Angel Studios, the distributor behind Alejandro Monteverde’s summer surprise hit, Sound of Freedom, is exclaiming that they’ve paid back their 6,678 P&A investors 120% of their original investment in the Jim Caviezel movie.
27.07.2023 - 22:05 / usmagazine.com
It’s no longer just a Barbie world — Mattel’s Polly Pocket toy is now getting the live-action blockbuster treatment.
On the heels of Barbie’s 2023 movie success — the Warner Bros. film earned $162 million in its opening weekend — news of the upcoming Polly Pocket film has become even more prominent. The film, however, was initially announced in summer 2021.
“First of all, they are two of my favorite ladies ever,” Robbie Brenner told Variety in July 2023 of Lily Collins and Lena Dunham, who are set to star and direct the project, respectively. “It’s been an amazing collaboration. Lena is so collaborative and rolls up her sleeves and really likes to roll around in notes and listen. She’s incredible.”
Brenner — who produced Barbie and runs Mattel Films — added: “Lily is so smart and so specific and so productorial. It’s just been an incredible collaboration, so we are thrilled about it. Hopefully, we’ll be making that at some point in the future.”
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The movie is reportedly about “a young girl and a pocket-sized woman who form a friendship.” The film, which is the first live-action version of Polly Pocket, will look to the ‘90s version of the toy for inspiration. Polly Pocket’s size has varied since its creation in the 1980s — it began as a micro-doll about an inch big that was stored in cute carriers — and its current slogan, “Tiny But Mighty,” still fits.
Dunham, who is both writing and directing the project, gushed over the opportunity in June 2021. “Polly Pocket was responsible for countless hours of childhood escapism for me – Polly gave me a tiny world of magic and autonomy to narrate, so it’s pretty poetic
Angel Studios, the distributor behind Alejandro Monteverde’s summer surprise hit, Sound of Freedom, is exclaiming that they’ve paid back their 6,678 P&A investors 120% of their original investment in the Jim Caviezel movie.
— filed legal documents in Tennessee court requesting it terminate a conservatorship after alleging Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy lied about adopting him and tricked him into making them his conservators shortly after he turned 18.Oher, whose story was first documented in Michael Lewis' 2006 bestselling book of the same name, claimed the Tuohys made millions off his name while he never received a dime, after the film — starring Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Tim McGraw, Lily Collins and Kathy Bates — earned more than $300 million at the box office. The book and film are centered around the Tuohy family taking in Oher and helping transform his life on and off the field.The Tuohys have since responded to the accusations, calling Oher's claims «insulting.» Now that one of the best feel-good stories of all-time is marred with accusations of impropriety, ET takes a look back at how we got here and what comes next.Michael Lewis — the author behind hits like, and many other bestselling books — teases the book on his personal website this way:«When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read and write.
Randall Park is hoping that Hollywood understands the success of Barbie doesn’t mean to mean to make more films about toys but to make more centered around women.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director In a recent interview with Rolling Stone to promote his directorial effort “Shortcomings,” actor and comedian Randall Park criticized Hollywood for taking the wrong lessons from a massive blockbuster like Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.” The Margot Robbie-led comedy has earned over $1 billion at the worldwide box office, but Park said making more movies about toys should not be the industry’s takeaway. “I feel like, just in general, this industry is taking the wrong lessons,” Park said. “For example, ‘Barbie’ is this massive blockbuster, and the idea is: Make more movies about toys! No.
Kaia Gerber, Austin Butler, and Karlie Kloss were spotted out for dinner over the weekend and they definitely had something in common to talk about: attending the Eras Tour!
Austin Butler made a special stop during a recent trip to Malibu.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director With the long “Elvis” awards season behind him, Austin Butler is gearing up for two major upcoming releases: Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part 2” and the Apple TV+ miniseries “Masters of the Air.” The latter comes from executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and serves as the third installment in their long-running World War II saga that also includes the acclaimed “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific.” In a recent interview with The Times of London, Butler revealed that he nabbed a starring role in “Masters of the Air” after Hanks grew concerned about his mental health on “Elvis.” According to Butler, Hanks told him: “You have immersed yourself so deeply in ‘Elvis’ that, for your mental health, it would be wise to go straight into something else. If you just jump off the train, you might have emotional whiplash… and, you know, I’ve got this thing I’m producing.'” Butler said “Elvis” forced him “to go to the very edge of what is possible, and not every experience will be like that.
Elvis co-star Tom Hanks to save him from “emotional whiplash”.The actor, who received an Oscar nomination for his performance as Elvis Presley in the biopic, said Hanks expressed concern after he was consumed “so deeply” by the role for two years.Hanks’ concern led him to offer Butler a part in upcoming Apple TV+ series Masters Of The Air, which he’s co-producing with Steven Spielberg, to help him detach from Elvis.Speaking to The Sunday Times, Butler said that Hanks told him: “[Hanks] said, ‘You have immersed yourself so deeply in Elvis that, for your mental health, it would be wise to go straight into something else. If you just jump off the train, you might have emotional whiplash…“And, you know,’ Hanks continued.
Austin Butler is opening up about the sage advice Tom Hanks gave to him.
Austin Butler is opening up about some valuable career advice he received from “Elvis” co-star Tom Hanks — and how it wound up landing him his next job.
Austin Butler has shared the key piece of advice he received from Tom Hanks, his co-star in last year’s hit biopic Elvis.
Things between Lily-Rose Depp and her girlfriend 070 Shake are continuing to heat up.
Fans gave Taylor Swift a nearly-eight-minute-long standing ovation during Tuesday’s “Eras Tour” show at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
Austin Butler and David Beckham earned their Good Samaritan badge over the weekend and showed off their muscles in the process.
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David Beckham and Austin Butler teamed up to help out some drivers. On Sunday, Victoria Beckham shared a video of her husband working with their son, Cruz Beckham, and Butler to hold a tree out of the way of drivers in Canada.
David Beckham and Austin Butler randomly teamed up to help remove a tree from the road in Muskoka, Canada over the weekend.
Austin Butler landed a Best Actor nomination at the 2023 Oscars for his portrayal of Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann‘s Elvis. However, he wasn’t guaranteed the role.
Tini Stoessel and Rodrigo de Paul have decided to put an end to their relationship. The fan-favorite celebrity couple has announced their split with a joint statement, revealing that they are now going their separate ways and have ended things amicably with “love and respect.”The Argentinian singer and the soccer player were rumored to be taking some time apart after fans noticed that the pair had stopped interacting on social media, with Rodrigo’s last comment on Tini’s Instagram account being on June 26.
Following Barbie’s explosive box office success, Mattel is ready to make its iconic toys part of a cinematic universe.