Blue Magic

12mo

As per a Reddit comment:

I worked as a background extra last week for The Weeknd’s movie with Jenna Ortega and no one asked me to sign an NDA, so… it was basically a 14 hour hostage situation. Made some nice friends though

Edit: There’s not much of a story here, I was just miserable. We were hired for 8 hours and were held at the Honda Center for 14, with one meal. We heard the same 40 second clip of an unreleased song probably 40 times, and had to react every single time for the cameras. They hired 1,600 of us and moved us to a different section after every take. No phones allowed, obviously, and the only reason I could keep track of time was because I wore a watch, which later told me I climbed like 9 flights of stairs.

Jenna Ortega was there because she’s playing some crazed fan/stalker, but they had filmed most of her scene the day before. The day I worked she just stood there and everyone stared at her like a caged animal.

I’m sure this is very typical of background extra work, but it’s not my scene. A friend asked if I’d do it with her so she’d have a ride. I don’t think I’ll be doing background work again.

BGFX

8mo

Manic Phase (Abel's production company) IG finally getting branding

Trailer soon?

kiddash3r

8mo

I doubt they want to release a trailer whilst the strikes are going on considering Abel and Jenna are gonna carry the promo for this

kiddash3r

8mo

I doubt they want to release a trailer whilst the strikes are going on considering Abel and Jenna are gonna carry the promo for this

kiddash3r

8mo

I doubt they want to release a trailer whilst the strikes are going on considering Abel and Jenna are gonna carry the promo for this

BGFX

4mo

It's apparently dropping this year

HMFMM

4mo

not sure if this was posted before but they updated the cast list

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt26927452/?ref_=nm_flmg_unrel_1_act

Costanza

4mo

“Shults’ film is a loose remake of Rob Reiner’s 1990 film, “Misery.” In it, The Weeknd plays himself, a famous singer, and Ortega plays his deranged fan/stalker. To make things more curious, last summer Ortega posted a shot of the house being used during production, and it’s practically the same one as in “Misery.”

The still-untitled film would also begin with an infamous, real-life incident that occurred to The Weeknd in 2015, when he lost his voice during a concert in Los Angeles — he managed to get through four songs before he had to cut the show short.

Based on Stephen King’s novel, 1990’s “Misery” tackled novelist Paul Sheldon (James Caan) who, after a car crash, gets “rescued” by former nurse Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), who claims to be his biggest fan. Annie brings him to her remote cabin to recover, where her obsession for his novels takes a very dark turn.”
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/1/4/bjbar8vw2tfrdb75rfbn5850li6f6n

The2nDream

4mo

So his character is The Weeknd also or is it just him playing as an unnamed singer?