{"id":5486,"date":"2020-09-25T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=5486"},"modified":"2020-09-24T16:25:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T21:25:06","slug":"malcolm-and-marie-the-film-that-bested-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=5486","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMalcolm and Marie\u201d: The Film that Bested Quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Charissa Roberson<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

On Sep. 13, Netflix announced that \u201cMalcolm and Marie,\u201d a new film starring Zendaya (\u201cEuphoria\u201d) and John David Washington (\u201cTenet\u201d), would be premiering on their streaming service. This film, directed by Sam Levinson, is remarkable in that it is the first feature film to start and complete production during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to an interview with InStyle, Zendaya told Levinson about her desire to \u201cdo something creative\u201d after production was shut down on Season 2 of \u201cEuphoria.\u201d Brainstorming ideas with Zendaya, Levinson wrote the script for \u201cMalcolm and Marie\u201d in a matter of days. Washington was brought on board, along with a small group of crew members from \u201cEuphoria.\u201d The creators financed the project with their own personal funds. Between June 17 and July 2, this close-knit team worked under the radar at Caterpillar House, a striking glass structure in Carmel, CA, to film the intimate romantic drama.<\/span><\/p>\n

Safety was the primary concern for everyone involved. Each member of the cast and crew had to quarantine and be tested for COVID-19 before filming began. The set itself was isolated, with only those working on the film allowed to be present. \u201cWe created our own little bubble and made sure that once we were in, we couldn\u2019t leave,\u201d Zendaya said (InStyle). The entertainment and acting industries had strict safety policies, but the team of \u201cMalcolm and Marie\u201d worked carefully with them, as well as doctors and lawyers, to develop resourceful ways to meet the requirements. Because the size of the crew had to be limited, many of them filled multiple roles. Zendaya, for her part, wore her own clothes and did her own make-up while filming.<\/span><\/p>\n

While details about the film\u2019s plot are scarce, Deadline reports that \u201cMalcolm and Marie\u201d will follow a filmmaker (Washington) and his girlfriend (Zendaya), as they grapple with their relationship in the aftermath of his film\u2019s successful premiere. The film was shot in black and white on 35mm film by cinematographer Marcell R\u00e9v.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am so grateful to this cast and crew \u2026 for coming together during such uncertain times,\u201d said director Levenson. \u201cWe felt privileged to be able to make this film together and we did so with a lot of love.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMalcolm and Marie\u201d will premiere on Netflix at an unannounced date. A portion of the film\u2019s proceeds will go towards the charity Feeding America.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Charissa Roberson On Sep. 13, Netflix announced that \u201cMalcolm and Marie,\u201d a new film starring Zendaya (\u201cEuphoria\u201d) and John David Washington (\u201cTenet\u201d), would be premiering on their streaming service. This film, directed by Sam Levinson, is remarkable in that it is the first feature film to start and complete production during the COVID-19 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":5487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-5486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-summer2019"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Option-2-for-Malcolm-and-Marie-pic-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}