A24 has landed the rights to ‘Friendship’, the Andrew DeYoung film starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd, out of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where it was a runner-up for the People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award. DeYoung also wrote the screenplay for the movie, which was one of the breakout titles at TIFF this year, …
ELLA JONES’ ‘SWEETPEA’
Ella Jones (Chromista & Caviar UK) directs ‘Sweetpea’, a six-part series based on CJ Skuse‘s novel of the same name, and adapted by Kirstie Swain (‘Pure’), who writes with Krissie Ducker (‘Killing Eve’), Laura Jayne Tunbridge and Selina Lim (‘Sex Education’). In this ‘coming-of-rage’ series, showing on Sky Atlantic this October, Ella Purnell (‘FallOut’, ‘YellowJackets’) stars as the consistently overlooked Rhiannon Lewis whose life transforms after she’s …
NETFLIX’s ‘The Decameron’ & ANDREW DEYOUNG
Inspired by the 14th-century Italian short-story collection by Giovanni Boccaccio, ‘The Decameron’ is an American medieval television series created by Kathleen Jordan. Andrew DeYoung directed two episodes of the black-comedy show, which follows a group of nobles and servants when they retreat to a villa as the bubonic plague spreads through Italy. …
ELLIOTT LESTER’s Dark Western: ‘THE THICKETT’
Described as a ‘punk-rock Western’, the trailer for Elliott Lester‘s upcoming feature ‘The Thicket’ is here. PEOPLE Magazine offers an exclusive first look into the dark western, based on the 2013 novel by Joe R. Lansdale and co-starring Peter Dinklage, Levon Hawke, Juliette Lewis, Esme Creed-Miles, Macon Blair and Andrew Schulz, and James Hetfield of Metallica. Catch ‘The Thicket’ in theatres beginning September 6.
KASRA FARAHANI’s ‘All Hail Loki’ with Samsung x Disney+
Following on from directing an episode in the second season of the hit Disney+ series, Kasra Farahani‘s ‘All Hail Loki’ tracks the presence of the God of Mischief through time, using the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. The spot was created in collaboration with Marvel, Mill Channel, and The Den Editorial. Currently available on Disney+, season two …
80 million views in 1st 24H – ‘LOKI’ Season 2 production designed by KASRA FARAHANI
With 80 million views in its first 24 hours, the first trailer for the second season of the Marvel Studios’ ‘Loki’, has quickly hit a new milestone, becoming the biggest online trailer debut ever for any series on Disney+. Season 2 is set to be released this year, and was entirely production designed by Chromista’s Kasra Farahani, …
Chromista’s directing duo THE VORTEX new campaign for Meta
Chromista’s duo, The Vortex, have directed a new campaign for Meta. Created by The Community, the film was shot in Albuquerque, Juchitán de Zaragoza Mexico, and Brooklyn. The Vortex is a directing duo made up of award-winning photographer Emiliano Granado, and director and cinematographer Austin M. Kearns, who came together in 2020, having since created commercial …
Chromista’s DARREN ARONOFSKY releases new trailer for ‘Pi’
Acclaimed director, Darren Aronofsky’s 1998 debut, ‘Pi’, is set to return to cinemas for the film’s 25th anniversary on the 14th March, in a remastered version which will screen exclusively in IMAX theatres. The film will be released in an IMAX one-day only event, preceded by a live Q&A with Aronofsky and …
Chromista’s DARREN ARONOFSKY Official Trailer for ‘The Whale’
Chromista’s acclaimed feature film director Darren Aronofsky latest feature film ‘The Whale’ has been nominated 3 times at this year’s Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. The film achieved a six minute standing ovation at the 79th Venice International Film Festival where it had its its world premiere. …