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Perth Now
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Ferris Bueller's Day Off in talks to reunite in remake of French comedy
'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' co-stars Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck are in talks to reunite in the comedy 'The Best Is Yet to Come'. The flick has a script by Allan Loeb; the screenwriter and producer known for films such as 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps', 'The Switch', and 'Things We Lost in the Fire'. 'Cool Runnings' helmer Jon Turteltaub is on board to direct. Per Deadline, the actors will "play best friends who, through a colossal misunderstanding that creates a ticking clock, hop in a car to find the estranged son of one of them and also try to do all the things that life has prevented them from doing." The film is a remake of the 2019 French comedy-drama of the same name directed by Alexandre de La Patelliere and Matthieu Delaporte. Lionsgate is in talks to distribute the movie. Although the finer details are still to be finalised, the outlet claims production could begin as soon as the summer. Broderick and Ruck played the titular role and Cameron Frye, respectively, in John Hughes' 1986 teen comedy 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', which follows Ferris Bueller, a charismatic high school senior who fakes an illness to skip school and embark on an adventurous day in Chicago with his best friend, Cameron, and his girlfriend, Sloane, including accidentally crashing his father's beloved 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder through a glass window, a major turning point in his character's arc.
The Independent
28-01-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Male actors occupy 75% of screen time in finance-related films and shows
Around three quarters of screen time in finance-related films and TV shows is typically occupied by male actors, a study indicates. A range of films and series about finance and investing from the past 15 years were analysed, such as The Wolf of Wall Street, The Big Short, Margin Call and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. The research, commissioned by trading and investing platform eToro, consisted of visual and text analysis, focusing on the main male and female characters depicted as financial experts. We all know that women earn less, invest less, yet live longer than men and therefore have an even greater need to build wealth to secure their futures Dr Ylva Baeckstrom, research lead Among the films and shows analysed, researchers found that, on average across all the productions analysed, 75% of screen time was occupied by male financial experts, who made up 64% of the experts portrayed. The research indicated that male experts often tended to portrayed as more knowledgeable, confident and significantly more comfortable with risk than female experts. Female characters often conveyed their authority or confidence by 'power dressing' in suits and heels, researchers noted. While men dominated the 'alpha' roles as experts, women were seen playing 'supportive' characters such as wives or admin assistants, or were portraying strippers or mistresses. Dr Ylva Baeckstrom, a senior lecturer in finance at King's Business School, who led the research, suggested that portrayals of finance and investing as a pursuit for 'alpha males' and a lack of female financial role models are both 'perpetuating the gender investment gap'. She said: 'We all know that women earn less, invest less, yet live longer than men and therefore have an even greater need to build wealth to secure their futures.' Dr Baeckstrom also said some improvement had been observed for productions in recent years, with films such as Fair Play, starring Phoebe Dynevor, and episodes of the TV show Billions, 'introducing stronger women in roles that highlight their capabilities, struggles and complexity'. Lale Akoner, global markets analyst at eToro said: 'There is a need for female role models both on and off-screen to encourage us all to talk more about money and to inspire the next generation of female investors.' eToro has partnered with research business Boring Money to launch a campaign called Loud Investing to encourage discussions about finance.
