News about Mamoudou Athie

In a first preview of Kinds of Kindness, Emma Stone flies fast and busts a move

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 27, 2024
Emma Stone and director Yorgos Lanthimos have returned for another must-see film following their latest Oscar-winning collaboration. In the first teaser for Kinds of Kindness, the actress appears alongside Margaret Qualley, Hunter Schafer, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Joe Alwyn, Hong Chau, and Mamoudou Athie.

Vying for her THIRD Oscar? Following her Oscar win, Emma Stone and Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos will collaborate on a new film together

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 14, 2024
Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos are already filming together on a new film. Following the critical acclaim of their features The Favourite (2018) and Poor Things (2023), for which she received her second Best Actress Oscar on Sunday, Searchlight Pictures announced that the pair will debut an anthology film in theaters on June 21. Although the outline of their forthcoming project is being kept closely under wraps, Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, and Hunter Schafer will appear in the film, directed by Lanthimos. He told Deadline that Kinds of Kindness is one of the 'three contemporary stories,' and that there are a core of actors - seven in total - who play one character in each story.'

Watch the Stars of "Elemental" Play Pixar Pictionary — and Find Each Movie's Deeper Meaning

www.popsugar.co.uk, June 20, 2023
If you're a fan of Pixar, you'll know that the classic animated films often address topics that are deeper than what the eye can see. "Inside Out" explores mental stability, for example; "Ratatouille" is about following your dreams, no matter where you come from. And Disney and Pixar's new film, "Elemental," opened in theaters on June 16th. Ember, a girl made of fire who lives in Element City, is one of the four elements of "elemental" follows Ember, a girl made of fire who lives in Element City, which is populated by various people made of the four elements. When she meets Wade, a woman made of water, passion ensues, but not without obstacles (as you might imagine). So what's the biggest theme here? It's that love conquers all, according to Mamoudou Athie, who plays Ember. Leah Lewis, a character on Ember, confirms.

Elemental becomes Disney Pixar's first film to have a non-binary character

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 19, 2023
In the studio's new film title, Elemental, Disney's Pixar has introduced its first non-binary character. The film takes place in Element City, where fire, water, land, and air residents live together. Leah Lewis' voices as Ember Lumen and Mamoudou Athie as Wade Ripple appear in the film.

Pixar's Elemental chosen as the 'Last Screening' for the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in late May

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 20, 2023
The 76th Cannes Film Festival will close out with the world premiere of Pixar's much-anticipated animated film Elemental. The prestigious festival 'Last Screening,' will be held on May 27 in the United States, ahead of the film's theatrical debut in June 16.' Leah Lewis' voices as Ember Lumen and Mamoudou Athie appear in the film, but the Cannes press release has announced that two French actors - Adèle Exarchopoulos and Vincent Lacoste - will play Ember and Wade Ripple.