Exclusive: UK-French sales company Alief has acquired world sales rights to Megan Seely’s dark comedy Puddysticks in which she co-stars alongside Mamoudou Athie and Dan Bakkedahl.
Seely plays Liz, a burned-out videogame designer who discovers a mysterious society of adults who heal their darkest secrets through childlike play.
Led by the alluring figure of Sylvester Cromwell (Bakkedahl), the group compels each member to reveal their most shameful memory as part of the process but when Liz finally musters the courage to share her darkest trauma, her world turns upside down.
Puddysticks is actress, writer and filmmaker Seely’s first feature length film after well-travelled short film My Loyal Audience, TV show Every Year On My Half Birthday and taking co-writing credits on 2017 feature The Mad Whale.
Her acting credits include the Filipino and American musical The Girl Who Left Home and Twist.
Seely plays Liz, a burned-out videogame designer who discovers a mysterious society of adults who heal their darkest secrets through childlike play.
Led by the alluring figure of Sylvester Cromwell (Bakkedahl), the group compels each member to reveal their most shameful memory as part of the process but when Liz finally musters the courage to share her darkest trauma, her world turns upside down.
Puddysticks is actress, writer and filmmaker Seely’s first feature length film after well-travelled short film My Loyal Audience, TV show Every Year On My Half Birthday and taking co-writing credits on 2017 feature The Mad Whale.
Her acting credits include the Filipino and American musical The Girl Who Left Home and Twist.
- 2/6/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The Austin Film Festival has announced its first wave of screenings for its upcoming 30th anniversary event.
Oscar winner Emerald Fennell’s new film Saltburn has been chosen as the festival’s opening night selection. The MGM and Amazon Studios title stars Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi and Rosamund Pike, and is described as “a wicked tale of privilege and desire.” It’s the sophomore effort by the acclaimed Promising Young Woman filmmaker, who will be in attendance.
This year also includes several world premieres, such as Lena Headey’s feature directorial debut, The Trap, which stars Headey’s Game of Thrones co-star Michelle Fairley, along with James Nelson Joyce.
Other notable titles (full list and descriptions below) include the debut feature American Fiction from writer-director Cord Jefferson, which stars Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown and Tracee Ellis Ross. Also, screenwriter Brian Helgeland returns to Aff with his newest project, Finestkind,...
Oscar winner Emerald Fennell’s new film Saltburn has been chosen as the festival’s opening night selection. The MGM and Amazon Studios title stars Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi and Rosamund Pike, and is described as “a wicked tale of privilege and desire.” It’s the sophomore effort by the acclaimed Promising Young Woman filmmaker, who will be in attendance.
This year also includes several world premieres, such as Lena Headey’s feature directorial debut, The Trap, which stars Headey’s Game of Thrones co-star Michelle Fairley, along with James Nelson Joyce.
Other notable titles (full list and descriptions below) include the debut feature American Fiction from writer-director Cord Jefferson, which stars Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown and Tracee Ellis Ross. Also, screenwriter Brian Helgeland returns to Aff with his newest project, Finestkind,...
- 8/31/2023
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
GaTa doesn’t want to be the greatest rapper; he just wants to be great.
“My whole thing is progress, not perfection. Nothing happens overnight,” he tells Variety. “That’s why I grew dreadlocks, so I can see the progress, baby!”
The hype man turned rapper turned actor got his start working with Tyga and Lil Wayne, but he’s best known now for playing himself on the hit FX comedy series “Dave.” While the show centers around Dave Burd, a white Jewish rapper on a quest to become hip-hop superstar Lil Dicky, the heart and soul of the series is GaTa, Burd’s real-life friend and hype man since 2013.
GaTa, whose real name is Davionte Ganter, provides an emotional depth to “Dave,” opening up about his bipolar disorder and grappling with his own dreams of becoming an artist. In Season 2, GaTa struggles to make ends meet as the self-interested...
“My whole thing is progress, not perfection. Nothing happens overnight,” he tells Variety. “That’s why I grew dreadlocks, so I can see the progress, baby!”
The hype man turned rapper turned actor got his start working with Tyga and Lil Wayne, but he’s best known now for playing himself on the hit FX comedy series “Dave.” While the show centers around Dave Burd, a white Jewish rapper on a quest to become hip-hop superstar Lil Dicky, the heart and soul of the series is GaTa, Burd’s real-life friend and hype man since 2013.
GaTa, whose real name is Davionte Ganter, provides an emotional depth to “Dave,” opening up about his bipolar disorder and grappling with his own dreams of becoming an artist. In Season 2, GaTa struggles to make ends meet as the self-interested...
- 8/30/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
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