Lupita Nyong’o
Lupita Nyong’o Says Cancer Storyline in ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Was “Therapeutic” After Chadwick Boseman’s Death
Lupita Nyong’o is opening up about playing a woman with cancer in A Quiet Place: Day One and why it was a personal and “therapeutic” experience for her. In the Michael Sarnoski-written and directed film, the Oscar-winning actress portrays Sam, a poet who is not only battling terminal cancer, but also aliens hunting humans based on […]
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Box Office: ‘Inside Out 2’ Wins With $57.4M as ‘Quiet Place’ Prequel Scores Record $53M Start and ‘Horizon’ Bombs
Pixar’s Inside Out 2 stayed atop the domestic box office chart in its third weekend with a hearty $57.4 million, enough to scare off Paramount’s prequel A Quiet Place: Day One after a closer-than-expected race. Moreover, Inside Out 2 is celebrating crossing the $1 billion mark in global ticket sales in record time for an […]
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‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Director Michael Sarnoski Interviewed Only About the Cat
Sarnoski answers all our burning questions about Frodo the cat (like why he never hisses at the aliens), plus teases a potential sequel.
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Box Office: ‘A Quiet Place’ Prequel Makes Loud Entrance With Franchise-Best $6.8M in Previews, ‘Horizon’ Earns Meek $800K
Paramount’s prequel A Quiet Place: Day One made a loud entrance at the domestic box office with a franchise-best $6.8 million in Thursday previews. That’s an impressive start, considering this is the first entry not directed by franchise creator John Krasinski or starring Emily Blunt (Krasinski starred in the first one as well). Instead, Michael […]
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Lupita Nyong’o Recalls Reaching Out to Taylor Swift to Clear “Shake It Off” Song for ‘Little Monsters’
Lupita Nyong’o is opening up about having a personal connection to Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” song and her efforts to include it in her film Little Monsters. While appearing on the latest Hot Ones episode, the A Quiet Place: Day One star discussed Swift’s hit single being played at the end of her 2019 […]
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Joseph Quinn on ‘Stranger Things’ Lessons He Took to ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’: “You Learn How to Run From Invisible Things”
After A Quiet Place and its sequel established a world where humans are being killed by noise-sensitive creatures and must stay silent to stay alive, A Quiet Place: Day One takes audiences back to the beginning of the alien invasion. Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn star in the prequel, with John Krasinski — who wrote […]
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‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Review: Lupita Nyong’o Navigates a Waking Nightmare for a Pizza in Nail-Biting Horror Prequel
Writer-director Michael Sarnoski follows his head-turning debut, ‘Pig,’ with this third chapter of the hit sci-fi franchise, also starring Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff and Djimon Hounsou.
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‘Wild Robot,’ Elton John Doc and Amy Adams-Starrer ‘Nightbitch’ to Premiere at Toronto
The Toronto Film Festival unveiled its first raft of titles for its 49th edition in September, presenting a lineup that will include the world premiere of R.J. Culter and David Furnish’s new documentary Elton John: Never Too Late about the legendary British singer; the Korean drama Harbin from director Woo Min-ho (Inside Men) starring Hyun […]
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Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal’s ‘Wild Robot’ Unveils Emotional Footage at Annecy
DreamWorks Animation’s presentation for The Wild Robot had the crowd experiencing a range of emotions at the Annecy Animation Festival on Tuesday. Starring a voice cast that includes Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal and Kit Connor, the animated movie from Chris Sanders hits theaters on Sept. 20. The three-time Oscar-nominated Sanders spoke to the audience, as […]
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Lupita Nyong’o Says Adopting a Cat Helped Mend Her Broken Heart: “I Was Flirting With Depression”
Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o has opened up on overcoming her fear of cats, recovering from a breakup so bad her mother flew to be by her side from Kenya, and what she believes to be the worst part of her job: interviews. Ironically, the star sat down with Glamour to talk about her upcoming […]
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Box Office: The Lupita Nyong’o-Voiced ‘Wild Robot’ Makes Small Change to September Release Date
DreamWorks Animation’s September event movie The Wild Robot is tweaking its release plans. The family film will now open in theaters on Sept. 27, 2024, instead of a week earlier on Sept. 20. The move gives Wild Robot some distance from Paramount’s animated Transformers One, which moved to the Sept. 20 date earlier this week. […]
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Lupita Nyong’o Recalls Crush on Leonardo DiCaprio, Crying Inconsolably During ‘Titanic’ on First Date
Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o said that when word came her way that she’d been selected to receive CinemaCon’s star of the year award during the closing night Big Screen Achievement Awards, it led her to ponder what cinema has meant to her. “One of my strongest memories from my adolescence came to mind,” said the 41-year-old […]
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