Issue 4.23.24

This week, we’re sharing some fun new interview opportunities (including 2 for “Hacks”), the upcoming upfront schedule and the “Challengers” PR campaign!

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ATX TV FESTIVAL MEDIA CREDENTIALS (APPLY NOW) - On May 30-June 2, this one-of-a-kind festival experience brings TV fans and industry together for a "TV Camp for Grown-Ups" in downtown Austin. This year, the festival will include the season 3 premiere of "Industry," a "Suits" retrospective, a "Fargo" screening and Q&A, and a "Girls5eva" karaoke night!?! Sign us up! Media applications close on May 10, so get yours in ASAP.

A look at this week’s trailer drops so you have an idea of what marketing campaigns are firing up!

PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: SUMMER SCHOOL (MAX) - 5/9
GHOST ADVENTURES (Discovery Channel) - 5/15
OUTER RANGE (Prime Video) - Josh Brolin - 5/16
THE WATCHERS (Warner Bros Pictures) - Dakota Fanning - 6/14
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (Marvel) - Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman - 7/26
TRANSFORMERS ONE (Paramount Pictures) - 9/20

A quick rundown of the upcoming newfront and upfront schedule in NYC. Watch for these networks and streamers to release new trailers, premiere dates and plans to advertisers.

YouTube - NewFronts - 4/29
Meta - NewFronts - 5/2
TikTok - NewFronts - 5/2
NBCUniversal - 5/13
FOX Television - 5/13
Amazon - 5/14
Disney - 5/14
Netflix - 5/15 & 5/16
YouTube - 5/15

MAX “HACKS” LORENZA IZZO (Book Interview) - On May 2, the much-anticipated third season of “Hacks” is set to debut. Max is booking virtual interviews for Lorenza Izzo, who plays “Ruby,” the girlfriend of Hannah Einbinder’s character Ava on the hit show.

SHOWTIME’S “THE CHI” ROLANDO BOYCE (Book Interview) - On May 10, “THE CHI” returns and actor Rolando Boyce, who plays fan favorite "Darnell,” is available for virtual interviews.

CBS “FBI: MOST WANTED” EDWIN HODGE (Book Interview) - Filmmaker, producer, and actor on CBS "FBI: Most Wanted" Edwin Hodge is available for virtual interviews. He plays special agent Ray Cannon on the show!

MAX “HACKS” ARTISANS (Book Interview) - Max is hosting virtual press days for the following “Hacks” artisans: Emmy nominee DP Adam Bricker, Emmy winner costume designer Kathleen Felix-Hager, Emmy winner music supervisor Matt Biffa, and Emmy-winning composer Carlos Rafael Rivera and composer David Stal.

CHALLENGERS - We covered the brilliant “Dune 2” style in a past issue. But Zendaya and her stylist Law Roach have amped up their “method dressing” with this “Challengers” press tour. Even inspiring a whole “tenniscore” trend on TikTok. Law styled her with subtle whites and logos mixed with on-the-nose tennis ball heels and dresses. The looks generated hundreds of fashion articles (and millions of impressions). Then Zendaya channeled the spirit of tennis icons Venus and Serena Williams with a recreation of their 1998 Vogue portrait. She attended the BNP Paribas Open women's finals in Palm Springs and the cast watched the Monte-Carlo Masters. The studio PR team hosted red carpet premieres in Sydney, Paris, Rome, London, Los Angeles and will end in NYC this week. Zendaya has been everywhere from the cover of Vogue to Jimmy Kimmy Live. They’ve hosted screenings with surprise cast appearances and sent influencer gifts filled with tennis swag. And the marketing team launched a custom drone light show over the Coachella sky to create further buzz. Positive reviews rolled in with Variety saying “Zendaya and Company Smash the Sports-Movie Mold in Luca Guadagnino’s Tennis Scorcher” and called it “a steamy and stylish love triangle.” Looks like the PR team aced this one!

COMING IN HOT (Podcast) - DearMedia just announced a new podcast with the fashionable and unstoppable Caroline Baudino! Caroline empowers and inspires women with her stylish journey, her fearless attitude and just being an all-round badass! Coming in Hot will be a great outlet if you’re looking to reach women of all ages!

We created a handy calendar that has all of May’s major TV & Film premiere dates! If you share Interview Hub with 1 colleague, we’ll send it to you as a thank you.

📆 1 referral: you’ll receive our calendar: MAY TV & FILM PREMIERES
✏️ For media, the calendar will be a way to plan for upcoming guests
🗺️ For publicists, it will help gauge competition for talk shows bookings and profiles!