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  "id": 5381117,
  "title": "Inde Navarrette to Star in Apple Movie ‘The Waffle House Index’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/inde-navarrette-to-star-in-apple-movie-the-waffle-house-index",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-03T17:46:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TheWrap",
    "slug": "thewrap",
    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/new-inde-navarrette-movie-waffle-house-index-apple/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Apple Studios and Plan B have announced \"The Waffle House Index,\" a new feature film set to star rising talent Inde Navarrette, who is also set to serve as executive producer. The screenplay, penned by Andrew Nunnelly, is being directed by Louis Paxton, a 2026 Sundance Film Festival NEXT Innovator Award winner. The film's plot remains undisclosed, but the logline reveals that the Waffle House Index is a FEMA metric for measuring natural disaster severity, and Jane works the graveyard shift at a local Waffle House when a storm arrives.",
  "summary": "Plan B will produce the film from writer Andrew Nunnelly and director Louis Paxton The post Inde Navarrette to Star in Apple Movie ‘The Waffle House Index’ appeared first on TheWrap .",
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      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Inde Navarrette To Star In ‘The Waffle House Index’ Movie From Apple And Plan B",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/inde-navarrette-to-star-in-the-waffle-house-index-movie-from-apple",
        "published": "2026-09-03T17:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Inde Navarrette to Star in Sci-Fi Thriller ‘The Waffle House’ Index for Apple Original Films",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/inde-navarrette-to-star-in-sci-fi-thriller-the-waffle-house-index-for",
        "published": "2026-09-03T17:30:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "IGN",
        "title": "Waffle House Movie in the Works Starring X-Men’s Inde Navarrette",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/waffle-house-movie-in-the-works-starring-x-mens-inde-navarrette",
        "published": "2026-09-03T18:47:33.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
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