Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney are opening up about the marketing behind their hit rom-com Anyone But You.
The film grossed $219M at the worldwide box office since its release in December. Now Powell and Sweeney are talking about the rumors they were having an affair leading up to the premiere that helped attract moviegoers to see the film.
“The two things that you have to sell a rom-com are fun and chemistry,” Powell said in an interview with The New York Times. “Sydney and I have a ton of fun together, and we have a ton of effortless chemistry. That’s people wanting what’s on the screen off the screen, and sometimes you just have to lean into it a bit — and it worked wonderfully. Sydney is very smart.”
Sweeney not only starred in the Columbia Pictures film, she also served as an executive producer through her Fifty-Fifty Films...
The film grossed $219M at the worldwide box office since its release in December. Now Powell and Sweeney are talking about the rumors they were having an affair leading up to the premiere that helped attract moviegoers to see the film.
“The two things that you have to sell a rom-com are fun and chemistry,” Powell said in an interview with The New York Times. “Sydney and I have a ton of fun together, and we have a ton of effortless chemistry. That’s people wanting what’s on the screen off the screen, and sometimes you just have to lean into it a bit — and it worked wonderfully. Sydney is very smart.”
Sweeney not only starred in the Columbia Pictures film, she also served as an executive producer through her Fifty-Fifty Films...
- 4/24/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell starrer Anyone But You was released last year with great anticipation from audiences. The fresh pairing of the two and their sizzling chemistry in the film led it to become a big hit, with many rushing to theaters to celebrate the film. The success of Anyone But You proved that audiences are yearning to see romantic comedies on the big screen.
Sydney Sweeney & Glen Powell in Anyone But You
Despite the film’s success, some people have pointed out some overdone and cringy scenes in the film. Being a loose adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, the film’s director Will Gluck addressed the criticisms and pointed out that all those ‘cringy’ tropes and scenes are directly lifted from Shakespeare’s writing.
Will Gluck Points Out Shakespearean Tropes in Anyone But You‘s Cringy Scenes
Critics were mixed on Anyone But You...
Sydney Sweeney & Glen Powell in Anyone But You
Despite the film’s success, some people have pointed out some overdone and cringy scenes in the film. Being a loose adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, the film’s director Will Gluck addressed the criticisms and pointed out that all those ‘cringy’ tropes and scenes are directly lifted from Shakespeare’s writing.
Will Gluck Points Out Shakespearean Tropes in Anyone But You‘s Cringy Scenes
Critics were mixed on Anyone But You...
- 4/24/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
If you had to pick the leading actress of the last decade, many would probably name Emma Stone. Playing a variety of characters – from Spider-Man's girlfriend to a girl who dreams of Hollywood – the actress has become a symbol of her time. Emma makes each movie more charming than it could be without her.
Perhaps the first movie that showed viewers the range of the actress' talent was Easy A. Comedies aren't usually used as a showcase of their skills for actors, but Easy A is a very different case.
“It's an absolute show stopping performance from Emma Stone in her first leading role. […] No one who saw that film back in 2010 would have been surprised that she got a Best Actress Oscar before she was 30 and another one before she was 35,” Reddit user faithle55 wrote.
And it’s impossible to argue with that statement.
What is Easy A About?...
Perhaps the first movie that showed viewers the range of the actress' talent was Easy A. Comedies aren't usually used as a showcase of their skills for actors, but Easy A is a very different case.
“It's an absolute show stopping performance from Emma Stone in her first leading role. […] No one who saw that film back in 2010 would have been surprised that she got a Best Actress Oscar before she was 30 and another one before she was 35,” Reddit user faithle55 wrote.
And it’s impossible to argue with that statement.
What is Easy A About?...
- 4/24/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
I’m not embarrassed to admit that I consume all kinds of rom-coms: the good, the not-so-good, the somewhere-in-between. (I draw the line at anything that stars Ashton Kutcher. Hollywood: Please put Pedro Pascal on your rom-com leading-man shortlists. Many thanks in advance.) Anyway, I’ve sensed a shift of late. A change in the vibe. A subtle, faintly nostalgic perfume in the air: It’s not overpowering, like the glossy rom-com-a-minute marketplace of the 1990s and early aughts, but still bright and warm and mood-boosting. The box office success of Anyone but You ($218 million globally) and streaming hit Irish Wish (currently top 5 in Nielsen’s movie chart), the fresh deals being made, the rom-coms rolling out this year with big names attached — all this activity reflects audience enthusiasm for polished, character-driven entertainment with jokes, heart and wish fulfillment.
What new rom-coms offer is a return to an imagined time...
What new rom-coms offer is a return to an imagined time...
- 4/18/2024
- by Erin Carlson
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sydney Sweeney is the upcoming rising star of Hollywood. Despite being in a critically panned film like Sony’s Madame Webb, the actress’ popularity seems to have hardly diminished for fans and is still as crazy about the Euphoria star. One might think that her romantic comedy with Glen Powell has been successful thanks to her as the lead actress.
Sydney Sweeney in Euphoria Season 2
Anyone But You did turn out to be a sleeper hit despite the mixed reactions and criticism of it being an absolute cringe-fest. And the director, Will Gluck, instead blames the Bard of Avon aka William Shakespeare for all the cringe elements in the Sweeney-starrer movie.
Will Gluck Blames Shakespeare For Sydney Sweeney Flick Being Cringe
Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney in Anyone But You
Read all the audience reviews on Google or all those critical reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, the one thing common...
Sydney Sweeney in Euphoria Season 2
Anyone But You did turn out to be a sleeper hit despite the mixed reactions and criticism of it being an absolute cringe-fest. And the director, Will Gluck, instead blames the Bard of Avon aka William Shakespeare for all the cringe elements in the Sweeney-starrer movie.
Will Gluck Blames Shakespeare For Sydney Sweeney Flick Being Cringe
Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney in Anyone But You
Read all the audience reviews on Google or all those critical reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, the one thing common...
- 3/18/2024
- by Maria Sultan
- FandomWire
Sydney Sweeney has become a recognizable presence on television, garnering acclaim for her outstanding portrayal of Cassie Howard in the popular HBO series Euphoria. Her remarkable performance in the show even earned her an Emmy nomination.
Euphoria
With that said, Sydney Sweeney has clearly branched out and become a huge star in the world of Hollywood, as she has acted in films such as Anyone But You, which turned out to be a Box Office Hit. However, her latest film Immaculate doesn’t live up to its name as it has far too many plot holes.
Sydney Sweeney’s Immaculate Is Full of Plotholes Immaculate
According to Screen Daily, Michael Mohan’s latest feature, Immaculate, premiered at SXSW. Despite hopes of captivating genre fans, it faces tough competition from more accomplished religious horror films like The Nun series or The Devils. Its potential success lies partly with Sydney Sweeney’s emerging starpower,...
Euphoria
With that said, Sydney Sweeney has clearly branched out and become a huge star in the world of Hollywood, as she has acted in films such as Anyone But You, which turned out to be a Box Office Hit. However, her latest film Immaculate doesn’t live up to its name as it has far too many plot holes.
Sydney Sweeney’s Immaculate Is Full of Plotholes Immaculate
According to Screen Daily, Michael Mohan’s latest feature, Immaculate, premiered at SXSW. Despite hopes of captivating genre fans, it faces tough competition from more accomplished religious horror films like The Nun series or The Devils. Its potential success lies partly with Sydney Sweeney’s emerging starpower,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Subhojeet Mookherjee
- FandomWire
If superhero movie enthusiasts are feeling a little bummed out about the genre's recent downturn in popularity, they can comfort in knowing that, as a wise woman once wrote, "Today is where your book begins; the rest is still unwritten." That particular singer and songwriter, Natasha Bedingfield, would know what's she talking about, too, having recently enjoyed a return to the spotlight thanks to her breakthrough hit, "Unwritten," being prominently featured in last year's surprise box office champion, "Anyone But You."
A loose retelling of William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," the Sydney Sweeney-Glen Powell vehicle is a throwback to Hollywood's pre-superhero renaissance days in more ways than one. Part fizzy rom-com and part R-rated sex farce (it's genuinely impressive how many flimsy excuses this film comes up with for its absurdly good-looking cast to take their clothes off), "Anyone But You" also marks a return to the '...
A loose retelling of William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," the Sydney Sweeney-Glen Powell vehicle is a throwback to Hollywood's pre-superhero renaissance days in more ways than one. Part fizzy rom-com and part R-rated sex farce (it's genuinely impressive how many flimsy excuses this film comes up with for its absurdly good-looking cast to take their clothes off), "Anyone But You" also marks a return to the '...
- 3/14/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
“I wanted to bring back those early 2000 romantic comedies,” Sydney Sweeney said Tuesday in her SXSW chat this afternoon about her mission with Anyone But You.
Not only did she star in the movie, but she produced it as well. She’s here at SXSW with her second starring- and produced-by project, Immaculate, world premiering tonight at the Paramount.
Related: ‘Immaculate’ Trailer: Sydney Sweeney In Neon Thriller
“I was working on the script, I hired Will [Gluck] and Glen [Powell],” she said about Anyone But You. “(I wanted the audience to be) left wanting to sing and dance in the rain, and have big romantic gestures. I didn’t want to the rom-com to be something small, I wanted big set pieces.”
“Will amped up the set pieces in the film,” she said. “We wanted to retain an environment on set in which we had so much fun and shared that...
Not only did she star in the movie, but she produced it as well. She’s here at SXSW with her second starring- and produced-by project, Immaculate, world premiering tonight at the Paramount.
Related: ‘Immaculate’ Trailer: Sydney Sweeney In Neon Thriller
“I was working on the script, I hired Will [Gluck] and Glen [Powell],” she said about Anyone But You. “(I wanted the audience to be) left wanting to sing and dance in the rain, and have big romantic gestures. I didn’t want to the rom-com to be something small, I wanted big set pieces.”
“Will amped up the set pieces in the film,” she said. “We wanted to retain an environment on set in which we had so much fun and shared that...
- 3/12/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Sydney Sweeney has become a recognizable presence on television, garnering acclaim for her outstanding portrayal of Cassie Howard in the popular HBO series Euphoria. Her remarkable performance in the show even earned her an Emmy nomination.
Euphoria
With that said, Sydney Sweeney has clearly branched out and become a huge star in the world of Hollywood, as she has acted in films such as Anyone But You, which turned out to be a Box Office Hit. Interestingly enough, she also unintentionally paid tribute to Angelina Jolie at the Oscar after party this week.
Sydney Sweeney Accidentally Paid Homage to Angelina Jolie at The Oscar After Party Mr and Mrs Smith (2005)
This year’s Oscar Awards ceremony is already over, and it was truly a night worth remembering for a wide variety of reasons. After all, Oppenheimer essentially did a clean sweep by bagging seven Oscar Awards at the ceremony.
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Euphoria
With that said, Sydney Sweeney has clearly branched out and become a huge star in the world of Hollywood, as she has acted in films such as Anyone But You, which turned out to be a Box Office Hit. Interestingly enough, she also unintentionally paid tribute to Angelina Jolie at the Oscar after party this week.
Sydney Sweeney Accidentally Paid Homage to Angelina Jolie at The Oscar After Party Mr and Mrs Smith (2005)
This year’s Oscar Awards ceremony is already over, and it was truly a night worth remembering for a wide variety of reasons. After all, Oppenheimer essentially did a clean sweep by bagging seven Oscar Awards at the ceremony.
SUGGESTEDAfter...
- 3/11/2024
- by Subhojeet Mookherjee
- FandomWire
Glen Powell has become the talk of the town since his scene-stealing role as Hangman in 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick. The actor has become one of the most interesting movie stars to witness on screen, and his charisma has worked big time with audiences. He recently had another smash hit with the 2023 rom-com Anyone But You opposite Sydney Sweeney.
Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney in Anyone But You
The film was a sleeper hit, and the electrifying chemistry between the two stars was the highlight of the film. Powell even went n**ed for the film in one specific scene. However, that is not the aspect of the film that made him the butt of jokes from his family.
Glen Powell Singing in Anyone But You Was Made Fun Of By His Family After Anyone But You‘s huge success, Glen Powell has now become a big movie star with...
Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney in Anyone But You
The film was a sleeper hit, and the electrifying chemistry between the two stars was the highlight of the film. Powell even went n**ed for the film in one specific scene. However, that is not the aspect of the film that made him the butt of jokes from his family.
Glen Powell Singing in Anyone But You Was Made Fun Of By His Family After Anyone But You‘s huge success, Glen Powell has now become a big movie star with...
- 2/26/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
Sydney Sweeney’s sleeper hit movie Anyone But You unexpectedly took over the theaters and is now making waves in the international arena. The fame of the movie has been alluded to as the renaissance of romantic comedy films.
Will Gluck’s Anyone But You (2023)
Anyone But You is loosely based on William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell. The film proved yet again that a story does not need to be complicated or oversaturated with special effects to make a profit.
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Anyone But You Director Talks About The Film’s Musical Number
In his interview with The Hollywood Reporter, filmmaker Will Gluck discussed his approach in helming Sydney Sweeney’s Anyone But You. He returned to the genre that propelled his career in...
Will Gluck’s Anyone But You (2023)
Anyone But You is loosely based on William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell. The film proved yet again that a story does not need to be complicated or oversaturated with special effects to make a profit.
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Anyone But You Director Talks About The Film’s Musical Number
In his interview with The Hollywood Reporter, filmmaker Will Gluck discussed his approach in helming Sydney Sweeney’s Anyone But You. He returned to the genre that propelled his career in...
- 2/21/2024
- by Ariane Cruz
- FandomWire
Following Salzburg, Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid, and Paris, Claus Guth’s critically acclaimed 2008 adaptation of Don Giovanni is presented at the Opera House. The title role of this provocative, youthful production (sold out weeks before the 2 March 2024 Budapest premiere) is performed by Gábor Bretz and Károly Szemerédy, the ensembles of the Hungarian State Opera are conducted by principal conductor Martin Rajna.
Don Juan, the arrogant womanizer who defies the heavens, has inspired authors in various art forms for centuries. His figure was first established by the 17th-century Spanish playwright Tirso de Molina, but his story was also written by Molière, whose play was adapted as ballet music by Gluck a hundred years later. (The contemporary French choreographer Thierry Malandain’s choreography to Gluck’s music was presented by the Hungarian National Ballet in 2021.) The first 18th-century opera adaptation and the Prague performances of Vincenzo Righini’s 1776 tragicomedy also contributed to Mozart...
Don Juan, the arrogant womanizer who defies the heavens, has inspired authors in various art forms for centuries. His figure was first established by the 17th-century Spanish playwright Tirso de Molina, but his story was also written by Molière, whose play was adapted as ballet music by Gluck a hundred years later. (The contemporary French choreographer Thierry Malandain’s choreography to Gluck’s music was presented by the Hungarian National Ballet in 2021.) The first 18th-century opera adaptation and the Prague performances of Vincenzo Righini’s 1776 tragicomedy also contributed to Mozart...
- 2/20/2024
- by Music MCM
- Martin Cid Music
I'm about to propose a somewhat radical idea, but hear me out: What if enemies ... became lovers? Once upon a time, the studio system used to deliver multiple movies a year riffing on this classic rom-com premise, but recent decades have seen these exact sorts of vehicles for movie stars falling by the wayside more and more. After all, we just have to make room for more superhero movies like "Madame Web," don't we? But in a highly ironic twist, one disaster of a Sydney Sweeney-starring production has given way to another much more successful one -- and the same studio is responsible for both. Sensing a lesson here, folks? In short, long live rom-coms!
"Anyone But You" maybe didn't reinvent the wheel or anything, as laid out in Marshall Shaffer's review for /Film, but co-leads Sweeney and Glen Powell certainly managed to charm their ways into the hearts of audiences worldwide.
"Anyone But You" maybe didn't reinvent the wheel or anything, as laid out in Marshall Shaffer's review for /Film, but co-leads Sweeney and Glen Powell certainly managed to charm their ways into the hearts of audiences worldwide.
- 2/19/2024
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
TikTok may have just saved romantic comedies from being banished forever from the big screen to the hinterlands of streaming.
Sony’s Anyone But You, based on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, has become a box office darling and could reach $85 million to $100 million domestically against a $25 million budget, despite mediocre reviews and an equally meh B+ CinemaScore. It has impressed Hollywood to the point where normally adversarial studio heads are gushing over the film’s astounding run as if it were their own.
After opening to a lowly $8 million over Christmas weekend, the Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell romancer went viral after moviegoers began flooding TikTok with videos of themselves reenacting the film’s credit sequence, which is overlaid with actors from the film dancing to and singing snippets of Natasha Bedingfield’s 2004 single “Unwritten.” The self-made videos have become so well known that in cinemas across the country,...
Sony’s Anyone But You, based on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, has become a box office darling and could reach $85 million to $100 million domestically against a $25 million budget, despite mediocre reviews and an equally meh B+ CinemaScore. It has impressed Hollywood to the point where normally adversarial studio heads are gushing over the film’s astounding run as if it were their own.
After opening to a lowly $8 million over Christmas weekend, the Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell romancer went viral after moviegoers began flooding TikTok with videos of themselves reenacting the film’s credit sequence, which is overlaid with actors from the film dancing to and singing snippets of Natasha Bedingfield’s 2004 single “Unwritten.” The self-made videos have become so well known that in cinemas across the country,...
- 1/18/2024
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The wait for Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell‘s raunchy romantic comedy Anyone But You is finally over and the fans of the genre and the stars seem to be loving the film. Based on William Shakespeare‘s Much Ado About Nothing, the film is directed by Will Gluck from a screenplay by Gluck and Ilana Wolpert. Anyone But You revolves around Bea and Ben who pretend to be a couple at Bea’s sister’s wedding so that Bea can avoid her ex and Ben can get back together with his. Anyone But You also stars Alexandra Shipp, GaTa, Hadley Robinson, Michelle Hurd, Dermot Mulroney, Darren Barnet, Bryan Brown, and Rachel Griffiths. So, if you loved the film here are some similar options you should check out next.
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Paramount+ & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Paramount Pictures
Anyone But You has the same...
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Paramount+ & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Paramount Pictures
Anyone But You has the same...
- 1/6/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Anyone But You Movie Review Rating:
Star Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Alexandra Shipp, Darren Barnet, Michelle Hurd, and Bryan Brown
Director: Will Gluck
Anyone But You Movie Review Is Out! (Picture Credit: IMDb)
What’s Good: Sydney Sweeney is gorgeous, and so is Glen Powell. They both look great!
What’s Bad: The dialogue and jokes are cringe-worthy and belong to the era of raunchy comedies like American Pie
Loo Break: There are many, especially if you are not in the mood for uncomfortable s*x scenes.
Watch or Not?: Watch only if you are a fan of raunchy humor or you really want to see a romantic comedy in theatres.
Language: English
Available On: Theatrical release
Runtime: 103 minutes
User Rating:
There was a time when romantic comedy was king among genres, you could find countless options in cinemas, and because they were cheap to make, they became...
Star Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Alexandra Shipp, Darren Barnet, Michelle Hurd, and Bryan Brown
Director: Will Gluck
Anyone But You Movie Review Is Out! (Picture Credit: IMDb)
What’s Good: Sydney Sweeney is gorgeous, and so is Glen Powell. They both look great!
What’s Bad: The dialogue and jokes are cringe-worthy and belong to the era of raunchy comedies like American Pie
Loo Break: There are many, especially if you are not in the mood for uncomfortable s*x scenes.
Watch or Not?: Watch only if you are a fan of raunchy humor or you really want to see a romantic comedy in theatres.
Language: English
Available On: Theatrical release
Runtime: 103 minutes
User Rating:
There was a time when romantic comedy was king among genres, you could find countless options in cinemas, and because they were cheap to make, they became...
- 12/23/2023
- by Nelson Acosta
- KoiMoi
Anyone But You filmmaker Will Gluck has returned to the genre in which he first made his name.
The New York native has spent much of the past decade making family films such as Annie (2014) and two Peter Rabbit movies, mainly because he wanted to entertain his own young family. Now that his children are older, Gluck has made his way back to the star-driven (and star-making) romantic comedy after beginning his romcom career with Emma Stone and Penn Badgley in 2010’s Easy A and then Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake in 2011’s Friends with Benefits. He’s currently taking the same approach with Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell in Anyone But You, which is loosely based on William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.
With the major studios all deprioritizing the comedy genre the last handful of years, Gluck admits that he felt a pressure to recapture the theatrical...
The New York native has spent much of the past decade making family films such as Annie (2014) and two Peter Rabbit movies, mainly because he wanted to entertain his own young family. Now that his children are older, Gluck has made his way back to the star-driven (and star-making) romantic comedy after beginning his romcom career with Emma Stone and Penn Badgley in 2010’s Easy A and then Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake in 2011’s Friends with Benefits. He’s currently taking the same approach with Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell in Anyone But You, which is loosely based on William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.
With the major studios all deprioritizing the comedy genre the last handful of years, Gluck admits that he felt a pressure to recapture the theatrical...
- 12/22/2023
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Plot: After a meet-cute at a coffee shop, high-flying finance whiz Ben (Glen Powell) and unhappy law student Bea (Sydney Sweeney) have a romantic misunderstanding that puts them at each other’s throats. When the two are forced to attend a destination wedding together, their feud threatens to derail the nuptials, leading their friends to plot a romantic trap that will have them fall back into each other’s arms…and beds.
Review: Let me preface this by saying there’s nothing wrong with a good romantic comedy. It’s a genre that’s been dying in recent years, but when the formula is just right, you might manage a crowd-pleasing smash that will make many people happy. Yet, there’s an alchemy to the genre, and if the chemistry between the two leads is off, you wind up with a dud. Not everyone can be Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan...
Review: Let me preface this by saying there’s nothing wrong with a good romantic comedy. It’s a genre that’s been dying in recent years, but when the formula is just right, you might manage a crowd-pleasing smash that will make many people happy. Yet, there’s an alchemy to the genre, and if the chemistry between the two leads is off, you wind up with a dud. Not everyone can be Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan...
- 12/22/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
"What it's about is making things surprising but inevitable," the legendary composer Stephen Sondheim once mused about the nature of storytelling to his biographer. This maxim applies doubly so for genre entertainment like romantic comedies. To woo audiences, they must make familiar tropes and trajectories feel foreign.
Trying to hold space for both focusing on the new and forgetting the nondescript finds expression within the narrative of "Anyone But You," a spin on rom-com lore. As she surveys the protruding arches of the immediately recognizable Sydney Opera House, Bea (Sydney Sweeney) reveals that she'd like to go there ... but not to admire the architecture. Instead, she wants to watch how the people who convene at the landmark interact with the building — and each other.
Her strategy could be plausibly extrapolated to provide a viewing guide for the film at large. "Anyone But You" knows viewers are well acquainted with the structure of the rom-com,...
Trying to hold space for both focusing on the new and forgetting the nondescript finds expression within the narrative of "Anyone But You," a spin on rom-com lore. As she surveys the protruding arches of the immediately recognizable Sydney Opera House, Bea (Sydney Sweeney) reveals that she'd like to go there ... but not to admire the architecture. Instead, she wants to watch how the people who convene at the landmark interact with the building — and each other.
Her strategy could be plausibly extrapolated to provide a viewing guide for the film at large. "Anyone But You" knows viewers are well acquainted with the structure of the rom-com,...
- 12/21/2023
- by Marshall Shaffer
- Slash Film
America has been starved for pure, unapologetic, multiplex-grade romantic comedies, and Will Gluck’s “Anyone but You” doesn’t waste any time announcing itself as one of those. The first five minutes alone serve up a classic meet-cute in a coffee shop, a funny but wholly illogical bit of physical comedy involving a splash of water that might be mistaken for a pee stain, and a magical — but chaste — night together in a personality-less bachelor pad that looks just like an Ikea showroom.
If not for the hint of self-awareness that allows Bea (Sydney Sweeney) to put Ben (Glen Powell) on blast for his dude-bro decor, nothing about this prologue would seem the least bit out of place at the start of a mid-tier Julia Roberts movie from 1997. Not the leading man whose chiseled smile makes your own features seem like the parody of a face by comparison, nor the...
If not for the hint of self-awareness that allows Bea (Sydney Sweeney) to put Ben (Glen Powell) on blast for his dude-bro decor, nothing about this prologue would seem the least bit out of place at the start of a mid-tier Julia Roberts movie from 1997. Not the leading man whose chiseled smile makes your own features seem like the parody of a face by comparison, nor the...
- 12/21/2023
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Anyone who’s seen Glen Powell in Richard Linklater’s terrifically enjoyable Hit Man will know he’s a bona fide movie star with charisma to burn. If you were paying attention, that was evident even in Top Gun: Maverick. And Sydney Sweeney has shown impressive range, serving delicious mean-girl snark in season one of The White Lotus, tracing a self-destructive spiral on Euphoria and demonstrating serious dramatic chops in Reality. But neither screen chemistry nor laughs can be manufactured, especially not with the kind of pedestrian writing in Will Gluck’s Anyone But You, which does nothing to reanimate the moribund studio rom-com.
Before he got busy with two Peter Rabbit movies that apparently do exist, or the unfortunate 2014 Annie remake, Gluck turned heads with the 2010 teen comedy Easy A, a contemporary take on The Scarlet Letter elevated by a star-making turn from Emma Stone. The director riffs on...
Before he got busy with two Peter Rabbit movies that apparently do exist, or the unfortunate 2014 Annie remake, Gluck turned heads with the 2010 teen comedy Easy A, a contemporary take on The Scarlet Letter elevated by a star-making turn from Emma Stone. The director riffs on...
- 12/21/2023
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For me, my love of Sydney, Australia — where I shot Anyone But You starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell — boils down to two things. One, it’s not only a beautiful city, but every small neighborhood has the water right next to it. There’s beach everywhere, and even ferries as public transport. Second, the people are really, really nice — the rumors are true. They also have an amazing life-work balance — they work really hard all day, but when it’s time to wrap, it’s time to wrap. You film, but you also have a life; it was a real lesson to me.
I wanted Anyone But You set specifically in Sydney because I had really fallen in love with the city, starting back in 2018. After making Peter Rabbit in Sydney, I liked it so much that for Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, I moved my whole family down there.
I wanted Anyone But You set specifically in Sydney because I had really fallen in love with the city, starting back in 2018. After making Peter Rabbit in Sydney, I liked it so much that for Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, I moved my whole family down there.
- 12/17/2023
- by Will Gluck, as told to Kathryn Romeyn
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Do we need to get Glen Powell some lessons in stripping for Christmas? According to the Top Gun: Maverick actor, he nearly died at the top of a cliff while taking his pants off for a hilarious scene in the upcoming romantic comedy Anyone but You. In the scene, Powell pulls a giant spider from inside his shorts, then strips down to the buff to ensure there aren’t more creepy crawlies skittering toward his junk.
“You just have to grip it and rip it on a scene like that,” Powell told Variety at the Anyone but You premiere in New York Monday night, pointing to the moment he frantically strips naked in front of his co-star Sydney Sweeney. “You know you’re not going to leave that filming day looking cool, so you just have to embrace it.”
“Taking your clothes off on the side of a cliff in...
“You just have to grip it and rip it on a scene like that,” Powell told Variety at the Anyone but You premiere in New York Monday night, pointing to the moment he frantically strips naked in front of his co-star Sydney Sweeney. “You know you’re not going to leave that filming day looking cool, so you just have to embrace it.”
“Taking your clothes off on the side of a cliff in...
- 12/12/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Glen Powell certainly bares it all in the upcoming rom-com “Anyone but You,” especially when co-star Sydney Sweeney pulls out a large spider from the inside of his shorts.
“You just have to grip it and rip it on a scene like that,” Powell told Variety at the “Anyone but You” premiere in New York Monday night, referring to the moment he frantically strips naked in front of Sweeney. “You know you’re not going to leave that filming day looking cool, so you just have to embrace it.”
“Taking your clothes off on the side of a cliff in a hurry is not safe either,” Powell continued. “Nobody talks about that safety issue on set, where I almost died falling off a cliff taking my pants off too fast. But it’s a really fun scene, so it was all worth it.”
Sweeney also dealt with her own risky...
“You just have to grip it and rip it on a scene like that,” Powell told Variety at the “Anyone but You” premiere in New York Monday night, referring to the moment he frantically strips naked in front of Sweeney. “You know you’re not going to leave that filming day looking cool, so you just have to embrace it.”
“Taking your clothes off on the side of a cliff in a hurry is not safe either,” Powell continued. “Nobody talks about that safety issue on set, where I almost died falling off a cliff taking my pants off too fast. But it’s a really fun scene, so it was all worth it.”
Sweeney also dealt with her own risky...
- 12/12/2023
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
If it’s a marketing scheme, it’s an elaborate one.
“The Curse” stars Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder parodied the trailer introduction to the Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell rom-com “Anyone But You” in a newly released promo. In an almost exact parallel to that of Sweeney and Powell’s, the intro features Stone and Fielder standing against a pale blue background, with Fielder wearing a white button-down and Stone wearing a peach-colored tank top.
“Check out the trailer for my new show,” a beaming Stone says, to which Fielder counters, “My new show.”
“It’s actually my show,” Stone retorts.
Fielder scoffs, saying, “We’ll see whose show it is once people see it.”
Stone lets out an incredulous laugh before amending herself: “Check out the trailer for our new show, ‘The Curse.'”
“Better?” she asks Fielder, who states, deadpan, “Just play the trailer.”
“Oh my god,...
“The Curse” stars Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder parodied the trailer introduction to the Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell rom-com “Anyone But You” in a newly released promo. In an almost exact parallel to that of Sweeney and Powell’s, the intro features Stone and Fielder standing against a pale blue background, with Fielder wearing a white button-down and Stone wearing a peach-colored tank top.
“Check out the trailer for my new show,” a beaming Stone says, to which Fielder counters, “My new show.”
“It’s actually my show,” Stone retorts.
Fielder scoffs, saying, “We’ll see whose show it is once people see it.”
Stone lets out an incredulous laugh before amending herself: “Check out the trailer for our new show, ‘The Curse.'”
“Better?” she asks Fielder, who states, deadpan, “Just play the trailer.”
“Oh my god,...
- 11/18/2023
- by Valerie Wu
- Variety Film + TV
As “The Curse” prepared to air its second episode on Showtime and Paramount+, its co-creator and star Nathan Fielder participated in an irreverent marketing stunt that could have been ripped straight from a “Nathan for You” episode.
In a new promotional video that was shown before “The Curse” trailers on Instagram, Fielder and his co-star Emma Stone recreated a similar pre-trailer video that Sydney Sweeney and Glenn Powell previously released for their upcoming Sony rom-com “Anyone but You.” The original video shows Sweeney and Powell flirtatiously arguing about who the real star of the enemies-to-lovers film is, before reluctantly agreeing that it’s “our movie” and introducing the trailer. Fielder and Stone recreated the dialogue verbatim, but added a healthy dose of Fielder’s trademark awkwardness.
Watch both videos below for comparison.
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In a new promotional video that was shown before “The Curse” trailers on Instagram, Fielder and his co-star Emma Stone recreated a similar pre-trailer video that Sydney Sweeney and Glenn Powell previously released for their upcoming Sony rom-com “Anyone but You.” The original video shows Sweeney and Powell flirtatiously arguing about who the real star of the enemies-to-lovers film is, before reluctantly agreeing that it’s “our movie” and introducing the trailer. Fielder and Stone recreated the dialogue verbatim, but added a healthy dose of Fielder’s trademark awkwardness.
Watch both videos below for comparison.
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- 11/18/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Nathan Fielder teamed with his “The Curse” co-star Emma Stone for his latest deadpanned prank, a shot-for-shot recreation of the introductory clip Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney cut for their romantic comedy “Anyone But You.”
Fans of Fielder’s absurdist comedy can guess what came next. After Powell responded with a joke of his own, Fielder went even deeper into the bit, accusing “Anyone But You” studio Sony of straight up stealing the idea from him while pretending to absolve Powell and Sweeney of any blame.
And then Will Gluck, director of “Anyone But You” joined in with a fake poster for that film that makes it look like “The Curse.” It’s a lot, and it’s a lot of fun, so read on.
In the introductory clip for “Anyone But You” — which was released just one day ago — Sweeney and Powell stayed in character as people who really...
Fans of Fielder’s absurdist comedy can guess what came next. After Powell responded with a joke of his own, Fielder went even deeper into the bit, accusing “Anyone But You” studio Sony of straight up stealing the idea from him while pretending to absolve Powell and Sweeney of any blame.
And then Will Gluck, director of “Anyone But You” joined in with a fake poster for that film that makes it look like “The Curse.” It’s a lot, and it’s a lot of fun, so read on.
In the introductory clip for “Anyone But You” — which was released just one day ago — Sweeney and Powell stayed in character as people who really...
- 11/18/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Enemies to lovers is one of the romance’s messiest tropes, but Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell mastered hiding their hate in the official trailer for Anyone But You, in theaters Dec. 22. The film features the two Hollywood stars at a destination wedding where love is in the air — and so is their disdain for one another.
As evidenced by the preview soundtracked by Olivia Rodrigo’s “Bad Idea Right?,” Sweeney and Powell’s characters — Bea and Ben — are old flames (or one-night-standers) who decide that, for mutually beneficial reasons,...
As evidenced by the preview soundtracked by Olivia Rodrigo’s “Bad Idea Right?,” Sweeney and Powell’s characters — Bea and Ben — are old flames (or one-night-standers) who decide that, for mutually beneficial reasons,...
- 11/16/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Columbia Pictures has released the first full trailer for Anyone But You, the edgy rom-comedy starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell.
Directed by Will Gluck, with a screenplay co-written by Gluck with Ilana Wolpert, the film follows Bea (Sweeney) and Ben (Powell) after a seemingly fiery connection turns ice-cold after their first date. Reunited at her sister’s destination wedding in Australia, the duo find the other’s presence nearly unbearable, resulting in a series of incidents — including fires — that leaves the bride convinced their wedding is destined for ruin.
But this enemies-to-lovers tale takes a new turn when Bea and Ben’s exes arrive, leaving Bea wondering how to get out of her parents’ reunion plan and Ben desperate for a way to make his ex jealous. “Maybe we should just tell everyone we’re together,” Sweeney’s Bea suggests in the trailer. “It would solve that problem for...
Directed by Will Gluck, with a screenplay co-written by Gluck with Ilana Wolpert, the film follows Bea (Sweeney) and Ben (Powell) after a seemingly fiery connection turns ice-cold after their first date. Reunited at her sister’s destination wedding in Australia, the duo find the other’s presence nearly unbearable, resulting in a series of incidents — including fires — that leaves the bride convinced their wedding is destined for ruin.
But this enemies-to-lovers tale takes a new turn when Bea and Ben’s exes arrive, leaving Bea wondering how to get out of her parents’ reunion plan and Ben desperate for a way to make his ex jealous. “Maybe we should just tell everyone we’re together,” Sweeney’s Bea suggests in the trailer. “It would solve that problem for...
- 11/16/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New ‘Anyone But You’ Trailer Sees Sparks Fly As Sydney Sweeney & Glen Powell Fake A Romance – Update
Updated, 7:50 a.m.: Columbia Pictures has unveiled a new trailer for its rom-com Anyone But You, starring Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria) and Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick), which hits theaters December 22nd.
The pair star respectively as Bea and Ben, who look like the perfect couple. But after an amazing first date something happens that turns their fiery hot attraction ice cold — until they find themselves unexpectedly thrust together at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.
Will Gluck directed from his script written with Ilana Wolpert, which was based on Wolpert’s story. Pic’s cast also includes Alexandra Shipp, GaTa, Hadley Robinson, Michelle Hurd, Dermot Mulroney, Darren Barnet, and Rachel Griffiths. Read more about the project below. Check out its new trailer above.
Previously, October 19: If you’ve seen the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie,...
The pair star respectively as Bea and Ben, who look like the perfect couple. But after an amazing first date something happens that turns their fiery hot attraction ice cold — until they find themselves unexpectedly thrust together at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.
Will Gluck directed from his script written with Ilana Wolpert, which was based on Wolpert’s story. Pic’s cast also includes Alexandra Shipp, GaTa, Hadley Robinson, Michelle Hurd, Dermot Mulroney, Darren Barnet, and Rachel Griffiths. Read more about the project below. Check out its new trailer above.
Previously, October 19: If you’ve seen the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie,...
- 11/16/2023
- by Greg Evans and Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
“Anyone But You,” the new romantic comedy hitting theaters this Christmas, had a trailer that debuted exclusively with “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” last weekend. Now it’s available online. And you can watch it above.
The movie stars Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell as a seemingly perfect couple. But after a disastrous first date, the chemistry dissipates. Until, of course, they meet again at a destination wedding in Australia and decide to pretend to be a couple. At one point the movie was being described as an update of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” but that messaging seems to have been dropped. Maybe it still is!
“Anyone But You” also stars Alexandra Shipp, GaTa, Hadley Robinson, Michelle Hurd, Dermot Mulroney, Darren Barnet and Rachel Griffiths. It was co-written, produced and directed by Will Gluck, with Ilana Wolpert serving as co-writer (she also came up with the story). Joe Roth...
The movie stars Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell as a seemingly perfect couple. But after a disastrous first date, the chemistry dissipates. Until, of course, they meet again at a destination wedding in Australia and decide to pretend to be a couple. At one point the movie was being described as an update of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” but that messaging seems to have been dropped. Maybe it still is!
“Anyone But You” also stars Alexandra Shipp, GaTa, Hadley Robinson, Michelle Hurd, Dermot Mulroney, Darren Barnet and Rachel Griffiths. It was co-written, produced and directed by Will Gluck, with Ilana Wolpert serving as co-writer (she also came up with the story). Joe Roth...
- 10/19/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell are cranking up the heat in the new Anyone But You teaser from Sony Pictures Entertainment. Before making its way online, the brief promo for Will Gluck’s new comedy screened ahead of the money-printing concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour. You could need a change of underoos before the teaser finishes. Please don’t say I didn’t want you.
In the Anyone But You teaser, Bea (Sydney Sweeney) and Ben (Glen Powell) make a pact to pass themselves off as a couple while attending a destination wedding in Australia. What starts as an oil and water rivalry quickly turns to butterflies and bulging swim trunks as the faux-couple acts the part. The story unfolds in Sydney, Australia, and follows the couple as they experience a variety of vacation-related mishaps, including falling from boats and discovering spiders down their pants. Have you seen the spiders in Australia?...
In the Anyone But You teaser, Bea (Sydney Sweeney) and Ben (Glen Powell) make a pact to pass themselves off as a couple while attending a destination wedding in Australia. What starts as an oil and water rivalry quickly turns to butterflies and bulging swim trunks as the faux-couple acts the part. The story unfolds in Sydney, Australia, and follows the couple as they experience a variety of vacation-related mishaps, including falling from boats and discovering spiders down their pants. Have you seen the spiders in Australia?...
- 10/19/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell showcase their much-discussed chemistry in the first trailer for Sony Pictures’ romantic comedy “Anyone but You,” premiering in theaters on Dec. 22.
Directed by Will Gluck (“Easy A”), “Anyone but You” has been touted as a loose modernization of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.” The film’s official logline reads, “When college arch-nemeses reunite years after graduation for a destination wedding, they pretend to be a couple for their own personal reasons. But through pretending, they actually fall in love.”
“Let’s just tell everyone we’re together,” Sweeney says to Powell while they take a sunset sailboat ride. “There’s no way we could convince anyone we actually like each other,” he responds. Though the two roll their eyes, footage flashing throughout the trailer makes it clear their chemistry is undeniable.
Sweeney became a breakout star in HBO’s “Euphoria,” while Powell is best...
Directed by Will Gluck (“Easy A”), “Anyone but You” has been touted as a loose modernization of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.” The film’s official logline reads, “When college arch-nemeses reunite years after graduation for a destination wedding, they pretend to be a couple for their own personal reasons. But through pretending, they actually fall in love.”
“Let’s just tell everyone we’re together,” Sweeney says to Powell while they take a sunset sailboat ride. “There’s no way we could convince anyone we actually like each other,” he responds. Though the two roll their eyes, footage flashing throughout the trailer makes it clear their chemistry is undeniable.
Sweeney became a breakout star in HBO’s “Euphoria,” while Powell is best...
- 10/19/2023
- by Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
Will Gluck’s upcoming romantic comedy Anyone But You, starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell is pushing its release date. The film now opens on December 22 instead of December 15. The new release date puts the film in a prime spot for that sweet 4-Day Christmas weekend box office haul.
In addition to debuting a first-look image, details about the plot are making the rounds. In Anyone But You, Sweeney and Powell’s characters hate each other so much they can’t help but fall for one another. The story unfolds in Sydney, Australia, and follows the couple as they experience a variety of vacation-related mishaps, including falling from boats and discovering spiders down their pants. Have you seen the spiders in Australia? Oh, the horror! Alexandra Shipp, GaTa, Dermot Mulroney, Rachel Griffiths, Michelle Hurd, Bryan Brown, Darren Barnet, and Hadley Robinson join the project as cast members.
Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum,...
In addition to debuting a first-look image, details about the plot are making the rounds. In Anyone But You, Sweeney and Powell’s characters hate each other so much they can’t help but fall for one another. The story unfolds in Sydney, Australia, and follows the couple as they experience a variety of vacation-related mishaps, including falling from boats and discovering spiders down their pants. Have you seen the spiders in Australia? Oh, the horror! Alexandra Shipp, GaTa, Dermot Mulroney, Rachel Griffiths, Michelle Hurd, Bryan Brown, Darren Barnet, and Hadley Robinson join the project as cast members.
Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum,...
- 10/13/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" is one of the greatest works of American animation, one of the best superhero movies, and one of the greatest films of all time, period. It democratized superheroes with a tale about how anyone can wear the mask, in addition to telling a fantastic story of identity with cultural specificity.
The movie remains the best use of the multiverse, giving us compelling, memorable, and very funny alternate dimension Spider-People with unique looks and personalities. But we almost got another Spider-Man, one that would have been absolutely horrible as a portrayal of Peter Parker, but would have been voiced by none other than Tom Cruise.
Cruise has a history of almost playing superheroes. Despite having (sort of) portrayed a comic book character in "Edge of Tomorrow," based on the light novel "All You Need Is Kill," he has never actually played an American superhero character — though not for lack of trying.
The movie remains the best use of the multiverse, giving us compelling, memorable, and very funny alternate dimension Spider-People with unique looks and personalities. But we almost got another Spider-Man, one that would have been absolutely horrible as a portrayal of Peter Parker, but would have been voiced by none other than Tom Cruise.
Cruise has a history of almost playing superheroes. Despite having (sort of) portrayed a comic book character in "Edge of Tomorrow," based on the light novel "All You Need Is Kill," he has never actually played an American superhero character — though not for lack of trying.
- 6/4/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Jessica Biel rose to stardom in the early 2000s-era of movies, starring in films like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Stealth, Blade: Trinity, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, not to mention her time on hit series 7th Heaven. Now, the actress returns to that Y2K nostalgia as an executive producer of Freeform’s Cruel Summer, now in its second season.
“It just brought me back to my youth,” Biel told The Hollywood Reporter at the show’s season two Los Angeles premiere on Wednesday night. “It brought me back to being a young woman in Hollywood and a young woman trying to work through this business and the world at this time when technology was changing so much — fashion and music and everything. I think at the time, we didn’t realize how cool it was. But looking back now, I miss it so much.”
Cruel Summer’s second season,...
“It just brought me back to my youth,” Biel told The Hollywood Reporter at the show’s season two Los Angeles premiere on Wednesday night. “It brought me back to being a young woman in Hollywood and a young woman trying to work through this business and the world at this time when technology was changing so much — fashion and music and everything. I think at the time, we didn’t realize how cool it was. But looking back now, I miss it so much.”
Cruel Summer’s second season,...
- 6/1/2023
- by Sydney Odman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's been 10 years since "Private Practice" came to an end, but we have some good news for fans of the Oceanside Wellness crew: there's a mini reunion, of sorts, headed to Freeform. "Cruel Summer" is officially returning for season two on June 5, featuring a brand new storyline and fresh cast that will reunite KaDee Strickland ("Private Practice"'s Charlotte King), Paul Adelstein (Cooper Freedman), and Griffin Gluck (Mason Warner). As a refresher, Gluck played Adelstein's son on the show, and Strickland was Adelstein's wife and Gluck's stepmom. In "Cruel Summer," however, Strickland portrays Sadie Stanley's mom, Debbie Landry, while Gluck once again plays Adelstein's son, Luke Chambers.
Of reuniting with Adelstein and Gluck, Strickland tells Popsugar, "The three of us were so obnoxious in the beginning because we were reliving everything around everyone." Strickland reveals the crew put up a "really sweet image" of Adelstein and Gluck from their...
Of reuniting with Adelstein and Gluck, Strickland tells Popsugar, "The three of us were so obnoxious in the beginning because we were reliving everything around everyone." Strickland reveals the crew put up a "really sweet image" of Adelstein and Gluck from their...
- 5/30/2023
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
"Cruel Summer" Season 2 Is Full of Twists and Turns: "[Fans Will] Be Really Surprised by the Ending"
Nothing is quite as it seems in season two of "Cruel Summer." Freeform's breakout anthology series officially returns this summer with a new mystery and a fresh cast led by "Little Fires Everywhere" star Lexi Underwood, Disney's Sadie Stanley, and "Locke & Key"'s Griffin Gluck. Set in a small Pacific Northwest town, the second installment centers on a complicated love triangle between friends Megan Landry (Stanley), Isabella Larue (Underwood), and Luke Chambers (Gluck) and a mysterious incident that changes their lives forever.
"I don't want to spoil anything, but the mystery is going to be very hard to move on from," Stanley tells Popsugar. "The events that happen are life-changing. The stakes are really high this season." Though it follows a completely new storyline, similar to the first season, the second chapter is told through three different timelines surrounding Y2K, which is part of what drew Stanley...
"I don't want to spoil anything, but the mystery is going to be very hard to move on from," Stanley tells Popsugar. "The events that happen are life-changing. The stakes are really high this season." Though it follows a completely new storyline, similar to the first season, the second chapter is told through three different timelines surrounding Y2K, which is part of what drew Stanley...
- 5/29/2023
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
Summer is all about getting one’s cover story straight in a newly released trailer for Season 2 of the Freeform anthology series Cruel Summer, premiering Monday, June 5 at 9/8c with two back-to-back episodes, before moving to its regular 10 pm timeslot the following week.
The upcoming installment of the psychological drama features a fresh mystery and an all-new cast, led by Sadie Stanley (The Goldbergs), Lexi Underwood (Little Fires Everywhere) and Griffin Gluck (Locke & Key, Private Practice).
More from TVLineCruel Summer Season 2: EPs Explain Why They Went Anthology Route, Tease Easter Egg Connection to Season 1Good Trouble's Cierra Ramirez...
The upcoming installment of the psychological drama features a fresh mystery and an all-new cast, led by Sadie Stanley (The Goldbergs), Lexi Underwood (Little Fires Everywhere) and Griffin Gluck (Locke & Key, Private Practice).
More from TVLineCruel Summer Season 2: EPs Explain Why They Went Anthology Route, Tease Easter Egg Connection to Season 1Good Trouble's Cierra Ramirez...
- 5/8/2023
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell showed up at CinemaCon this week in Las Vegas to promote their upcoming romantic comedy, “Anyone But You.”
The project was announced in January 2023, with production taking place in Australia. Paparazzi photos from the set sent the internet into a tizzy, with fans speculating about Sweeney and Powell’s on-screen chemistry.
Sweeney and Powell unveiled first footage from the project at CinemaCon, dishing out details about the much-anticipated film in a series of interviews and on stage.
Here’s what we know so far about “Anyone But You”:
The cast is small but mighty
With Sweeney and Powell leading “Anyone But You,” their on-screen romance will be the center of the film. However, there are some other high-profile names comprising the cast, including fellow rom-com star Dermot Mulroney, Alexandra Shipp, Rachel Griffiths and Michele Hurd. Additional cast members include Bryan Brown, Darren Barnet, Hadley Robinson and Joe Davidson.
The project was announced in January 2023, with production taking place in Australia. Paparazzi photos from the set sent the internet into a tizzy, with fans speculating about Sweeney and Powell’s on-screen chemistry.
Sweeney and Powell unveiled first footage from the project at CinemaCon, dishing out details about the much-anticipated film in a series of interviews and on stage.
Here’s what we know so far about “Anyone But You”:
The cast is small but mighty
With Sweeney and Powell leading “Anyone But You,” their on-screen romance will be the center of the film. However, there are some other high-profile names comprising the cast, including fellow rom-com star Dermot Mulroney, Alexandra Shipp, Rachel Griffiths and Michele Hurd. Additional cast members include Bryan Brown, Darren Barnet, Hadley Robinson and Joe Davidson.
- 4/28/2023
- by McKinley Franklin
- Variety Film + TV
A frenemies to lovers rom-com starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell? The Internet is bracing to be broken.
“Anyone But You,” a new rated R comedy starring the respective “Euphoria” Emmy nominee and “Top Gun: Maverick” breakout, is a modern retelling of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.” Sweeney and Powell star as two college arch nemeses who reunite years after graduation for a destination wedding, and pretend to be a couple for their own personal reasons. Of course, the duo actually fall in love along the way.
The film is directed by Will Gluck from a script co-written by Ilana Wolpert. The cast additionally includes Dermot Mulroney, Rachel Griffiths, Alexandra Shipp, Michelle Hurd, Darren Barnett, Hadley Robinson, Bryan Brown, and Gata.
Lead star Sweeney is executive producing for her Fifty-Fifty banner. Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, and director Gluck are also executive producing, with Gluck’s Olive Bridge Entertainment...
“Anyone But You,” a new rated R comedy starring the respective “Euphoria” Emmy nominee and “Top Gun: Maverick” breakout, is a modern retelling of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.” Sweeney and Powell star as two college arch nemeses who reunite years after graduation for a destination wedding, and pretend to be a couple for their own personal reasons. Of course, the duo actually fall in love along the way.
The film is directed by Will Gluck from a script co-written by Ilana Wolpert. The cast additionally includes Dermot Mulroney, Rachel Griffiths, Alexandra Shipp, Michelle Hurd, Darren Barnett, Hadley Robinson, Bryan Brown, and Gata.
Lead star Sweeney is executive producing for her Fifty-Fifty banner. Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, and director Gluck are also executive producing, with Gluck’s Olive Bridge Entertainment...
- 4/25/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
It will once again feel like a Cruel Summer on Freeform this, well, summer.
Season 2 of the anthology series will premiere Monday, June 5 at 9/8c with two back-to-back episodes, before moving to its regular 10 pm timeslot the following week, Freeform announced on Monday.
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The upcoming installment of the psychological...
Season 2 of the anthology series will premiere Monday, June 5 at 9/8c with two back-to-back episodes, before moving to its regular 10 pm timeslot the following week, Freeform announced on Monday.
More from TVLineCruel Summer Season 2: EPs Explain Why They Went Anthology Route, Tease Easter Egg Connection to Season 1Good Trouble's Cierra Ramirez Talks Mariana's Heavy Storyline: 'If You Think This Season Was Emotional, Just Wait!'Cruel Summer Season 2 Trailer Introduces Deadly New Mystery and Complicated Love Triangle
The upcoming installment of the psychological...
- 4/17/2023
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
I can’t say I ever would have expected to hear that Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson would direct a live-action/hybrid reimagining of The Aristocats for Disney, but here we are. Deadline reports that Questlove will be getting behind the camera for The Aristocats, which was first revealed more than a year ago.
The original 1970 movie revolved around a family of Parisian felines who discover that they’re set to inherit a fortune from their owner. But when a jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them in the country, they must find their way back home with the help of a smooth-talking tomcat. Will Gluck (Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway) and Keith Bunin (Onward) are set to pen the script for the live-action adaptation of The Aristocats, with Gluck also producing through his Olive Bridge Entertainment banner. In addition to directing The Aristocats, Questlove will also executive produce the project as well as oversee the music.
The original 1970 movie revolved around a family of Parisian felines who discover that they’re set to inherit a fortune from their owner. But when a jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them in the country, they must find their way back home with the help of a smooth-talking tomcat. Will Gluck (Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway) and Keith Bunin (Onward) are set to pen the script for the live-action adaptation of The Aristocats, with Gluck also producing through his Olive Bridge Entertainment banner. In addition to directing The Aristocats, Questlove will also executive produce the project as well as oversee the music.
- 3/28/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Disney is giving The Aristocats the remake treatment, and they’ve tapped Questlove — one of the coolest cats in the biz — to direct.
According to Variety, the update of the 1970 classic will be a blend of live-action and CGI. A couple other flicks that have tried this method in the past few years include Sonic the Hedgehog and Space Jam: A New Legacy, two movies that had somewhat tumultuous rollouts. (Consequence didn’t love either upon their releases.) Hopefully this one goes over more smoothly!
Questlove is also executive producing and overseeing the music for the Aristocats revamp. Peter Rabbit filmmaker Will Gluck and Pixar’s Onward writer Keith Bunin are adapting the screenplay, which is about a family of posh felines who get kidnapped by their owner’s butler in an attempt to steal the cats’ inheritance.
The Aristocats joins Disney classics like The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast,...
According to Variety, the update of the 1970 classic will be a blend of live-action and CGI. A couple other flicks that have tried this method in the past few years include Sonic the Hedgehog and Space Jam: A New Legacy, two movies that had somewhat tumultuous rollouts. (Consequence didn’t love either upon their releases.) Hopefully this one goes over more smoothly!
Questlove is also executive producing and overseeing the music for the Aristocats revamp. Peter Rabbit filmmaker Will Gluck and Pixar’s Onward writer Keith Bunin are adapting the screenplay, which is about a family of posh felines who get kidnapped by their owner’s butler in an attempt to steal the cats’ inheritance.
The Aristocats joins Disney classics like The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Disney is giving The Aristocats the remake treatment, and they’ve tapped Questlove — one of the coolest cats in the biz — to direct.
According to Variety, the update of the 1970 classic will be a blend of live-action and CGI. A couple other flicks that have tried this method in the past few years include Sonic the Hedgehog and Space Jam: A New Legacy, two movies that had somewhat tumultuous rollouts. (Consequence didn’t love either upon their releases.) Hopefully this one goes over more smoothly!
Questlove is also executive producing and overseeing the music for the Aristocats revamp. Peter Rabbit filmmaker Will Gluck and Pixar’s Onward writer Keith Bunin are adapting the screenplay, which is about a family of posh felines who get kidnapped by their owner’s butler in an attempt to steal the cats’ inheritance.
The Aristocats joins Disney classics like The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast,...
According to Variety, the update of the 1970 classic will be a blend of live-action and CGI. A couple other flicks that have tried this method in the past few years include Sonic the Hedgehog and Space Jam: A New Legacy, two movies that had somewhat tumultuous rollouts. (Consequence didn’t love either upon their releases.) Hopefully this one goes over more smoothly!
Questlove is also executive producing and overseeing the music for the Aristocats revamp. Peter Rabbit filmmaker Will Gluck and Pixar’s Onward writer Keith Bunin are adapting the screenplay, which is about a family of posh felines who get kidnapped by their owner’s butler in an attempt to steal the cats’ inheritance.
The Aristocats joins Disney classics like The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Film News
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the Oscar-winning director of “Summer of Soul,” is helming a remake of “The Aristocats” for Disney.
Similar to “Sonic the Hedgehog” or “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” the adaptation of “The Aristocats” will be a blend of live action and CGI.
Thompson, the drummer of the Roots, is also executive producing and overseeing music for the film. As previously announced, “Peter Rabbit” filmmaker Will Gluck and Pixar’s “Onward” writer Keith Bunin are adapting the screenplay.
Tarik Trotter, Shawn Gee and Zarah Zohlman will serve as executive producers. Gluck, via his production company Olive Bridge, is producing along with Thompson’s Two One Five Entertainment.
Originally released in 1970, “The Aristocats” centers on a family of pampered felines — mother Duchess and her three kittens Berlioz, Marie and Toulouse — who live in Paris and are expecting to soon inherit a massive fortune. But when their owner’s jealous butler learns of their inheritance,...
Similar to “Sonic the Hedgehog” or “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” the adaptation of “The Aristocats” will be a blend of live action and CGI.
Thompson, the drummer of the Roots, is also executive producing and overseeing music for the film. As previously announced, “Peter Rabbit” filmmaker Will Gluck and Pixar’s “Onward” writer Keith Bunin are adapting the screenplay.
Tarik Trotter, Shawn Gee and Zarah Zohlman will serve as executive producers. Gluck, via his production company Olive Bridge, is producing along with Thompson’s Two One Five Entertainment.
Originally released in 1970, “The Aristocats” centers on a family of pampered felines — mother Duchess and her three kittens Berlioz, Marie and Toulouse — who live in Paris and are expecting to soon inherit a massive fortune. But when their owner’s jealous butler learns of their inheritance,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: After winning the Oscar for Best Documentary last year, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson has found his feature film directing debut as sources tell Deadline he will helm a live-action/hybrid reimaging of The Aristocats for Walt Disney Studios. Thompson also is executive producing and overseeing music for the film, whose script is by Will Gluck and Keith Bunin. Tarik Trotter, Shawn Gee and Zarah Zohlman will exec produce on behalf of Two One Five Entertainment.
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- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
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Sadie Stanley (The Goldbergs), newcomer Eloise Payet Lexi Underwood (Little Fires Everywhere) and Griffin Gluck (Locke & Key, Private Practice) will lead the series, with KaDee Strickland (Private Practice), Lisa Yamada (Little Fires Everywhere) and Sean Blakemore (General Hospital, Greenleaf) rounding out the ensemble. Additionally, Paul Adelstein (Private Practice) will recur, reuniting him with Strickland and Gluck, who played his wife and son on Private Practice.
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