Tag: The Dropout
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How Soon Is Too Soon? The Fastest Turnaround Times for Movies Based on True Stories
These days, it seems like TV and film alike can’t get enough of the past; specifically, the very, very recent past. Shows based on true crime cases and extremely buzzy scandals flood streaming services; you only need to look at 2022, when “WeCrashed” and “Super Pumped” dramatized boardroom dramas at WeWork and Uber three years…
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Is Netflix’s ‘Pain Hustlers’ Based on a True Story?
Set to come out on Netflix on October 27, Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts director David Yates’ newest project, Pain Hustlers, is the most recent drama about grifters, scams, and overall schemes to hit our screens. But, in a landscape marked by fictional and documentary shows and movies like The Dropout, Inventing Anna, and The…
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‘Maniac’ Actor Ariel Kavoussi Wraps Directorial Debut ‘The Next Big One’ (Exclusive)
Ariel Kavoussi, whose acting credits include Netflix’s “Maniac,” Prime Video’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and film “Catfight,” has wrapped her feature directorial debut “The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems.”In this dystopian sci-fi black comedy, a high-ranking employee at an omnipotent tech firm must help her depressed, activist brother move into their…
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New ‘Great Expectations’ Trailer: A New Adaptation Of Dickens’ Novel With Olivia Colman & Fionn Whitehead Hits Hulu On March 26
Hulu had a slew of critically acclaimed TV series last year, like “The Dropout,” “Pam & Tommy,” and “Fleishman Is In Trouble.” So what will its big hits of 2023 be? “Great Expectations” may be one of them, considering Olivia Colman headlines the cast.Read More: ‘Great Expectations’ Trailer: Olivia Colman & Fionn Whitehead Star In…
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Ebon Moss-Bachrach Needs to be Cast in More Leading Roles
It’s hard to think of a bigger 2022 breakout star on television than Ebon Moss-Bachrach. While Moss-Bachrach has been doing notable work on television shows like Girls and The Punisher for many years, he essentially stole some of the most popular breakout shows of 2022 with his dynamic supporting performances. Between Andor, The Bear, The…
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Amanda Seyfriend & Evan Rachel Woods Have A ‘Thelma & Louise’ Musical In The Works With The Film’s Screenwriter On Board
Amanda Seyfried wasn’t in attendance for her Golden Globe victory on Tuesday Night for her role as Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu‘s “The Dropout.” However, “Yellowstone” stars Mo Brings Plenty and Cole Hauser, who accepted the award on Seyfried’s behalf, hinted that she’s “deep in the process of creating a new musical.” Variety now has the…
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‘Welcome to Chippendales’ Review: Kumail Nanjiani Steals The Show In Hulu’s Seedy, Sprawling True-Crime Drama
The new Hulu series “Welcome to Chippendales” may take place well before the age of smartphones and apps, but it has much in common with recent digital-era downfall narratives like “WeCrashed,” “Superpumped: The Battle for Uber,” and “The Dropout.” In the case of “Chippendales,” the mastermind corrupted by money and the mirage of success is…
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Amanda Seyfried: It Was ‘Devastating’ to Lose Out on ‘Wicked’ Role
Amanda Seyfried has been changed for the better after auditioning for “Wicked.”The Emmy-nominated star of “The Dropout” admitted to Porter magazine that she found it “devastating” to not be cast as Glinda the Good Witch in Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked” musical adaptation. The role ultimately went to singer Ariana Grande.“I lost out on a big…
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Jared Leto ‘Stayed in Touch’ with Real-Life Elizabeth Holmes: ‘Not Everyone Is One Thing’
Jared Leto may have played WeWork founder Adam Neumann for AppleTV+’s “WeCrashed,” but the Oscar winner has a surprising real-world connection to another Silicon Valley tech titan: Elizabeth Holmes.During a Variety Actors on Actors roundtable with “The Dropout” star Amanda Seyfried, who portrayed Holmes on the Hulu series, Leto revealed he formerly “stayed in touch”…
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‘The Dropout’: Naveen Andrews Was Ready for the Lil Wayne Scene to Play Out Much Differently
Welcome to My Favorite Moment! In a new week-long series IndieWire spoke to the actors behind just a few of our favorite television performances of the year about how the onscreen moment they are most proud of came together.Over the course of the Hulu show “The Dropout,” Naveen Andrews brings the entire emotional spectrum to…