Mother’s Day weekend 2019 marked a turning point in the young life of Madhuri Shekar.
It all started two years before with a phone call from a woman named Kate Navin, then head of theater for Audible. Navin said she’d recently been armed with money to develop original works from emerging play- wrights, and she was calling to offer Shekar, just a year out of Juilliard, the chance to write. The only catch: Shekar’s play would have to be crafted as an audio-only production.
Shekar’s answer to this challenge was “Evil Eye,” a 100-minute potboiler that revolves around daily telephone conversations between a mother in India and a daughter in Los Angeles. The finished play was released on Audible in May 2019. For Shekar, the impact on her career was immediate. Within weeks, she was negotiating a deal with Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Blumhouse for the movie version...
It all started two years before with a phone call from a woman named Kate Navin, then head of theater for Audible. Navin said she’d recently been armed with money to develop original works from emerging play- wrights, and she was calling to offer Shekar, just a year out of Juilliard, the chance to write. The only catch: Shekar’s play would have to be crafted as an audio-only production.
Shekar’s answer to this challenge was “Evil Eye,” a 100-minute potboiler that revolves around daily telephone conversations between a mother in India and a daughter in Los Angeles. The finished play was released on Audible in May 2019. For Shekar, the impact on her career was immediate. Within weeks, she was negotiating a deal with Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Blumhouse for the movie version...
- 3/27/2024
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Andrew Garfield and Cynthia Erivo will lead Audible’s audio adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984.
The Amazing Spider-Man and Wicked stars will play Winston and Julia, respectively, alongside Fleabag’s Andrew Scott as O’Brien and Inception’s Tom Hardy as Big Brother. The audio adaptation will also feature an original score written by Muse front-man Matthew Bellamy and composer Ilan Eshkeri, which will be performed by a 60-piece orchestra at Abbey Road studio.
Destiny Ekaragha (The End of the F***ing World) directs the Audible Original adaptation, which is described as staying “faithful” to the original text, while drawing in more of Winston and Julia’s romantic relationship. The Orwell Estate has authorized and endorsed the adaptation.
The classic novel, published in 1949, is set in an imagined dystopian future in which Winston and his colleague, Julia, are dissatisfied with their totalitarian government and look to make a change. However,...
The Amazing Spider-Man and Wicked stars will play Winston and Julia, respectively, alongside Fleabag’s Andrew Scott as O’Brien and Inception’s Tom Hardy as Big Brother. The audio adaptation will also feature an original score written by Muse front-man Matthew Bellamy and composer Ilan Eshkeri, which will be performed by a 60-piece orchestra at Abbey Road studio.
Destiny Ekaragha (The End of the F***ing World) directs the Audible Original adaptation, which is described as staying “faithful” to the original text, while drawing in more of Winston and Julia’s romantic relationship. The Orwell Estate has authorized and endorsed the adaptation.
The classic novel, published in 1949, is set in an imagined dystopian future in which Winston and his colleague, Julia, are dissatisfied with their totalitarian government and look to make a change. However,...
- 1/9/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tl;Dr:
Muses’ Matthew Bellamy worked with Paul McCartney, and that inspired Muse’s “Pressure.” Another member of the band decided the track needed some brass instruments. The tune was a hit in the united Kingdom. Muse | Valery Hache / Contributor
The Beatles‘ songs sound very different from Muses’ “Pressure.” Despite this, a member of Muse played with Paul McCartney. He explained how this experience influenced the track.
Muses’ ‘Pressure’ was inspired by Matthew Bellamy’s interest in The Beatles’ basslines
Matthew Bellamy is the lead singer of Muse. During a 2018 interview with NME, he discussed the origin of his band’s song “Pressure.” “I just started playing loads of riffs,” he recalled. “I started playing endless riffs. And at the time, Dom [Howard] and I joined this Beatles covers band called [Dr. Pepper’s] Jaded Hearts Club Band, and I was playing a couple of shows with them.
“And we actually got to jam with Paul McCartney,...
Muses’ Matthew Bellamy worked with Paul McCartney, and that inspired Muse’s “Pressure.” Another member of the band decided the track needed some brass instruments. The tune was a hit in the united Kingdom. Muse | Valery Hache / Contributor
The Beatles‘ songs sound very different from Muses’ “Pressure.” Despite this, a member of Muse played with Paul McCartney. He explained how this experience influenced the track.
Muses’ ‘Pressure’ was inspired by Matthew Bellamy’s interest in The Beatles’ basslines
Matthew Bellamy is the lead singer of Muse. During a 2018 interview with NME, he discussed the origin of his band’s song “Pressure.” “I just started playing loads of riffs,” he recalled. “I started playing endless riffs. And at the time, Dom [Howard] and I joined this Beatles covers band called [Dr. Pepper’s] Jaded Hearts Club Band, and I was playing a couple of shows with them.
“And we actually got to jam with Paul McCartney,...
- 5/28/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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