Hollywood & Entertainment – Forbes 30 Under 30
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There’s no escaping this scream queen. Newton’s starring roles in Freaky (2020), Abigail (2023) and Lisa Frankenstein (2024) have cemented her as one of Gen Z’s leading horror stars, bringing in an estimated $2 million in earnings between acting gigs and brand partnerships this year. Her breakout role was as a 15-year-old star in Paranormal Activity 4, which she says set the trajectory of her career: “I find horror is somewhere I keep returning to because the roles allow me to go places that are really risky.” Off-screen, Newton is an avid golfer, boasting a better-than-scratch handicap. “I’ve never been told that you can’t do more than one thing to be super successful,” she says. Now she’s turning her golf prowess into business opportunities: She has partnered with Ralph Lauren as the face of its women’s golf category and is an ambassador for youth golf non-profit First Tee and the R&A, the sole organizer of the British Open.
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Gallery Update!
The gallery has been updated with photos of Kathryn attending events throughout the year. Various photoshoots have also been added to the gallery. Take a look below!
Kathryn Joins “DreamQuil”
Juliette Lewis Joins Elizabeth Banks & John C Reilly In Alex Prager’s ‘DreamQuil’; Kathryn Newton & Sofia Boutella Also Aboard
DEADLINE – Juliette Lewis has boarded Alex Prager’s alternative reality debut feature DreamQuil alongside the previously announced Elizabeth Banks and John C Reilly. Also confirmed as joining the project are Kathryn Newton and Sofia Boutella. The futuristic psychological thriller commenced principal photography in Los Angeles this week.
Set in the not so distant future, DreamQuil centers on Carol (Banks), a dissatisfied career mother, who is struggling to find real connection within her marriage to Gary (Reilly) and to her child.
Worried that she could be heading towards divorce, Carol leaps at the chance to get her life back on track by signing up for DreamQuil’s unconventional digital wellness retreat. However, things take a sinister turn upon Carol’s homecoming.
Lewis will play Nurse Chapman – the religious, no-nonsense nurse who oversees Carol’s retreat. Boutella will play Carol’s enigmatic neighbor and best friend, Rebecca, who is drawn to Carol and Gary’s seemingly idealistic family life. And Newton will take the role of Margo Case, a complex character torn between the natural urge to help humanity and the realization that she may be contributing to the dawn of a new Utopia.
Kathryn Joins ’84 Olympics Thriller “Lips Like Sugar”
Juliette Lewis, Sasha Calle, Kathryn Newton & Erin Moriarty Join Woody Harrelson & Owen Wilson In ’84 Olympics Thriller ‘Lips Like Sugar’
DEADLINE – EXCLUSIVE: Filming is due to begin this month in LA on neo-noir thriller Lips Like Sugar, which will star Oscar-nominees Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson.
It’s a nice cast on this one as Juliette Lewis (Yellowjackets), Sasha Calle (The Flash), Kathryn Newton (Big Little Lies) and Erin Moriarty (The Boys) have joined the movie which is set against the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Harrelson and Wilson will play detectives John Carr and Phil Harris, a pair of homicide cops working to solve a possible serial killer case while police and city officials demand that all murders in LA be labeled Missing Persons until the Olympic torch is doused and the international media has left town. The detectives’ paths cross with Tracy Anderson and Andi Campos (Newton and Calle), a pair of teenage girls that have formed a fast and intense friendship, with Montana transplant Tracy recently arrived in town with her mother (Lewis) and enamored of all things Hollywood. When Tracy disappears, Carr, Harris and Andi race a ticking clock to find her.
“Abigail” Official Trailer
Only In Theaters April 19
After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.
