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Turtles All The Way Down (film)
''Turtles All the Way Down'' is an upcoming American romantic drama film based on the 2017 novel of the same name by John Green. The film is directed by Hannah Marks from a screenplay by Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker, and stars Isabela Merced. The story centers on a 16-year-old with obsessive–compulsive disorder (Merced) who pursues the disappearance of a billionaire. The film was first announced as being in development at Fox 2000 Pictures, who previously produced Green's film adaptations ''The Fault in Our Stars'' (2014) and ''Paper Towns'' (2015), in December 2017, with Berger and Aptaker announced as screenwriters and Marks set to direct it in January 2019. After The Walt Disney Company acquired 21st Century Fox, the parent company of Fox 2000 Pictures, Disney closed Fox 2000 and put the project into turnaround, until it was eventually acquired by New Line Cinema. Merced, who had starred in another adaptation of Green's work, ''Let It Snow'' (2019), was announced in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Marks
Hannah Marks (born April 13, 1993) is an American actress, writer, and director. She played Amanda Brotzman on the television series ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency''. Early life Hannah Marks was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Robin Marks and Nova Ball, a former actress, and grew up in San Luis Obispo, California. Hannah's maternal grandfather was entrepreneur and musician Ernie Ball, and one of her maternal great-great-grandfathers was composer Ernest Ball. Career Marks appeared in the 2006 feature film ''Accepted'' as Lizzie Gaines. She has guest-starred in television programs such as ''Ugly Betty'' and '' Weeds''. She was featured in the cover story of the June 4, 2006 issue of ''The New York Times Magazine'' with her friend Liana Liberato. Marks played Tammy in ''The Runaways'', a 2010 biographical film about the 1970s all-girl rock band of the same name. She has been nominated twice for a Young Artist Award, first for her performance in the film ''Accepte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turnaround (filmmaking)
Turnaround in filmmaking is the use of outside assistance to resolve problems preventing a film project completing its development phase and entering the preproduction phase. A project stuck in development phase is said to be in development hell. Background The outside help needed in order to get a film project into turnaround may appear in the form of new money being invested into a project in development hell, or it might come along as another outside studio taking interest in a project which the original studio may find difficult to move forward into the pre-production phase. When an outside source takes over a film project from development hell in one studio and transfers the film project to another studio which is willing to invest further resources to move the project into pre-production, then the project is said to have gone through a 'turnaround'. The film project is now to able to move forward out of development hell in one studio into the pre-production phase of filmmakin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosianna Halse Rojas
Rosianna Halse Rojas (born 15 August 1991) is a British writer, video blogger, social media manager, and online personality. Rojas is best known for working with vlogger and novelist John Green, initially as his personal assistant, later producing partner. Regarding her work with Green, Rojas has stated, "The job is varied – books, online video, podcasts, film and television projects, our work with Partners in Health Sierra Leone, a book club – but overall what I’m most passionate about is that every person I work with understands and is enthusiastic about the potential of community to effect change." Projects YouTube Rojas first created a YouTube channel in 2006, when she registered her account under the username ''missxrojas''. On the account, she would post vlogs about Harry Potter, intellectualism and her personal school life as she studied for GCSE and A Level exams, among other topics. Her videos attracted an audience, and she developed a presence in the Nerdfigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Option (filmmaking)
In the film industry, an option is a contractual agreement pertaining to film rights between a potential film producer (such as a movie studio, a production company, or an individual) and the author of source material, such as a book, play, or screenplay, for an exclusive, but temporary, right to purchase the screenplay, given the film producer lives up to the terms of the contract. Overview The agreement details the exclusive rights, including the specified time period and financial obligations. The producer usually has to advance the essential elements, such as financing and talent, towards the creation of a film based on the work being optioned. Similarly, producers can also option articles, video games, songs, or any other conceivable work of intellectual property. Financially, the contract qualifies as a financial option and may be valued by applying real options analysis. The term is often used as a verb in Hollywood. For example, "Paramount optioned a short story by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poorna Jagannathan
Poorna Jagannathan is an American producer and actress of Indian descent. She is best known for her portrayal of Safar Khan in the HBO drama miniseries ''The Night Of'', as well for her role as Nalini Vishwakumar in the Netflix teen comedy series ''Never Have I Ever'' by Mindy Kaling. She also co-conceived, produced and acted in the play ''Nirbhaya'', written and directed by Yael Farber. Dealing with sexual violence, the play won the prestigious 2013 Amnesty International Award and was called by The Telegraph as the "One of the most powerful pieces of theater you'll ever see". It's also considered one of the most impactful moments in India's history of women's empowerment. Early life Her father, G. Jagannathan, was an Indian diplomat. Poorna was born in Tunis, Tunisia and grew up in Pakistan, Ireland, India, Brazil and Argentina. She speaks Tamil, Hindi, English, Spanish and Portuguese. Both her parents are from Chennai (India). She attended the University of Brasília before gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maliq Johnson
Maliq Akil Johnson (born June 22, 2000) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Jayson Jackson in the Netflix series ''Grand Army (TV series), Grand Army''. His films include ''Little Boxes (film), Little Boxes'', ''Little Men (2016 film), Little Men'', and ''Knucklehead (2015 film), Knucklehead''. Early life Johnson was born in Brooklyn, his first home in Starrett City, to Mark Johnson and Tracy Stith. He grew up in the Bedford–Stuyvesant area where his father co-owned Head Hunter Barbershop from 1996 until its closure in 2015 due to gentrification. Maliq attended Cobble Hill School of American Studies. His first television appearance was in a 2004 PediaSure commercial. He appeared in catalogues and adverts with gigs such as Verizon, Gap Inc., GAP, Target Corporation, Target, Pillsbury Company, Pillsbury, Zulily, United Federation of Teachers, UFT, Macy's, Sean John, Aéropostale (clothing), Aéropostale, and Kohl's. He took acting classes with Opening Act. He is now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Reyes
Judy Reyes (born November 5, 1967) is an American actress, model and producer, best known for her roles as Carla Espinosa on the NBC/ABC medical comedy series '' Scrubs'' (2001–2009), and as Zoila Diaz in the Lifetime comedy-drama ''Devious Maids'' (2013–2016). Beginning in 2017, she stars as Annalise "Quiet Ann" Zayas in the TNT crime comedy-drama ''Claws''. Early life Reyes was born in The Bronx, New York, to Dominican immigrants, and has three sisters, including a fraternal twin sister named Joselin Reyes, who played a paramedic on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''. Reyes grew up on Bainbridge Avenue, from the age of 13 to the age of 25–26. She attended Hunter College in Manhattan, where she began her acting career. Career In the early 1990s, Reyes began her television career with guest starring roles in a number of shows, including '' Law & Order'', '' NYPD Blue'', and ''The Sopranos''. She also had a recurring role in '' Oz'' as Tina Rivera. She is best known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Mallard
Felix Cooper Mallard (born 20 April 1998) is an Australian-American actor, musician, and model. He began his career playing Ben Kirk in the soap opera '' Neighbours'' (2014–2019). He has since starred as Cooper in the CBS comedy '' Happy Together'' (2018–2019) and Marcus Baker in the Netflix series '' Ginny & Georgia'' (2021–). He had recurring roles as Lucas Caravaggio in ''Locke & Key'' (2020–2021), also on Netflix, and Aiden in the second season of ''Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist'' (2021) on NBC. Early life Mallard grew up in Melbourne, Australia. He has a sister. He attended the all-boys school Christian Brothers College, now St Mary's College, where he was a College Prefect. He completed the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) in 2015, as well as a course in Technical Production. Mallard took up fencing at the age of ten. He competed at state and national levels, winning two bronze medals in the team events at the 2012 Victorian National Champions and 5th place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cree Cicchino
Cree Cicchino (born May 9, 2002) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress playing one of the lead characters, Babe, in the Nickelodeon comedy television series ''Game Shakers'', which aired from 2015 to 2019. She then went on to portray Marisol Fuentes in the Netflix comedy television series ''Mr. Iglesias'', and Mim in the 2020 Netflix film ''The Sleepover''. Life and career Cicchino grew up in Glendale, Queens, New York. She is half Ecuadorian, half Italian, and has a twin sister. Cicchino started dancing at age 4, but her mother put her in acting classes at 11 or 12 years old after which she decided she wanted to be an actress. In 2015, at age 13, Cicchino was cast in leading role of Babe in the Nickelodeon television comedy series ''Game Shakers'', which ran for three seasons. In August 2018, she was cast in the role of Marisol Fuentes on the Netflix comedy series ''Mr. Iglesias'', which debuted in 2019. In August 2019, Cicchino was cast as Mim, best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HBO Max
HBO Max is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in the United States on May 27, 2020, the service is built around the libraries of HBO, Warner Bros., Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and their related brands. The service also carries first-run programming from the HBO pay television service, original programming under the "Max Originals" banner, and content acquired via third-party library deals (such as those with film studios for pay television rights) and co-production agreements (such as those with BBC Studios and Sesame Workshop among others). The service succeeds both HBO Now—a previous HBO SVOD service, and HBO Go—the on-demand streaming platform for HBO pay television subscribers. In the U.S., HBO Now subscribers and HBO pay television subscribers were migrated to HBO Max at no additional charge, subject to availability and device support. HBO Max also supplanted the streaming componen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cincinnati Enquirer
''The Cincinnati Enquirer'' is a morning daily newspaper published by Gannett in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. First published in 1841, the ''Enquirer'' is the last remaining daily newspaper in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, although the daily ''Journal-News'' competes with the ''Enquirer'' in the northern suburbs. The ''Enquirer'' has the highest circulation of any print publication in the Cincinnati metropolitan area. A daily local edition for Northern Kentucky is published as ''The Kentucky Enquirer''. ''The Enquirer'' won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting for its project titled "Seven Days of Heroin". In addition to the ''Cincinnati Enquirer'' and ''Kentucky Enquirer'', Gannett publishes a variety of print and electronic periodicals in the Cincinnati area, including 16 ''Community Press'' weekly newspapers, 10 ''Community Recorder'' weekly newspapers, and ''OurTown'' magazine. The ''Enquirer'' is available online at the ' website. Content The ''Enq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WVXU
WVXU (91.7 FM) is a public radio station located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is owned by Cincinnati Public Radio, which also operates station WGUC and WMUB. It airs public radio news and talk syndicated programming from National Public Radio, American Public Media and Public Radio Exchange. History, union with WGUC The station was originally licensed to Xavier University; it featured primarily a jazz and progressive rock format. It became an NPR member when the network's ''Morning Edition'' was added to the schedule in 1981. The original NPR member for the Cincinnati area, WGUC, did not want to replace its popular morning drive-time classical music show with the newsmagazine, so WVXU started carrying ''Morning Edition'' and other NPR programs. WGUC continued carrying NPR's flagship afternoon newsmagazine ''All Things Considered.'' WVXU then added more news and talk programs to supplement its eclectic music schedule, coinciding with the expansion of NPR's schedule in the 1980s. Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
