This story about Oscar nominee Todd Field and “Tár” first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
It took 16 years for Tár director and screenwriter Todd Field to return to movie theaters and to the awards race after his last film, 2006’s “Little Children,” but it was worth the wait. His sterling portrait of a renowned conductor’s fall from grace nabbed six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Director, and sparked endless theories and hot takes that attempted to unpack its mysteries.
You’re three for three when it comes to Oscar nominations for the screenplays of your feature films. How do you process that kind of reception for your work?
I don’t know that you do. I think anybody that sets out to write a script is just thinking about writing a script. The first time is surreal and magical and impossible to believe.
It took 16 years for Tár director and screenwriter Todd Field to return to movie theaters and to the awards race after his last film, 2006’s “Little Children,” but it was worth the wait. His sterling portrait of a renowned conductor’s fall from grace nabbed six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Director, and sparked endless theories and hot takes that attempted to unpack its mysteries.
You’re three for three when it comes to Oscar nominations for the screenplays of your feature films. How do you process that kind of reception for your work?
I don’t know that you do. I think anybody that sets out to write a script is just thinking about writing a script. The first time is surreal and magical and impossible to believe.
- 3/2/2023
- by Libby Hill
- The Wrap
This story about “The Sea Beast” first appeared in the Awards Preview issue of TheWrap awards magazine.
“The Sea Beast,” the latest feature from director Chris Williams and his first for Netflix, is a rollicking throwback to the kind of old-school adventure movies that Williams grew up with: 1976’s “King Kong,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Clash of the Titans,” and of course, “Star Wars.” It is set in a mythical land with deep ties to the ocean — a place where monster-hunting isn’t just encouraged, it’s sponsored by the kingdom. And it’s where one monster hunter named Jacob (voiced by Karl Urban) forms an unlikely friendship with a young girl (Zaris-Angel Hator) and learns that the creatures aren’t just killing machines.
No sequence establishes the world — and the stakes — like the opening high seas monster hunt.
“I’m a big fan of well-executed action and will...
“The Sea Beast,” the latest feature from director Chris Williams and his first for Netflix, is a rollicking throwback to the kind of old-school adventure movies that Williams grew up with: 1976’s “King Kong,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Clash of the Titans,” and of course, “Star Wars.” It is set in a mythical land with deep ties to the ocean — a place where monster-hunting isn’t just encouraged, it’s sponsored by the kingdom. And it’s where one monster hunter named Jacob (voiced by Karl Urban) forms an unlikely friendship with a young girl (Zaris-Angel Hator) and learns that the creatures aren’t just killing machines.
No sequence establishes the world — and the stakes — like the opening high seas monster hunt.
“I’m a big fan of well-executed action and will...
- 1/13/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
This story about “The Banshees of Inisherin” star Kerry Condon first appeared in the Awards Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
With certain films, it feels as though once the cameras turn off, the story continues unbidden and unbothered, with the characters and the actors who portray them persisting in the fictional world they’ve created. Such is the case with Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin,” a tale of two lifelong friends, Colm (Brendan Gleeson) and Pádraic (Colin Farrell), who suddenly aren’t, and the ripples it creates on the rural Irish island they reside on.
Which is all to say that when Kerry Condon, who plays Pádraic’s long-suffering sister, Siobhán, said at the beginning of our interview that she had just come in from minding her horses, it felt like the most natural thing in the world for an actress surrounded by animals in the movie.
With certain films, it feels as though once the cameras turn off, the story continues unbidden and unbothered, with the characters and the actors who portray them persisting in the fictional world they’ve created. Such is the case with Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin,” a tale of two lifelong friends, Colm (Brendan Gleeson) and Pádraic (Colin Farrell), who suddenly aren’t, and the ripples it creates on the rural Irish island they reside on.
Which is all to say that when Kerry Condon, who plays Pádraic’s long-suffering sister, Siobhán, said at the beginning of our interview that she had just come in from minding her horses, it felt like the most natural thing in the world for an actress surrounded by animals in the movie.
- 1/13/2023
- by Libby Hill
- The Wrap
This story about “Strange World” first appeared in the Awards Preview issue of TheWrap awards magazine.
“Strange World” is an atypical movie for Walt Disney Animation Studios. There aren’t any princesses or enchantments, and the one song is very brief and more of a gag than anything else. It follows the Clade family, a group of explorers always pushing up against what is possible. After Jaeger Clade (Dennis Quaid) goes missing, his son Searcher (Jake Gyllenhaal) winds up with an even bigger discovery: Pando, a farmable energy source that turns their sequestered kingdom into a technological powerhouse. But when the energy source starts to falter, Searcher must embark on a journey to uncover the mystery and save his world. To save the world he must journey within it.
Their descent into the strange world of the film’s title is one of the most gripping in the movie. Their airship,...
“Strange World” is an atypical movie for Walt Disney Animation Studios. There aren’t any princesses or enchantments, and the one song is very brief and more of a gag than anything else. It follows the Clade family, a group of explorers always pushing up against what is possible. After Jaeger Clade (Dennis Quaid) goes missing, his son Searcher (Jake Gyllenhaal) winds up with an even bigger discovery: Pando, a farmable energy source that turns their sequestered kingdom into a technological powerhouse. But when the energy source starts to falter, Searcher must embark on a journey to uncover the mystery and save his world. To save the world he must journey within it.
Their descent into the strange world of the film’s title is one of the most gripping in the movie. Their airship,...
- 1/13/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
A version of this story about Mariana Treviño and “A Man Called Otto” first appeared in the Awards Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
When Mexican actress Mariana Treviño first auditioned for the role of Marisol in Marc Forster’s “A Man Called Otto,” she was by herself in a hotel room in Spain, isolated and depressed because of the pandemic. She had nobody to help her put two scenes on tape, so she shot the scenes in her hotel room playing all the characters herself.
And Forster saw something in that one-woman show that made sense for the role of a young, pregnant, frazzled but indomitable mother of two who finds a way to carry on and doesn’t have time for the dramas of Tom Hanks’ Otto, whose perpetual crankiness turns out to be a way of compensating for suicidal depression after the death of his wife.
When Mexican actress Mariana Treviño first auditioned for the role of Marisol in Marc Forster’s “A Man Called Otto,” she was by herself in a hotel room in Spain, isolated and depressed because of the pandemic. She had nobody to help her put two scenes on tape, so she shot the scenes in her hotel room playing all the characters herself.
And Forster saw something in that one-woman show that made sense for the role of a young, pregnant, frazzled but indomitable mother of two who finds a way to carry on and doesn’t have time for the dramas of Tom Hanks’ Otto, whose perpetual crankiness turns out to be a way of compensating for suicidal depression after the death of his wife.
- 1/13/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
A version of this story about Brian Tyree Henry and “Causeway” first appeared in the Awards Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Of all the indelible couples in 2022’s movies — Sammy Fabelman and his mom, Elvis and the Colonel, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey on the Weinstein beat, Pádraic and Colm on Inisherin, Maverick and his jet in “Top Gun” — the most affecting might be the pair of wounded souls played by Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry in Lila Neugebauer’s gentle drama “Causeway.”
Lynsey is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan recovering from a traumatic brain injury; James is an auto repairman wracked with guilt over a car accident in which he lost a leg and a family member. And in quiet, measured steps, they move cautiously toward some form of healing and understanding.
“James was unlike anyone I had read before, and that terrified the hell out of me,...
Of all the indelible couples in 2022’s movies — Sammy Fabelman and his mom, Elvis and the Colonel, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey on the Weinstein beat, Pádraic and Colm on Inisherin, Maverick and his jet in “Top Gun” — the most affecting might be the pair of wounded souls played by Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry in Lila Neugebauer’s gentle drama “Causeway.”
Lynsey is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan recovering from a traumatic brain injury; James is an auto repairman wracked with guilt over a car accident in which he lost a leg and a family member. And in quiet, measured steps, they move cautiously toward some form of healing and understanding.
“James was unlike anyone I had read before, and that terrified the hell out of me,...
- 1/12/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
This story about “Lightyear” first appeared in the Awards Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Pixar’s “Lightyear” is built around a nimble, ingenious premise: Instead of just another entry in the “Toy Story” franchise, it is the movie that young Andy watched and became obsessed with the Buzz Lightyear character (here played by Chris Evans) before the events of the first “Toy Story” film. As envisioned by co-writer/director Angus MacLane, “Lightyear” is a muscular science fiction movie (MacLane’s professed favorite is “Aliens”) that also must exist within the preexisting framework of the “Toy Story” franchise and the cumbersome mythology that has already been established. One of the more delicious thrills of “Lightyear” is watching it bump up against the mythos and gleefully subvert the audience’s preconceived notions.
And nowhere is this push-and-pull greater than when Buzz comes face-to-face with Zurg, the movie’s big villain.
Pixar’s “Lightyear” is built around a nimble, ingenious premise: Instead of just another entry in the “Toy Story” franchise, it is the movie that young Andy watched and became obsessed with the Buzz Lightyear character (here played by Chris Evans) before the events of the first “Toy Story” film. As envisioned by co-writer/director Angus MacLane, “Lightyear” is a muscular science fiction movie (MacLane’s professed favorite is “Aliens”) that also must exist within the preexisting framework of the “Toy Story” franchise and the cumbersome mythology that has already been established. One of the more delicious thrills of “Lightyear” is watching it bump up against the mythos and gleefully subvert the audience’s preconceived notions.
And nowhere is this push-and-pull greater than when Buzz comes face-to-face with Zurg, the movie’s big villain.
- 1/12/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
This story about “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” first appeared in a special animation section in the Awards Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
It should come as no surprise that Guillermo del Toro has made an animated film using the stop-motion technique. The real surprise should be that it took him until 2022 to make “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” because the filmmaker has been fascinated with the art form to the point where he started his own small stop-motion company as a teenager in Mexico City. Since then, he’s been making acclaimed films like “The Devil’s Backbone,” “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Nightmare Alley” and the Oscar-winning “The Shape of Water,” all the while dreaming of doing his own animated feature.
And for many of those years, he also had a pretty good idea of what story he wanted to tell. “I saw (Disney’s) ‘Pinocchio’ as a very young kid,...
It should come as no surprise that Guillermo del Toro has made an animated film using the stop-motion technique. The real surprise should be that it took him until 2022 to make “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” because the filmmaker has been fascinated with the art form to the point where he started his own small stop-motion company as a teenager in Mexico City. Since then, he’s been making acclaimed films like “The Devil’s Backbone,” “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Nightmare Alley” and the Oscar-winning “The Shape of Water,” all the while dreaming of doing his own animated feature.
And for many of those years, he also had a pretty good idea of what story he wanted to tell. “I saw (Disney’s) ‘Pinocchio’ as a very young kid,...
- 1/12/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
A version of this story about “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star Stephanie Hsu first appeared in the Awards Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Stephanie Hsu remembers the moment almost three years ago in the pre-pandemic days of early 2020. She was on the set of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and told director Daniel Kwan, “This movie is gonna bring people back to the movie theaters.” At the time, she was talking about the struggle to get people off their couches in the age of streaming, as yet unaware of the pandemic that would threaten to destroy cinema-going altogether.
“Truly having no concept of Hollywood or box offices — I didn’t know what any of that meant,” Hsu told TheWrap. “[But] I could tell that this film had the scale and the depth to pull people to see it in a theater with their friends and strangers. I could...
Stephanie Hsu remembers the moment almost three years ago in the pre-pandemic days of early 2020. She was on the set of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and told director Daniel Kwan, “This movie is gonna bring people back to the movie theaters.” At the time, she was talking about the struggle to get people off their couches in the age of streaming, as yet unaware of the pandemic that would threaten to destroy cinema-going altogether.
“Truly having no concept of Hollywood or box offices — I didn’t know what any of that meant,” Hsu told TheWrap. “[But] I could tell that this film had the scale and the depth to pull people to see it in a theater with their friends and strangers. I could...
- 1/12/2023
- by Missy Schwartz
- The Wrap
This story about “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” first appeared in the Awards Preview issue of TheWrap awards magazine.
“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” is a big part of the conversation around the best animated movies of 2022, with its heartwarming story about following your dreams, led by an adorable lead character: a tiny, stop-motion shell in tennis shoes voiced by Jenny Slate. But its eligibility in the Oscars’ animated feature category was in question until the filmmakers provided documentation on how the film was made. “We always thought it was an animated film,” director Dean Fleischer Camp said. “If anything, I wish people knew the process by which we made this. And they would realize that so much more of it is animated than they realize.”
Nowhere is this clearer, Camp said, than a scene towards the end of the movie. Marcel has been reunited with his family...
“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” is a big part of the conversation around the best animated movies of 2022, with its heartwarming story about following your dreams, led by an adorable lead character: a tiny, stop-motion shell in tennis shoes voiced by Jenny Slate. But its eligibility in the Oscars’ animated feature category was in question until the filmmakers provided documentation on how the film was made. “We always thought it was an animated film,” director Dean Fleischer Camp said. “If anything, I wish people knew the process by which we made this. And they would realize that so much more of it is animated than they realize.”
Nowhere is this clearer, Camp said, than a scene towards the end of the movie. Marcel has been reunited with his family...
- 1/11/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
This story about “The Woman King” star Thuso Mbedu first appeared in the Awards Preview issue of TheWrap awards magazine.
From an early age, Thuso Mbedu knew she wanted to be an engine for change. She knew that acting was her path, but she didn’t always know how it would happen. And sometimes she found it so difficult she considered quitting — or worse, ending her own life.
Now, as she finds herself at the center of a transformative film for Hollywood and beyond, “The Woman King,” she feels prepared to be that driving force that brings progress to others. In playing Nawi, the young warrior in training who follows Viola Davis’ General Nanisca leading an all-female army in 19th century Africa, she’s found that she has touched people unexpectedly.
“People come up to me and say the movie changed them,” Mbedu said in a conversation crammed between red...
From an early age, Thuso Mbedu knew she wanted to be an engine for change. She knew that acting was her path, but she didn’t always know how it would happen. And sometimes she found it so difficult she considered quitting — or worse, ending her own life.
Now, as she finds herself at the center of a transformative film for Hollywood and beyond, “The Woman King,” she feels prepared to be that driving force that brings progress to others. In playing Nawi, the young warrior in training who follows Viola Davis’ General Nanisca leading an all-female army in 19th century Africa, she’s found that she has touched people unexpectedly.
“People come up to me and say the movie changed them,” Mbedu said in a conversation crammed between red...
- 1/11/2023
- by By: Sharon Waxman | Photographed by Ricardo Horatio Nelson
- The Wrap
Richard Linklater on ‘Battle’ With Academy Over ‘Apollo 10 1/2': ‘If It’s Not Animated, What Is It?’
A version of this story about “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood” first appeared in the Awards Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
The Academy made Richard Linklater play a waiting game with “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood,” the playful and vaguely autobiographical fantasy of Stanley, a kid recruited by NASA to go on a trial run to the Moon in advance of the far better-known Apollo 11 mission. Initially, the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch ruled that the film didn’t qualify as animation, with the Academy’s rules displaying a longstanding antipathy toward the use of rotoscoping and other techniques to animate on top of live-action performances. But in November, the branch reversed itself and made the film eligible.
“If it’s not animated, what is it?” Linklater said, laughing. “Their reasoning got more into the artistic-choice realm than the technical realm, you know?...
The Academy made Richard Linklater play a waiting game with “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood,” the playful and vaguely autobiographical fantasy of Stanley, a kid recruited by NASA to go on a trial run to the Moon in advance of the far better-known Apollo 11 mission. Initially, the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch ruled that the film didn’t qualify as animation, with the Academy’s rules displaying a longstanding antipathy toward the use of rotoscoping and other techniques to animate on top of live-action performances. But in November, the branch reversed itself and made the film eligible.
“If it’s not animated, what is it?” Linklater said, laughing. “Their reasoning got more into the artistic-choice realm than the technical realm, you know?...
- 1/11/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
This story about “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” first appeared in the Awards Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
DreamWorks Animation’s “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” is, ostensibly, part of the “Shrek” universe. It’s a sequel to 2011’s “Puss in Boots,” which itself was a spin-off of a character who was first introduced in “Shrek 2” and subsequently appeared in “Shrek the Third” and “Shrek Forever After.” And as such, there’s a certain vibe you expect from the film.
But the movie handily discards that expectation early on, when Puss (voiced once again by Antonio Banderas) finds himself in a bar. He’s just learned that of his nine lives, he’s used all but one, and so he’s facing down his own mortality. The mood is desperate, funereal. And then a giant evil wolf (Wagner Moura), a bounty hunter later revealed to be the personification of Death,...
DreamWorks Animation’s “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” is, ostensibly, part of the “Shrek” universe. It’s a sequel to 2011’s “Puss in Boots,” which itself was a spin-off of a character who was first introduced in “Shrek 2” and subsequently appeared in “Shrek the Third” and “Shrek Forever After.” And as such, there’s a certain vibe you expect from the film.
But the movie handily discards that expectation early on, when Puss (voiced once again by Antonio Banderas) finds himself in a bar. He’s just learned that of his nine lives, he’s used all but one, and so he’s facing down his own mortality. The mood is desperate, funereal. And then a giant evil wolf (Wagner Moura), a bounty hunter later revealed to be the personification of Death,...
- 1/11/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
‘Turning Red’ Director Domee Shi and Producer Lindsey Collins Explain That ‘Godzilla-esque’ Showdown
This story about “Turning Red” first appeared in the Awards Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
“Turning Red” is unlike any other Pixar movie. Visually, it draws inspiration from Japanese anime like “Sailor Moon” and the work of filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. Its soundtrack is full of fake early-aughts boy band jams (written by Billie Eilish and Finneas). And it frankly depicts generational trauma and the uncomfortable realities of puberty. All in a magical story about a young Chinese-Canadian girl named Mei (voiced by Rosalie Chiang) who transforms into a giant, super fluffy red panda when she gets flustered.
What Mei doesn’t realize until later is that her affliction is hereditary. The women in her family all have the power to transform into a giant red panda when put under similar stress. And when she leaves a ritual meant to shed herself from her panda counterpart, all hell breaks loose,...
“Turning Red” is unlike any other Pixar movie. Visually, it draws inspiration from Japanese anime like “Sailor Moon” and the work of filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. Its soundtrack is full of fake early-aughts boy band jams (written by Billie Eilish and Finneas). And it frankly depicts generational trauma and the uncomfortable realities of puberty. All in a magical story about a young Chinese-Canadian girl named Mei (voiced by Rosalie Chiang) who transforms into a giant, super fluffy red panda when she gets flustered.
What Mei doesn’t realize until later is that her affliction is hereditary. The women in her family all have the power to transform into a giant red panda when put under similar stress. And when she leaves a ritual meant to shed herself from her panda counterpart, all hell breaks loose,...
- 1/10/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
This story about “Women Talking” star Claire Foy first appeared in the Awards Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
“Women Talking” is a quiet film that goes deep into the righteous anger of women who have been violently abused for years and finally decide: No more. It is based on a shocking true story of the serial rape of a group of Mennonite women in Bolivia over several years.
Why Claire Foy, the elegant British actress best known for playing Queen Elizabeth II in the highbrow series “The Crown,” chose to explore the roiling emotions raised by this narrative and portray one of the women leaders who debate stark decisions — from violence to remaining passive — is surprising indeed. “It was like nothing I’d ever read,” said Foy of the film written and directed by Sarah Polley from the novel by Miriam Toews. “It’s more honest to the...
“Women Talking” is a quiet film that goes deep into the righteous anger of women who have been violently abused for years and finally decide: No more. It is based on a shocking true story of the serial rape of a group of Mennonite women in Bolivia over several years.
Why Claire Foy, the elegant British actress best known for playing Queen Elizabeth II in the highbrow series “The Crown,” chose to explore the roiling emotions raised by this narrative and portray one of the women leaders who debate stark decisions — from violence to remaining passive — is surprising indeed. “It was like nothing I’d ever read,” said Foy of the film written and directed by Sarah Polley from the novel by Miriam Toews. “It’s more honest to the...
- 1/9/2023
- by BY SHARON WAXMAN | PHOTOGRAPHED BY CORINA MARIE
- The Wrap
A version of this story about “Phoenix Rising” first appeared in the Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
When director Amy Berg began filming Evan Rachel Wood for the documentary that would become “Phoenix Rising,” she figured she was chronicling an “Erin Brockovich”-type story about women who had survived abuse lobbying for a change to the statute of limitations for those crimes.
“I thought what she was doing was really interesting, testifying in Sacramento for the survivors’ bill of rights,” said Berg, who had known Wood for years and had previously asked the actress if she’d read Janis Joplin’s words for the 2015 documentary “Janis: Little Girl Blue.”
But Berg had no idea that Wood’s story would move far beyond that lobbying effort. At the time when filming began for “Phoenix Rising,” Wood had spoken publicly about the abuse she’d suffered as a young...
When director Amy Berg began filming Evan Rachel Wood for the documentary that would become “Phoenix Rising,” she figured she was chronicling an “Erin Brockovich”-type story about women who had survived abuse lobbying for a change to the statute of limitations for those crimes.
“I thought what she was doing was really interesting, testifying in Sacramento for the survivors’ bill of rights,” said Berg, who had known Wood for years and had previously asked the actress if she’d read Janis Joplin’s words for the 2015 documentary “Janis: Little Girl Blue.”
But Berg had no idea that Wood’s story would move far beyond that lobbying effort. At the time when filming began for “Phoenix Rising,” Wood had spoken publicly about the abuse she’d suffered as a young...
- 6/15/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
This story about Quinta Brunson first appeared in The Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
In a TV world increasingly crowded with options, it’s harder than ever to not only cut through the noise but become a genuine hit. Yet Quinta Brunson’s sitcom, “Abbott Elementary,” managed exactly that when it debuted in early 2022 — not on a streaming platform or premium cable network where you’d expect to find an internet-bred comic, but on ABC.
Brunson plays Janine, an optimistic young teacher at an underfunded Philadelphia elementary school. Janine isn’t naïve; she knows that the world won’t always play fair with her or her students. But even when the school and the system around her seem completely broken, she hopes so badly that she can find a way to carve out a space for her students to be their best selves.
Brunson herself has been...
In a TV world increasingly crowded with options, it’s harder than ever to not only cut through the noise but become a genuine hit. Yet Quinta Brunson’s sitcom, “Abbott Elementary,” managed exactly that when it debuted in early 2022 — not on a streaming platform or premium cable network where you’d expect to find an internet-bred comic, but on ABC.
Brunson plays Janine, an optimistic young teacher at an underfunded Philadelphia elementary school. Janine isn’t naïve; she knows that the world won’t always play fair with her or her students. But even when the school and the system around her seem completely broken, she hopes so badly that she can find a way to carve out a space for her students to be their best selves.
Brunson herself has been...
- 5/27/2022
- by Libby Hill | Photographed by Corina Marie
- The Wrap
A version of this story about “Search Party” first appeared in the Comedy & Drama Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
The fourth season of “Search Party” picks up almost exactly where the third left off: Dory (Alia Shawkat), having just come off a highly publicized murder trial, finds herself held prisoner by superfan “twink” Chip (Cole Escola) in a high-tech basement. Besides the horror of a steady diet comprised only of mealy chicken nuggets, Dory quickly discovers another gasp-inducing reality in captivity: Her living quarters, modeled painstakingly after her own apartment, are completely made of felt.
And not just a few items. Everything from her bookshelves to her lighting fixtures to her bathroom shower to (yes) the kitchen sink is plusher than Elmo’s elbow. “The concept was that of an asylum, a padded room trying to create this soft universe to show to Dory that Chip’s friendship...
The fourth season of “Search Party” picks up almost exactly where the third left off: Dory (Alia Shawkat), having just come off a highly publicized murder trial, finds herself held prisoner by superfan “twink” Chip (Cole Escola) in a high-tech basement. Besides the horror of a steady diet comprised only of mealy chicken nuggets, Dory quickly discovers another gasp-inducing reality in captivity: Her living quarters, modeled painstakingly after her own apartment, are completely made of felt.
And not just a few items. Everything from her bookshelves to her lighting fixtures to her bathroom shower to (yes) the kitchen sink is plusher than Elmo’s elbow. “The concept was that of an asylum, a padded room trying to create this soft universe to show to Dory that Chip’s friendship...
- 6/22/2021
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
A version of this story about “Master of None” first appeared in the Comedy & Drama Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
If you have seen any of the third season of Netflix’s Emmy-winning “Master of None,” it’s readily apparent that it looks quite different from other seasons, almost to the point of wondering if you clicked on the right series from your onscreen menu. Not only is series lead Aziz Ansari’s Dev largely absent, but the focus is on Dev’s best friend Denise (series co-writer Lena Waithe) and her unpredictable marriage to Alicia (Naomi Ackie). But the boldest nuance is the show’s lush new appearance: shifting from digital to old-fashioned film stock, with the newly-cool-again 4:3 ratio more often seen in modern arthouse films.
“Aziz had known for the start that he wanted to shoot this on film”, says cinematographer Thimios Bakatakis, best known for his bold,...
If you have seen any of the third season of Netflix’s Emmy-winning “Master of None,” it’s readily apparent that it looks quite different from other seasons, almost to the point of wondering if you clicked on the right series from your onscreen menu. Not only is series lead Aziz Ansari’s Dev largely absent, but the focus is on Dev’s best friend Denise (series co-writer Lena Waithe) and her unpredictable marriage to Alicia (Naomi Ackie). But the boldest nuance is the show’s lush new appearance: shifting from digital to old-fashioned film stock, with the newly-cool-again 4:3 ratio more often seen in modern arthouse films.
“Aziz had known for the start that he wanted to shoot this on film”, says cinematographer Thimios Bakatakis, best known for his bold,...
- 6/21/2021
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
This story about “Lovecraft Country” first appeared in the Comedy & Drama Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Even in a television landscape that includes close to 500 scripted series, HBO’s “Lovecraft Country” might cross more genres and eras than any other. A hearty blend of science fiction, drama, horror, romance, revisionist history and even a modicum of actual biography, this phalanx of styles would prove daunting to even the most seasoned of designers. But under the mindful guidance of showrunner Misha Green, production designer Kalina Ivanov and costume designer Dayna Pink found a way to transform it into one cohesive visual universe.
“I think that was part of the draw,” Pink said. “What if you got to add your own style to something that already exists? It gave us room to be incredibly creative.” The creativity included more than 160 sets on five soundstages and a backlot, and 4,500 costumes which,...
Even in a television landscape that includes close to 500 scripted series, HBO’s “Lovecraft Country” might cross more genres and eras than any other. A hearty blend of science fiction, drama, horror, romance, revisionist history and even a modicum of actual biography, this phalanx of styles would prove daunting to even the most seasoned of designers. But under the mindful guidance of showrunner Misha Green, production designer Kalina Ivanov and costume designer Dayna Pink found a way to transform it into one cohesive visual universe.
“I think that was part of the draw,” Pink said. “What if you got to add your own style to something that already exists? It gave us room to be incredibly creative.” The creativity included more than 160 sets on five soundstages and a backlot, and 4,500 costumes which,...
- 6/21/2021
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
A version of this story about “The Mosquito Coast” first appeared in the Comedy & Drama Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
(Note: This story may include spoilers).
Cinematographer Alex Disenhof admits to not being terribly familiar with “The Mosquito Coast” via either Paul Theroux’s 1981 novel or Peter Weir’s 1986 film starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren. But for those who have seen any of the episodes to date, it’s a rare case where that is perfectly Ok. “We didn’t really want to use them as jumping off points too much,” Disenhof said. “We wanted to tell our own story, and we were guided by the scripts handed to us.”
Apple’s series, hatched by “Luther” creator Neil Cross, retains the main story of both sources: the Foxes, an American family led by its eccentric, inventor paterfamilias Allie and his more introspective wife Margot (Melissa George), find...
(Note: This story may include spoilers).
Cinematographer Alex Disenhof admits to not being terribly familiar with “The Mosquito Coast” via either Paul Theroux’s 1981 novel or Peter Weir’s 1986 film starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren. But for those who have seen any of the episodes to date, it’s a rare case where that is perfectly Ok. “We didn’t really want to use them as jumping off points too much,” Disenhof said. “We wanted to tell our own story, and we were guided by the scripts handed to us.”
Apple’s series, hatched by “Luther” creator Neil Cross, retains the main story of both sources: the Foxes, an American family led by its eccentric, inventor paterfamilias Allie and his more introspective wife Margot (Melissa George), find...
- 6/21/2021
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
This story first appeared in the Comedy & Drama Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Anthony Mackie didn’t think his first time suiting up as Captain America would hit this hard.
“I literally felt every emotion in a period of 20 minutes,” Mackie said of his first fitting of his character Sam Wilson’s fancy new threads, which cemented him as Marvel Cinematic Universe’s new star-spangled man in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” “I got goosebumps. I was able to take a moment and shed a tear, because I just didn’t know that it would affect me in that way.”
Sam Wilson’s ascent from a well-liked sidekick, the Falcon, into arguably one of the most important comic book characters ever — and the MCU’s first Black Captain America — was a watershed moment. That significance was not lost on Malcolm Spellman, the head writer for the Disney+ series.
Anthony Mackie didn’t think his first time suiting up as Captain America would hit this hard.
“I literally felt every emotion in a period of 20 minutes,” Mackie said of his first fitting of his character Sam Wilson’s fancy new threads, which cemented him as Marvel Cinematic Universe’s new star-spangled man in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” “I got goosebumps. I was able to take a moment and shed a tear, because I just didn’t know that it would affect me in that way.”
Sam Wilson’s ascent from a well-liked sidekick, the Falcon, into arguably one of the most important comic book characters ever — and the MCU’s first Black Captain America — was a watershed moment. That significance was not lost on Malcolm Spellman, the head writer for the Disney+ series.
- 6/21/2021
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
A version of this story about Jana Schmieding first appeared in the Comedy & Drama Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
For years, Jana Schmieding was pretty sure of one thing: She wasn’t cut out for television. A Lakota Sioux comedian, writer and podcaster, she’d grown up in Oregon rarely seeing anybody like her on TV — and even when she tried pitching pilots about the community she’d come from, she got nowhere.
“I saw people on TV sometimes who looked like my ancestors,” she said. “Most of the time, indigenous folks on television or in film are relegated to what we call ‘feathers and leather.’ We’re trapped in the past, and there are very few contemporary (Native) television characters. I had to find people like me in characters like Darlene from ‘Roseanne,’ because she was the daughter of an overbearing mom.”
But now Schmieding is both...
For years, Jana Schmieding was pretty sure of one thing: She wasn’t cut out for television. A Lakota Sioux comedian, writer and podcaster, she’d grown up in Oregon rarely seeing anybody like her on TV — and even when she tried pitching pilots about the community she’d come from, she got nowhere.
“I saw people on TV sometimes who looked like my ancestors,” she said. “Most of the time, indigenous folks on television or in film are relegated to what we call ‘feathers and leather.’ We’re trapped in the past, and there are very few contemporary (Native) television characters. I had to find people like me in characters like Darlene from ‘Roseanne,’ because she was the daughter of an overbearing mom.”
But now Schmieding is both...
- 6/19/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
This story about Hana Einbinder, Maya Erskine, Charlotte Nicdao and Punam Patel first appeared in the Comedy & Drama Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
The last 16 months have found people everywhere holed up in their homes and turning to television for the entertainment that can get them through times of isolation and turmoil. And those months have seen the emergence of a bumper crop of fresh voices, some of whom were doing great work before the pandemic and some who seemed to break out as the world shut down.
We picked four of our favorites for a photo shoot and a conversation that ranged from the changes wrought by the pandemic to the challenges of cancel culture to sex scenes.
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The participants:
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
A stand-up comedian and writer from Los Angeles, Einbinder goes head to head with...
The last 16 months have found people everywhere holed up in their homes and turning to television for the entertainment that can get them through times of isolation and turmoil. And those months have seen the emergence of a bumper crop of fresh voices, some of whom were doing great work before the pandemic and some who seemed to break out as the world shut down.
We picked four of our favorites for a photo shoot and a conversation that ranged from the changes wrought by the pandemic to the challenges of cancel culture to sex scenes.
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The participants:
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
A stand-up comedian and writer from Los Angeles, Einbinder goes head to head with...
- 6/18/2021
- by Steve Pond • Photography By Corina Marie
- The Wrap
This story first appeared as the cover story in the Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.
It’s a different day for Hollywood, and for our culture. From the time allegations of sexual misbehavior rained down on mogul Harvey Weinstein last October, this business and many others have been rocked by revelations and allegations, and by a sense that the time is long overdue to afford women equal respect and equal opportunities rather than treating them like commodities.
In this climate — with hashtags like #MeToo and organizations like Time’s Up working to affect real change — TheWrap convened seven television actresses to discuss what they’ve experienced in their careers, what they’ve seen in the last nine months and where they’d like things to go from here.
TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman and Beatrice Verhoeven asked the questions; Zazie Beetz from “Atlanta,” Alison Brie from “Glow,” Rachel Brosnahan...
It’s a different day for Hollywood, and for our culture. From the time allegations of sexual misbehavior rained down on mogul Harvey Weinstein last October, this business and many others have been rocked by revelations and allegations, and by a sense that the time is long overdue to afford women equal respect and equal opportunities rather than treating them like commodities.
In this climate — with hashtags like #MeToo and organizations like Time’s Up working to affect real change — TheWrap convened seven television actresses to discuss what they’ve experienced in their careers, what they’ve seen in the last nine months and where they’d like things to go from here.
TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman and Beatrice Verhoeven asked the questions; Zazie Beetz from “Atlanta,” Alison Brie from “Glow,” Rachel Brosnahan...
- 5/28/2018
- by Sharon Waxman and Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Power women of TV portraits: Claire Foy, Zazie Beetz, Evan Rachel Wood, Alison Brie, Gina Rodriguez, Rachel Borsnahan and Yara Shahidi pose for exclusive portraits at TheWrap Studios
Evan Rachel Wood, “Westworld”
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
(Hair: John D;
Makeup: Toby Fleishman)
Alison Brie, “Glow”
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
(Hair: Clayton Hawkins;
Makeup: Quinn Murphy)
Zazie Beetz, “Atlanta”
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
(Makeup:Kirin Bhatty)
Claire Foy, “The Crown”
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
(Hair: Jillian Hallouska;
Makeup:Quinn Murphy)
Read original story TV Power Women StudioWrap Portraits, From Alison Brie to Zazie Beetz (Exclusive Photos) At TheWrap...
Evan Rachel Wood, “Westworld”
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
(Hair: John D;
Makeup: Toby Fleishman)
Alison Brie, “Glow”
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
(Hair: Clayton Hawkins;
Makeup: Quinn Murphy)
Zazie Beetz, “Atlanta”
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
(Makeup:Kirin Bhatty)
Claire Foy, “The Crown”
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
(Hair: Jillian Hallouska;
Makeup:Quinn Murphy)
Read original story TV Power Women StudioWrap Portraits, From Alison Brie to Zazie Beetz (Exclusive Photos) At TheWrap...
- 5/28/2018
- by Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
- The Wrap
Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Producer J. Miles Dale, actors Richard Jenkins and Sally Hawkins, director Guillermo del Toro, actor Octavia Spencer and composer Alexandre Desplat, “The Shape of Water.” Actors Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet, “Call Me By Your Name.” Actor Timothee Chalamet, “Call Me By Your Name.” Actress Salma Hayek, “Beatriz at Dinner.”...
- 2/21/2018
- by Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap
- The Wrap
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep” – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Photograph by Elisabeth Caren for TheWrap. Aziz Ansari, “Master of None” – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap. Zach Galifianakis, “Baskets” – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Photographed by Robby Klein for TheWrap Zach Galifianakis, “Baskets” – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Photographed by Robby Klein for TheWrap. Millie Bobby Brown, “Stranger Things” – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Photograph by Ryan Pfluger. Susan Sarandon, “Feud: Betty and Joan” – Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap.
- 8/30/2017
- by Wrap Staff
- The Wrap
From veterans like Carol Kate to newcomers like “13 Reasons Why” star Katherine Langford, here are some actors who’ve turned in award-worthy work this season. Actress Carol Kane, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap. Actress-creator Rachel Bloom, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” Photographed by Corey Nickols for TheWrap. Actor Asia Kate Dillon, “Billions” Photographed by Stephanie Diani for TheWrap. Hank Azaria, “Brockmire” Photographed by Diana King for TheWrap Christian Slater, “Mr. Robot” Photographed by Stephanie Diani for TheWrap. Aubrey Plaza, “Legion” Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap, Actress Yara Shahidi, “Black-ish” Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap Actress Katherine Langford,...
- 5/25/2017
- by Wrap Staff
- The Wrap
TheWrap’s Oscar Magazine: A look at some of this year’s biggest music stars vying for Oscar glory in the Best Original Song category. Justin Timberlake, “Trolls” Photographed by Robby Klein for TheWrap. Pharrell Williams, “Hidden Figures” Photographed by Corina Marie. Common, “13th” Photographed by Matt Sayles for TheWrap. Iggy Pop, “Gold” Photographed by Elisabeth Caren Danger Mouse, “Gold” Photographed by Elisabeth Caren. Daniel Pemberton, “Gold” Photographed by Elisabeth Caren. Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul, “La La Land” Photographed by Elisabeth Caren. Sting and J. Ralph, “Jim: The James Foley Story” Photographed by Matt Sayles. Tori Amos,...
- 12/28/2016
- by Photographed for TheWrap by Elisabeth Caren, Corina Marie, Matt Sayles, and Robby Klein.
- The Wrap
TheWrap Magazine: Viggo Mortensen, Kate Beckinsale, David Oyelowo and more sit down for interviews and photo sessions as dark horses we love in this year’s Oscars race. David Oyelowo, “Queen of Katwe” Photographed by Justin Bettman for TheWrap. Rebecca Hall, “Christine” Photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap. Alden Ehrenreich, “Hail Caesar” Photographed by Justin Bettman for TheWrap. Kate Beckinsale, “Love and Friendship” Photographed by Jeff Vespa for TheWrap. Timothy Spall, “Denial” Photographed by Julian Le Ballister for TheWrap. Elsa Zylberstein, “Un Plus Une” Photographed by Jeff Vespa for TheWrap. Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic” Photographed by Justin Bettman for TheWrap.
- 11/22/2016
- by Photographed by Justin Bettman, Corina Marie, Jeff Vespa, Benjo Arwas, and Julian Le Ballister for TheWrap
- The Wrap
A version of this story first appeared in the print edition of TheWrap Magazine’s Emmy Issue The Race Begins. Though Gillian Jacobs paid her dues on the overlooked NBC series “Community” and delighted with a guest stint as a sociopathic performance artist on “Girls,” she finally lands center stage with Netflix’s Judd Apatow series “Love.” Also Read: Emmy Contenders From This Season's Best Newcomer Shows Exclusive Portraits (Photos) Photographed by Corina Marie “I’m used to being an underdog,” she told TheWrap. “I went to a Netflix dinner with all the other original shows and thought, ‘I’ve...
- 5/28/2016
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
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