A24 is backing a new documentary titled “Open Wide,” about an orthodontist whose controversial method of reshaping people’s jawlines went viral on TikTok for all the wrong reasons.
Sara Goldblatt directed “Open Wide,” which will be available to watch Jan. 23 on Netflix.
The documentary explores a father and son who are fighting to upend mainstream orthodontics. According to the official logline, “John Mew has waged a lonely war against the industry — and that teenage rite of passage, braces, for decades. With his son Mike now taking up the fight, the Mews’ fringe theories have turned into a full-blown online sensation. But even while mewing goes viral on TikTok and the Mews churn out content for their millions of followers, Mike is pursued by the British Orthodontic Society and threatened with expulsion by the very people who took away his father’s license.”
The father-son’s technique of “mewing,” which...
Sara Goldblatt directed “Open Wide,” which will be available to watch Jan. 23 on Netflix.
The documentary explores a father and son who are fighting to upend mainstream orthodontics. According to the official logline, “John Mew has waged a lonely war against the industry — and that teenage rite of passage, braces, for decades. With his son Mike now taking up the fight, the Mews’ fringe theories have turned into a full-blown online sensation. But even while mewing goes viral on TikTok and the Mews churn out content for their millions of followers, Mike is pursued by the British Orthodontic Society and threatened with expulsion by the very people who took away his father’s license.”
The father-son’s technique of “mewing,” which...
- 1/10/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon MGM Studios has signed an exclusive first-look TV and film deal with “Lizzo’s Watch Out For the Big Grrrls” Director Nneka Onuorah, the studio announced on Tuesday.
“Nneka has a track record of crafting stories that excite, intrigue, and inspire,” said Vernon Sanders, Amazon MGM Studios’ head of television. “This is a process we’ve been fortunate to experience firsthand, and we cannot wait to reignite our professional relationship under this formal deal.”
Onuorah won the Primetime Emmy award for outstanding directing for a reality program for Prime Video’s “Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls” in September 2022. The series also won the Emmy for outstanding competition program. The 2022 Emmys marked Onuorah’s first nomination and win in her directing career.
Her other credits include “The Same Difference” and “The Legend of the Underground,” both of which were nominated for outstanding documentary at the GLAAD Media Awards in 2017 and 2022, respectively.
“Nneka has a track record of crafting stories that excite, intrigue, and inspire,” said Vernon Sanders, Amazon MGM Studios’ head of television. “This is a process we’ve been fortunate to experience firsthand, and we cannot wait to reignite our professional relationship under this formal deal.”
Onuorah won the Primetime Emmy award for outstanding directing for a reality program for Prime Video’s “Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls” in September 2022. The series also won the Emmy for outstanding competition program. The 2022 Emmys marked Onuorah’s first nomination and win in her directing career.
Her other credits include “The Same Difference” and “The Legend of the Underground,” both of which were nominated for outstanding documentary at the GLAAD Media Awards in 2017 and 2022, respectively.
- 1/9/2024
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Nneka Onuourah, the Emmy-winning director of “Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls,” has signed an exclusive first-look series and film deal with Amazon Studios.
“Nneka has a track record of crafting stories that excite, intrigue, and inspire,” the studio’s head of television Vernon Sanders said in a statement Tuesday. “This is a process we’ve been fortunate to experience firsthand, and we cannot wait to reignite our professional relationship under this formal deal.”
In September, the Nigerian-American filmmaker, producer and activist won the Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program for the Prime Video series – her first nomination and win. Additionally, the series, which follows the singer’s hunt for women to join Lizzo’s world tour, won Outstanding Competition Program.
“It’s an honor to be a part of the creative fabric of what Jen and her team are building at Amazon,” Onuorah said in a statement.
“Nneka has a track record of crafting stories that excite, intrigue, and inspire,” the studio’s head of television Vernon Sanders said in a statement Tuesday. “This is a process we’ve been fortunate to experience firsthand, and we cannot wait to reignite our professional relationship under this formal deal.”
In September, the Nigerian-American filmmaker, producer and activist won the Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program for the Prime Video series – her first nomination and win. Additionally, the series, which follows the singer’s hunt for women to join Lizzo’s world tour, won Outstanding Competition Program.
“It’s an honor to be a part of the creative fabric of what Jen and her team are building at Amazon,” Onuorah said in a statement.
- 1/9/2024
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
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