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‘Vivo’ Trailer: Lin-Manuel Miranda Stars in a Musical Love Letter to Cuba

Is it just me, or has it been a while since we all went on an elaborate adventure with a cute, animated animal? Well, never fear, Disney isn’t the only one who can make us fall in love with animals — Netflix is fully in on animated musicals, as they’re proving with the first trailer for their upcoming release, Vivo . Check out the first trailer for Vivo below. Vivo Trailer Vivo clearly takes viewers on a colorful, vibrant adventure and sees the one-of-a-kind kinkajou befriending girl scouts, battling snakes, and traversing dangerous waters — all in the name of love. We learn in the trailer that Vivo ( Lin Manuel Miranda ) is a musical animal, happy to spend his days playing music in a lively Havana square beside his beloved owner Andrés ( Juan de Marcos ). Their shared love of music is the basis of their friendship and that connection puts them perfectly in sync. But Vivo’s adventure takes him from Andrés’ side when his owner receives a letter from his long-lost love...

15 Years Ago, ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Transformed Meryl Streep Into a New Kind of Icon

In 2003, Lauren Weisberger released her debut novel, The Devil Wears Prada , a comedy about a young woman hired to be the personal assistant of a powerful and notoriously harsh fashion magazine editor. Upon its publication The Devil Wears Prada attracted attention because Weisberger had worked for Anna Wintour, the somewhat infamous editor-in-chief of American Vogue . Of course, audiences presumed the novel to be autobiographical, something Weisberger weakly denied. Immediately, the book was a bestseller, and a film adaptation was quickly greenlit. But who would play Miranda Priestly, the beastly fashion queen who terrorized everyone around her? Who could possibly live up to the near-legendary status of a character so clearly inspired by one of the most recognizable and feared women in fashion? Well, who can play a legend but another legend? For the 2006 adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada , the filmmakers wanted only one woman to play Miranda: Meryl Streep . It seemed like a...

HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ Demonstrates the Right Way to “Remix” a Classic

Last year, when showrunner Damon Lindelof posted a letter to Instagram about his upcoming Watchmen series for HBO, he classified it as a “remix.” On the one hand, this was good news for fans who were trepidatious about seeing the greatest comic book story of all time receive another direct sequel or adaptation. On the other hand, remixes already dominate the dance floor in Hollywood. When creators and critics use that word now, it either feels like industry code for a thinly disguised remake (amid all the other official remakes that are currently flooding the market), or it feels like a pejorative term for the repackaged greatest hits of a beloved IP. By way of an example, this very week, we’ve got a new Terminator movie hitting theaters, which reviewers have likened to The Force Awakens of the franchise . However, if the first two episodes are any indication, that’s not what Lindelof’s Watchmen remix is. Instead, what it looks to be is a fascinating re-contextual...

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