Alien: Romulus

08/17/24 • 1 min

pWotD Episode 2663: Alien: Romulus
Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.
With 347,199 views on Friday, 16 August 2024 our article of the day is Alien: Romulus.
Alien: Romulus is a 2024 American science fiction horror film directed and co-written by Fede Álvarez. Produced by Scott Free Productions and Brandywine Productions, it is the seventh installment in the Alien franchise and serves as a standalone interquel set between the events of Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986). It stars Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu. The story concerns a group of young space colonists who, while scavenging a derelict space station, come face to face with a xenomorph.
The film was released by 20th Century Studios in theatres on August 16, 2024 in the United States to positive reviews from critics.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:47 UTC on Saturday, 17 August 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Alien: Romulus on Wikipedia.
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Gena Rowlands

pWotD Episode 2662: Gena Rowlands
Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.
With 399,666 views on Thursday, 15 August 2024 our article of the day is Gena Rowlands.
Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (; June 19, 1930 – August 14, 2024) was an American actress, whose career in film, stage, and television spanned nearly seven decades. A four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner, she is known for her collaborations with her actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980), both of which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Opening Night (1977). She is also known for her performances in Woody Allen's Another Woman (1988), and her son Nick Cassavetes's film, The Notebook (2004). In 2021, Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, "The most important and original movie actor of the past half century-plus is Gena Rowlands." In November 2015, Rowlands received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of her unique screen performances.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:45 UTC on Friday, 16 August 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Gena Rowlands on Wikipedia.
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Stree 2

pWotD Episode 2664: Stree 2
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With 282,411 views on Saturday, 17 August 2024 our article of the day is Stree 2.
Stree 2: Sarkate Ka Aatank (transl. Woman 2: Terror of the Headless) is a 2024 Hindi-language comedy horror film directed by Amar Kaushik, written by Niren Bhatt, and produced jointly by Maddock Films and Jio Studios. It is the fifth installment in the Maddock Supernatural Universe and is a sequel to Stree (2018). The film stars Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Abhishek Banerjee and Aparshakti Khurana.
Kaushik expressed interest in a sequel to Stree as early as October 2018, and Rao later confirmed that development was underway in February 2022. The production houses officially announced the sequel in April 2023. Principal photography commenced the following July and was predominantly shot in Chanderi and Bihar before wrapping by mid‐2024. The film has music composed by Sachin–Jigar, score composed by Justin Varghese, cinematography handled by Jishnu Bhattacharjee and editing by Hemanti Sarkar.
Stree 2 was theatrically released in India on 15 August 2024, coinciding with Independence Day. The film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed ₹130 crore at the box office, emerging as the sixth highest-grossing Hindi film of 2024.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:22 UTC on Sunday, 18 August 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Stree 2 on Wikipedia.
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Until next time, I'm neural Kimberly.