of “All Together Now,” which the members of Ok Go wrote and recorded at their respective homes after frontman Damian Kulash and his family came down with Covid-19. The band released the song last May, dedicating it to frontline workers. A few months later, a high school choir teacher from...
The project has its roots in the quarantine creation of “All Together Now,” which the members of Ok Go wrote and recorded at their respective homes after frontman Damian Kulash and his family came down with Covid-19. The band released the song last May, dedicating it to frontline workers. A few months later, a high school choir teacher from...
- 4/28/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Four guys. Eight treadmills. One continuous shot. It's been 14 years since the indie pop band Ok Go released the music video for their song "Here It Goes Again," a sleeper hit off their second studio album Oh No. Thanks to the intricately choreographed video, in which band members Damian Kulash, Tim Nordwind, Dan Konopka and Andy Ross dance across the aforementioned exercise equipment as their belts are revolving at full speed, the group went viral and landed themselves their first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 in their careers. Choreographed by Kulash's sister Trish Sie, who would go on to direct the films Step Up: All In and Pitch Perfect 3, the quirky and decidedly lo-fi video took a total...
- 8/3/2020
- E! Online
Ok Go released a new song on Wednesday in honor of frontline health care workers battling the Covid-19 pandemic, inspired by both the nightly cheer for essential workers at 7 p.m. and by a recent Rebecca Solnit essay in The Guardian.
The track, “All Together Now,” was written and recorded in the band’s homes over the past two months, and it’s accompanied by a video of Ok Go members performing the song in quarantine.
“All those colors we painted yesterday/They look so different now/And all those...
The track, “All Together Now,” was written and recorded in the band’s homes over the past two months, and it’s accompanied by a video of Ok Go members performing the song in quarantine.
“All those colors we painted yesterday/They look so different now/And all those...
- 5/13/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Grammy award-winning rock band Ok Go is inviting students around the world, ages 11-18, to submit ideas for art experiments that will take place in space aboard the Blue Origin New Shepard launch vehicle.
Ok Go is hosting the “Art in Space” contest in partnership with the Playful Learning Lab at the University of St. Thomas, and sponsor Cognizant Technology Solutions.
Ok Go is known for its audaciously experimental music videos, including Upside Down and Inside Out, in which the band members choreographed an entire performance while floating in microgravity in a plane. Now, the band wants to help middle through high school students see their ideas come to life by sending student art projects up in an actual spacecraft.
“Creativity is really the joy of experimentation. When we made our video in microgravity, we were just experimenting – pushing our ideas and our understanding further and further through trial and error and play,...
Ok Go is hosting the “Art in Space” contest in partnership with the Playful Learning Lab at the University of St. Thomas, and sponsor Cognizant Technology Solutions.
Ok Go is known for its audaciously experimental music videos, including Upside Down and Inside Out, in which the band members choreographed an entire performance while floating in microgravity in a plane. Now, the band wants to help middle through high school students see their ideas come to life by sending student art projects up in an actual spacecraft.
“Creativity is really the joy of experimentation. When we made our video in microgravity, we were just experimenting – pushing our ideas and our understanding further and further through trial and error and play,...
- 3/7/2019
- Look to the Stars
A new episode of "The Simpsons" titled "Fears Of A Clown", airs April 1, 2018 on Fox:
"...'Bart' goes to prankster rehab after a clown-mask terrifies the town and destroys the career of 'Krusty'. Then a tortured Krusty tries his hand at serious drama with a regional theater company..."
Gust voices include Jon Lovitz, Damian Kulash and Tim Nordwind.
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"...'Bart' goes to prankster rehab after a clown-mask terrifies the town and destroys the career of 'Krusty'. Then a tortured Krusty tries his hand at serious drama with a regional theater company..."
Gust voices include Jon Lovitz, Damian Kulash and Tim Nordwind.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Simpsons"...
- 3/12/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Ok Go is famous for its elaborately constructed music videos, but the band may have delivered their most insanely eye-popping clip yet for the song “Obsession.” The video finds the band performing in front of a wall of 567 computer printers. The machines are all synchronized to print out different colored paper, resulting in a visual kaleidoscope you won’t be able to take your eyes off of.
Read More:Ok Go Premieres New Explosive 4.2-Second Long Music Video ‘One Moment’
According to the band’s official description on Youtube, the viewing experience will look significantly better if the video’s resolution setting in at 1440p or 2160p. The group does not recommend leaving the clip on “Auto HD,” as it will result in distortion during a few scenes.
The “Obsession” music video was directed by Ok Go lead singer Damian Kulash, Jr. and artist Yusuke Tanaka. The band says all...
Read More:Ok Go Premieres New Explosive 4.2-Second Long Music Video ‘One Moment’
According to the band’s official description on Youtube, the viewing experience will look significantly better if the video’s resolution setting in at 1440p or 2160p. The group does not recommend leaving the clip on “Auto HD,” as it will result in distortion during a few scenes.
The “Obsession” music video was directed by Ok Go lead singer Damian Kulash, Jr. and artist Yusuke Tanaka. The band says all...
- 11/24/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Ok Go and the Go-Go's partnered on the latest installment of Jimmy Kimmel Live's "Mash Up Mondays" for an energetic performance that mixed the former's "Here It Goes Again" with the latter's "Our Lips Are Sealed."
The so-called "Ok Go-Go's" began their mash-up alternating between the verses of the two songs, but slowly brought the power pop anthems together. By the bridge, Ok Go's Damian Kulash and Go-Go's singer Jane Wielding were singing interweaving vocal lines from their respective songs before the whole outfit came together for a final,...
The so-called "Ok Go-Go's" began their mash-up alternating between the verses of the two songs, but slowly brought the power pop anthems together. By the bridge, Ok Go's Damian Kulash and Go-Go's singer Jane Wielding were singing interweaving vocal lines from their respective songs before the whole outfit came together for a final,...
- 3/14/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Ok Go performed a rousing cover of Morrissey's politically charged "Interesting Drug" on The Late Late Show With James Corden Wednesday. "There are some bad people on the rise," sang Damian Kulash with a soft Moz-like warble in his voice, "They're saving their own skins by/ Ruining other people's lives."
The Chicago rock outfit flipped the 1989 indie pop single into a steady rocking anti-Trump anthem packed with crunchy guitar vamps and delicate piano plucks.
Along with their Late Late Show performance, Ok Go also released a studio version and...
The Chicago rock outfit flipped the 1989 indie pop single into a steady rocking anti-Trump anthem packed with crunchy guitar vamps and delicate piano plucks.
Along with their Late Late Show performance, Ok Go also released a studio version and...
- 1/19/2017
- Rollingstone.com
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