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New Indian Express
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New Indian Express
Sydney Sweeney and Michael Bay join hands for film adaptation of OutRun video game franchise
After biopic, Sydney Sweeney is all set to produce the upcoming film adaptation of the OutRun video game franchise, which Michael Bay is set to helm. The film, which will have a script by Jayson Rothwell, comes from Universal Studios. In the 1980s, Sega came up with the OutRun franchise, which originated from a series of successful arcade games worldwide. The game tasks players to avoid traffic and reach the destination before time's up. Not only did the game result in the creation of a new genre of driving games, but it also pioneered a new subgenre of electronic music, which was also called OutRun. Ever since, Sega has come up with many instalments of the video game. While plot details for the feature adaptation of OutRun are under wraps, Bay and Brad Fuller will also produce under their Platinum Dunes banner, which has a first-look deal with Universal. Toru Nakahara will produce for Sega, while Shuji Utsumi, President/COO of Sega Corporation, will oversee the project. From Universal's side, Executive Vice President of Production Development Matt Reilly and Senior Vice President of Production Development Ryan Jones will oversee the production. This is not Universal's first video game-to-film adaptation. OutRun comes as a third after their adaptations of and , both of which were commercially successful. The sequel to the latter, , is scheduled to release in theatres in December. Last seen in Ron Howard's , Sweeney currently has , The Housemaid and the Christy Martin biopic in the pipeline. Bay last helmed We Are Storror , a 2025 American documentary film about Storror, a group of parkour and freerunning athletes. The film had its premiere at the 2025 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival on March 8. He recently produced Christopher Landon's Drop , alongside Jason Blum, Brad Fuller, Cameron Fuller, and Sam Lerner.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jenna Ortega Teases Lady Gaga's Appearance in ‘Wednesday': 'She's Not Only Incredibly Beautiful But Incredibly Talented'
While premiering the new film Death of a Unicorn at SXSW on Saturday, Jenna Ortega teased the upcoming second season of the hit series Wednesday, which will see Lady Gaga join the cast. The pop star's role in season two, due out on Netflix this year, has been kept under wraps, but Ortega told reporters on the Austin, Texas carpet that the best part of working with her was, 'It's Gaga — just her presence alone, her face alone. She's not only incredibly beautiful but incredibly talented, so I feel like she could stand in the corner and play a tree and she'd add something to a scene.' More from The Hollywood Reporter 'We Are Storror' Review: Michael Bay's Viscerally Thrilling Parkour Documentary Defies Gravity Paul Feig Tried to Kill 'Simple Favor' Sequel "Many Times" 'The Last of Us' Season 2 Official Trailer Revealed: "They're Not Best of Friends" She also noted that she has not yet listened to Gaga's newly released album Mayhem, but 'I'm so unbelievably excited. I've been a fan of hers for such a long time, so I think maybe [I will listen] on the flight out of here.' Before the arrival of Wednesday Addams reprisal, though, Ortega stars in A24's Death of a Unicorn, acting alongside Paul Rudd as a father and daughter who accidentally hit a unicorn with their car and bring it to the wilderness retreat of a wealthy pharmaceutical executive. Will Poulter, Téa Leoni and Richard E. Grant also appear in the project, written and directed by Alex Scharfman. Ortega gave her pitch to see the film on the carpet, teasing, 'There's unicorns in the title — if you don't want to watch it, it's kind of lame. Just do it; what else do you have going on?' Rudd noted that he was also intrigued by the title and that Scharfman has a skill for 'writing vivid characters that are all messed up in their own way, a very funny way; they're all verbal and bright and morally questionable and I was tickled throughout.' He also sang Ortega's praises, calling her 'just so talented and she's also the coolest person. She's so young, and yet — I can't stand it when people say, 'Oh, it's an old soul.' I'm like come on really, do you believe in angels too? Yet that being said, she's an old soul,' he added with a laugh. Death of a Unicorn hits theaters March 28. Best of The Hollywood Reporter The Cast of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' Then and Now 'Yellowstone' and the Sprawling Dutton Family Tree, Explained A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Bridesmaids' Director Paul Feig Was Told Film Would Flop and Prevent Female-Led Comedies From Being Made: ‘Am I Gonna Ruin Movies for Women?'
Paul Feig was under a lot of pressure before the release of 'Bridesmaids' in 2011 — and it was more than just his own career on the line. Speaking on a panel at SXSW the night after the premiere of his new film 'Another Simple Favor,' he shared that in the lead-up to the release of 'Bridesmaids,' he was told his success or failure could have a significant impact on how women's ideas would be treated in the industry moving forward. Though Feig was the director, the film was otherwise led by women: Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo wrote the screenplay and appeared in it alongside Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper and Melissa McCarthy. More from Variety How Michael Bay Made His Death-Defying Parkour Documentary 'We Are Storror': 'I Could Not Condone Anything They Were Doing' SXSW Doc 'Take No Prisoners' Follows America's Top Hostage Negotiator in Battle to Free L.A. Public Defender From Venezuelan Prison 'The Studio' Co-Creator Seth Rogen Says Martin Scorsese Told Him 'You Guys Say "F--" Too Much' 'So many female writer friends of mine were going out and pitching female-led comedies, and they all heard from the studios: 'We have to wait and see how 'Bridesmaids' does,'' Feig said. 'I was like, 'Fuck! Don't put that on me. Am I gonna ruin movies for women?'' He also pointed out a double-standard, saying, 'I don't think with 'The Hangover' they said, 'I'm gonna wait to see all these dudes on screen before we do this again.' But thank god it did well.' The film ended up grossing more than $300 million worldwide, but things didn't always look so optimistic. 'Right till the day we came out, we were predicted to not do well,' Feig said. 'We were told, 'You have to make $20 million on opening weekend, or you will be considered a failure.' And we did a midnight screening the night before that didn't go well. They were like, 'It's gonna be $13 million. Sorry, it's a bomb.' All day, I was walking around, like, 'I guess I destroyed comedy for women.'' Feig got the good news that they'd defied expectations while spending time with some of his cast. 'Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone were over at our house for dinner, and suddenly, the texts [came in]: '20 million. 21. 22.' So we all got in the car. We went down to the Arclight Cinema and it was packed. It was the greatest moment of our lives.' Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Oscars 2026: First Blind Predictions Including Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone, 'Wicked: For Good' and More What's Coming to Disney+ in March 2025
