Remember Quibi? The short-lived streaming service-turned-punchline, which vastly overestimated how many people felt compelled to watch bite-sized shows and movies on their phones, seems to have done one thing right before being folded into the Roku Channel: allowing creators to retain ownership of their work after a two-year exclusivity window. Not content to let her 13-part thriller series “The Stranger” disappear along with the platform on which it debuted, “The Killing” creator Veena Sud recut the project into a feature film alongside editor Philip Fowler. Gone are the 8-minute episodes named after the hour in which they take place (beginning with 7 p.m. and ending at 7 a.m.), replaced by a 98-minute Hulu feature that shows no sign of having been overhauled.
Six days after moving to Los Angeles with her dog Pebbles, rideshare driver Clare (Maika Monroe) picks up Carl E. (Dane DeHaan) from a mansion that doesn’t belong to him.
Six days after moving to Los Angeles with her dog Pebbles, rideshare driver Clare (Maika Monroe) picks up Carl E. (Dane DeHaan) from a mansion that doesn’t belong to him.
- 4/16/2024
- by Michael Nordine
- Variety Film + TV
Writer/director Veena Sud‘s Hulu movie “The Stranger” is a one-night thriller that allows for only a couple of scenes before rideshare driver Clare (Maika Monroe) realizes she’s made a horrible mistake picking up passenger Carl (Dane DeHaan). From that point, the movie is a nonstop adrenaline rush and so perfectly paced that the most surprising thing about it is that it didn’t begin as a feature film at all — this new Hulu movie is a re-edit of a series Sud initially made for Quibi.
Before its swift demise, Quibi was a platform designed for people to watch shows in 10-minute episodes on their phones, with content presented in dual simultaneous aspect ratios so that one could watch the episodes either vertically or horizontally. The unique format provided filmmakers like Sud, Mark Pellington, and Catherine Hardwicke opportunities to experiment with new ways of storytelling; it also gave...
Before its swift demise, Quibi was a platform designed for people to watch shows in 10-minute episodes on their phones, with content presented in dual simultaneous aspect ratios so that one could watch the episodes either vertically or horizontally. The unique format provided filmmakers like Sud, Mark Pellington, and Catherine Hardwicke opportunities to experiment with new ways of storytelling; it also gave...
- 4/15/2024
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
Six TV editors will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2023 Emmy Awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Thursday, May 25, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Ray Richmond and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following Emmy contenders:
The Bear (FX)
Synopsis: A young chef from the fine dining world returns to Chicago to run his family’s sandwich shop.
Bio: Joanna Naugle’s career has included “2 Dope Queens,” “Some Good News” and “Ramy.”
Mrs. Davis (NBC...
RSVP today to our entire ongoing contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following Emmy contenders:
The Bear (FX)
Synopsis: A young chef from the fine dining world returns to Chicago to run his family’s sandwich shop.
Bio: Joanna Naugle’s career has included “2 Dope Queens,” “Some Good News” and “Ramy.”
Mrs. Davis (NBC...
- 5/18/2023
- by Chris Beachum and Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
“Welcome to Blumhouse” is an anthology of eight horror thrillers executive produced by Jason Blum; each tells a different story, with different casts and crews. The first two films, “Black Box” and “The Lie,” bowed on Amazon Prime on Oct. 6, with the next two, “Nocturne” and “Evil Eye,” dropping Oct. 13. The final four movies will debut next year.
Below, members of the crews break down how they built the tension that drives the action.
Hilda Mercado, cinematographer, “Black Box”
Summary: A man undergoes a painful experimental treatment to try to regain his memory after a car accident in which his wife died.
“‘Black Box’ called for a lot of practical effects, especially when it came to [space] transitions. It’s a psychological movie — one that doesn’t take the audience for granted. When our character, Nolan [Mamoudou Athie], was with his daughter [Ava, played by Amanda Christine], we wanted to be intimate with the camera, so...
Below, members of the crews break down how they built the tension that drives the action.
Hilda Mercado, cinematographer, “Black Box”
Summary: A man undergoes a painful experimental treatment to try to regain his memory after a car accident in which his wife died.
“‘Black Box’ called for a lot of practical effects, especially when it came to [space] transitions. It’s a psychological movie — one that doesn’t take the audience for granted. When our character, Nolan [Mamoudou Athie], was with his daughter [Ava, played by Amanda Christine], we wanted to be intimate with the camera, so...
- 10/8/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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