Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Dakota to star in "Gucci Beloved" Campaign

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To say that Gucci is beloved by fans and celebrities alike is a drastic understatement. For its rabid cult followers, ourselves included, we have something big to celebrate: Gucci is turning 100 this year. In addition to a slew of centennial content the brand is rolling out through 2021, its Beloved line of handbags is getting the star studded treatment, tapping seven major celebrities to front its newest campaign. To tease the launch, which drops on April 22nd, Gucci exclusively shared images with ELLE.com featuring some faces that might look a little familiar.

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Friday, March 12, 2021

New Project: Dakota to star in “Cha Cha Real Smooth”



Deadline: Following a competitive bidding situation, Picturestart and Endeavor Content are set to co-finance and produce Cha Cha Real Smooth. Cooper Raiff, whose debut film Shithouse won the Grand Jury Prize at last year’s SXSW, will direct a script he has written. Raiff will star with Dakota Johnson.

Raiff will produce with Johnson and her TeaTime Pictures partner Ro Donnelly. Johnson this week wrapped Am I Ok?, which Picturestart financed, and produced with Johnson.

Endeavor Content is handling global sales with ICM Partners. Production is set to begin this summer.

In the film, Raiff takes a job as a bar mitzvah party starter — a guy who gets the young crowd dancing and having fun — while he separately strikes up a friendship with a young mother (Johnson) and her autistic daughter.

Jessica Switch and Julia Hammer are overseeing the project for Picturestart.

Raiff, who wrote, directed, produced, starred in and edited Shithouse, is repped by ICM Partners (which brokered the film deal) and Fusion Entertainment; Johnson, who will next be seen starring in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter, is repped by WME, Untitled Entertainment and Ziffren Brittenham; Picturestart was repped by James McGough and Christina Tajalli, with P.J. Shapiro and Logan Clare on behalf of TeaTime Pictures.