Movie buff or not, everyone on the Internet has been counting down to the day when two of 2023’s biggest blockbusters — Barbie and Oppenheimer — ) in lead roles as lovers who grapple with familial troubles from their elders. Veteran actors, namely Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, Shanama Azmi, and Ronit Roy fill out the cast lineup. The film, which began filming in August 2021, suffered multiple delays due to COVID-19 and lead actress Bhatt’s pregnancy. The film is being distributed by Viacom18 and therefore, fans can expect it to drop on JioCinema in due course.
The Beanie Bubble
When: July 28
Where: Apple TV+
Ignoring the elephant in the room which is a clean-shaven Zach Galifianakis, The Beanie Bubble has an interesting premise, centering around a frustrated toy salesman, who partners with — or rather, uses — three women to build a billion-dollar company selling high-end, stuffed Himalayan cats. Inspired by the Beanie Babies bubble in late 1995, Ty Warner hits a goldmine by turning his plush toy business into the biggest toy craze in history, undervaluing the unsung heroes in his life who never appeared on the brand’s heart-shaped tag — all thanks to greed.
There are three key players here: Ty’s wife Sheila Warner (Sarah Snook) who serves as the rock in life, Robbie (Elizabeth Banks) the business partner with whom he maintains a secret affair, and Maya (Geraldine Vishwanathan) the strategist who helped save the company from going under. Kristin Gore teams up with her real-life partner Damian Kulash to direct The Beanie Bubble, based on a script the former wrote. The screenplay itself is based on Zac Bissonette’s non-fiction novel ‘The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute.’
