This story about the editors of “Yellowjackets” first ran in the Drama Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
The opening theme to “Yellowjackets” goes, “keep simple, nothing tired,” and this mantra could not apply more to the people who might actually be the true heroes behind the Showtime hit: the tireless editing team. The drama’s second season about a group of women grappling with the aftermath of a crash landing in the wilderness in their youth has pushed the envelope even further (cults! cannibalism!) and introduced more characters (including Elijah Wood’s wealthy amateur sleuth). But for two of the prominent editors on the show, Kevin D. Ross and Jeff Israel, it was just another day at the office, conveniently located in their own residences.
“We all work from home, so we have to keep contact in with each other constantly,” Israel said. “They’re writing the episodes...
The opening theme to “Yellowjackets” goes, “keep simple, nothing tired,” and this mantra could not apply more to the people who might actually be the true heroes behind the Showtime hit: the tireless editing team. The drama’s second season about a group of women grappling with the aftermath of a crash landing in the wilderness in their youth has pushed the envelope even further (cults! cannibalism!) and introduced more characters (including Elijah Wood’s wealthy amateur sleuth). But for two of the prominent editors on the show, Kevin D. Ross and Jeff Israel, it was just another day at the office, conveniently located in their own residences.
“We all work from home, so we have to keep contact in with each other constantly,” Israel said. “They’re writing the episodes...
- 6/16/2023
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
Last year’s breakout hit “Yellowjackets” swarmed awards season with seven Emmy nominations including Best Drama Series in 2022. The Showtime drama is looking to outperform those numbers this year by submitting 18 actors for consideration from its Season 2 cast. The Emmy ballots were officially unveiled on the Television Academy’s website on June 15, the same day nominations-round voting began (it will conclude on June 26 at 10:00 p.m.).
Most notable is Melanie Lynskey, who earned a Best Actress bid for playing Shauna Sadecki last year and currently ranks second in our odds to win the prize this time around. Cast mates joining her in the Best Drama Actress field are Tawny Cypress (Taissa Turner), Juliette Lewis (Natalie Scatorccio) and the teen version of Shauna, Sophie Nélisse.
See Liz Garbus (‘Yellowjackets’ director) on ‘tremendous challenge’ of filming Shauna’s childbirth in ‘Qui’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
Christina Ricci looks to repeat her nomination from last year as well.
Most notable is Melanie Lynskey, who earned a Best Actress bid for playing Shauna Sadecki last year and currently ranks second in our odds to win the prize this time around. Cast mates joining her in the Best Drama Actress field are Tawny Cypress (Taissa Turner), Juliette Lewis (Natalie Scatorccio) and the teen version of Shauna, Sophie Nélisse.
See Liz Garbus (‘Yellowjackets’ director) on ‘tremendous challenge’ of filming Shauna’s childbirth in ‘Qui’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
Christina Ricci looks to repeat her nomination from last year as well.
- 6/15/2023
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
The year is 1870, and a fragmented America still strains to pick up the pieces from a savage Civil War. Martha (exciting newcomer Clare Bowen, ABC’s “Nashville”) and her husband Heck (David Call, Tiny Furniture) are living on a homestead Martha.s father purchased on the rural New Mexico frontier and struggle to make ends meet. When a mining company expresses interest in buying their land, Martha and Heck see their ticket to a better life.
Pictured: Clare Bowen as “Martha” photo by Philip De Jong
Their hopeful plans are soon complicated when Martha.s oldest brother Wade (Barlow Jacobs, Shotgun Stories).whom she had thought killed during the war .returns to the family homestead after learning of their father.s death. A defector to the Union Army, Wade soon discovers that Martha is hiding secrets of her own. As the two siblings become reacquainted, torn between a desire to...
Pictured: Clare Bowen as “Martha” photo by Philip De Jong
Their hopeful plans are soon complicated when Martha.s oldest brother Wade (Barlow Jacobs, Shotgun Stories).whom she had thought killed during the war .returns to the family homestead after learning of their father.s death. A defector to the Union Army, Wade soon discovers that Martha is hiding secrets of her own. As the two siblings become reacquainted, torn between a desire to...
- 5/17/2012
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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