Although summer 2024 is nearly upon us, viewers will have to wait until 2025 for the third and final season of The Summer I Turned Pretty.
Set mostly in the fictional Cousins Beach, the drama series features the coming-of-age of Isabelle “Belly” Conklin (Lola Tung), who grew up going to Cousins every summer with her mom Laurel (Jackie Chung) and brother Steven (Sean Kaufman) with Laurel’s best friend Susannah (Rachel Blanchard) and her sons Conrad (Chris Briney) and Jeremiah Fisher (Gavin Casalegno). Belly has been in love with Conrad ever since she could remember, but she also has feelings for Jeremiah. He was her first kiss, after all.
At Prime Video’s Upfront, the cast of the young adult series and author of the source material novels Jenny Han gave an update for Season 3’s release. Everything we know about The Summer I Turned Pretty lies below.
Has The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 started filming?...
Set mostly in the fictional Cousins Beach, the drama series features the coming-of-age of Isabelle “Belly” Conklin (Lola Tung), who grew up going to Cousins every summer with her mom Laurel (Jackie Chung) and brother Steven (Sean Kaufman) with Laurel’s best friend Susannah (Rachel Blanchard) and her sons Conrad (Chris Briney) and Jeremiah Fisher (Gavin Casalegno). Belly has been in love with Conrad ever since she could remember, but she also has feelings for Jeremiah. He was her first kiss, after all.
At Prime Video’s Upfront, the cast of the young adult series and author of the source material novels Jenny Han gave an update for Season 3’s release. Everything we know about The Summer I Turned Pretty lies below.
Has The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 started filming?...
- 5/20/2024
- by Dessi Gomez
- Deadline Film + TV
The Clown Prince of Crime will never wreak havoc on Gotham again — at least not through one of his most famous portrayers. Mark Hamill has reiterated that he won’t return to play The Joker so long as Kevin Conroy is not his Batman.
As per a Q & A at Fan Expo San Francisco, Mark Hamill said his days of voicing The Joker are a thing of the past, telling attendees that he “won’t voice the role unless it’s opposite Kevin Conroy’s Batman.” He added, “Without Batman, crime has no punchline,” quoting the episode “The Man Who Killed Batman” from Batman: The Animated Series, the first time he played The Joker. This doubles down on previous statements Hamill made about reprising The Joker in relation to Conroy. “They would call and say, ‘They want you to do the Joker,’ and my only question was, ‘Is Kevin Batman?...
As per a Q & A at Fan Expo San Francisco, Mark Hamill said his days of voicing The Joker are a thing of the past, telling attendees that he “won’t voice the role unless it’s opposite Kevin Conroy’s Batman.” He added, “Without Batman, crime has no punchline,” quoting the episode “The Man Who Killed Batman” from Batman: The Animated Series, the first time he played The Joker. This doubles down on previous statements Hamill made about reprising The Joker in relation to Conroy. “They would call and say, ‘They want you to do the Joker,’ and my only question was, ‘Is Kevin Batman?...
- 11/27/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
“Home Town” takes a sentimental stroll down “Memory Lane: The Heart of Laurel” in its latest episode airing on HGTV at 8:00 Pm on Sunday, December 3, 2023. In this heartfelt installment, hosts Ben and Erin recount the inspiring narrative of a family whose home was devastated by a tornado nearly three years ago.
The episode delves into the remarkable sense of community that defines Laurel, showcasing how its residents united to help rebuild a life shattered by natural disaster. Ben and Erin, with their signature blend of warmth and expertise, explore the intricate details of the restoration process and the emotional journey that accompanies such a transformative endeavor.
“Memory Lane: The Heart of Laurel” promises not only a visual feast of home transformations but also a touching story of resilience and communal spirit. Viewers can expect an emotionally resonant experience as “Home Town” once again highlights the transformative power of home and community.
The episode delves into the remarkable sense of community that defines Laurel, showcasing how its residents united to help rebuild a life shattered by natural disaster. Ben and Erin, with their signature blend of warmth and expertise, explore the intricate details of the restoration process and the emotional journey that accompanies such a transformative endeavor.
“Memory Lane: The Heart of Laurel” promises not only a visual feast of home transformations but also a touching story of resilience and communal spirit. Viewers can expect an emotionally resonant experience as “Home Town” once again highlights the transformative power of home and community.
- 11/26/2023
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Directed by Alberto Belli, the Disney Original Christmas movie The Naughty Nine is all about a bunch of troublemaker kids planning a heist at Santa’s headquarters at the North Pole. The Naughty Nine follows a fifth-grade student, Andy, who finds himself on Santa’s naughty list, prompting him to hatch a plan of a heist, but by the end of the film, instead of stealing the gift from Santa’s headquarters, he and his friends returned with a valuable life lesson.
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Plot Synopsis: What Happens In The Film?
The Naughty Nine opens with Andy being summoned to the principal’s office. Andy had been a troublemaker the entire year, which was a matter of concern for both of his parents as well as the principal. So the principal tried to talk to him, hoping to bring him on the right track, but all Andy was doing in...
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Plot Synopsis: What Happens In The Film?
The Naughty Nine opens with Andy being summoned to the principal’s office. Andy had been a troublemaker the entire year, which was a matter of concern for both of his parents as well as the principal. So the principal tried to talk to him, hoping to bring him on the right track, but all Andy was doing in...
- 11/24/2023
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
Life doesn’t always stay the same. The silly days of childhood aren’t just going to come back, especially in adulthood, when everyone is busy in their own lives, getting stressed over earning money or maintaining a family. Jennifer Cram’s recent directorial Sick Girl is all about rescuing that precious friendship, but in a very troubling way. Sick Girl is a comedy-drama that fails to provide laughs or make any sense at all. 2023’s Bottoms, despite being a high school teen drama, spoke a lot about female friendship, presenting it hilariously, while Sick Girl doesn’t take the opportunity to make the audience connect with the characters with its tedious and predictable storytelling.
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Sick Girl opens with a young Wren and her three friends, Cece, Laurel, and Jill, going on a long ride, singing along to some tunes. As...
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Plot Synopsis: What Happens In The Film?
Sick Girl opens with a young Wren and her three friends, Cece, Laurel, and Jill, going on a long ride, singing along to some tunes. As...
- 10/30/2023
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
Exclusive: Jon S. Baird, the Scottish filmmaker known for his work on Tetris and Stan & Ollie, has signed with Range Media Partners.
Baird’s most recent feature, the true-life thriller Tetris, earned him a nomination for Best Director – Fiction at the upcoming 2023 BAFTA Scotland Awards, after world premiering at SXSW. The Apple TV+ pic tells the story of Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton), a video game enthusiast turned entrepreneur, who stumbles upon a little-known title called Tetris at a tech expo and becomes embroiled in a high-stakes battle for its rights, facing off against rival companies, the Kgb, and even Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Baird previously directed Stan & Ollie, a feature about comedy legends Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Hardy (John C. Reilly), for eOne and BBC Films, which was nominated for Outstanding British Film of the Year at the BAFTA Film Awards. The filmmaker also with that title secured...
Baird’s most recent feature, the true-life thriller Tetris, earned him a nomination for Best Director – Fiction at the upcoming 2023 BAFTA Scotland Awards, after world premiering at SXSW. The Apple TV+ pic tells the story of Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton), a video game enthusiast turned entrepreneur, who stumbles upon a little-known title called Tetris at a tech expo and becomes embroiled in a high-stakes battle for its rights, facing off against rival companies, the Kgb, and even Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Baird previously directed Stan & Ollie, a feature about comedy legends Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Hardy (John C. Reilly), for eOne and BBC Films, which was nominated for Outstanding British Film of the Year at the BAFTA Film Awards. The filmmaker also with that title secured...
- 10/26/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Anthony Calvitti’s award-winning horror short, Night Of The Devil is now available to watch on Scareplex.
The film features legendary Hammer Films actress, Veronica Carlson, Lauren Lavera, Rachel Keefe, Alexander Jameson, Richard Lyntton (The Equalizer), Aedan Szymanski (Mastermind of Murder), and George Williams (Dahmer on Dahmer: A Serial Killer Speaks).
It is the night before Halloween aka Devil’s Night in 1978 and four teens, Chris, Vivian, Davis, and Laurel enter the woods for some mischief but instead they come face to face with the Devil and a night of fun turns into a hellish experience.
The title song, “Night of the Devil” is performed by metal band, Beastmaster, while another feature song, “Winter” is performed by the 70’s rock band, Iron Claw.
Night of the Devil film poster was created by award winning illustrator, Graham Humphreys.
Scareplex: Night of the Devil
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The film features legendary Hammer Films actress, Veronica Carlson, Lauren Lavera, Rachel Keefe, Alexander Jameson, Richard Lyntton (The Equalizer), Aedan Szymanski (Mastermind of Murder), and George Williams (Dahmer on Dahmer: A Serial Killer Speaks).
It is the night before Halloween aka Devil’s Night in 1978 and four teens, Chris, Vivian, Davis, and Laurel enter the woods for some mischief but instead they come face to face with the Devil and a night of fun turns into a hellish experience.
The title song, “Night of the Devil” is performed by metal band, Beastmaster, while another feature song, “Winter” is performed by the 70’s rock band, Iron Claw.
Night of the Devil film poster was created by award winning illustrator, Graham Humphreys.
Scareplex: Night of the Devil
https://scareplex.com/video/night-of-the-devil-horror-short-2023/
The post Night...
- 10/24/2023
- by Michael Joy
- Horror Asylum
The Notebook Primer introduces readers to some of the most important figures, films, genres, and movements in film history.Artists and Models.By rights, Martin and Lewis should have the kind of cultural footprint renders them permanent household names: the status that turns artists into Halloween costumes, as archetypal as cartoon characters and ancient gods. For ten years, from 1946 to 1956, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were a double act, and accurately describing how popular they were sounds like gross exaggeration. They were so big that the only fitting comparisons are to rock stars—and not just any rock stars, but Elvis Presley, or The Beatles. “For ten years after World War II, Dean and I were not only the most successful show-business act in history,” Jerry Lewis wrote with his trademark humility in Dean and Me: A Love Story (1984), “—we were history.” Their live shows were pandemonium. They reportedly made eleven million dollars in 1951 alone.
- 10/23/2023
- MUBI
Stella Dallas.In the final scene of Stella Dallas (1925), the title character stands in a dark city street in the rain, peering through a window at her daughter’s wedding. This famous image inescapably suggests a viewer gazing at a movie screen: the lighted square of the window, framed by lace-trimmed drapes, even closely matches the aspect ratio of films from the time. This resemblance adds a subtle element of self-commentary to the scene, in which Stella is both punished and exalted. Having exiled herself from her child’s life so as not to hold her back, she gets to witness the fruit of her sacrifice while paying the bitter price, as a policeman curtly orders the bedraggled woman to move along.When I saw Stella Dallas, newly restored by the Museum of Modern Art, at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2023 in Bologna, I responded to this scene exactly as I was...
- 9/20/2023
- MUBI
As cultural “discourse” becomes more aligned with scare-quotes than substantive conversations, putting a complicated piece of art into the world can be terrifying. “Sometimes, it’s scary to trust the audience,” said “The Starling Girl” writer and director Laurel Parmet. “It’s also invigorating and thrilling.”
Parmet’s directorial debut is loosely based on her own coming-of-age story, during which she had a relationship with an older man when she was just a teenager. Set against the backdrop of a patriarchal fundamentalist church community, “The Starling Girl” stars Eliza Scanlen as Jem Starling, a curious and clever teen whose world is upended by the return of intriguing young pastor Owen (Lewis Pullman). Drawn to each other despite many constraints that should keep them apart — their age difference, the power dynamic, and much more — their relationship serves as the catalyst for Jem fully coming into herself.
It’s a tricky story...
Parmet’s directorial debut is loosely based on her own coming-of-age story, during which she had a relationship with an older man when she was just a teenager. Set against the backdrop of a patriarchal fundamentalist church community, “The Starling Girl” stars Eliza Scanlen as Jem Starling, a curious and clever teen whose world is upended by the return of intriguing young pastor Owen (Lewis Pullman). Drawn to each other despite many constraints that should keep them apart — their age difference, the power dynamic, and much more — their relationship serves as the catalyst for Jem fully coming into herself.
It’s a tricky story...
- 5/12/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Los Angeles, May 9 (Ians) Hollywood actress Emma Roberts, who is known for “Paradise Hills” and “Billionaire Boys Club”, is set to headline the comedy “Hot Mess”.
The movie marks the feature directorial debut for film and TV helmer Katie Locke O’Brien. The project was written by Gabrielle D’Amico and is produced by Debbie Liebling, Maggie Malina and Laura Lewis, reports ‘Variety’.
Currently in pre-production and scheduled to start shooting in early 2024, Mister Smith Entertainment will launch its international sales at this month’s Cannes market. Lewis at Rebelle Media is representing North American rights.
An official synopsis for the film, accessed by ‘Variety’, reads: “After imploding in the worst way possible on a wildly popular American dating show, Laurel Mack (Roberts) must do the ultimate walk of shame… back to her hometown.
“Having failed to win love on the show, Laurel finds herself living in her quirky parents’ basement, without any friends,...
The movie marks the feature directorial debut for film and TV helmer Katie Locke O’Brien. The project was written by Gabrielle D’Amico and is produced by Debbie Liebling, Maggie Malina and Laura Lewis, reports ‘Variety’.
Currently in pre-production and scheduled to start shooting in early 2024, Mister Smith Entertainment will launch its international sales at this month’s Cannes market. Lewis at Rebelle Media is representing North American rights.
An official synopsis for the film, accessed by ‘Variety’, reads: “After imploding in the worst way possible on a wildly popular American dating show, Laurel Mack (Roberts) must do the ultimate walk of shame… back to her hometown.
“Having failed to win love on the show, Laurel finds herself living in her quirky parents’ basement, without any friends,...
- 5/9/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
American Horror Story actress Emma Roberts is set to star in the new comedy Hot Mess, playing a woman whose personal life implodes on a TV dating show who has to take the ultimate walk of shame back to her hometown.
TV director Katie Locke O’Brien (Ghosts, Blockbuster) will helm Hot Mess in her feature debut from a script by Gabrielle D’Amico. Debbie Liebling (South Park, Plus One), Maggie Malina (Resort To Love), and Laura Lewis (Mr. Malcolm’s List, Tell Me Lies) are producing. Currently, in pre-production, Hot Mess is set to begin principal photography in early 2024.
Mister Smith Entertainment is handling international sales and will launch the project at the Cannes film market next week. Laura Lewis at Rebelle Media is representing North American rights.
Roberts, who will appear alongside Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney in the upcoming Spider-Man spin-off Madame Web, will play Laurel Mack (Emma Roberts), a...
TV director Katie Locke O’Brien (Ghosts, Blockbuster) will helm Hot Mess in her feature debut from a script by Gabrielle D’Amico. Debbie Liebling (South Park, Plus One), Maggie Malina (Resort To Love), and Laura Lewis (Mr. Malcolm’s List, Tell Me Lies) are producing. Currently, in pre-production, Hot Mess is set to begin principal photography in early 2024.
Mister Smith Entertainment is handling international sales and will launch the project at the Cannes film market next week. Laura Lewis at Rebelle Media is representing North American rights.
Roberts, who will appear alongside Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney in the upcoming Spider-Man spin-off Madame Web, will play Laurel Mack (Emma Roberts), a...
- 5/9/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Christina Ricci came to fame at just 10 years of age when she took on the role of Wednesday Addams in 1991’s “The Addams Family.” She gave the character a deadpan aura and the actress is still best-known for this sardonic wit. Ricci reprised the role in 1993’s “Addams Family Values,” where she solidified her take on the character, who was 12-13 years old in the movies, as the defining one. Three decades later, she returned to the world of “The Addams Family” in Netflix’s “Wednesday “— but not as Wednesday Addams.
Instead, that role went to Jenna Ortega, who is re-defining the character, now age 16, with her uber-popular performance. The comedy series sees Wednesday enrolling at Nevermore Academy. Ricci plays Marilyn Thornhill — Nevermore Academy’s science teacher and Wednesday’s dorm mother. At first, it seemed like Marilyn would be a neat little cameo-like role for Ricci that would satisfy fans of the original movies.
Instead, that role went to Jenna Ortega, who is re-defining the character, now age 16, with her uber-popular performance. The comedy series sees Wednesday enrolling at Nevermore Academy. Ricci plays Marilyn Thornhill — Nevermore Academy’s science teacher and Wednesday’s dorm mother. At first, it seemed like Marilyn would be a neat little cameo-like role for Ricci that would satisfy fans of the original movies.
- 5/3/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Cinematic superheroes have been going through a rough patch lately. Already this year, both Shazam and Ant-Man proved a bit at sea in their latest adventures. So it comes as a relief to report the trilogy-capping Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. achieves what it sets out to do, which is provide a stirring and audience-pleasing finale for a franchise that has proven to be one of Marvel’s biggest and most unlikely success stories. Well, at least until the next iteration of the Guardians comes along.
Arriving six years after the last installment (an eon in superhero years), this edition begins in startling fashion. As we hear an acoustic version of Radiohead’s “Creep,” we see a drunken Quill (Chris Pratt), obviously still mourning the loss of his beloved Gamora (Zoe Saldaña), collapsing into a stupor. It leads you to think that maybe this is going to be less...
Arriving six years after the last installment (an eon in superhero years), this edition begins in startling fashion. As we hear an acoustic version of Radiohead’s “Creep,” we see a drunken Quill (Chris Pratt), obviously still mourning the loss of his beloved Gamora (Zoe Saldaña), collapsing into a stupor. It leads you to think that maybe this is going to be less...
- 4/28/2023
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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