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I have... opinions on the Gold Derby awards but a win's a win.

Travesuras makes macabre handmade dolls that are a mix of Tim Burton and Coraline, and has that stop motion feel.

I was reminded of when I was gonna order a new one because I accidentally broke my Pearl doll and didn't know she made some Jenna dolls.

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Oh, I forgot to add in the last post. If you want a physical copy, it'll be available on the 25th of August.

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Fun Fact ✨: This was actually shot last year, don't know why it wasn't released until now and not world wide 🤷 though I could see some missing clean-up with the shots so...

Roadside Attractions and Vertical have locked it for a pre-holiday slot.

The deal's been brewing since Sundance, where the film was the hottest ticket at the fest, based on the tidbits I managed to get anyways.

Reviews still split on it, but Natalie Portman and Jenna's performance was always the highlight.

Variety

Pre-orders officially open on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at 9:00 AM PT.

It will be available for purchase through major retailers including the official Entertainment Earth and Amazon.

Mary Bronstein directs -- reteaming with Byrne after If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, the film that just landed Byrne her first Best Actress nomination.

What's good about this is Bronstein writes and directs women mid-collapse, right up to Jenna's film taste.

And putting Byrne opposite of Jenna, in a coach/athlete dynamic built on control and betrayal, with Bronstein on the helm is gonna be amazing.

The script: Nasty by Isabella Jarosz, a 2024 Black List entry, 22 votes, her first sale iirc. 🤔

Logline = an injury sidelines a gymnast's Olympic shot. She has to rebuild trust with the coach who made her while a new prodigy threatens to replace her is what I'm guessing.

LuckyChap and Jenna being a producer, another bet imo.

Fun Fact ✨: the Black List rarely predicts what actually gets bought. Nasty did, fast, under two years from spec to a Warner Bros stage, with an Oscar-adjacent director and star already attached. It's gonna be one hell of a script.

In theaters, 2027.

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Deadline article

Synopsis:

Rake (2014) was a legal dramedy and the US adaptation of the acclaimed Australian series of the same name. It starred Greg Kinnear as Keegan Deane, a criminal defense lawyer, and lasted only one season before being cancelled.

Jenna Ortega's Role as Zoe Leon:

In 7 out of 13 episodes, she portrays the daughter of Ben Leon, the protagonist's best friend. Her role is basically a grounding domestic presence alongside her parents and siblings, while the series focuses heavily on the bullshit that is the life of Keegan Deane.

Fun Facts ✨:

--The pilot was directed by Sam Raimi, but executives found it too depressing, so they retooled the next episode to be more "quirky."

--In the original pilot, Zoe has two older sisters who are not even named. For the rest of the episodes, it is just Zoe, and two brothers: Adam, and Max.

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I was supposed to add more of the video, but most of it is just panning group shots around a table and Jenna being blocked by other characters. And ngl, I could only get through the first four episodes because, honestly, it's really boring lmao.

If you want to watch it though, it's available in Tubi and Prime.

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A bit off topic, but I'm still talking with people if I can post the full Young Love short film. it's not going great.

Jenna Ortega Everything Masterlist

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Synopsis: An ex-mobster, Joey, enters the Witness Protection Program and moves to the suburbs. There, he falls for Chloe and gets involved in a fundraiser for her daughter Sally's scout troop, The Sunny Girls. By making cookies from an old family recipe, he helps the troop while evading his former "associates" who have tracked him down.

Jenna's role as Nita: Not much. She's part of the Sunny Girls, but she only appears in group shots. However, she did learn mob tactics by giving away free product and selling it at a higher price later once they get addicted lmao.

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It's available to watch on Prime Video and Apple TV but I got the clips on 🏴‍☠️ as there's no DVD/BD available.

Jenna Ortega Everything Masterlist

Originally aired: August 2013

The Spanish version was called Denim Festivo, where the character was called Alexa instead.

Fun fact ✨ Jenna and the girl who played her best friend in glasses (Caitlin Carmichael), joined the iPOP talent con at the same year.

Little Rascals Save the Day was a loose remake of the 1931 Little Rascals short "Helping Grandma". Grandma is $10K short on a payment and about to lose the store. The gang's clubhouse sits on the property; if they lose the bakery, they lose the treehouse too.

On the other hand, the "kids get jobs to help grandma" sequence isn't loosely inspired by the shorts. It's a shot-for-shot recreation of specific gags.

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Jenna as Mary Ann

Mary Ann is a legacy character, but they really didn't do anything with it. Her homage is in name only.

Her entire characterization is one bit: Spanky points out she's a girl, and she confirms she's a real girl. That's it.

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Fun Fact ✨

Jenna and Drew Justice (Alfalfa) worked together again on Young Love (2014). A silent short directed by Jacob Keller (the Set PA of the Little Rascals). I have the full short so will post it as it's next on the Masterlist.

Originally aired: October 2014

I really wished they went with her family in Insidious sequels but they went to another direction.

Jenna Ortega Everything Masterlist

ENTERTAINMENT PHOTO, Single Image First place: Ash Barhamand, Alison Edmond, Erik Madigan Heck, "Tim Burton + Jenna Ortega"

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Note: Andréa Huelse implied it was the black-and-white one, while some sources claim it's the one with the red background, so I included both.

So the Academy just announced their 2026 class of new members -- 529 invitees, including Jenna alongside Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Josh O'Connor, and the Safdie brothers and many others.

She's listed under the actors branch, cited for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Death of a Unicorn. (No Fallout? Come on!)

Which means she'll now have a literal vote on what gets remembered in cinema history. A person whose Letterboxd four favorites include La Haine and The Passion of Joan of Arc is now an Oscar voter. Based.

Felt like a good excuse to finally post this list I've been building.

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My own take:

First: Almost everything she picks orbits around performance as the main event. Joan of Arc, Persona, A Woman Under the Influence, In a Lonely Place, these are films where the camera just refuses to look away from a face.

For someone whose image has been managed since she was nine years old, she gravitates hard toward actors in total, undefended exposure.

Second: Women at psychological breaking point. Possession, Persona, A Woman Under the Influence, La Cérémonie, The Witch. The "horror" in her horror picks is almost always internal and based that's mostly unique to a woman's experience.

The third thing: Harry Dean Stanton gravitational pull. Paris, Texas, Cool Hand Luke, Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks: FWWM, Repo Man. She mentioned he's her favorite actor in one of the Stories.

The New Wave range is also worth pointing out specifically. Jules and Jim and La Haine are easy entry points.

A Brighter Summer Day is a completely different proposition though. It's a four-hour Edward Yang film about a teenage murder in 1960s Taiwan. That's not something you stumble onto lmao.

The genre picks at the bottom of the list (Child's Play, Insidious, Prom Night, Scream), they're more personal and nostalgic than aspirational so I wouldn't really comment on that.

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List will update whenever new sources surface. If you've seen her mention something I missed, drop it in the comments with a source and I'll verify + add it.

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