After a successful run on Broadway, producer Ryan Murphy is hoping the film adaptation of his Tony winning hit “The Boys in the Band” can score at the Oscars. The film, which debuted to critical acclaim on September 30, could be a major contender in Netflix’s stack of heavy hitting movies.
The film is adapted from the late Mart Crowley’s seminal gay play of the same name. The drama was a game changer when it debuted Off-Broadway in 1968. The story revolves around a group of gay men who gather together for a friend’s birthday celebration in New York City. As the group drinks the night away, the conversation turns to a “game” where each guest must call someone they love.
As of this writing, the movie has an 86% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes. Should that critical consensus hold, “The Boys in the Band” could be a formidable player...
The film is adapted from the late Mart Crowley’s seminal gay play of the same name. The drama was a game changer when it debuted Off-Broadway in 1968. The story revolves around a group of gay men who gather together for a friend’s birthday celebration in New York City. As the group drinks the night away, the conversation turns to a “game” where each guest must call someone they love.
As of this writing, the movie has an 86% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes. Should that critical consensus hold, “The Boys in the Band” could be a formidable player...
- 10/1/2020
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill seats. Oftentimes they fail miserably.
DC, Marvel, and Transformers? It must be … December. The studios are going big this Christmas on the counterprogramming for Oscar-bait titles and you can’t really blame them. While your cinephile family member brings the tissues, you can bring the fun.
It’s kind of nice too because that means more films to skip as you catch-up on end-of-year list must-sees. The comic book and toy franchises will still be out come January, so you can take your time and give your money to the independents this holiday season instead.
DC, Marvel, and Transformers? It must be … December. The studios are going big this Christmas on the counterprogramming for Oscar-bait titles and you can’t really blame them. While your cinephile family member brings the tissues, you can bring the fun.
It’s kind of nice too because that means more films to skip as you catch-up on end-of-year list must-sees. The comic book and toy franchises will still be out come January, so you can take your time and give your money to the independents this holiday season instead.
- 12/6/2018
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
It has been 54 years in the making. Its predecessor earned 13 Academy Award nominations – the most ever for a movie released by Walt Disney Studios – and it won Best Actress for its star, Julie Andrews, along with trophies for editing, score, visual effects and best song for “Chim Chim Cher-ee. “
But will “Mary Poppins Returns,” with Emily Blunt taking over as the practically perfect flying nanny and Rob Marshall of “Chicago” and “Into the Woods” fame behind the camera, land with the same sort of impact at the box office as well as on awards ballots when it opens Dec. 19?
Since the original musical fantasy based on P.L. Travers’ series of children’s books arrived in 1964, Disney’s only success with breaking into Oscar’s top category beyond when the studio owned Miramax from 1993 to 2010, was with its animated features – `1991’s “Beauty and the Beast,” 2009’s “Up” and 2010’s “Toy Story 3.
But will “Mary Poppins Returns,” with Emily Blunt taking over as the practically perfect flying nanny and Rob Marshall of “Chicago” and “Into the Woods” fame behind the camera, land with the same sort of impact at the box office as well as on awards ballots when it opens Dec. 19?
Since the original musical fantasy based on P.L. Travers’ series of children’s books arrived in 1964, Disney’s only success with breaking into Oscar’s top category beyond when the studio owned Miramax from 1993 to 2010, was with its animated features – `1991’s “Beauty and the Beast,” 2009’s “Up” and 2010’s “Toy Story 3.
- 10/24/2018
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Can glitter pop queen Lady Gaga (“A Star Is Born”) really be taken seriously enough by those notorious snobs in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to win the Oscar for Best Actress? Watch veteran Oscarologists Anne Thompson (Indiewire), Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood) and I track that top race in video (above) or listen to the audio podcast version below.
“She’s so incredible in this movie,” Anne asserts about Gaga. “She’s not this made-up pop star we see every other day. Bradley Cooper got an amazing performance out of her. Very authentic.”
But Gaga competes against Glenn Close (“The Wife”), who is ridiculously overdue to win. (Six defeats. That ties the record for most losses among actresses.) Also strong in this category is Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”), but which category does Colman really belong in? Lead or supporting? Anne, Pete and I tackle all of these Oscar...
“She’s so incredible in this movie,” Anne asserts about Gaga. “She’s not this made-up pop star we see every other day. Bradley Cooper got an amazing performance out of her. Very authentic.”
But Gaga competes against Glenn Close (“The Wife”), who is ridiculously overdue to win. (Six defeats. That ties the record for most losses among actresses.) Also strong in this category is Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”), but which category does Colman really belong in? Lead or supporting? Anne, Pete and I tackle all of these Oscar...
- 10/11/2018
- by Tom O'Neil
- Gold Derby
“It felt like a huge responsibility,” admits Anders Danielsen Lie about starring in “22 July.” Directed by Oscar nominee Paul Greengrass (“United 93”), this Netflix release recounts the horrifying true story of Norway’s worst attack since World War II, when 77 people were killed by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who is played by Lie. The actor is a native of Norway, so he felt he had a duty to “create a truthful portrait.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Lie above.
See ’22 July’ trailer: Paul Greengrass explores another real-life tragedy in Netflix docudrama [Watch]
On July 22, 2011, Breivik, radicalized by anti-immigrant and misogynist ideas, murdered 8 people by detonating a van bomb outside the government quarter in Oslo before shooting 69 others to death at a political youth summer camp on the island of Utøya. Embodying such an individual was a challenge for Lie because he’s “a very emotional person in real life,...
See ’22 July’ trailer: Paul Greengrass explores another real-life tragedy in Netflix docudrama [Watch]
On July 22, 2011, Breivik, radicalized by anti-immigrant and misogynist ideas, murdered 8 people by detonating a van bomb outside the government quarter in Oslo before shooting 69 others to death at a political youth summer camp on the island of Utøya. Embodying such an individual was a challenge for Lie because he’s “a very emotional person in real life,...
- 10/10/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
20th Century Fox unveiled Bryan Singer’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” for the first time at guild screenings in New York and Los Angeles over the weekend, and the buzz around Rami Malek’s performance as Freddie Mercury soared in first reactions posted on social media. While the movie as a whole is getting a mixed response (Kyle Buchanan of The New York Times calls the movie a “glorified Wikipedia entry”), Malek is being singled out for his “outstanding” lead role.
“Bohemian Rhapsody” chronicles the rise of rock band Queen and covers the time between the group’s formation and their iconic Live Aid performance in 1985. Malek has assured Queen fans the film also explores Mercury’s sexuality and AIDS diagnosis. The supporting cast includes Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Aidan Gillen, and Tom Hollander.
Read More: Rami Malek Hits Back at ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Critics, Film Doesn’t Ignore Mercury’s Sexuality and...
“Bohemian Rhapsody” chronicles the rise of rock band Queen and covers the time between the group’s formation and their iconic Live Aid performance in 1985. Malek has assured Queen fans the film also explores Mercury’s sexuality and AIDS diagnosis. The supporting cast includes Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Aidan Gillen, and Tom Hollander.
Read More: Rami Malek Hits Back at ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Critics, Film Doesn’t Ignore Mercury’s Sexuality and...
- 10/8/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Lgbt movies have done pretty well in recent Oscars ceremonies. “Call Me By Your Name” scored big last year, “Moonlight” infamously won Best Picture the year before that (becoming the first Lgbt film to do so) and “Carol,” “The Danish Girl,” “The Imitation Game” and “Dallas Buyers” Club all found some Oscar love in recent years, too. But this year features a different kind of Lgbt movie – “Love, Simon.” Could Greg Berlanti‘s film be this year’s big Lgbt Oscars hit? This writer certainly thinks so, and details five reasons why “Love, Simon” deserves to be a Best Picture nominee.
Groundbreaking
While a lot of Lgbt films are called ‘groundbreaking’ for various reasons, this one genuinely is. It’s the first studio-released, mainstream film to a) feature a gay lead character and b) be a romantic-comedy about a gay love story. People may prefer the more indie “Call Me By Your Name...
Groundbreaking
While a lot of Lgbt films are called ‘groundbreaking’ for various reasons, this one genuinely is. It’s the first studio-released, mainstream film to a) feature a gay lead character and b) be a romantic-comedy about a gay love story. People may prefer the more indie “Call Me By Your Name...
- 10/7/2018
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
The Oscar race for Best Actor is wide open: that’s all that Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood), Anne Thompson (Indiewire) and I can agree upon in our predictions battle. Watch above or listen to the audio podcast version below.
It’s not like last year when Gary Oldman (“Darkest Hour”) was out front early on and all smart Oscarologists knew he could stay there, if only he could stave off a slowly rising threat from Timothee Chalamet (“Call Me By Your Name”). And we knew that Oldman would do so. This year, as Pete, Anne and I note: there are a lot of strong rivals, including early faves Bradley Cooper (“A Star Is Born”), Ryan Gosling (“First Man”) and Willem Dafoe (“At Eternity’s Gate”) plus new surging ponies Viggo Mortensen (“Green Book”) and Christian Bale (“Vice”).
See Anne’s and my current predictions for Best Actor, stacked up against our other Experts.
It’s not like last year when Gary Oldman (“Darkest Hour”) was out front early on and all smart Oscarologists knew he could stay there, if only he could stave off a slowly rising threat from Timothee Chalamet (“Call Me By Your Name”). And we knew that Oldman would do so. This year, as Pete, Anne and I note: there are a lot of strong rivals, including early faves Bradley Cooper (“A Star Is Born”), Ryan Gosling (“First Man”) and Willem Dafoe (“At Eternity’s Gate”) plus new surging ponies Viggo Mortensen (“Green Book”) and Christian Bale (“Vice”).
See Anne’s and my current predictions for Best Actor, stacked up against our other Experts.
- 10/6/2018
- by Tom O'Neil
- Gold Derby
Updated with full list, more detail: The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled a rich roster of Gala and Special Presentations screenings for the 2018 edition that runs September 6-16. Among the world premieres are Felix Van Groeningen’s addiction drama Beautiful Boy from Amazon and based on the memoirs of David and Nic Sheff, with Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet starring.
Also in the world premiere mix are Steve McQueen’s female-fronted thriller Widows from Fox; Peter Hedges’ mother-son story and Julia Roberts-starrer Ben Is Back, which Ld Entertainment, Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions are releasing domestically December 7; Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight follow-up If Beale Street Could Talk from Annapurna; Dan Fogelman’s romantic drama Life Itself; and Claire Denis’ High Life.
A key pillar in the launch of awards season, Toronto is the first of the three early fall shows to reveal — although it kicks off after both Venice and Telluride.
Of the 17 Galas and 30 Special Presentations unveiled today, this first announcement includes 21 world premieres, seven international premieres, eight North American premieres and 11 Canadian premieres.
International premieres, whose billing suggests they could turn up in Telluride, include Jason Reitman’s Gary Hart story The Front Runner starring Hugh Jackman as the 1980s presidential candidate.
Two films already confirmed for Venice, Damien Chazelle’s First Man and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born, will travel from the Lido to Canada.
There are also a handful of titles that bowed in Cannes including Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters, Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum, Eva Husson’s Girls of the Sun and Matteo Garrone’s Dogman.
The selection announced today includes 13 features directed by women.
Piers Handling, CEO and director of Tiff, said, “We have an exceptional selection of films this year that will excite festival audiences from all walks of life. Today’s lineup showcases beloved auteurs alongside fresh voices in filmmaking, including numerous female powerhouses. The sweeping range in cinematic storytelling from around the world is a testament to the uniqueness of the films that are being made.”
He added, “Every September we invite the whole film world to Toronto, one of the most diverse, movie-mad cities in the world. I’m thrilled that we’ve been able to put together a lineup of Galas and Special Presentations that reflects Toronto’s spirit of inclusive, passionate engagement with film. We can’t wait to unveil these films for our audience.”
Toronto yesterday canceled its planned press conference for this morning in the wake of Sunday night’s shooting in the city that killed two and wounded at least 13, and said it stands “with our fellow Torontonians in condemnation of this violence.”
Deadline’s Pete Hammond will be back later with analysis.
Here’s the full list of titles announced today:
Galas 2018
Beautiful Boy
Felix van Groeningen
USA
World Premiere
Everybody Knows
Asghar Farhadi
Spain/France/Italy
North American Premiere
First Man
Damien Chazelle
USA
Canadian Premiere
Galveston
Mélanie Laurent
USA
Canadian Premiere
The Hate U Give
George Tillman, Jr
USA
World Premiere
Hidden Man
Jiang Wen
China
International Premiere
High Life
Claire Denis
Germany/France/Poland/United Kingdom
World Premiere
Husband Material
Anurag Kashyap
India
World Premiere
The Kindergarten Teacher
Sara Colangelo
USA
Canadian Premiere
The Land of Steady Habits
Nicole Holofcener
USA
World Premiere
Life Itself
Dan Fogelman
USA
World Premiere
The Public
Emilio Estevez
USA
World Premiere
Red Joan
Sir Trevor Nunn
United Kingdom
World Premiere
Shadow
Zhang Yimou,
China
North American Premiere
A Star is Born
Bradley Cooper
USA
North American Premiere
What They Had
Elizabeth Chomko
USA
International Premiere
Widows
Steve McQueen
United Kingdom/USA
World Premiere
Special Presentations 2018
Mouthpiece (Opening Film)
Patricia Rozema
Canada
World Premiere
Ben Is Back
Peter Hedges
USA
World Premiere
Burning
Lee Chang-dong
South Korea
North American Premiere
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Marielle Heller
USA
International Premiere
Capernaum
Nadine Labaki
Lebanon
North American Premiere
Cold War
Paweł Pawlikowski
Poland/United Kingdom/France
Canadian Premiere
Colette
Wash Westmoreland
United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere
Dogman
Matteo Garrone
Italy/France
Canadian Premiere
The Front Runner
Jason Reitman
USA
International Premiere
Giant Little Ones
Keith Behrman
Canada
World Premiere
Girls of the Sun
Eva Husson
France
International Premiere
Hotel Mumbai
Anthony Maras
Australia
World Premiere
The Hummingbird Project
Kim Nguyen
Canada
World Premiere
If Beale Street Could Talk
Barry Jenkins
USA
World Premiere
Manto
Nandita Das
India
North American Premiere
Maya
Mia Hansen-Løve
France
World Premiere
Monsters And Men
Reinaldo Marcus Green
USA
Canadian Premiere
Non-Fiction
Olivier Assayas
France
Canadian Premiere
The Old Man & The Gun
David Lowery
USA
International Premiere
Papi Chulo
John Butler
Ireland
World Premiere
Roma
Alfonso Cuarón
Mexico/USA
Canadian Premiere
Shoplifters (Closing Film)
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japan
Canadian Premiere
The Sisters Brothers
Jacques Audiard
USA/France/Romania/Spain
North American Premiere
Sunset
László Nemes
Hungary/France
North American Premiere
Through Black Spruce
Don McKellar
Canada
World Premiere
The Wedding Guest
Michael Winterbottom
United Kingdom
World Premiere
The Weekend
Stella Meghie
USA
World Premiere...
Also in the world premiere mix are Steve McQueen’s female-fronted thriller Widows from Fox; Peter Hedges’ mother-son story and Julia Roberts-starrer Ben Is Back, which Ld Entertainment, Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions are releasing domestically December 7; Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight follow-up If Beale Street Could Talk from Annapurna; Dan Fogelman’s romantic drama Life Itself; and Claire Denis’ High Life.
A key pillar in the launch of awards season, Toronto is the first of the three early fall shows to reveal — although it kicks off after both Venice and Telluride.
Of the 17 Galas and 30 Special Presentations unveiled today, this first announcement includes 21 world premieres, seven international premieres, eight North American premieres and 11 Canadian premieres.
International premieres, whose billing suggests they could turn up in Telluride, include Jason Reitman’s Gary Hart story The Front Runner starring Hugh Jackman as the 1980s presidential candidate.
Two films already confirmed for Venice, Damien Chazelle’s First Man and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born, will travel from the Lido to Canada.
There are also a handful of titles that bowed in Cannes including Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters, Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum, Eva Husson’s Girls of the Sun and Matteo Garrone’s Dogman.
The selection announced today includes 13 features directed by women.
Piers Handling, CEO and director of Tiff, said, “We have an exceptional selection of films this year that will excite festival audiences from all walks of life. Today’s lineup showcases beloved auteurs alongside fresh voices in filmmaking, including numerous female powerhouses. The sweeping range in cinematic storytelling from around the world is a testament to the uniqueness of the films that are being made.”
He added, “Every September we invite the whole film world to Toronto, one of the most diverse, movie-mad cities in the world. I’m thrilled that we’ve been able to put together a lineup of Galas and Special Presentations that reflects Toronto’s spirit of inclusive, passionate engagement with film. We can’t wait to unveil these films for our audience.”
Toronto yesterday canceled its planned press conference for this morning in the wake of Sunday night’s shooting in the city that killed two and wounded at least 13, and said it stands “with our fellow Torontonians in condemnation of this violence.”
Deadline’s Pete Hammond will be back later with analysis.
Here’s the full list of titles announced today:
Galas 2018
Beautiful Boy
Felix van Groeningen
USA
World Premiere
Everybody Knows
Asghar Farhadi
Spain/France/Italy
North American Premiere
First Man
Damien Chazelle
USA
Canadian Premiere
Galveston
Mélanie Laurent
USA
Canadian Premiere
The Hate U Give
George Tillman, Jr
USA
World Premiere
Hidden Man
Jiang Wen
China
International Premiere
High Life
Claire Denis
Germany/France/Poland/United Kingdom
World Premiere
Husband Material
Anurag Kashyap
India
World Premiere
The Kindergarten Teacher
Sara Colangelo
USA
Canadian Premiere
The Land of Steady Habits
Nicole Holofcener
USA
World Premiere
Life Itself
Dan Fogelman
USA
World Premiere
The Public
Emilio Estevez
USA
World Premiere
Red Joan
Sir Trevor Nunn
United Kingdom
World Premiere
Shadow
Zhang Yimou,
China
North American Premiere
A Star is Born
Bradley Cooper
USA
North American Premiere
What They Had
Elizabeth Chomko
USA
International Premiere
Widows
Steve McQueen
United Kingdom/USA
World Premiere
Special Presentations 2018
Mouthpiece (Opening Film)
Patricia Rozema
Canada
World Premiere
Ben Is Back
Peter Hedges
USA
World Premiere
Burning
Lee Chang-dong
South Korea
North American Premiere
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Marielle Heller
USA
International Premiere
Capernaum
Nadine Labaki
Lebanon
North American Premiere
Cold War
Paweł Pawlikowski
Poland/United Kingdom/France
Canadian Premiere
Colette
Wash Westmoreland
United Kingdom
Canadian Premiere
Dogman
Matteo Garrone
Italy/France
Canadian Premiere
The Front Runner
Jason Reitman
USA
International Premiere
Giant Little Ones
Keith Behrman
Canada
World Premiere
Girls of the Sun
Eva Husson
France
International Premiere
Hotel Mumbai
Anthony Maras
Australia
World Premiere
The Hummingbird Project
Kim Nguyen
Canada
World Premiere
If Beale Street Could Talk
Barry Jenkins
USA
World Premiere
Manto
Nandita Das
India
North American Premiere
Maya
Mia Hansen-Løve
France
World Premiere
Monsters And Men
Reinaldo Marcus Green
USA
Canadian Premiere
Non-Fiction
Olivier Assayas
France
Canadian Premiere
The Old Man & The Gun
David Lowery
USA
International Premiere
Papi Chulo
John Butler
Ireland
World Premiere
Roma
Alfonso Cuarón
Mexico/USA
Canadian Premiere
Shoplifters (Closing Film)
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japan
Canadian Premiere
The Sisters Brothers
Jacques Audiard
USA/France/Romania/Spain
North American Premiere
Sunset
László Nemes
Hungary/France
North American Premiere
Through Black Spruce
Don McKellar
Canada
World Premiere
The Wedding Guest
Michael Winterbottom
United Kingdom
World Premiere
The Weekend
Stella Meghie
USA
World Premiere...
- 7/24/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
According to our racetrack odds, Edgar Ramirez is the Emmy front-runner for Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actor for playing the title character in “The Assassination of Gianni Versace.” The FX true-crime drama is the favorite to win Best Limited Series, so it stands to reason that voters would also recognize Versace himself. But there’s another reason the TV academy might want to check off his name: to make up for his loss for “Carlos” seven years ago.
The Venezuelan actor made appearances in “The Bourne Ultimatum” (2007) and “Che” (2008) before his international breakthrough role as the title character in “Carlos,” a real-life political terrorist in the 1970s who was finally arrested in 1994 and is currently serving a life sentence in prison. Directed by French auteur Olivier Assayas, the series received widespread acclaim, including kudos from the film world. Ramirez won the Cesar Award for Best Actor and was a finalist...
The Venezuelan actor made appearances in “The Bourne Ultimatum” (2007) and “Che” (2008) before his international breakthrough role as the title character in “Carlos,” a real-life political terrorist in the 1970s who was finally arrested in 1994 and is currently serving a life sentence in prison. Directed by French auteur Olivier Assayas, the series received widespread acclaim, including kudos from the film world. Ramirez won the Cesar Award for Best Actor and was a finalist...
- 7/9/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
From Patrick Melrose to Vida to She’s Gotta Have It, this week’s slate of videos and podcasts are filled with the talented women of Hollywood.
In this week’s The Actor’s Side, Pete Hammond talks to Oscar-nominated actress Jennifer Jason Leigh. Known for her roles in Last Exit to Brooklyn and the classic Fast Times at Ridgemont High, she now stars in the Showtime’s acclaimed limited series Patrick Melrose
Dominic Patten talks to Vida executive producer Tanya Saracho in the latest installment of Next Generation TV about Latinx representation on TV as well as the Starz series — which tells a Latinx narrative from a Latinx point of view.
On this week’s Behind The Lens, Pete Hammond talks to producer and director Judd Apatow about his career in comedy and his very personal HBO documentary project, The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling.
Cinematographer Colin Watkinson stops...
In this week’s The Actor’s Side, Pete Hammond talks to Oscar-nominated actress Jennifer Jason Leigh. Known for her roles in Last Exit to Brooklyn and the classic Fast Times at Ridgemont High, she now stars in the Showtime’s acclaimed limited series Patrick Melrose
Dominic Patten talks to Vida executive producer Tanya Saracho in the latest installment of Next Generation TV about Latinx representation on TV as well as the Starz series — which tells a Latinx narrative from a Latinx point of view.
On this week’s Behind The Lens, Pete Hammond talks to producer and director Judd Apatow about his career in comedy and his very personal HBO documentary project, The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling.
Cinematographer Colin Watkinson stops...
- 6/23/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Emmy voters know a good bargain when they see one, so they’re often eager to reward two performances for the price of one. Sally Field (“Sybil”) and Toni Collette (“United States of Tara”) won for playing multiple personalities. And Tatiana Maslany (“Orphan Black”) prevailed as a combo platter of identical clones. Now Emmy voters could give the nod to J.K. Simmons for playing two versions of the same man in the Starz sci-fi thriller “Counterpart.”
The series premiered in December 2017 and stars Simmons as Howard Silk, a United Nations bureaucrat in Berlin who works for an agency whose purpose he doesn’t quite understand. It turns out his agency oversees a gateway to a parallel world with another version of Howard who crosses between worlds on dangerous field missions.
Now Simmons is an Emmy contender for Best Drama Actor for his performance. He has never been nominated for an...
The series premiered in December 2017 and stars Simmons as Howard Silk, a United Nations bureaucrat in Berlin who works for an agency whose purpose he doesn’t quite understand. It turns out his agency oversees a gateway to a parallel world with another version of Howard who crosses between worlds on dangerous field missions.
Now Simmons is an Emmy contender for Best Drama Actor for his performance. He has never been nominated for an...
- 6/21/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Don’t take your eyes off of “Barry.” HBO’s dramedy about an expert hit man who longs to be an actor could make a killing at the Emmys. It aired this past spring to critical acclaim (scoring 83 on MetaCritic), nestled comfortably between “Silicon Valley” and “Last Week Tonight” on Sunday nights, the same time slot that “Veep” occupied when it won the last three Emmys for Best Comedy Series. But “Veep” is out of the running since its production was delayed as star Julia Louis-Dreyfus underwent treatment for cancer. So how many nominations will “Barry” get in its place? And how many will it win?
We’ve polled 18 Expert journalists from top media outlets for their Emmy picks, and eight of them are betting on a nomination for Best Comedy Series: Eric Deggans (NPR), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby), Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood), Robert Rorke (New York Post), Anne Thompson...
We’ve polled 18 Expert journalists from top media outlets for their Emmy picks, and eight of them are betting on a nomination for Best Comedy Series: Eric Deggans (NPR), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby), Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood), Robert Rorke (New York Post), Anne Thompson...
- 6/21/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Are Gold Derby’s Emmy prognosticators underestimating Marc Maron for Netflix’s “Glow,” for which he plays Sam Sylvia, a failed film director who now directs a women’s wrestling show? He currently sits precipitously in sixth place in our Emmy predictions behind Sean Hayes (“Will & Grace”), Titus Burgess (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), Louie Anderson (“Baskets”), Brian Tyree Henry (“Atlanta”) and Alec Baldwin (“Saturday Night Live”), with recent Tony winner Tony Shalhoub (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) close on his heels. Maron though may have a stronger chance at a nomination than our charts show.
See‘Glow’ Fysee: Alison Brie, Sydelle Noel & Marc Maron on learning how to wrestle with boobs [Watch]
At this year’s SAG Awards Maron was nominated for Best Male Performer in a Comedy Series, showing strong support as he’s a supporting player on “Glow.” Unlike most award shows the SAG Awards don’t have supporting categories for television shows.
See‘Glow’ Fysee: Alison Brie, Sydelle Noel & Marc Maron on learning how to wrestle with boobs [Watch]
At this year’s SAG Awards Maron was nominated for Best Male Performer in a Comedy Series, showing strong support as he’s a supporting player on “Glow.” Unlike most award shows the SAG Awards don’t have supporting categories for television shows.
- 6/20/2018
- by Robert Pius
- Gold Derby
It’s a tie! At least, that’s how our Emmy Experts from major media outlets see the head-scratching 2018 race for Best Comedy Series. With three-time winner “Veep” sitting out this year the Experts are evenly split between FX’s “Atlanta” and Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” for the win, giving both comedies 4/1 racetrack odds. ABC’s “Black-ish” comes in third place with 6/1 odds, while HBO’s “Silicon Valley” is in fourth place at 17/2 odds.
SEEEmmys forecast: ‘Atlanta’ Should get 5 acting nominations, but how many Will it get?
Nine of our Experts predict that last year’s Emmy winner for Best Comedy Actor and Best Comedy Directing (both for Donald Glover) will now win Best Comedy Series for its well-reviewed second season. They are: Debra Birnbaum (Variety), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby), Chris Harnick (E), Matthew Jacobs (HuffPo), Sasha Stone (Awards Daily), Anne Thompson (Indiewire), Ben Travers (Indiewire), Adnan Virk...
SEEEmmys forecast: ‘Atlanta’ Should get 5 acting nominations, but how many Will it get?
Nine of our Experts predict that last year’s Emmy winner for Best Comedy Actor and Best Comedy Directing (both for Donald Glover) will now win Best Comedy Series for its well-reviewed second season. They are: Debra Birnbaum (Variety), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby), Chris Harnick (E), Matthew Jacobs (HuffPo), Sasha Stone (Awards Daily), Anne Thompson (Indiewire), Ben Travers (Indiewire), Adnan Virk...
- 6/19/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
With more than $16 billion in global box office, how does Marvel do it? It boils down to Kevin Feige, sole producer of 19 Marvel movies since “Iron Man” in 2008, all of which opened at number one. Marvel’s master is a Boston-born, New Jersey-raised movie nerd who collected ticket stubs, sat through “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” 13 times and was rejected by USC film school four or five times before being accepted.
There, he saw an intern posting for The Donners Company, where he swiftly rose to assistant to producer Lauren Shuler Donner. She eventually let him sit in on meetings for “X-Men,” which led to meeting his future Marvel boss, Avi Arad. Little by little, people listened to his ideas: All the answers were there in the Marvel comics. “The comic book tells you everything you need to know,” he told Produced By Conference moderator Pete Hammond.
When Sony chairman...
There, he saw an intern posting for The Donners Company, where he swiftly rose to assistant to producer Lauren Shuler Donner. She eventually let him sit in on meetings for “X-Men,” which led to meeting his future Marvel boss, Avi Arad. Little by little, people listened to his ideas: All the answers were there in the Marvel comics. “The comic book tells you everything you need to know,” he told Produced By Conference moderator Pete Hammond.
When Sony chairman...
- 6/9/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Kevin Feige has pledged that many of the upcoming Marvel films will follow the precedent set by “Captain Marvel” and be directed by a woman.
Feige made the assertion Saturday at the 10th annual Produced By conference on the Paramount lot and noted that Anna Boden is co-directing the upcoming “Captain Marvel,” the 20th Marvel movie and the first with a female director. A questioner had suggested to Feige during the Q&A part of the session that the next 20 Marvel films should be directed by women.
“I cannot promise that all 20 Marvel movies will have female directors but a heck of a lot of them will,” he said, evoking major applause.
As president of Marvel Studios, Feige has seen 19 films that have opened at No. 1 at the domestic box office and collectively grossed over $16 billion worldwide. Six of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films have crossed the $1 billion threshold at...
Feige made the assertion Saturday at the 10th annual Produced By conference on the Paramount lot and noted that Anna Boden is co-directing the upcoming “Captain Marvel,” the 20th Marvel movie and the first with a female director. A questioner had suggested to Feige during the Q&A part of the session that the next 20 Marvel films should be directed by women.
“I cannot promise that all 20 Marvel movies will have female directors but a heck of a lot of them will,” he said, evoking major applause.
As president of Marvel Studios, Feige has seen 19 films that have opened at No. 1 at the domestic box office and collectively grossed over $16 billion worldwide. Six of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films have crossed the $1 billion threshold at...
- 6/9/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Marvel Studios president and producer Kevin Feige was one of the definite highlights at this morning’s 10th annual PGA Produced By Conference, and while he didn’t divulge details on whether Thanos truly wins in Avengers: Infinity War II, he said, “We’re working on the next five years (at Marvel), post-Avengers and what that looks like.” Also, he said that Ant-Man and the Wasp is finished and that post on Infinity War II is already underway.
In a conversation with Deadline’s Awards Editor Pete Hammond, Feige looked back on his career, his rise from USC film student to production assistant at Shuler Donner Productions, to being the town’s preeminent box office hit-meister with 19 pics that have opened at No. 1 and amassed $16 billion at the global box office.
Not just Feige, but the town — and the motion picture business — have come a long way in their attitudes toward comic book movie adaptations.
In a conversation with Deadline’s Awards Editor Pete Hammond, Feige looked back on his career, his rise from USC film student to production assistant at Shuler Donner Productions, to being the town’s preeminent box office hit-meister with 19 pics that have opened at No. 1 and amassed $16 billion at the global box office.
Not just Feige, but the town — and the motion picture business — have come a long way in their attitudes toward comic book movie adaptations.
- 6/9/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Get your popcorn ready because Dolly Parton will be producing and starring in an upcoming Netflix series about her life! During a recent panel discussion for the popular Netflix series Grace & Frankie, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda — who co-starred with Dolly in the 1980 film 9 to 5 — seemed to accidentally reveal Dolly's latest project. When Deadline reporter Pete Hammond asked Lily, 78, and Jane, 80, if their friend would ever guest star on Grace & Frankie, Lily accidentally let it slip that Dolly, 72, probably wouldn't have time because she is working on her own Netflix show. Lily went on to explain that the country singer is making a series of films about her life — based off her 2015 movie Coat of Many Colors and her iconic songs — and will appear in the series "when the script called for it." (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Deadline later confirmed that Netflix "has greenlighted an eight-episode Dolly Parton anthology series,...
- 6/5/2018
- by Joyann Jeffrey
- Closer Weekly
Netflix has greenlighted an eight-episode Dolly Parton anthology series, with each episode based on a song by her. In addition to serving as singer/songwriter, Parton will executive produce and will also appear in the series.
The project comes from Parton’s Dixie Pixie Productions, Sam Haskell’s Magnolia Hill Entertainment in association with Warner Bros Television where Magnolia Hill has a deal.
The Netflix pact is similar to the agreement NBC inked with the country star three years ago for a series of standalone TV movies based on her “songs, stories and inspiring life,” with an option for Parton to appear in them. That deal yielded the movie Coat Of Many Colors, watched by almost 16 million viewers, and its sequel, Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love. The films, also from Dixie Pixie Productions, Magnolia Hill Entertainment and Wbtv, aired as NBC holiday specials in 2015 band 2016, respectively.
“As a songwriter,...
The project comes from Parton’s Dixie Pixie Productions, Sam Haskell’s Magnolia Hill Entertainment in association with Warner Bros Television where Magnolia Hill has a deal.
The Netflix pact is similar to the agreement NBC inked with the country star three years ago for a series of standalone TV movies based on her “songs, stories and inspiring life,” with an option for Parton to appear in them. That deal yielded the movie Coat Of Many Colors, watched by almost 16 million viewers, and its sequel, Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love. The films, also from Dixie Pixie Productions, Magnolia Hill Entertainment and Wbtv, aired as NBC holiday specials in 2015 band 2016, respectively.
“As a songwriter,...
- 6/4/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
In our latest 2018 Oscar predictions slugfest, Gold Derby editor-in-chief Tom O’Neil defends his Best Picture prediction of “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri” against managing editor Chris Beachum and senior editor Marcus James Dixon, who both currently pick “The Shape of Water.” Which editor do You think is right? Watch the video above or listen to the audio podcast version below.
“I have had five or six different movies in the #1 position throughout the year,” Marcus confesses. “Currently I have ‘Shape of Water’ because it got more nominations than anything else [and] it has a lot of the precursors that you need. I am worried about SAG ensemble. It did not get in there which we learned last year is really, really telling.”
“Every movie is missing something,” cites Chris. “It concerns me more that Martin McDonagh could not get in for directing [‘Three Billboards’] at the Oscars. That’s critical. We have...
“I have had five or six different movies in the #1 position throughout the year,” Marcus confesses. “Currently I have ‘Shape of Water’ because it got more nominations than anything else [and] it has a lot of the precursors that you need. I am worried about SAG ensemble. It did not get in there which we learned last year is really, really telling.”
“Every movie is missing something,” cites Chris. “It concerns me more that Martin McDonagh could not get in for directing [‘Three Billboards’] at the Oscars. That’s critical. We have...
- 2/5/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon, Tom O'Neil and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
There are five films with a real chance to win the Oscar fight for Best Picture — “The Shape of Water,” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” “Lady Bird,” “Get Out” and “Dunkirk” — but only one of them has no Expert at Gold Derby predicting it to prevail: “Dunkirk.”
That’s crazy, considering it was the Experts’ overwhelming frontrunner last year from summer to December and nothing has happened to diminish it since — no scandal or sudden wave of unpopularity. Perhaps it’s just a case of Oscar ageism. Is it too damn old? “Dunkirk” came out last July and now there are newer, fresher choices to tempt those notoriously fickle academy voters.
But, hold your horses, Derbyites: Some summer releases like “The Hurt Locker” have won Best Picture and others like “Boyhood” have come close in recent years.
See Oscar Best Picture predictions smackdown: Pete Hammond, Anne Thompson, Tim Gray & Tom...
That’s crazy, considering it was the Experts’ overwhelming frontrunner last year from summer to December and nothing has happened to diminish it since — no scandal or sudden wave of unpopularity. Perhaps it’s just a case of Oscar ageism. Is it too damn old? “Dunkirk” came out last July and now there are newer, fresher choices to tempt those notoriously fickle academy voters.
But, hold your horses, Derbyites: Some summer releases like “The Hurt Locker” have won Best Picture and others like “Boyhood” have come close in recent years.
See Oscar Best Picture predictions smackdown: Pete Hammond, Anne Thompson, Tim Gray & Tom...
- 2/5/2018
- by Tom O'Neil
- Gold Derby
Guillermo del Toro won the top prize at the Directors Guild of America Awards on Feb. 3 for his fantasy film “The Shape of Water.” Mindful that the DGA often previews the Academy Awards, our Oscar experts from major media outlets have been busy updating their predictions. Eleven of our 19 experts now back the Best Picture bid by “The Shape of Water.” That support translates into leading odds of 5/6. (See the individual rankings by experts and the resulting odds.)
Martin McDonagh‘s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which was the favorite before Oscar nominations were announced on Jan. 23, now has the backing of just four experts. The rest believe that the snub of McDonagh for directing will be an impossible obstacle to overcome. It has odds of 7/2 to win.
Three of our pundits favor Jordan Peele‘s social satire “Get Out.” That gives it odds of 7/1. And one is backing the...
Martin McDonagh‘s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which was the favorite before Oscar nominations were announced on Jan. 23, now has the backing of just four experts. The rest believe that the snub of McDonagh for directing will be an impossible obstacle to overcome. It has odds of 7/2 to win.
Three of our pundits favor Jordan Peele‘s social satire “Get Out.” That gives it odds of 7/1. And one is backing the...
- 2/5/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Congratulations to Gold Derby founder and president Tom O’Neil for a perfect score of 100% when predicting the 2018 Directors Guild Awards winners on Saturday. He is best among 12 Experts, journalists who cover the entertainment industry throughout the year. He has a great point score of 2,949 by using the 500 super bets wisely. See Experts’ leaderboard.
Over 1,300 people worldwide predicted these DGA winners in three film and four television categories. The awards ceremony was held on February 3 in Beverly Hills and were hosted by Judd Apatow. O’Neil had the correct movie picks of Guillermo del Toro for “The Shape of Water” (feature film), Jordan Peele for “Get Out” (first-time feature film), and “City of Ghosts” (documentary feature) among his great selections.
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Over 1,300 people worldwide predicted these DGA winners in three film and four television categories. The awards ceremony was held on February 3 in Beverly Hills and were hosted by Judd Apatow. O’Neil had the correct movie picks of Guillermo del Toro for “The Shape of Water” (feature film), Jordan Peele for “Get Out” (first-time feature film), and “City of Ghosts” (documentary feature) among his great selections.
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- 2/4/2018
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Documentarian Matthew Heineman is the front-runner to win his second Directors Guild Award in three years thanks to his tense film “City of Ghosts.” That’s according to the combined predictions of more than 1,200 users who have entered their picks at Gold Derby in advance of the DGA ceremony on Saturday night, February 3. But for Heineman to win again he’ll have to get past a few legendary filmmakers: Steve James (“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”), Errol Morris (“Wormwood”) and Ken Burns (“The Vietnam War”).
Heineman previously won Best Documentary Director for “Cartel Land” (2015), in which he explored the tension between drug cartels, Mexican groups fighting back against cartel violence and border patrol agents monitoring the crossing between Mexico and the United States. Heineman’s latest film is also about a group resisting violence in their homeland: “City of Ghosts” profiles the Syrian citizen journalists who make up the group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently.
Heineman previously won Best Documentary Director for “Cartel Land” (2015), in which he explored the tension between drug cartels, Mexican groups fighting back against cartel violence and border patrol agents monitoring the crossing between Mexico and the United States. Heineman’s latest film is also about a group resisting violence in their homeland: “City of Ghosts” profiles the Syrian citizen journalists who make up the group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently.
- 2/2/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
In our Oscar predictions smackdown, Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood), Anne Thompson (Indiewire) and Tim Gray (Variety) agree “The Shape of Water” will win Best picture, but I dare to disagree, opting for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Watch video above or listen to the audio podcast version below.
Anne says she’s picking “Shape” because “It’s the PGA winner, it has 13 Oscar nominations and I think Guillermo Del Toro is an auteur who they give a lot of credit for creating an original world. All of the crafts are going to go for it and all of the actors and all of the writers.”
Pete adds, “I think ‘Shape of Water’ is going to pull it out and win because if it’s not a number 1 choice, it’s number 2. The preferential ballot can really help the number 2 movie even more than the number 1 vote because it shows how well liked you are.
Anne says she’s picking “Shape” because “It’s the PGA winner, it has 13 Oscar nominations and I think Guillermo Del Toro is an auteur who they give a lot of credit for creating an original world. All of the crafts are going to go for it and all of the actors and all of the writers.”
Pete adds, “I think ‘Shape of Water’ is going to pull it out and win because if it’s not a number 1 choice, it’s number 2. The preferential ballot can really help the number 2 movie even more than the number 1 vote because it shows how well liked you are.
- 2/2/2018
- by Tom O'Neil
- Gold Derby
Two of the most recent Oscar-winning duos for Best Song are back to face off at the 2018 Academy Awards: “Coco’s” Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez who won for “Frozen” (2013), and “The Greatest Showman’s” Benj Pasek & Justin Paul who prevailed for “La La Land” (2016). “Coco” is nominated for the emotional tune “Remember Me,” while “The Greatest Showman” is up for its empowerment song “This Is Me.” Both duos top our Oscar predictions for Best Song, however our experts from major media outlets warn to watch out for “Mudbound” double nominee Mary J. Blige.
Blige, who also contends as Best Supporting Actress for the Netflix drama, made history by being the first person to earn Oscar nominations for acting and songwriting in the same year. Her song “Mighty River,” co-written by Raphael Saadiq & Taura Stinson, also earned a Golden Globe nomination, but lost out to Pasek and Paul. The other two...
Blige, who also contends as Best Supporting Actress for the Netflix drama, made history by being the first person to earn Oscar nominations for acting and songwriting in the same year. Her song “Mighty River,” co-written by Raphael Saadiq & Taura Stinson, also earned a Golden Globe nomination, but lost out to Pasek and Paul. The other two...
- 1/31/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
After failing to win the Best Visual Effects Oscar for “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (2011) and “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” (2014), it looks like the third time will be the charm for 20th Century Fox’s “Apes” reboot. According to Gold Derby’s official Oscar predictions, “War for the Planet of the Apes” is in the lead with 8/11 odds to win that damn dirty Oscar on March 4. It faces off against “Blade Runner 2049,” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” “Kong: Skull Island” and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” at the 2018 Oscars.
As awards watchers know, “Hugo” surprised by beating “Rise” in the visual effects race back in 2011, while “Dawn” lost to “Interstellar” in 2014. Director Matt Reeves‘ “War,” which chronicles the battle for Earth between the apes and the humans, is the third reboot of the original “Planet of the Apes” series of films from the 1960s and 1970s.
As awards watchers know, “Hugo” surprised by beating “Rise” in the visual effects race back in 2011, while “Dawn” lost to “Interstellar” in 2014. Director Matt Reeves‘ “War,” which chronicles the battle for Earth between the apes and the humans, is the third reboot of the original “Planet of the Apes” series of films from the 1960s and 1970s.
- 1/30/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
One week after the 2018 Academy Awards nominations announcement on Jan. 23 and Guillermo del Toro‘s fantasy film “The Shape of Water,” which reaped a leading 13 bids, has widened its lead for Best Picture according to our Oscar experts from major media outlets. Of the 18 experts weighing in, it has the votes of a whopping 11 of them and that support translates into it odds of 5/6 to take home the Best Picture award on March 4. (See the individual rankings by experts and the resulting odds.)
Martin McDonagh‘s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which was the favorite before nominations were announced, now has the backing of four experts. The rest believe that the snub of McDonagh for directing will be an impossible obstacle to overcome. It has odds of 7/2 to win.
Two of our pundits favor Jordan Peele‘s social satire “Get Out.” That gives it odds of 8/1. And one is backing...
Martin McDonagh‘s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which was the favorite before nominations were announced, now has the backing of four experts. The rest believe that the snub of McDonagh for directing will be an impossible obstacle to overcome. It has odds of 7/2 to win.
Two of our pundits favor Jordan Peele‘s social satire “Get Out.” That gives it odds of 8/1. And one is backing...
- 1/30/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Congratulations to our Expert Glenn Whipp (L.A. Times) for an excellent score of 81.97% when predicting the 2018 Oscars nominations on Tuesday. He is best among our 32 total Experts, journalists who cover the entertainment industry throughout the year. Whipp is just ahead of Tom O’Neil (Gold Derby) with 81.15% and Anne Thompson (Indiewire) with 80.33%. He also has a great point score of 21,398 by using the 500 super bets wisely. See Experts’ leaderboard.
Over 8,700 people worldwide predicted these Academy Awards nominees in all 24 categories. The awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 4, in Hollywood and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the second straight year. Whipp was perfect in predicting the categories for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Screenplay.
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Over 8,700 people worldwide predicted these Academy Awards nominees in all 24 categories. The awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 4, in Hollywood and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the second straight year. Whipp was perfect in predicting the categories for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Screenplay.
SEE2018 Oscar nominations: Full list of Academy Awards nominees in all 24 categories
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- 1/23/2018
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
With just hours to go until the 2018 Academy Awards nominations are announced on Jan. 23, our 31 Oscar experts from major media outlets have just finalized their predictions for Best Picture. Martin McDonagh‘s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” now has the votes of a leading 10 pundits, up from seven just three days ago. This character study swept the SAG Awards on Sunday, with a leading three wins. It is in first place with leading odds of 6/1. (See the individual rankings by experts and the resulting odds.)
“The Shape of Water” got a big boost when it won Best Picture at the PGA Awards on Saturday. While that precursor prize went with a different film than the Oscars for the last two years, this guild previewed the Best Picture winner for the first six years of the expanded race. Guillermo del Toro‘s fantasy film now has the backing of eight pundits,...
“The Shape of Water” got a big boost when it won Best Picture at the PGA Awards on Saturday. While that precursor prize went with a different film than the Oscars for the last two years, this guild previewed the Best Picture winner for the first six years of the expanded race. Guillermo del Toro‘s fantasy film now has the backing of eight pundits,...
- 1/22/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Congratulations to our Experts Pete Hammond (Deadline), Sasha Stone (Awards Daily), and Anne Thompson (Indiewire) for perfect 100% scores when predicting the 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards film winners on Sunday. They are tops among 18 Experts, journalists who cover the entertainment industry throughout the year. See Experts’ leaderboard.
Over 2,300 people worldwide predicted these SAG winners in six film categories. The awards ceremony was held in downtown Los Angeles and was hosted by Kristen Bell. Our top scorers had the correct picks of “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and its stars Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell, plus Gary Oldman (“Darkest Hour”), Allison Janney (“I, Tonya”), and “Wonder Woman” for stunts.
SEE2018 SAG Awards: Complete winners list in the 6 film and 9 TV categories
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Over 2,300 people worldwide predicted these SAG winners in six film categories. The awards ceremony was held in downtown Los Angeles and was hosted by Kristen Bell. Our top scorers had the correct picks of “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and its stars Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell, plus Gary Oldman (“Darkest Hour”), Allison Janney (“I, Tonya”), and “Wonder Woman” for stunts.
SEE2018 SAG Awards: Complete winners list in the 6 film and 9 TV categories
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- 1/22/2018
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Congratulations to our Expert Nikki Novak (Fandango), for a terrific score of 77.78% when predicting the 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards television winners on Sunday. For a total of 10 Experts making picks, Novak is just ahead of Pete Hammond (Deadline), who had 66.67% of correct picks. See Experts’ leaderboard.
Almost 1,700 people worldwide predicted these SAG winners in nine TV categories. The ceremony was held in downtown Los Angeles and was hosted by Kristen Bell. Our top Expert only missed two categories, choosing “Glow” over “Veep” for the comedy cast and Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) over Claire Foy (“The Crown”) for drama actress.
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Almost 1,700 people worldwide predicted these SAG winners in nine TV categories. The ceremony was held in downtown Los Angeles and was hosted by Kristen Bell. Our top Expert only missed two categories, choosing “Glow” over “Veep” for the comedy cast and Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) over Claire Foy (“The Crown”) for drama actress.
SEE2018 SAG Awards: Complete winners list in the 6 film and 9 TV categories
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- 1/22/2018
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Congratulations to our Expert Joyce Eng, senior editor for Gold Derby, for a near perfect 87.50% when predicting the 2018 Producers Guild Awards winners on Saturday. For a total of 12 Experts making picks, Eng is just ahead of Kevin Polowy (Yahoo) and Peter Travers (Rolling Stone), who both had 75.00% of correct picks. See Experts’ leaderboard.
Over 1,000 people worldwide predicted these PGA winners in three film and five television categories. The ceremony was held in Beverly Hills, California. Our top Expert only missed one category, choosing “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri” instead of actual Best Picture winner “The Shape of Water.”
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Over 1,000 people worldwide predicted these PGA winners in three film and five television categories. The ceremony was held in Beverly Hills, California. Our top Expert only missed one category, choosing “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri” instead of actual Best Picture winner “The Shape of Water.”
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- 1/21/2018
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
It’s been almost 10 years since Heath Ledger was posthumously awarded the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2009 for playing the comic book super villain the Joker in “The Dark Knight.” More and more superhero movies like it have earned critical praise on par with more traditional prestige films. So how is it possible that we’re still waiting for a comic book superhero movie to be nominated for its writing? Two such acclaimed crusaders, “Logan” and “Wonder Woman,” could change that this year.
There have been a few nominated screenplays over the years that were adapted from graphic media: “Skippy” (1931) came from a comic strip. “American Splendor” (2003) was taken from an autobiographical comic book series. “Ghost World” (2001) and “A History of Violence” (2005) both came from graphic novels. But those were all real-world-based stories, and not the fantastic realities of superhero films. And there have been plenty of scripts considered by...
There have been a few nominated screenplays over the years that were adapted from graphic media: “Skippy” (1931) came from a comic strip. “American Splendor” (2003) was taken from an autobiographical comic book series. “Ghost World” (2001) and “A History of Violence” (2005) both came from graphic novels. But those were all real-world-based stories, and not the fantastic realities of superhero films. And there have been plenty of scripts considered by...
- 1/19/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
2018 Oscars Best Picture predictions by experts: ‘Three Billboards’ widens lead on eve of PGA Awards
With only days to go until the Academy Awards are announced on Jan. 23, our 31 Oscar experts from major media outlets have been busy updating their predictions for Best Picture. Martin McDonagh‘s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” now has the votes of a leading seven pundits. This character study swept the Golden Globes on Jan. 7 and got another bounce when the writer/director reaped a bid from the DGA on Jan. 11. It is in first place with leading odds of 13/2.
If, as we are predicting, “Three Billboards” wins Best Picture at the PGA Awards on Jan. 20, expect even more of our experts to switch to it. While that precursor prize went with a different film than the Oscars for the last two years, this guild previewed the Best Picture winner for the first six years of the expanded race.T o that end, if another film pulls off an upset at the PGA,...
If, as we are predicting, “Three Billboards” wins Best Picture at the PGA Awards on Jan. 20, expect even more of our experts to switch to it. While that precursor prize went with a different film than the Oscars for the last two years, this guild previewed the Best Picture winner for the first six years of the expanded race.T o that end, if another film pulls off an upset at the PGA,...
- 1/19/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
I made my comedy series acting debut this week in the season premiere of truTV’s hit sketch comedy/educational hybrid Adam Ruins Everything, starring Adam Conover as a guy who likes to correct myths about various things in society that we only think we know about. Topics he took to debunking in Season 1 included cars, security, work, voting, nutrition, sex, death and others. The second-season premiere in which I appear as Deadline Awards Columnist Pete Hammond (clever…...
- 8/27/2016
- Deadline TV
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