NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Museum of the Moving Image
A retrospective of snubbed performances brings the Wharton double-bill The Age of Innocence and Terence Davies’ criminally underseen The House of Mirth; World on a Wire and Thx 1138 screen on Saturday; the Stop Making Sense restoration plays throughout this weekend.
Film Forum
A retrospective of Japanese horror begins with Onibaba, Audition, Ugetsu and more; the Marx Brothers’ Horse Feathers plays this Sunday.
Bam
Films by John Carpenter, Brian De Palma, Oliver Stone, Tony Scott and more play this weekend in “The Paranoid Style.”
Roxy Cinema
The Girlfriend Experience and Cape Fear play on 35mm this weekend.
Anthology Film Archives
The General plays on Saturday.
IFC Center
A Brian Yuzna retrospective is underway; Starship Troopers and The Shining play late.
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Museum of the Moving Image
A retrospective of snubbed performances brings the Wharton double-bill The Age of Innocence and Terence Davies’ criminally underseen The House of Mirth; World on a Wire and Thx 1138 screen on Saturday; the Stop Making Sense restoration plays throughout this weekend.
Film Forum
A retrospective of Japanese horror begins with Onibaba, Audition, Ugetsu and more; the Marx Brothers’ Horse Feathers plays this Sunday.
Bam
Films by John Carpenter, Brian De Palma, Oliver Stone, Tony Scott and more play this weekend in “The Paranoid Style.”
Roxy Cinema
The Girlfriend Experience and Cape Fear play on 35mm this weekend.
Anthology Film Archives
The General plays on Saturday.
IFC Center
A Brian Yuzna retrospective is underway; Starship Troopers and The Shining play late.
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- 3/1/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Sofia Coppola is breaking her silence on her unrealized TV series starring Florence Pugh.
Announced in May 2020, the project was a five-episode adaptation of Edith Wharton‘s novel “The Custom of the Country.” It was to be distributed by Apple TV+.
On the heels of her movie Priscilla, which released in November 2023, Sofia does not currently have any confirmed movies or TV shows in the works.
The 52-year-old director elaborated on why Apple shut down her “Custom of the Country” series at the end of 2021.
Keep reading to find out more…
“They pulled our funding,” Sofia explained to the New Yorker. “It’s a real drag. I thought they had endless resources.”
Speaking of executives at the company, Sofia added, “They didn’t get the character of Undine. She’s so ‘unlikable.’ But so is Tony Soprano! … It was like a relationship that you know you probably should’ve gotten out of a while ago.
Announced in May 2020, the project was a five-episode adaptation of Edith Wharton‘s novel “The Custom of the Country.” It was to be distributed by Apple TV+.
On the heels of her movie Priscilla, which released in November 2023, Sofia does not currently have any confirmed movies or TV shows in the works.
The 52-year-old director elaborated on why Apple shut down her “Custom of the Country” series at the end of 2021.
Keep reading to find out more…
“They pulled our funding,” Sofia explained to the New Yorker. “It’s a real drag. I thought they had endless resources.”
Speaking of executives at the company, Sofia added, “They didn’t get the character of Undine. She’s so ‘unlikable.’ But so is Tony Soprano! … It was like a relationship that you know you probably should’ve gotten out of a while ago.
- 1/23/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Sofia Coppola is opening up about why Apple canceled The Custom of the Country series.
The director was announced to be adapting the Edith Wharton classic novel for Apple TV+, but executives at the streamer seemed not to understand the female protagonist, calling her “unlikeable.”
“Apple just pulled out. They pulled our funding,” Coppola said in an interview with The New Yorker.
The series would’ve starred Florence Pugh as Undine Spragg, a Midwesterner desperately looking to infiltrate New York City’s high society during the Gilded Age.
Coppola said that she went back with forth with Apple executives, which were “mostly dudes,” during development of the series adding, “They didn’t get the character of Undine. She’s so ‘unlikable.’ But so is Tony Soprano!”
She continued, “It was like a relationship that you know you probably should’ve gotten out of a while ago.”
The filmmaker said that...
The director was announced to be adapting the Edith Wharton classic novel for Apple TV+, but executives at the streamer seemed not to understand the female protagonist, calling her “unlikeable.”
“Apple just pulled out. They pulled our funding,” Coppola said in an interview with The New Yorker.
The series would’ve starred Florence Pugh as Undine Spragg, a Midwesterner desperately looking to infiltrate New York City’s high society during the Gilded Age.
Coppola said that she went back with forth with Apple executives, which were “mostly dudes,” during development of the series adding, “They didn’t get the character of Undine. She’s so ‘unlikable.’ But so is Tony Soprano!”
She continued, “It was like a relationship that you know you probably should’ve gotten out of a while ago.”
The filmmaker said that...
- 1/23/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Sofia Coppola continues to shed light on her unrealized adaptation of Edith Wharton’s “The Custom of the Country,” which she was developing as a five-episode series for Apple TV+. In a new interview with the New Yorker, it’s revealed for the first time that Coppola had cast Oscar nominee Florence Pugh to star in the lead role of Undine Spragg, a Midwestern girl who attempts to ascend in New York City society.
News broke in May 2020 that Sofia Coppola was partnering with Apple TV+ on “The Custom of the Country.” By the end of 2021, the project was killed.
“They pulled our funding,” Coppola said. “It’s a real drag. I thought they had endless resources.”
Coppola’s series was not going to come cheap. Her most expensive film was 2006’s “Marie Antoinette,” which had a production budget of $45 million. The director said she was planning “Custom” to be “five ‘Marie Antoinettes.
News broke in May 2020 that Sofia Coppola was partnering with Apple TV+ on “The Custom of the Country.” By the end of 2021, the project was killed.
“They pulled our funding,” Coppola said. “It’s a real drag. I thought they had endless resources.”
Coppola’s series was not going to come cheap. Her most expensive film was 2006’s “Marie Antoinette,” which had a production budget of $45 million. The director said she was planning “Custom” to be “five ‘Marie Antoinettes.
- 1/22/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Sofia Coppola is calling out why her slated limited series “The Custom of the Country” is no longer in production at Apple.
Coppola confirmed to The New Yorker that the streamer “pulled” funding for the Edith Wharton adaptation, in part due to not understanding the “unlikable” character at the center of the story. The 1913 novel follows Undine Spragg, a Midwestern transplant on a desperate quest to infiltrate Gilded Age Manhattan society. The limited series was set for five episodes, with Coppola teasing that the show had the budget of “five ‘Marie Antoinettes,'” citing her 2006 film that had a $40 million budget; that would put the anticipated budget for the Apple limited series at $200 million, if taken literally by Coppola’s statement.
“Apple just pulled out. They pulled our funding,” Coppola said in The New Yorker interview. “It’s a real drag. I thought they had endless resources.”
She added that...
Coppola confirmed to The New Yorker that the streamer “pulled” funding for the Edith Wharton adaptation, in part due to not understanding the “unlikable” character at the center of the story. The 1913 novel follows Undine Spragg, a Midwestern transplant on a desperate quest to infiltrate Gilded Age Manhattan society. The limited series was set for five episodes, with Coppola teasing that the show had the budget of “five ‘Marie Antoinettes,'” citing her 2006 film that had a $40 million budget; that would put the anticipated budget for the Apple limited series at $200 million, if taken literally by Coppola’s statement.
“Apple just pulled out. They pulled our funding,” Coppola said in The New Yorker interview. “It’s a real drag. I thought they had endless resources.”
She added that...
- 1/22/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
While she’s coming off the praise of her critically acclaimed drama, “Priscilla,” which is turning its lead, Cailee Spaeny, into something of a star (she’s got the leading role in the next “Aliens” movie from director Fede Alvarez), filmmaker Sofia Coppola had less luck with a project that was supposed to arrive before it.
Coppola revealed late last fall that Apple TV+ had decided not to proceed with her first series attempt, an adaptation of Edith Wharton’s “The Custom of the Country.
Continue reading Florence Pugh Would Have Starred In Sofia Coppola’s Canceled “Five ‘Marie Antoinettes’” Apple TV+ Edith Wharton Mini-Series at The Playlist.
Coppola revealed late last fall that Apple TV+ had decided not to proceed with her first series attempt, an adaptation of Edith Wharton’s “The Custom of the Country.
Continue reading Florence Pugh Would Have Starred In Sofia Coppola’s Canceled “Five ‘Marie Antoinettes’” Apple TV+ Edith Wharton Mini-Series at The Playlist.
- 1/22/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
The Athena Film Festival has announced the finalists for the 2024 Athena List, the festival’s Black List-inspired selection of unproduced screenplays focused on female leadership.
High-profile projects that were featured on past editions of the Athena List, part of the Barnard-based festival, include Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic On the Basis of Sex, Chinonye Chukwu‘s Clemency, the Sundance 2024-bound Out of My Mind by On the Basis of Sex writer Daniel Stiepleman, and Patricia Clarkson-starrer Lilly about Lilly Ledbetter and her fight for fair pay.
This year’s finalists are 7 on 10 by Samantha Lavin, A Bridge Between Us by Gina Hackett, I Don’t Dream in Spanish Anymore by Missy Hernandez, Keesha Goes to Camp by Rebecca Jordan Smith, Liars by Alicia Louzoun-Heisler, The Pendulum Woman by Katherine Hayes and Skrrrt! by Gabriela García Medina and Katherine Craft.
7 on 10 focuses on a former WNBA player sentenced to seven years...
High-profile projects that were featured on past editions of the Athena List, part of the Barnard-based festival, include Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic On the Basis of Sex, Chinonye Chukwu‘s Clemency, the Sundance 2024-bound Out of My Mind by On the Basis of Sex writer Daniel Stiepleman, and Patricia Clarkson-starrer Lilly about Lilly Ledbetter and her fight for fair pay.
This year’s finalists are 7 on 10 by Samantha Lavin, A Bridge Between Us by Gina Hackett, I Don’t Dream in Spanish Anymore by Missy Hernandez, Keesha Goes to Camp by Rebecca Jordan Smith, Liars by Alicia Louzoun-Heisler, The Pendulum Woman by Katherine Hayes and Skrrrt! by Gabriela García Medina and Katherine Craft.
7 on 10 focuses on a former WNBA player sentenced to seven years...
- 1/17/2024
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Buccaneers cast may have gotten off on the wrong foot with fans in the first few minutes but the period drama metamorphosed into a fan favorite in no time. Based on The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton who died before completing the story, the television adaptation was created by Katherine Jakeways and directed by Susanna White. An Apple TV+ original, The Buccaneers follows a group of young American women sent to London to find husbands in noble homes. The plot explores unfortunately common issues in life such as loveless marriages, abusive relationships, love triangles, and the concept of women being...
- 12/29/2023
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
Sam Claflin as Billy Dunne, Daisy Jones & the Six (Prime Video)
Claflin had no trouble slipping into the intense feelings of ’70s-era singer Billy Dunne. “Emotions were so on the edge for me at the time,” says Claflin. “Previously when I’d shot emotional scenes, I’ve needed a tear stick to help push me over the edge. But on Daisy, I didn’t need one ounce of help.”
For Claflin, it was partially his own divorce that still loomed over him, but also the fact that star-crossed love was not an unfamiliar concept. “I have experienced unrequited love, the chasing and the inability of making certain decisions in certain moments,” he says. “There were so many conversations between Billy and Camila (Camila Morrone), or Billy and Daisy (Riley Keough), that I have experienced firsthand or seen friends go through.”
Claflin equates Billy’s attraction toward Daisy to addiction, not...
Claflin had no trouble slipping into the intense feelings of ’70s-era singer Billy Dunne. “Emotions were so on the edge for me at the time,” says Claflin. “Previously when I’d shot emotional scenes, I’ve needed a tear stick to help push me over the edge. But on Daisy, I didn’t need one ounce of help.”
For Claflin, it was partially his own divorce that still loomed over him, but also the fact that star-crossed love was not an unfamiliar concept. “I have experienced unrequited love, the chasing and the inability of making certain decisions in certain moments,” he says. “There were so many conversations between Billy and Camila (Camila Morrone), or Billy and Daisy (Riley Keough), that I have experienced firsthand or seen friends go through.”
Claflin equates Billy’s attraction toward Daisy to addiction, not...
- 12/28/2023
- by Carita Rizzo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lulu Wang’s “Expats” Gets Trailer
“The Farewell” filmmaker Lulu Wang is making her highly anticipated follow-up next month on Prime Video with “Expats,” and the streamer has released the first trailer for the six-part limited series.
Based on the best-selling novel “The Expatriates” by Janice Y. K. Lee, “Expats” stars Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, Ji-young Yoo, Brian Tee, and Jack Huston and is set in 2014 Hong Kong, where the lives of three American women lives intersect after a sudden family tragedy, “interrogat[ing] privilege and explor[ing] what happens when the line between victimhood and culpability becomes blurred.”
Watch the trailer for “Expats” below:
The series will premiere with two episodes on Jan. 26, 2024, with new episodes launching weekly until the finale on Feb. 23, 2024.
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The Buccaneers are here to stay! Apple TV+ has given a Season 2 renewal to its acclaimed drama “The Buccaneers,...
“The Farewell” filmmaker Lulu Wang is making her highly anticipated follow-up next month on Prime Video with “Expats,” and the streamer has released the first trailer for the six-part limited series.
Based on the best-selling novel “The Expatriates” by Janice Y. K. Lee, “Expats” stars Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, Ji-young Yoo, Brian Tee, and Jack Huston and is set in 2014 Hong Kong, where the lives of three American women lives intersect after a sudden family tragedy, “interrogat[ing] privilege and explor[ing] what happens when the line between victimhood and culpability becomes blurred.”
Watch the trailer for “Expats” below:
The series will premiere with two episodes on Jan. 26, 2024, with new episodes launching weekly until the finale on Feb. 23, 2024.
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The Buccaneers are here to stay! Apple TV+ has given a Season 2 renewal to its acclaimed drama “The Buccaneers,...
- 12/21/2023
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
The ladies of The Buccaneers are set to have more adventures. Apple TV+ has renewed the period drama series for a second season. Based on the final incomplete Edith Wharton novel and created by Katherine Jakeways, the series debuted in November.
Starring Kristine Frøseth, Alisha Boe, Josie Totah, Aubri Ibrag, Imogen Waterhouse, Mia Threapleton, Christina Hendricks, Josh Dylan, Guy Remmers, Matthew Broome, and Barney Fishwick, the series follows three American women experiencing London for the first time during the 1870s.
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Starring Kristine Frøseth, Alisha Boe, Josie Totah, Aubri Ibrag, Imogen Waterhouse, Mia Threapleton, Christina Hendricks, Josh Dylan, Guy Remmers, Matthew Broome, and Barney Fishwick, the series follows three American women experiencing London for the first time during the 1870s.
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- 12/20/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Today, Netflix released character descriptions along with some additional casting for their upcoming limited series, Zero Day.
Zero Day asks the question on everyone’s mind -- how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control?
And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?
As previously announced, Robert De Niro leads the cast as George Mullen, a massively popular but complicated former American President who is pulled from retirement to head a commission tasked with investigating a devastating global cyber-attack.
Angela Bassett, Dan Stevens, Matthew Modine, Bill Camp, and McKinley Belcher III have been added to the cast, along with Gaby Hoffman, Clark Gregg, and Mark Ivan.
Bassett will play President Mitchell, a brilliant and perceptive political tactician with an allegiance to Mullen.
Zero Day asks the question on everyone’s mind -- how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control?
And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?
As previously announced, Robert De Niro leads the cast as George Mullen, a massively popular but complicated former American President who is pulled from retirement to head a commission tasked with investigating a devastating global cyber-attack.
Angela Bassett, Dan Stevens, Matthew Modine, Bill Camp, and McKinley Belcher III have been added to the cast, along with Gaby Hoffman, Clark Gregg, and Mark Ivan.
Bassett will play President Mitchell, a brilliant and perceptive political tactician with an allegiance to Mullen.
- 12/19/2023
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
On the heels of the celebrated season one finale, Apple TV+ has announced a season two renewal for “The Buccaneers,” the acclaimed drama from The Forge inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel of the same name. The series stars Kristine Frøseth as Nan St. George, Alisha Boe as Conchita Closson, Josie Totah (“Saved by the Bell”) as Mabel Elmsworth, Aubri Ibrag (“Dive Club”) as Lizzy Elmsworth and Imogen Waterhouse as Jinny St. George. Emmy Award winner Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men”) is Mrs. St. George, with Mia Threapleton as Honoria Marable. The complete first season of “The Buccaneers” is now streaming on Apple TV+. Since its global premiere on November 8, “The Buccaneers” has been hailed as a “lavish period drama that feels fresh and modern, with a fast-paced, twisting narrative” that is a “decadent and delicious” “shot of adrenaline” and “a ton of fun to watch.
- 12/19/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Long live… The Buccaneers. Apple TV+‘s acclaimed drama is getting a second season as the streamer announced its renewal one week after Season 1’s finale. Inspired by Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel of the same name, The Buccaneers follows the story of girls with money and men with power as a group of American women find themselves in London’s tightly corseted 1870s society. Along with chronicling a culture clash between Anglo-American ideals, the show explores various relationships the “buccaneers” experience on their road to securing matches. (Credit: Apple TV+ The show stars Kristine Frøseth as Nan St. George, Alisha Boe as Conchita Closson, Josie Totah as Mabel Elmsworth, Aubri Ibrag as Lizzy Elsmworth, and Imogen Waterhouse as Jinny St. George. Meanwhile, Emmy-winner Christina Hendricks plays Mrs. St. George, and Mia Threapleton features as Honoria Marable. Rounding out the ensemble are Josh Dylan as Lord Richard Marable, Guy Remmers...
- 12/19/2023
- TV Insider
Apple TV+ is staying on course with The Buccaneers.
The tech giant’s streaming service has ordered a second season of The Buccaneers, its period drama based on an unfinished novel by Edith Wharton. The renewal comes less than a week after the show’s Dec. 13 season finale.
“It’s been a complete thrill to watch people all over the world fall in love with these characters, who’ve been brought to such vibrant life by our spectacular cast,” series creator Katherine Jakeways said in a statement. “We know season one left audiences desperate to know what’s next for our buccaneers, so I’m absolutely delighted to have the opportunity to explore the further adventures of this smart, joyful, messy sisterhood.”
The Buccaneers follows a group of young American women who, after seeing one of their friends marry a British lord, travel to 1870s London in search of their...
The tech giant’s streaming service has ordered a second season of The Buccaneers, its period drama based on an unfinished novel by Edith Wharton. The renewal comes less than a week after the show’s Dec. 13 season finale.
“It’s been a complete thrill to watch people all over the world fall in love with these characters, who’ve been brought to such vibrant life by our spectacular cast,” series creator Katherine Jakeways said in a statement. “We know season one left audiences desperate to know what’s next for our buccaneers, so I’m absolutely delighted to have the opportunity to explore the further adventures of this smart, joyful, messy sisterhood.”
The Buccaneers follows a group of young American women who, after seeing one of their friends marry a British lord, travel to 1870s London in search of their...
- 12/19/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Good news, Buccaneers fans: You won’t be left hanging after that Season 1 finale twist. Apple TV+ has renewed the dynamic historical drama for Season 2, TVLine has learned.
“It’s been a complete thrill to watch people all over the world fall in love with these characters, who’ve been brought to such vibrant life by our spectacular cast,” series creator Katherine Jakeways said in a statement. “We know Season 1 left audiences desperate to know what’s next for our buccaneers, so I’m absolutely delighted to have the opportunity to explore the further adventures of this smart, joyful, messy sisterhood.
“It’s been a complete thrill to watch people all over the world fall in love with these characters, who’ve been brought to such vibrant life by our spectacular cast,” series creator Katherine Jakeways said in a statement. “We know Season 1 left audiences desperate to know what’s next for our buccaneers, so I’m absolutely delighted to have the opportunity to explore the further adventures of this smart, joyful, messy sisterhood.
- 12/19/2023
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
Apple TV+ is returning to its Bridgerton-esque period drama The Buccaneers.
Based on the unfinished Edith Wharton novel, the high-end series launched last month. It stars Christina Hendricks, Mia Threapleton (I Am Ruth), Kristine Frøseth (The Assistant), Alisha Boe (When You Finish Saving The World), Josie Totah (Saved by the Bell), Aubri Ibrag (Dive Club) and Imogen Waterhouse (The Outpost).
The Buccaneers charts goings-on in the late 19th century as a group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a refreshing disregard for centuries of tradition. Sent to secure husbands and titles, their hearts are set on much more than that, and saying “I do” is just the beginning.
The show has been compared in scope and tone to Netflix smash Bridgerton, although speaking to Deadline several weeks ago,...
Based on the unfinished Edith Wharton novel, the high-end series launched last month. It stars Christina Hendricks, Mia Threapleton (I Am Ruth), Kristine Frøseth (The Assistant), Alisha Boe (When You Finish Saving The World), Josie Totah (Saved by the Bell), Aubri Ibrag (Dive Club) and Imogen Waterhouse (The Outpost).
The Buccaneers charts goings-on in the late 19th century as a group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a refreshing disregard for centuries of tradition. Sent to secure husbands and titles, their hearts are set on much more than that, and saying “I do” is just the beginning.
The show has been compared in scope and tone to Netflix smash Bridgerton, although speaking to Deadline several weeks ago,...
- 12/19/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Buccaneers” has been renewed for a second season at Apple TV+.
The 19th century period drama from U.K. scripted production company The Forge is based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel of the same name. It tells the story of a group of party-loving American girls in 1870 who descend upon London to bag a husband and inadvertently find themselves navigating an Anglo-American culture clash.
“Sent to secure husbands and titles, the buccaneers’ hearts are set on much more than that, and saying ‘I do’ is just the beginning…” reads the logline.
Leading the cast are Kristine Frøseth (“The Assistant”) as Nan St. George, Alisha Boe (“13 Reasons Why”) as Conchita Closson, Josie Totah (“Saved by the Bell”) as Mabel Elmsworth, Aubri Ibrag (“Dive Club”) as Lizzy Elmsworth and Imogen Waterhouse (“Nocturnal Animals”) as Jinny St. George.
Also starring are Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men”) as Mrs. St. George while...
The 19th century period drama from U.K. scripted production company The Forge is based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel of the same name. It tells the story of a group of party-loving American girls in 1870 who descend upon London to bag a husband and inadvertently find themselves navigating an Anglo-American culture clash.
“Sent to secure husbands and titles, the buccaneers’ hearts are set on much more than that, and saying ‘I do’ is just the beginning…” reads the logline.
Leading the cast are Kristine Frøseth (“The Assistant”) as Nan St. George, Alisha Boe (“13 Reasons Why”) as Conchita Closson, Josie Totah (“Saved by the Bell”) as Mabel Elmsworth, Aubri Ibrag (“Dive Club”) as Lizzy Elmsworth and Imogen Waterhouse (“Nocturnal Animals”) as Jinny St. George.
Also starring are Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men”) as Mrs. St. George while...
- 12/19/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
We present our interviews for AppleTV+’s The Buccaneers. ‘The Buccaneers’ stars Kristine Frøseth, as ‘Nan St. George,’ Alisha Boe as ‘Conchita Closson,’ Critics Choice Award nominee Josie Totah as ‘Mabel Elmsworth,’ Aubri Ibrag as ‘Lizzy Elmsworth,’ Imogen Waterhouse as ‘Jinny St. George’ and Mia Threapleton as ‘Honoria Marable.’ SAG Award winner Christina Hendricks stars in the series as ‘Mrs. St. George,’ alongside an ensemble cast that also includes Josh Dylan as ‘Lord Richard Marable,’ Guy Remmers as ‘Theo, Duke of Tintagel,’ Matthew Broome as ‘Guy Thwarte’ and Barney Fishwick as ‘Lord James Seadown.’ The new eight-episode drama inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel of the same name.
The series premiered on the 8th November only on AppleTV+. Linda Marric asks the questions.
Plot:
Girls with money, men with power. New money, old secrets. A group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s,...
The series premiered on the 8th November only on AppleTV+. Linda Marric asks the questions.
Plot:
Girls with money, men with power. New money, old secrets. A group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s,...
- 12/18/2023
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“The Buccaneers” showrunner Katherine Jakeways had Nan St. George’s (Kristine Frøseth) “choice” in the love triangle at the end of Season 1 in mind from day one.
Frøseth thinks Nan brings out playfulness in both of her love interests —Guy Thwarte (Matthew Broome) and Theo (Guy Remmers). She also hinted that Guy brought out Nan’s old self before the big reveal that she was conceived out of wedlock.
In the finale of the Apple TV+ drama series, loosely based on Edith Wharton’s final, unfinished novel, Annabelle “Nan” St. George makes the ultimate sacrifice for her nonbiological sister Jinny (Imogen Waterhouse), who desperately needs to escape her abusive husband Lord Seadown (Barney Fishwick). Instead of running away with Guy, Nan marries Theo, Duke of Tintagel, so that Guy can take Jinny far away from Seadown.
“We always wanted it to be Jinny that she chose,” Jakeways said. “[It] was so...
Frøseth thinks Nan brings out playfulness in both of her love interests —Guy Thwarte (Matthew Broome) and Theo (Guy Remmers). She also hinted that Guy brought out Nan’s old self before the big reveal that she was conceived out of wedlock.
In the finale of the Apple TV+ drama series, loosely based on Edith Wharton’s final, unfinished novel, Annabelle “Nan” St. George makes the ultimate sacrifice for her nonbiological sister Jinny (Imogen Waterhouse), who desperately needs to escape her abusive husband Lord Seadown (Barney Fishwick). Instead of running away with Guy, Nan marries Theo, Duke of Tintagel, so that Guy can take Jinny far away from Seadown.
“We always wanted it to be Jinny that she chose,” Jakeways said. “[It] was so...
- 12/16/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Spoiler Alert: This interview contains spoilers for Season 1, Episode 8 of “The Buccaneers,” now streaming on Apple TV+.
The season finale of Apple TV+’s “The Buccaneers,” aptly titled “Wedding of the Season,” culminates with a traditional chapel wedding between Nan St. George (Kristine Frøseth) and Theo, Duke of Tintagel (Guy Remmers). However, the events that transpire before and after the wedding are anything but traditional.
Costume designer Kate Carin and production designer Amy Maguire sat down with Variety to discuss how they reflected the contrast between the wedding and the chaos occurring outside of it in the set and dresses.
The series, which is based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel of the same name, follows a group of fun-loving American girls who infiltrate 1870s London, sparking an Anglo-American culture clash. Following a season-long love triangle between Nan, Theo and his best friend Guy Thwarte (Matthew Broome), “Wedding of the...
The season finale of Apple TV+’s “The Buccaneers,” aptly titled “Wedding of the Season,” culminates with a traditional chapel wedding between Nan St. George (Kristine Frøseth) and Theo, Duke of Tintagel (Guy Remmers). However, the events that transpire before and after the wedding are anything but traditional.
Costume designer Kate Carin and production designer Amy Maguire sat down with Variety to discuss how they reflected the contrast between the wedding and the chaos occurring outside of it in the set and dresses.
The series, which is based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel of the same name, follows a group of fun-loving American girls who infiltrate 1870s London, sparking an Anglo-American culture clash. Following a season-long love triangle between Nan, Theo and his best friend Guy Thwarte (Matthew Broome), “Wedding of the...
- 12/13/2023
- by Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
This article contains spoilers for The Buccaneers episode 8.
The Buccaneers on Apple TV+ is an adaptation of Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel of the same name. However, viewers who either read the novel or watched the 1995 PBS/BBC adaptation, will find that the last scenes of the finale “Wedding of the Season” are noticeably different from previous versions.
Although Nan (Kristine Frøseth) is not as much in love with her fiancee Theo, the Duke of Tintagel (Guy Remmers) as she is with Guy (Josh Dylan), she makes the choice of family duty over romantic love to protect Jinny (Imogen Waterhouse) from the social consequences of separating from her abusive husband Lord James Seadown (Barney Fishwick).
Den of Geek interviewed series creator Katherine Jakeways and executive producer Beth Willis to find out why their vision of the conclusion of this story is distinct from other movie and television adaptations.
Jakeways was...
The Buccaneers on Apple TV+ is an adaptation of Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel of the same name. However, viewers who either read the novel or watched the 1995 PBS/BBC adaptation, will find that the last scenes of the finale “Wedding of the Season” are noticeably different from previous versions.
Although Nan (Kristine Frøseth) is not as much in love with her fiancee Theo, the Duke of Tintagel (Guy Remmers) as she is with Guy (Josh Dylan), she makes the choice of family duty over romantic love to protect Jinny (Imogen Waterhouse) from the social consequences of separating from her abusive husband Lord James Seadown (Barney Fishwick).
Den of Geek interviewed series creator Katherine Jakeways and executive producer Beth Willis to find out why their vision of the conclusion of this story is distinct from other movie and television adaptations.
Jakeways was...
- 12/13/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Kristine Froseth is used to being the new girl. The New Jersey-born actress moved from Norway and back every few years for her father’s banking job, seesawing between friendships and cultures. Due to her nomadic lifestyle, she struggled to find herself during her formative years, she says, similar to her character Nan St. George in Apple TV’s The Buccaneers.
“I just wanted to fit in so desperately,” Froseth tells Rolling Stone. “So, I adapted to whatever people were doing. I was a chameleon.”
In The Buccaneers, whose finale dropped Dec.
“I just wanted to fit in so desperately,” Froseth tells Rolling Stone. “So, I adapted to whatever people were doing. I was a chameleon.”
In The Buccaneers, whose finale dropped Dec.
- 12/13/2023
- by Kalia Richardson
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Kristine Froseth (The Buccaneers) has been set to star alongside Richard Gere and Jacob Elordi in Oh, Canada, the newest feature written and directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Schrader (First Reformed).
Based on the 2021 novel Foregone by the late Russell Banks, the film tells the story of Leonard Fife (Gere), a famed documentary filmmaker who takes stock of his life, with not long to go after being stricken with cancer at 80 years old. The most unreliable of narrators — and of men — Fife offers the viewer a look at his home life, as a draft dodging artist who abandoned one family for another, consistently evading any sense of responsibility for actions as he starts a new life in Canada.
As previously announced, Elordi plays a young Fife, seen from his late teens through his mid-twenties. Froseth shares 1968-set scenes with the Saltburn star as his second wife, the conservative Virginian Alicia,...
Based on the 2021 novel Foregone by the late Russell Banks, the film tells the story of Leonard Fife (Gere), a famed documentary filmmaker who takes stock of his life, with not long to go after being stricken with cancer at 80 years old. The most unreliable of narrators — and of men — Fife offers the viewer a look at his home life, as a draft dodging artist who abandoned one family for another, consistently evading any sense of responsibility for actions as he starts a new life in Canada.
As previously announced, Elordi plays a young Fife, seen from his late teens through his mid-twenties. Froseth shares 1968-set scenes with the Saltburn star as his second wife, the conservative Virginian Alicia,...
- 12/5/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
This article contains spoilers for The Buccaneers through episode 6.
While The Buccaneers on Apple TV+ is based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel of the same name, the show also depicts some of the real history from the 1870s as well. Wharton modeled the main characters after people she knew during her debutante days and other prominent figures of the era.
Episode 1 “American Poison” introduces Conchita “Conchi” Closson (Alisha Boe) as one of the heiresses representing the new class of business barons in the 1870s. Wharton in fact modeled her character after Consuelo Vanderbilt, the real-life wife of a tycoon.
Den of Geek spoke to series creator Katherine Jakeways, executive producer Beth Willis, and director and executive producer Susanna White to find out how they were inspired by Wharton’s novel and the real story of Consuelo Vanderbilt to bring Conchita to life on screen.
“Conchita was always one of...
While The Buccaneers on Apple TV+ is based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel of the same name, the show also depicts some of the real history from the 1870s as well. Wharton modeled the main characters after people she knew during her debutante days and other prominent figures of the era.
Episode 1 “American Poison” introduces Conchita “Conchi” Closson (Alisha Boe) as one of the heiresses representing the new class of business barons in the 1870s. Wharton in fact modeled her character after Consuelo Vanderbilt, the real-life wife of a tycoon.
Den of Geek spoke to series creator Katherine Jakeways, executive producer Beth Willis, and director and executive producer Susanna White to find out how they were inspired by Wharton’s novel and the real story of Consuelo Vanderbilt to bring Conchita to life on screen.
“Conchita was always one of...
- 11/29/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
For half a century now, Priscilla Presley has been asked the same question over and over again: “What was it really like living with Elvis?” This year, we’ve been able to see for ourselves in Sofia Coppola’s tender biopic Priscilla, the story of a young girl swept off her feet by the most famous man on the planet, the first and most enduring rock’n’roll icon, a legend whose luminous fame has not dimmed one iota since his untimely death in 1977, aged just 42.
It’s a fairytale of sorts, in the most romantic and also the darkest sense of the word. In the world outside the musical gates at Graceland, the Memphis estate that Elvis bought for his mother, Priscilla Beaulieu was thought to be living the dream. The reality, however, was different, something that piqued Coppola’s curiosity. Indeed, strong but lonely women are a recurrent theme for the director,...
It’s a fairytale of sorts, in the most romantic and also the darkest sense of the word. In the world outside the musical gates at Graceland, the Memphis estate that Elvis bought for his mother, Priscilla Beaulieu was thought to be living the dream. The reality, however, was different, something that piqued Coppola’s curiosity. Indeed, strong but lonely women are a recurrent theme for the director,...
- 11/22/2023
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
The director of The Eternal Daughter and its star are old friends, in an ‘Og working relationship’. But the timing had to be right to make this gothic tale. ‘I got derailed by worries,’ she says
The nights are drawing in. There’s frost underfoot. You can see your breath in the air. It’s the time of year for a chilly tale of the unexpected. And according to none other than Martin Scorsese, director Joanna Hogg is at the perfect point in her career to direct such a film. “He was trying to encourage me to make a ghost story,” Hogg recalls. “He just thought maybe it’s a direction I could go in. So I said: ‘Well, you know, give me some ghost stories to read.’” Scorsese was as good as his word – his suggestions included Rudyard Kipling’s They, Casting the Runes and The Mezzotint by Mr James,...
The nights are drawing in. There’s frost underfoot. You can see your breath in the air. It’s the time of year for a chilly tale of the unexpected. And according to none other than Martin Scorsese, director Joanna Hogg is at the perfect point in her career to direct such a film. “He was trying to encourage me to make a ghost story,” Hogg recalls. “He just thought maybe it’s a direction I could go in. So I said: ‘Well, you know, give me some ghost stories to read.’” Scorsese was as good as his word – his suggestions included Rudyard Kipling’s They, Casting the Runes and The Mezzotint by Mr James,...
- 11/18/2023
- by Catherine Bray
- The Guardian - Film News
“I was obsessed with Edith Wharton when I was a teenager. That whole world was very much a part of my imagination when I was a young girl,” remembers Deborah Kampmeier, who directs two episodes of the second season of “The Gilded Age.” The HBO drama series draws heavily on the works of the legendary writer, and the director’s affinity for her writing and the opportunity to step into “the decadence of the world” of that period drew her to the project. She was also inspired by the “epic nature of the style” of the show that was established in its first season by directors Michael Engler and Salli Richardson-Whitfield. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
To acclimate herself to the visual style of the lavish period piece, which is set in 1880s New York, Kampmeier “really studied season one,” sharing, “I watched those episodes multiple times.” She worked...
To acclimate herself to the visual style of the lavish period piece, which is set in 1880s New York, Kampmeier “really studied season one,” sharing, “I watched those episodes multiple times.” She worked...
- 11/14/2023
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
The Buccaneers is a period drama series created by Katherine Jakeways. The Apple TV+ series is based on an unfinished novel of the same name by Edith Warton, the series revolves around a group of young American women in 1870s London as both American and British cultures clash because of the wildly different approach to their traditions. The Buccaneers stars Kristine Frøseth, Alisha Boe, Matthew Broome, Josh Dylan, Barney Fishwick, and Aubri Ibrag. So, if you loved the Apple TV+ series here are some similar shows you could watch next.
The Buccaneers (BritBox & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – BBC One
Synopsis: A lavish, star-studded adaptation of Edith Wharton’s final book. In London for the season, four beautiful Americans charm the impoverished English aristocracy with their vivacity and wealth. But it all turns to ashes.
Gentleman Jack (Max & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – HBO
Synopsis: Set in the changing world of 1832 England...
The Buccaneers (BritBox & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – BBC One
Synopsis: A lavish, star-studded adaptation of Edith Wharton’s final book. In London for the season, four beautiful Americans charm the impoverished English aristocracy with their vivacity and wealth. But it all turns to ashes.
Gentleman Jack (Max & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – HBO
Synopsis: Set in the changing world of 1832 England...
- 11/13/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
It’d be easy to write off Apple TV+’s new series “The Buccaneers” as the service’s attempt to develop its own version of Netflix’s Emmy-winning “Bridgerton.” After all, the show checks a lot of the same boxes. Romance! Opulent costuming! A handsome duke! Uptight English people! But the show, which is inspired by Edith Wharton’s final, unfinished novel, is anything but a copycat.
Set in the 19th century, the surprisingly modern series from creator Katherine Jakeways follows a group of wealthy young Americans who travel to England in search of husbands after one of their own, Conchita (Alisha Boe), weds an aristocrat from across the pond. The result is a lively and entertaining clashing of cultures, as the stuffy families we’re used to finding in traditional period dramas don’t know what to make of these impulsive young newcomers. While the brash and free-spirited Conchita...
Set in the 19th century, the surprisingly modern series from creator Katherine Jakeways follows a group of wealthy young Americans who travel to England in search of husbands after one of their own, Conchita (Alisha Boe), weds an aristocrat from across the pond. The result is a lively and entertaining clashing of cultures, as the stuffy families we’re used to finding in traditional period dramas don’t know what to make of these impulsive young newcomers. While the brash and free-spirited Conchita...
- 11/11/2023
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
“The Buccaneers” might look like “Bridgerton” at first glance, but the two are very different, and the music and soundtrack heavily differentiate the shows, in addition to their plots.
Adapted from Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel, the Apple TV+ drama tells the story of five young American girls who clash with stuffy English society when they enter the marriage market in search of husbands. Nan St. George operates as the central character, and she doesn’t exactly have love or marriage on her radar, but of course she eventually finds herself in a love triangle situation between Guy Thwarte (Matthew broome) and Theo (Guy Remmers). Nan’s sister Jinny St. George more actively seeks out a husband, while their friend Conchitta Closson (Alisha Boe) gets married in the first episode. The Elmsworth sisters Lizzy (Tk) and (Josie Totah) also navigate the mix in their own ways.
Music supervisor Matt Biffa,...
Adapted from Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel, the Apple TV+ drama tells the story of five young American girls who clash with stuffy English society when they enter the marriage market in search of husbands. Nan St. George operates as the central character, and she doesn’t exactly have love or marriage on her radar, but of course she eventually finds herself in a love triangle situation between Guy Thwarte (Matthew broome) and Theo (Guy Remmers). Nan’s sister Jinny St. George more actively seeks out a husband, while their friend Conchitta Closson (Alisha Boe) gets married in the first episode. The Elmsworth sisters Lizzy (Tk) and (Josie Totah) also navigate the mix in their own ways.
Music supervisor Matt Biffa,...
- 11/10/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
The new Apple TV+ series “The Buccaneers” may take place in the 1870s, but the soundtrack is downright modern.
Adapted from Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel, “The Buccaneers” centers on young American women descended from old English society who are making waves in both America and England. Kristine Froseth plays Annabelle “Nan” St. George, the central character who finds herself caught in a love triangle between two very different men — Guy Thwarte (Matthew Broome) and Theo (Guy Remmers) who is a Duke. Marriage is the last thing on Nan’s mind until she meets first Guy, and then Theo.
Other ensemble stars include Alisha Boe as Conchitta Closson, Imogen Waterhouse as Virginia “Jinny” St. George, Josie Totah as Mabel Elmsworth and Aubri Ibrag as Lizzy Elmsworth. The St. Georges face pressure from their mother (Christina Hendricks) to find husbands wealthy enough to take care of them once they marry. This...
Adapted from Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel, “The Buccaneers” centers on young American women descended from old English society who are making waves in both America and England. Kristine Froseth plays Annabelle “Nan” St. George, the central character who finds herself caught in a love triangle between two very different men — Guy Thwarte (Matthew Broome) and Theo (Guy Remmers) who is a Duke. Marriage is the last thing on Nan’s mind until she meets first Guy, and then Theo.
Other ensemble stars include Alisha Boe as Conchitta Closson, Imogen Waterhouse as Virginia “Jinny” St. George, Josie Totah as Mabel Elmsworth and Aubri Ibrag as Lizzy Elmsworth. The St. Georges face pressure from their mother (Christina Hendricks) to find husbands wealthy enough to take care of them once they marry. This...
- 11/8/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Elvis Presley may have been the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll but he was never the king of movies. Continuing that tradition, Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla has some brilliant filmmaking and, sadly, horrible writing. It’s a crying shame, because the film would have been vastly improved with a few simple changes. In fact, it could have been a lot better if it was closer to the book that inspired it.
Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’ feels insulting to the audience
Priscilla is based on Elvis and Me, Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir of her relationship with the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. It edits the book down to Elvis’ most unsympathetic moments, such as the time he threw a chair at Priscilla and his affair with Ann-Margret. Over its 113 minutes, the movie never develops much momentum, feeling more like a collection of vignettes than a plot.
In the next-to-last scene, Priscilla...
Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’ feels insulting to the audience
Priscilla is based on Elvis and Me, Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir of her relationship with the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. It edits the book down to Elvis’ most unsympathetic moments, such as the time he threw a chair at Priscilla and his affair with Ann-Margret. Over its 113 minutes, the movie never develops much momentum, feeling more like a collection of vignettes than a plot.
In the next-to-last scene, Priscilla...
- 11/8/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Some may find the modernized period tales of the likes of Bridgerton and Persuasion in poor taste, while others thoroughly enjoy this new take. The Buccaneers falls under the same categorization of doing away with historical accuracy to incorporate today’s feminist ideology in the 19th century. The show is loosely based on the unfinished novel by Edith Wharton about five young American women who pirate their way into English society to find themselves Lords or Dukes for husbands—well, at least a couple of them. This show is not for those who love their classics and completely erases anything vintage about this story through music by Taylor Swift and Phoebe Bridgers and dialogue that sometimes feels extremely fake. The show is determined to showcase Americans as vulgar savages and the British as terrible yet proper. Yet, despite the strangeness of it all, there’s something underneath that’s rather exciting to watch.
- 11/8/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
This article contains spoilers for The Buccaneers episode 1.
Based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel, The Buccaneers is Apple TV+’s newest original series. The story follows five young American women from wealthy families in the 1870s looking to move up the social ladder by marrying the cash-poor and status-rich sons of the British gentry.
The first episode, “American Poison,” introduces the young women, their families, and the way the marriage market is not as romantic as depicted in other period dramas or previous Wharton adaptations. Conchita “Conchi” Closson (Alisha Boe) was the first American woman to marry a British Duke. Her friends Annabelle “Nan” St. George (Kristine Frøseth) and her sister Virginia “Jinny” (Imogen Waterhouse) plus sisters Mabel (Josie Totah) and Lizzie (Aubri Ibrag) Elmsworth are also hoping some of Conchi’s luck rubs off on them. The bond between the young women is tested by the competition to make a good match,...
Based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel, The Buccaneers is Apple TV+’s newest original series. The story follows five young American women from wealthy families in the 1870s looking to move up the social ladder by marrying the cash-poor and status-rich sons of the British gentry.
The first episode, “American Poison,” introduces the young women, their families, and the way the marriage market is not as romantic as depicted in other period dramas or previous Wharton adaptations. Conchita “Conchi” Closson (Alisha Boe) was the first American woman to marry a British Duke. Her friends Annabelle “Nan” St. George (Kristine Frøseth) and her sister Virginia “Jinny” (Imogen Waterhouse) plus sisters Mabel (Josie Totah) and Lizzie (Aubri Ibrag) Elmsworth are also hoping some of Conchi’s luck rubs off on them. The bond between the young women is tested by the competition to make a good match,...
- 11/8/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
It’s safe to say “The Buccaneers” is the only period piece this year with Taylor Swift on the soundtrack.
Clearly taking a cue from Netflix’s smash costume drama “Bridgerton” — which famously dropped covers of current pop hits amidst all the bodice-ripping — “The Buccaneers” is the latest attempt to make the marriage-market intrigue of 18th-century romance work for Gen Z.
Based upon Edith Wharton’s unfinished last novel, “The Buccaneers” follows five new-money American ladies who travel across the pond to bail out London’s aristocratic families who have good titles but no cash. Following the swift marriage of Conchita (Alisha Boe) to Lord Marable (“Mamma Mia Here We Go Again!” charmer Josh Dylan), Conchita’s friends — sisters Nan (Kristine Froseth) and Jinny St. George (Imogen Waterhouse) as well as sisters Lizzy (Aubri Ibrag) and Mabel (Josie Totah) – travel to the U.K. in possession of their own good...
Clearly taking a cue from Netflix’s smash costume drama “Bridgerton” — which famously dropped covers of current pop hits amidst all the bodice-ripping — “The Buccaneers” is the latest attempt to make the marriage-market intrigue of 18th-century romance work for Gen Z.
Based upon Edith Wharton’s unfinished last novel, “The Buccaneers” follows five new-money American ladies who travel across the pond to bail out London’s aristocratic families who have good titles but no cash. Following the swift marriage of Conchita (Alisha Boe) to Lord Marable (“Mamma Mia Here We Go Again!” charmer Josh Dylan), Conchita’s friends — sisters Nan (Kristine Froseth) and Jinny St. George (Imogen Waterhouse) as well as sisters Lizzy (Aubri Ibrag) and Mabel (Josie Totah) – travel to the U.K. in possession of their own good...
- 11/8/2023
- by Erin Strecker
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Veteran British director Susanna White has revealed she’s working on a feature film based on her teenage life set against changes in the fashion world, as she gears up for today’s launch of Apple TV+ period drama The Buccaneers.
White is developing an untitled script for the BFI, the first time she has written a feature script herself, and the plot is based on her personal coming of age story. “It’s the story of me at 13, set in the world of fashion in early 1970s,” she told Deadline in an interview. “It’s very fun, sexy and hopefully moving.”
We hear the film will follow 13-year-old Gingernut as she grows up with the fur trade’s decline playing out in the background. The plot will see her trying to make sense of her parents’ dysfunctional relationship and include themes of family, growing up, betrayal, love and loss.
White is developing an untitled script for the BFI, the first time she has written a feature script herself, and the plot is based on her personal coming of age story. “It’s the story of me at 13, set in the world of fashion in early 1970s,” she told Deadline in an interview. “It’s very fun, sexy and hopefully moving.”
We hear the film will follow 13-year-old Gingernut as she grows up with the fur trade’s decline playing out in the background. The plot will see her trying to make sense of her parents’ dysfunctional relationship and include themes of family, growing up, betrayal, love and loss.
- 11/8/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV+’s The Buccaneers opens with a wedding that almost doesn’t happen. As Conchita (Alisha Boe) frets in her family’s New York mansion, Lord Richard (Josh Dylan) pulls up late with a breakup letter in hand, worried his free-spirited fiancée won’t “fit” with his uptight English family. It’s only when Nan (Kristine Frøseth), Conchita’s maid of honor, reminds Richard that nothing matters but their love that he rips up the note and goes ahead with what looks to be the most lavish nuptials of the century.
But what might on another show play as a testament to the power of love will ultimately prove on this one to be a warning of its limitations. With its poppy soundtrack, headstrong heroines and endless galas, the comparisons to Bridgerton are inevitable, well warranted and, in early episodes, not entirely flattering to The Buccaneers. But if the...
But what might on another show play as a testament to the power of love will ultimately prove on this one to be a warning of its limitations. With its poppy soundtrack, headstrong heroines and endless galas, the comparisons to Bridgerton are inevitable, well warranted and, in early episodes, not entirely flattering to The Buccaneers. But if the...
- 11/7/2023
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Apple TV+'s "The Buccaneers" is based on an unfinished Edith Wharton novel of the same name. Its large cast includes Kristine Froseth, Christina Hendricks, Alisha Boe, and Mia Threapleton and traces a group of young, wealthy American women as they venture across the pond looking for high-class husbands in the 1870s, focusing on the clash between British and American culture and the lives of the young women of that era.
The show's protagonists and their lives are entirely fictional. However, their tale is based on a real phenomenon that occurred during the late 1800s and early 1900s, when many young American women, flush with new money, traveled across the sea in order to find aristocratic British men to marry. According to History, between the late 19th century and the 1940s, many American heiresses traveled to Britain, offering their wealth to British aristocrats who possessed status, class, and titles but...
The show's protagonists and their lives are entirely fictional. However, their tale is based on a real phenomenon that occurred during the late 1800s and early 1900s, when many young American women, flush with new money, traveled across the sea in order to find aristocratic British men to marry. According to History, between the late 19th century and the 1940s, many American heiresses traveled to Britain, offering their wealth to British aristocrats who possessed status, class, and titles but...
- 11/7/2023
- by Eden Arielle Gordon
- Popsugar.com
Looking for your next binge-watch, or just need to fill an hour? Welcome to Your Weekly Watch List, our curated collection of the best shows on television. Here's what to watch from Sunday, November 5 through Saturday, November 11.
There's something for everyone on TV this week as Taylor Sheridan and David Oyelowo tell the story of Old West lawman Bass Reeves, and The Buccaneers refreshes Edith Wharton's unfinished romance novel. Plus, the Rap Sh!t duo go on tour in Season 2, Colin From Accounts delivers doggone rom-com action, and more.
Sunday, Paramount+
*Our must-watch pick of the week...
There's something for everyone on TV this week as Taylor Sheridan and David Oyelowo tell the story of Old West lawman Bass Reeves, and The Buccaneers refreshes Edith Wharton's unfinished romance novel. Plus, the Rap Sh!t duo go on tour in Season 2, Colin From Accounts delivers doggone rom-com action, and more.
Sunday, Paramount+
*Our must-watch pick of the week...
- 11/5/2023
- by Claire Spellberg Lustig
- Primetimer
Women in late-Victorian England are expected to wave gently, smile politely, and follow their husband’s orders. They’re not expected to splash around in neighboring lakes, shotgun glasses of champagne or uncross their legs in elaborate ballgowns, like the five American girls in Apple TV+’s The Buccaneers. Audiences will likely compare the 8-episode series to Netflix’s Bridgerton, as the women search for love and high-ranking titles. The trailer alone explodes with royal balls, suffocating corset gowns, and star-crossed romance.
Where The Buccaneers strays from Netflix’s steamy...
Where The Buccaneers strays from Netflix’s steamy...
- 11/4/2023
- by Kalia Richardson
- Rollingstone.com
From Distant Voices, Still Lives to Benediction, the lyrical work of the late director was suffused with the ‘ecstasy’ of cinema – and his fraught Liverpool childhood
Last month, British cinema lost one of its greatest and most distinctive screen poets. From an astonishing trilogy of early short films (Children; Madonna and Child; Death and Transfiguration – all available on BFI Player) to his final feature, Benediction (2021), Terence Davies seamlessly blended personal recollections with wider universal truths. His subjects ranged from autobiographically inspired portraits of postwar working-class life in Liverpool to sweeping literary adaptations and intimate portraits of real-life authors, most remarkably the American poet Emily Dickinson, brilliantly played by Cynthia Nixon in A Quiet Passion, 2016. Yet each of his films felt deeply, distinctly personal. No wonder Jack Lowden, who played Siegfried Sassoon in Benediction, told me that after immersing himself in his subject’s diaries in preparation for the role, he...
Last month, British cinema lost one of its greatest and most distinctive screen poets. From an astonishing trilogy of early short films (Children; Madonna and Child; Death and Transfiguration – all available on BFI Player) to his final feature, Benediction (2021), Terence Davies seamlessly blended personal recollections with wider universal truths. His subjects ranged from autobiographically inspired portraits of postwar working-class life in Liverpool to sweeping literary adaptations and intimate portraits of real-life authors, most remarkably the American poet Emily Dickinson, brilliantly played by Cynthia Nixon in A Quiet Passion, 2016. Yet each of his films felt deeply, distinctly personal. No wonder Jack Lowden, who played Siegfried Sassoon in Benediction, told me that after immersing himself in his subject’s diaries in preparation for the role, he...
- 11/4/2023
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Apple TV+ is getting back in the period-drama game with "The Buccaneers," a new series that is - somewhat loosely - based on the Edith Wharton novel of the same name. Set in the 1870s Gilded Age, Wharton's final book traces the stories of young, wealthy American girls who cross the pond to find husbands for themselves among the titled but money-strapped British aristocracy. And yes, if that story sounds familiar, it's because the tales of the real-life "buccaneers" inspired the story of Cora Crawley, the Countess of Grantham, on "Downton Abbey"!
Wharton died in 1937, before she could finish the book, but she left behind a rough outline for how the remainder of the story would have gone. In 1993, author Marion Mainwaring "finished" the novel, based on that outline, to mixed reviews. Because the demands of a TV show are so different, the Apple adaptation varies quite a bit from the novel,...
Wharton died in 1937, before she could finish the book, but she left behind a rough outline for how the remainder of the story would have gone. In 1993, author Marion Mainwaring "finished" the novel, based on that outline, to mixed reviews. Because the demands of a TV show are so different, the Apple adaptation varies quite a bit from the novel,...
- 11/3/2023
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
Elvis Presley‘s only daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, knew about Sofia Coppola’s film adaptation of her mother’s autobiography into Priscilla. But that doesn’t mean that she was on board with the story. Lisa Marie reportedly denounced the film, calling it “shockingly vengeful” in the months before her January 2023 death.
Lisa Marie Presley was not a fan of how her father, Elvis Presley, is depicted in ‘Priscilla’
The announcement that Priscilla would be adapted from Priscilla Presley’s book Elvis and Me was made in September 2022. Therefore, Lisa Marie Presley knew that director Sofia Coppola would adapt the text into a feature film.
Per Variety, Lisa Marie emailed Coppola to reconsider her vision for how her father, Elvis Presley, would be depicted in the movie. She reportedly wanted to spare her family public embarrassment.
“My father only comes across as a predator and manipulative. As his daughter, I...
Lisa Marie Presley was not a fan of how her father, Elvis Presley, is depicted in ‘Priscilla’
The announcement that Priscilla would be adapted from Priscilla Presley’s book Elvis and Me was made in September 2022. Therefore, Lisa Marie Presley knew that director Sofia Coppola would adapt the text into a feature film.
Per Variety, Lisa Marie emailed Coppola to reconsider her vision for how her father, Elvis Presley, would be depicted in the movie. She reportedly wanted to spare her family public embarrassment.
“My father only comes across as a predator and manipulative. As his daughter, I...
- 11/3/2023
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
There’s no shortage of new shows and films to watch and enjoy this November, from Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla and a new Meg Ryan-directed romcom, to the long-anticipated A Murder at the End of the World.
This month’s TV slate also sees familiar favorites making their return, including For All Mankind, The Crown (beginning its final season), and even Fargo (whose cast this season includes Juno Temple and Jon Hamm).
Similarly, you could have a pretty good November at the movies simply by catching up with some...
This month’s TV slate also sees familiar favorites making their return, including For All Mankind, The Crown (beginning its final season), and even Fargo (whose cast this season includes Juno Temple and Jon Hamm).
Similarly, you could have a pretty good November at the movies simply by catching up with some...
- 11/1/2023
- by Keith Phipps
- Rollingstone.com
Sharon Van Etten has released a new single, “Close to You,” which appears on the soundtrack to upcoming Apple TV+ drama series The Buccaneers. The intimate, emotive track was co-written by Van Etten and Courtney Barnett.
“Close to You” joins a tracklist of all-female artists, including Lucius, Gracie Abrams, and Miya Folick, for the soundtrack. The album was produced by Stella Mozgawa of Warpaint and will hit stores on Nov. 8, the same day as The Buccaneers premiere.
“It was a truly incredible experience working with this group of uniquely talented artists,...
“Close to You” joins a tracklist of all-female artists, including Lucius, Gracie Abrams, and Miya Folick, for the soundtrack. The album was produced by Stella Mozgawa of Warpaint and will hit stores on Nov. 8, the same day as The Buccaneers premiere.
“It was a truly incredible experience working with this group of uniquely talented artists,...
- 11/1/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Streaming platforms like Hulu, Apple TV Plus, and Netflix are constantly offering exciting new shows to keep us entertained. However, choosing what to watch next can be overwhelming with the abundance of options available. Fear not, as we’ve done the work for you!
Related: 10 Best TV Episodes of All Time, Ranked by Viewers
Here’s a specially curated list of the 10 best new TV shows to stream this November. From gripping dramas to thrilling adventures, there is something for everyone in this lineup.
‘All the Light We Cannot See’
“All the Light We Cannot See” is an adaptation of Anthony Doerr‘s 2014 Pulitzer-winning novel of the same title. The story is told around Marie-Laure, a blind French teenage girl hidden from the Nazis in occupied Paris while broadcasting a message of resistance. Werner, a young German radio expert, has been tasked to find and kill her. But when their paths finally collide,...
Related: 10 Best TV Episodes of All Time, Ranked by Viewers
Here’s a specially curated list of the 10 best new TV shows to stream this November. From gripping dramas to thrilling adventures, there is something for everyone in this lineup.
‘All the Light We Cannot See’
“All the Light We Cannot See” is an adaptation of Anthony Doerr‘s 2014 Pulitzer-winning novel of the same title. The story is told around Marie-Laure, a blind French teenage girl hidden from the Nazis in occupied Paris while broadcasting a message of resistance. Werner, a young German radio expert, has been tasked to find and kill her. But when their paths finally collide,...
- 10/31/2023
- by Dee Gambit
- buddytv.com
Before Sofia Coppola decided to tell Priscilla Presley’s story in A24 biopic Priscilla, she was readying another major project that didn’t end up panning out.
The director had set an adaptation of Edith Wharton’s 1913 novel, The Custom of the Country, at Apple TV+. It was going to be a five-hour limited series, but the streamer decided against it.
Coppola recently told The New York Times that though Apple has a knack for spending big on prestige projects, the executives weren’t fans of the lead character — social climber Undine Spragg — so they started cutting back on how much money they were willing to put into it.
“The idea of an unlikable woman wasn’t their thing,” Coppola told the publication. “But that’s what I’m saying about who’s in charge.”
The Custom of the Country follows Undine, a young woman with social aspirations who convinces...
The director had set an adaptation of Edith Wharton’s 1913 novel, The Custom of the Country, at Apple TV+. It was going to be a five-hour limited series, but the streamer decided against it.
Coppola recently told The New York Times that though Apple has a knack for spending big on prestige projects, the executives weren’t fans of the lead character — social climber Undine Spragg — so they started cutting back on how much money they were willing to put into it.
“The idea of an unlikable woman wasn’t their thing,” Coppola told the publication. “But that’s what I’m saying about who’s in charge.”
The Custom of the Country follows Undine, a young woman with social aspirations who convinces...
- 10/28/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
News broke in May 2020 that Sofia Coppola was partnering with Apple TV+ to develop a series adaptation of Edith Wharton’s 1913 novel “The Custom of the Country.” Three years later, the project is dead. Why? In a new interview with The New York Times, Coppola claimed that Apple execs did not want to spend the money on her five-hour adaptation due to issues they had with the main character.
“The idea of an unlikable woman wasn’t their thing,” Coppola said. “But that’s what I’m saying about who’s in charge.”
“The people in charge of giving money are usually straight men, still,” she said earlier in the interview. “There’s always people in lower levels who are like myself, but then the bosses have a certain sensibility… If it’s so hard for me to get financing as an established person, I worry about younger women starting out.
“The idea of an unlikable woman wasn’t their thing,” Coppola said. “But that’s what I’m saying about who’s in charge.”
“The people in charge of giving money are usually straight men, still,” she said earlier in the interview. “There’s always people in lower levels who are like myself, but then the bosses have a certain sensibility… If it’s so hard for me to get financing as an established person, I worry about younger women starting out.
- 10/27/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
HBO's "The Gilded Age" is back for season two, and we couldn't be more excited. Created by "Downton Abbey"'s Julian Fellowes, the historical drama depicts the lives of high society in late-1800s New York City. Season one was jam-packed with drama but if you're not a history buff, you might wonder if the show is based on a true story, or if it's totally fiction. While the main characters are made up, the setting and era that the story explores definitely are not.
Here's a breakdown of the true story behind "The Gilded Age."
What Was The Gilded Age?
The last few decades of the 1800s were coined "The Gilded Age." In general, the era was marked by the rapid growth of industry, an influx of European working-class immigrants, and growing wealth inequality. As a result, railroads and related industries exploded, labor accidents rose sharply, and trusts began forming,...
Here's a breakdown of the true story behind "The Gilded Age."
What Was The Gilded Age?
The last few decades of the 1800s were coined "The Gilded Age." In general, the era was marked by the rapid growth of industry, an influx of European working-class immigrants, and growing wealth inequality. As a result, railroads and related industries exploded, labor accidents rose sharply, and trusts began forming,...
- 10/26/2023
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
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