Zackary Drucker will direct the upcoming biopic about Andy Warhol superstar Candy Darling starring Hari Nef. John Cameron Mitchell also joins the untitled film about the transgender icon as executive producer.
It was previously announced that Nef (“Barbie”) will star in the movie.
The film traces Darling’s childhood in Long Island through her years alongside underground icons Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis in Warhol’s Factory scene, and her influence on musicians including Lou Reed, the Velvet Underground and Patti Smith. She was immortalized in popular songs including Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” and The Velvet Underground’s “Candy Says.”
Darling also starred in Warhol’s cult film “Women In Revolt” before she died of leukemia in 1974 at age 29.
“I’ve dedicated my life and career to amplifying the history of trans and queer icons, and their impact in shaping art and culture for everyone,” Drucker said in a statement.
It was previously announced that Nef (“Barbie”) will star in the movie.
The film traces Darling’s childhood in Long Island through her years alongside underground icons Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis in Warhol’s Factory scene, and her influence on musicians including Lou Reed, the Velvet Underground and Patti Smith. She was immortalized in popular songs including Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” and The Velvet Underground’s “Candy Says.”
Darling also starred in Warhol’s cult film “Women In Revolt” before she died of leukemia in 1974 at age 29.
“I’ve dedicated my life and career to amplifying the history of trans and queer icons, and their impact in shaping art and culture for everyone,” Drucker said in a statement.
- 3/26/2024
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Oliver (Martin Short), Charles (Steve Martin) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) in ‘Only Murders in the Building’ season 2 (Photo by: Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu)
New seasons of Only Murders in the Building, The Kardashians, and This Fool will premiere this summer on Hulu. The streaming service released premiere dates and plot descriptions for its summer 2023 programming lineup, which includes the return – after a decade-long break – of the popular animated comedy Futurama.
Hulu’s roster of new films joining the streaming service this summer includes White Men Can’t Jump (the remake) and Flamin’ Hot, the directorial debut of Eva Longoria. Hulu’s also set summer premiere dates for the documentaries Queenmaker: The Making of An It Girl, The Jewel Thief, Anthem, The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump, and Jelly Roll: Save Me.
Hulu’S Summer 2023 Series:
How I Met Your Father
Premiere Date: May 23, 2023 (One episode weekly)
Finale date: July 11, 2023 (Two episode...
New seasons of Only Murders in the Building, The Kardashians, and This Fool will premiere this summer on Hulu. The streaming service released premiere dates and plot descriptions for its summer 2023 programming lineup, which includes the return – after a decade-long break – of the popular animated comedy Futurama.
Hulu’s roster of new films joining the streaming service this summer includes White Men Can’t Jump (the remake) and Flamin’ Hot, the directorial debut of Eva Longoria. Hulu’s also set summer premiere dates for the documentaries Queenmaker: The Making of An It Girl, The Jewel Thief, Anthem, The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump, and Jelly Roll: Save Me.
Hulu’S Summer 2023 Series:
How I Met Your Father
Premiere Date: May 23, 2023 (One episode weekly)
Finale date: July 11, 2023 (Two episode...
- 5/19/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
‘Queenmaker: The Making Of An It Girl’ (2023) Explained: Who Was The Founder Of Park Avenue Peerage?
What we expected would be a Hulu documentary that would help us understand the great workings of New York socialites and the “Gossip Girls” of high society actually turned out to be an incredibly insightful tale about one particular outsider who lost their way after showing great promise in the world of money, power, and image. Not everybody can be an “It Girl,” but more importantly, not everybody can change “It Girl” culture in the blink of an eye. With the revival of the 2000s in fashion and all things style, it was only time for a documentary like Queenmaker: The Making Of An It Girl to grace our screens. It has the perfect blend of the glamor of those years and the reality of today! If you haven’t seen the film yet, we’d recommend walking into it blind and seeing for yourself where Drucker takes you.
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- 5/18/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
The first half of the Hulu documentary Queenmaker: The Making of an It Girl is a passable overview of the turn-of-the-21st-century heiress-celebrity scene, plus some of the bloggers who made their names as barnacles on the gilded ship. You probably know most of the boldfaced names: Paris and Nicky Hilton, Nicole Richie, Tinsley Mortimer. You might even know their most fervent chroniclers, including Perez Hilton and Gawker’s Emily Gould, professional gossips who made a meal ticket out of the usually blond, always-rich pretty young things they covered. It’s an intriguing enough story,...
- 5/17/2023
- by Chris Vognar
- Rollingstone.com
A new documentary looks back on the New York social scene of the late 2000s when glamorous high society women dominated the headlines for better and worse
Lose weight. Have money. Give away money. Hire a publicist, even if it bankrupts your daddy. The no-bake recipe for becoming an icon of the 2000s is laid out in the opening salvo of Queenmaker: The Making of an It Girl, Zackary Drucker’s fizzy documentary about the founding daughters of a social revolution.
It girls, armed with appurtenances both flashy and furry, have swarmed the earth since the creation of capital. But privacy used to be a cornerstone of privilege, and the gilded-age dictum held that the names of respectable ladies were only to appear in the newspaper when they were born, married or died. Drucker’s film chronicles the precise moment when a multitude of women of means dared to court the public’s attention.
Lose weight. Have money. Give away money. Hire a publicist, even if it bankrupts your daddy. The no-bake recipe for becoming an icon of the 2000s is laid out in the opening salvo of Queenmaker: The Making of an It Girl, Zackary Drucker’s fizzy documentary about the founding daughters of a social revolution.
It girls, armed with appurtenances both flashy and furry, have swarmed the earth since the creation of capital. But privacy used to be a cornerstone of privilege, and the gilded-age dictum held that the names of respectable ladies were only to appear in the newspaper when they were born, married or died. Drucker’s film chronicles the precise moment when a multitude of women of means dared to court the public’s attention.
- 5/16/2023
- by Lauren Mechling
- The Guardian - Film News
A new doc, Queenmaker: The Making of an It Girl, examines the rise of socialite celebrities like Paris Hilton and Tinsley Mortimer in the mid 2000s — and the subsequent blogger backlash to the phenomenon. The film, by director Zackary Drucker, features interviews with socialites including Mortimer and Olivia Palermo, as well as photographers, publicists, and bloggers. It premieres on Hulu on May 17.
“All these photographers, I just remember thinking, ‘I want to be part of this,'” Mortimer says in a trailer for the film. “This looks cool.” Other talking...
“All these photographers, I just remember thinking, ‘I want to be part of this,'” Mortimer says in a trailer for the film. “This looks cool.” Other talking...
- 5/4/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Hulu Originals has acquired “We Live Here: The Midwest” from documentary filmmakers David Miller and Melinda Maerker.
The doc explores personal stories of Lgbtqi+ families who are striving to build lives in their communities despite biased legislation and mounting prejudice. The families hope to stay in a part of the country they love, and where they have established deep roots.
The families featured in the doc include a trans/queer family with five children in Iowa who must find a new community after being expelled from their church; a gay Black couple with a young daughter who test the line of acceptance in Nebraska; a lesbian couple who is homeschooling their bullied son on a farm in Kansas; a gay teacher in Ohio who is creating a safe space for Lgbtqi+ students; and a couple in Minnesota that is struggling to rebuild their families after their transitions.
The doc...
The doc explores personal stories of Lgbtqi+ families who are striving to build lives in their communities despite biased legislation and mounting prejudice. The families hope to stay in a part of the country they love, and where they have established deep roots.
The families featured in the doc include a trans/queer family with five children in Iowa who must find a new community after being expelled from their church; a gay Black couple with a young daughter who test the line of acceptance in Nebraska; a lesbian couple who is homeschooling their bullied son on a farm in Kansas; a gay teacher in Ohio who is creating a safe space for Lgbtqi+ students; and a couple in Minnesota that is struggling to rebuild their families after their transitions.
The doc...
- 5/3/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
With its list of new releases for May 2023, Hulu is relying on an acclaimed original and a whole lotta FX.
The acclaimed original in question in The Great season 3. Premiering on May 12, this historical black comedy with continue the story of Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning) and her pal Peter III (Nicholas Hoult). The other Hulu original series of note this month is The Clearing on May 24. Based on the best-selling crime novel In the Clearing this story will follow a story inspired by the real life events behind Australian cult “The Family.”
For its other TV options in May, Hulu is turning to its cable partner FX. Class of ’09, an FBI thriller starring Kate Mara and Brian Tyree Henry, premieres on May 10. That will be followed by The Secrets of Hillsong, a docuseries investigating the controversial church on May 20.
Hulu’s list of original movies this month is...
The acclaimed original in question in The Great season 3. Premiering on May 12, this historical black comedy with continue the story of Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning) and her pal Peter III (Nicholas Hoult). The other Hulu original series of note this month is The Clearing on May 24. Based on the best-selling crime novel In the Clearing this story will follow a story inspired by the real life events behind Australian cult “The Family.”
For its other TV options in May, Hulu is turning to its cable partner FX. Class of ’09, an FBI thriller starring Kate Mara and Brian Tyree Henry, premieres on May 10. That will be followed by The Secrets of Hillsong, a docuseries investigating the controversial church on May 20.
Hulu’s list of original movies this month is...
- 5/1/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Hulu announced its forthcoming “Mastermind” docuseries based on the life of nurse and longtime FBI consultant Dr. Ann Burgess on Friday.
Hailing from Campfire Studios in association with Dakota and Elle Fanning’s Lewellen Pictures, the four part documentary tells the harrowing stories of infamous criminal cases through the unique lens of the woman who helped solve them – Burgess, who spent her nearly six-decade career hunting serial killers and advocating for justice, reads the official logline.
Burgess is the visionary member of the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit who revolutionized the way law enforcement investigates serial killers. As the architect of the FBI’s “mindhunter” method, Dr. Burgess (made famous by the fictionalized Wendy Carr of David Fincher’s “Mindhunter”) spent her career interviewing and studying convicted serial killers, gleaning insight to apply to unsolved cases. Based in part on Dr. Burgess’ 2021 book “A Killer by Design: Murders, Mindhunters, and...
Hailing from Campfire Studios in association with Dakota and Elle Fanning’s Lewellen Pictures, the four part documentary tells the harrowing stories of infamous criminal cases through the unique lens of the woman who helped solve them – Burgess, who spent her nearly six-decade career hunting serial killers and advocating for justice, reads the official logline.
Burgess is the visionary member of the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit who revolutionized the way law enforcement investigates serial killers. As the architect of the FBI’s “mindhunter” method, Dr. Burgess (made famous by the fictionalized Wendy Carr of David Fincher’s “Mindhunter”) spent her career interviewing and studying convicted serial killers, gleaning insight to apply to unsolved cases. Based in part on Dr. Burgess’ 2021 book “A Killer by Design: Murders, Mindhunters, and...
- 4/28/2023
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Hulu has ordered Mastermind, a documentary series about a member of the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit who revolutionized the way law enforcement investigates serial killers.
Mastermind is a four-parter on Dr. Ann Burgess, the architect of the FBI’s “mindhunter” method that was made famous by the fictionalized Wendy Carr character in the 2017 Netflix limited series. It’s from Ross Dinerstein’s Campfire Studios (Hulu’s WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn), along with Executive Producers Lesley Chilcott and Rebecca Halpern (Helter Skelter: An American Myth), Executive Producers Dakota and Elle Fanning, and director Abby Fuller.
A date for the docuseries is forthcoming.
Burgess spent her career interviewing and studying convicted serial killers, gleaning insight to apply to unsolved cases. Based in part on Dr. Burgess’ 2021 book A Killer by Design: Murders, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher Criminal Minds and...
Mastermind is a four-parter on Dr. Ann Burgess, the architect of the FBI’s “mindhunter” method that was made famous by the fictionalized Wendy Carr character in the 2017 Netflix limited series. It’s from Ross Dinerstein’s Campfire Studios (Hulu’s WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn), along with Executive Producers Lesley Chilcott and Rebecca Halpern (Helter Skelter: An American Myth), Executive Producers Dakota and Elle Fanning, and director Abby Fuller.
A date for the docuseries is forthcoming.
Burgess spent her career interviewing and studying convicted serial killers, gleaning insight to apply to unsolved cases. Based in part on Dr. Burgess’ 2021 book A Killer by Design: Murders, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher Criminal Minds and...
- 4/28/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
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