{
  "id": 1672816,
  "title": "Sundance Breakout ‘Thelma’ Set for Mandarin Remake by Stars Collective, Titled ‘Grandma, Please’ (EXCLUSIVE)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/sundance-breakout-thelma-set-for-mandarin-remake-by-stars-collective",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-18T08:11:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/sundance-hit-thelma-mandarin-remake-stars-collective-1236836962/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Stars Collective has acquired the Mandarin-language remake rights to “Thelma,” the 2024 Sundance Film Festival breakout that became Magnolia Pictures’ highest-grossing narrative feature, and is developing an adaptation titled “Grandma, Please.” In “Grandma, Please,” an 80-year-old grandmother is swindled out of her life savings by a scammer who uses AI to clone her late husband’s […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}