Exclusive: After seeing Searchlight Pictures release his acclaimed queer rom-com Fire Island via Hulu, Joel Kim Booster is back in business with the studio as the writer and producer of Again Again Again, a spec that it snapped up for development ahead of last year’s WGA strike.
Eyed as a potential starring vehicle for Booster, the film centers on Gus, who as the man of honor for his closest friend Maggie’s extravagant wedding weekend at a Napa winery, is tasked with making sure the whole event goes off without a hitch. But when Gus’s wildly charismatic but emotionally unstable boyfriend Hal shows up unexpectedly, chaos ensues and threatens to derail the wedding as well as their relationship.
Aboard to produce the pic alongside Booster are Local Time’s Lulu Wang and Daniele Tate Melia, the duo behind the hugely acclaimed family dramedy The Farewell, written and directed for A24 by Wang.
Eyed as a potential starring vehicle for Booster, the film centers on Gus, who as the man of honor for his closest friend Maggie’s extravagant wedding weekend at a Napa winery, is tasked with making sure the whole event goes off without a hitch. But when Gus’s wildly charismatic but emotionally unstable boyfriend Hal shows up unexpectedly, chaos ensues and threatens to derail the wedding as well as their relationship.
Aboard to produce the pic alongside Booster are Local Time’s Lulu Wang and Daniele Tate Melia, the duo behind the hugely acclaimed family dramedy The Farewell, written and directed for A24 by Wang.
- 1/17/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Anonymous Content has closed a first-look deal with Theresa Park’s film and TV banner Per Capita Productions.
Park’s Per Capita Productions is focused an auteur-driven, independent films, primarily based on literary material.
Most recently, Park produced Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All starring Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell and Mark Rylance. The movie has been nominated for 2023 Independent Spirit Awards for Best Feature Film, Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance; received two acting nominations from the Gotham Awards; and won the Silver Lion at Venice for Best Director; and Best New Talent for Russell. Bones and All was financed by The Apartment Pictures (a Fremantle company) and produced by that studio’s Lorenzo Mieli as well.
Park also produced the film After Yang with Cinereach for A24, starring Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith and Justin Min, adapted by writer-director Kogonada from Alexander Weinstein’s short story Saying Goodbye to Yang.
Park’s Per Capita Productions is focused an auteur-driven, independent films, primarily based on literary material.
Most recently, Park produced Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All starring Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell and Mark Rylance. The movie has been nominated for 2023 Independent Spirit Awards for Best Feature Film, Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance; received two acting nominations from the Gotham Awards; and won the Silver Lion at Venice for Best Director; and Best New Talent for Russell. Bones and All was financed by The Apartment Pictures (a Fremantle company) and produced by that studio’s Lorenzo Mieli as well.
Park also produced the film After Yang with Cinereach for A24, starring Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith and Justin Min, adapted by writer-director Kogonada from Alexander Weinstein’s short story Saying Goodbye to Yang.
- 2/6/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Dir: Kogonada. Starring: Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin H Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, Haley Lu Richardson. PG, 96 minutes.
After Yang finds no fear in the future – only existential malaise. Set in a vague not-so-distant time, the film follows Kyra (Jodie Turner-Smith) and Jake (Colin Farrell) as they grapple with a broken robot. They had bought Yang, a refurbished android embodied by Justin H Min, to help familiarise their adopted daughter Mika (Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja) with her native Chinese culture. But Yang has since stopped working. The android sits hazy in the background of the film, slumped against a wall. A corpse that’s not a corpse.
And so, Jake attempts to have Yang fixed, an endeavour that leads to the discovery of a chip implanted in the robot’s body. It isn’t spyware, as he initially suspected, but a rare, experimental memory bank that has archived the most memorable seconds of each day.
After Yang finds no fear in the future – only existential malaise. Set in a vague not-so-distant time, the film follows Kyra (Jodie Turner-Smith) and Jake (Colin Farrell) as they grapple with a broken robot. They had bought Yang, a refurbished android embodied by Justin H Min, to help familiarise their adopted daughter Mika (Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja) with her native Chinese culture. But Yang has since stopped working. The android sits hazy in the background of the film, slumped against a wall. A corpse that’s not a corpse.
And so, Jake attempts to have Yang fixed, an endeavour that leads to the discovery of a chip implanted in the robot’s body. It isn’t spyware, as he initially suspected, but a rare, experimental memory bank that has archived the most memorable seconds of each day.
- 9/22/2022
- by Clarisse Loughrey
- The Independent - Film
Kogonada’s enigmatic sci-fi drama channels Charlie Kaufman and Philip K Dick as Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner Smith try to fix the faulty AI bot they bought for their adopted daughter
This entirely absorbing movie from Korean-American director Kogonada is adapted from a short story by Alexander Weinstein in his collection Children of the New World; it floats on a Zen updraft of wisdom and ideas. After Yang is an enigmatic sci-fi drama about a family of the future whose AI robot child (a “techno-sapien”) bought by the parents to be a kindly big brother to their adopted Chinese daughter, goes wrong and cannot be fixed. There are touches of Philip K Dick and even Charlie Kaufman, and this is also a pregnant meditation on grief, loss, memory and consciousness.
Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner-Smith play Jake and Kyra, who have an adopted daughter Mika (Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja) – and...
This entirely absorbing movie from Korean-American director Kogonada is adapted from a short story by Alexander Weinstein in his collection Children of the New World; it floats on a Zen updraft of wisdom and ideas. After Yang is an enigmatic sci-fi drama about a family of the future whose AI robot child (a “techno-sapien”) bought by the parents to be a kindly big brother to their adopted Chinese daughter, goes wrong and cannot be fixed. There are touches of Philip K Dick and even Charlie Kaufman, and this is also a pregnant meditation on grief, loss, memory and consciousness.
Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner-Smith play Jake and Kyra, who have an adopted daughter Mika (Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja) – and...
- 9/21/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Becoming Nicholas Sparks’ literary agent and then film production president might not seem like the best preparation for making a romantic drama about cannibalism, but Per Capita Prods. founder Theresa Park is transitioning to a wider, edgier range of projects with ease.
Park is producing an animated children’s show based on Michael Buckley’s bestselling fantasy novel series “The Sisters Grimm” for Apple TV+. And she arrives in Venice for the Sept. 2 world premiere of “Bones and All,” Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of Camille DeAngelis’s novel about a couple (Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell) whose tastes run more towards hand eating than the hand holding found in Sparks’ works. The MGM/UA feature follows two other offbeat projects in Per Capita’s first year of releases: A24’s robot drama “After Yang” starring Colin Farrell and the Apple TV+ female-centered series “Roar” with Nicole Kidman.
“I sort of backed into producing,...
Park is producing an animated children’s show based on Michael Buckley’s bestselling fantasy novel series “The Sisters Grimm” for Apple TV+. And she arrives in Venice for the Sept. 2 world premiere of “Bones and All,” Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of Camille DeAngelis’s novel about a couple (Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell) whose tastes run more towards hand eating than the hand holding found in Sparks’ works. The MGM/UA feature follows two other offbeat projects in Per Capita’s first year of releases: A24’s robot drama “After Yang” starring Colin Farrell and the Apple TV+ female-centered series “Roar” with Nicole Kidman.
“I sort of backed into producing,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Gregg Goldstein
- Variety Film + TV
Studio Tour
Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film franchise, faced a shrieking Mandrake plant as he unveiled Professor Sprout’s Greenhouse, a fan-favorite set from the films, where students were taught their Herbology lessons with Professor Pomona Sprout. Built by the original Harry Potter filmmakers, the greenhouse is home to many exotic and magical plants. The new expansion opens at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter on July 1, and is part of a new feature titled “Mandrakes and Magical Creatures,” which will run through Sept. 12. Visitors to the Studio Tour will be able to step into the greenhouse and stop to pull out a potted Mandrake as part of an interactive display.
The greenhouse is a permanent addition to the Studio Tour. In addition, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London will be expanding the exterior sets in their backlot with the fountain...
Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film franchise, faced a shrieking Mandrake plant as he unveiled Professor Sprout’s Greenhouse, a fan-favorite set from the films, where students were taught their Herbology lessons with Professor Pomona Sprout. Built by the original Harry Potter filmmakers, the greenhouse is home to many exotic and magical plants. The new expansion opens at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter on July 1, and is part of a new feature titled “Mandrakes and Magical Creatures,” which will run through Sept. 12. Visitors to the Studio Tour will be able to step into the greenhouse and stop to pull out a potted Mandrake as part of an interactive display.
The greenhouse is a permanent addition to the Studio Tour. In addition, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London will be expanding the exterior sets in their backlot with the fountain...
- 6/21/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Having had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Kogonada‘s After Yang was a lot of critics’ cup of tea and yet, no other major film festival has had the opportunity to show it. Kogonada was a major break out Sundance back in 2017 with Columbus, and so we think that a return to Park City is a strong possibility for a Spotlight section showing.
Gist: Based on a short story by Alexander Weinstein, After Yang follows a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member.…...
Gist: Based on a short story by Alexander Weinstein, After Yang follows a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member.…...
- 11/25/2021
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
This year’s Cannes Film Festival would have been a momentous occasion even if the films failed to deliver. Taking place in July instead of May after the 2020 edition was canceled, the very existence of the glitzy red-carpet cinematic celebration represented something of a comeback for the global film industry. Fortunately, the program didn’t disappoint, either. Major directors and rising stars alike made the trip to the French Riviera for one of the strongest selections in recent memory: a wide range of movie experiences from around the world that made the case for the survival of the art form, however it gets out into the world. Here are the 12 best movies from the 74th edition.
“After Yang” (Kogonada)
More speculative than “Columbus” yet no less poignant, Kogonada’s second feature is the kind of cozy sci-fi marvel that can only be made by someone with an incorruptible belief in...
“After Yang” (Kogonada)
More speculative than “Columbus” yet no less poignant, Kogonada’s second feature is the kind of cozy sci-fi marvel that can only be made by someone with an incorruptible belief in...
- 7/18/2021
- by Eric Kohn, Anne Thompson and David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Perhaps more speculative than “Columbus” yet no less poignant, Kogonada’s second feature “After Yang” is
The story, adapted from a wry piece of short fiction by the writer Alexander Weinstein, is a wisp of an idea that doesn’t amount to a plot so much as a prompt. At some unknown point in the near future, an android named Yang (Justin H. Min) stops working. Jake (Colin Farrell), the tea seller who bought the refurbished “technosapien” as a big sibling and cultural anchor for the young daughter he and his wife adopted from China, drags the uncannily lifelike machine down to the local tech center in much the same way someone might take a cracked iPhone to the Genius Bar, because that’s what you do when a piece of technology dies.
But replacing Yang’s role in Jake’s house won’t be as simple as buying a newer model.
The story, adapted from a wry piece of short fiction by the writer Alexander Weinstein, is a wisp of an idea that doesn’t amount to a plot so much as a prompt. At some unknown point in the near future, an android named Yang (Justin H. Min) stops working. Jake (Colin Farrell), the tea seller who bought the refurbished “technosapien” as a big sibling and cultural anchor for the young daughter he and his wife adopted from China, drags the uncannily lifelike machine down to the local tech center in much the same way someone might take a cracked iPhone to the Genius Bar, because that’s what you do when a piece of technology dies.
But replacing Yang’s role in Jake’s house won’t be as simple as buying a newer model.
- 7/8/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
“After Yang” takes place far enough in the future that it doesn’t seem unusual for a family to have acquired a virtual big brother for their adopted Chinese daughter. The robot — or “techno-sapien,” as such advanced appliances are politely referred to in the race-blind, android-accepting society writer-director Kogonada neatly imagines — has ceased to function, and the man of the house (Colin Farrell) has the tricky task of getting him fixed. You can’t flush a surrogate sibling the way you might a dead goldfish, but tinkering with it yields profound, thought-provoking results for the family, and audiences too, in this subtly crafted sci-fi parable.
Liberally adapted from a short story by Alexander Weinstein, “After Yang” doesn’t oversell the conceptual stuff, the way a Philip K. Dick project might. Kogonada uses innovation not to alarm, but as license to ruminate on how certain human functions work, among them memory,...
Liberally adapted from a short story by Alexander Weinstein, “After Yang” doesn’t oversell the conceptual stuff, the way a Philip K. Dick project might. Kogonada uses innovation not to alarm, but as license to ruminate on how certain human functions work, among them memory,...
- 7/8/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Kogonada, The Mononymous Director Who’d Prefer To Be Anonymous, Peers Into The Future – And The Human Soul – With His Sci-fi Drama ‘After Yang
In an ideal world, Kogonada’s work would speak for itself. He came to prominence with a series of short but powerful video essays that focused on a single aspect of a director’s work: faces in Hitchcock’s thrillers, mirrors in Bergman’s dramas, and the gentle quotidian pace of Yasujirō Ozu’s family sagas. Ozu, in particular, is a big influence on Kogonada, who adapted the name of Ozu’s screenwriter—Kôgo Noda—as an alias. “I’ve never identified much with my American name,” he has said, “which always feels a little strange to see or hear. My family uses a nickname that I’ve had since I was a kid.”
Families played a big part in Kogonada’s 2017 debut, Columbus, in...
In an ideal world, Kogonada’s work would speak for itself. He came to prominence with a series of short but powerful video essays that focused on a single aspect of a director’s work: faces in Hitchcock’s thrillers, mirrors in Bergman’s dramas, and the gentle quotidian pace of Yasujirō Ozu’s family sagas. Ozu, in particular, is a big influence on Kogonada, who adapted the name of Ozu’s screenwriter—Kôgo Noda—as an alias. “I’ve never identified much with my American name,” he has said, “which always feels a little strange to see or hear. My family uses a nickname that I’ve had since I was a kid.”
Families played a big part in Kogonada’s 2017 debut, Columbus, in...
- 7/8/2021
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Sorry, Oscars: For decades, the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival has been the ultimate source of anticipation by movie lovers worldwide. No festival on Earth has commanded the same blend of cinephilia and red carpet glamour, as films from some of the most revered directors working today announce their arrival in front of the world’s most discerning audience.
But will that audience show up for the 2021 edition, which has been pushed from its usual May dates to early July? After last year’s festival was canceled due to the pandemic and Cannes could only announce an amorphous list of films, the plan for this year’s edition remains an open question. Though the festival is messaging a full-steam-ahead approach, France remains on lockdown and it’s unclear whether the situation will improve enough for a traditional festival gathering.
Needless to say, the global film industry is keen...
But will that audience show up for the 2021 edition, which has been pushed from its usual May dates to early July? After last year’s festival was canceled due to the pandemic and Cannes could only announce an amorphous list of films, the plan for this year’s edition remains an open question. Though the festival is messaging a full-steam-ahead approach, France remains on lockdown and it’s unclear whether the situation will improve enough for a traditional festival gathering.
Needless to say, the global film industry is keen...
- 5/10/2021
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Every November, as families gather for Thanksgiving and look ahead to the end of the year, the film industry starts to dream about Sundance. Well, 2020 may have challenged a lot of annual traditions, but the Sundance one lives on: Yes, the 2021 edition has shrunk to seven days, and most audiences will experience it far from Park City. The festival is being planned as a mostly virtual affair (with some drive-ins in the Los Angeles area), which means that there won’t be the usual buzz on Main Street driving audiences to discover new movies.
Thankfully, there won’t be a shortage of movies. In the process of researching our annual Sundance wish list, IndieWire had no trouble finding 50 movies that we hope make the cut in this year’s lineup. Filmmakers have started to hear back from the festival and the full selection is expected to go public next month,...
Thankfully, there won’t be a shortage of movies. In the process of researching our annual Sundance wish list, IndieWire had no trouble finding 50 movies that we hope make the cut in this year’s lineup. Filmmakers have started to hear back from the festival and the full selection is expected to go public next month,...
- 11/24/2020
- by Eric Kohn, Kate Erbland, David Ehrlich, Chris O'Falt, Zack Sharf, Ryan Lattanzio, Chris Lindahl and Jude Dry
- Indiewire
IndieWire’s Instagram Live interview series will continue this week with Lulu Wang, writer/director of “The Farewell.” Wang will discuss her career, quarantine, and more with IndieWire’s Executive Editor and Chief Critic Eric Kohn on IndieWire’s official Instagram page beginning at 12 p.m. Pt/3 p.m. Et on Thursday, May 14. Previous IndieWire Instagram Lives have featured interviews with Marc Maron and Lynn Shelton, Julia Garner, Barry Jenkins, Diego Luna, Ethan Hawke, Mark Duplass, and Rose McGowan.
Lulu Wang’s last film “The Farewell” opened in summer 2019 from A24, making a strong impression at the indie box office and picking up many accolades along the awards season path, including Best Feature at the Film Independent Spirit Awards, a BAFTA Film Award, a Golden Globe Award Best Actress win for Awkwafina, and a spot on the AFI top 10 films of the year, among many critics’ year-end lists. This fictional...
Lulu Wang’s last film “The Farewell” opened in summer 2019 from A24, making a strong impression at the indie box office and picking up many accolades along the awards season path, including Best Feature at the Film Independent Spirit Awards, a BAFTA Film Award, a Golden Globe Award Best Actress win for Awkwafina, and a spot on the AFI top 10 films of the year, among many critics’ year-end lists. This fictional...
- 5/13/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Korean American filmmaker Kogonada has returned to the medium that made him a superstar among cinephiles thanks to the Criterion Collection’s brand new “Roma” release. The Alfonso Cuarón-directed Oscar winner is the first Netflix original movie to join Criterion. The release is accompanied by a nine-minute video essay from Kogonada entitled “Nothing at Stake,” which marks Kogonada’s first video essay since 2017. The director made his feature directorial debut with 2017’s “Columbus,” but he gained followers long before that by releasing acclaimed video essays on Wes Anderson, Alfred Hitchcock, Ingmar Bergman, Yasujirō Ozu, and more.
Criterion’s synopsis for “Nothing At Stake” reads: “The most deeply personal film of Alfonso Cuarón’s career, ‘Roma’ imbues the director’s own childhood memories with the epic sweep of history. But for all the technical virtuosity and monumental scale on display in its set pieces, the movie is anchored by the quiet,...
Criterion’s synopsis for “Nothing At Stake” reads: “The most deeply personal film of Alfonso Cuarón’s career, ‘Roma’ imbues the director’s own childhood memories with the epic sweep of history. But for all the technical virtuosity and monumental scale on display in its set pieces, the movie is anchored by the quiet,...
- 2/13/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Lulu Wang’s “The Farewell” has made an enormous impression on the late-year awards season despite opening over the summer. This fictional retelling of her own family’s efforts to keep their matriarch’s cancer diagnosis a secret claimed a spot on the AFI top 10 and earned a Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Feature. Adding to her many accolades already, Wang was honored by Sffilm at the San Francisco nonprofit’s awards night on December 3, where she received the Kanbar Award for Storytelling. At the event, Wang spoke exclusively with IndieWire about her secretive next project, a sci-fi film she’s lined up with Big Beach (which also produced “The Farewell”) and Votiv.
Currently titled “Children of the New World,” the film adapts from Alexander Weinstein’s bestselling short story collection by the same name, which was lauded by both NPR and The New York Times. Each story...
Currently titled “Children of the New World,” the film adapts from Alexander Weinstein’s bestselling short story collection by the same name, which was lauded by both NPR and The New York Times. Each story...
- 12/7/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Since opening in limited release on July 12, director/writer Lulu Wang’s heartfelt, autobiographical “The Farewell” has enjoyed a healthy theatrical run. The A24 film has earned more than $16 million at the U.S. box office, demonstrating that audiences will warm to an original film that isn’t about comic-book characters during the dog days of summer.
In honor of Grandparents Day this coming Sunday, September 8, A24 is re-releasing “The Farewell” in theaters across the country with full Mandarin subtitles. See below for the complete list of U.S. cities that will host the film, including stops in California, Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, Colorado, Texas, and elsewhere.
Grounded by a strong, focused performance from Awkwafina as Billi (the film’s stand-in for director Wang), “The Farewell” centers on her return to China under the guise of a fake wedding in order to abet her family’s elaborate lie to their...
In honor of Grandparents Day this coming Sunday, September 8, A24 is re-releasing “The Farewell” in theaters across the country with full Mandarin subtitles. See below for the complete list of U.S. cities that will host the film, including stops in California, Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, Colorado, Texas, and elsewhere.
Grounded by a strong, focused performance from Awkwafina as Billi (the film’s stand-in for director Wang), “The Farewell” centers on her return to China under the guise of a fake wedding in order to abet her family’s elaborate lie to their...
- 9/6/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
The director of Awkwafina’s wonderful upcoming film The Farewell, Lulu Wang, has recently signed on to write and direct a new sci-fi film called Children of the New World. The movie will be based on a short story collection that was written by Alexander Weinstein.
Plot details for the film haven’t been revealed, but the filmmaker told Deadline that the film will “continue exploring the evolving dynamics of family.” For more information on what we might expect from the film, here is the synopsis of the book:
“Children of the New World introduces readers to a near-future world of social media implants, memory manufacturers, dangerously immersive virtual reality games, and frighteningly intuitive robots. Many of these characters live in a utopian future of instant connection and technological gratification that belies an unbridgeable human distance, while others inhabit a post-collapse landscape made primitive by disaster.
It grapples with our...
Plot details for the film haven’t been revealed, but the filmmaker told Deadline that the film will “continue exploring the evolving dynamics of family.” For more information on what we might expect from the film, here is the synopsis of the book:
“Children of the New World introduces readers to a near-future world of social media implants, memory manufacturers, dangerously immersive virtual reality games, and frighteningly intuitive robots. Many of these characters live in a utopian future of instant connection and technological gratification that belies an unbridgeable human distance, while others inhabit a post-collapse landscape made primitive by disaster.
It grapples with our...
- 7/10/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
“The Farewell” filmmaker Lulu Wang will direct the science fiction movie “Children of the New World.”
Plot details are being kept under wraps, though it will be adapted from Alexander Weinstein’s collection of short stories of the same name.
Big Beach and Votiv are distributing “Children of the New World,” which will be produced by Big Beach’s Dani Melia and Peter Saraf and Votiv’s Justin Lothrop. Votiv’s Brent Stiefel will serve as executive producer.
Wang, who was named one of Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch earlier this year, recently directed “The Farewell,” a comedic drama starring Awkwafina that premiered at Sundance.
“I could not have made ‘The Farewell’ without my fantastic producers at Big Beach, so I’m looking forward to this new collaboration, with them and Votiv, to continue exploring the evolving dynamics of family,” Wang said in a statement.
Melia aded, “We had an...
Plot details are being kept under wraps, though it will be adapted from Alexander Weinstein’s collection of short stories of the same name.
Big Beach and Votiv are distributing “Children of the New World,” which will be produced by Big Beach’s Dani Melia and Peter Saraf and Votiv’s Justin Lothrop. Votiv’s Brent Stiefel will serve as executive producer.
Wang, who was named one of Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch earlier this year, recently directed “The Farewell,” a comedic drama starring Awkwafina that premiered at Sundance.
“I could not have made ‘The Farewell’ without my fantastic producers at Big Beach, so I’m looking forward to this new collaboration, with them and Votiv, to continue exploring the evolving dynamics of family,” Wang said in a statement.
Melia aded, “We had an...
- 7/8/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Lulu Wang — whose latest film “The Farewell” opens this weekend — has set her sights on her next directorial project in Alexander Weinstein’s “Children of the New World.”
Plot details for the science-fiction film are being kept under wraps, but Wang is adapting the feature based on Weinstein’s collection of short stories of the same name.
Dani Melia and Peter Saraf at Big Beach announced on Monday that they will produce the film along with Votiv’s Justin Lothrop. Brent Stiefel from Votiv will serve as an executive producer.
“Lulu and I have been friends for years now and we’re very excited to be collaborating with her on such an incredible project,” Lothrop said in a statement. “When we started on this journey with her, I don’t think we could have imagined a better partner than Big Beach, and we couldn’t be more pleased about working with them on this.
Plot details for the science-fiction film are being kept under wraps, but Wang is adapting the feature based on Weinstein’s collection of short stories of the same name.
Dani Melia and Peter Saraf at Big Beach announced on Monday that they will produce the film along with Votiv’s Justin Lothrop. Brent Stiefel from Votiv will serve as an executive producer.
“Lulu and I have been friends for years now and we’re very excited to be collaborating with her on such an incredible project,” Lothrop said in a statement. “When we started on this journey with her, I don’t think we could have imagined a better partner than Big Beach, and we couldn’t be more pleased about working with them on this.
- 7/8/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
It’s a big week for breakout filmmaker Lulu Wang. On Friday, A24 will release the director and screenwriter’s breakout Sundance hit, “The Farewell,” but Wang is already queuing up her next feature: an intriguing-sounding sci-fi offering that continues her love for mining family dynamics for big drama.
Big Beach and Votiv announced today they will produce Wang’s next film, billed as “a science-fiction feature” titled “Children of the New World.” While plot details are being kept under wraps, the filmmaker is reportedly adapting the film from Alexander Weinstein’s well-received collection of short stories, also named “Children of the New World.”
Weinstein’s short story collection was released in 2016, and garnered a number of accolades, including earning spots as an NPR Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year. While it’s unclear which of the short stories...
Big Beach and Votiv announced today they will produce Wang’s next film, billed as “a science-fiction feature” titled “Children of the New World.” While plot details are being kept under wraps, the filmmaker is reportedly adapting the film from Alexander Weinstein’s well-received collection of short stories, also named “Children of the New World.”
Weinstein’s short story collection was released in 2016, and garnered a number of accolades, including earning spots as an NPR Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year. While it’s unclear which of the short stories...
- 7/8/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Farewell writer-director Lulu Wang has set up her next project, a science-fiction movie titled Children of the New World. It will mark a reteam with her Farewell producer Big Beach after that film’s success premiering in competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it landed a splashy distribution deal with A24 and is hitting theaters Friday.
Votiv is also aboard Children of the New World.
Plot details for the new project are under wraps, but Wang is adapting from Alexander Weinstein’s short story collection of the same name. Wang did say that the new pic will “continue exploring the evolving dynamics of family.”
Dani Melia and...
Votiv is also aboard Children of the New World.
Plot details for the new project are under wraps, but Wang is adapting from Alexander Weinstein’s short story collection of the same name. Wang did say that the new pic will “continue exploring the evolving dynamics of family.”
Dani Melia and...
- 7/8/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Sci-fi adapted from Alexander Weinstein’s collection of short stories.
Days before the Us release of her Sundance London audience award-winning breakout The Farewell, director Lulu Wang has set her next feature, reuniting with Big Beach and partnering with Votiv on sci-fi Children Of The New World.
Details remain under the proverbial wraps, however what is known is Wang is adapting the feature from Alexander Weinstein’s collection of short stories of the same name, and the story will again explore family interactions.
Dani Melia and Peter Saraf will serve as producers for Big Beach, as they did on The Farewell,...
Days before the Us release of her Sundance London audience award-winning breakout The Farewell, director Lulu Wang has set her next feature, reuniting with Big Beach and partnering with Votiv on sci-fi Children Of The New World.
Details remain under the proverbial wraps, however what is known is Wang is adapting the feature from Alexander Weinstein’s collection of short stories of the same name, and the story will again explore family interactions.
Dani Melia and Peter Saraf will serve as producers for Big Beach, as they did on The Farewell,...
- 7/8/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Ahead of the theatrical release of her Sundance darling The Farewell this weekend, director Lulu Wang has set her sights on her follow-up project.
Wang will helm the sci-fi feature Children of the New World, which she is adapting from Alexander Weinstein’s collection of short stories of the same name.
While plot details for the feature are being kept under wraps, Weinstein's tales takes place in in the near-future realities set in both utopian societies and post-collapse countries, and tackle the greater implications of technologies that span virtual reality to memory implants to robotics.
Dani Melia and Peter Saraf will ...
Wang will helm the sci-fi feature Children of the New World, which she is adapting from Alexander Weinstein’s collection of short stories of the same name.
While plot details for the feature are being kept under wraps, Weinstein's tales takes place in in the near-future realities set in both utopian societies and post-collapse countries, and tackle the greater implications of technologies that span virtual reality to memory implants to robotics.
Dani Melia and Peter Saraf will ...
Ahead of the theatrical release of her Sundance darling The Farewell this weekend, director Lulu Wang has set her sights on her follow-up project.
Wang will helm the sci-fi feature Children of the New World, which she is adapting from Alexander Weinstein’s collection of short stories of the same name.
While plot details for the feature are being kept under wraps, Weinstein's tales takes place in in the near-future realities set in both utopian societies and post-collapse countries, and tackle the greater implications of technologies that span virtual reality to memory implants to robotics.
Dani Melia and Peter Saraf will ...
Wang will helm the sci-fi feature Children of the New World, which she is adapting from Alexander Weinstein’s collection of short stories of the same name.
While plot details for the feature are being kept under wraps, Weinstein's tales takes place in in the near-future realities set in both utopian societies and post-collapse countries, and tackle the greater implications of technologies that span virtual reality to memory implants to robotics.
Dani Melia and Peter Saraf will ...
It was just over a month ago we got the enticing news that Kogonada would be following up his tender, formally striking drama Columbus (which finally just got a Blu-ray release) with After Yang, a sci-fi drama starring Colin Farrell and backed by A24. Now, ahead of a production that will kick off in early May, the rest of the ensemble has filled out.
Columbus star Haley Lu Richardson will be reteaming with Kogonada for the film, joined by Golshifteh Farahani, Justin Min, and Sarita Choudhury, Collider reports.
An adaptation of the Alexander Weinstein sci-fi short story Saying Goodbye to Yang, the film will follow a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member. Farahani will take the role of Farrell’s wife as they adopt both a Chinese girl and the robot Yang. Min will play Yang and Richardson will play another A.
Columbus star Haley Lu Richardson will be reteaming with Kogonada for the film, joined by Golshifteh Farahani, Justin Min, and Sarita Choudhury, Collider reports.
An adaptation of the Alexander Weinstein sci-fi short story Saying Goodbye to Yang, the film will follow a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member. Farahani will take the role of Farrell’s wife as they adopt both a Chinese girl and the robot Yang. Min will play Yang and Richardson will play another A.
- 4/17/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
One of the most impressive debuts of late was Kogonada’s tender, formally striking Columbus, starring John Cho and Haley Lu Richardson. The filmmaker, who got his start with his well-researched video essays, infused his admiration for Ozu with thoroughly modern sensibilities in that debut and now he’s finally announced his second feature, which is backed by A24.
Deadline reports that Colin Farrell will star in Kogonada’s next film titled After Yang. An adaptation of the Alexander Weinstein sci-fi short story Saying Goodbye to Yang, following “a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member.”
One can read the short story here. The project sounds like a step up in scope for the director while still retaining a dramatic intimacy. Farrell also recently joined another highly-anticipated project, Andrew Haigh’s series The North Water. There’s no word yet when After Yang may start production,...
Deadline reports that Colin Farrell will star in Kogonada’s next film titled After Yang. An adaptation of the Alexander Weinstein sci-fi short story Saying Goodbye to Yang, following “a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member.”
One can read the short story here. The project sounds like a step up in scope for the director while still retaining a dramatic intimacy. Farrell also recently joined another highly-anticipated project, Andrew Haigh’s series The North Water. There’s no word yet when After Yang may start production,...
- 3/1/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
With packaging being put together this past summer, Kogonada sees the A24 folks reteam with actor Colin Farrell on his sophomore feature, After Yang. Deadline reports that the project set up by Theresa Park’s Pow! Productions’ Theresa Park and Cinereach is now greenlight. Look for key casting announcements and a start date to be announced shortly.
Gist: Written by Kogonada and based on a short story in Alexander Weinstein’s Saying Goodbye to Yang, After Yang is set in a world where robotic children are purchased as live-in-babysitters. The story follows follows a father (Farrell) and daughter as they try to save the life of their Yang, a robotic Chinese “Big Brother,” programmed to help his little sister learn about her cultural heritage.…...
Gist: Written by Kogonada and based on a short story in Alexander Weinstein’s Saying Goodbye to Yang, After Yang is set in a world where robotic children are purchased as live-in-babysitters. The story follows follows a father (Farrell) and daughter as they try to save the life of their Yang, a robotic Chinese “Big Brother,” programmed to help his little sister learn about her cultural heritage.…...
- 2/28/2019
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Colin Farrell will star in A24’s upcoming film “After Yang.” Korean-born filmmaker Kogonada will direct the robot drama from his own script.
A24 has greenlit the project, which is based on the Alexander Weinstein short story “Saying Goodbye to Yang.”
“After Yang” centers on a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member Yang in a world where robotic children are purchased as live-in-babysitters. In the story, Yang has been programmed to help his little sister learn about her cultural heritage.
Theresa Park and her Per Capita Productions will produce with Cinereach. Park and Cinereach bought the rights to the short story last year and attached Kogonada to adapt it.
Kogonada made his feature directorial debut with 2017’s “Columbus” starring John Cho.
Farrell will be seen next in Disney’s “Dumbo,” directed by Tim Burton. He recently starred in “Widows,” “The Killing Of A Sacred Deer,...
A24 has greenlit the project, which is based on the Alexander Weinstein short story “Saying Goodbye to Yang.”
“After Yang” centers on a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member Yang in a world where robotic children are purchased as live-in-babysitters. In the story, Yang has been programmed to help his little sister learn about her cultural heritage.
Theresa Park and her Per Capita Productions will produce with Cinereach. Park and Cinereach bought the rights to the short story last year and attached Kogonada to adapt it.
Kogonada made his feature directorial debut with 2017’s “Columbus” starring John Cho.
Farrell will be seen next in Disney’s “Dumbo,” directed by Tim Burton. He recently starred in “Widows,” “The Killing Of A Sacred Deer,...
- 2/28/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Two years after making his feature directorial debut on the beloved indie “Columbus,” video-essayist-turned-filmmaker Kogonada has finally lined up his followup feature. Deadline reports that the South Korean-born creator will next tackle a big screen adaption of the Alexander Weinstein-penned short story “Saying Goodbye to Yang.” The filmmaker will both write and direct the film, which will be released with the slightly tweaked title “After Yang.”
Colin Farrell will star in the film, which will be released by boutique studio A24, which previously released the Farrell-starring features “The Lobster” and “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” both directed by “The Favourite” filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos. Per Deadline, the film “follows a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member.”
The story was originally published in Weinstein’s short short collection “Children of the New World,” a speculative fiction offering first published in the...
Colin Farrell will star in the film, which will be released by boutique studio A24, which previously released the Farrell-starring features “The Lobster” and “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” both directed by “The Favourite” filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos. Per Deadline, the film “follows a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member.”
The story was originally published in Weinstein’s short short collection “Children of the New World,” a speculative fiction offering first published in the...
- 2/28/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Exclusive: A24 has come aboard and greenlighted After Yang, with Colin Farrell set to star in an adaptation of the Alexander Weinstein short story Saying Goodbye to Yang. The film was scripted and will be directed by Kogonada, the South Korea-born writer-director who debuted on the John Cho starrer Columbus. Theresa Park and her Per Capita Productions will produce with Cinereach.
After Yang follows a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member.
Farrell next stars in the Tim Burton-directed Dumbo at Disney, this after Widows, Killing of a Sacred Deer and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Farrell is repped by CAA, managers Ilene Feldman and Claudine Farrell, as well as Hansen, Jacobson. Kogonada is with UTA and Gang Tyre.
The film was initiated by Park, via her Per Capita Productions, who teamed with Cinereach last summer to buy the...
After Yang follows a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member.
Farrell next stars in the Tim Burton-directed Dumbo at Disney, this after Widows, Killing of a Sacred Deer and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Farrell is repped by CAA, managers Ilene Feldman and Claudine Farrell, as well as Hansen, Jacobson. Kogonada is with UTA and Gang Tyre.
The film was initiated by Park, via her Per Capita Productions, who teamed with Cinereach last summer to buy the...
- 2/28/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Kogonada, the popular academic that made his feature directorial debut with John Cho-starrer Columbus, has set his next project with After Yang at A24.
Colin Farrell will star in the adaptation of the Alexander Weinstein short story Saying Goodbye to Yang, which follows a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member.
Theresa Park will produce via her Per Capita Productions, along with Cinereach.
Farrell will next be seen in Disney and Tim Burton's live-action adaptation of Dumbo. He is set for Guy Ritchie's action crime movie Bush, starring opposite Henry Golding and Charlie Hunnam, and ...
Colin Farrell will star in the adaptation of the Alexander Weinstein short story Saying Goodbye to Yang, which follows a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member.
Theresa Park will produce via her Per Capita Productions, along with Cinereach.
Farrell will next be seen in Disney and Tim Burton's live-action adaptation of Dumbo. He is set for Guy Ritchie's action crime movie Bush, starring opposite Henry Golding and Charlie Hunnam, and ...
- 2/28/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kogonada, the popular academic who made his feature directorial debut with John Cho-starrer Columbus, has solidified his next project: After Yang at A24.
Colin Farrell will star in the adaptation of the Alexander Weinstein short story Saying Goodbye to Yang, which follows a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member.
Theresa Park will produce via her Per Capita Productions, along with Cinereach.
Farrell will next be seen in Disney and Tim Burton's live-action adaptation of Dumbo. He is set for Guy Ritchie's action crime movie Bush, starring opposite Henry Golding and Charlie Hunnam, and the Jessica ...
Colin Farrell will star in the adaptation of the Alexander Weinstein short story Saying Goodbye to Yang, which follows a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member.
Theresa Park will produce via her Per Capita Productions, along with Cinereach.
Farrell will next be seen in Disney and Tim Burton's live-action adaptation of Dumbo. He is set for Guy Ritchie's action crime movie Bush, starring opposite Henry Golding and Charlie Hunnam, and the Jessica ...
- 2/28/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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