When Ben DeBacker (Corey Fogelmanis), the nonbinary protagonist of Tommy Dorfman’s charming directorial debut I Wish You All the Best, decides to come out to their parents, the results are disastrous.
The conversation is rendered in flashes, adding a suspenseful layer to the melancholic moment. We see Ben reviewing notes on an index card; we watch them shuffle nervously to the kitchen. Before we know it, Ben is calling his estranged sister Hannah (Alexandra Daddario) for help. The North Carolina teen is crouched in a corner of a gas station grocery store with no shoes and holes in their socks. It’s only when Hannah shows up — worried and out of breath — that the gravity of the situation sets in.
Premiering at SXSW, I Wish You All the Best follows Ben as they recover from the emotional trauma of coming out to their parents and adjust to a new...
The conversation is rendered in flashes, adding a suspenseful layer to the melancholic moment. We see Ben reviewing notes on an index card; we watch them shuffle nervously to the kitchen. Before we know it, Ben is calling his estranged sister Hannah (Alexandra Daddario) for help. The North Carolina teen is crouched in a corner of a gas station grocery store with no shoes and holes in their socks. It’s only when Hannah shows up — worried and out of breath — that the gravity of the situation sets in.
Premiering at SXSW, I Wish You All the Best follows Ben as they recover from the emotional trauma of coming out to their parents and adjust to a new...
- 3/15/2024
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A first look teaser clip at the upcoming movie adaptation I Wish You All the Best has been revealed!
The new film marks the directorial debut for Tommy Dorfman and is based on the book of the same name by Mason Deaver.
Ahead of it’s release, a teaser clip featuring Lena Dunham and star Corey Fogelmanis has been released.
Learn more and watch the clip inside…
The upcoming movie follows Ben DeBacker (Fogelmanis), a non-binary teen who is thrown out of their house and forced to move in with their estranged older sister, Hannah (Alexandra Daddario), and her husband, Thomas (Cole Sprouse). Struggling with anxiety, they come out only to Hannah, Thomas, and their art teacher, Ms. Lyons (Dunham), while trying to keep a low profile at their new school. Ben’s attempts to survive junior year unnoticed are thwarted when Nathan (Miles Gutierrez-Riley), a funny and charismatic student,...
The new film marks the directorial debut for Tommy Dorfman and is based on the book of the same name by Mason Deaver.
Ahead of it’s release, a teaser clip featuring Lena Dunham and star Corey Fogelmanis has been released.
Learn more and watch the clip inside…
The upcoming movie follows Ben DeBacker (Fogelmanis), a non-binary teen who is thrown out of their house and forced to move in with their estranged older sister, Hannah (Alexandra Daddario), and her husband, Thomas (Cole Sprouse). Struggling with anxiety, they come out only to Hannah, Thomas, and their art teacher, Ms. Lyons (Dunham), while trying to keep a low profile at their new school. Ben’s attempts to survive junior year unnoticed are thwarted when Nathan (Miles Gutierrez-Riley), a funny and charismatic student,...
- 3/14/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Our first look at the 2024 SXSW Film & TV festival lineup has officially been unveiled, and will open with the highly-anticipated Netflix series “3 Body Problem,” co-created by David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, and Alexander Woo, screening Opening Night as a TV premiere. On the film front, David Leitch’s Ryan Gosling-starring actioner “The Fall Guy” is set as the fest’s Centerpiece screening.
This year’s festival runs from March 8 – 16 in Austin, Texas. Claudette Godfrey, VP of Film & TV, teased the 2024 slate in an official statement: “Buckle up, folks! The first wave of our spectacular lineup for SXSW 2024 is here. Brace yourselves for an epic mix of films, TV, and Xr experiences that will deliver a high-octane blend of entertainment and inspiration to our legendary audiences. We’re excited to open our TV Premieres with the must-see ‘3 Body Problem’ and thrilled to welcome ‘The Fall Guy’ as our explosive Centerpiece Screening.
This year’s festival runs from March 8 – 16 in Austin, Texas. Claudette Godfrey, VP of Film & TV, teased the 2024 slate in an official statement: “Buckle up, folks! The first wave of our spectacular lineup for SXSW 2024 is here. Brace yourselves for an epic mix of films, TV, and Xr experiences that will deliver a high-octane blend of entertainment and inspiration to our legendary audiences. We’re excited to open our TV Premieres with the must-see ‘3 Body Problem’ and thrilled to welcome ‘The Fall Guy’ as our explosive Centerpiece Screening.
- 1/10/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
To no surprise, My Life with the Walter Boys is returning for a second season. The Netflix young adult drama debuted two weeks ago, and it has topped the streamer's global TV list and received more than 20 million viewers since its release.
Starring Nikki Rodriguez, Noah Lalonde, Ashby Gentry, Johnny Link, Corey Fogelmanis, Connor Stanhope, Zoë Soul, Jaylan Evans, Sarah Rafferty, and Marc Blucas, the series follows Jackie (Rodriguez) as she moves in with her guardian Katherine and her family after the death of her own family. Trouble brews as Jackie deals with her feelings for two of Katherine’s sons.
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Starring Nikki Rodriguez, Noah Lalonde, Ashby Gentry, Johnny Link, Corey Fogelmanis, Connor Stanhope, Zoë Soul, Jaylan Evans, Sarah Rafferty, and Marc Blucas, the series follows Jackie (Rodriguez) as she moves in with her guardian Katherine and her family after the death of her own family. Trouble brews as Jackie deals with her feelings for two of Katherine’s sons.
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- 12/20/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Traina Productions, in association with Rbf Productions, has launched production in New Jersey on One Stupid Thing, a suspense/drama directed by Linda Yellen, and written by Yellen and Michael Leeds. The film stars Corey Fogelmanis (Girl Meets World), Jack Wright, Sky Katz (Surviving Summer), Shelby Simmons (Stargirl), and Alfredo Narciso (The Summer I Turned Pretty).
Three high school friends share a deeply bonded friendship, until one winter night on a Nantucket rooftop, a harmless game takes a fatal turn, and the course of their lives changes forever. For nearly a year, they keep what they did a secret until the following winter break when they meet a girl (Katz) with her own dark past who helps them uncover what really happened that night – and who is behind it.
“When I read the script, I loved that it featured four completely different young leads who are so bonded,...
Three high school friends share a deeply bonded friendship, until one winter night on a Nantucket rooftop, a harmless game takes a fatal turn, and the course of their lives changes forever. For nearly a year, they keep what they did a secret until the following winter break when they meet a girl (Katz) with her own dark past who helps them uncover what really happened that night – and who is behind it.
“When I read the script, I loved that it featured four completely different young leads who are so bonded,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mariko Tamaki’s graphic novel Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me is getting a live-action feature adaptation, with Tommy Dorfman signed on to direct.
Toronto-based Wildling Pictures and LA’s Mxn Entertainment will co-produce the romantic comedy. Dorfman is attached through her production company Down The Line Productions. Tamaki is writing the screenplay.
Synopsis reads: “Laura Dean is the most popular girl in school and Frederica ‘Freddie’ Riley’s dream girl. She has it all: charm, confidence, and charisma. But there’s one problem… Laura Dean keeps breaking up with her. The story follows Freddie’s journey to finding the courage to end her toxic relationship and regain her self-love, with the help of her best friends and a psychic.”
Tamaki’s graphic novel is billed as an emotional story with “powerful” social commentary, and was named by The Times of London as one of the top 100 young adult.
Toronto-based Wildling Pictures and LA’s Mxn Entertainment will co-produce the romantic comedy. Dorfman is attached through her production company Down The Line Productions. Tamaki is writing the screenplay.
Synopsis reads: “Laura Dean is the most popular girl in school and Frederica ‘Freddie’ Riley’s dream girl. She has it all: charm, confidence, and charisma. But there’s one problem… Laura Dean keeps breaking up with her. The story follows Freddie’s journey to finding the courage to end her toxic relationship and regain her self-love, with the help of her best friends and a psychic.”
Tamaki’s graphic novel is billed as an emotional story with “powerful” social commentary, and was named by The Times of London as one of the top 100 young adult.
- 12/12/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Corey Fogelmanis stars as Nathan in Netflix's My Life With the Walter Boys, rounding a stellar ensemble of young A-listers on the up-and-up.
Based on the young adult novel by Ali Novak, the hit series follows a young orphan girl named Jackie Howard (played by Nikki Rodriguez) who moves from Manhattan to rural Colorado as she is taken in by the Walter family, where she will live amongst their seven teenage sons.
After several appearances across TV and film, the coming-of-age drama marks a return to the genre for Fogelmanis after he previously had prominent roles in Disney's Girl Meets World and the horror hit, Ma.
Read full article on The Direct.
Based on the young adult novel by Ali Novak, the hit series follows a young orphan girl named Jackie Howard (played by Nikki Rodriguez) who moves from Manhattan to rural Colorado as she is taken in by the Walter family, where she will live amongst their seven teenage sons.
After several appearances across TV and film, the coming-of-age drama marks a return to the genre for Fogelmanis after he previously had prominent roles in Disney's Girl Meets World and the horror hit, Ma.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 12/11/2023
- by Klein Felt
- The Direct
Exclusive: Eric Dane (Euphoria), Maia Mitchell (Good Trouble), Tyriq Withers (Atlanta) and Thomas Doherty (Gossip Girl) have been set to star in Family Secrets, a new thriller from Matt Kaplan’s Ace Entertainment.
Currently in production in Montenegro, the film follows a charming young man (Withers) who makes himself part of a destination wedding to exact revenge on the family’s patriarch (Dane) by seducing his affluent goddaughter (Mitchell) and befriending the groom-to-be (Doherty). But as their relationship gets steamier, the truth gets closer to the surface, forcing the question of whether anyone is safe… and who is conning who?
Directing the pic is Malik Vitthal, the filmmaker best known for his law enforcement horror Body Cam starring Mary J. Blige and Nat Wolff, as well as the John Boyega Netflix drama Imperial Dreams, which won the Best of Next! Audience Award at Sundance. Writers of the most recent draft...
Currently in production in Montenegro, the film follows a charming young man (Withers) who makes himself part of a destination wedding to exact revenge on the family’s patriarch (Dane) by seducing his affluent goddaughter (Mitchell) and befriending the groom-to-be (Doherty). But as their relationship gets steamier, the truth gets closer to the surface, forcing the question of whether anyone is safe… and who is conning who?
Directing the pic is Malik Vitthal, the filmmaker best known for his law enforcement horror Body Cam starring Mary J. Blige and Nat Wolff, as well as the John Boyega Netflix drama Imperial Dreams, which won the Best of Next! Audience Award at Sundance. Writers of the most recent draft...
- 12/7/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
When a classmate learns that new girl Jackie (Nikki Rodriguez) has recently moved in with the Walter family, she practically squeals with excitement. “You’re like the luckiest girl in this whole school,” she gushes, describing Jackie’s situation as “boy heaven.”
The comment is more than a little tactless, considering Jackie was only taken in by the Walters after losing her entire family in a car accident. But it’s also an accurate diagnosis of the fantasy that Netflix’s My Life With the Walter Boys is meant to represent, in which prim and pretty Jackie finds herself living among all the most eligible teenage bachelors in town. Alas, dull characters and sluggish pacing put a damper on the daydream before it ever has a chance to properly ignite.
The single most striking scene of My Life With the Walter Boys comes very early on, when ex-New Yorker Jackie...
The comment is more than a little tactless, considering Jackie was only taken in by the Walters after losing her entire family in a car accident. But it’s also an accurate diagnosis of the fantasy that Netflix’s My Life With the Walter Boys is meant to represent, in which prim and pretty Jackie finds herself living among all the most eligible teenage bachelors in town. Alas, dull characters and sluggish pacing put a damper on the daydream before it ever has a chance to properly ignite.
The single most striking scene of My Life With the Walter Boys comes very early on, when ex-New Yorker Jackie...
- 12/7/2023
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We hope you're not tired of love triangles yet!
We're trading in Belly and the Fisher brothers at Cousins Beach for Jackie and the Walter brothers in Silver Falls, Colorado.
If the Prime Video series The Summer I Turned Pretty was of interest to you during the summer, then you'll love Netflix's My Life With the Walter Boys, premiering this winter!
The latest book-to-screen adaptation, My Life With the Walter Boys, promises a delightful coming-of-age young adult and family drama with an impressive cast filled with familiar faces.
The series is based on the book of the same name by Ali Novak.
On My Block's Nikki Rodriguez stars as Jackie Howard, a 15-year-old, buttoned-up, and gifted Manhattanite with dreams of attending Princeton whose life gets upturned after the tragic loss of her mother.
Suddenly, everything she knows changes when she must trade in the concrete jungle on the East...
We're trading in Belly and the Fisher brothers at Cousins Beach for Jackie and the Walter brothers in Silver Falls, Colorado.
If the Prime Video series The Summer I Turned Pretty was of interest to you during the summer, then you'll love Netflix's My Life With the Walter Boys, premiering this winter!
The latest book-to-screen adaptation, My Life With the Walter Boys, promises a delightful coming-of-age young adult and family drama with an impressive cast filled with familiar faces.
The series is based on the book of the same name by Ali Novak.
On My Block's Nikki Rodriguez stars as Jackie Howard, a 15-year-old, buttoned-up, and gifted Manhattanite with dreams of attending Princeton whose life gets upturned after the tragic loss of her mother.
Suddenly, everything she knows changes when she must trade in the concrete jungle on the East...
- 11/9/2023
- by Jasmine Blu
- TVfanatic
Netflix is unveiling a first look at their upcoming new drama series My Life With the Walter Boys!
The new series is based off the novel of the same name by Ali Novak, and hails from The Kissing Booth producers at iGeneration Studios.
There will be ten episodes of the show, and it will debut in just one month.
Learn more and watch the trailer inside…
Here’s a synopsis: My Life With the Walter Boys is a heartwarming coming of age story that follows fifteen-year-old Manhattanite Jackie Howard after losing her family in a tragic accident. Jackie leaves behind her privileged and proper life in New York and moves to rural Colorado to be with her guardian – her mother’s best friend, Katherine, who is raising ten kids with her husband, George. While settling into her new, chaotic countryside home, Jackie is determined to stay focused on her dream of getting into Princeton…...
The new series is based off the novel of the same name by Ali Novak, and hails from The Kissing Booth producers at iGeneration Studios.
There will be ten episodes of the show, and it will debut in just one month.
Learn more and watch the trailer inside…
Here’s a synopsis: My Life With the Walter Boys is a heartwarming coming of age story that follows fifteen-year-old Manhattanite Jackie Howard after losing her family in a tragic accident. Jackie leaves behind her privileged and proper life in New York and moves to rural Colorado to be with her guardian – her mother’s best friend, Katherine, who is raising ten kids with her husband, George. While settling into her new, chaotic countryside home, Jackie is determined to stay focused on her dream of getting into Princeton…...
- 11/8/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Netflix has dropped the first trailer for My Life With The Walter Boys, its coming-of-age romance series based on the popular Wattpad novel by Ali Novak, starring Nikki Rodriguez (On My Block), Suits alum Sarah Rafferty and Marc Blucas (Swagger).
The story follows fifteen-year-old Manhattanite Jackie Howard (Rodriguez) after losing her family in a tragic accident. Jackie leaves behind her privileged and proper life in New York and moves to rural Colorado to be with her guardian – her mother’s best friend, Katherine (Rafferty), who is raising ten kids with her husband, George (Blucas). While settling into her new, chaotic countryside home, Jackie is determined to stay focused on her dream of getting into Princeton…all while wrapping her head around her feelings for two very different Walter brothers: the reliable and bookish Alex, and the mysterious and troubled Cole. As Jackie tries to navigate her new life, the feelings...
The story follows fifteen-year-old Manhattanite Jackie Howard (Rodriguez) after losing her family in a tragic accident. Jackie leaves behind her privileged and proper life in New York and moves to rural Colorado to be with her guardian – her mother’s best friend, Katherine (Rafferty), who is raising ten kids with her husband, George (Blucas). While settling into her new, chaotic countryside home, Jackie is determined to stay focused on her dream of getting into Princeton…all while wrapping her head around her feelings for two very different Walter brothers: the reliable and bookish Alex, and the mysterious and troubled Cole. As Jackie tries to navigate her new life, the feelings...
- 11/8/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The first trailer for the upcoming Netflix series “My Life With the Walter Boys” is here. Newcomer Nikki Rodriguez is set to break hearts when the show, which is based on the acclaimed novel by Ali Novak, premieres on Dec. 7. Watch the trailer at the top of the page now.
Rodriguez’s Jackie Howard is a 15-year-old who finds herself uprooted from Manhattan to rural Colorado after the unexpected deaths of her family. Jackie is curious about her new home and city but is focused on returning to the Northeast and getting into Princeton.
In the wake of her enormous loss, Jackie is taken in by her mom’s best friend, Katherine (played by “Suits” star Sarah Rafferty) and her husband George (Marc Blucas). The pair are already raising ten children in a home Jackie’s classmate describes as “boy heaven,” and from the looks of it, two of those...
Rodriguez’s Jackie Howard is a 15-year-old who finds herself uprooted from Manhattan to rural Colorado after the unexpected deaths of her family. Jackie is curious about her new home and city but is focused on returning to the Northeast and getting into Princeton.
In the wake of her enormous loss, Jackie is taken in by her mom’s best friend, Katherine (played by “Suits” star Sarah Rafferty) and her husband George (Marc Blucas). The pair are already raising ten children in a home Jackie’s classmate describes as “boy heaven,” and from the looks of it, two of those...
- 11/8/2023
- by Stephanie Kaloi
- The Wrap
Move over, “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” There’s a new girl-caught-between-brothers triangle in town.
Netflix debuted the trailer for the upcoming romantic coming-of-age series “My Life With the Walter Boys,” set for a Dec. 7 release. Adapted from Ali Novak’s novel of the same name, “My Life The Walter Boys” comes from the producers behind Netflix’s “The Kissing Booth” film trilogy.
The series tracks the journey of 15-year-old Jackie (Nikki Rodriguez), whose privileged Manhattan upbringing is uprooted after her family dies in an accident. When her mother’s best friend Katherine (Sarah Rafferty) and her husband, George (Marc Blucas) become her new guardians, she uproots her New York City life to Colorado. Her new life couldn’t be more different, as George and Katherine are raising 10 children — including the studious Alex (Ashby Gentry) and troubled Cole (Noah Lalonde).
Nikki Rodriguez and Noah Lalonde
The series also stars Connor Stanhope,...
Netflix debuted the trailer for the upcoming romantic coming-of-age series “My Life With the Walter Boys,” set for a Dec. 7 release. Adapted from Ali Novak’s novel of the same name, “My Life The Walter Boys” comes from the producers behind Netflix’s “The Kissing Booth” film trilogy.
The series tracks the journey of 15-year-old Jackie (Nikki Rodriguez), whose privileged Manhattan upbringing is uprooted after her family dies in an accident. When her mother’s best friend Katherine (Sarah Rafferty) and her husband, George (Marc Blucas) become her new guardians, she uproots her New York City life to Colorado. Her new life couldn’t be more different, as George and Katherine are raising 10 children — including the studious Alex (Ashby Gentry) and troubled Cole (Noah Lalonde).
Nikki Rodriguez and Noah Lalonde
The series also stars Connor Stanhope,...
- 11/8/2023
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Cole Sprouse Joins Tommy Dorfman’s Directorial Debut ‘I Wish You All The Best’ For Ace Entertainment
Exclusive: Riverdale‘s Cole Sprouse is the newest addition to the cast of the Ace Entertainment’s drama I Wish You All the Best, based on Mason Deaver’s 2019 bestseller of the same name.
The first feature written, directed and produced by Tommy Dorfman will have him starring alongside Corey Fogelmanis, Alexandra Daddario, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Amy Landecker, Judson Mills, Lexi Underwood, Lisa Yamada and Brian Michael Smith.
I Wish You All the Best tells the story of the creative, bright and introverted Ben (Fogelmanis), a non-binary teen who has spent their life pretending to be the perfect “son” to their ultra-religious Southern parents. When Ben is kicked out of the house and moves in with their estranged sister, they embark upon a journey of self-discovery that teaches them about love, friendship and family.
Sprouse will play Ben’s brother-in-law Thomas who, alongside their wife Hannah (Daddario), takes Ben in after...
The first feature written, directed and produced by Tommy Dorfman will have him starring alongside Corey Fogelmanis, Alexandra Daddario, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Amy Landecker, Judson Mills, Lexi Underwood, Lisa Yamada and Brian Michael Smith.
I Wish You All the Best tells the story of the creative, bright and introverted Ben (Fogelmanis), a non-binary teen who has spent their life pretending to be the perfect “son” to their ultra-religious Southern parents. When Ben is kicked out of the house and moves in with their estranged sister, they embark upon a journey of self-discovery that teaches them about love, friendship and family.
Sprouse will play Ben’s brother-in-law Thomas who, alongside their wife Hannah (Daddario), takes Ben in after...
- 12/6/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: UTA has signed writer, director, performer and producer Tommy Dorfman for worldwide representation in all areas.
Dorfman is currently in post-production on her first feature I Wish You All the Best, which she directed and produced from her own script. The project, starring Alexandra Daddario and Corey Fogelmanis, is based on Mason Deaver’s eponymous novel, which Dorfman optioned in 2019. It focuses on a non-binary teen who embarks on a journey of self-discovery after being kicked out of their home by their conservative parents and moving in with their estranged sister.
Matt Kaplan is producing Dorfman’s first feature for Ace Entertainment (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before franchise), with Aubrey Bendix and Braden Bochner overseeing production for the company. James Harris is exec producing on behalf of TeaShop Films.
Dorfman started her career as an actress, most recently appearing alongside Lena Dunham in her Sundance-premiering film Sharp Stick...
Dorfman is currently in post-production on her first feature I Wish You All the Best, which she directed and produced from her own script. The project, starring Alexandra Daddario and Corey Fogelmanis, is based on Mason Deaver’s eponymous novel, which Dorfman optioned in 2019. It focuses on a non-binary teen who embarks on a journey of self-discovery after being kicked out of their home by their conservative parents and moving in with their estranged sister.
Matt Kaplan is producing Dorfman’s first feature for Ace Entertainment (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before franchise), with Aubrey Bendix and Braden Bochner overseeing production for the company. James Harris is exec producing on behalf of TeaShop Films.
Dorfman started her career as an actress, most recently appearing alongside Lena Dunham in her Sundance-premiering film Sharp Stick...
- 11/30/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Corey Fogelmanis (Ma) has been tapped to lead the drama I Wish You All the Best, based on Mason Deaver’s bestselling 2019 novel of the same name, which Tommy Dorfman will write, direct and produce for Ace Entertainment.
Others set for Dorfman’s first feature, which had previously cast The White Lotus‘ Alexandra Daddario, include Miles Gutierrez-Riley (The Wilds), Amy Landecker (Your Honor), Judson Mills (Westworld), Lexi Underwood (The First Lady), Lisa Yamada (Never Have I Ever) and Brian Michael Smith (9-1-1: Lone Star).
I Wish You All the Best will have Fogelmanis play the creative, bright and introverted Ben, a non-binary teen who has spent their life pretending to be the perfect “son” to their ultra-religious Southern parents. When Ben is kicked out of the house and moves in with their estranged sister, they embark upon a journey of self-discovery that teaches them about love, friendship and family.
Others set for Dorfman’s first feature, which had previously cast The White Lotus‘ Alexandra Daddario, include Miles Gutierrez-Riley (The Wilds), Amy Landecker (Your Honor), Judson Mills (Westworld), Lexi Underwood (The First Lady), Lisa Yamada (Never Have I Ever) and Brian Michael Smith (9-1-1: Lone Star).
I Wish You All the Best will have Fogelmanis play the creative, bright and introverted Ben, a non-binary teen who has spent their life pretending to be the perfect “son” to their ultra-religious Southern parents. When Ben is kicked out of the house and moves in with their estranged sister, they embark upon a journey of self-discovery that teaches them about love, friendship and family.
- 11/4/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Anne Heche (13 Minutes), Dermot Mulroney (Umma) and McKaley Miller (Ma) will topline Full Ride, an upcoming horror-thriller from directors Jerren Lauder (The Inhabitant) and Beth Hanna (The Reappearance), which has wrapped production in Georgia. Quiver Distribution holds worldwide rights and is planning an early 2023 release.
The film centers on the straight-edge Eden (Miller), who after being waitlisted at Yale, attends a coveted ‘Heaven and Hell’ party, in the hopes of receiving a letter of recommendation from the wealthy parents of her well-connected classmate. But things aren’t what they seem and the party quickly turns into a fight for her life.
Joshua Russell, Kevin Greene, Seth Ingram, Michael Dunaway, Mark Goldberg and Gerald T. Olson are producing Full Ride. Quiver Co-Presidents Berry Meyerowitz and Jeff Sackman exec producing alongside Larry Greenberg.
“Full Ride is a chilling critique of the politics surrounding college admissions while simultaneously providing plenty of suspense,...
The film centers on the straight-edge Eden (Miller), who after being waitlisted at Yale, attends a coveted ‘Heaven and Hell’ party, in the hopes of receiving a letter of recommendation from the wealthy parents of her well-connected classmate. But things aren’t what they seem and the party quickly turns into a fight for her life.
Joshua Russell, Kevin Greene, Seth Ingram, Michael Dunaway, Mark Goldberg and Gerald T. Olson are producing Full Ride. Quiver Co-Presidents Berry Meyerowitz and Jeff Sackman exec producing alongside Larry Greenberg.
“Full Ride is a chilling critique of the politics surrounding college admissions while simultaneously providing plenty of suspense,...
- 5/12/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Nikki Rodriguez has been cast as the lead in the upcoming drama series “My Life With the Walter Boys,” Netflix has announced.
Based on the popular Wattpad book by Ali Novak, “My Life With the Walter Boys,” the series stars Rodriguez as Jackie Howard, a 15-year old girl who loses her family in a tragic accident. She moves to Colorado to live with her mother’s old friend, who has 10 children of her own. Sarah Rafferty and Marc Blucas will play Jackie’s new guardians, veterinarian Dr. Katherine Walter and her husband rancher husband George. Noah Lalonde, Ashby Gentry, Connor Stanhope, Johnny Link and Corey Fogelmanis play Jackie’s new adoptive brothers. Zoë Soul and Jaylan Evans round out the main cast of the series, while Dean Petriw, Lennix James, Alix West Lefler, Alisha Newton, Ashley Tavares, Moheb Jindran, Ellie O’Brien, Mya Lowe and Gabrielle Jacinto will play recurring roles.
Based on the popular Wattpad book by Ali Novak, “My Life With the Walter Boys,” the series stars Rodriguez as Jackie Howard, a 15-year old girl who loses her family in a tragic accident. She moves to Colorado to live with her mother’s old friend, who has 10 children of her own. Sarah Rafferty and Marc Blucas will play Jackie’s new guardians, veterinarian Dr. Katherine Walter and her husband rancher husband George. Noah Lalonde, Ashby Gentry, Connor Stanhope, Johnny Link and Corey Fogelmanis play Jackie’s new adoptive brothers. Zoë Soul and Jaylan Evans round out the main cast of the series, while Dean Petriw, Lennix James, Alix West Lefler, Alisha Newton, Ashley Tavares, Moheb Jindran, Ellie O’Brien, Mya Lowe and Gabrielle Jacinto will play recurring roles.
- 4/21/2022
- by Wilson Chapman and Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
The next installment of NatGeo’s Genius franchise will follow two subjects: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, and thus be titled Genius: MLK/X.
“The fourth season will explore the formative years, pioneering accomplishments, dueling philosophies and key personal relationships of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X,” per the official description. “While King advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest, Malcolm X argued forcefully for Black empowerment, identity and self-determination. With their formidable wives, Coretta Scott King and Betty Shabazz, by their sides, King and Malcolm X became synonymous with the civil rights era and the fight for racial and economic justice.
“The fourth season will explore the formative years, pioneering accomplishments, dueling philosophies and key personal relationships of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X,” per the official description. “While King advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest, Malcolm X argued forcefully for Black empowerment, identity and self-determination. With their formidable wives, Coretta Scott King and Betty Shabazz, by their sides, King and Malcolm X became synonymous with the civil rights era and the fight for racial and economic justice.
- 4/20/2022
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Netflix has started production in Calgary on a new coming-of-age romance series. Based on the popular WattPad novel by Ali Novak, My Life with the Walter Boys has set its series regulars and recurring cast. “Following the loss of her family in a tragic accident, 15-year old Manhattanite Jackie Howard has to learn to adapt to a new life in rural Colorado with her guardian — and 10 very rowdy boys,” reads the logline. Nikki Rodriguez, Noah Lalonde, Ashby Gentry, Sarah Rafferty, Marc Blucas, Connor Stanhope, Johnny Link, Zoë Soul, Corey Fogelmanis, and Jaylan Evans are series regulars. Recurring are Dean Petriw, Lennix James, Alix West Lefler, Alisha Newton, Ashley Tavares, Moheb Jindran, Ellie O’Brien, Mya Lowe, and Gabrielle Jacinto. Rodriguez stars as Jackie, who’s from a well-to-do New York Upper West Side family and a true Manhattanite. Her focus is on her studies, not drinking, partying, or meeting boys, and her goal is Princeton.
- 4/20/2022
- TV Insider
Exclusive: Netflix has assembled the cast for My Life With the Walter Boys, its coming-of-age romance series based on the popular WattPad novel by Ali Novak, which has nearly 80 million reads.
Nikki Rodriguez (On My Block) is set as the lead Jackie Howard in the project, with Suits alumna Sarah Rafferty and Marc Blucas (Swagger) as the Walter parents and Noah Lalonde (Asbury Park), Ashby Gentry (Are You Afraid of the Dark?), Connor Stanhope, Johnny Link and Corey Fogelmanis as five of the titular Walter boys. Zoë Soul and Jaylan Evans round out the series regular cast of the 10-episode series, which has begun production in Calgary.
Dean Petriw, Lennix James, Alix West Lefler, Alisha Newton, Ashley Tavares, Moheb Jindran, Ellie O’Brien, Mya Lowe and Gabrielle Jacinto have been cast as recurring in the show, from iGeneration Studios (The Kissing Booth trilogy) and Sony Pictures Television, International Production.
Created by Melanie Halsall,...
Nikki Rodriguez (On My Block) is set as the lead Jackie Howard in the project, with Suits alumna Sarah Rafferty and Marc Blucas (Swagger) as the Walter parents and Noah Lalonde (Asbury Park), Ashby Gentry (Are You Afraid of the Dark?), Connor Stanhope, Johnny Link and Corey Fogelmanis as five of the titular Walter boys. Zoë Soul and Jaylan Evans round out the series regular cast of the 10-episode series, which has begun production in Calgary.
Dean Petriw, Lennix James, Alix West Lefler, Alisha Newton, Ashley Tavares, Moheb Jindran, Ellie O’Brien, Mya Lowe and Gabrielle Jacinto have been cast as recurring in the show, from iGeneration Studios (The Kissing Booth trilogy) and Sony Pictures Television, International Production.
Created by Melanie Halsall,...
- 4/20/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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“Don’t make me drink alone!”
What starts out as a teenager’s dream turns into a terrifying nightmare in Ma, the suspenseful thriller from Blumhouse, the producers of Get Out and Happy Death Day, arriving on Digital August 20, 2019 and on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand September 3, 2019 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Fans can now discover more than 20 minutes of thrilling bonus features not seen in theaters including a never-before-seen alternate ending, alternate and deleted scenes, and featurettes that take fans deeper into the unusual and unsettling world of Ma. Starring Oscar® winner Octavia Spencer, the stirring and suspense-filled horror film “makes you cringe in all the right places” and is packed with unexpected twists and turns that will have viewers on the edge of their seat from start to finish.
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“Don’t make me drink alone!”
What starts out as a teenager’s dream turns into a terrifying nightmare in Ma, the suspenseful thriller from Blumhouse, the producers of Get Out and Happy Death Day, arriving on Digital August 20, 2019 and on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand September 3, 2019 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Fans can now discover more than 20 minutes of thrilling bonus features not seen in theaters including a never-before-seen alternate ending, alternate and deleted scenes, and featurettes that take fans deeper into the unusual and unsettling world of Ma. Starring Oscar® winner Octavia Spencer, the stirring and suspense-filled horror film “makes you cringe in all the right places” and is packed with unexpected twists and turns that will have viewers on the edge of their seat from start to finish.
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Now you can win the Win the Blu-ray of Ma. We Are Movie Geeks has one copy to give away.
- 8/12/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
There were plenty of surfboards to go around to celebrate the 2019 Teen Choice Awards.
For weeks, fans voted both online and via social media for their favorite celebrities, movies, TV shows, songs and more to win. On Sunday, the results were presented, for the first time ever, at Hermosa Beach, California, to honor those that came out on top.
Pretty Little Liars‘ Lucy Hale and YouTuber David Dobrik co-hosted the live show, which included performances from OneRepublic, Mabel and Jordan McGraw and Sarah Hyland.
Check out the full list of winners below. (Winners are bolded.)
Movies
Choice Action Movie
Ant-Man...
For weeks, fans voted both online and via social media for their favorite celebrities, movies, TV shows, songs and more to win. On Sunday, the results were presented, for the first time ever, at Hermosa Beach, California, to honor those that came out on top.
Pretty Little Liars‘ Lucy Hale and YouTuber David Dobrik co-hosted the live show, which included performances from OneRepublic, Mabel and Jordan McGraw and Sarah Hyland.
Check out the full list of winners below. (Winners are bolded.)
Movies
Choice Action Movie
Ant-Man...
- 8/12/2019
- by Eric Todisco
- PEOPLE.com
This is a big month for young filmmaker Mike Gan, a USC graduate and Beijing native who is notching writer-director credits on two film projects, one for television and the other an indie film for theatrical release.
First, on Hulu, Gan has the just-released School Spirit, a campus horror film with an outsider-kids-in-detention plot that is equal parts Breakfast Club and Scream. The slasher is the newest installment in Blumhouse’s Into The Dark showcase series on Hulu and stars Corey Fogelmanis (Ma) and Annie Q. (The Leftovers).
Second, on Aug. 23, Gan makes his feature film theatrical debut with Burn, a thriller set in a gas station where a would-be bandit portrayed by Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) is captured by employees. The eOne and Momentum Pictures production (which was shot under the name Plume) also stars Suki Waterhouse, Tilda Cobham Hervey,...
First, on Hulu, Gan has the just-released School Spirit, a campus horror film with an outsider-kids-in-detention plot that is equal parts Breakfast Club and Scream. The slasher is the newest installment in Blumhouse’s Into The Dark showcase series on Hulu and stars Corey Fogelmanis (Ma) and Annie Q. (The Leftovers).
Second, on Aug. 23, Gan makes his feature film theatrical debut with Burn, a thriller set in a gas station where a would-be bandit portrayed by Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) is captured by employees. The eOne and Momentum Pictures production (which was shot under the name Plume) also stars Suki Waterhouse, Tilda Cobham Hervey,...
- 8/5/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Set against the classic Breakfast Club-esque backdrop of a weekend detention attended by high school students from different social circles, the official trailer has been revealed for School Spirit, the August installment of Hulu and Blumhouse's Into the Dark horror anthology series.
Directed by Mike Gan from a screenplay written by Patrick Casey and Josh Miller, School Spirit stars Corey Fogelmanis, Annie Q, Jessi Case, Julian Works, Philip Labes, and Hugo Armstrong.
Below, you can watch the official trailer before School Spirit premieres on Hulu beginning Friday, August 2nd.
"A group of social outcasts who are stuck in weekend detention are confronted by the school's legendary hauntings."
The post Detention Turns Deadly in Official Trailer for Into The Dark: School Spirit appeared first on Daily Dead.
Directed by Mike Gan from a screenplay written by Patrick Casey and Josh Miller, School Spirit stars Corey Fogelmanis, Annie Q, Jessi Case, Julian Works, Philip Labes, and Hugo Armstrong.
Below, you can watch the official trailer before School Spirit premieres on Hulu beginning Friday, August 2nd.
"A group of social outcasts who are stuck in weekend detention are confronted by the school's legendary hauntings."
The post Detention Turns Deadly in Official Trailer for Into The Dark: School Spirit appeared first on Daily Dead.
- 7/26/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
At Ma's, you can party all you want in the basement, as long as you don't go upstairs... Following its theatrical run earlier this summer, Ma is making house calls late this summer when Universal releases the new Blumhouse horror movie on Digital on August 20th, followed by a September 3rd Blu-ray, DVD, and On Demand release that includes a new alternate ending and deleted scenes.
Check out the cover art and press release with more details below, and in case you missed it, we discussed Ma on a recent episode of Corpse Club!
Press Release: Universal City, California, July 16, 2019 – What starts out as a teenager’s dream turns into a terrifying nightmare in Ma, the suspenseful thriller from Blumhouse, the producers of Get Out and Happy Death Day, arriving on Digital August 20, 2019 and on Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand September 3, 2019 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Fans can now discover...
Check out the cover art and press release with more details below, and in case you missed it, we discussed Ma on a recent episode of Corpse Club!
Press Release: Universal City, California, July 16, 2019 – What starts out as a teenager’s dream turns into a terrifying nightmare in Ma, the suspenseful thriller from Blumhouse, the producers of Get Out and Happy Death Day, arriving on Digital August 20, 2019 and on Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand September 3, 2019 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Fans can now discover...
- 7/16/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
“School Spirit” Launches Exclusively on Hulu, Friday, August 2, 2019. Cast: Corey Fogelmanis, Annie Q (The Leftovers), Jessi Case (Mother’s Day), Julian Works (Paranormal Activity), Philip Labes (Glow) and Hugo Armstrong Crew: Written by Pat Casey and Josh Miller (Sonic the Hedgehog), directed …
The post The Breakfast Club meets Blumhouse in School Spirit Starring Corey Fogelmanis and Annie Q appeared first on Hnn | Horrornews.net.
The post The Breakfast Club meets Blumhouse in School Spirit Starring Corey Fogelmanis and Annie Q appeared first on Hnn | Horrornews.net.
- 7/14/2019
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Blumhouse recently took Halloween to that franchise’s highest performance and now returns to another genre classic with an upgrade engineered for today: Black Christmas.
Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. One by one, sorority girls on campus are being killed by an unknown stalker. But the killer is about to discover that this generation’s young women aren’t willing to become hapless victims as they mount a fight to the finish.
This December, on Friday the 13th, ring in the holidays by dreaming of a Black Christmas.
From director Sophia Takal (Always Shine) from the script she wrote with April Wolfe (Widower), comes a bold new take on the 1974 horror classic starring Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon (Charmed), Brittany O’Grady (Star), Lily Donoghue and Caleb Eberhardt (Broadway’s Choir Boy).
Black Christmas is produced by Jason Blum for his Blumhouse Productions.
Blum is a three-time Academy...
Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. One by one, sorority girls on campus are being killed by an unknown stalker. But the killer is about to discover that this generation’s young women aren’t willing to become hapless victims as they mount a fight to the finish.
This December, on Friday the 13th, ring in the holidays by dreaming of a Black Christmas.
From director Sophia Takal (Always Shine) from the script she wrote with April Wolfe (Widower), comes a bold new take on the 1974 horror classic starring Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon (Charmed), Brittany O’Grady (Star), Lily Donoghue and Caleb Eberhardt (Broadway’s Choir Boy).
Black Christmas is produced by Jason Blum for his Blumhouse Productions.
Blum is a three-time Academy...
- 6/13/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Corey Fogelmanis (Ma), Annie Q. (The Leftovers), Jessi Case (Mother’s Day), Julian Works (9-1-1), Philip Labes (The Oa), and Hugo Armstrong (Fear The Walking Dead) have been cast in an installment of Hulu’s Into The Dark, a monthly horror event series from Blumhouse Television.
The Into the Dark series includes 12 feature-length episodes, released each month over one year and inspired by a holiday, featuring Blumhouse’s signature genre/thriller spin on the story.
All six will appear in the “School Spirit” installment, directed by Mike Gan, and written by Patrick Casy, Josh Miller and Gan. It follows a group of social outcasts who are stuck in weekend detention and then confronted by the school’s legendary hauntings. The installment will premiere August 2 on Hulu.
Fogelmanis recently appeared in the Blumhouse Productions film, Ma, the latest micro-budget collaboration for Universal that grossed an estimated $21 million at the worldwide box office this weekend.
The Into the Dark series includes 12 feature-length episodes, released each month over one year and inspired by a holiday, featuring Blumhouse’s signature genre/thriller spin on the story.
All six will appear in the “School Spirit” installment, directed by Mike Gan, and written by Patrick Casy, Josh Miller and Gan. It follows a group of social outcasts who are stuck in weekend detention and then confronted by the school’s legendary hauntings. The installment will premiere August 2 on Hulu.
Fogelmanis recently appeared in the Blumhouse Productions film, Ma, the latest micro-budget collaboration for Universal that grossed an estimated $21 million at the worldwide box office this weekend.
- 6/5/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
[Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you haven’t seen “Ma.”]
Octavia Spencer does some crazy, crazy stuff in “Ma,” from locking up teenagers to sewing their mouths shut. The actress was game for a lot, director Tate Taylor tells TheWrap, but was scared of shooting one particular scene in the horror movie.
“She was so game, her favorite guilty pleasure in real life is watching murder TV and forensic shows — she loves it,” Taylor said. “The only thing she wasn’t excited about was that huge explosion in the basement — that was real and it was scary.”
To calm Spencer down, Taylor said, a “really handsome” special effects guy gave her a big hug and told her: “Look me in the eye — we’ve got this.” In fact, the scene was incredibly difficult to shoot because they just had one day to shoot it.
See Video: Octavia Spencer Traumatizes Teenagers in Chilling 'Ma' First Trailer
Spencer plays Ma, a veterinary...
Octavia Spencer does some crazy, crazy stuff in “Ma,” from locking up teenagers to sewing their mouths shut. The actress was game for a lot, director Tate Taylor tells TheWrap, but was scared of shooting one particular scene in the horror movie.
“She was so game, her favorite guilty pleasure in real life is watching murder TV and forensic shows — she loves it,” Taylor said. “The only thing she wasn’t excited about was that huge explosion in the basement — that was real and it was scary.”
To calm Spencer down, Taylor said, a “really handsome” special effects guy gave her a big hug and told her: “Look me in the eye — we’ve got this.” In fact, the scene was incredibly difficult to shoot because they just had one day to shoot it.
See Video: Octavia Spencer Traumatizes Teenagers in Chilling 'Ma' First Trailer
Spencer plays Ma, a veterinary...
- 6/3/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros.’ “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” took first place at the box office this weekend, grossing $49 million domestically and a little lower than initial projections which pegged the film to open between $55-65 million.
In comparison, the 2014 “Godzilla” grossed $93.1 million in its opening weekend, and “Kong: Skull Island” ended up with a $61 million opening in March 2017. Overseas, the $170 million-budgeted movie took in $130 million — which is again under the $140 million international gross for the 2014 film.
“Godzilla: King of the Monsters” is directed by Michael Dougherty and finds the legendary kaiju monster facing off against his greatest titanic foes, including Mothra, Rodan and the three-headed dragon King Ghidorah. Its score of Rotten Tomatoes is 40% and its CinemaScore if B+.
Also Read: 'Godzilla: King of the Monsters' on Pace to Overtake 'Aladdin' at Box Office
Disney’s “Aladdin” came in as a close second with $42.3 million.
In comparison, the 2014 “Godzilla” grossed $93.1 million in its opening weekend, and “Kong: Skull Island” ended up with a $61 million opening in March 2017. Overseas, the $170 million-budgeted movie took in $130 million — which is again under the $140 million international gross for the 2014 film.
“Godzilla: King of the Monsters” is directed by Michael Dougherty and finds the legendary kaiju monster facing off against his greatest titanic foes, including Mothra, Rodan and the three-headed dragon King Ghidorah. Its score of Rotten Tomatoes is 40% and its CinemaScore if B+.
Also Read: 'Godzilla: King of the Monsters' on Pace to Overtake 'Aladdin' at Box Office
Disney’s “Aladdin” came in as a close second with $42.3 million.
- 6/2/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
High school can be hell. Between peer pressures and hormones, it’s a hotbed for drama, and it’s no wonder films about teenagers remain ripe for the big screen. Some directors build entire careers upon humanizing the teenage experience, but for every Fast Times at Ridgemont High, She’s All That, and American Graffiti, darker visions exist. Tate Taylor’s Ma is a film about high school in a different vein than Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart or Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird. It’s a bold mutation of the subgenre—a truth or consequences version that shines a light on cross-generational cause and effect. It’s also a strange, wild, messy, and uneven film that stands out as a completely balls-to-the-wall bonkers studio release. Octavia Spencer is a powerhouse from the get-go, yet I only wish the film recognized its potential to flesh out its compelling foundation.
Within its small-town setting,...
Within its small-town setting,...
- 6/1/2019
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
“Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” the follow-up to 2014’s “Godzilla” and 2017’s “Kong: Skull Island” in Warner Bros. and Legendary’s MonsterVerse, stomped into the Thursday box office and earned an impressive $6.3 million.
The latest “Godzilla” film will be locked into an epic battle with another behemoth as Disney’s “Aladdin” enters into its second weekend and hopes to hang onto the top spot at the box office. It also opens against Universal and Blumhouse’s horror film “Ma” starring Octavia Spencer and “Rocketman,” Paramount’s music biopic on the life of Elton John.
“King of the Monsters” is projected for an opening weekend between $55-65 million. It currently has a 41% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The previous “Godzilla” film earned $9.3 million at the Thursday box office in the summer of 2014 and opened to $93.1 million. “King of the Monsters” however is tracking closer to “Kong: Skull Island,” which earned $3.7 million in...
The latest “Godzilla” film will be locked into an epic battle with another behemoth as Disney’s “Aladdin” enters into its second weekend and hopes to hang onto the top spot at the box office. It also opens against Universal and Blumhouse’s horror film “Ma” starring Octavia Spencer and “Rocketman,” Paramount’s music biopic on the life of Elton John.
“King of the Monsters” is projected for an opening weekend between $55-65 million. It currently has a 41% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The previous “Godzilla” film earned $9.3 million at the Thursday box office in the summer of 2014 and opened to $93.1 million. “King of the Monsters” however is tracking closer to “Kong: Skull Island,” which earned $3.7 million in...
- 5/31/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Director Tate Taylor (The Help) was looking to make a movie for Octavia Spencer that would allow her to do something different than anything she’s ever done before. So, they teamed up to develop a new horror thriller called Ma.
The story centers on a lonely middle-aged woman who ends up befriending a group of teenage friends and letting them party in her basement. The relationship she starts to have with these kids becomes an obsession to her and it eventually turns into a terrifying ordeal for these teens as she starts to stalk them and as you’ve seen in the trailers… torture them.
Personally, I think they gave a little too much away in the trailers for the movie, but there are a few surprises and story twists that are revealed as the story unfolds. The movie is a fun horror-filled ride, though, and it’s one...
The story centers on a lonely middle-aged woman who ends up befriending a group of teenage friends and letting them party in her basement. The relationship she starts to have with these kids becomes an obsession to her and it eventually turns into a terrifying ordeal for these teens as she starts to stalk them and as you’ve seen in the trailers… torture them.
Personally, I think they gave a little too much away in the trailers for the movie, but there are a few surprises and story twists that are revealed as the story unfolds. The movie is a fun horror-filled ride, though, and it’s one...
- 5/31/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Later tonight, Octavia Spencer is bringing the party to theaters everywhere with Ma, but before it’s time to tap that keg, we have one final interview with co-star Corey Fogelmanis from the recent press day for Ma. During our conversation, Fogelmanis (who plays one of the main teens who gets wrapped up in Ma’s twisted endeavors) talked about taking the leap from Disney programming to psychological horror with Ma, his experiences working with his fellow co-stars, and the impact that Spencer had on everyone during production.
Look for Ma in theaters later tonight!
What was the initial appeal of Ma and how did you then get into the mindset of what Andy's role is in all of this and where he fits in with this dynamic between these kids and Ma?
Corey Fogelmanis: The initial appeal, to be quite honest, coming out of a Disney show, I've been...
Look for Ma in theaters later tonight!
What was the initial appeal of Ma and how did you then get into the mindset of what Andy's role is in all of this and where he fits in with this dynamic between these kids and Ma?
Corey Fogelmanis: The initial appeal, to be quite honest, coming out of a Disney show, I've been...
- 5/30/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Related: 50 Greatest Horror Movies of the 21st Century
The great Octavia Spencer, a three-time Oscar nominee and winner for The Help, recently decried the fact that starring roles in horror films have long been unfairly denied to women of color (Lupita Nyong’o in Us being an outstanding exception). So it’s a kick to see Spencer dig into the title role in Ma, a Blumhouse scarefest that tries but rarely lives up to the irresistible dynamo at its center.
Spencer plays Sue Ann, an assistant to a grouchy veterinarian...
The great Octavia Spencer, a three-time Oscar nominee and winner for The Help, recently decried the fact that starring roles in horror films have long been unfairly denied to women of color (Lupita Nyong’o in Us being an outstanding exception). So it’s a kick to see Spencer dig into the title role in Ma, a Blumhouse scarefest that tries but rarely lives up to the irresistible dynamo at its center.
Spencer plays Sue Ann, an assistant to a grouchy veterinarian...
- 5/29/2019
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Tate Taylor’s predatory party-animal thriller Ma breaks ground for Octavia Spencer’s career portfolio, but not the “Obsession Revenge” subgenre. As a character, “Ma” permits Spencer an outlet for normalized casting frustrations that have since been upturned when Blumhouse recognized the menace in her otherwise compassionate and typecasted eyes. As a film, Ma writes itself in circles of justification reliant on “kids will be kids” or “assholes will be assholes.” Don’t get me wrong, what teenager wouldn’t regularly attend fully-stocked basement ragers overseen by Bumblefutz, USA’s “coolest” – aka legendarily irresponsible – single adult? It’s more how, disappointingly, Taylor’s spiked Ya horror punch tastes of price-slashed subplot distilling versus premium neatness fit for Ma’s rockily shaken presence.
Ms. Spencer stars as hapless veterinarian assistant Sue Ann, a longtime resident of the same rural area code since (at least) high school. On the flipside are mother-daughter...
Ms. Spencer stars as hapless veterinarian assistant Sue Ann, a longtime resident of the same rural area code since (at least) high school. On the flipside are mother-daughter...
- 5/29/2019
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
As the title character of “Ma,” Octavia Spencer goes at the role of a friendly-on-the-outside, crazy-on-the-inside desperate stalker-pest in a way that befits a world-class actress who has chosen to star in a pumped-up B-movie. She does all she can to play the character as a real human being, and that accomplishes two things: It puts a bit of flesh on the clever/dumb bones of this Blumhouse production — a teen-flick variation on “Fatal Attraction,” with distant glimmers of “Carrie” as well as “Misery” and other revenge-of-the-nerd stalker thrillers. At the same time, Spencer’s humanity only makes the character seem that much creepier, which is a good thing.
You can’t take “Ma” seriously. It’s a squalid formula picture that’s too busy connecting dots, hitting beats, engineering situations designed to make you squirm. But you will squirm. And though even the youngest sector of the demo for...
You can’t take “Ma” seriously. It’s a squalid formula picture that’s too busy connecting dots, hitting beats, engineering situations designed to make you squirm. But you will squirm. And though even the youngest sector of the demo for...
- 5/29/2019
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Octavia Spencer spends the majority of “Ma” wearing pink cat scrubs and a purple-striped cardigan. When it’s time for one of her infamous ragers, she changes into an all-burgundy number with a matching ’90s-style puffy newsboy cap, as she scurries between her dreary office and the liquor store, where she buys booze for a group of local teenagers. If the whole point of director Tate Taylor’s overstuffed mess of mixed horror messages could be summarized in one redeeming line, it would be when Ma tells the kids, “They didn’t have whatever Fireball is, so I got something called After Shock.”
It’s endless fun to see Spencer in such a wildly different role; she won an Oscar for her previous teaming with Taylor in “The Help,” but that’s not enough to save “Ma” from thankless material. Produced by Blumhouse, the studio behind “Get Out” and “Us,...
It’s endless fun to see Spencer in such a wildly different role; she won an Oscar for her previous teaming with Taylor in “The Help,” but that’s not enough to save “Ma” from thankless material. Produced by Blumhouse, the studio behind “Get Out” and “Us,...
- 5/29/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
The thing I want most out of a movie is to be surprised, and while I thought I had Tate Taylor’s Ma pegged after everything that had been revealed in all the different ads, screenwriter Scotty Landes and the director still had a few cards up their proverbial sleeves that managed to keep me on my toes throughout their darkly comedic excursion into the realm of psychological horror. Without a doubt, Ma’s biggest asset is the unpredictable performance from Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, but the film also features some great acting work from the rest of its ensemble, and also manages to find some new ways to mine familiar genre tropes, making Ma one wild and wickedly fun thrill ride.
The setup of Ma is pretty standard, where we follow single mom Erica (Juliette Lewis), who is moving back to her hometown with her teenage daughter, Maggie (Diana Silvers), in tow,...
The setup of Ma is pretty standard, where we follow single mom Erica (Juliette Lewis), who is moving back to her hometown with her teenage daughter, Maggie (Diana Silvers), in tow,...
- 5/29/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Everybody’s welcome at Ma’s. But good luck getting home safe.
Oscar® winner Octavia Spencer stars as Sue Ann, a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own.
She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking and driving by hanging out in the basement of her home. But there are some house rules: One of the kids has to stay sober. Don’t curse. Never go upstairs. And call her “Ma.”
But as Ma’s hospitality starts to curdle into obsession, what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorizing nightmare, and Ma’s place goes from the best place in town to the worst place on earth.
Oscar® winner Octavia Spencer stars as Sue Ann, a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own.
She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking and driving by hanging out in the basement of her home. But there are some house rules: One of the kids has to stay sober. Don’t curse. Never go upstairs. And call her “Ma.”
But as Ma’s hospitality starts to curdle into obsession, what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorizing nightmare, and Ma’s place goes from the best place in town to the worst place on earth.
- 5/28/2019
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Octavia Spencer, Juliette Lewis, Corey Fogelmanis, Dante Brown, Gianni Paolo & McKaley Miller and Diana Silvers are interviewed for their new horror movie Ma from director Tate Taylor.
DaniElle DeLaite sat down with the cast to talk about the latest Blumhouse chiller which also stars Tanyell Waivers, Dominic Burgess, Heather Marie Pate, Tate Taylor, Luke Evans, Missi Pyle and Margaret Fegan.
Spencer talks about working with Tate Taylor on another film, following The Help, and how they were roommates when both starting out in the industry. The rest of the cast talk about the power of the film, and how creating a relatable and realistic backdrop heightens the terror.
Ma is out in UK and Us cinemas on the 31st of May, 2019.
Ma Cast Interviews
Plot:
In this new psychological horror-thriller from Tate Taylor and Blumhouse, a lonely woman befriends a group of teenagers and decides to let them party at her house.
DaniElle DeLaite sat down with the cast to talk about the latest Blumhouse chiller which also stars Tanyell Waivers, Dominic Burgess, Heather Marie Pate, Tate Taylor, Luke Evans, Missi Pyle and Margaret Fegan.
Spencer talks about working with Tate Taylor on another film, following The Help, and how they were roommates when both starting out in the industry. The rest of the cast talk about the power of the film, and how creating a relatable and realistic backdrop heightens the terror.
Ma is out in UK and Us cinemas on the 31st of May, 2019.
Ma Cast Interviews
Plot:
In this new psychological horror-thriller from Tate Taylor and Blumhouse, a lonely woman befriends a group of teenagers and decides to let them party at her house.
- 5/28/2019
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"How does it feel to be on the outside looking in?" Universal has debuted a second trailer (a new UK trailer) for the psychological horror thriller film Ma, another chilling new Blumhouse production. The first trailer dropped in February, this one is similar. Octavia Spencer stars in Ma as Sue Ann, a woman who befriends a group of teenagers and decides to let them hang out in her basement, to avoid drinking and driving. Just when the kids think their luck couldn't get any better, weird things start happening. Her hospitality starts to curdle into obsession. The full cast of this horror film includes Missi Pyle, Luke Evans, Juliette Lewis, Allison Janney, McKaley Miller, Diana Silvers, Dominic Burgess, Victor Turpin, Dante Brown, Kyanna Simone Simpson, Corey Fogelmanis, and Gianni Paolo. This is going to freak out the kids. Here's the second (new UK) official trailer for Tate Taylor's Ma,...
- 3/20/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Universal Pictures has debuted the international trailer for Tate Taylor’s ‘Ma’ and boy, is Octavia Spencer mad…
From Tate Taylor, the acclaimed director of The Help and Get On Up, and blockbuster producer Jason Blum comes a thriller anchored by the underrated Spencer.
Ma also stars Juliette Lewis (August: Osage County) as Maggie’s mom, Luke Evans (Beauty and the Beast) as a local dad, Missi Pyle (Gone Girl) as his girlfriend, and McKaley Miller (TV’s Hart of Dixie), Corey Fogelmanis (TV’s Girl Meets World), Gianni Paolo (TV’s Power) and Dante Brown (Lethal Weapon TV series) as Maggie’s friends.
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The film hits UK cinemas May 31st.
‘Ma’ Synopsis
Oscar® winner Octavia Spencer stars as Sue Ann, a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town.
From Tate Taylor, the acclaimed director of The Help and Get On Up, and blockbuster producer Jason Blum comes a thriller anchored by the underrated Spencer.
Ma also stars Juliette Lewis (August: Osage County) as Maggie’s mom, Luke Evans (Beauty and the Beast) as a local dad, Missi Pyle (Gone Girl) as his girlfriend, and McKaley Miller (TV’s Hart of Dixie), Corey Fogelmanis (TV’s Girl Meets World), Gianni Paolo (TV’s Power) and Dante Brown (Lethal Weapon TV series) as Maggie’s friends.
Also in trailers – Woody and co team up to welcome a new toy in new trailer for ‘Toy Story 4’
The film hits UK cinemas May 31st.
‘Ma’ Synopsis
Oscar® winner Octavia Spencer stars as Sue Ann, a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town.
- 3/20/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In the new thriller, Ma, Oscar® winner Octavia Spencer stars as Sue Ann, a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town (Diana Silvers), to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own.
She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking and driving by hanging out in the basement of her home. But there are some house rules: One of the kids Must stay sober. Don’t curse. Never go upstairs. And call her “Ma.” But as Ma’s hospitality starts to curdle into obsession, what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorizing nightmare, and Ma’s place goes from the best place in town to the worst place on earth.
Genre: Thriller Cast: Octavia Spencer, Juliette Lewis,...
She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking and driving by hanging out in the basement of her home. But there are some house rules: One of the kids Must stay sober. Don’t curse. Never go upstairs. And call her “Ma.” But as Ma’s hospitality starts to curdle into obsession, what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorizing nightmare, and Ma’s place goes from the best place in town to the worst place on earth.
Genre: Thriller Cast: Octavia Spencer, Juliette Lewis,...
- 2/17/2019
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
There is always that quiet one you need to keep an eye on… In the new trailer for Blumhouse thriller ‘Ma’ Octavia Spencer is just that person.
From Tate Taylor, the acclaimed director of The Help and Get On Up, and blockbuster producer Jason Blum comes a thriller anchored by the underrated Spencer.
Ma also stars Juliette Lewis (August: Osage County) as Maggie’s mom, Luke Evans (Beauty and the Beast) as a local dad, Missi Pyle (Gone Girl) as his girlfriend, and McKaley Miller (TV’s Hart of Dixie), Corey Fogelmanis (TV’s Girl Meets World), Gianni Paolo (TV’s Power) and Dante Brown (Lethal Weapon TV series) as Maggie’s friends.
Also in trailers – Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway star in first trailer for ‘The Hustle’
The film is released in the Us May 31.
Ma Synopsis
Oscar® winner Octavia Spencer stars as Sue Ann, a loner who keeps...
From Tate Taylor, the acclaimed director of The Help and Get On Up, and blockbuster producer Jason Blum comes a thriller anchored by the underrated Spencer.
Ma also stars Juliette Lewis (August: Osage County) as Maggie’s mom, Luke Evans (Beauty and the Beast) as a local dad, Missi Pyle (Gone Girl) as his girlfriend, and McKaley Miller (TV’s Hart of Dixie), Corey Fogelmanis (TV’s Girl Meets World), Gianni Paolo (TV’s Power) and Dante Brown (Lethal Weapon TV series) as Maggie’s friends.
Also in trailers – Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway star in first trailer for ‘The Hustle’
The film is released in the Us May 31.
Ma Synopsis
Oscar® winner Octavia Spencer stars as Sue Ann, a loner who keeps...
- 2/15/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Welcome to Ma’s!
What starts out as the perfect place to drink for a group of high schoolers in a small town quickly turns more sinister, and Octavia Spencer is at the center of it.
The Oscar winner, 46, stars in Ma as Sue Ann, a loner in town who grows close to the kids when she lets them use her basement to party. The only rule? “Don’t go upstairs.”
While the arrangement starts out as a dream for the group of teenagers, including new kid Maggie (Diana Silvers), things get weirder when Ma — as she asks the kids...
What starts out as the perfect place to drink for a group of high schoolers in a small town quickly turns more sinister, and Octavia Spencer is at the center of it.
The Oscar winner, 46, stars in Ma as Sue Ann, a loner in town who grows close to the kids when she lets them use her basement to party. The only rule? “Don’t go upstairs.”
While the arrangement starts out as a dream for the group of teenagers, including new kid Maggie (Diana Silvers), things get weirder when Ma — as she asks the kids...
- 2/14/2019
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
David Crow Feb 13, 2019
Oscar winner Octavia Spencer seems delightful, but you should be wary of when her "Ma" invites you to her house...
Do you like to party? How much? That is a question some teenagers will be put to the test of answering during Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions’ new movie, Ma. In the movie, Tate Taylor reteams with his The Help star, Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, in the most unlikely of horror movie scenarios about a nice-to-a-fault woman who will more than just buy booze for teenagers; she’ll let them use her basement for parties. But every party has its price.
In the film, teenager Maggie (Diana Silvers of Glass) is the new kid at school in a small Ohio town. So to impress the other teens, she asks a stranger to help buy them some alcohol from the local grocery store. That stranger is Sue Ann...
Oscar winner Octavia Spencer seems delightful, but you should be wary of when her "Ma" invites you to her house...
Do you like to party? How much? That is a question some teenagers will be put to the test of answering during Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions’ new movie, Ma. In the movie, Tate Taylor reteams with his The Help star, Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, in the most unlikely of horror movie scenarios about a nice-to-a-fault woman who will more than just buy booze for teenagers; she’ll let them use her basement for parties. But every party has its price.
In the film, teenager Maggie (Diana Silvers of Glass) is the new kid at school in a small Ohio town. So to impress the other teens, she asks a stranger to help buy them some alcohol from the local grocery store. That stranger is Sue Ann...
- 2/13/2019
- Den of Geek
At Ma's, you can party all you want downstairs, as long as you don't go upstairs... In the new movie Ma, Octavia Spencer plays a woman who hosts teenage parties in her basement, but the teens find that the party can't last forever when her "hospitality" transforms into something malevolent in the trailer for the new Blumhouse film from director Tate Taylor (The Help), coming to theaters on May 31st from Universal Pictures:
"Everybody’s welcome at Ma’s. But good luck getting home safe.
Oscar® winner Octavia Spencer stars as Sue Ann, a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own.
She offers the kids the chance to avoid...
"Everybody’s welcome at Ma’s. But good luck getting home safe.
Oscar® winner Octavia Spencer stars as Sue Ann, a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own.
She offers the kids the chance to avoid...
- 2/13/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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