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IN FOCUS BOLDFACE NAMES "Designing Coming 2 America is no easy task and we have big shoes to fill," remarks Academy Award winner CD Ruth E. Carter. "Designer Deborah Landis knocked the ball out of the park! The first version is still remembered and well-loved in the minds and hearts of millions." Redoing the same look from 30 years ago was not Cart- er's goal. She was honored to take the reins and was lucky to find some original pieces she wouldn't have been able to recreate. Faced with less money and time than filmmaking allowed back in 1988, Carter's approach was to recreate the same spirit of African royalty in the way that the first film presented, while adding a new vision and aesthetics to fictional Zamunda. Contemporary Africa is a vast resource for stimulating ideas and Carter represented many of them, along with her own original pieces throughout. She couldn't, how- ever, ignore how other neighboring cultures influenced the fashion and decorative arts of Africa, so she tapped into world fashion Af- rica, with many influences, including African, African-America, Euro- pean, and Eastern style. Carter's design team ACDs Stacy Caballero, Tanja Caldwell, and Erica Rice brought together top tier fashion designers from around the world. Everyone is excited about present- ing this world inclusive Costume Design. Starring Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall, many members of the original cast are back, plus some exciting new cast members. Scheduled to be released in theaters fall 2020, "We are only half way there and going strong!" says Carter. BFN - WORK Netflix feature The Laundromat, directed by Steven Soderbergh, is a dark comedy starring Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas as money-laundering lawyers who mastermind the Panama Papers, and Meryl Streep the whistleblower who takes them down. "What ap- pears to be a normal modern film is wild absurdist cinema," laughs CD Ellen Mirojnick. Her assistant was CD Sara O'Donnell. Miro- jnick's inspirations for Oldman and Banderas were drawn from a fabric design of global currencies created by Jean Pigozzi, who gave her permission to use and color the print in whichever way she wanted to. All their costumes were bespoke designs exclusively for the film. "Meryl Streep is a surprise … can't tell!" Gary Oldman, and Antonio Banderas in Laundromat