INSIDE OUT 2
INSIDE OUT 2
Inside Out 2 is a 2024 American animated coming-of-age film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The sequel to Inside Out (2015) was directed by Kelsey Mann (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Mark Nielsen, from a screenplay written by Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein and a story conceived by Mann and LeFauve.[3][4] The film stars Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, Diane Lane, and Kyle MacLachlan, reprising their roles from the first film with Tony Hale (replacing Bill Hader as Fear), Liza Lapira (replacing Mindy Kaling as Disgust), Maya Hawke, Ayo Edebiri, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Paul Walter Hauser, and Kensington Tallman (replacing Kaitlyn Dias as Riley) joining the cast. It tells the story of Riley’s emotions as they join new emotions that want to take over Riley’s head.
Inside Out 2 was first announced in September 2022 during the D23 Expo announcement, with Mann, Nielsen, and LeFauve attached as director, producer, and writer, respectively, while Poehler was revealed to reprise her role in the film, along with Smith, Black, Lane, and MacLachlan. Hale, Lapira, and Hawke joined the cast in November 2023, while Edebiri, Exarchopoulos, Hauser, and Tallman’s roles were confirmed in March 2024. That same month, Holstein was confirmed to have co-written the screenplay with LeFauve. The film features Pixar chief creative officer Pete Docter‘s “five to 27 emotions” idea from the first film that Mann pitched during its production to utilize “truthful” worldbuilding.
Inside Out 2 premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on June 10, 2024, and is scheduled for release in theaters in the United States on June 14, 2024.
Premise
Inside Out 2 returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.
— Pixar Animation Studios[5]
Voice cast
- Amy Poehler plays Joy, a yellow happy emotion.[6]
- Phyllis Smith as Sadness, a blue sad emotion.[6]
- Lewis Black as Anger, a red angry emotion.[6]
- Tony Hale as Fear, a purple scared emotion. Hale replaces Bill Hader from the first film.[6]
- Liza Lapira as Disgust, a green disgusted emotion. Lapira replaces Mindy Kaling from the first film.[6]
- Maya Hawke as Anxiety, a new orange anxious emotion.[6]
- Ayo Edebiri plays Envy, a new cyan envious emotion.[7]
- Adèle Exarchopoulos as Ennui, a new indigo bored emotion.[7]
- Paul Walter Hauser as Embarrassment, a new pink embarrassed emotion.[7]
- Kensington Tallman as Riley Andersen, a 13-year-old girl in whose mind the emotions live. Tallman replaces Kaitlyn Dias from the first film.[7]
- Diane Lane plays Mrs. Andersen, Riley’s mother.[6]
- Kyle MacLachlan as Mr. Andersen, Riley’s father.[6]
- Lilimar plays Valentina “Val” Ortiz, a popular hockey player at Riley’s high school.[7]
- Paula Pell as Mom’s Anger.[7][8]
- Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green is Bree’s friend.[9]
- Grace Lu as Grace, Riley’s friend.[9]
- Yvette Nicole Brown is Coach Roberts, a hockey coach and head of the summer hockey camp.[7]
- John Ratzenberger[7] as Fritz.
- June Squibb as Nostalgia, a new beige nostalgic emotion.[10]
- Ron Funches as Bloofy, a character from Riley’s favorite childhood TV show. He is similar to the hosts of interactive children’s shows such as Barney & Friends or Dora the Explorer.[11]
- Yong Yea is Lance Slashblade, a heroic video game character Riley had a crush on when she was younger. He is similar to characters from Final Fantasy.[11]
- John Morris is the cameo appearance of Andy Davis, who works at McDonald’s with his Entire Set of Emotions, such as Sadness, Joy, Disgust, Anger, Fear, Envy, Anxiety, Ennui, and Embarrassment, all appearing during the Closing credits.[12]
Additionally, television personality Sam Thompson cameos in the UK version of the film as Security Man Sam, a character who finds himself on a chase with emotions.[13]
In addition, Sarayu Blue, Flea, Dave Goelz, James Austin Johnson, Bobby Moynihan, Frank Oz, Paula Poundstone, Kendall Coyne Schofield, and Kirk Thatcher have been cast in undisclosed roles.[14][7]
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TUESDAY
TUESDAY
Tuesday is a 2023 fantasy drama film written and directed by Daina O. Pusić in her feature directorial debut. A co-production between A24, the BFI, and BBC Film, it stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Lola Petticrew as a mother and daughter who are guided by Death itself in coping with the daughter’s impending death by terminal illness. Leah Harvey and Arinzé Kene also star.
The film premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2023, and was released in the United States on June 7, 2024.
Premise
Zora lives with her terminally ill daughter, Tuesday. One day, Death in the form of a size-altering macaw arrives and sends Zora and Tuesday on an emotional journey about life, love, and death.[3][4]
Cast
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Zora
- Lola Petticrew as Tuesday
- Leah Harvey as Nurse Billie
- Arinzé Kene as the voice of Death
- Daina Oniunas-Pusić
- Ellie James as Willow
- Taru Devani as Ira
- Jay Simpson as Spike
- David Sibley as Robert
- Nathan Amzi as Nathan
- Justin Edwards as Jack
- Hugh Futcher as Hans
- Nathan Ives-Moiba as Victor
- Ewens Abid as Abel
- Bijal Raj as Berrak
- Florencia Nunez as young Tuesday
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FIREBRAND
FIREBRAND
Firebrand is a 2023 British historical drama film directed by Karim Aïnouz and written by Henrietta Ashworth and Jessica Ashworth, based on the 2013 novel Queen’s Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle. The film focuses on Katherine Parr, Queen of England and the wife and widow of Henry VIII. It stars Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, and Eddie Marsan. The film marks Aïnouz’s first directorial effort in the English language.
Firebrand premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2023, where it was selected to compete for Palme d’Or.
Premise
The film occurs during the final years of Henry VIII‘s reign and centers around his sixth and final wife, Katherine Parr. Ambitious and cunning, Katherine becomes caught between Henry’s desire to purge those who challenge the teachings of his Church of England and the radical preaching of Anne Askew, whom Katherine respects.
Cast
- Alicia Vikander as Katherine Parr
- Jude Law as Henry VIII
- Eddie Marsan as Edward Seymour
- Ruby Bentall as Cat
- Bryony Hannah as Ellen
- Sam Riley as Thomas Seymour
- Maia Jemmett as Dot
- Amr Waked as Dr. Mulay Al Farabi
- Erin Doherty as Anne Askew
- Junia Rees as Princess Elizabeth
- Patsy Ferran as Princess Mary
- Patrick Buckley as Prince Edward
- Mina Andala as Jalinda
- Paul Tinto as Stowe
- Mia Threapleton as Joan Bocher
- Simon Russell Beale as Stephen Gardiner
- Linnea Martinsson as Maude Lane
- Ashley Reynolds as Leo
- Lisa Pyk Wirstrom as Eleanor Browne
- Ian Drysdale as Sir Anthony Denny
- Edward Harrison as John Gates
- Norman Bowman as Sir William Herbert
- Jason Baughan as Will Sommers
- Anna Mawn as Agnes Howard
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THE GRAB
THE GRAB
The Grab is a 2022 American documentary film directed and produced by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. It follows investigative journalists at The Center for Investigative Reporting as they uncover efforts to control vital resources on Earth.
It had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2022, and is scheduled to be released by Magnolia Pictures and Participant on June 14, 2024.
Plot
It follows investigative journalists at The Center for Investigative Reporting as they uncover efforts to control food and water by foreign actors to the detriment of the local population.[2][3]
The film tries to outline a global warming reaction by several nation-states, where the powerful use force, economy, and illegal mercenaries to take control of food and water stocks. The narrative begins with the 2014 purchase of US-based Smithfield Foods by Chinese WH Group, which the filmmakers say gives control of 1/4 of all pigs in the US. It then follows other difficult-to-explain deals, such as the purchase of arid land in Arizona by a Saudi company. Russians hired American cowboys to work in a region too cold for farmland. Blackwater (the company) deals with securing land in Africa. All those strange deals are linked by “following the money,” as is said several times in the film. This raises connections between governments, commercial enterprises, and legal and illegal military actors such as mercenary companies. The filmmakers ultimately conclude that it is all part of plans, considering changes happening because of global warming.[3][4]
While the film is mostly archive and research image collages, it also contains some guerrilla filmmaking about the crew being denied access, for example, during their detention at a Zambian airport.[4]
Production
Gabriela Cowperthwaite spent six years working on the film after journalist Nathan Halverson reported on Smithfield Foods.[5][6][7] Cowperthwaite was initially asked if the investigative process behind Halverson’s articles would make a good film.[8] Due to the sensitive material of the subject[clarification needed], the production team did diagnostics on computers, did not talk in rooms with windows, and did not talk about the film at all.[9] They also used encrypted servers and hand-delivered all the footage. [10]
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