Stanislaus Katczinsky (Albrecht Schuch), Paul Bäumer (Felix Kammerer), and Tjaden Stackfleet (Edin Hasanovic) in Netflix’s ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
Netflix has released the first photos from All Quiet on the Western Front, based on the classic bestselling novel by Erich Maria Remarque and directed by Edward Berger (Deutschland 83). The 2022 film marks the first time a German director has helmed an adaptation of Remarque’s novel, and Berger spoke with Netflix Queue about being involved in the project.
“Being born and growing up in Germany, I have always had the sense that one feeling will be with us for our whole lifetimes: the feeling of being heir to two wars. My children still feel that today,” stated director/co-writer Berger. “It was important to me to take on the German perspective. Our view of war is marked by grief and shame, sorrow and death, destruction and guilt. I felt that making our history, background, and attitude towards war the driving force behind the movie was a huge and fascinating challenge. I wanted to make a movie that felt like, in order to make it, you would’ve had to have grown up in Germany.”
Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Moritz Klaus, Edin Hasanovic, Adrian Grünewald, Thibault De Montalembert, Daniel Brühl, and Devid Striesow star. Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell adapted the book for the film, and Berger, Malte Grunert, and Daniel Dreifuss produced.
The Plot: “All Quiet on the Western Front tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches.”
Paul Bäumer (Felix Kammerer) and Stanislaus Katczinsky (Albrecht Schuch) in Netflix’s ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’Daniel Bruhl in Netflix’s ‘All Quiet ion the Western Front’Paul Bäumer (Felix Kammerer) in Netflix’s ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’A scene from Netflix’s ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
Hulu’s new official trailer for the limited series Mike charts the path Mike Tyson took to become a heavyweight boxing champion. Trevante Rhodes stars as the controversial boxer, and in the trailer we hear Rhodes as Tyson describe himself as “the most vicious, ruthless champion that’s ever been. No one can match me – my style’s impetuous. I’m ferocious.”
In addition to Trevante Rhodes, the cast includes Russell Hornsby and guest stars Harvey Keitel, Laura Harrier, Li Eubanks, Olunike Adeliyi, and B.J. Minor.
Steven Rogers (I, Tonya screenwriter) created the series and Karin Gist is the showrunner. Series star Trevante Rhodes, Steven Rogers, Anthony Hemingway, Anthony Sparks, Samantha Corbin-Miller, Entertainment 360’s Darin Friedman, and The Gist of It’s Karin Gist and Claire Brown executive produce. Additional executive producers include Craig Gillespie, Clubhouse Pictures’ Bryan Unkeless and Scott Morgan, and LuckyChap’s Tom Ackerley and Margot Robbie.
Hulu also released a new poster for the eight-episode limited series premiering on August 25, 2022 with the release of the first two episodes.
Poster for ‘Mike’ (Courtesy of Hulu)
Mike Plot, Courtesy of Hulu:
“Mike explores the dynamic and controversial story of Mike Tyson. The eight-episode limited series explores the tumultuous ups and downs of Tyson’s boxing career and personal life – from being a beloved global athlete to a pariah and back again. Focusing the lens on Mike Tyson, the series examines class in America, race in America, fame and the power of media, misogyny, the wealth divide, the promise of the American Dream and ultimately our own role in shaping Mike’s story.
Mike is an unauthorized and no-holds-barred look at the life of Mike Tyson – and it is one wild ride.”
FX’s official trailer for Welcome to Wrexham dives into why Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney decided to buy the Wrexham Red Dragons, a team they knew pretty much nothing about. The trailer features members of the Wrexham community describing the town’s love of football as more important than life or death. So, how did the football fanatics take to two Hollywood stars buying their team? The docuseries explores that relationship and the impact their involvement has had on both the team and the town.
Welcome to Wrexham will premiere on FX on August 24, 2022 at 10pm ET/PT with the release of the first two episodes. FX has already renewed the series for a second season.
The Details, Courtesy of FX: “Rob McElhenney (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) navigate running the third oldest professional football club in the world. Welcome to Wrexham is a docuseries tracking the dreams and worries of Wrexham, a working-class town in North Wales, UK, as two Hollywood stars take ownership of the town’s historic yet struggling football club.
In 2020, Rob and Ryan teamed up to purchase the 5th tier Red Dragons in the hopes of turning the club into an underdog story the whole world could root for. The worry? Rob and Ryan have no experience in football or working with each other. From Hollywood to Wales, from the pitch to the locker room, the front office to the pub, Welcome to Wrexham will track Rob and Ryan’s crash course in football club ownership and the inextricably connected fates of a team and a town counting on two actors to bring some serious hope and change to a community that could use it.”
The official trailer for Halloween Ends states that this is it…this is definitely, without a doubt, the final battle between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers. The end. Period. This is Laurie Strode’s last stand.
The trailer only shows Laurie and Michael, and the snippets of fight scenes look brutal. But I’d be lying if I said I completely believe their story will come to an end with Halloween Ends. I’m adopting a wait-and-see attitude.
In addition to Jamie Lee Curtis, the cast includes Andi Matichak as Allyson, Rohan Campbell as Corey Cunningham, Will Patton as Officer Frank Hawkins, Kyle Richards as Lindsey Wallace, and James Jude Courtney as The Shape.
David Gordon Green directs from a screenplay by Paul Brad Logan (Manglehorn), Chris Bernier (The Driver series), Danny McBride, and David Gordon Green, based on characters created by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Malek Akkad, Jason Blum, and Bill Block produce, with John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Ryan Freimann, Ryan Turek, Andrew Golov, Thom Zadra, and Christopher H. Warner executive producing.
Universal Pictures will release Halloween Ends in theaters on October 14, 2022.
Halloween Ends Description:
Icon Jamie Lee Curtis returns for the last time as Laurie Strode, horror’s first “final girl” and the role that launched Curtis’ career. Curtis has portrayed Laurie for more than four decades now, one of the longest actor-character pairings in cinema history. When the franchise relaunched in 2018, Halloween shattered box office records, becoming the franchise’s highest-grossing chapter and set a new record for the biggest opening weekend for a horror film starring a woman.
Four years after the events of last year’s Halloween Kills, Laurie is living with her granddaughter Allyson (Matichak) and is finishing writing her memoir. Michael Myers hasn’t been seen since. Laurie, after allowing the specter of Michael to determine and drive her reality for decades, has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man, Corey Cunningham (Campbell), is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that will force Laurie to finally confront the evil she can’t control, once and for all.
Lili Reinhart spent some of her time off from starring as Betty Cooper on The CW’s Riverdale playing two versions of the same character in Netflix’s Look Both Ways. The new trailer shows Reinhart as a young woman attempting to figure out what path to take, with Reinhart playing out both scenarios.
“I think the film is really beautiful in that it shows how your life can turn out a million different ways,” said Reinhart in a Netflix interview. “You have to be open to new paths that present themselves… there is not a right or wrong way to get somewhere. So trust that the universe has got your back.”
In addition to Lili Reinhart, the cast includes Danny Ramirez, David Corenswet, Aisha Dee, Andrea Savage, Luke Wilson, and Nia Long.
Wanuri Kahiu directed from a screenplay by April Prosser. Bryan Unkeless, Eric Newman, and Jessica Malanaphy produce, with Reinhart, Alyssa Rodrigues, Jini Durr, and Jeanette Volturno executive producing.
Director Kahiu shared her own what-if moment. “My Look Both Ways moment was when I was standing with a pregnancy test,” said Kahiu. “In that moment, I realized that I had made the choice to have a child and [knew] that my life from that point on would split and be dramatically different than what I had imagined for myself.”
Look Both Ways premieres on Netflix on August 17, 2022.
The Plot: “On the eve of her college graduation, Natalie’s [Reinhart] life diverges into parallel realities: one in which she becomes pregnant and remains in her hometown, and another in which she does not and moves to Los Angeles. In both journeys, Natalie experiences life-changing love, pursues her dream career as an artist, and rediscovers herself.”
Martin Freeman as Paul and Daisy Haggard as Ally in ‘Breeders’ (Photo Credit: Mark Johnson/FX)
FX has renewed the popular comedy series Breeders starring Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard for a fourth season. The renewal order was announced one week after the season three finale aired.
“Breeders has given us the special opportunity to watch the ‘Worsley’ family grow with each season and FX is thrilled to order a fourth season that will bring the next chapter of this hilarious yet brutally honest take on being a parent in today’s world,” said Nick Grad, President, Original Programming, FX Entertainment. “Our thanks to creators Simon Blackwell, Chris Addison and Martin Freeman, the entire creative team, Daisy and the cast, the crew and everyone at Avalon, FX Productions and Sky. Their efforts are what guide and sustain Breeders and we are happy to be part of that extended family.”
In addition to Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard, the cast includes Alex Eastwood, Stella Gonet, and Eve Prenelle.
Showrunner Simon Blackwell created the series along with DGA Award winner Chris Addison and Emmy winner Martin Freeman. Blackwell, Freeman, Addison, Richard Allen-Turner, Rob Aslett, David Martin, Jon Thoday, Toby Welch, and Michael Wiggs executive produce.
The Plot: “In Season 3, which concluded this week on FX and is available to stream on Hulu, Breeders continues its bitter-sweet look at the struggles of modern parenthood, starting just days after Season 2 ended, as the Worsley family reels from teenaged Luke (Eastwood) punching his dad, Paul (Freeman). Paul’s moved out and is staying at his mother-in-law Leah’s (Gonet) house. He should be lonely but actually the simpler life has its appeal. Eventually, though, amends with Luke must be made.
Meanwhile, Ally (Haggard) has her own problems – with work, with her early menopause and with her increasingly strained relationship with her newly adolescent daughter, Ava (Prenelle). Gallows humor and large glasses of wine only go so far in quelling the angst…”
Quinta Brunson and Daniel Radcliffe in ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ (Photo Courtesy of Roku)
Quinta Brunson is going from elementary school teacher to talk show giant – at least on screen – with Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. Roku just unveiled the first photo of Quinta Brunson playing Oprah Winfrey in the music-driven biopic starring Daniel Radcliffe in the title role.
Roku also released a new photo of Evan Rachel Wood, currently killing it in season four of Westworld, as Madonna.
Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna in ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ (Photo Courtesy of Roku)
Additional cast members include Rainn Wilson as radio personality Dr. Demento, Julianne Nicholson as Al’s mom, and Toby Huss as Al’s dad.
Weird Al co-wrote the film with Eric Appel, and Appel is directing. Weird is produced by Funny Or Die and Tango.
Roku is targeting a fall premiere.
Quina Brunson was just nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Comedy Series, Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, and Writing for a Comedy Series. Brunson created the critically acclaimed half-hour comedy which earned a total of seven Emmy Award nominations for its first season.
The Weird: The Al Yankovic Plot, Courtesy of Roku:
Daniel Radcliffe is “Weird” Al Yankovic in the unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician of our time. From a conventional upbringing where playing the accordion was a sin, Al rebelled and made his dream of changing the words to world-renowned songs come true. An instant success and sex symbol, Al lives an excessive lifestyle and pursues an infamous romance that nearly destroys him. With Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, and an A-list cast of thousands their agents won’t let us reveal.
Daniel Radcliffe in ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ (Photo Courtesy of Roku)
The CW’s Roswell, New Mexico season four episode six begins with Tezca learning Bonnie and Clyde are close to obtaining the final piece of the puzzle needed to allow them to return to The Oasis. Tezca warns Bonnie to get her head back in the game, and Bonnie lies and says she got rid of Eduardo.
Tezca orders Bonnie to get rid of Michael next.
Liz (Jeanine Mason) and Max (Nathan Dean) have a quiet morning chat and she shows him her injury’s all healed up. She claims to be feeling fine, but Max gets the vibe through the handprint that she’s terrified of what he might do next. Liz reminds him she can also feel what he’s feeling and knows he’s scared about his new powers.
Their conversation’s broken up when they learn Michael’s running a fever of 108 (normally, aliens are 102). Max is confused because aliens don’t get sick.
They head over to Maria’s (Heather Hemmens) where she’s playing nurse to a sick Michael (Michael Vlamis) who – because he’s a male – claims he’s dying. Liz diagnoses him with the flu, strep, and the common cold, which means his immune system is compromised. Plus, he can’t use his alien powers at all.
Maria wonders if this is because he ate the alien fruit, and Max – who doesn’t seem to have any sympathy for his brother – thinks it might be connected to the octahedron. Liz promises to solve the mystery just as Max gets a call that his deputies picked up Bonnie for vandalizing Take Me to Your Latte.
Max heads to the station and Bonnie, who could have easily gotten out of the jail cell without any help, tells Max she needs him to save her. Bonnie reveals the alighting is in motion, but she doesn’t know their plans for returning to The Oasis. Bonnie also says Noah wasn’t anyone’s “friend” and that the puzzle needs Max and Liz to be complete. (None of which clears up anything.)
Max gets angry and grabs the bars of the cell, hands – and bars – now glowing blue. He objects to being called a puzzle piece and Bonnie clarifies that he and Liz are the glue that holds the pieces together. She tosses in that Tezca ordered her to kill Michael but she can’t do it. Michael’s caused a rift in their triad and Tezca wants him out of the way.
Liz slips into research mode and Shivani joins her at the lab. Liz is confused by the human viruses showing up in Michael’s blood and Shivani corrects her; the virus is alien in nature but just looks human. Shivani’s partner, Ali, created a hard drive full of alien anomalies and Shivani has a copy.
Liz and Shivani figure out the virus in Michael was spread by close contact with a carrier. Liz calls Michael and he recalls Bonnie kissed him. Liz puts the clues together and comes up with Bonnie kissed him to disable his powers!
Maria leaves what apparently is just the latest in a string of messages for Alex letting him know Michael’s sick. Michael whines about Alex not checking in just as Dallas (Quentin Plair) shows up needing help. Dallas hopes Michael can use his engineering skills to recover the equation his dad embedded in the glass. Deep Sky loaned him the Lockhart machine, which might help them retrieve the equation.
A short while later, Maria, Dallas, and Michael are able to view the video message left by Dallas’ dad. Dallas attempts to ask about the tree, but brief snippets of his dad’s memory don’t get him any closer to understanding its purpose. Suddenly, Michael spots a bible in the memory and knows he saw it in Bonnie’s cave.
Meanwhile, Isobel (Lily Cowles) and Kyle (Michael Trevino) wake naked in each other’s arms in Careyes, Mexico. This is not a drill, people! It’s happening! Isobel apologizes for using his pecs as a pillow and Kyle jokes it’s okay to use him. Isobel panics, thinking Kyle might actually be feeling used. “Did I just ruin our friendship?!” asks Isobel.
Kyle is taken aback by the “friendship” reference but he plays it off, saying he knew it was just two friends blowing off steam. Isobel relaxes and says Kyle was exactly what she needed, giving their night of lovemaking two enthusiastic thumbs up.
It gets awkward when Kyle realizes he’s naked after getting up to get them coffee. He hurriedly puts on his shirt and Sonya picks that moment to join the couple who aren’t a couple…it was just a one-time thing…whatever. Sonya’s shocked to find Eduardo (David DeSantos) knocking on their door and the atmosphere switches from awkward to tense. She’s not happy to see her dad and it’s obvious she believes he’s deserted her and doesn’t care how she’s doing.
Eduardo cries as he explains she’s never far from his thoughts, but Sonya reminds him he’s been pretending she’s dead for years.
Kyle and Eduardo commiserate at the bar, with Eduardo equating his relationship with Sonya to her being Rage Against the Machine while he’s “the Machine.” When she tried to hack into Deep Sky, Eduardo thought he needed to protect her by distancing himself.
Michael’s still sick but needs answers so heads to the sheriff’s station and demands answers from Bonnie. Max realizes Bonnie can disable alien powers and Bonnie suddenly brings Michael into her mindscape. Bonnie claims she disabled Michael’s powers to keep him safe from Clyde, even though Michael’s sure he has Clyde eating out of the palm of his hand. Bonnie explains Clyde’s been manipulating him and has preyed on his dreams of returning home. It’s exactly what Clyde did to Bonnie.
Bonnie reveals she can’t use the powers she takes and that Jones used her to neutralize his enemies. Now, Earth has opened her eyes and she’s no longer brainwashed. However, she can’t reverse what she’s done to Michael.
Tezca arrives and although Liz is still at her lab, she can feel Max’s anxiety in the handprint.
Tezca takes down Michael without much effort, but Max holds her back in order to give Bonnie a chance to grab Michael and take him outside. Max continues to hold off Tezca, blue flames leaping from his hand and setting items on fire as he demands to know what the alighting is. Tezca refuses to tell him.
Liz sneaks in and stabs Tezca in the back with a machete. She brought Dallas with her and he uses the sprinklers to put out the fire.
Tezca gets up, only momentarily taken out of the action. However, Liz anticipated this and tipped the machete in Bonnie’s virus. She also added an accelerant to speed up the process. Tezca morphs into her true form, but she doesn’t appear concerned. Instead, the room begins shaking as she announces that together Liz and Max will change both worlds – just as her savior said.
Tezca escapes and Max and Liz get another moment together to reconnect. As they kiss, Max’s hand on Liz’s shirt sparks blue and her shirt is singed. They pull apart and Max is confused about what happened. He’s only called up the blue flames in anger prior to this, but he definitely wasn’t mad when they kissed.
Liz suggests they head home and relax but Max can feel she’s terrified this makes it impossible for them to be together. Liz is convinced their love is stronger than all of this.
Max wonders if the strength of their love might be what burns everything down. It could be what powers the alighting.
Dallas and Maria check out Bonnie’s cave and locate the bible. There’s a bookmarker on a page with alien symbols. They don’t understand what this means, and Maria thinks they should get Isobel to retrieve his memories from 1947.
Kyle returns from drinks with Eduardo to discover Isobel’s packed and ready to leave. Dallas needs her help so she’s heading back to Roswell, but Kyle stops her before she heads out. He confesses he’s terrified of her, recalling different situations over the years that proved her power and strength. She laughs when he describes her as dressing like a “Russian spy undercover at Coachella.” And then Kyle pours out his heart and reveals he’s terrified she’ll jump into his mind and discover she’s all he thinks about. When he says she would realize he’s in love with her, Isobel draws in a deep breath and seems to actually understand who Kyle is and what she means to him for the very first time.
“I’ve wanted to tell you for a very long time, but I’ve always been afraid of what you might say. Except now I realize I’m even more afraid of never finding out at all,” says Kyle.
Isobel reveals she can’t say what he wants to hear, and she doesn’t want to make him wait for her to figure out where she stands. She can’t do that to him. Plus, waiting implies expectations. She doesn’t know if she’ll ever be able to tell him she feels the same, yet she can’t afford to lose his friendship.
Kyle’s left alone after one night of bliss. (Damn it, that was truly heartbreaking.)
Later that night, Kyle rejoins Eduardo in the bar, confessing he told an alien he loves her. Kyle’s decided he’s no longer going to bury himself in his work and Eduardo suggests a road trip to find Ali might take his mind off his love life.
Kyle realizes his heart isn’t broken; it’s just thawing. Surprisingly, he feels closer to Isobel than ever.
Kyle talked Sonya into giving her dad another chance, and Kyle gives them some alone time at the bar to work things out.
Back in Roswell, Isobel and Dallas prepare to delve into his memories. She burns some sage – just to get rid of the junkyard smell – and instructs Dallas to focus on the bible. Dallas and Isobel slip into Dallas’ memories from 1947 and learn the bible originally belonged to Maria’s great grandfather. His dad warned him there would be a time when he couldn’t remember this period. The seeds and the bible could bring ruin to their planet, so he needed to protect Dallas by blocking his memories.
Dallas notices his dad’s glasses on top of the bible and figures out they’re the key to decoding it.
Michael’s forced to return to Maria’s couch once more and Maria offers him soup. He confesses he doesn’t want to be a “normal” person and Maria reveals she has experience in losing her powers. Michael had no idea she can’t have visions now, and she explains it was a side effect of the serum. She’s realized her powers don’t define her.
Suddenly, a poster falls off the wall. The poster’s from a festival she went to with her mom and Maria thinks maybe her mom’s trying to communicate with her.
Shivani hands one of her researchers a vial of regenerative protein, believing it could save her daughter.
Max can’t sleep and leaves Liz alone in bed. He steps outside to talk to Bonnie, assuring her she’s safe. She helped them and now Max wants to help her get what she wants. Bonnie admits she’s never seen Tezca lose a fight and she’s impressed with Liz. Max describes Liz as tough, brilliant, kind, and funny – and he can’t wait to marry her. However, he’s worried about burning down the altar when he kisses her.
In a stunning turn of events, Max asks Bonnie to take away his powers. “I can get over a flu. What I can’t abide is losing the woman I love,” says Max. This would be Bonnie using her powers for good.
Bonnie asks if he’s sure and Max becomes emotional and says this is the only way.
Bonnie kisses him and Liz is jarred awake in bed at that instant. The handprint fades from her side as she whispers, “What did you do?”
HBO’s set an August 13, 2022 premiere for The Princess, an HBO Original documentary about the incredible, tragically short life of Princess Diana. The documentary from Oscar-nominated director Ed Perkins (Best Documentary Short Subject, Black Sheep) is timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the People’s Princess’ death.
The Princess sits at 81% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes following its premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Rolling Stone’s David Fear’s review praises director Ed Perkin’s decision to only use archival footage. Fear calls it “a stroke of genius, a jujitsu finishing move on her tormentors.” And Little White Lies’ Saskia Lloyd Gaiger says this of Perkin’s documentary: “A sense of the era, when paparazzi were particularly hungry and the monarchy was losing its mojo, is viscerally evoked with neither nostalgia nor scorn.”
Lightbox, Oscar winner Simon Chinn (Man on Wire), and Emmy winner Jonathan Chinn (LA 92, American High) produced, with Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller executive producing.
Diana, Princess of Wales (Photograph by Courtesy of HBO)
HBO’s official description:
“The relationship of Diana and Charles, the Prince and Princess of Wales, was tabloid fodder for nearly two decades, the subject of almost daily headlines in the 24-hour news cycle. The Princess draws solely from contemporaneous archival audio and video footage to take audiences back to key events in Diana’s life as they happened, including their seemingly fairy-tale public courtship and wedding, the birth of their two sons, their bitter divorce, and Diana’s tragic and untimely death on August 31, 1997.
Intensely emotional, The Princess is a visceral submersion into Diana’s life in the constant and often intrusive glare of the media spotlight. The film unfolds as if it were in the present, allowing viewers to experience the overwhelming adoration but also intense scrutiny of Diana’s every move and the constant judgment of her character. Through archival material, the film is also a reflection of society at the time, revealing the public’s own preoccupations, fears, aspirations, and desires.
Princess Diana’s tragic death, caused in part by a high-speed pursuit by paparazzi, was a moment for reflection by both the public and the media machine it feeds. However, after nearly 25 years since Princess Diana’s death, has anything really changed?”
Rosemarie DeWitt and Luke Kirby to star in ‘Out of My Mind’ (Photos Courtesy of Disney+)
Disney+’s film adaptation of Sharon Draper’s novel Out of My Mind has added Rosemarie DeWitt (The Staircase), Emmy Award-winner Luke Kirby (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), and four-time Emmy Award nominee Judith Light (American Crime Story, Transparent) in key roles. Michael Chernus (Severance) and Courtney Taylor (Insecure) have also joined the drama directed by Amber Sealey.
Out of My Mind will film in Toronto. Disney+ hasn’t announced a targeted premiere date.
Humanitas Prize winner Daniel Stiepleman (On the Basis of Sex) adapted Draper’s novel and Oscar nominee Peter Saraf (Little Miss Sunshine) produces. Dan Angel, Michael B. Clark, Alex Turtletaub, Jeff Skoll, Robert Kessel, Tom Mazza, David Calvert Jones, Brian Gott, and Eddie Rubin executive produce.
Disney+’s casting announcement included the following synopsis and character details:
“Out of My Mind follows Melody Brooks (newcomer Phoebe-Rae Taylor), a girl with cerebral palsy. Melody has a quick wit and a sharp mind, but due to her being non-verbal and using a wheelchair, she is not given the same academic opportunities as her classmates. However, when Katherine, a young educator notices her student’s untapped potential, she encourages Melody to participate in mainstream education, where greater successes – and challenges – await.
Rosemarie DeWitt will play Diane, Melody’s mother and fiercest advocate, and Luke Kirby plays her supportive father, Chuck. Judith Light plays “Mrs. V.,” the Brooks’ eccentric but caring neighbor who, though her style may be unconventional, always looks out for Melody. Courtney Taylor is Katherine, a post-doctoral candidate and educator, and Michael Chernus plays Mr. Dimming, Melody’s teacher and coach of her school’s trivia team.”
