Weekly Wrap-Up
January 15 2023

This week kicks off the annual awards season, so that was a big chunk of the OFMD headlines (or rather, not). The UK was also treated to OFMD episode 2, and another Q&A chat with Kristian Nairn! Let’s dig into the particulars…

#1: OFMD has been nominated for a couple of awards, but largely ignored by the “big guys” (Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, etc). We’re happy for the show to be recognized in any way, though!

#2: As part of the award season, Taika Waititi and wife Rita Ora have been seen going to various parties…

Rita Ora and Taika Waititi arrive at the pre-Golden Globes party. Rita is wearing a see-through pink dress, Taika a black velvet suit.
Netflix Golden Globe and Critics Choice Nominee Toast in West Hollywood
Rita Ora & Taika Waititi pose romantically. Rita Ora leans onto Taika's lap, Taika has an arm around Rita. Rita is wearing a see-through pink dress, Taika a black velvet suit.
Netflix Golden Globe and Critics Choice Nominee Toast in West Hollywood
Rita Ora leans onto Taika's lap, Taika has an arm around Rita. Rita is wearing a see-through pink dress, Taika a black velvet suit.
Netflix Golden Globe and Critics Choice Nominee Toast in West Hollywood
Rita Ora stares at the camera, planting a kiss on Taika Waititi's cheek. Taika is looking up at something else, smiling.
Netflix Golden Globe and Critics Choice Nominee Toast in West Hollywood
Rita wears a Barbie pink dress and leather jacket. Taika matches her with a light pink shirt and black bomber jacket.
Taika & Rita attend Golden Globes afterparty

#3: Back from his Polynesian vacation (and engagement!), Dominic Burgess has started a new project…

#4: Con O’Neill was seen attending the 1/9 Los Angeles premiere of HBO’s “The Last Of Us” at Regency Village Theatre. Con had originally been announced as playing Bill, but eventually had to bow out due to scheduling conflicts. It’s cool he’s still showing up to support this project.

Con O'Neill stands next to Carolyn Strauss (Executive Producer of HBO's upcoming "The Last Of Us" TV adaptation). Con wears a tan jacket, and has an arm around Carolyn, who is wearing a loud, long floral shirt with purple and red and yellow flowers.
Con & Carolyn Strauss (Executive Producer) at the Los Angeles premiere of HBO’s “The Last Of Us”
Con stands, hands in pockets and staring into the camera. He wears a tan jacket and black t-shirt.
Con O’Neill at the Los Angeles premiere of HBO’s “The Last Of Us” at Regency Village Theatre

#5: Leslie Jones was on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on 1/10 talking about her upcoming role as first guest host of The Daily Show on 1/17, as well as psychic matchmakers, and other shenanigans…

Leslie Jones stands in front of the "Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" logo on a blue wall. She is wearing a blue dress with orange polka-dots.
Leslie Jones sits in a guest chair on "Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon". She is clapping and laughing, and wearing a blue dress with orange polka-dots and orange heels.

You can catch clips of her on the show on Instagram and YouTube:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnQsalABLPW
https://www.instagram.com/p/CnQzFOtBlBg/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2meJ05JSFRc

#6: On 1/10, OFMD writer Alex Sherman shared some (presumably S2!) post-production… No spoilers, but you gotta wonder what they’re working on…

#7: Kristian Nairn ran another live-tweet of episode 2 of OFMD on 1/11, as well as another live Q&A chat afterward, this time guest starring Samba Schutte and Rhys Darby! Samba miiight have let loose a small S2 spoiler…

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The live Q&A is available for watching at Kristian’s Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CnSwk_tOHyw

You can follow our live-tweet of episode 2 and the Q&A here:

#8: Half an hour after the live, Samba was seen in the company of one Con O’Neill! It was around 4pm California time by then, so presumably they got dinner together or somesuch.

#9: On 1/12, Emerald City Comic Con announced that Vico Ortiz would be joining the OFMD lineup, along with Rhys Darby and Samba Schutte!

#9: On 1/11, Taika was seen supporting an indigenous-led film The Territory, about deforestation in the Amazon and its impact on the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau people. You can learn more about the film (now on Disney+) here, and take action on this issue here.

Taika Waititi stands next to Bitaté Uru Eu Wau Wau, who in turn stands next to a movie poster of "The Territory," a film about his people. Bitaté is wearing a white button-up shirt and a traditional flower crown.
Taika Waititi attends the tastemaker screening of National Geographic Documentary Films “The Territory” at San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood
Taika Waititi laughs with Alex Pritz (Director), a white man with short hair and glasses.
Taika Waititi attends the tastemaker screening of National Geographic Documentary Films “The Territory” at San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood
Taika holds a mic in his hand, sitting next to and laughing with a panel of four other people, the creators of the film "The Territory."
Taika Waititi attends the tastemaker screening of National Geographic Documentary Films “The Territory” at San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood

#10: Rhys did some voicework on 1/12 – possibly OFMD post-production work?

Rhys makes a silly face in front of a sound booth microphone. He is wearing a sort of Christmas sweater that has flamingoes in a line across his chest. Text reads: "Back in the voice booth..."
Rhys smiles jauntily in front of the mic.

#11: Vico Ortiz has also been doing some voicework; they’ve just finished narrating the audiobook for The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa, out 2/28. The synopsis from Vico…

#12: Rhys was invited to join famed British panel quiz show QI‘s “elves” on their informative podcast No Such Thing As Fish, episode 461 (phew, that’s a lot of episodes)!

#13: On 1/13, the trailer dropped for Mel Brook’s new TV series History of the World, Part II, and guess who’s playing Freud (0:34 in)…!

#14: On 1/13, the teaser dropped for The Daily Show‘s 1/17 return to the air with guest host Leslie Jones. The preview can be seen on their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CnXhVFBjecv/

#15: On 1/14, Samba revealed some BTS pictures for an upcoming film he’s starring in, called Advanced Chemistry which is in post-production.

Instagram post. Samba takes a selfie with Kiran Deol, Iqbal Theba, and another, unknown Black female-presenting person. Text reads: “Back at it with this lovely bunch 🧪✨ #AdvancedChemistryFilm”
Samba takes a selfie with Sarah Burns.
Samba and a female-presenting cast or crew member make peace signs as Samba takes a silly selfie.
An Asian male-presenting person, wearing a baseball cap, peers at the camera through a pane of glass in a door.
Samba sits, wearing a blue lab coat, at a round wooden table with boxes and papers and test tubes holding colored liquids. He’s pouring something from a beaker into a test tube.
The poster from the upcoming film. Samba is in a square at the top right, wearing glasses and a brown nerdy sweater. Sarah Burns is in a square at the top right, a brunette wearing a green sweater. Chaunté Wayans is in the bottom right, wearing a grey sweater and some sort of cowboy hat. The bottom left of the poster is their names.

#16: People continue to either love on OFMD or post it as part of their “best of” listicles:

Another eventful week! We hope the next one treats you well, dear readers, and we’ll be back for the next wrap-up next Saturday!
-OFMDCrew

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