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SPTO Wins Critics Choice; GLAAD Nomination and New THR Interview with Mary

Apologies to all for the lack of news on here lately! Been feeling under the weather & while I’m still not feeling totally great, I thought I’d update you all with the latest round of news. First up, during last week’s Critics Choice Awards that took place on Sunday, it was announced (during a moment in the show they were going to commercial) that the Netflix animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off won best animated series! Congratulations to the whole team on that and everyone involved. It was well deserved!

In related news, GLAAD just came out with their list of nominations for the 35th annual GLAAD Media Awards and  SPTO is nominated in the ‘Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series‘ against shows like Netflix’s Bodies & The Fall of the House of Usher. The awards ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at The Beverly Hilton and in New York on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at The New York Hilton Midtown.

Finally, Mary gave a brand new interview with The Hollywood Reporter this past week discussing her roles in both Ahsoka and returning to the role of Ramona in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. I added some highlights from the interview below, but as always, click the link above to read the interview in full.

You had these two exciting projects that you couldn’t talk about for the longest time, and that’s something you’d never really experienced. A big part of the job is talking about the job. So did it feel pretty isolating? Did it make you anxious?

I suppose it came along at a good time for me because life was so busy anyway. So I didn’t really mind having the opportunity to do the work and letting it speak for itself. There was something liberating about it. That’s not to say that it’s stressful speaking to you, but the thought of promoting something is often another layer of stress. So, in that sense, it was a little bit freeing, but in another sense, the lack of celebration was a bit hard, particularly with Ahsoka. It was unfortunate to not really be able to get together with one another and celebrate all the effort that went into it. So it was nice once the strike was over, as we were able to get together and just have a meal and say, “Oh my God, look at what we made.” Those kinds of things are special, and I’m happy that we’re able to do that again.

When the Ahsoka offer came in, did you walk down the hall and say, “Hey, you! What should I know about this? What’s the deal with the volume? Is C-3PO cool?” Did that conversation happen [with Ewan McGregor]?

(Laughs.) Definitely. We talked a lot about what the experience of being a part of that world is like. Of course, we had those conversations before that as well, but it became a different conversation once it became a reality that I might actually be stepping into it. And I also had a familiarity with the project from being around on the Obi-Wan set. I had a familiarity with some of the people involved, not in a super close sense, but in the way that someone might be a friend of a friend. So you’ve heard about them and you’ve heard how cool they are to work with.

And just being on the Obi-Wan set and getting to see what a positive environment it was, there was something incredibly moving about that. I got to see people working on Star Wars who were such big fans of Star Wars, and that’s something that you can’t really feel and know until you’re there and you feel that energy and what a special thing it is to be a part of. There’s something really infectious about being on a set where everybody really wants to be there. So having had that experience when the offer came through, it made me even more excited than I would’ve otherwise been. Obviously the prospect of being in Star Wars is exciting regardless, but knowing what it feels like to be in that community made it something that I would never want to turn down.

I hear stories all the time of actors calling other actors to vet directors and producers, so who better to ask, right?

Absolutely. It was great to have a direct line to what this experience was going to be like, and it was nothing but positive.

From 10 Cloverfield Lane and Gemini Man to Birds of Prey and Kate, you’d done five years’ worth of jobs that really put you through the wringer, physically. So was part of you glad that Hera didn’t have to get too physical for the time being?

Yeah, it was really perfect for me just in terms of where I was in my life at the time. It was my first job back after having a baby, and I was still feeling my way back into my body in terms of my physicality in the role and in my roles, in general. So it was perfect for me to feel strong and like a warrior, but in a way that didn’t require me to wreck my body, which was still in some level of postpartum recovery even at that stage.

Everyone sounded pretty on point, but it was almost eerie how well you recaptured Ramona. Do you partially credit the inflection or tone you chose for her way back when?

Yeah, I thought it was a really great opportunity to go back and recapture that tone, but also bring some new shades to her, which I really appreciated getting to do. I got to do more scenes with a bit of a smile or a bit of warmth or a bit of cheekiness or things that the film didn’t really have time to explore. The focus of the film version of Ramona was really this deadpan personality. That tone suited the film, but it was nice that the animated series gave me several episodes to explore her and bring those other shades to her. So it was a cool challenge to find that voice, but then also open her up in new ways.

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Mary at NYCC 2023 and New ‘Faults’ Pictures

Earlier this month, Mary attended New York Comic Con and I have uploaded some new photos of Mary from day 1 of 2 of the event where she met tons of fans and signed memorabilia for everyone. Head to the gallery to view all the pics.

In other news, Mary’s ex-husband Riley Stearns recently shared some new(/old) photos of Mary on the set of Faults, as the film just turned 10. You can read the full post he dedicated to the film here.

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Ahsoka Premiering in One Month; First Scott Pilgrim Netflix Series Teaser

Lots of new information has come out about Mary’s latest upcoming projects! The first one: ‘Ahsoka‘ is officially ONE week away from its 2 episode series debut next Wednesday on Disney+, and a teaser counting down has been released, which you can view below.

And in other news, a teaser trailer for the Scott Pilgrim Netflix animated series has also arrived online. The anime series will be called ‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off‘ and will bring back all the original cast members from the original 2010 film reprising their roles including Michael Cera, Brie Larson, Chris Evans, Alison Pill, Mae Whitman, Aubrey Plaza, Anna Kendrick, Brandon Routh and Kieran Culkin along with Jason Schwartzman, Johnny Simmons, Satya Bhabha, Mark Webber and Ellen Wong return.

The 2010 film director Edgar Wright is executive producing the show along with comic creator Bryan Lee O’Malley and BenDavid Grabinski, who are also serving as writers and co-showrunners.

All 8 episodes of the series will debut on Netflix November 17th.

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Mary Drops Out of ‘Ursa Major’

In a bit of sad news, Mary has had to drop out of the sci-fi thriller ‘Ursa Major‘ which was getting ready to begin filming this fall. According to Deadline, Mary had to leave the film project due to scheduling conflicts. Mary was first attached to the movie opposite Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness‘ star Xochitl Gomez way back in August 2022. Taking Mary’s spot as the female lead will now be Jessica Biel.

Ursa Major was set on an earth-like planet, where a mother and daughter fight for survival while hiding from a group of relentless hunters. With the added threat of an imminent and deadly storm, Natalie — now a teenager — begins questioning her mother, Charlie, about who they really are, how they got here, and what they need to do to survive.

How do you guys feel about the news? Feel free to sound off in the comments.

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Scott Pilgrim VS The World Cast to Reunite For Upcoming Netflix Series

In some amazing news & well…something I feel like we’ve all known about for a little while now, it has been announced that the entire cast of Edgar Wright’s 2010 film Scott Pilgrim VS the World will all be reprising their roles from the movie for an upcoming Netflix anime series. Michael Cera will of course be back to voice Scott Pilgrim, Mary will be back voicing our favorite manic pixie dream girl Ramona Flowers and included will be Satya Bhabha as Matthew Patel, Kieran Culkin as Wallace Wells, Chris Evans as Lucas Lee, Anna Kendrick as Stacey Pilgrim, Brie Larson as Envy Adams, Alison Pill as Kim Pine, Aubrey Plaza as Julie Powers, Brandon Routh as Todd Ingram, Jason Schwartzman as Gideon Graves, Johnny Simmons as Young Neil, Mark Webber Stephen Still, Mae Whitman as Roxie and Ellen Wong as Knives Chau.

Bryan Lee O’Malley, who created the graphic novels in 2004, will be executive producing along with Edgar Wright and BenDavid Grabinski. Science SARU will serve as the animation studio with executive producer Eunyoung Choi and director Abel Gongora.

You can see a teaser video below and continue reading to see what Edgar Wright had to say about the announcement.

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New ‘Scott Pilgrim’ Project In The Works

An upcoming ‘Scott Pilgrim VS the World’ project is currently in the works. This according to the film’s director Edgar Wright. Edgar teased the idea with the following caption on Instagram:

 

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This most likely will be the Scott Pilgrim animated series that could potentially make its way over to Netflix. Although it hasn’t been picked up by the streaming service yet, creator Bryan Lee O’ Malley & Edgar Wright are both executive producing. If you look through the replies of Edgar’s instagram post, you can read the cast commenting on the post & they all seem on board! Stay tuned for the official announcement!

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‘All About Nina’ Now Streaming on Hulu

Happy New Year, everyone! Hope everyone’s been having a good start to the year thus far. As for Mary news, it has been a little slow, but no worries! This year, we’ll finally see Mary in the upcoming Disney+ series ‘Ahsoka’! Though it’s not confirmed, she’s heavily rumored to play Hera. Time will certainly tell…

In some exciting news, ‘ALL ABOUT NINA’, the 2018 film she starred in with Common is now streaming on Hulu! In celebration of the news, director Eva Vives posted a new behind the scenes photo that featured Eva, Mary and Common, and actress Sonoya. You can view the new photo by clicking the pic below or heading to the gallery!

 

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Mary Films New Pandemic Movie ‘Rich Flu’ in Spain

A surprise for us was had when The Daily Mail revealed today (Nov. 10, 2022) that Mary is currently filming a pandemic related movie located within a quarry on the outskirts of Spanish city Barcelona.

Per TDM, Mary is overseas filming the dystopian thriller ‘Rich Flu’ opposite actor Timothy Spall.
You can head to the gallery to see the new photos of Mary on set! In between takes, she spent time with her son Laurie.

Update: Filming had taken place in Barcelona, Fuerteventura, and Senegal, which heralds from Pablo Larraín and Juan de Dios Larraín’s Fabula banner, producers of SpencerJackie and No.

Rafe Spall (The Big Short), Lorraine Bracco (The Sopranos), Dixie Egerickx (The Secret Garden), Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid), Cesar Domboy (Outlander), Dayana Esebe (LA Star), and Richard Sammel (3 Days To Kill) will also star in the film according to Deadline.

Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl and Macaulay Culkin were attached last year but had to drop off due to scheduling conflicts.

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Mary Lines Up Her Next Project

In some suuuuper exciting news, it has been revealed via The Hollywood Reporter that Mary has landed her latest leading role!

According to the site, Mary will star in the film alongside Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness‘ star Xochitl Gomez, who played America Chavez in the superhero sequel. In Ursa Major, Mary and Xochitl will play Charlie and Natalie, a mother and daughter fighting for survival on an Earth-like planet, hiding from a group of relentless hunters with the added threat of an imminent and deadly storm approaches. But Natalie, now a teenager, has begun to question her mother’s decisions, her explanation of who there are, how they got here and what they need to do to survive.

The sci-fi thriller will be directed by brothers Jonathan and Josh Baker.

So thrilled to hear Mary landed a new project to work on and we’ll get to see her on the big screen! Her next upcoming project is the Disney+ series Ahsoka opposite Rosario Dawson. No word yet as to who Mary will play, but with the D23 Expo around the corner, news of her casting should hopefully be announced there.

And in other news for any industry biz lovers, Mary recently signed with Entertainment 360, a talent and literary management/production company that works with filmmakers to help produce content. Mary is still being repped by WME talent agency.

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