Tag: The Edge of Seventeen
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‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ Movie Finds Its Margaret In ‘Ant-Man’s Abby Ryder Fortson; Rachel McAdams Also Set
Abby Ryder Fortson, who stars as Ant-Man/Scott Lang’s daughter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, has been set to play Margaret in Lionsgate’s feature adaptation of Judy Blume’s iconic Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, the studio confirmed Friday. Also aboard is Rachel McAdams who will play Margaret’s mother, Barbara.Production begins in April on…
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‘Edge of Seventeen’ TV Series Not Moving Forward at YouTube
Back in 2018, YouTube ordered a series pilot for a television adaptation of the indie darling The Edge of Seventeen. The film starred Hailee Steinfeld as high school junior Nadie as she deals with her own awkwardness, the trials and tribulations of teen life, and the complications of her best friend starting to date her…
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‘The Edge of Seventeen’ TV Series Pilot Has Been Officially Ordered by YouTube
The Edge of Seventeen continues to make its way from the big screen to the small screen, as YouTube gives a pilot order to a half-hour comedy series adapting the critically acclaimed 2016 dramedy starring Hailee Steinfeld. But The Edge of Seventeen TV series won’t be a sequel or remake, or even a spin-off as…
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Alan Yang Sets Supporting Cast for Netflix Original Film ‘Tigertail’ (Exclusive)
A multi-generational family drama from “Master of None” co-creator Alan Yang has added several key cast members to its ensemble, TheWrap has exclusively learned.“Tigertail,” currently in production in New York and Taiwan, has added Joan Chen, Hayden Szeto (“The Edge of Seventeen”), Hong-Chi Lee, Yo-Hsing Fang, Fiona Fu, Margot Bingham, Kuei Mei Yang, and James…
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‘The Edge of Seventeen’ Will Get a Spin-Off as a YouTube Red TV Series
The teen comedy continues its move to the small screen. Once a common staple at the movie theater, the high school comedy has been slowly disappearing from the big screen and appearing on Netflix or other streaming sites. There are a few exceptions. Love, Simon this year and The Edge of Seventeen in 2016 brought…
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Teenage stream: how Netflix resurrected the high school movie
While the genre has been slowly disappearing from the big screen, the streaming giant has quietly reviving high school-based sagasSince a defining John Hughes-led era in the 80s, spearheaded by The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles, and a resurgence in the 90s, with Clueless and 10 Things I Hate About You, teen movies have become…