The Grammy-award winning musician said he wants to remind the world why rap music is the “most impactful genre to date”.
The Grammy-award winning musician said he wants to remind the world why rap music is the “most impactful genre to date”.
Dakota Johnson made her directorial debut with Loser Baby which is set to premiere at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. The Madame Web actress spoke to Deadline’s TIFF studio and shared her experience working as a first-time director. “I loved making this so much and I think it felt incredibly natural and intuitive to me,” she said.
Her short film Loser Baby revolves around Talia, a queer woman, who “starts questioning her relationships as her friends’ conceptions about commitment evolve,” as per the official synopsis. Johnson who is known for her roles in Fifty Shades of Grey and Netflix’s Persuasion also revealed her future directorial plans.
“I am open to making more things,” she said. However, she’s unsure whether she is at that stage now. “I feel like I have a lot of growth in that department and a lot to learn, and I by no means think I’m ready to go do that,” she added. But also confessed that she could change her mind anytime so it’s hard to predict.
Led by Thalia Bernstein, the story revolves around Talia who is stressed about her long-term relationship—a situation she expresses to her best friend Lee and that reaches a high point at another friend Ashley Madekwe’s birthday party. “It was definitely pulled from reality,” said Bernstein, who also wrote the script.
As someone who’s been in a long term queer relationship, Bernstein longed to see a story that authentically represented it. “I just wanted to explore that there are so many ways to be in a relationship,” she added. As for Johnson, she created a fun environment while directing the film.
The Persuasion actress revealed that she encouraged her actors to improv on set. Although the structure of the film was created to the T and everything from the script is in the short film, Johnson wanted to push the actors “a little bit further.”
Earlier during an interview with Variety, the actress revealed that she overdosed on caffeine throughout the filming. She recalled feeling creative, active and inspired only to realize later that she increased her caffeine intake. “It was, like, thousands of milligrams of caffeine coursing through our bodies,” Johnson revealed.
The Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao-led Stree is continuing with its historic box office trend in India. According to estimates, the Amar Kaushik-directed horror comedy collected Rs 23.00 to 23.50 crore in its fourth weekend, taking total collections to Rs 523.50 crore. With this the Dinesh Vijan and Jio Studios produced film has emerged as the second highest-grossing film of Hindi cinema, going past the lifetime collections of Pathaan (Rs 513 crore) and Gadar 2 (Rs 515 crore).
The Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao starrer will now be chasing the lifetime collections of Jawan to emerge the #1 Hindi Film of all time. For those unaware, Jawan collected Rs 555.50 crore at the box office in Hindi, and with another 3-week run, Stree 2 has a shot of topping the numbers and emerge an all-time grosser in Hindi language. The film is an all-time blockbuster, probably the biggest in terms of ROI in the last decade or so.
The trend from Monday will give an insight into the chances of the film to top the Rs 555 crore number, as it’s going to be a race to the finish. There is National Cinema Day coming up on 20th September and it could be this day when Stree 2 creates history to emerge the biggest grosser ever in the Hindi language. Every day and every crore will count from hereon as it’s an exciting race to create history.
The Rs 500 crore club and lifetime numbers of Bahubali 2 looked like a dream in the post-pandemic world, but the things have changed massively in the last 1 and a half years. While Pathaan started the proceedings in January 2023, it was Gadar 2, Jawan, and Animal that followed the suite by hitting the Rs 500 crore numbers.
Stree 2 has scored the biggest fourth Sunday of all time and also become the first ever Hindi film to hit double-digit mark on the fourth Sunday. With this, it’s also flirting with the biggest fourth weekend of all time, though the actuals in the morning will give a clearer picture.
Stree 2 Day Wise Box Office Collection:
Week One: Rs 292 crore
Week Two: Rs 141 crore
Week Three: Rs 66.75 crore
4th Friday: Rs 4.25 crore
4th Saturday: Rs 8.50 crore
4th Sunday: Rs 10.75 crore (Expected)
Total: Rs 523.50 crore
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