After new stills and plot details were released about Mary’s upcoming film ‘Rich Flu’, a trailer came out earlier this week and you can watch it below. As of now, the release date overseas is scheduled for January 25th. If any new release dates are announced, I will be sure to let everyone know. đ
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New ‘Rich Flu’ Stills and Plot Details Released
Good morning, everyone! Some brand new stills of Mary in her upcoming film Rich Flu have been released as well as some new plot details.
Tidbits about the synopsis is as follows (with translation):
A new virus breaks out and wipes out the richest and most influential people in the world. Just when Laura (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is on the verge of realizing all her dreams of social success. The executive of an up-and-coming streaming platform is accepted into the most elite circles thanks to a surprise promotion, can send her daughter Anna (Dixie Egerickx) to the most exclusive schools and no longer has to worry about finances. But the virus is cutting ever wider swathes through Western society: economic empires are faltering, the stock market collapses and widespread chaos breaks out. As all the rich try to get to safety from the metropolises, Laura also flees Europe along with her daughter, her husband (Rafe Spall) and her mother (Lorraine Bracco) on a highly risky route. But can the virus ever be far enough away?
Hopefully this means with new photos released, a trailer isn’t too far behind.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead “In Talks” For ‘Hand that Rocks the Cradle’ Reboot
As the headline states, Mary is currently in talks to join It Follows and Longlegs actress Maika Monroe in a remake of the 1992 thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle for 20th Century Fox.
According to Deadline, Michelle Garza Cervera will direct the pic, with Micah Bloomberg penning the script.
In the original film directed by Curtis Hanson, the ’92 film starred Rebecca de Mornay as a pregnant woman who is married to a sex offender; her husband eventually gets caught and kills himself after other victims come forward. This leads de Mornay’s character having a miscarriage, and she looks to exact revenge against one of her husband’s assault victims (Annabella Sciorra) and her family, leading to a bloody conflict between the two women. While the plot points for the new film remain hidden, the casting will see Winstead portray the part of the assault victim while Monroe will take over as the sex offender’s widow.
Mary was last seen opposite her husband Ewan McGregor in the Paramount+ series ‘A Gentleman in Moscow‘ and starring in Disney+’s Ahsoka series opposite Rosario Dawson.
What do you guys think of the news? I’m personally excited Mary is getting back into the horror/thriller genre! If you’re also curious, you can view the trailer for the original film below:
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First Poster for ‘Rich Flu’
The first official poster for Mary’s upcoming film ‘Rich Flu‘ has been released courtesy of Filmax! According to the site, the upcoming thriller follows the story of a deadly virus that begins to infect the world’s richest people just as Laura (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is at her most successful and rising professional stage. The virus seems to affect only the billionaires at first, but it soon spreads to encompass more modest wealth, forcing everyone to get rid of their fortunes. The problem is, there’s no one left to sell them to… Class struggle and pandemic sci-fi go hand in hand in this dystopia from the director of the multi-award-winning The Hole.
Starring alongside Mary, the film will also include Timothy Spall, Lorraine Bracco, Rafe Spall and Jonah Hauer-King. A release date is scheduled for January 25, 2025 in Spain.
You can view the HQ photo in the gallery and as always, I will update information about the film as its revealed. Here’s hoping a trailer is riiiight around the corner. đ
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‘Rich Flu’ to Premiere at TIFF, First Look Photo and Synopsis!
We finally have a HUGE update on Mary’s long-awaited film ‘Rich Flu’! Remember, the last update we got on this film was way back in November of 2022 when Mary was spotted filming some scenes for the upcoming movie and the news hadn’t come out until February 2023 that she was part of the cast once she replaced Rosamund Pike.
Now it has been revealed that the film will premiere at TIFF on Friday, September 6. However, that first screening will only be accessible to accredited buyers during the Festival. On the TIFF website, the film is also marked as an industry select, making it one of 10 films that go beyond the Official Selection, and are all available for worldwide acquisition.
Basically, after its screening, we’ll eventually find out what studio picks it up to distribute it. In the meantime, the first official photo of Mary in the film has been released, and I have added the full-sized photo in the gallery.
The film’s full plot is as follows:
A strange and unexpected disease is taking the lives of the world’s wealthiest and most influential people. First, the billionaires die, then the multi-millionaires, and so on progressively. The pandemic threatens to reach anyone with any kind of fortune. No one knows where the limit is. At first, the masses joyfully welcome the disappearance of great fortunes, but as the collapse of their economic empires affects the stock market, employment, and economic stability, chaos takes over the First World.
So excited to finally hear some news about it!
New Podcast Interview
A brand new podcast interview Mary did with Awards Radar has been released & you can hear it by clicking HERE! In the interview, Mary talks about stepping back into the role of Ramona Flowers for Scott Pilgrim Takes Off and some of her favorite TV shows. Below are some highlights:
When you first played Ramona for the film, did you feel her story was incomplete?
I donât think I ever felt it was incomplete in terms of wanting to know desperately what was going to happen next or anything like that. I did think that there was a lot more to her that I would have loved to explore. Obviously, when youâre making something thatâs based on a book or based on a series of books, thereâs going to be a lot more in there than youâre able to capture in one film. So I think I always felt it would be fun to be able to explore all these other little bits and pieces that we didnât get to see of her in the film.
But I wasnât exactly wondering whatâs going to happen next because I thought it was such a lovely ending, the way that that film wrapped up and I thought it was really perfect. So whenever ideas about sequels were bandied about, I was sort of like, oh yeah, thatâd be great. But I didnât really ever take it too seriously because I thought it was kind of like the perfect, you know, full circle that the way it was handled in the film.
So what was your first reaction when, or your initial reaction when you found out that Ramona was going to be the front and center for this series?
You know, it was really unexpected and lovely. I think I thought it was going to be amazing, but I donât think I really realized what it was going to feel like until I was there doing it. And I didnât realize how much it was going to mean to me.
It really meant a lot to me to be able to have Ramona kind of telling this story in her own way and to be kind of taking the reins because I think for a lot of the film, she was a bit passive, you know, sheâs sort of watching all this happen around her and because of her, but thereâs only a few kind of points in the movie where she gets to actually kind of take charge. And now in this series, sheâs doing it throughout the whole series. And that was incredibly cathartic and meaningful for me to get to do that.
What was it like to explore her and like to really dig deep into what caused the pain and how she dealt with it?Â
I was just so grateful to have the opportunity to do that because, you know, I think it was all kind of there when we were doing the movie and I kind of felt all of these things for her. I really felt a lot of empathy for her in terms of how she was feeling and that vulnerability that she was covering up and that she was afraid of and all of those things.
But I think, you know, it wasnât really her story. So we didnât really get to see so much of what was underneath that guardedness. So I felt really grateful to get to kind of unveil that a little bit more and people behind that curtain and to get to see her have that realization about herself.
You know, I think in that scene with Roxy is when it really kind of clicks for her, what sheâs been doing her whole life that sheâs just runs away when she gets scared or when people get too close to her and, you know, and feeling regret for that. And so it was great to get to humanize her in that way, that there are, that she is vulnerable and that she is a loving person, but that sheâs afraid. And so I was just really thankful to get to show that because I love her so much as a character.
Mary Elizabeth Discusses ‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’ in New Interview, Cast Release Thank You Video
In a brand new interview with Indiewire, Mary discusses how the animated series came to be and how it felt stepping back into the world of Scott Pilgrim and playing Ramona Flowers once again.
Be sure to click the link above to read the entire interview:
I was first introduced to the world of âScott Pilgrimâ through Edgar Wright, who met with me about the role of Ramona and slipped me the books by Bryan Lee OâMalleyâ probably a couple years before we ever made the film â and I completely fell in love with them. I couldnât imagine doing any other project; it was actually really difficult to go on auditions and take meetings because I kept saying, âNo, Iâm just going to do this movie. I donât really want to do any of the other ones.â So, I was pretty obsessed with it.
Then at some point, when things started to become a bit more real, Edgar created all these parties and events with other people involved in the project and, very quickly, we became pretty close as a group; all of us would hang out and go to dinners and go to movies and to Edgarâs parties, and it became almost like this college experience. We were all majoring in âScott Pilgrimâ together. Thatâs where I met Bryan, who I always remember being the quiet guy, the shy guy, which was funny considering he was the person who started it all. But I always remember and respected that he didnât need to show off how talented and smart he was. He let the work speak for itself â and it did. We all just loved it so much.
So did BenDavid. I first met BenDavid at a party about a year after âScott Pilgrim Vs. The Worldâ had come out. He came up to me and my then-husband at the time and gushed about âScott Pilgrimâ â just kind of nonstop about how he was the biggest fan of it in the world. Then he became one of our closest friends, and through us, became one of Bryanâs closest friends. Iâm basically taking credit for the two of them, but this amazing kismet happened, and they found each other and were able to collaborate.
Thereâs also something that just pops off the page when youâre reading Bryan and BenDavidâs scripts. You can see so clearly what the storyâs going to be. We had Science Saru, these incredible animators, bringing it to life â basing it on the comics but obviously adding their own twist to it, so there was definitely an element of surprise for me watching the show. But at the same time, thereâs something really visual about the writing and the comedic visual cues Bryan and BenDavid put into the scripts. You know how itâs going to play out visually, which is fantastic.
On âScott Pilgrim Takes Off,â it was incredibly cathartic for me to get to play this version of Ramona; to get to see her go down this road and to have so much agency, for her to be making so many choices for herself and propelling the story forward herself. I was so happy to get to go through that with her. Bryan and BenDavid pulled it off in such a profound and beautiful way.
In related news, the Scott Pilgrim Takes Off cast also released a thank you video to the fans for their continued support of the series and books, having allowed them to make the show in the first place after its cult status for the film grew over the years. You can view the video here.
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‘Sky High’ Director Discusses Potential Sequel
In a new interview with Comicbook.com, Sky High director Mike Mitchell talked about the scrapped plans for a potential Sky High sequel and where we would see the cast of characters today.
“All the original kids would be back again, including Cousin Greg. That was one of his first films,” Mitchell said of Sky High star Nicholas Braun, who went on to have a career-defining role in HBO’s Succession as the aforementioned Cousin Greg. “Mary Elizabeth Winsted as Royal Pain, Kurt Russell would have to be back as well.”
As for what Braun’s Zack Attack, Winstead’s Royal Pain, Russell’s The Commander and others would be up to, Mitchell revealed that all the former students would now be teachers at a new collegiate superhero campus.
“We figured all the kids are now grown up and they’re all university teachers at a place called Save U,” Mitchell continued. “You just take all that fun and we bring it from the high school into the college years. It would be such a blast.”
Mitchell also made it clear that he would make it a priority to bring back the original ensemble for a hypothetical second installment.
I truly hope this happens one day! They’ve asked him over the years if he would ever want to make a sequel for the first film that came out back in 2005 & he’s always been so enthusiastic about any ideas he’s had for it!
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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 couldnât talk about for the longest time, and thatâs something youâd 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 didnât really mind having the opportunity to do the work and letting it speak for itself. There was something liberating about it. Thatâs not to say that itâs 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, âOh my God, look at what we made.â Those kinds of things are special, and Iâm happy that weâre able to do that again.
When the Ahsoka offer came in, did you walk down the hall and say, âHey, you! What should I know about this? Whatâs the deal with the volume? Is C-3PO cool?â 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 youâve heard about them and youâve 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 thatâs something that you canât really feel and know until youâre there and you feel that energy and what a special thing it is to be a part of. Thereâs 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 wouldâve 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, youâd done five yearsâ worth of jobs that really put you through the wringer, physically. So was part of you glad that Hera didnât 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 didnât 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 didnât 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.