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The Stranger: Director Veena Sud on Repurposing Quibi Series to Film

The Stranger Director Veena Sud on Formatting Quibi Series for Film

The story follows unassuming young rideshare driver Claire (Maika Monroe), who is thrown into her worst nightmare when a mysterious Hollywood Hills passenger, Carl (Dane DeHaan), enters her car Suud spoke to Bleeding Cool about recalling Katzensberg's pitch, how her deal over copyright allowed for ownership, how flexible she became filming in portrait and landscape[...]
A scene from Dummy, courtesy of Quibi.

Quibi Catchup Finds The Stranger, Dummy & More Racing to The Bottom

He tells heroine Claire (Maika Monroe) it's her fault he's stalking her because she put so much of her information on social media The cops are stupid and brutish in cliched ways that don't even feel authentic Characters have to be stupid in order for the plot to happen. The story ends with the heroine outsmarting[...]
Christoph Waltz stars in Most Dangerous Game, courtesy of Quibi.

Most Dangerous Game, Survive and The Stranger: Playing Quibi Catch-Up

The plot takes the predictable route of having a nice convenience store clerk help Clare (Maika Monroe) They end up on the run from the cops for the most predictable and contrived reasons The script continues to drop hints that her stalker (Dean Dehaan) might really be a figment of Clare's imagination and she really[...]
Maika Monroe stars in The Stranger, courtesy of Quibi.

The Stranger Review: Quibi Thriller Thinks It's #MeToo But It's Not

Clare (Maika Monroe), a rideshare driver in Los Angeles, picks up a passenger named Carl E (Dean Dehaan) He turns out to be a sociopath, possibly a serial killer, who decides to stalk her across the city after she escapes him Okay, this is a workable premise It's elegantly simple and could be done fairly[...]