“It just felt like a family drama, but it felt in-depth, it felt rich. And then Shoggoths jump out. So I’m like, I want to be a part of this,” remembers actress Wunmi Mosaku about her reaction to reading the complex characterizations and eldritch horrors in the “Lovecraft Country” pilot script. But those monstrous demon Shoggoths were just the beginning of where the story took Mosaku. Watch our exclusive video interview with her above.
Mosaku plays Ruby Baptiste, a singer in 1950s Chicago who has a strained relationship with her sister Leti (Jurnee Smollett) and also becomes dangerously close to Christina (Abbey Lee), a woman who introduces her to magic. Among that magic is a potion that transforms her into a white woman, giving her an opportunity to learn what it would be like to live her life without the constant burdens of racism. It threw Mosaku for a...
Mosaku plays Ruby Baptiste, a singer in 1950s Chicago who has a strained relationship with her sister Leti (Jurnee Smollett) and also becomes dangerously close to Christina (Abbey Lee), a woman who introduces her to magic. Among that magic is a potion that transforms her into a white woman, giving her an opportunity to learn what it would be like to live her life without the constant burdens of racism. It threw Mosaku for a...
- 6/1/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: One week after we brought you news of his app Erupt, today we can reveal that film and Broadway producer Edward Walson (Blue Jasmine) is launching Curia, a curated film streaming SVOD platform.
The idea behind the platform — which is initially only available in the U.S. — is to offer rotating monthly programming organized into niche sub-genres. Organizers say the service will be a fixture on the film festival circuit — including the upcoming Cannes Film Festival and market — with an appetite for new, exclusive acquisitions, including shorts.
The lineup will include auteur-driven cinema, movie classics and some commercially-minded fare. The first month’s programming in June will include sections such as Lol (comedies), Growing Pains (coming-of-age), Les Provocateurs and LGBTQ Pride.
Movies at launch will include Some Like It Hot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, In The Loop, Capote, Birdman Of Alcatraz, Paths Of Glory, A Ciambra, Boyhood, The Selfish Giant,...
The idea behind the platform — which is initially only available in the U.S. — is to offer rotating monthly programming organized into niche sub-genres. Organizers say the service will be a fixture on the film festival circuit — including the upcoming Cannes Film Festival and market — with an appetite for new, exclusive acquisitions, including shorts.
The lineup will include auteur-driven cinema, movie classics and some commercially-minded fare. The first month’s programming in June will include sections such as Lol (comedies), Growing Pains (coming-of-age), Les Provocateurs and LGBTQ Pride.
Movies at launch will include Some Like It Hot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, In The Loop, Capote, Birdman Of Alcatraz, Paths Of Glory, A Ciambra, Boyhood, The Selfish Giant,...
- 5/26/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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