Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt are two superstars in their own rights. One, a Stranger Things prodigy who recently got married, the other, a Marvel star and an industry veteran who has been seen in his fair share of hilarious roles over the years.
Jake Bongiovi and Millie Bobby Brown / Instagram
But what happens when the two come together? While that has not happened as of yet, it is about to, in the form of a Netflix movie that also boasts of Anthony and Joe Russo as the two directors. A science fiction thriller set to be released sometime in 2024, The Electric State is set to become one of the most expensive movies ever made, and is set to cost a whopping $320 million.
Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt set to star in The Electric State
Chris Pratt in Jurassic World / Universal Pictures
The Electric State might as well...
Jake Bongiovi and Millie Bobby Brown / Instagram
But what happens when the two come together? While that has not happened as of yet, it is about to, in the form of a Netflix movie that also boasts of Anthony and Joe Russo as the two directors. A science fiction thriller set to be released sometime in 2024, The Electric State is set to become one of the most expensive movies ever made, and is set to cost a whopping $320 million.
Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt set to star in The Electric State
Chris Pratt in Jurassic World / Universal Pictures
The Electric State might as well...
- 6/7/2024
- by Rishabh Bhatnagar
- FandomWire
Watch These Underrated Sci-Fi Shows On Prime Video. (Photo Credit – IMDb)
The mind-bending western sci-fi series Outer Range will return with season 2 on Amazon Prime on May 16. The show about the mysterious black void at the edge of a ranch owned by the Abbott family features Josh Brolin as Royal Abbott in his first TV role in ten years. Season 2 will explore more about the mysterious portal and how exactly an adult, Autumn/Amy Royal, found her way back to her family after the young Amy disappeared at the end of Season 1.
As we wait for the Outer Range premiere, fans yearning for a meaty sci-fi series can delve into these exciting shows on Prime Video. While Amazon’s Prime Video has not been historically known to dole out original science fiction television shows, they have peddled out a few mind-bending content that has tragically flown under the radar in recent years.
The mind-bending western sci-fi series Outer Range will return with season 2 on Amazon Prime on May 16. The show about the mysterious black void at the edge of a ranch owned by the Abbott family features Josh Brolin as Royal Abbott in his first TV role in ten years. Season 2 will explore more about the mysterious portal and how exactly an adult, Autumn/Amy Royal, found her way back to her family after the young Amy disappeared at the end of Season 1.
As we wait for the Outer Range premiere, fans yearning for a meaty sci-fi series can delve into these exciting shows on Prime Video. While Amazon’s Prime Video has not been historically known to dole out original science fiction television shows, they have peddled out a few mind-bending content that has tragically flown under the radar in recent years.
- 5/13/2024
- by Anushree Madappa
- KoiMoi
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Unlike some genres, science fiction is very much in at Netflix right now with their upcoming slate of “Geeked” content consisting of plenty of highly anticipated new sci-fi movies and series. Below, we’ll take a look at Netflix’s current slate of new sci-fi movies coming in 2024 and beyond.
Lots more genre previews on the way here at What’s on Netflix. We’ll have a separate preview for the upcoming sci-fi series on Netflix, and we’ll have a preview for the fantasy series coming up later this week. Already released previews include upcoming anime, games, and more.
New Sci-fi Movies Coming Soon to Netflix Atlas
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Hoping to follow in the success of Jennifer Lopez’s first major Netflix movie, The Mother is the sci-fi action thriller Atlas.
The movie began its life as a script from The 2017 Black List, entered into production in...
Unlike some genres, science fiction is very much in at Netflix right now with their upcoming slate of “Geeked” content consisting of plenty of highly anticipated new sci-fi movies and series. Below, we’ll take a look at Netflix’s current slate of new sci-fi movies coming in 2024 and beyond.
Lots more genre previews on the way here at What’s on Netflix. We’ll have a separate preview for the upcoming sci-fi series on Netflix, and we’ll have a preview for the fantasy series coming up later this week. Already released previews include upcoming anime, games, and more.
New Sci-fi Movies Coming Soon to Netflix Atlas
Picture: Backgrid
Hoping to follow in the success of Jennifer Lopez’s first major Netflix movie, The Mother is the sci-fi action thriller Atlas.
The movie began its life as a script from The 2017 Black List, entered into production in...
- 1/8/2024
- by Kasey Moore
- Whats-on-Netflix
Gareth Edwards entered the film scene with "Monsters," a fantastic sci-fi movie that used its limited budget to tell a thrilling, suspenseful story. After that, however, Edwards went the route of many an indie director in the 2010s and was tapped to direct two huge blockbuster franchises, "Godzilla" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story." While both had their merits ("Rogue One" even has some of the best moments in all of "Star Wars"), there is definitely something refreshing and exciting about Edwards finally overcoming his blockbuster fatigue and going back to his roots with "The Creator," a visually stunning piece of science fiction with big ideas and big performances.
In some ways, this is Gareth Edwards doing his version of "Star Wars: A New Hope" — a story of rebellion complete with a magical child, an evil battle station with a weapon that can completely obliterate planets, and a band...
In some ways, this is Gareth Edwards doing his version of "Star Wars: A New Hope" — a story of rebellion complete with a magical child, an evil battle station with a weapon that can completely obliterate planets, and a band...
- 9/26/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Authorities are investigating the death of an experienced transportation captain who died last Friday during the making of Netflix film “The Electric State,” Variety has learned.
Peter DeToffoli died almost instantly when the Chevrolet SUV he was driving slammed into a semi-truck on the I-75 northbound (pictured above in 2014) at a “high rate of speed” according to the initial investigation report. The accident took place just after 3 a.m. local time.
DeToffoli’s steering wheel and windshield were crushed on impact and the emergency medical services found him “trapped and unresponsive” in the driver’s seat. Firefighters used jaws of life to cut off the vehicle’s doors and extract him but tragically could not resuscitate him. The 58-year-old was pronounced dead just before 6 a.m.
A source told Variety that skid marks on the road suggested DeToffoli had tried to brake just before impact.
“The Electric State” is a...
Peter DeToffoli died almost instantly when the Chevrolet SUV he was driving slammed into a semi-truck on the I-75 northbound (pictured above in 2014) at a “high rate of speed” according to the initial investigation report. The accident took place just after 3 a.m. local time.
DeToffoli’s steering wheel and windshield were crushed on impact and the emergency medical services found him “trapped and unresponsive” in the driver’s seat. Firefighters used jaws of life to cut off the vehicle’s doors and extract him but tragically could not resuscitate him. The 58-year-old was pronounced dead just before 6 a.m.
A source told Variety that skid marks on the road suggested DeToffoli had tried to brake just before impact.
“The Electric State” is a...
- 11/11/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo are summoning some of Hollywood’s finest to star in their upcoming Netflix film The Electric State. According to Variety, Anthony Mackie, Giancarlo Esposito, Ke Huy Quan, and Billy Bob Thornton will join the voice cast.
Millie Bobby Brown leads The Electric State as a young woman traveling across the country after a civil war between humanity and the robots that once served them spirals out of control. While searching for her missing brother, Brown’s character meets a mysterious smuggler, played by Chris Pratt. Stanley Tucci and Jason Alexander also star.
Always ready to play a villain, Esposito stars as an antagonist named Marshall, a robotic drone operated by Esposito’s character remotely and tasked with hunting down the robot traveling with Brown’s character on her quest. Meanwhile, Quan plays a doctor Brown’s character is desperate to find. Initially, Quan’s Everything Everywhere All At Once...
Millie Bobby Brown leads The Electric State as a young woman traveling across the country after a civil war between humanity and the robots that once served them spirals out of control. While searching for her missing brother, Brown’s character meets a mysterious smuggler, played by Chris Pratt. Stanley Tucci and Jason Alexander also star.
Always ready to play a villain, Esposito stars as an antagonist named Marshall, a robotic drone operated by Esposito’s character remotely and tasked with hunting down the robot traveling with Brown’s character on her quest. Meanwhile, Quan plays a doctor Brown’s character is desperate to find. Initially, Quan’s Everything Everywhere All At Once...
- 11/2/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo are expanding the cast of “The Electric State,” their next film for Netflix, with Giancarlo Esposito (“The Mandalorian”) and Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”). Anthony Mackie (“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”) and Billy Bob Thornton (“The Gray Man”) have also signed on in voice roles.
Set in an alternative America in the mid-1990s, “The Electric State” stars Millie Bobby Brown as a young girl traveling across the country in the wake of a civil war between humanity and the robots that once served them, looking to find her missing brother. Chris Pratt costars as a smuggler she meets along the way; Stanley Tucci and Jason Alexander round out the cast.
Esposito will play an antagonist known as the Marshall, a robotic drone manned by Esposito’s character remotely and tasked with hunting down the robot aiding Brown’s character on her quest.
Set in an alternative America in the mid-1990s, “The Electric State” stars Millie Bobby Brown as a young girl traveling across the country in the wake of a civil war between humanity and the robots that once served them, looking to find her missing brother. Chris Pratt costars as a smuggler she meets along the way; Stanley Tucci and Jason Alexander round out the cast.
Esposito will play an antagonist known as the Marshall, a robotic drone manned by Esposito’s character remotely and tasked with hunting down the robot aiding Brown’s character on her quest.
- 11/2/2022
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Rushi Kota (Never Have I Ever) has signed on for a role in Sony and Black Bear’s GameStop film Dumb Money, from director Craig Gillespie. He joins an ensemble that already includes Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley, Anthony Ramos, Vincent D’Onofrio, Dane DeHaan, America Ferrera and Myha’la Herrold.
The dramedy based on Ben Mezrich’s book The Antisocial Network tells the story of fortunes made and lost overnight in the David vs. Goliath GameStop short squeeze of January 2021, when a loosely affiliated group of amateur investors and internet denizens took down one of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street, thereby threatening to upend the establishment.
While unconfirmed, we hear that Kota will play Baiju Bhatt, one of the co-CEOs of the stock trading and investing app Robinhood. Almost always overshadowed by CEO and co-founder Vlad Tenev (Stan), Bhatt doesn’t always...
The dramedy based on Ben Mezrich’s book The Antisocial Network tells the story of fortunes made and lost overnight in the David vs. Goliath GameStop short squeeze of January 2021, when a loosely affiliated group of amateur investors and internet denizens took down one of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street, thereby threatening to upend the establishment.
While unconfirmed, we hear that Kota will play Baiju Bhatt, one of the co-CEOs of the stock trading and investing app Robinhood. Almost always overshadowed by CEO and co-founder Vlad Tenev (Stan), Bhatt doesn’t always...
- 10/24/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Sibling director duo The Russo Brothers – Joe and Anthony Russo, who are enjoying the positive response to their latest streaming movie ‘The Gray Man’, are moving on to their next event film putting together quite the ensemble.
Michelle Yeoh, Stanley Tucci, Jason Alexander, Brian Cox and Jenny Slate are set to join the duo’s next film ‘The Electric State’, which also stars Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, reports ‘Deadline’.
The Russos, who are the names behind blockbuster movies such as ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame’, and are the second most commercially successful directors of all time after Steven Spielberg, will direct the movie, with Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely adapting the script.
According to ‘Deadline,’ the Russos and Mike Larocca are producing for Agbo, and Chris Castaldi and Patrick Newall also are producing.
Netflix recently acquired the film after it hit the market this year, and production...
Michelle Yeoh, Stanley Tucci, Jason Alexander, Brian Cox and Jenny Slate are set to join the duo’s next film ‘The Electric State’, which also stars Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, reports ‘Deadline’.
The Russos, who are the names behind blockbuster movies such as ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame’, and are the second most commercially successful directors of all time after Steven Spielberg, will direct the movie, with Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely adapting the script.
According to ‘Deadline,’ the Russos and Mike Larocca are producing for Agbo, and Chris Castaldi and Patrick Newall also are producing.
Netflix recently acquired the film after it hit the market this year, and production...
- 8/15/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
The Russo Brothers have a certified hit on their hands with The Gray Man, so it’s only natural that their relationship with Netflix continues. The directors are currently prepping their next Netflix project, and Deadline has reported a handful of exciting new additions to the cast.
Michelle Yeoh, Stanley Tucci, Brian Cox, Jason Alexander, and Jenny Slate are set to join the cast of The Electric State, a sci-fi drama that will star Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt. Based on the illustrated novel by Simon Stålenhag, The Electric State is “set in a retro-futuristic past, where an orphaned teenager (Brown) traverses the American West with a sweet but mysterious robot and an eccentric drifter in search of her younger brother.” It’s not known who the latest additions to the cast will play, but insiders told Deadline that Brian Cox and Jenny Slate will voice CGI characters.
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Michelle Yeoh, Stanley Tucci, Brian Cox, Jason Alexander, and Jenny Slate are set to join the cast of The Electric State, a sci-fi drama that will star Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt. Based on the illustrated novel by Simon Stålenhag, The Electric State is “set in a retro-futuristic past, where an orphaned teenager (Brown) traverses the American West with a sweet but mysterious robot and an eccentric drifter in search of her younger brother.” It’s not known who the latest additions to the cast will play, but insiders told Deadline that Brian Cox and Jenny Slate will voice CGI characters.
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- 8/11/2022
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: As The Gray Man climbs the all-time viewership ranks on Netflix, Joe and Anthony Russo are moving fast on their next event film at the streamer and putting together quite the ensemble. Sources tell Deadline that Michelle Yeoh, Stanley Tucci, Jason Alexander, Brian Cox and Jenny Slate are set to join The Electric State, starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt.
The Russos will direct, with Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely adapting the script. The Russos and Mike Larocca are producing for Agbo, and Chris Castaldi and Patrick Newall also are producing.
Netflix recently acquired the pic after it hit the market this year, and production is set to start in the fall.
The film is based on adaptation of the illustrated novel by Simon Stålenhag and is set in a retro-futuristic past, where an orphaned teenager (Brown) traverses the American West with a sweet but mysterious robot and...
The Russos will direct, with Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely adapting the script. The Russos and Mike Larocca are producing for Agbo, and Chris Castaldi and Patrick Newall also are producing.
Netflix recently acquired the pic after it hit the market this year, and production is set to start in the fall.
The film is based on adaptation of the illustrated novel by Simon Stålenhag and is set in a retro-futuristic past, where an orphaned teenager (Brown) traverses the American West with a sweet but mysterious robot and...
- 8/11/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Eighteen years old. At the age a lot of young people would currently be looking ahead to a summer of watching Netflix, Millie Bobby Brown is Netflix. She’s not only the superpowered lead in Stranger Things – which still has its fifth and final season to film – but also set to be the star of multiple upcoming movies on the streaming service. A Unicef Goodwill Ambassador, Louis Vuitton house ambassador (sounds Hogwarts-y), the founder of a vegan beauty brand, owner of Pcma Productions and the star of her directorial debut – a short film in which she leaps about on aerial silks like she’s in fricking Cirque du Soleil – she’s the multi-hyphenate to make other multi-hyphenates weep over being such lazy, do-nothing bums. And that’s without even including the unsubstantiated Star Wars rumours.
Here’s what’s coming up next for the Stranger Things star.
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- 7/13/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Millie Bobby Brown is set to star in a new Netflix sci-fi movie, Deadline reported on June 28. Titled "The Electric State," the film will star Brown as a teenage orphan who travels around the American West with a drifter and her well-mannered robot in an effort to find her lost brother. In short, it seems set to be the perfect blend of sci-fi, Americana, and heart.
The film is based on Simon Stålenhag's book "Tales From the Loop," which was adapted into a successful Amazon Prime series of the same name. "In late 1997, a runaway teenager and her small yellow toy robot travel west through a strange American landscape where the ruins of gigantic battle drones litter the countryside, along with the discarded trash of a high-tech consumerist society addicted to a virtual-reality system," the description of the source novel reads. "As they approach the edge of the continent,...
The film is based on Simon Stålenhag's book "Tales From the Loop," which was adapted into a successful Amazon Prime series of the same name. "In late 1997, a runaway teenager and her small yellow toy robot travel west through a strange American landscape where the ruins of gigantic battle drones litter the countryside, along with the discarded trash of a high-tech consumerist society addicted to a virtual-reality system," the description of the source novel reads. "As they approach the edge of the continent,...
- 6/29/2022
- by Eden Arielle Gordon
- Popsugar.com
The big budget graphic novel adaptation was originally set up at Universal.
Netflix has picked up The Electric State, the big budget graphic novel adaptation from Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo and their Agbo company.
Millie Bobby Brown, from Netflix’s Stranger Things, is to star in the film, originally set to be made by the Russo brothers for Universal. Production is now set to begin, with a reported budget of more than 200m, in the autumn.
Chris Pratt is reportedly in talks to join Brown in the cast.
The Russo brothers previously made Extraction for Netflix and their latest project,...
Netflix has picked up The Electric State, the big budget graphic novel adaptation from Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo and their Agbo company.
Millie Bobby Brown, from Netflix’s Stranger Things, is to star in the film, originally set to be made by the Russo brothers for Universal. Production is now set to begin, with a reported budget of more than 200m, in the autumn.
Chris Pratt is reportedly in talks to join Brown in the cast.
The Russo brothers previously made Extraction for Netflix and their latest project,...
- 6/28/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Chris Pratt is in talks to star in and reteam with the Russo Brothers on “Electric State,” an adaptation of the illustrated novel by Simon Stålenhag. Millie Bobby Brown is attached to star.
The film from the “Avengers: Infinity War” directors was previously set up at Universal.
“Avengers” writing duo Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who penned “Infinity War” and “Endgame,” wrote the script.
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Set in an alternative future, “Electric State” centers on a teenage girl (Brown) who realizes that a strange but sweet robot has been sent to her by her missing brother. She and the robot set out to find the brother in an imaginative world of humans mixing with robots, uncovering a grand conspiracy in the process.
Production on the film is eyeing a fall start date in Atlanta.
The Russos are producing via their Agbo banner,...
The film from the “Avengers: Infinity War” directors was previously set up at Universal.
“Avengers” writing duo Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who penned “Infinity War” and “Endgame,” wrote the script.
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Set in an alternative future, “Electric State” centers on a teenage girl (Brown) who realizes that a strange but sweet robot has been sent to her by her missing brother. She and the robot set out to find the brother in an imaginative world of humans mixing with robots, uncovering a grand conspiracy in the process.
Production on the film is eyeing a fall start date in Atlanta.
The Russos are producing via their Agbo banner,...
- 6/28/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Netflix looks to be reuniting with some familiar faces as sources tell Deadline the streamer has come on to Joe and Anthony Russo’s next directing feature The Electric State with Millie Bobby Brown set to star. Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely adapted the script, with the Russos and Mike Larocca producing for Agbo. Chris Castaldi, and Patrick Newall are also producing.
Rumors surfaced earlier this year that Chris Pratt was in talks to co-star. While a deal hasn’t closed, sources say Pratt is still in talks to board the project.
The film is based on adaptation of the illustrated novel by Simon Stålenhag and is set in a retro-futuristic past, where an orphaned teenager (Brown) traverses the American West with a sweet but mysterious robot and an eccentric drifter in search of her younger brother. Angela Russo-Otstot, Jake Aust, Geoff Haley, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely are exec producing.
Rumors surfaced earlier this year that Chris Pratt was in talks to co-star. While a deal hasn’t closed, sources say Pratt is still in talks to board the project.
The film is based on adaptation of the illustrated novel by Simon Stålenhag and is set in a retro-futuristic past, where an orphaned teenager (Brown) traverses the American West with a sweet but mysterious robot and an eccentric drifter in search of her younger brother. Angela Russo-Otstot, Jake Aust, Geoff Haley, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely are exec producing.
- 6/28/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
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After nearly half a year of negotiations, Netflix has closed a deal for the next big-budget movie from Joe and Anthony Russo.
The duo, known for the Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame mega-blockbusters, will direct The Electric State for the streaming giant, a move that reunites them with the company behind their current project, the action movie The Gray May, which debuts in July.
Millie Bobby Brown, the breakout star of Netflix’s Stranger Things, is on board to star in the feature, with Chris Pratt, who appeared in the Russos’ Avengers movies, in talks to join her.
Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, longtime Russo scribes who worked on Gray Man as well as the Avengers pics, are writing the script.
The cost isn’t cheap. The project was previously set up at Universal, which eventually balked at the price tag and put it into turnaround.
After nearly half a year of negotiations, Netflix has closed a deal for the next big-budget movie from Joe and Anthony Russo.
The duo, known for the Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame mega-blockbusters, will direct The Electric State for the streaming giant, a move that reunites them with the company behind their current project, the action movie The Gray May, which debuts in July.
Millie Bobby Brown, the breakout star of Netflix’s Stranger Things, is on board to star in the feature, with Chris Pratt, who appeared in the Russos’ Avengers movies, in talks to join her.
Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, longtime Russo scribes who worked on Gray Man as well as the Avengers pics, are writing the script.
The cost isn’t cheap. The project was previously set up at Universal, which eventually balked at the price tag and put it into turnaround.
- 6/28/2022
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Acclaimed artist Simon Stålenhag’s latest work Endymion, is being developed for the small screen. The Bridge creator Måns Mårlind is teaming with Infinite Entertainment, the production arm of visual effects and animation company Goodbye Kansas, and Stålenhag to develop Endymion as a television series. Infinite will be taking the project out to buyers.
Set in an alternative world at the dawn of the millennia, Endymion tells the story of a teenage girl who is searching for answers about her father’s mysterious death. She must team up with the other children of the Welsh blue-collar workers, who died while working with the new moon Endymion, to uncover the conspiracy of the international space program and redeem their parents, while accidentally discovering proof of extra-terrestrial life.
Infinite has been a longtime champions of Stålenhag’s work across all mediums and has been a creative collaborator on several projects. Endymion is...
Set in an alternative world at the dawn of the millennia, Endymion tells the story of a teenage girl who is searching for answers about her father’s mysterious death. She must team up with the other children of the Welsh blue-collar workers, who died while working with the new moon Endymion, to uncover the conspiracy of the international space program and redeem their parents, while accidentally discovering proof of extra-terrestrial life.
Infinite has been a longtime champions of Stålenhag’s work across all mediums and has been a creative collaborator on several projects. Endymion is...
- 5/12/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Has it been nearly ten years since writing and directing duo Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper wowed the international genre community with their sci-fi thriller Vanishing Waves? That's far too long in between films. Far too long. Yesterday, the first image from their new film Vesper Seeds, surfaced over in France so why not share it with you today to get you excited about their new film. It looks like it was pulled right from the portfolio of artist Simon Stålenhag. Very cool. Eddie Marsan, Richard Brake, Raffiella Chapman and Rosy McEwen star in Vesper Seeds, now in post-production. Set in a dystopian future after the collapse of the Earth's ecosystem, the film will follow Vesper (Chapman), a strong-willed 13-year-old girl who uses...
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- 9/7/2021
- Screen Anarchy
Agbo, the content company founded by Anthony and Joe Russo, has promoted executive Albert Kim to vice president of intellectual property and development.
Kim will now work across the company’s film, television, digital media and interactive efforts. He reports to Agbo president of creative Angela Russo-Otstot.
With the company since its 2016 founding, Kim will continue his duties in the acquisition, creation and development of Agbo’s world-building franchise properties. His credits include producer on the TV series “Deadly Class,” an adaptation of Rick Remender’s comic book for SyFy. Previously, Kim was in film development and production at Chernin Entertainment, where he worked on a number of blockbusters, including “Spy” starring Melissa McCarthy.
“Albert brings enormous value to the Agbo team by virtue of his gracious collaboration, passionate dedication and admirable work ethic. His extensive knowledge of intellectual property from around the world, coupled with his excellent creative discernment,...
Kim will now work across the company’s film, television, digital media and interactive efforts. He reports to Agbo president of creative Angela Russo-Otstot.
With the company since its 2016 founding, Kim will continue his duties in the acquisition, creation and development of Agbo’s world-building franchise properties. His credits include producer on the TV series “Deadly Class,” an adaptation of Rick Remender’s comic book for SyFy. Previously, Kim was in film development and production at Chernin Entertainment, where he worked on a number of blockbusters, including “Spy” starring Melissa McCarthy.
“Albert brings enormous value to the Agbo team by virtue of his gracious collaboration, passionate dedication and admirable work ethic. His extensive knowledge of intellectual property from around the world, coupled with his excellent creative discernment,...
- 7/29/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
"Avengers: Endgame" directors Joe and Anthony Russo are attached to a big-screen adaptation of Simon Stålenhag's graphic novel "The Electric State", to star Millie Bobby Brown ("Stranger Things"):
"...in 1997, a runaway teenager (Brown) and her yellow toy robot travel west through a strange USA. The ruins of gigantic battle drones litter the countryside, heaped together with the discarded trash of a high tech consumerist society in decline.
"As their car approaches the edge of the continent, the world outside the window seems to be unraveling ever faster—as if somewhere beyond the horizon, the hollow core of civilization has finally caved in..."
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"...in 1997, a runaway teenager (Brown) and her yellow toy robot travel west through a strange USA. The ruins of gigantic battle drones litter the countryside, heaped together with the discarded trash of a high tech consumerist society in decline.
"As their car approaches the edge of the continent, the world outside the window seems to be unraveling ever faster—as if somewhere beyond the horizon, the hollow core of civilization has finally caved in..."
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- 12/20/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
“Stranger Things” headliner Millie Bobby Brown is attached to star in Universal Pictures’ “Electric State,” based on the graphic novel by Simon Stålenhag, according to an individual with knowledge of the project. Anthony and Joe Russo will direct and produce through their Agbo production banner.
“Avengers” writing duo Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who penned “Infinity War” and “Endgame,” wrote the script.
Set in an alternative future, “Electric State” centers on a teenage girl (Brown) who realizes that a strange but sweet robot has been sent to her by her missing brother. She and the robot set out to find the brother in an imaginative world of humans mixing with robots, uncovering a grand conspiracy in the process.
“We’re thrilled to have this deal with Universal who has committed to a theatrical release of ‘Electric State,'” Joe and Anthony Russo said in a statement to TheWrap. “This is...
“Avengers” writing duo Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who penned “Infinity War” and “Endgame,” wrote the script.
Set in an alternative future, “Electric State” centers on a teenage girl (Brown) who realizes that a strange but sweet robot has been sent to her by her missing brother. She and the robot set out to find the brother in an imaginative world of humans mixing with robots, uncovering a grand conspiracy in the process.
“We’re thrilled to have this deal with Universal who has committed to a theatrical release of ‘Electric State,'” Joe and Anthony Russo said in a statement to TheWrap. “This is...
- 12/18/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Hot off Netflix’s summer smash movie “Enola Holmes” and the popular series “Stranger Things,” Millie Bobby Brown has lined up her next project. This time, it won’t be a straight-to-streaming title, but instead a theatrical tentpole to be directed by Joe and Anthony Russo. Universal has landed the rights to “The Electric State,” according to Deadline, a science-fiction adventure based on the graphic novel of the same name by Simon Stålenhag.
The Russos, whose upcoming addiction drama “Cherry,” starring Tom Holland, is now in the awards mix courtesy of Apple TV+, will also produce “The Electric State” via their evolving Agbo banner. “Electric State” will be penned by Agbo writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the scribes who previously teamed up with the Russos on films like “Captain America: Winter Soldier,” “Captain America: Civil War,” and “Avengers: Infinity War” and Avengers: Endgame,” all of which the brothers directed.
The Russos, whose upcoming addiction drama “Cherry,” starring Tom Holland, is now in the awards mix courtesy of Apple TV+, will also produce “The Electric State” via their evolving Agbo banner. “Electric State” will be penned by Agbo writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the scribes who previously teamed up with the Russos on films like “Captain America: Winter Soldier,” “Captain America: Civil War,” and “Avengers: Infinity War” and Avengers: Endgame,” all of which the brothers directed.
- 12/18/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Following a heated bidding war, Universal Pictures has landed the rights to an adaptation of the graphic novel The Electric State with Millie Bobby Brown attached to star and Joe and Anthony Russo on board to direct. The Russos will also produce through their Agbo banner. Mike Larocca will also produce under Agbo. The package went out to buyers earlier this week and Universal was quick to acquire the highly-coveted property.
Agbo first landed the rights in 2017 with plans to develop along with Andy and Barbara Muschietti, with Andy circling the directors chair. With the Muschiettis focused on a Flash movie at Warner Bros., the Russos took over the directing reigns and were quick to tap one of Hollywood’s rising stars in Brown to star. The Muschiettis will still serve as producers. Russell Ackerman and John Schoenfelder are exec producing.Insiders say even though this film is being fast-tracked,...
Agbo first landed the rights in 2017 with plans to develop along with Andy and Barbara Muschietti, with Andy circling the directors chair. With the Muschiettis focused on a Flash movie at Warner Bros., the Russos took over the directing reigns and were quick to tap one of Hollywood’s rising stars in Brown to star. The Muschiettis will still serve as producers. Russell Ackerman and John Schoenfelder are exec producing.Insiders say even though this film is being fast-tracked,...
- 12/18/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Universal Pictures has landed the rights to adapt the graphic novel The Electric State as a feature film to be directed and produced by the Russo Brothers.
The Electric State movie, based on the Simon Stålenhag book, will be produced by Mike Larocca via Anthony and Joe Russo’s production banner Agbo. And Millie Bobby Brown is attached to star as a teenage girl in an alternative future who realizes that a strange but sweet robot who comes to her has actually been sent by her missing brother.
She and the robot set out to find the brother in an imaginative world ...
The Electric State movie, based on the Simon Stålenhag book, will be produced by Mike Larocca via Anthony and Joe Russo’s production banner Agbo. And Millie Bobby Brown is attached to star as a teenage girl in an alternative future who realizes that a strange but sweet robot who comes to her has actually been sent by her missing brother.
She and the robot set out to find the brother in an imaginative world ...
- 12/18/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Universal Pictures has landed the rights to adapt the graphic novel The Electric State as a feature film to be directed and produced by the Russo Brothers.
The Electric State movie, based on the Simon Stålenhag book, will be produced by Mike Larocca via Anthony and Joe Russo’s production banner Agbo. And Millie Bobby Brown is attached to star as a teenage girl in an alternative future who realizes that a strange but sweet robot who comes to her has actually been sent by her missing brother.
She and the robot set out to find the brother in an imaginative world ...
The Electric State movie, based on the Simon Stålenhag book, will be produced by Mike Larocca via Anthony and Joe Russo’s production banner Agbo. And Millie Bobby Brown is attached to star as a teenage girl in an alternative future who realizes that a strange but sweet robot who comes to her has actually been sent by her missing brother.
She and the robot set out to find the brother in an imaginative world ...
- 12/18/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cracking the surreal visual code of the Simon Stålenhag paintings that inspired “Tales from the Loop” was hard enough for veteran cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth. Their strange aura of a picnic tableau with discarded robots in barren landscapes had to somehow connect with showrunner Nathaniel Halpern’s sci-fi series about restoring humanity in a community deprived of love and intimacy. But the Emmy-nominated Cronenweth made a breakthrough while on location in Winnipeg by shooting exterior night scenes… in subzero temperatures… during Magic Hour.
“It was a problem that we were dealt from the very beginning because of the way the script’s written and the way time passes and having so little time at night to shoot with minors,” Cronenweth said. “But I was amazed at the amount of time we had at dusk once the sun shadows had become soft enough or dropped below the horizon line.”
He proposed turning...
“It was a problem that we were dealt from the very beginning because of the way the script’s written and the way time passes and having so little time at night to shoot with minors,” Cronenweth said. “But I was amazed at the amount of time we had at dusk once the sun shadows had become soft enough or dropped below the horizon line.”
He proposed turning...
- 8/28/2020
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
On Tales from the Loop, VFX producer Andrea Knoll helped build a world around an art book by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag, working to preserve its painterly feeling in every frame.
Created by Nathaniel Halpern, the sci-fi drama follows the unlikely journeys of townspeople living above “The Loop”, a machine built to tap into the mysteries of the universe. In bringing this retro-futuristic world to life, the Tales team embraced a combination of practical and visual effects, always with an eye toward photorealistic imagery.
Challenged to deliver feature-quality effects on a compressed TV schedule, Knoll faced myriad hurdles on the series, while designing everything from robots, to futuristic tractors, to bionic arms. Ultimately, though, she would earn her first Emmy nomination for her work, finding the project to be one of the most collaborative and rewarding of her career.
Deadline: How did you get involved with Tales from the Loop?...
Created by Nathaniel Halpern, the sci-fi drama follows the unlikely journeys of townspeople living above “The Loop”, a machine built to tap into the mysteries of the universe. In bringing this retro-futuristic world to life, the Tales team embraced a combination of practical and visual effects, always with an eye toward photorealistic imagery.
Challenged to deliver feature-quality effects on a compressed TV schedule, Knoll faced myriad hurdles on the series, while designing everything from robots, to futuristic tractors, to bionic arms. Ultimately, though, she would earn her first Emmy nomination for her work, finding the project to be one of the most collaborative and rewarding of her career.
Deadline: How did you get involved with Tales from the Loop?...
- 8/18/2020
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
San Diego Comic-Con may be cancelled in its most ideal sense this year, but for the nerdy faithful who still want to bask in the community created by panels, cosplay, and swag, the dream lives on. And it’s just gone virtual with Sdcc’s Comic-Con@Home event later this week. In keeping with that ethos, Mondo, the indie tastemaking artwork company, has partnered with Sdcc for the exclusive products below.
Beginning tomorrow and Thursday, fans for characters as varied as Miles Morales’ Spider-Man, Charles Schulz’s Peanuts Gang, and the poor, doomed folks trapped in “the Loop” on Amazon’s Tales from the Loop, will get the chance to pick up the following:
Tales from the Loop Original Soundtrack 2Xlp
The above soundtrack immortalizes in vinyl, and with Simon Stålenhag artwork, the hypnotic Tales from the Loop score by Philip Glass and Paul Leonard-Morgan. The soundtrack is made in...
Beginning tomorrow and Thursday, fans for characters as varied as Miles Morales’ Spider-Man, Charles Schulz’s Peanuts Gang, and the poor, doomed folks trapped in “the Loop” on Amazon’s Tales from the Loop, will get the chance to pick up the following:
Tales from the Loop Original Soundtrack 2Xlp
The above soundtrack immortalizes in vinyl, and with Simon Stålenhag artwork, the hypnotic Tales from the Loop score by Philip Glass and Paul Leonard-Morgan. The soundtrack is made in...
- 7/21/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
When composer Philip Glass was first approached by executive producer Mark Romanek to score “Tales From the Loop,” he was immediately drawn to the striking paintings of Simon Stålenhag that served as the basis for the existential sci-fi drama from Amazon Prime Video. Given his own spirituality, it was the perfect fit for Glass’ TV debut. Only he was too busy with other projects, so he suggested finding a collaborator — and that’s when Paul Leonard-Morgan joined the team.
It was no coincidence. Both had worked with documentary director Errol Morris, and Leonard-Morgan’s mesmerizing score for “Wormwood” was the clincher.
“The show is a unique narrative on humanity, so we didn’t want the score to feel like classic Hollywood, but more organic — like the music is just there in the loop, an integral part of the story,” Glass said.
“I figured if we could both work with Errol,...
It was no coincidence. Both had worked with documentary director Errol Morris, and Leonard-Morgan’s mesmerizing score for “Wormwood” was the clincher.
“The show is a unique narrative on humanity, so we didn’t want the score to feel like classic Hollywood, but more organic — like the music is just there in the loop, an integral part of the story,” Glass said.
“I figured if we could both work with Errol,...
- 6/22/2020
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
When composer Philip Glass was first approached by executive producer Mark Romanek to score “Tales From the Loop,” he was immediately drawn to the striking paintings of Simon Stålenhag that served as the basis for the existential sci-fi drama from Amazon Prime Video. Given his own spirituality, it was the perfect fit for Glass’ TV debut. Only he was too busy with other projects, so he suggested finding a collaborator — and that’s when Paul Leonard-Morgan joined the team.
It was no coincidence. Both had worked with documentary director Errol Morris, and Leonard-Morgan’s mesmerizing score for “Wormwood” was the clincher.
“The show is a unique narrative on humanity, so we didn’t want the score to feel like classic Hollywood, but more organic — like the music is just there in the loop, an integral part of the story,” Glass said.
“I figured if we could both work with Errol,...
It was no coincidence. Both had worked with documentary director Errol Morris, and Leonard-Morgan’s mesmerizing score for “Wormwood” was the clincher.
“The show is a unique narrative on humanity, so we didn’t want the score to feel like classic Hollywood, but more organic — like the music is just there in the loop, an integral part of the story,” Glass said.
“I figured if we could both work with Errol,...
- 6/22/2020
- by Bill Desowitz
- Thompson on Hollywood
“Collaborating with Phillip was like a bucket list ‘tick,’” admits composer Paul Leonard-Morgan about working with acclaimed maestro Glass on Amazon’s sci-fi anthology series “Tales From the Loop.” “It was a really organic process [but] it took a while to trust each other and to try and get each other’s wavelength.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Leonard-Morgan above.
See Rebecca Hall Interview: ‘Tales From the Loop’
“Tales From the Loop,” which stars Rebecca Hall and Jonathan Pryce, is based on the acclaimed sci-fi illustrations of Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag and was developed for TV by writer Nathaniel Halpern (“Legion”). The series follows the lives of the townsfolk living above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe. Unlike what we would ordinarily expect from the genre, the show is not focused on uncovering or explaining the mysteries of this otherworldly machine. Rather,...
See Rebecca Hall Interview: ‘Tales From the Loop’
“Tales From the Loop,” which stars Rebecca Hall and Jonathan Pryce, is based on the acclaimed sci-fi illustrations of Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag and was developed for TV by writer Nathaniel Halpern (“Legion”). The series follows the lives of the townsfolk living above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe. Unlike what we would ordinarily expect from the genre, the show is not focused on uncovering or explaining the mysteries of this otherworldly machine. Rather,...
- 6/8/2020
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
It will come as no surprise to anyone who’s followed the career of director Mark Romanek that his newest work, “Loop,” the pilot episode for eight-episode Amazon Studios series “Tales From the Loop,” is as visually arresting as it is conceptually bold and emotionally evocative.
Best-known for his work on some of the past two decades’ most audacious and powerful music videos and commercials, Romanek has accrued multiple Grammy Awards for his clips for stars from Fiona Apple to Johnny Cash, Taylor Swift to Michael Jackson, Jay-Z to Joni Mitchell, Nine Inch Nails to Madonna. Prizes at Cannes Lions and more have come his way for innovative, emotive spots for Apple, Tiffany, Nike and American Express, among others.
Romanek’s feature film resume is shorter, but just as powerful, with Robin Williams-starrer “One Hour Photo” and his adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Never Let Me Go” both visionary...
Best-known for his work on some of the past two decades’ most audacious and powerful music videos and commercials, Romanek has accrued multiple Grammy Awards for his clips for stars from Fiona Apple to Johnny Cash, Taylor Swift to Michael Jackson, Jay-Z to Joni Mitchell, Nine Inch Nails to Madonna. Prizes at Cannes Lions and more have come his way for innovative, emotive spots for Apple, Tiffany, Nike and American Express, among others.
Romanek’s feature film resume is shorter, but just as powerful, with Robin Williams-starrer “One Hour Photo” and his adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Never Let Me Go” both visionary...
- 5/22/2020
- by Steven Gaydos
- Variety Film + TV
“It’s an enticing proposition for an actor,” reveals Rebecca Hall about her role as an enigmatic scientist in small-town Ohio on Amazon’s visually striking sci-fi anthology series “Tales From the Loop.” “When you’re playing characters which are ‘difficult’ or ‘complicated’ or not particularly likeable, half the work is explaining why and in her case it was explained why quite early on.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Hall above.
SEEEmmys 2020 exclusive: Amazon Studios categories for ‘Hunters,’ ‘Maisel,’ ‘Modern Love’ and more
“Tales From the Loop” is based on the acclaimed sci-fi illustrations of Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag and was developed for TV by writer Nathaniel Halpern (“Legion”). The series follows the lives of the townsfolk living above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe. Unlike what we would ordinarily expect from the genre, the show is not necessarily focused on...
SEEEmmys 2020 exclusive: Amazon Studios categories for ‘Hunters,’ ‘Maisel,’ ‘Modern Love’ and more
“Tales From the Loop” is based on the acclaimed sci-fi illustrations of Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag and was developed for TV by writer Nathaniel Halpern (“Legion”). The series follows the lives of the townsfolk living above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe. Unlike what we would ordinarily expect from the genre, the show is not necessarily focused on...
- 5/19/2020
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Back when Matt Reeves was a film student, the young Angeleno trekked to his local cinema to watch Krzysztof Kieślowski’s, “Dekalog.” And then he went back again, and again, for five consecutive nights.
Reeves’ devotion wasn’t based entirely in cinematic obsession. Kieślowski’s acclaimed epic is nearly 10 hours long, and the theater only screened two entries per night, so Reeves had to come back if he wanted to finish the journey. But that wasn’t how the movie was made to be seen because “Dekalog” isn’t a movie at all. It is, in fact, a television show — a television show that audiences, primarily American audiences, didn’t know how to describe.
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“There is something about each of them being these separate ruminations on the commandments,...
Reeves’ devotion wasn’t based entirely in cinematic obsession. Kieślowski’s acclaimed epic is nearly 10 hours long, and the theater only screened two entries per night, so Reeves had to come back if he wanted to finish the journey. But that wasn’t how the movie was made to be seen because “Dekalog” isn’t a movie at all. It is, in fact, a television show — a television show that audiences, primarily American audiences, didn’t know how to describe.
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“There is something about each of them being these separate ruminations on the commandments,...
- 4/16/2020
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Tales from the Loop is an unusual sort of sci-fi anthology show in that each separate story is united by a common pastoral setting and a dominant central family. This is no doubt in part because the series takes its inspiration from a series of unrelated but commonly themed paintings by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag, which combine scenes of everyday life with a normalized science fiction sensibility. When we spoke to showrunner Nathaniel Halpern and actor Paul Schneider, they both emphasized this subtle style of storytelling as the hallmark of the show.
When we spoke to Halpern, it was well before Tales from the Loop dropped on Amazon on April 3, 2020, so we were still getting a sense for what the show was about and how the paintings inspired him. “At the inception of this it really was: how do you keep that sense of wonder alive in the series in...
When we spoke to Halpern, it was well before Tales from the Loop dropped on Amazon on April 3, 2020, so we were still getting a sense for what the show was about and how the paintings inspired him. “At the inception of this it really was: how do you keep that sense of wonder alive in the series in...
- 4/12/2020
- by Michael Ahr
- Den of Geek
Having picked up the reigns on The Batman from a weary Ben Affleck, who had been attempting to develop a solo Batman movie since donning the cowl in Warner Bros’ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League, director Matt Reeves understands that there’s a lot riding on his new vision for the Dark Knight, and in a new interview with Nerdist, he’s been looking back on the films that came before, and how he can create a unique Bruce Wayne story, borne from trauma.
Reeves cast Robert Pattinson as the iconic DC character in his upcoming movie, which was a decision celebrated by fans of the actor who had recently seen his stellar performances in indie films like Good Time, The Lighthouse and High Life, and scoffed at by people who primarily knew Pattinson from his blockbuster days as a sparkly vampire in the Twilight franchise.
Reeves cast Robert Pattinson as the iconic DC character in his upcoming movie, which was a decision celebrated by fans of the actor who had recently seen his stellar performances in indie films like Good Time, The Lighthouse and High Life, and scoffed at by people who primarily knew Pattinson from his blockbuster days as a sparkly vampire in the Twilight franchise.
- 4/9/2020
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Quibi is a mobile-only streaming service that specializes in short-form videos. Here’s everything you need to know about it.
“Video-streaming services abound, from on-demand platforms like Netflix and Amazon Video to live TV offerings like YouTube TV and Hulu. And we’re still awaiting the launch of WarnerMedia’s HBO Max and NBC’s Peacock later this year. But what’s one more, right? Quibi, which arrives on April 6, will offer TV shows on your phone, 10 minutes at a time, and select T-Mobile customers can try it out for free. But should you add it to your streaming TV lineup? Here’s what you need to know.”
Read more at PCMag.
Audible has made hundreds of audio books for free while schools are closed during quarantine.
“To keep kids occupied and educated at home, Audible recently launched ‘Audible Stories,’ a completely free online library with hundreds of audiobooks that...
“Video-streaming services abound, from on-demand platforms like Netflix and Amazon Video to live TV offerings like YouTube TV and Hulu. And we’re still awaiting the launch of WarnerMedia’s HBO Max and NBC’s Peacock later this year. But what’s one more, right? Quibi, which arrives on April 6, will offer TV shows on your phone, 10 minutes at a time, and select T-Mobile customers can try it out for free. But should you add it to your streaming TV lineup? Here’s what you need to know.”
Read more at PCMag.
Audible has made hundreds of audio books for free while schools are closed during quarantine.
“To keep kids occupied and educated at home, Audible recently launched ‘Audible Stories,’ a completely free online library with hundreds of audiobooks that...
- 4/6/2020
- by Ivan Huang
- Den of Geek
While the stories in each episode of Tales from the Loop have a sci-fi twist, whether with time travel or parallel universes or mysterious machines, they are mostly grounded in life in the town of Mercer, Ohio. The Willard family is center stage much of the time, but even then Paul Schneider’s character George Willard is often at the periphery, and that’s kind of the point. Russ Willard may be the founder of the Center for Experimental Physics that houses the loop, but George, as we found out when we spoke to Schneider about his role, is anything but the heir apparent.
In fact, it might seem at first like George’s mechanical arm is his most interesting characteristic, but an undercurrent of resentment lies beneath his awkward exterior. “I love the fact that George has a robot arm, but the thing that I was most attracted to...
In fact, it might seem at first like George’s mechanical arm is his most interesting characteristic, but an undercurrent of resentment lies beneath his awkward exterior. “I love the fact that George has a robot arm, but the thing that I was most attracted to...
- 4/5/2020
- by Michael Ahr
- Den of Geek
“Tales From the Loop” has all the elements of a mystery box show, except it’s largely — and wisely — uninterested in its mystery. Set in a small Ohio town at an undisclosed time, the new science-fiction series from creator Nathaniel Halpern (a writer on “Legion”) tracks the lives of various locals who are affected by the titular “Loop”: a massive black machine housed underground within an experimental physics center.
So, what’s this machine do? As the company’s founder, Russ (Jonathan Pryce), explains to his grandson, Cole (Duncan Joiner), The Loop “makes the impossible, possible.”
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So, what’s this machine do? As the company’s founder, Russ (Jonathan Pryce), explains to his grandson, Cole (Duncan Joiner), The Loop “makes the impossible, possible.”
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If your mind is already racing with possibilities, slow it down. While most writers would treat a statement like that as a starting gun, sending viewers through a...
- 4/3/2020
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Tales from the Loop,” streaming now on Amazon.
From the moment it was conceived, “Tales From the Loop” — which debuted Thursday night on Amazon Prime Video — was unlike any science fiction TV series ever conceived, for the simple reason that it’s based on a series of paintings by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag.
Stålenhag’s artwork is at once everyday and fantastical — like a modest rural home sitting quietly in a winter landscape, while a robot stares almost plaintively at it from outside. When Nathaniel Halpern (“Legion”) first saw them while meeting with filmmaker Matt Reeves (“War for the Planet of the Apes”) at Reeves’ production company 6th & Idaho nearly five years ago, he was immediately captivated.
“It’s very hard to have an original aesthetic, especially in the science fiction genre,” Halpern tells Variety. “There’s something about...
From the moment it was conceived, “Tales From the Loop” — which debuted Thursday night on Amazon Prime Video — was unlike any science fiction TV series ever conceived, for the simple reason that it’s based on a series of paintings by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag.
Stålenhag’s artwork is at once everyday and fantastical — like a modest rural home sitting quietly in a winter landscape, while a robot stares almost plaintively at it from outside. When Nathaniel Halpern (“Legion”) first saw them while meeting with filmmaker Matt Reeves (“War for the Planet of the Apes”) at Reeves’ production company 6th & Idaho nearly five years ago, he was immediately captivated.
“It’s very hard to have an original aesthetic, especially in the science fiction genre,” Halpern tells Variety. “There’s something about...
- 4/3/2020
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon's sci-fi series Tales From the Loop is loosely based on the book of the same name by Simon Stålenhag — but it's really a televisual interpretation of the Swedish artist's paintings that depict picturesque landscapes punctuated by robots or futuristic technology; Edward Hopper with a sci-fi flair.
Creator Nathaniel Halpern told The Hollywood Reporter that he was "quite taken" by Stålenhag's unique aesthetic when producer Matt Reeves (Batman) and his partners first introduced him to the painter's work.
"He has this wonderful marriage between the ordinary and the extraordinary and it's ...
Creator Nathaniel Halpern told The Hollywood Reporter that he was "quite taken" by Stålenhag's unique aesthetic when producer Matt Reeves (Batman) and his partners first introduced him to the painter's work.
"He has this wonderful marriage between the ordinary and the extraordinary and it's ...
Based on the work of Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag but transplanted to the American heartland, “Tales From the Loop” places in counterpoint the endless sweep of midwest prairie and the machinations of unimaginable technology. It’s a show that is fascinating to look at — with episodes directed by top-flight talent including Mark Romanek, Andrew Stanton, and Charlie McDowell — even if its narrative is more conceptually interesting than moment-to-moment engaging.
The series, an anthology, takes place in a small town that’s home to a mega-machine whose purpose remains unclear. We follow various citizens, including Abby Ryder Fortson as a young girl whose mother goes missing, Jonathan Pryce and Jane Alexander as a married couple, and Ato Essandoh as a bored and loveless functionary whose life suddenly takes a sharp turn into the surreal. These stories tend to have a strong central idea — Essandoh’s episode, featuring his meeting his doppelganger...
The series, an anthology, takes place in a small town that’s home to a mega-machine whose purpose remains unclear. We follow various citizens, including Abby Ryder Fortson as a young girl whose mother goes missing, Jonathan Pryce and Jane Alexander as a married couple, and Ato Essandoh as a bored and loveless functionary whose life suddenly takes a sharp turn into the surreal. These stories tend to have a strong central idea — Essandoh’s episode, featuring his meeting his doppelganger...
- 4/3/2020
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Fresh off his first Oscar nomination for “The Two Popes,” veteran actor Jonathan Pryce could find himself back in the awards race thanks to an upcoming role in the Amazon Prime limited series “Tales From The Loop.” In honor of the show’s premiere, let’s take a look back at Pryce’s varied career in our photo gallery of his top 12 film roles, ranked worst to best.
See Jonathan Pryce Interview: ‘The Two Popes’
Pryce is no stranger to awards. In addition to his Oscar nomination, he received Golden Globe and BAFTA bids for his leading performance as Pope Francis in “The Two Popes.” He earned an additional Globe nomination for “Barbarians at the Gate” (Best TV Supporting Actor in 1993) and another BAFTA nom as Best Actor for “Carrington” (1995). His stage turns have brought him two Tony wins: one as Best Featured Actor in a Play for his 1977 Broadway debut in “Comedians,...
See Jonathan Pryce Interview: ‘The Two Popes’
Pryce is no stranger to awards. In addition to his Oscar nomination, he received Golden Globe and BAFTA bids for his leading performance as Pope Francis in “The Two Popes.” He earned an additional Globe nomination for “Barbarians at the Gate” (Best TV Supporting Actor in 1993) and another BAFTA nom as Best Actor for “Carrington” (1995). His stage turns have brought him two Tony wins: one as Best Featured Actor in a Play for his 1977 Broadway debut in “Comedians,...
- 4/2/2020
- by Zach Moore and Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Nathaniel Halpern, who wrote and executive produced all eight episodes of Tales from the Loop, looked at the paintings of Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag and saw them as story starters, images that suggested a larger narrative. When the show premieres on Amazon Prime Video on April 3, 2020, it will in fact feature vignettes from the small Ohio town built above a particle accelerator, a facility which is designed to unlock the secrets of the universe but which also causes the strange occurrences illustrated in the Stålenhag paintings with their sci-fi elements mixed with everyday life.
This strange juxtaposition of mundane and futuristic certainly was the principal appeal for Halpern as a writer. “I was just immediately struck by the aesthetic and the world and more than anything the feeling of it, the genre elements aside. I just related to it,” says Halpern. “It felt very emotional and reminded me of childhood.
This strange juxtaposition of mundane and futuristic certainly was the principal appeal for Halpern as a writer. “I was just immediately struck by the aesthetic and the world and more than anything the feeling of it, the genre elements aside. I just related to it,” says Halpern. “It felt very emotional and reminded me of childhood.
- 4/2/2020
- by Michael Ahr
- Den of Geek
Nathaniel Halpern is an example of a creative talent that takes a while to bubble to the surface. Despite three years of writing and producing Noah Hawley’s “Legion” (two as co-executive producer), he doesn’t even have a wiki page yet. But, after “Tales From The Loop” finds its audience that will dramatically change.
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Adapted from the original paintings from Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag, “Tales From The Loop” is set in an alternative history where a futuristic research facility (known as “The Loop”) slowly changed the small Ohio town its employees live in.
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Adapted from the original paintings from Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag, “Tales From The Loop” is set in an alternative history where a futuristic research facility (known as “The Loop”) slowly changed the small Ohio town its employees live in.
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- 4/2/2020
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Amazon’s new sci-fi series “Tales From the Loop” is a pretty difficult show to describe, even for its creator, Nathaniel Halpern, who also struggles with the idea of labeling it a sci-fi series at all.
“You’re making me flashback to when I had to pitch the show and it’s hard,” Halpern told TheWrap, when we made him try to compare his eight-episode Prime Video project, which launches Friday, to any other TV series that’s come before it. “Tonally, it’s rather unique and I don’t want to give the wrong impression, necessarily. It’s not a cynical or bleak show, so it’s certainly like the anti-‘Black Mirror.’ It’s not ‘Stranger Things,’ because it’s not trading on any kind of cultural nostalgia.”
“I would think ‘Twilight Zone’ is an interesting one because I often think about how there was a lot of...
“You’re making me flashback to when I had to pitch the show and it’s hard,” Halpern told TheWrap, when we made him try to compare his eight-episode Prime Video project, which launches Friday, to any other TV series that’s come before it. “Tonally, it’s rather unique and I don’t want to give the wrong impression, necessarily. It’s not a cynical or bleak show, so it’s certainly like the anti-‘Black Mirror.’ It’s not ‘Stranger Things,’ because it’s not trading on any kind of cultural nostalgia.”
“I would think ‘Twilight Zone’ is an interesting one because I often think about how there was a lot of...
- 4/2/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Amazon Prime Video’s “Tales From the Loop” launches Friday and if you were wondering just what this new sci-fi show set in a town that resides above “The Loop” is all about, well TheWrap has an exclusive clip that won’t give you any answers, but will give you plenty more questions.
In the video, which you can view above, a tough little girl named Beth (Alessandra de Sa Pereira) is playing around with a pretty big robot in a large field when the police show up to warn her and her father that that thing is considered a menace by the other residents of their town.
Yeah, her father, Ed (played by Dan Bakkedahl), isn’t having it, insisting their large AI, which Beth controls via a device hooked up to her own body, isn’t bothering anyone. Though the cops leave, they don’t seem to buy this friendly neighborhood robot story.
In the video, which you can view above, a tough little girl named Beth (Alessandra de Sa Pereira) is playing around with a pretty big robot in a large field when the police show up to warn her and her father that that thing is considered a menace by the other residents of their town.
Yeah, her father, Ed (played by Dan Bakkedahl), isn’t having it, insisting their large AI, which Beth controls via a device hooked up to her own body, isn’t bothering anyone. Though the cops leave, they don’t seem to buy this friendly neighborhood robot story.
- 4/2/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Fresh off his first Oscar nomination for “The Two Popes,” veteran actor Jonathan Pryce could find himself back in the awards race thanks to an upcoming role in the Amazon Prime limited series “Tales From The Loop.” In honor of the show’s premiere, let’s take a look back at Pryce’s varied career in our photo gallery of his top 12 film roles, ranked worst to best.
Pryce is no stranger to awards. In addition to his Oscar nomination, he received Golden Globe and BAFTA bids for his leading performance as Pope Francis in “The Two Popes.” He earned an additional Globe nomination for “Barbarians at the Gate” (Best TV Supporting Actor in 1993) and another BAFTA nom as Best Actor for “Carrington” (1995). His stage turns have brought him two Tony wins: one as Best Featured Actor in a Play for his 1977 Broadway debut in “Comedians,” and another in 1991 as...
Pryce is no stranger to awards. In addition to his Oscar nomination, he received Golden Globe and BAFTA bids for his leading performance as Pope Francis in “The Two Popes.” He earned an additional Globe nomination for “Barbarians at the Gate” (Best TV Supporting Actor in 1993) and another BAFTA nom as Best Actor for “Carrington” (1995). His stage turns have brought him two Tony wins: one as Best Featured Actor in a Play for his 1977 Broadway debut in “Comedians,” and another in 1991 as...
- 4/1/2020
- by Zach Moore, Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Amazon Prime Video is offering a slew of escapist fare in April, including the first 20 films in the James Bond franchise. Relive all those iconic movie moments by the first five men to play 007: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan.
This global streaming service is also debuting the new sci-fi series “Tales From the Loop” based on the book of the same name by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag. And fans of the crime drama “Bosch” will be looking forward to season 6 of the series based on the Michael Connelly character.
Below is the full schedule of everything that is coming to Amazon Prime Video in April 2020. Unlike Netflix, Amazon does not disclose the shows and movies leaving the service in any given month.
See Netflix schedule: Here’s what is coming and leaving in April
Available April 1
Bangkok Dangerous
Bird of Paradise
Blind Husbands...
This global streaming service is also debuting the new sci-fi series “Tales From the Loop” based on the book of the same name by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag. And fans of the crime drama “Bosch” will be looking forward to season 6 of the series based on the Michael Connelly character.
Below is the full schedule of everything that is coming to Amazon Prime Video in April 2020. Unlike Netflix, Amazon does not disclose the shows and movies leaving the service in any given month.
See Netflix schedule: Here’s what is coming and leaving in April
Available April 1
Bangkok Dangerous
Bird of Paradise
Blind Husbands...
- 4/1/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
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