On the heels of the popularity of “Bridgerton” and “The Queen’s Gambit,” Netflix is developing another period piece, albeit one set in 1990s Manhattan.
“Tigertail” filmmaker and “Master of None” co-creator Alan Yang is teaming up with author Min Jin Lee to adapt her critically acclaimed 2007 novel “Free Food for Millionaires” as a television series, Variety has learned exclusively. Lee is penning the screen adaptation, with Yang serving as non-writing executive producer.
Lee’s novel centers on Casey Han, a “strong-willed, Queens-bred daughter of Korean immigrants who is addicted to a glamorous Manhattan lifestyle she cannot afford.” The series will explore the world of haves and have-nots in ’90s New York City through a distinctly Asian American lens, with Casey “determined to carve a space for herself in the glittering world she craves while desperately trying to make her parents proud, but at what cost?”
“It’s a premium Asian...
“Tigertail” filmmaker and “Master of None” co-creator Alan Yang is teaming up with author Min Jin Lee to adapt her critically acclaimed 2007 novel “Free Food for Millionaires” as a television series, Variety has learned exclusively. Lee is penning the screen adaptation, with Yang serving as non-writing executive producer.
Lee’s novel centers on Casey Han, a “strong-willed, Queens-bred daughter of Korean immigrants who is addicted to a glamorous Manhattan lifestyle she cannot afford.” The series will explore the world of haves and have-nots in ’90s New York City through a distinctly Asian American lens, with Casey “determined to carve a space for herself in the glittering world she craves while desperately trying to make her parents proud, but at what cost?”
“It’s a premium Asian...
- 1/27/2021
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
When beloved filmmaker Lynn Shelton unexpectedly passed away earlier this year, her tight-knit communities rallied together to find a way to honor her legacy in a way that felt appropriate for the big-hearted creator. In July, Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum and Duplass Brothers Productions announced their solution: the launch of the Lynn Shelton “Of a Certain Age” Grant. The $25,000 unrestricted cash grant will be awarded each year to a U.S.-based woman or non-binary filmmaker, age 39 or older, who has yet to direct a narrative feature.
Less than four months later, the selection committee has chosen their inaugural winner: Keisha Rae Witherspoon, a Caribbean-American filmmaker based in Miami. Per the official announcement, “Witherspoon’s work is driven by interests in science, speculative fiction, and fantasy, as well as documenting the unseen and unheralded nuances of diasporic peoples.”
Her dazzling short film “T” world-premiered at the BlackStar Film Festival...
Less than four months later, the selection committee has chosen their inaugural winner: Keisha Rae Witherspoon, a Caribbean-American filmmaker based in Miami. Per the official announcement, “Witherspoon’s work is driven by interests in science, speculative fiction, and fantasy, as well as documenting the unseen and unheralded nuances of diasporic peoples.”
Her dazzling short film “T” world-premiered at the BlackStar Film Festival...
- 10/28/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Carl Reiner, actor, writer, director and one of the defining comedic talents of the 20th century, has died, Variety reports. He was 98.
Reiner’s assistant, Judy Nagy, confirmed his death. She said he died of natural causes on Monday night at his home in Beverly Hills. Reiner’s son, the actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner, posted on Twitter: “Last night my dad passed away. As I write this my heart is hurting. He was my guiding light.”
Reiner was a comedy stalwart for nearly seven decades, a ceaseless worker who...
Reiner’s assistant, Judy Nagy, confirmed his death. She said he died of natural causes on Monday night at his home in Beverly Hills. Reiner’s son, the actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner, posted on Twitter: “Last night my dad passed away. As I write this my heart is hurting. He was my guiding light.”
Reiner was a comedy stalwart for nearly seven decades, a ceaseless worker who...
- 6/30/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
On “The Witcher,” Henry Cavill sheds Superman’s suit in favor of weighty armor and a blond wig to battle monsters as Geralt of Rivia, adapted from Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski’s fantasy books. The call to save humankind is nothing new for Patrick Stewart. In “Star Trek: Picard,” Stewart returns to the captain’s chair of the USS Enterprise; he first played Picard in 1987, when ”Star Trek: The Next Generation” launched. And years before Cavill became Superman on the big screen, he met his own hero — Stewart — on a theater audition that he would never forget. They talked to each other over video chat for Variety‘s Actors on Actors issue.
Henry Cavill: Sir Patrick, how are you?
Patrick Stewart: I did a 90-minute “Fresh Air” interview yesterday, and I talked too much. So that’s why I’m talking like this now, because my voice got very tired.
Henry Cavill: Sir Patrick, how are you?
Patrick Stewart: I did a 90-minute “Fresh Air” interview yesterday, and I talked too much. So that’s why I’m talking like this now, because my voice got very tired.
- 6/24/2020
- by Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
Are you bored of the same old TV shows? Tired of the mainstream? Then check out this round-up of alternative movies and series showing on UK television tonight…
8.00pm Fifty/Fifty (Movies4Men)
Two bickering mercenaries are hired by the CIA to overthrow a South East Asian dictator. Action drama starring Peter Weller and Robert Hayes.
9.00pm Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (Zone Horror)
Disturbing true tale of one of the most gruesome serial killers in American history starring Kane Hodder. The twisted and evil Ed Gein embarks on a grisly killing spree in his rural Wisconsin town.
10.00pm The Naughty Stewardesses (Movies4Men)
Three beautiful airline stewardesses live out their most provocative and wild fantasies during their adventurous flight in this bawdy erotic cult classic directed by Al Adamson.
11.10pm The Ruins (Sky Movies SciFi & Horror)
An exotic break in Mexico turns into a terrifying fight for survival...
8.00pm Fifty/Fifty (Movies4Men)
Two bickering mercenaries are hired by the CIA to overthrow a South East Asian dictator. Action drama starring Peter Weller and Robert Hayes.
9.00pm Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (Zone Horror)
Disturbing true tale of one of the most gruesome serial killers in American history starring Kane Hodder. The twisted and evil Ed Gein embarks on a grisly killing spree in his rural Wisconsin town.
10.00pm The Naughty Stewardesses (Movies4Men)
Three beautiful airline stewardesses live out their most provocative and wild fantasies during their adventurous flight in this bawdy erotic cult classic directed by Al Adamson.
11.10pm The Ruins (Sky Movies SciFi & Horror)
An exotic break in Mexico turns into a terrifying fight for survival...
- 3/20/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
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