BRATS Premieres June 13 on Hulu, June 28 in Canada, and
July 5 in the U.K. and Ireland on Disney+ and Coming
Soon to Additional Territories
Internationally on Disney+
VANCOUVER, BC, June 3, 2024
/CNW/ - Network Media Group Inc. (TSXV: NTE.V) (OTC:
NETWF) and Network Entertainment Inc. ("Network" or "the
Company") in partnership with ABC News Studios and NEON,
announced today that BRATS, a new feature-length
documentary from director Andrew
McCarthy, will be showcased Friday, June 7, at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival
and will premiere Thursday, June
13, on Hulu in the U.S. and later this summer on
Disney+ in select territories. Announced earlier this
year, BRATS looks at the iconic films of the 1980s
that shaped a generation and the narrative that took hold when
their young stars were branded the "Brat Pack." McCarthy
reunites with his fellow Brat Packers — friends,
colleagues, and former foes, including Rob
Lowe, Demi Moore,
Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Jon
Cryer, Lea Thompson, and
Timothy Hutton, many of whom he had
not seen for over 30 years — to answer the question: What did
it mean to be part of the Brat Pack? McCarthy also
sits down for a first-time conversation with writer David Blum, who fatefully coined the
term Brat Pack in a 1985 New York
Magazine cover story.
"We are truly honored to embark on this journey with esteemed
partners ABC News Studios and NEON to bring BRATS to
life," said Network producer Derik
Murray. "It's a privilege to be collaborating with
Andrew McCarthy, whose deep personal
connection to the Brat Pack brings an unparalleled
authenticity to the project. His unique journey from actor to
director to bestselling author adds a layer of complexity and
intelligence to the film, offering audiences a compelling and
highly entertaining glimpse into this iconic period and the films
that defined it."
"The Brat Pack captivated a generation and defined cool for so
many," said Mike Kelley, who heads
ABC News Studios. "Andrew, as a seminal member, brings unbelievable
access and perspective to the phenomenon as director of this film.
It's a deeply personal, surprising, and entertaining journey and a
film we are so proud of at ABC News Studios."
"Making BRATS was that rare opportunity to dive back
into the frozen past and bring it up into the living present," said
McCarthy.
BRATS is produced by Network Entertainment and NEON
for ABC News Studios. Andrew
McCarthy is the writer and director. The documentary is
produced by Derik Murray and
Adrian Buitenhuis. Brian Liebman and McCarthy are executive
producers. NEON's Dan O'Meara
and Tom Quinn and Network
Entertainment's Brian Gersh,
Paul Gertz, and Kent Wingerak are executive producers. For ABC
News Studios, Victoria Thompson is
executive producer, and David Sloan
is senior executive producer. ABC News Studios is led by
Mike Kelley.
About Network Media Group / Network
Entertainment
Network Media Group is the parent company
of Network Entertainment Inc.
Network Entertainment is a
creatively driven boutique film and television production company
that develops, finances, and produces award-winning programming for
television networks, streaming digital platforms, and movie
audiences around the world.
Network was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best
Feature Documentary for its Muhammad
Ali documentary, Facing Ali, and
recent releases include the Sidney Poitier
documentary, Sidney, produced by Oprah
Winfrey and directed by Reginald
Hudlin, for Apple TV+ which premiered at TIFF and has won
numerous awards, the electric four-part
docu-series PUNK, executive produced by legendary
fashion designer John Varvatos and
punk pioneer Iggy Pop which made its
U.S. premiere on EPIX; The Age of A.I., an eight-part
series in partnership with host and executive producer Robert Downey Jr., which launched on YouTube
Originals and has attracted 45 million views and counting and are
now filming a feature documentary on ground-breaking musical
artist Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone, in
partnership with MRC Non-Fiction, which is directed by four-time
Grammy- and Academy Award-winning Director Ahmir "Questlove"
Thompson and was acquired by Disney's Onyx
Collective.
About ABC News Studios
ABC News Studios, inspired by ABC News' trusted reporting, is an
award-winning, premium news and documentary original production
house and commissioning partner of series and specials. ABC News
Studios champions untold and authentic stories driving the cultural
zeitgeist spanning true-crime, investigations, pop culture, and
news-adjacent stories. ABC News Studios' original titles include
critically acclaimed documentaries Pretty
Baby: Brooke Shields, Sound of the
Police, The Lady
Bird Diaries,and Aftershock, and popular
docu-series and documentaries, including Killing County,
Wild Crime, Mormon No More, The Randall Scandal: Love,
Loathing, and Vanderpump and Jelly
Roll: Save Me.
About NEON
In only six years, NEON has garnered 25 Academy Award® nominations
(6 in this past awards season alone), five wins, including Best
Picture, and has grossed over $200M
at the box office. The company continues to push boundaries and
take creative risks in bold cinema, such as Bong Joon Ho's Parasite, which
made history winning four Academy Awards®, becoming the first
non-English-language film to claim Best Picture. Additional
Oscar®-nominated NEON titles include documentaries All
the Beauty and the Bloodshed and Fire of
Love; Ruben Östlund's Triangle of
Sadness; The Worst Person in the World from
Joachim Trier; Julia
Ducournau's Titane; Spencer starring
Kristen Stewart; and Craig Gillespie's I, Tonya.
Recently released titles from the NEON slate include
Michael
Mann's Ferrari and Ava DuVernay's Origin, both of
which premiered out of the 2023 Venice Film Festival; 2023 Palme
d'Or winner Anatomy of a Fall from Justine Triet, which won two Golden Globes;
Wim Wenders' Perfect
Days (Japan's official
selection which recently made the shortlist);
and Eileen, the Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie-starrer from William Oldroyd. Highly anticipated upcoming
titles are Anora from award-winning filmmaker Sean
Baker; Immaculate, starring Sydney Sweeney; and They Follow, the
sequel to David Robert Mitchell's
cult classic It Follows. This month, the Sundance Film Festival will mark world
premieres of Seeking Mavis Beacon from director
Jazmin Jones and Theda Hammel's Stress Positions,
both of which NEON produced, and Handling the
Undead starring Renate Reinsve.
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