[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for “Brand New Cherry Flavor,” including the ending.]
There are times when “Brand New Cherry Flavor” seems to exist in its own universe. The Netflix series, based on Todd Grimson’s book of the same name, takes place in an early-’90s Los Angeles, bathed in equal layers of possibility and dread.
Lisa Nova (Rosa Salazar) arrives in this thick rainbow soup of a city with only one valuable item in tow: a short film called “Lucy’s Eye” that transfixes anyone who watches it. Director Matt Sobel, who was behind the camera for the show’s fourth and fifth episodes, directed the film-within-a-film. It’s an ideal example of how “Brand New Cherry Flavor” takes a hazy, fictional version of LA filled with inexplicable oddities and delivers something tangible.
“It’s got this raw energy, right? It’s not supposed to be this perfect masterpiece,” said series co-creator and co-showrunner Nick Antosca. “It’s supposed to show...
There are times when “Brand New Cherry Flavor” seems to exist in its own universe. The Netflix series, based on Todd Grimson’s book of the same name, takes place in an early-’90s Los Angeles, bathed in equal layers of possibility and dread.
Lisa Nova (Rosa Salazar) arrives in this thick rainbow soup of a city with only one valuable item in tow: a short film called “Lucy’s Eye” that transfixes anyone who watches it. Director Matt Sobel, who was behind the camera for the show’s fourth and fifth episodes, directed the film-within-a-film. It’s an ideal example of how “Brand New Cherry Flavor” takes a hazy, fictional version of LA filled with inexplicable oddities and delivers something tangible.
“It’s got this raw energy, right? It’s not supposed to be this perfect masterpiece,” said series co-creator and co-showrunner Nick Antosca. “It’s supposed to show...
- 8/27/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion had hard rules for Brand New Cherry Flavor. The co-creators of the new Netflix show, who previously worked together on the late, great Channel Zero, knew what would and wouldn’t fly in their adaptation of Todd Grimson‘s novel. Nonetheless, Antosca and Zion won’t reveal what those exact rules were for their nightmarish Netflix limited […]
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- 8/19/2021
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for Brand New Cherry Flavor.
Brand New Cherry Flavor is an intense, at times bizarre experience. The Netflix horror series based on the Todd Grimson book of the same name intends to capture a dream-like witchiness in early ‘90s L.A. To that end, it’s hard to argue that the endeavor is not successful.
The show, run by Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion (Channel Zero), is so dreamlike, however, that sometimes it can be difficult to determine just what is going on. Throughout the first season, we see indie filmmaker Lisa Nova (Rosa Salazar) dip her toe into some dark magic, but who’s to say she wasn’t experienced in the subject all along?
It’s all compounded by the fact that Brand New Cherry Flavor’s ending doesn’t conclude as definitively as one might expect. The door is clearly open for a second season.
Brand New Cherry Flavor is an intense, at times bizarre experience. The Netflix horror series based on the Todd Grimson book of the same name intends to capture a dream-like witchiness in early ‘90s L.A. To that end, it’s hard to argue that the endeavor is not successful.
The show, run by Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion (Channel Zero), is so dreamlike, however, that sometimes it can be difficult to determine just what is going on. Throughout the first season, we see indie filmmaker Lisa Nova (Rosa Salazar) dip her toe into some dark magic, but who’s to say she wasn’t experienced in the subject all along?
It’s all compounded by the fact that Brand New Cherry Flavor’s ending doesn’t conclude as definitively as one might expect. The door is clearly open for a second season.
- 8/16/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
A few days after enlisting enigmatic witch Boro (Catherine Keener) to put a curse on a director who’s wronged her, young filmmaker Lisa Nova (Rosa Salazar) is sick of throwing up slimy, mewling kittens as a consequence. “No!” she practically growls, staring Boro down. “No more throwing up kittens!”
Boro shrugs, less than bothered. “Fine, no more throwing up kittens,” she says as she steps back into the shadows, disappearing into the lush jungle that’s overtaken her Los Angeles home. Lisa’s temporarily mollified — until she experiences the bodily result of that request, which is, to say the least, far worse than any of her previous retching. Resigned, she sighs. “Tell her I’ll go back to puking,” Lisa says to Boro’s stupefied lackey (Mark Acheson), who can only grunt in response as he shuffles away.
This sequence of events is only unusual in the world of...
Boro shrugs, less than bothered. “Fine, no more throwing up kittens,” she says as she steps back into the shadows, disappearing into the lush jungle that’s overtaken her Los Angeles home. Lisa’s temporarily mollified — until she experiences the bodily result of that request, which is, to say the least, far worse than any of her previous retching. Resigned, she sighs. “Tell her I’ll go back to puking,” Lisa says to Boro’s stupefied lackey (Mark Acheson), who can only grunt in response as he shuffles away.
This sequence of events is only unusual in the world of...
- 8/13/2021
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
Most of the kittens in new Netflix horror series Brand New Cherry Flavor are puppets. Sometimes, however, you need the real thing…like for a scene in which a gang of gatos devour a dead coyote.
“We love cats. So that was a fun day,” series co-creator Nick Antosca tells Den of Geek. “The cats are professional actors. So they do exactly what you tell them and they never mess up a take. That’s a joke.”
Why open a story about a horror series with an anecdote about kittens, you might ask? Because, as the coyote-eating portion of that anecdote might indicate, Brand New Cherry Flavor isn’t your typical kind of horror tale. Based on a novel of the same name from Todd Grimson, the show is set in early ‘90s Hollywood and follows a talented indie filmmaker Lisa Nova (Rosa Salazar) as she does whatever it takes...
“We love cats. So that was a fun day,” series co-creator Nick Antosca tells Den of Geek. “The cats are professional actors. So they do exactly what you tell them and they never mess up a take. That’s a joke.”
Why open a story about a horror series with an anecdote about kittens, you might ask? Because, as the coyote-eating portion of that anecdote might indicate, Brand New Cherry Flavor isn’t your typical kind of horror tale. Based on a novel of the same name from Todd Grimson, the show is set in early ‘90s Hollywood and follows a talented indie filmmaker Lisa Nova (Rosa Salazar) as she does whatever it takes...
- 8/13/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Brand New Cherry Flavor is a subversive new limited series premiering on Netflix on August 13.
We got the chance to chat with creators Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion about adapting the novel by Todd Grimson to TV.
"The backstory is in like 2007 or 2008. I read the novel because I had become like email pen pals with Ty Grimson, and I've never met him in real life," Antosca shared.
"We talked by email and phone, and I didn't even know that he was a novelist. I just knew he had some short stories online. He sent me the book. I was blown away by it. I became really fascinated by this kind of complex amoral yet relatable protagonists with this really intense creative drive," he added.
"I carried the book with me and always remembered it, and then when I got into TV years later and got to know Lenore, I...
We got the chance to chat with creators Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion about adapting the novel by Todd Grimson to TV.
"The backstory is in like 2007 or 2008. I read the novel because I had become like email pen pals with Ty Grimson, and I've never met him in real life," Antosca shared.
"We talked by email and phone, and I didn't even know that he was a novelist. I just knew he had some short stories online. He sent me the book. I was blown away by it. I became really fascinated by this kind of complex amoral yet relatable protagonists with this really intense creative drive," he added.
"I carried the book with me and always remembered it, and then when I got into TV years later and got to know Lenore, I...
- 8/12/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
“All I wanted to do was make a movie,” utters would-be film director Lisa Nova (Rosa Salazar) after things have escalated greatly late into Netflix’s new horror series “Brand New Cherry Flavor.” Created by Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion, and adapted from the novel of the same name by Todd Grimson, the show follows Lisa down a nightmarish spiral after she comes to Los Angeles with dreams of turning her experimental short film “Lucy’s Eye” into a feature.
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We first meet Lisa making a late-night call from a remote gas station payphone to her friend Code (Manny Jacinto) asking to crash at his place.
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We first meet Lisa making a late-night call from a remote gas station payphone to her friend Code (Manny Jacinto) asking to crash at his place.
Continue reading ‘Brand New Cherry Flavor’: Netflix’s Horror Series Tries To Comment On The Seedy Nature Of Hollywood & Comes Up Short [Review] at The Playlist.
- 8/11/2021
- by Marya E. Gates
- The Playlist
TikTok’s “first family” is hitting the small screen with “The D’Amelio Show,” premiering on Sept. 3.
Hulu’s eight-episode original docuseries, launching on Disney Plus internationally, follows the D’Amelio family — Charli, Dixie, Marc and Heidi — as they face challenges and opportunities and grapple with becoming overnight TikTok sensations.
The series also focuses on how Marc and Heidi are raising Charli, the 16-year-old who is the most-followed creator on TikTok, and Dixie, the 19-year-old who is now pursuing a music career in Los Angeles.
“The D’Amelio Show” is executive produced by Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman on behalf of The Intellectual Property Corporation (Ipc), an Industrial Media Company, with showrunner Sara Reddy executive producing along with Esther Frank.
Also in today’s TV news roundup:
First Looks
Netflix released a trailer for “Brand New Cherry Flavor,” an eight-episode limited series set to debut on Aug. 13. The trailer features...
Hulu’s eight-episode original docuseries, launching on Disney Plus internationally, follows the D’Amelio family — Charli, Dixie, Marc and Heidi — as they face challenges and opportunities and grapple with becoming overnight TikTok sensations.
The series also focuses on how Marc and Heidi are raising Charli, the 16-year-old who is the most-followed creator on TikTok, and Dixie, the 19-year-old who is now pursuing a music career in Los Angeles.
“The D’Amelio Show” is executive produced by Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman on behalf of The Intellectual Property Corporation (Ipc), an Industrial Media Company, with showrunner Sara Reddy executive producing along with Esther Frank.
Also in today’s TV news roundup:
First Looks
Netflix released a trailer for “Brand New Cherry Flavor,” an eight-episode limited series set to debut on Aug. 13. The trailer features...
- 7/30/2021
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Todd Grimson’s horror novel “Brand New Cherry Flavor” is coming to Netflix as a horror-thriller revenge series, with Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel) in the leading role. The eight-episode limited series was written and executive produced by “Channel Zero” duo Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion, who also serve as showrunners. Here’s the synopsis… “Lisa N. Nova (Rosa Salazar) comes to LA dead set […]...
- 7/30/2021
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
The wait is (almost) over: Netflix has set the very, very appropriate premiere date for its “Brand New Cherry Flavor” limited series and released the first teaser for the horror-thriller.
Based on Todd Grimson’s 1996 cult classic novel of the same name, the series tells the story of a filmmaker who heads to Hollywood in the early ‘90s and tumbles down a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, revenge — and kittens. The “Brand New Cherry Flavor” limited series will launch Friday, Aug. 13.
Per Netflix, “Lisa N. Nova (Rosa Salazar) comes to LA dead set on directing her first movie. But when she trusts the wrong person and gets stabbed in the back, everything goes sideways and a dream project turns into a nightmare. This particular nightmare has zombies, hit men, supernatural kittens, and a mysterious tattoo artist who likes to put curses on people. And Lisa’s going to have...
Based on Todd Grimson’s 1996 cult classic novel of the same name, the series tells the story of a filmmaker who heads to Hollywood in the early ‘90s and tumbles down a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, revenge — and kittens. The “Brand New Cherry Flavor” limited series will launch Friday, Aug. 13.
Per Netflix, “Lisa N. Nova (Rosa Salazar) comes to LA dead set on directing her first movie. But when she trusts the wrong person and gets stabbed in the back, everything goes sideways and a dream project turns into a nightmare. This particular nightmare has zombies, hit men, supernatural kittens, and a mysterious tattoo artist who likes to put curses on people. And Lisa’s going to have...
- 7/19/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Netflix is adapting Todd Grimson’s horror novel “Brand New Cherry Flavor” in the form of a horror-thriller revenge series, with Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel) set to lead the cast. The series will also star Catherine Keener (Get Out), Eric Lange (Escape at Dannemora), Jeff Ward (“Agents of Shield”) and Manny Jacinto (“The Good Place”), and Deadline reports today that Hannah Levien (The Magicians, Siren), Leland Orser (I Am […]...
- 12/17/2020
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Hannah Levien, Leland Orser and Patrick Fischler are set for recurring roles opposite Rosa Salazar on Brand New Cherry Flavor, Netflix’s upcoming horror-thriller revenge series.
Brand New Cherry Flavor is written by Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion. Based on the cult horror novel by Todd Grimson, the eight-episode series is the story of Lisa Nova (Salazar), an aspiring film director in the sun-drenched but seamy world of 1990 Los Angeles who embarks on a mind-altering journey of supernatural revenge.
Levien will recur as Christine, Orser will play Mike Nathans and Fischler will portray Alvin Sender.
In addition to Salazar, they join previously announced cast Catherine Keener, Eric Lange, Jeff Ward and Manny Jacinto.
The series is a co-production of Netflix and UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group,...
Brand New Cherry Flavor is written by Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion. Based on the cult horror novel by Todd Grimson, the eight-episode series is the story of Lisa Nova (Salazar), an aspiring film director in the sun-drenched but seamy world of 1990 Los Angeles who embarks on a mind-altering journey of supernatural revenge.
Levien will recur as Christine, Orser will play Mike Nathans and Fischler will portray Alvin Sender.
In addition to Salazar, they join previously announced cast Catherine Keener, Eric Lange, Jeff Ward and Manny Jacinto.
The series is a co-production of Netflix and UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group,...
- 12/17/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO has greenlit a limited series adaptation of the Jo Nesbø novel “The Son” with Jake Gyllenhaal attached to star and executive produce, Variety has learned.
“The Son” is described as a tale of vengeance set amid Oslo’s brutal hierarchy of corruption. Gyllenhaal will executive produce under his Nine Stories Productions banner along with Riva Marker. Lenore Zion will serve as writer, executive producer, and co-showrunner. In addition, Denis Villeneuve is attached to direct and executive produce.
“Westworld” creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy will executive produce and serve as co-showrunners via Kilter Films with Athena Wickham of Kilter also executive producing. Bold Films’ David Litvak, Gary Michael Walters, Michel Litvak, and Svetlana Metkina also serve as executive producers with Nesbø and Niclas Salomonsson. Nine Stories Productions, Kilter Films, and Bold Films will produce in association with Warner Bros. Television.
“Jonah and Lisa are a formidable creative force and...
“The Son” is described as a tale of vengeance set amid Oslo’s brutal hierarchy of corruption. Gyllenhaal will executive produce under his Nine Stories Productions banner along with Riva Marker. Lenore Zion will serve as writer, executive producer, and co-showrunner. In addition, Denis Villeneuve is attached to direct and executive produce.
“Westworld” creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy will executive produce and serve as co-showrunners via Kilter Films with Athena Wickham of Kilter also executive producing. Bold Films’ David Litvak, Gary Michael Walters, Michel Litvak, and Svetlana Metkina also serve as executive producers with Nesbø and Niclas Salomonsson. Nine Stories Productions, Kilter Films, and Bold Films will produce in association with Warner Bros. Television.
“Jonah and Lisa are a formidable creative force and...
- 10/20/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Nick Antosca, who co-created Hulu’s “The Act,” is delving into another crazy real-life story.
The “Channel Zero” producer is teaming up with Ucp to develop a limited series about Jan Broberg and her multiple kidnappings. Ucp, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios, nabbed the rights to Broberg’s stranger-than-fiction story series in what sources describe as a competitive bidding situation.
Broberg’s story was the subject of a Netflix documentary called “Abducted in Plain Sight.” Both Broberg and her mother Mary Ann are on board with this new project as producers.
The untitled Broberg series will follow the bizarre true story of how Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years by a charismatic, obsessed family “friend.” The Brobergs — devoted to their faith, family, and community — were utterly unprepared for the sophisticated tactics their neighbor used to exploit their vulnerabilities, drive them apart, and turn their daughter against them.
The “Channel Zero” producer is teaming up with Ucp to develop a limited series about Jan Broberg and her multiple kidnappings. Ucp, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios, nabbed the rights to Broberg’s stranger-than-fiction story series in what sources describe as a competitive bidding situation.
Broberg’s story was the subject of a Netflix documentary called “Abducted in Plain Sight.” Both Broberg and her mother Mary Ann are on board with this new project as producers.
The untitled Broberg series will follow the bizarre true story of how Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years by a charismatic, obsessed family “friend.” The Brobergs — devoted to their faith, family, and community — were utterly unprepared for the sophisticated tactics their neighbor used to exploit their vulnerabilities, drive them apart, and turn their daughter against them.
- 5/7/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix is adapting Todd Grimson’s horror novel “Brand New Cherry Flavor” in the form of a horror-thriller revenge series, with Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel) set to lead the cast. Reported by Deadline, the series will also star Catherine Keener (Get Out), Eric Lange (Escape at Dannemora), Jeff Ward (“Agents of Shield”) and Manny Jacinto (“The Good Place”). “Brand New […]...
- 11/18/2019
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Netflix has given a series order to “Brand New Cherry Flavor,” an eight-episode horror-thriller with Rosa Salazar tapped as the lead, a Netflix representative told TheWrap.
Eric Lange (“Escape at Dannemora”), Catherine Keener (“Kidding”), Manny Jacinto (“The Good Place”) and Jeff Ward (Marvel’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) have also been cast in the series, based on the horror novel by Todd Grimson, published in 2011 by Schaffner Press.
Netflix describes “Brand New Cherry Flavor” as telling the story of Lisa Nova (Salazar), an aspiring film director in the sun-drenched but seamy world of 1990 Los Angeles who embarks on a mind-altering journey — from the streets of Beverly Hills to the forests of Brazil — of supernatural revenge.
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Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion are writing the series, which is produced by Netflix and Ucp. Antosca, who is...
Eric Lange (“Escape at Dannemora”), Catherine Keener (“Kidding”), Manny Jacinto (“The Good Place”) and Jeff Ward (Marvel’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) have also been cast in the series, based on the horror novel by Todd Grimson, published in 2011 by Schaffner Press.
Netflix describes “Brand New Cherry Flavor” as telling the story of Lisa Nova (Salazar), an aspiring film director in the sun-drenched but seamy world of 1990 Los Angeles who embarks on a mind-altering journey — from the streets of Beverly Hills to the forests of Brazil — of supernatural revenge.
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Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion are writing the series, which is produced by Netflix and Ucp. Antosca, who is...
- 11/16/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Netflix has assembled the core cast for Brand New Cherry Flavor, an eight-episode horror-thriller revenge series it had been quietly putting together for the past few months.
Rosa Salazar leads the cast of the drama, based on the cult horror novel by Todd Grimson and produced by Netflix and Ucp.
Catherine Keener, Eric Lange and two co-stars of departing series — Marvel’s Agents of Shield’s Jeff Ward and The Good Place‘s Manny Jacinto — co-star in the series, written by Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion.
Brand New Cherry Favor is the story of Lisa Nova (Salazar), an aspiring film director in the sun-drenched but seamy world of 1990 Los Angeles who embarks on a mind-altering journey — from the streets of Beverly Hills to the forests of Brazil — of supernatural revenge.
Antosca...
Rosa Salazar leads the cast of the drama, based on the cult horror novel by Todd Grimson and produced by Netflix and Ucp.
Catherine Keener, Eric Lange and two co-stars of departing series — Marvel’s Agents of Shield’s Jeff Ward and The Good Place‘s Manny Jacinto — co-star in the series, written by Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion.
Brand New Cherry Favor is the story of Lisa Nova (Salazar), an aspiring film director in the sun-drenched but seamy world of 1990 Los Angeles who embarks on a mind-altering journey — from the streets of Beverly Hills to the forests of Brazil — of supernatural revenge.
Antosca...
- 11/16/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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