Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures have teamed up for the U.S. release of Love Me, the cosmic love story starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun that bowed in Sundance as part of the U.S. Dramatic Competition section.
The film, the debut feature for writers and directors Sam and Andy Zuchero, a husband and wife filmmaking team, is being shopped in Cannes by WME Independent for foreign sales. Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures plan an early 2025 release for the pic that earned the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize in Sundance as it mixes live action, animation, animatronics and game engine architecture.
Love Me also explores topics surrounding AI and identity as the characters played by Stewart and Yeun evolve from animatronic machines to human beings in a love story that spans billions of years. Taking place after humanity’s collapse, the film follows a satellite and buoy as they fall in love.
The film, the debut feature for writers and directors Sam and Andy Zuchero, a husband and wife filmmaking team, is being shopped in Cannes by WME Independent for foreign sales. Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures plan an early 2025 release for the pic that earned the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize in Sundance as it mixes live action, animation, animatronics and game engine architecture.
Love Me also explores topics surrounding AI and identity as the characters played by Stewart and Yeun evolve from animatronic machines to human beings in a love story that spans billions of years. Taking place after humanity’s collapse, the film follows a satellite and buoy as they fall in love.
- 5/14/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tl;Dr:
Elvis Presley’s “Love Me” was intended as the follow-up to one of his most famous and influential hits. “Love Me” was not initially by the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Nicolas Cage performed the tune for one of the most beloved cult classic movies of the 1990s.
It might surprise some fans that Elvis Presley‘s “Love Me” was originally a parody song. It was initially given to him by a pair of songwriters as a joke. Subsequently, they revealed what they thought of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll‘s interpretation of it.
Elvis Presley’s ‘Love Me’ was intended as the followup to his recording of ‘Hound Dog’
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were a songwriting duo known for writing hits such as “Jailhouse Rock,” “Bossa Nova Baby,” and “Hound Dog.” In the 2009 book Hound Dog: The Leiber and Stoller Autobiography, Leiber discussed how “Love...
Elvis Presley’s “Love Me” was intended as the follow-up to one of his most famous and influential hits. “Love Me” was not initially by the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Nicolas Cage performed the tune for one of the most beloved cult classic movies of the 1990s.
It might surprise some fans that Elvis Presley‘s “Love Me” was originally a parody song. It was initially given to him by a pair of songwriters as a joke. Subsequently, they revealed what they thought of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll‘s interpretation of it.
Elvis Presley’s ‘Love Me’ was intended as the followup to his recording of ‘Hound Dog’
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were a songwriting duo known for writing hits such as “Jailhouse Rock,” “Bossa Nova Baby,” and “Hound Dog.” In the 2009 book Hound Dog: The Leiber and Stoller Autobiography, Leiber discussed how “Love...
- 9/19/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When you look closely at a set of lyrics, it’s astounding how much a classic rock song can get misinterpreted. For example, the original version of Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” was about a gigolo. However, a band changed the lyrics to be about an actual dog and the rest is history. In addition, a famous television appearance might’ve made audiences think “Hound Dog” is about a canine.
The original version of Elvis Presley’s ‘Hound Dog’ was about a freeloader
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller co-wrote “Hound Dog,” which was first recorded by Big Mama Thornton. During a 2020 interview with Elvis Australia, Stoller discussed the evolution of the song’s lyrics. “Elvis knew Big Mama’s record, but Big Mama’s version of ‘Hound Dog’ was written for a woman,” he said. “And so Elvis couldn’t perform it that way.
“There was a group, Freddie Bell and the Bell Boys,...
The original version of Elvis Presley’s ‘Hound Dog’ was about a freeloader
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller co-wrote “Hound Dog,” which was first recorded by Big Mama Thornton. During a 2020 interview with Elvis Australia, Stoller discussed the evolution of the song’s lyrics. “Elvis knew Big Mama’s record, but Big Mama’s version of ‘Hound Dog’ was written for a woman,” he said. “And so Elvis couldn’t perform it that way.
“There was a group, Freddie Bell and the Bell Boys,...
- 9/19/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Brian Walsh, the popular Australian TV and film executive credited with a key role in Neighbours‘ global success, died unexpectedly Thursday in Sydney. He was 68.
An outpouring of sadness has come from Australian media industry following the death of Walsh, who was mentor to stars such as Guy Pearce and helped launch the careers of Nicole Kidman and Kylie Minogue.
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Australian network Foxtel, where Walsh most recently worked, confirmed the news.
Pearce wrote on Twitter he was “utterly devastated” at the loss of his “long time friend and mentor,” while the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts called him “one of Australia’s most distinguished television producers.”
I’m in shock & utterly devastated at the...
An outpouring of sadness has come from Australian media industry following the death of Walsh, who was mentor to stars such as Guy Pearce and helped launch the careers of Nicole Kidman and Kylie Minogue.
Related Story Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2023: Photo Gallery & Obituaries Related Story Australia's Foxtel Renews Content Pact With Warner Bros Discovery Related Story TV Review: Damian Lewis & Guy Pearce In 'A Spy Among Friends'
Australian network Foxtel, where Walsh most recently worked, confirmed the news.
Pearce wrote on Twitter he was “utterly devastated” at the loss of his “long time friend and mentor,” while the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts called him “one of Australia’s most distinguished television producers.”
I’m in shock & utterly devastated at the...
- 3/17/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Continuing its strong relationship with top-notch Australian drama series, London-based Dcd Rights has acquired for international distribution the anticipated high-end series “Love Me,” starring Hugo Weaving.
The first drama series to enter production for Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia, “Love Me” also marks its first project for Australian SVOD service Binge, launched in May last year by the Foxtel Group.
News of the “Love Me” acquisition comes as Dcd Rights has pre-sold has season two of the “The Secrets She Keeps” to AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now in the U.S. and Canada and BBC One and iPlayer in the U.K. The series is produced by Sydney-based Lingo Pictures Production for Paramount Plus.
Enjoying major production investment from Screen Australia and financed with support from Film Victoria, “Love Me” is now in production.
The six-hour romantic drama turns on how love can appear at the most inconvenient of times,...
The first drama series to enter production for Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia, “Love Me” also marks its first project for Australian SVOD service Binge, launched in May last year by the Foxtel Group.
News of the “Love Me” acquisition comes as Dcd Rights has pre-sold has season two of the “The Secrets She Keeps” to AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now in the U.S. and Canada and BBC One and iPlayer in the U.K. The series is produced by Sydney-based Lingo Pictures Production for Paramount Plus.
Enjoying major production investment from Screen Australia and financed with support from Film Victoria, “Love Me” is now in production.
The six-hour romantic drama turns on how love can appear at the most inconvenient of times,...
- 11/11/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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