Collider Interviews | My Old Ass Interview: Has Megan Park Found the Next Jenna Ortega? @ColliderInterviews | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
The moment I walked out of the My Old Ass World Premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, I knew with certainty it’d be my favorite film of the festival, and possibly a contender for my Top 10 of 2024. Eight months later, I can confirm that remains true. Similar to Strange Darling, I’d be shocked if My Old Ass wasn’t one of my favorite films of the year.
Megan Park is officially two-for-two as a feature film director. She kicked off her run behind the lens in a feature capacity with the phenomenal Jenna Ortega-headliner, The Fallout, a wildly poignant piece about gun violence and navigating the resulting trauma. With My Old Ass, Park shifts gears a bit, delivering a hugely charming coming-of-age tale of a teenager on the cusp of leaving home for college who has an encounter with her “Old Ass.”
Maisy Stella stars as Elliott, a teenager who opts to take mushrooms with her two best friends on her 18th birthday. While tripping, she’s visited by her older self, played by Aubrey Plaza, who tries not to rock the boat too much, but does have a few ideas she’d like to pass along about making the most of her time home sweet home before heading off to college.
With My Old Ass arriving in theaters on September 13th, I got the chance to reconnect with Park after our Sundance chat to dig a little deeper into the making of the movie. Check out the video at the top of this article to hear all about Park’s approach to working with lead actors like Maisy Stella and Jenna Ortega, how she tackled respecting time travel rules but without weighing down her narrative with too many of them, what it was like selling the film at Sundance for a whopping $15 million, and loads more! You can also read the conversation in transcript form below.
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The moment I walked out of the My Old Ass World Premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, I knew with certainty it’d be my favorite film of the festival, and possibly a contender for my Top 10 of 2024. Eight months later, I can confirm that remains true. Similar to Strange Darling, I’d be shocked if My Old Ass wasn’t one of my favorite films of the year.
Megan Park is officially two-for-two as a feature film director. She kicked off her run behind the lens in a feature capacity with the phenomenal Jenna Ortega-headliner, The Fallout, a wildly poignant piece about gun violence and navigating the resulting trauma. With My Old Ass, Park shifts gears a bit, delivering a hugely charming coming-of-age tale of a teenager on the cusp of leaving home for college who has an encounter with her “Old Ass.”
Maisy Stella stars as Elliott, a teenager who opts to take mushrooms with her two best friends on her 18th birthday. While tripping, she’s visited by her older self, played by Aubrey Plaza, who tries not to rock the boat too much, but does have a few ideas she’d like to pass along about making the most of her time home sweet home before heading off to college.
With My Old Ass arriving in theaters on September 13th, I got the chance to reconnect with Park after our Sundance chat to dig a little deeper into the making of the movie. Check out the video at the top of this article to hear all about Park’s approach to working with lead actors like Maisy Stella and Jenna Ortega, how she tackled respecting time travel rules but without weighing down her narrative with too many of them, what it was like selling the film at Sundance for a whopping $15 million, and loads more! You can also read the conversation in transcript form below.
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![Matt Reeves Reveals When The Batman Sequel Starts Filming [Exclusive]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/45YjstZ9yk4/hqdefault.jpg "Matt Reeves Reveals When The Batman Sequel Starts Filming [Exclusive]
It’s been over two years since Matt Reeves breathed new life into DC’s cinematic universe with 2022’s The Batman. For his movie, Reeves cast Robert Pattinson (Good Time) as the caped crusader and really leaned into the darker side of not only the titular hero but also the city of Gotham. In return, Reeves was met with an overly positive response from fans and critics, who appreciated his gritty take on the world of Batman, which gave the characters plenty of depth and put much more on the line. From the movie’s early days of production, Reeves made it clear that he was paving the way for what would eventually become a trilogy of films. After James Gunn and Peter Safran took over DC Studios at the tail end of 2022, fans were worried that Reeves’s plans would be scrapped, but they were quickly assured this wouldn’t be the case and that a sequel was still on the way.
Now, thanks to a conversation between Collider’s Steve Weintraub and Reeves, we have a better idea of where the filmmaker and his co-scribe, Mattson Tomlin, are with the project.
“We are finishing up, Mattson and I are at it every day. We’re getting very close. We’ve given big portions of it to DC already and they’ve read it. They’re super excited, and we’re trying to get — we want to be able to gear up early next year and shoot the movie next year. We’re excited about it. We’re getting close. It’s very exciting.”
All of this sounds super promising for those who have been waiting patiently to uncover the next chapter in The Batman saga, with Reeves adding that cameras will pick up “sometime in the first half of next year.” In addition to the filming updates, the director also cemented the movie’s title. Confirming the short but to-the-point name, Reeves said, “Yeah. It’s called The Batman Part II.
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