Kristen Stewart is shifting gears into screenwriting.
In the latest edition of Interview, the “Twilight” alum speaks with fellow actress Rachel Sennott, of “Shiva Baby” and “Bodies Bodies Bodies”.
During the conversation, Stewart told Sennott, “Me and my girlfriend are also writing something right now.”
Later, she elaborated on the project she’s writing with fiancée Dylan Meyer, an actress, producer and writer whose writing credits include the TV series “Miss 2059” and the features “Moxie” and “Xoxo”.
Read More: Kristen Stewart Set To Make Feature Directorial Debut With ‘The Chronology Of Water’, Imogen Poots To Star
“Me and Dylan are working on a movie that she wrote and I’m starring in,” Stewart revealed.
“It’s a stoner girl comedy, and it’s really f**king stupid. I think you’ll like it,” she continued.
“But the reason I even thought of this is because our producer is our best friend.
In the latest edition of Interview, the “Twilight” alum speaks with fellow actress Rachel Sennott, of “Shiva Baby” and “Bodies Bodies Bodies”.
During the conversation, Stewart told Sennott, “Me and my girlfriend are also writing something right now.”
Later, she elaborated on the project she’s writing with fiancée Dylan Meyer, an actress, producer and writer whose writing credits include the TV series “Miss 2059” and the features “Moxie” and “Xoxo”.
Read More: Kristen Stewart Set To Make Feature Directorial Debut With ‘The Chronology Of Water’, Imogen Poots To Star
“Me and Dylan are working on a movie that she wrote and I’m starring in,” Stewart revealed.
“It’s a stoner girl comedy, and it’s really f**king stupid. I think you’ll like it,” she continued.
“But the reason I even thought of this is because our producer is our best friend.
- 6/16/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Jim Henson’s 1986 classic fantasy film, Labyrinth, has achieved something that its initial box office performance would never in a million years justify: a sequel.
TriStar Pictures is set to take moviegoers back to the world of fairies, goblins and baby-napping glam-rockers who put on random musical numbers within the confines of enormously ominous oubliettes, with a sequel to Labyrinth now officially in the works, according to Deadline. Additionally, the studio has already found a creative team to tackle the project, tapping a director who’s put in work exploring appropriately labyrinthine fantastical worlds in Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson. He’ll work off a script by Maggie Levin, who’s put in genre work on Hulu series Into the Dark and My Valentine, along with Go90’s Miss 2059.
Coming from the creative dream team of director Jim Henson and writer Terry Jones, Labyrinth followed the fantastical exploits of...
TriStar Pictures is set to take moviegoers back to the world of fairies, goblins and baby-napping glam-rockers who put on random musical numbers within the confines of enormously ominous oubliettes, with a sequel to Labyrinth now officially in the works, according to Deadline. Additionally, the studio has already found a creative team to tackle the project, tapping a director who’s put in work exploring appropriately labyrinthine fantastical worlds in Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson. He’ll work off a script by Maggie Levin, who’s put in genre work on Hulu series Into the Dark and My Valentine, along with Go90’s Miss 2059.
Coming from the creative dream team of director Jim Henson and writer Terry Jones, Labyrinth followed the fantastical exploits of...
- 5/26/2020
- by Joseph Baxter
- Den of Geek
HBO Max, the upcoming WarmerMedia streaming service, has given pilot orders to single-camera comedy Gumshoe, from writers Aaron Brownstein & Simon Ganz, director Randall Einhorn (The Kids Are Alright) and Conan O’Brien’s Conaco; and 1990s drama Vegas High, from writer Sarah-Raquel Jimenez, director Gillian Robespierre (Mrs. Fletcher) and Michael Showalter’s Semi-Formal Prods. HBO Max is the studio on both.
Written by Brownstein and Ganz (Santa Clarita Diet) and directed by Einhorn (The Kids Are Alright), Gumshoe is about a sweet, optimistic young cop and a creepy, crime-obsessed teenager who secretly team up to solve a murder.
Longtime writing partners Brownstein and Ganz wrote Gumshoe on spec and sold it to HBO Max. They will serve as showrunners on the pilot, which they will executive produce with Einhorn as well Conaco’s O’Brien, David Kissinger, Jeff Ross, and Larry Sullivan.
Written by Jimenez and directed by Robespierre, Vegas High...
Written by Brownstein and Ganz (Santa Clarita Diet) and directed by Einhorn (The Kids Are Alright), Gumshoe is about a sweet, optimistic young cop and a creepy, crime-obsessed teenager who secretly team up to solve a murder.
Longtime writing partners Brownstein and Ganz wrote Gumshoe on spec and sold it to HBO Max. They will serve as showrunners on the pilot, which they will executive produce with Einhorn as well Conaco’s O’Brien, David Kissinger, Jeff Ross, and Larry Sullivan.
Written by Jimenez and directed by Robespierre, Vegas High...
- 11/15/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Are Kristen Stewart and Stella Maxwell over — again?
The Twilight star, 29, was spotted in New York on Thursday kissing screenwriter Dylan Meyer. Stewart sported jean shorts, a yellow T-shirt and black sneakers, while Meyer opted for a black tank top, shorts and white Vans.
Reps for Meyer, Stewart and Maxwell did not immediately respond to People’s request for comment.
Stewart’s new flame comes just under a month after she was seen kissing ex-girlfriend Stella Maxwell while on vacation in Italy, which sparked rumors that the couple, who reportedly broke up in December 2018, were back together, according to Elle.
The Twilight star, 29, was spotted in New York on Thursday kissing screenwriter Dylan Meyer. Stewart sported jean shorts, a yellow T-shirt and black sneakers, while Meyer opted for a black tank top, shorts and white Vans.
Reps for Meyer, Stewart and Maxwell did not immediately respond to People’s request for comment.
Stewart’s new flame comes just under a month after she was seen kissing ex-girlfriend Stella Maxwell while on vacation in Italy, which sparked rumors that the couple, who reportedly broke up in December 2018, were back together, according to Elle.
- 8/17/2019
- by Ashley Boucher
- PEOPLE.com
The winners of 24 Streamy Awards were unveiled tonight at the Streamys Premiere Awards at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. The evening was hosted by BlameItOnKway and Montana Tucker in advance of the 8th annual Streamy Awards, which will be streamed live globally Monday at 9 Pm Et/6 Pm Pt from the Beverly Hilton.
The Streamys honor the best in online video and the creators behind it, bringing together the biggest names in online video for a night of celebration, discovery, and meaningful recognition. 2018 also marks the first ever “Streamys Brand Awards,” in partnership with the Interactive Advertising Bureau, and the second year of “The Purpose Awards @ the Streamys,” which honors individuals and organizations who use online video and social media to amplify their message, foster engagement and participation, and make a greater, more meaningful impact.
Additional categories to be announced Monday include Creator of the Year, Show of the Year,...
The Streamys honor the best in online video and the creators behind it, bringing together the biggest names in online video for a night of celebration, discovery, and meaningful recognition. 2018 also marks the first ever “Streamys Brand Awards,” in partnership with the Interactive Advertising Bureau, and the second year of “The Purpose Awards @ the Streamys,” which honors individuals and organizations who use online video and social media to amplify their message, foster engagement and participation, and make a greater, more meaningful impact.
Additional categories to be announced Monday include Creator of the Year, Show of the Year,...
- 10/21/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Go90 is officially being eighty-sixed.
Verizon’s Go90 free, ad-supported mobile video service — launched nearly three years ago — will cease on July 31. The Go90 app, stocked with a mix of short-form original entertainment, live sports, and licensed TV shows, was never able to attract any kind of sizable audience and as a result struggled to book advertising dollars.
As an attempt to build an mobile entertainment brand from scratch, Go90 failed because Verizon arguably didn’t effectively market the millennial-targeted service. Go90’s operations have already been combined into Oath, the division that merged AOL and Yahoo.
“Following the creation of Oath, Go90 will be discontinued,” a Verizon rep said in a statement. “Verizon will focus on building its digital-first brands at scale in sports, finance, news and entertainment for today’s mobile consumers and tomorrow’s 5G applications.”
Oath CEO Tim Armstrong had already telegraphed the telco’s move...
Verizon’s Go90 free, ad-supported mobile video service — launched nearly three years ago — will cease on July 31. The Go90 app, stocked with a mix of short-form original entertainment, live sports, and licensed TV shows, was never able to attract any kind of sizable audience and as a result struggled to book advertising dollars.
As an attempt to build an mobile entertainment brand from scratch, Go90 failed because Verizon arguably didn’t effectively market the millennial-targeted service. Go90’s operations have already been combined into Oath, the division that merged AOL and Yahoo.
“Following the creation of Oath, Go90 will be discontinued,” a Verizon rep said in a statement. “Verizon will focus on building its digital-first brands at scale in sports, finance, news and entertainment for today’s mobile consumers and tomorrow’s 5G applications.”
Oath CEO Tim Armstrong had already telegraphed the telco’s move...
- 6/28/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Hartley Sawyer will have more to do on The Flash next season. The actor, who recurred in Season 4 as private eye and eventual Team Flash member Ralph Dibny — aka Elongated Man — has been bumped to up series regular for 2018-19.
A former corrupt cop who was kicked out of the Central City PD for planting evidence, the character debuted in last season’s fourth episode, “Elongated Journey Into Night,” and recurred during the rest of Season 4. Watch a clip from Sawyer’s debut episode below.
Based on the DC characters, The Flash is executive produced by Greg Berlanti, showrunner Todd Helbing and Sarah Schechter. The series is produced by Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
Hartley, whose credits include web series Miss 2059 and Caper and CBS’ The Young and the Restless, is repped by Pakula/King & Associates.
A former corrupt cop who was kicked out of the Central City PD for planting evidence, the character debuted in last season’s fourth episode, “Elongated Journey Into Night,” and recurred during the rest of Season 4. Watch a clip from Sawyer’s debut episode below.
Based on the DC characters, The Flash is executive produced by Greg Berlanti, showrunner Todd Helbing and Sarah Schechter. The series is produced by Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
Hartley, whose credits include web series Miss 2059 and Caper and CBS’ The Young and the Restless, is repped by Pakula/King & Associates.
- 6/15/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
It was no stretch to see this one coming.
TVLine has learned that The CW’s The Flash has promoted Hartley Sawyer to series regular for Season 5, thus extennnnnnnnding his stay as Ralph Dibny aka the super-elastic The Elongated Man.
The actor first appeared on the Arrow offshoot early during Season 4.
Sawyer’s promotion marks the latest bit of fall casting news for the Arrowverse. As reported earlier this week, Danielle Nicolet, who plays The Flash‘s Cecile, has also been also promoted to series regular for the coming season. Meanwhile over on Arrow, neither Willa Holland (Thea) nor Paul Blackthorne...
TVLine has learned that The CW’s The Flash has promoted Hartley Sawyer to series regular for Season 5, thus extennnnnnnnding his stay as Ralph Dibny aka the super-elastic The Elongated Man.
The actor first appeared on the Arrow offshoot early during Season 4.
Sawyer’s promotion marks the latest bit of fall casting news for the Arrowverse. As reported earlier this week, Danielle Nicolet, who plays The Flash‘s Cecile, has also been also promoted to series regular for the coming season. Meanwhile over on Arrow, neither Willa Holland (Thea) nor Paul Blackthorne...
- 6/15/2018
- TVLine.com
Digital production studio New Form, which is behind noted series like Miss 2059 and Mr. Student Body President, debuted three brand new series pilots at the 2017 Austin Film Festival over the weekend.
The first project, created by and starring former BuzzFeed staffer-turned-comedy vlogger Gaby Dunn, is titled Love Me Do. The dark comedy follows a young woman whose alcoholic father moves in with her fresh after a stint at rehab. Small Talk, created by screenwriter Becca Gleason, is about two exes who meet by chance after years. Finally, Press Start -- created by Dave Child and Evan Beamer -- is about a gamer at a dead-end job who discovers that his life is literally a video game.
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The first project, created by and starring former BuzzFeed staffer-turned-comedy vlogger Gaby Dunn, is titled Love Me Do. The dark comedy follows a young woman whose alcoholic father moves in with her fresh after a stint at rehab. Small Talk, created by screenwriter Becca Gleason, is about two exes who meet by chance after years. Finally, Press Start -- created by Dave Child and Evan Beamer -- is about a gamer at a dead-end job who discovers that his life is literally a video game.
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- 10/30/2017
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
YouTube star Anna Akana, who has appeared in several notable series and features including AwesomenessTV's You Get Me and New Form's Miss 2059, is set to launch her debut YouTube Red series next year titled Youth & Consequences.
The eight-episode, half-hour teen dramedy will star Akana as the queen of her high school, who must defend her power as rivals rise, according to Variety. The series is being produced by Mark Gordon Company -- the studio behind Criminal Minds and Grey’s Anatomy. Youth & Consequences was created and written by Jason Ubaldi (All Night), who will also serve as an Ep on the project alongside Akana, Gordon, Nick Pepper, showrunner Blair Singer, Tom Spriggs, and Jesse Hara.
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The eight-episode, half-hour teen dramedy will star Akana as the queen of her high school, who must defend her power as rivals rise, according to Variety. The series is being produced by Mark Gordon Company -- the studio behind Criminal Minds and Grey’s Anatomy. Youth & Consequences was created and written by Jason Ubaldi (All Night), who will also serve as an Ep on the project alongside Akana, Gordon, Nick Pepper, showrunner Blair Singer, Tom Spriggs, and Jesse Hara.
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- 10/18/2017
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Here's the status of TV shows like The Magicians, Major Crimes, Make It Pop, Mako Mermaids, Manhunt: UNABOMer, The Man in the High Castle, Man Seeking Woman, Maniac, Mann & Wife, Marcella, Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger, Marvel's Daredevil, Marvel's Deadpool, Marvel's Iron Fist, Marvel's Jessica Jones, Marvel's Luke Cage, Marvel's The Defenders, Marvel’s New Warriors, Marvel's The Punisher, Marvel's Runaways, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Mary + Jane, Mary Kills People, Master of None, Masters of Sex, Max and Shred, McMafia, Mech-X4, Medici: Masters of Florence, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, Melrose, Micronesian Blues, Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus, The Mindy Project, Miracle Workers, Miss 2059, The Missing, The Mist, Motive, Mozart in the Jungle, Mr. Mercedes, Mr. Robot, Mr. Student Body President, Murder in the First, Muscle Beach, The Musketeers, Narcos, Nashville, National Treasure, The New Pope, Nicki, Nicky Ricky Dicky and Dawn, Nightcap, The Night Manager,...
- 8/16/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Multi-talented YouTube star Anna Akana has shared her brand of comedy across multiple platforms, and now, her first effort in the literary world is ready to roll. She has authored a book of essays titled So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister, which is now available on Amazon.
The title of Akana’s book carries a tragic connotation, as her little sister Kristina committed suicide a decade ago. Across several essays, Akana will discuss her own path to adulthood while offering advice to her millions of fans along the way. “This is Anna’s story, but, as she says, it belongs just as much to Kristina and to every other girl who must learn that growing up can be hard to do,” reads the Amazon description of the book. “Witty and real, Anna breaks things down in a way only a big sister can.”
As...
The title of Akana’s book carries a tragic connotation, as her little sister Kristina committed suicide a decade ago. Across several essays, Akana will discuss her own path to adulthood while offering advice to her millions of fans along the way. “This is Anna’s story, but, as she says, it belongs just as much to Kristina and to every other girl who must learn that growing up can be hard to do,” reads the Amazon description of the book. “Witty and real, Anna breaks things down in a way only a big sister can.”
As...
- 6/13/2017
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
New Form Digital has released its upcoming slate of pilots from its most recent incubator series, featuring both traditional and web-based stars. The digital studio’s incubator series (now in its fourth run) acts as a showcase for up and coming creators mentored and developed through the program. Pilots that have been sold in the past have included Streamy Award winners “Oscar’s Hotel for Fantastical Creatures” and “Anna Akana’s Miss 2059”, YouTube Red’s “Single By 30,” “I Ship It,” and the Conan O’Brien produced animated series “Final Space.”
The newest wave of this incubator series includes content from web series stars such as Manon Matthews, Eric Ochoa, Alexa Losey and television stars Melissa Fumero (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) and Lisa Kudrow, who in 2015 signed an exclusive deal with New Form through her production company Is or Isn’t Entertainment.
New Form has a recent track record for including...
The newest wave of this incubator series includes content from web series stars such as Manon Matthews, Eric Ochoa, Alexa Losey and television stars Melissa Fumero (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) and Lisa Kudrow, who in 2015 signed an exclusive deal with New Form through her production company Is or Isn’t Entertainment.
New Form has a recent track record for including...
- 5/5/2017
- by Juan Diaz
- Indiewire
Anna Akana has landed another notable acting gig. The YouTube star, whose vlogs and short films have allowed her to accrue more than 1.7 million subscribers on her primary channel, will have a recurring role in the third season of Stitchers on the ABC-run Freeform channel.
Stitchers follows a group of operatives who enter the memories of recently deceased people in order to solve the mysteries related to those people’s deaths. In her role, Akana will portray a medical examiner who joins the show’s main team and, according to Deadline, “has an instant spark with Camille,” the character portrayed by Allison Scagliotti.
This is the latest role for Akana, who has landed several notable gigs since gaining notability on the Internet. She worked with New Form Digital to bring Miss 2059, a series she created and starred in, to Verizon’s Go90 app. She also has a role in You Get Me,...
Stitchers follows a group of operatives who enter the memories of recently deceased people in order to solve the mysteries related to those people’s deaths. In her role, Akana will portray a medical examiner who joins the show’s main team and, according to Deadline, “has an instant spark with Camille,” the character portrayed by Allison Scagliotti.
This is the latest role for Akana, who has landed several notable gigs since gaining notability on the Internet. She worked with New Form Digital to bring Miss 2059, a series she created and starred in, to Verizon’s Go90 app. She also has a role in You Get Me,...
- 3/28/2017
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Anna Akana (Miss 2059) is set for a recurring role opposite Emma Ishta and Allison Scagliotti on the upcoming third season of Freeform's hit drama series Stitchers. She'll play Amanda, a cool and confident medical examiner who starts working with the Stitchers team and has an instant spark with Camille (Scagliotti). Her character first appears in the June 12 episode. The series stars Emma Ishta as Kirsten Clark. Highly intelligent and persistent, Kirsten has an aptitude…...
- 3/27/2017
- Deadline TV
The Mr. Student Body President and Miss 2059 TV shows have been renewed for their second seasons on go90, Verizon's streaming platform. Mr. Student Body President, which received a 30-episode order, stars Jeremy Shada, Arden Rose, and Gabriel Conte.A sci-fi beauty queen adventure series, Miss 2059 stars Anna Akana and Nikki Soohoo. Learn more about these go90 TV shows, after the jump. Read More…...
- 1/12/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
New Form Digital is doubling down on two of its original programs. At CES, the production studio whose co-founders include Ron Howard and Discovery Communications announced new seasons of both Miss 2059, which stars YouTube star Anna Akana, and the high school comedy Mr. Student Body President. Both of those seasons will be distributed through Go90.
Both Miss 2059 and Mr. Student Body President got started as pilots within New Form’s first incubator series, through which the studio hoped to shine light on talented filmmakers within the online video community. From there, both projects were sold to Go90 as part of a six-show deal announced in September 2015. The first episode of Miss 2059 arrived on June 21st, 2016, while Mr. Student Body President followed three months behind on September 22nd.
The renewal deals will crank up the episode counts for each of these two shows. Mr. Student Body President’s...
Both Miss 2059 and Mr. Student Body President got started as pilots within New Form’s first incubator series, through which the studio hoped to shine light on talented filmmakers within the online video community. From there, both projects were sold to Go90 as part of a six-show deal announced in September 2015. The first episode of Miss 2059 arrived on June 21st, 2016, while Mr. Student Body President followed three months behind on September 22nd.
The renewal deals will crank up the episode counts for each of these two shows. Mr. Student Body President’s...
- 1/6/2017
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Digital video studio New Form announced Friday that Verizon’s go90 streaming service has renewed two of its original series, “Mr. Student Body President” and “Miss 2059.” Go90 ordered up 30 new episodes of “Mr. Student Body President,” which follows a charismatic student government leader and ruthless chief of staff who take this stuff way too seriously. Jack Ferry and Ryan Hunter co-created, wrote and directed the series, which features YouTube stars and following a charismatic student government leader and stars Jeremy Shada, Arden Rose and Gabriel Conte. The streaming service also committed to 12 episodes of “Miss 2059,” a sci-fi adventure about.
- 1/6/2017
- by Matt Pressberg
- The Wrap
Anna Akana is in the YouTube community’s upper echelon when it comes to filmmaking talent, and she will now get a chance to show off that talent in a big way. She has announced Sticky, a feature film born from a partnership with Gidden Media.
Sticky will star Akana and will feature a script co-written by the YouTube star and Maggie Levin. Plot details aren’t yet known, but Akana did share the film’s provocative poster when she announced it with an Instagram post.
Beyond Sticky, Akana has also used her digital notability as a jumping-off point for several other big projects. She recently launched Miss 2059, based off a short film she shot alongside New Form Digital, on the mobile video platform Go90. She also landed a role in You Get Me, an upcoming movie produced by Awesomeness Films.
Akana’s deal with Gidden Media will not...
Sticky will star Akana and will feature a script co-written by the YouTube star and Maggie Levin. Plot details aren’t yet known, but Akana did share the film’s provocative poster when she announced it with an Instagram post.
Beyond Sticky, Akana has also used her digital notability as a jumping-off point for several other big projects. She recently launched Miss 2059, based off a short film she shot alongside New Form Digital, on the mobile video platform Go90. She also landed a role in You Get Me, an upcoming movie produced by Awesomeness Films.
Akana’s deal with Gidden Media will not...
- 10/21/2016
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
go90 is a free, AOL-owned streaming service that offers a selection of movies, TV shows and other streaming media to its audience. Since October 2015, the service has debuted the reality competition series “The Runner” as well as the Funny or Die-produced comedy series “Tween Fest.” Now, they’re set to debut a new series “Cold” about a young girl’s search for her birth parents and her discovery of a brutal series of crimes.
Read More: ‘The Runner’ Finale: Producers Reflect on go90’s Ambitious Reality Competition Series
The 10-episode series follows 16-year-old Isla Wallis (Annalise Basso), who receives that her real father is in prison for killing the mother she never knew. Furious and confused, Isla runs away to the remote mining town where she was born, but there she learns of a series of horrific murders of First Nation women that may be tied to her mother’s death.
Read More: ‘The Runner’ Finale: Producers Reflect on go90’s Ambitious Reality Competition Series
The 10-episode series follows 16-year-old Isla Wallis (Annalise Basso), who receives that her real father is in prison for killing the mother she never knew. Furious and confused, Isla runs away to the remote mining town where she was born, but there she learns of a series of horrific murders of First Nation women that may be tied to her mother’s death.
- 10/12/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Global distribution company Keshet International has struck a deal with production outfit New Form Digital to bring three of its high-profile series -- including Cold, Mr. Student Body President, and Miss 2059 -- to global markets. Keshet will shop the series to buyers at Mipcom, a Cannes TV trade show slated to kick off later this month, and will seek both linear TV and digital opportunities, according to a release.
“Partnering with Keshet on the international distribution of three of our signature series is a significant step forward for our long-term strategy of creating, producing, and distributing high-quality programs that have wide millennial appeal across multiple viewing platforms around the world,” New Form’s Svp of business development, Jc Cangilla, said in a statement. “Keshet is widely respected in the international market as a leader in discovering entertaining new formats, narratives, and talent.”
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“Partnering with Keshet on the international distribution of three of our signature series is a significant step forward for our long-term strategy of creating, producing, and distributing high-quality programs that have wide millennial appeal across multiple viewing platforms around the world,” New Form’s Svp of business development, Jc Cangilla, said in a statement. “Keshet is widely respected in the international market as a leader in discovering entertaining new formats, narratives, and talent.”
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- 10/4/2016
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
As their first first viral video attests, Wesley Chan and Philip Wang have made it their life’s mission as filmmakers to prove one thing: Asian men are sexy. With Harry Shum Jr. (“Glee”) as the leading man in their new mini-series, “Single By 30,” the point is moot. In the series, Shum plays Peter, a nice guy living in Los Angeles working for the family business. With his thirtieth birthday approaching, and his parents thirsting for grandkids, Peter decides he needs to step up his dating game. When his party-loving friend Mark (Eric Ochoa) makes a Facebook event for what was supposed to be a quiet celebration, Peter’s high school crush shows up.
Read More: Anna Akana: How the Star of ‘Miss 2059’ Is Turning Online Fame Into an Empire
The recently single Joanna (Kina Grannis) reminds Peter of a pact they once made: If they were...
Read More: Anna Akana: How the Star of ‘Miss 2059’ Is Turning Online Fame Into an Empire
The recently single Joanna (Kina Grannis) reminds Peter of a pact they once made: If they were...
- 8/25/2016
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
IndieWire’s Springboard column profiles up-and-comers in the film industry worthy of your attention.
The URL for Yulin Kuang’s YouTube channel is “yulinisworking,” a very fitting handle for this plucky young filmmaker, who hit the ground running out of college and shows no signs of slowing down.
Her series, “I Ship It,” based on her short film of the same name, premiered on the CW Seed this summer. New Form Digital produced the musical web series and helped Kuang shop it to the CW’s digital streaming service. With its musical aspect, “I Ship It” follows in the vein of shows like “Glee” and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” Though the series bears some evidence of network tampering (it lacks some of the quirky originality that makes Kuang’s work stand out), the series stays true to Kuang’s values with a diverse cast and a nerdy girl protagonist.
Read More: Mark Duplass’ Pet Project ‘Unlovable,...
The URL for Yulin Kuang’s YouTube channel is “yulinisworking,” a very fitting handle for this plucky young filmmaker, who hit the ground running out of college and shows no signs of slowing down.
Her series, “I Ship It,” based on her short film of the same name, premiered on the CW Seed this summer. New Form Digital produced the musical web series and helped Kuang shop it to the CW’s digital streaming service. With its musical aspect, “I Ship It” follows in the vein of shows like “Glee” and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” Though the series bears some evidence of network tampering (it lacks some of the quirky originality that makes Kuang’s work stand out), the series stays true to Kuang’s values with a diverse cast and a nerdy girl protagonist.
Read More: Mark Duplass’ Pet Project ‘Unlovable,...
- 8/4/2016
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
“Unlovable,” the debut feature from Charlene deGuzman about her struggle with sex and love addiction, launched its Kickstarter campaign today. Mark Duplass developed the story with deGuzman after she reached out to the filmmaker via Twitter.
“I sent him a direct message on Twitter, and asked if I could send a pilot I had just written,” deGuzman — whose Twitter handle is @charstarlene — told IndieWire. Once she sent it over, “he immediately emailed back that he loved it, and that we should make a movie about it.”
The two developed the comedy about a sex- and love-addicted woman, Joy, who experiences true intimacy through playing music with a reclusive man. Originally slated to star opposite deGuzman, Duplass’s shooting schedule became too busy and he had to bow out. He set deGuzman up with producer Jen Roskind (HBO’s “Animals”), writer Sarah Adina Smith, and director Suzi Yoonessi.
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“I sent him a direct message on Twitter, and asked if I could send a pilot I had just written,” deGuzman — whose Twitter handle is @charstarlene — told IndieWire. Once she sent it over, “he immediately emailed back that he loved it, and that we should make a movie about it.”
The two developed the comedy about a sex- and love-addicted woman, Joy, who experiences true intimacy through playing music with a reclusive man. Originally slated to star opposite deGuzman, Duplass’s shooting schedule became too busy and he had to bow out. He set deGuzman up with producer Jen Roskind (HBO’s “Animals”), writer Sarah Adina Smith, and director Suzi Yoonessi.
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- 7/29/2016
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
“We all need to be someone’s Margaret Cho,” said Anna Akana, in a speech she delivered accepting an award celebrating Asians in entertainment.
Akana cited Cho’s career as the inspiration behind her own impressive one as actress, comedian, writer and producer — which all stems from her 1.5 million YouTube subscribers. “It is all thanks to seeing that one face on the screen that looked like mine.”
“The most you can do is try to affect change in the work you create,” Akana told IndieWire at VidCon last month. “We all have to band together and start demanding those changes.”
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Akana is proud to say that “Miss 2059” — the short form web series she developed with New Form Digital for Go90 — features only one white male actor. “Almost every person on screen is a person of color.
Akana cited Cho’s career as the inspiration behind her own impressive one as actress, comedian, writer and producer — which all stems from her 1.5 million YouTube subscribers. “It is all thanks to seeing that one face on the screen that looked like mine.”
“The most you can do is try to affect change in the work you create,” Akana told IndieWire at VidCon last month. “We all have to band together and start demanding those changes.”
Read More: YouTube’s Dilemma: Why Online Stars Struggle to Make Good Movies
Akana is proud to say that “Miss 2059” — the short form web series she developed with New Form Digital for Go90 — features only one white male actor. “Almost every person on screen is a person of color.
- 7/29/2016
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
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