Incredibly, what some people thought they would get with an Le alii e prequel turned out to be better than anticipated. Maybe it’s partly due to a good PR campaign. Maybe not. At least it wasn’t for a pro-choice Missouri politician and film blogger Amanda Teila who received a suspicious mailer from the studio ahead of The First Omen’s tatalaina o tala faatino.

Taylor, a Democrat running for Missouri’s House of Representatives, must be on Disney’s PR list because she received some eerie promo merch from the studio to publicize O Le Muamua Omeni, a direct prequel to the 1975 original. Usually, a good mailer is supposed to pique your interest in a film not send you running to the phone to call the police. 

“I was freaking out,” says the blogger who filed a police report about #The FirstOmen PR. “My husband touched it, so I’m screaming at him to wash his hands.” The studio, for its part, regrets frightening anyone but notes that “most people had fun with it” https://t.co/9vq7xfD8kI pic.twitter.com/9KUMgvyG2Q

- Le Hollywood Reporter (@THR) Aperila 13, 2024

Ae faimai foi THR, Taylor opened the package and inside were disturbing children’s drawings related to the film that freaked her out. It’s understandable; being a female politician against abortion it’s no telling what kind of threatening hate mail you’re going to get or what might be construed as a threat. 

“I was freaking out. My husband touched it, so I’m screaming at him to wash his hands,” Taylor told THR.

Marshall Weinbaum, who does Disney’s public relations campaigns says he got the idea for the cryptic letters because in the movie, “there are these creepy drawings of little girls with their faces crossed out, so I got this idea to print them out and mail them to the press.”

The studio, maybe realizing the idea wasn’t their best move, sent out a follow-up letter explaining that it was all in good fun to promote O Le Muamua Omeni. “Most people had fun with it,” adds Weinbaum.

While we can understand her initial shock and concern being a politician running on a controversial ticket, we have to wonder as a film enthusiast, why she wouldn’t recognize a crazy PR stunt. 

Perhaps in this day and age, you can’t be too careful. 

Fa'afeiloa'i tagata uma A24 i liki tetele! La latou ata fou Civil Taua ua gau a nai faamaumauga i le faaiuga o le vaiaso. Muamua, o le ata sili ona maualuga le fa'atauina o le R-rated o le tausaga. Lona lua, o le ata sili ona maualuga le fa'asili o le fa'aiuga o le vaiaso A24. 

E ui lava o iloiloga o le ata tifaga e faʻafefeteina, e mautinoa lava na puʻeina le fia iloa o tagata matamata tifaga. E tusa lava pe le'i fa'ate'a'ia i latou e le ata fa'alilolilo, e foliga mai e fa'afiafiaina. E le gata i lea, o le toʻatele o tagata faʻatau pepa na viia le ata o le ata ma le faʻaaliga IMAX. 

E ui lava e le o se ata mata'utia sa'o sa'o, e lalagaina ai se filo i le pito o le ituaiga fa'afetai i ona mataupu fa'alavelave ma sauaga fa'akalafi. 

Ua o'o i le taimi na sau ai le A24 mai le fale tifaga tutoatasi ma i totonu o le vaega poloka. E ui o latou foliga o loʻo fusia e se vaega faʻapitoa, ua oʻo i le taimi na latou faʻafefe ai pa e maua ai se aso e sili atu le totogi e tauva ai ma le behemoth studios e pei o le Warner Bros. ma aoao o lo'o faia tupe e lima lima i nai tausaga ua tuana'i. 

aʻo Taua a le Malo $ 25 miliona O le tatalaina e le o se mata'utia tele i faaupuga poloka ae o lo'o mautu lava i le tau o ata tifaga e va'ai ai le manuia atili, pe a le o le tautala, o le fia iloa. 

A24's sili ona fai tupe e oo mai i le taimi nei Mea uma i soo se mea uma i le taimi e tasi fa'atasi ai ma le sili atu i le $77 miliona le la'u mai totonu. Ona o lea Talanoa ia te Au e silia ma le $48 miliona i totonu o le atunuu. 

E le o tala lelei uma. O le ata na faia i totonu o le fale mo $ 50 miliona a o'o atu la i le lua vaiaso, e mafai ona avea ma fa'aletonu. E mafai ona avea lena ma se avanoa e pei o tama i tua o le Alaga toe fai Le Leoa Le Leitio, o le a i luga o le marquee i latou lava mo a latou vampire flick Abigail ia Aperila 19. O lena ata tifaga ua uma ona maua ai se tala lelei.

E sili atu le leaga mo Civil Taua, Ryan Gosling ma Emma Stone lava ia na faia le gaioiga Le Pau Aliʻi ua sauni e faoa faamalosi Taua a le Malo IMAX fanua fa'atau i le aso 3 o Me. 

Po'o le a lava le mea e tupu, ua fa'amaonia e A24 i le fa'ai'uga o le vaiaso, fa'atasi ai ma le mataupu sa'o, o le fa'aopoopoina o le paketi, ma se fa'asalalauga fa'asalalau, ua latou ulufale nei i le talatalanoaga poloka.

le Alaga franchise ua faia se suiga tele i lana uluai tusitusiga mo A'e VII ina ua uma ona ta'ita'i autu e lua na alu ese le gaosiga. Jenna Ortega o le na taalo ia Tara Carpenter na alu ese ona ua soona tusitala ma faamanuiaina a o lana paga Melissa barrera na tuli ina ua uma ona faia ni faamatalaga faaupufai i luga o ala o faasalalauga lautele.

ae Papupuni e le o faanoanoa i ai. O le mea moni, ua fiafia o ia i le mea na alu ese ai le amio. Na ia taalo ia Samantha Carpenter, o le taulaiga lata mai o le Faʻauluuluga fasioti tagata

Na faia e Barrera se faatalanoaga faapitoa ma Kolisi. I le taimi o la latou talanoaga, na fai mai ai le 33-tausaga le matua na ia faataunuuina lana konekarate ma o lona uiga o Samantha's arc na maeʻa i se tulaga lelei, e ui lava na fuafua e avea ma se tolu.

“Ou te lagona e pei o le faaiuga o le [ Scream VI ] o se faaiuga sili ona lelei, ma o lea ou te le lagona ai le 'Ugh, na ou tuua i le ogatotonu.' Leai, ou te manatu o tagata, o le au fiafia, sa mananao i se ata tifaga lona tolu e faaauau ai lena arc, ma e foliga mai, o le fuafuaga o se trilogy, e ui lava na ou konekarate mo na o ata e lua.

O lea, na ou faia ai aʻu ata tifaga e lua, ma ua ou manuia. Ou te lelei i lena mea. E lua a'u - e sili atu nai lo le tele o tagata. A e i ai i luga o se ata TV, ma fa'aleaogaina, e le mafai ona e kitara i mea, e tatau ona e alu i luma.

O le natura foi lena o lenei pisinisi, ou te fiafia mo le isi galuega, ou te fiafia i le isi paʻu ou te tuʻuina. E manaia le fatuina o se uiga ese. Ioe ioe, ou te lagona le lelei. Na ou faia le mea na ou fuafua e fai. Sa masani lava ona avea ma ata e lua mo aʻu, 'aua o laʻu konekarate lena, ma o lea ua atoatoa mea uma."

O le gaosiga atoa o le ulua'i tusi lona fitu ua si'itia mai le tala a le Kamuta. Faatasi ai ma se faatonu fou ma se tusitusiga fou, o le a toe amata le gaosiga, e aofia ai le toe faafoi o Neve campbell ma Faamasinoga Court Cox.