Abbey Lee Kershaw, Zoë Kravitz, Courtney Eaton, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Riley Keough
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The internet is filled with facts, both true and otherwise. In Film Trivia Fact Check, we’ll browse the depths of the web’s most user-generated trivia boards and wikis and put them under the microscope.
Screenshot: Warner Bros.
The internet is filled with facts, both true and otherwise. In Film Trivia Fact Check, we’ll browse the depths of the web’s most user-generated trivia boards and wikis and put them under the microscope.
- 5/23/2024
- by Matt Schimkowitz
- avclub.com
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for “Challengers.”]
Zendaya is admitting that yes, the ending of “Challengers” can be considered “confusing,” especially since her own mother had an entirely different take on it than she did.
The actress told New York Times journalist Kyle Buchanan that it makes sense why the ambiguous final scene can be “confusing” for audiences.
“My mom read the ending so different[ly]. My mom is like, ‘She’s pissed because they realize that they don’t need her anymore,'” Zendaya said in an interview excerpt tweeted by Buchanan. “I was like, ‘But I smile a little bit at the end!'”
The final sequence captures Tashi (Zendaya) watching as her almost-retired husband Art (Mike Faist) and his former best friend Patrick (Josh O’Connor) embrace on the tennis court without a winner being announced. Tashi screams “Come on!” from the sidelines, harkening back to her own teen U.S. Open win before she...
Zendaya is admitting that yes, the ending of “Challengers” can be considered “confusing,” especially since her own mother had an entirely different take on it than she did.
The actress told New York Times journalist Kyle Buchanan that it makes sense why the ambiguous final scene can be “confusing” for audiences.
“My mom read the ending so different[ly]. My mom is like, ‘She’s pissed because they realize that they don’t need her anymore,'” Zendaya said in an interview excerpt tweeted by Buchanan. “I was like, ‘But I smile a little bit at the end!'”
The final sequence captures Tashi (Zendaya) watching as her almost-retired husband Art (Mike Faist) and his former best friend Patrick (Josh O’Connor) embrace on the tennis court without a winner being announced. Tashi screams “Come on!” from the sidelines, harkening back to her own teen U.S. Open win before she...
- 4/29/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson and Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Matt Buchanan and Karl von Randow, the two movie mega-fans who started Letterboxd as a part-time labor of love, have sold a majority stake in the business.
So what’s going to be different now? Not much, the two New Zealanders tell Variety. For starters, they remain in charge of running Letterboxd. “We are not expecting a whole lot to change!” says von Randow. “We are not suddenly going to have four new bosses.”
The Letterboxd founders chose to sell a controlling stake to Canadian investment firm Tiny — a deal that pegs the company’s value at north of $50 million — because of its relatively laissez-faire philosophy. “Instead of us feeling like we’ve been slurped into something massive,” von Randow says, “their approach is to get involved when founders need help.”
One of Letterboxd’s next big initiatives will be expanding to add TV shows for users to rate, review and track.
So what’s going to be different now? Not much, the two New Zealanders tell Variety. For starters, they remain in charge of running Letterboxd. “We are not expecting a whole lot to change!” says von Randow. “We are not suddenly going to have four new bosses.”
The Letterboxd founders chose to sell a controlling stake to Canadian investment firm Tiny — a deal that pegs the company’s value at north of $50 million — because of its relatively laissez-faire philosophy. “Instead of us feeling like we’ve been slurped into something massive,” von Randow says, “their approach is to get involved when founders need help.”
One of Letterboxd’s next big initiatives will be expanding to add TV shows for users to rate, review and track.
- 10/5/2023
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
In the opening scene of the 1957 western The Tall T, a man on horseback is spotted from afar by a boy and his father, prompting the elder homesteader to fetch his rifle. The audience shares their uncertainty, seeing this figure through a telephoto lens from a great distance, but when the stranger gets closer to the ranch, he’s recognized by the boy as an ally.
It’s the film’s hero, Pat Brennan (Randolph Scott), a fellow rancher, and the gun is therefore set aside. The Tall T is the first in a series of westerns grouped under the name Ranown (after producer Harry Joe Brown and Scott’s production company) that director Budd Boetticher made in the late ’50s and concluded with the release of Comanche Station in 1960, and in this inaugural scene, Boetticher establishes a crucial theme and visual pattern of this spiritually unified set of potboilers.
It’s the film’s hero, Pat Brennan (Randolph Scott), a fellow rancher, and the gun is therefore set aside. The Tall T is the first in a series of westerns grouped under the name Ranown (after producer Harry Joe Brown and Scott’s production company) that director Budd Boetticher made in the late ’50s and concluded with the release of Comanche Station in 1960, and in this inaugural scene, Boetticher establishes a crucial theme and visual pattern of this spiritually unified set of potboilers.
- 10/2/2023
- by Carson Lund
- Slant Magazine
Letterboxd, the global social platform that’s become a key tool for independent film discovery, promotion and conversation in the current challenging market for movies, is being acquired by Canadian technology holding company, Tiny, which is taking a majority stake.
Letterboxd’s founders will continue to lead the business independently while leveraging their partnership with Tiny to accelerate the platform’s growth as it continues to scale.
Founded in 2011 by film fans and Aukland, New Zealand-based tech executives Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow, Letterboxd has experienced significant growth over the past five years, recently surpassing 10 million members across 200+ countries – up from 4.1 million members in 2021 and 1.8 million in 2020. Buchanan told Deadline in an interview last year that the company has been profitable since 2019, in part by capturing the attention of younger audiences aged 18 to 24 looking to connect online around shared interests. Members track what they watch, share reviews and lists,...
Letterboxd’s founders will continue to lead the business independently while leveraging their partnership with Tiny to accelerate the platform’s growth as it continues to scale.
Founded in 2011 by film fans and Aukland, New Zealand-based tech executives Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow, Letterboxd has experienced significant growth over the past five years, recently surpassing 10 million members across 200+ countries – up from 4.1 million members in 2021 and 1.8 million in 2020. Buchanan told Deadline in an interview last year that the company has been profitable since 2019, in part by capturing the attention of younger audiences aged 18 to 24 looking to connect online around shared interests. Members track what they watch, share reviews and lists,...
- 9/29/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The social film discussion and discovery platform Letterboxd has a new owner.
The company has sold a majority stake (60 percent) to Tiny, a Canadian technology investment and holding company, in a deal that values Letterboxd at about $50 million. Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow, who founded the company in 2011, will continue to lead it.
“Teaming up with Tiny represents a big leap forward for us,” said Buchanan and von Randow in a statement. “Tiny’s impressive track record, which includes spurring the growth of the thriving design community, Dribbble, speaks to their ability to cultivate and grow businesses like ours without altering the fundamental components that have made them successful. We see this as a huge win for our community, enabling us to cement Letterboxd’s future with additional resources without sacrificing the DNA of what makes it special.”
Letterboxd has become a popular platform for lovers of film, and even filmmakers themselves,...
The company has sold a majority stake (60 percent) to Tiny, a Canadian technology investment and holding company, in a deal that values Letterboxd at about $50 million. Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow, who founded the company in 2011, will continue to lead it.
“Teaming up with Tiny represents a big leap forward for us,” said Buchanan and von Randow in a statement. “Tiny’s impressive track record, which includes spurring the growth of the thriving design community, Dribbble, speaks to their ability to cultivate and grow businesses like ours without altering the fundamental components that have made them successful. We see this as a huge win for our community, enabling us to cement Letterboxd’s future with additional resources without sacrificing the DNA of what makes it special.”
Letterboxd has become a popular platform for lovers of film, and even filmmakers themselves,...
- 9/29/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Letterboxd has been acquired by Tiny, a Canadian holding company, in a deal that values the popular social site for film fanatics at over $50 million.
Letterboxd was founded in 2011 by two entrepreneurs in New Zealand, Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow. It recently topped 10 million registered accounts, after seeing a particularly sizable surge during the Covid pandemic, and has attracted celebrity users including Margot Robbie, Olivia Rodrigo, Ava DuVernay and Christopher McQuarrie.
Tiny, based in Victoria, British Columbia, now owns a 60% majority stake in Letterboxd, giving it a valuation of between $50 million and $60 million, a source familiar with the deal told Variety. Buchanan and von Randow will retain minority positions in the business and continue to lead the company. Letterboxd, known as the “Goodreads for movies,” plans to capitalize on the new ownership of Tiny to further establish the platform as the leading social network for film buffs worldwide.
“Teaming...
Letterboxd was founded in 2011 by two entrepreneurs in New Zealand, Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow. It recently topped 10 million registered accounts, after seeing a particularly sizable surge during the Covid pandemic, and has attracted celebrity users including Margot Robbie, Olivia Rodrigo, Ava DuVernay and Christopher McQuarrie.
Tiny, based in Victoria, British Columbia, now owns a 60% majority stake in Letterboxd, giving it a valuation of between $50 million and $60 million, a source familiar with the deal told Variety. Buchanan and von Randow will retain minority positions in the business and continue to lead the company. Letterboxd, known as the “Goodreads for movies,” plans to capitalize on the new ownership of Tiny to further establish the platform as the leading social network for film buffs worldwide.
“Teaming...
- 9/29/2023
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Dark Sky Films is set to give director Travis Greene’s rental property thriller 8 Found Dead a theatrical and VOD release on September 8th, and with that date just one month away we’ve gotten our hands on a trailer for the film. Check it out in the embed above!
Scripted by Jonathan Buchanan, 8 Found Dead tells the following story: Two couples head to a secluded desert hideaway for a weekend of relaxation and, unbeknownst to their friends, uneasy revelations. When they arrive, each couple is met by the same eccentric couple, claiming to have booked the rental on the same day at the same time. As two local police officers are drawn into the evening’s strange and unpredictable events, depravity and derangement begin to consume everyone at the house. What begins as miscommunication soon descends in mayhem and bloody murder.
The film stars Aly Trasher (What’s My Name Again?...
Scripted by Jonathan Buchanan, 8 Found Dead tells the following story: Two couples head to a secluded desert hideaway for a weekend of relaxation and, unbeknownst to their friends, uneasy revelations. When they arrive, each couple is met by the same eccentric couple, claiming to have booked the rental on the same day at the same time. As two local police officers are drawn into the evening’s strange and unpredictable events, depravity and derangement begin to consume everyone at the house. What begins as miscommunication soon descends in mayhem and bloody murder.
The film stars Aly Trasher (What’s My Name Again?...
- 8/10/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Luciane Buchanan did not know her costars or even the show creator when she was cast as Rose Larkin in Netflix’s The Night Agent. However, that did not stop Buchanan from forming a close bond with her costars and bringing their character’s stories to life. Though Luciane Buchanan’s career in the entertainment industry is relatively new, she’s clarifying that she’s in this for the long haul. The Night Agent follows Buchanan’s character, ex-ceo Rose Larkin, as she’s nearly murdered by the man and woman who killed her aunt and uncle. She follows their last wishes and calls a number that...
- 5/14/2023
- by Tiffany Raiford
- TVovermind.com
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is separating herself from the fictionalized portrayals of her personal, professional, and criminal life.
Convicted fraudster Holmes gave a controversial interview with The New York Times seemingly as part of a personal rebrand as a new mother of two.
“I made so many mistakes and there was so much I didn’t know and understand, and I feel like when you do it wrong, it’s like you really internalize it in a deep way,” Holmes said of founding Silicon Valley blood-testing company Theranos and infamously channeling Steve Jobs with a deep voice and black turtleneck uniform. “I believed it would be how I would be good at business and taken seriously and not taken as a little girl or a girl who didn’t have good technical ideas. Maybe people picked up on that not being authentic, since it wasn’t.”
Holmes addressed Emmy-winning limited...
Convicted fraudster Holmes gave a controversial interview with The New York Times seemingly as part of a personal rebrand as a new mother of two.
“I made so many mistakes and there was so much I didn’t know and understand, and I feel like when you do it wrong, it’s like you really internalize it in a deep way,” Holmes said of founding Silicon Valley blood-testing company Theranos and infamously channeling Steve Jobs with a deep voice and black turtleneck uniform. “I believed it would be how I would be good at business and taken seriously and not taken as a little girl or a girl who didn’t have good technical ideas. Maybe people picked up on that not being authentic, since it wasn’t.”
Holmes addressed Emmy-winning limited...
- 5/9/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Netflix‘s The Night Agent is a thrilling political series that keeps its audience on the edge of their seats with every episode. One of the show’s highlights is the captivating romantic subplot between the main characters, Peter and Rose.
The chemistry between these two is undeniable, and their relationship keeps viewers hooked. Recently, Gabriel Basso, who portrays Peter on the show, opened up about his thoughts on the couple’s romance and why it works so well on the screen.
Peter and Rose are two of the central characters in ‘The Night Agent’ D.B. Woodside, Hong Chau, Luciane Buchanan and Gabriel Basso attend the Los Angeles premiere of “The Night Agent”I Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images
In The Night Agent, we watch as Peter’s job and personal life are upended by his encounters with Rose Larkin. The two start as strangers. However, by the end of the season,...
The chemistry between these two is undeniable, and their relationship keeps viewers hooked. Recently, Gabriel Basso, who portrays Peter on the show, opened up about his thoughts on the couple’s romance and why it works so well on the screen.
Peter and Rose are two of the central characters in ‘The Night Agent’ D.B. Woodside, Hong Chau, Luciane Buchanan and Gabriel Basso attend the Los Angeles premiere of “The Night Agent”I Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images
In The Night Agent, we watch as Peter’s job and personal life are upended by his encounters with Rose Larkin. The two start as strangers. However, by the end of the season,...
- 4/15/2023
- by William Decker
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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