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WondLa is an animated series on Apple TV+ based on Tony Diterlizzi's book trilogy, starring Jeanine Mason as Eva. Joy Ngiaw composed diverse music for the series, combining orchestras, world music, and synths for immersion and emotions. The soundtrack has 23 tracks, with Ngiaw using her voice and everyday objects as instruments in pieces like "Eva (End Credits)" and "Solas."

WondLa is a new animated adventure series coming to Apple TV+. Adapted from the hit WondLa book trilogy by author Tony Diterlizzi, the series tells the story of Eva, a teenager who leaves the underground bunker she grew up in to discover that the surface world is not at all what she expected it to be. The adaptation stars Jeanine Mason as Ava and has a cast that boasts talent including Alan Tudyk (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), D.C. Douglas, and Sarah Hollis (My Divorce Party).

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“WondLa” is a new animated TV series, based on books by Tony Diterlizzie, directed by Steve Ahn, starring Alan Tudyk, D.C. Douglas, Sarah Hollis, Teri Hatcher, Gary Anthony Williams, Brad Garrett and Jeanine Mason, streaming June 23, 2024 on AppleTV+:

“…a young woman tries to figure out her place in the world while on the run with her robot mother…

“…an over-sized water beast and a tall blue creature…”

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Like so many cyberpunk movies before it, Jérémie Périn’s ultra-cool and dazzlingly animated “Mars Express” is sustained by the vertigo between the boundlessness of computer technology and the banality of what people do with it. What separates this accomplished French “Ghost in the Shell” homage from its most obvious touchstone — and from several other detective stories in which a police team of people and androids investigate what it means to be human — is the film’s determination to dismantle that dynamic.

Much less nakedly philosophical than anything Mamoru Oshii has ever made, “Mars Express” is nevertheless fascinated by the future that artificial intelligence might choose for itself if it were unshackled from the limits of our mortal imaginations (and from the anxieties that come along with them). Périn is humble enough to only half-guess at an answer, but his steadfast conviction that humans and robots could mutually inhibit the...

“My Divorce Party” is a new comedy feature, written and directed by Heidi Weitzer starring Rumer Willis, Kimia Behpoornia, Michelle Meredith, Sarah Hollis, Desiree Staples, Dionne Gipson, Laith Ashley and Cap Peterson, releasing April 30, 2024:

“…on the weekend before finalizing her divorce, ‘Xan’ decides to gather her closest friends in Joshua Tree to relax, celebrate, and more appropriately, sulk.

“The gang arrives at an ‘Rv’ park , where they meet neighbours ‘Ezekiel’ and ‘Amara’. That evening, Xan drunkenly spirals out and reveals….

“…she’ll have to give up half of all of her assets to her soon-to-be ex in the divorce settlement come Monday, so she drained her bank account and brought $100K in cash to the desert…”

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Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to writer-director Heidi Weitzer’s comedy My Divorce Party, starring Rumer Willis, slating it for release on digital and cable VOD on April 30.

Pic watches as divorcee Xan (Desiree Staples) gathers her close friends to celebrate her impending split, only to reveal she intends to burn her divorce settlement money to start fresh. Chaos ensues as each friend has a wildly different opinion on what Xan should do.

Kimia Behpoornia, Michelle Meredith, Sarah Hollis, Desiree Staples, Dionne Gipson, Laith Ashley, and Cap Peterson also star. The film is produced by Adrienne Childress and Geenah Krisht. Gravitas Ventures’ VP of Acquisitions and International Sales, Danielle Gasher negotiated the deal with Film Mode Entertainment.

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Heidi Weitzer directed comedy starring Rumer Willis.

Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment is arriving on the Croisette with worldwide rights to comedy My Divorce Party and will be showing footage at the market.

Heidi Weitzer directed the film starring Rumer Willis, Michelle Meredith , Kimia Behpoornia, Sarah Hollis, and Desiree Staples.

My Divorce Party follows a woman as she gathers friends for a vacation to celebrate her impending break-up and gifts each of them $20,000 to spend so her soon-to-be ex cannot take her life savings.

The ensemble cast includes Dionne Gipson, Cap Peterson, and Laith Ashley. Adrienne Childress and Geenah Krisht...