Oscar Predictions Or The Time 'Fences' Crashed The Race [UPDATED]

Denzel Washngton's "Fences" had it premere this past Saturday for academy members, critics and blogaroonies. The reaction? Overwhelmingly positive.You can read all about it HERE. What's left to screen? Robert Zemeckis' "Allied" (this week!), Ben Affleck's "Live By Night" (next week!),  Stepehen Gaghan's "Gold" (next week!), Peter Berg's Patriots Day (Closing the AFI Fest), Martin Scorsese's "Silence" (WHO KNOWS).

 "Fences" is a brave, passionate film that will likely give "La La Land" many headaches on its way to the Best Picture Oscar DITTO Denzel for Best Actor against Casey Affleck. Viola Davis also seems to be the front-runner for the Best Supporting Actress race.

 Martin Scorsese's film has NO poster, NO trailer, NO official running time and is STILL being edited as we speak.


11.6.16

Best Picture


FRONTRUNNERS

 1) "La La Land"
2) "Fences"
3) "Manchester By The Sea"
4) "Silence"
5) "Sully"
6) "Lion"
7) "Loving"
8) "Jackie"
9) "Arrival"
10) "Moonlight"

MAJOR THREATS

Hidden Figures
Patriots Day
Hacksaw Ridge
Florence Foster Jenkins
Arrival
20th Century Women


Best Actor

FRONTRUNNERS
1) Denzel Washington, "Fences"
2) Casey Affleck, "Manchester By the Sea"
3) Tom Hanks, "Sully"
4) Ryan Gosling "La La Land"
5) Michael Keaton, "The Founder"


MAJOR THREATS

 Viggo Mortensen, "Captain Fantastic"
Joel Edgerton, "Loving"
Andrew Garfield, "Silence"
Dev Patel, "Lion"
Miles Teller, "Bleed For This"

Best Actress


FRONTRUNNERS

1) Emma Stone, "La La Land"
2) Natalie Portman, "Jackie"
3) Amy Adams, "Arrival"
4) Ruth Negga, "Loving"
5) Isabelle Huppert, "Elle"

MAJOR THREATS

Taraji P Henson, "Hidden Figures"
Meryl Streep "Florence Foster Jenkins"
Jessica Chastain, "Miss Sloane"
Annette Benning, "20th Century Women"
Best Supporting Actor 


FRONTRUNNERS

 1) Mahershala Ali, "Moonlight" 
2) Michael Shannon, "Nocturnal Animals" 
3) Jeff Bridges, "Hell or High Water"
4) Lucas Hedges, "Manchester By the Sea"
5) Aaron Eckhart, "Bleed For This"

 MAJOR THREATS
Liam Neeson, "Silence"
Ben Foster, "Hell or High Water"
Hugh Grant, "Florence Foster Jenkins"
Stephen Mckinley Henderson, "Fences"
Dev Patel, "Lion"

Best Supporting Actress
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 1) Viola Davis, "Fences" 
2) Michelle Williams, "Manchester By the Sea"
3) Naomie Harris, "Moonlight"
4) Nicole Kidman, "Lion"
5) Octavia Spencer, "Hidden Figures"

Felicity Jones "A Monster Calls"
Margo Martindale, "The Hollars"
Molly Shannon, "Other People"
Helen Mirren, "Eye in the Sky"
Lupita Nyong'o, "Queen of Katwe"
Janaelle Monae, "Hidden Figures"

Best Director

FRONTRUNNERS

1) Damien Chazelle, "La La Land"
2) Kenneth Lonergan, "Manchester By the Sea'
3) Denzel Washington, "Fences"
4) Martin Scorsese, "Silence"
5) Barry Jenkins, "Moonlight"

POSSIBLE THREATS

Mel Gibson "Hacksaw Ridge"
Pablo Larrain, "Jackie"
Paul Verhoeven, "Elle"
Clint Eastwood, "Sully"
Jeff Nichols, "Loving"

Best Foreign Language Film

"Elle"
"Toni Erdmann"
"Neruda"
"The Salesman"
"Under the Shadow"
"From Afar"
"Fire At Sea"
"The Age of Shadows"
"Julieta"
"Land of Mine"

Best Animated Film

 "Zootopia"
"Kubo and the Two Strings"
"Finding Dory"
"Moana"
"The Red Turtle"
"Sing"

Best Documentary Feature

 "OJ: Made in America"
"The 13th"
"Lo and Behold"
"Before the Flood"
"Weiner"
"Gleason"
"Cameraperson"
"Jim: The James Foley Story"
"Amanda Knox"
"Zero Days"

'Ghost in the Shell' [Sneak Peek]



Full Trailer Debuts Online This Sunday, but this sneak peek sure wets our appetite for more. Rupert Huntsman directs, of "Snow White and the Huntsman," ahem, infamy, and if that isn't a red flag I don't know what is. Why did he get the job? There are so many more competent directors out there.  What we do know is that Scarlett's casting is gaining much controversy for whitewashing, however the rest of the cast, safe Juliette Binoche, is Japanese so it should be fine plus this is Scarlett freaking Joahnsson. Don't complain.
The film will be released on March 31, 2017 in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D.
Official synopsis:
"Cyborg policewoman The Major (Scarlett Johansson), and her task force Section 9 thwart cyber criminals and hackers. Now, they must face a new enemy who will stop at nothing to sabotage Hanka Robotic's artificial Intelligence technology."

'Doctor Strange' Dominates Weekend Box-Office With $84M Opening


"Doctor Strange" exceeded projected expectations that it would debut with a $60-75M opening weekend. Its tally of almost $85M places it as the tenth biggest opening of any MCU movie, just .8M behind "Thor: Dark World" in sixth place. 

Mel Gibson's "Hacksaw Ridge" proved yet again that fall movie audiences are really looking for smart, story-driven, adult entertainment as its R rating didn't stop it from getting close to $15M this weekend, placing it as a possible awards contender in the process and helping Gibson's comeback in the industry.

"Trolls," the latest animation ditty from DreamWorks racked up a solid $45.6M, placing it just behind "Doctor Strange." Animation has proven yet again how strong, sustainable and a sure-thing it can be for movie execs. 

Source: Box Office Mojo

First Look: Danny Boyle's 'T2 Trainspotting'



Next year, Director Danny Boyle will reunite with the cast "Trainspotting" for "T2 Trainspotting". The good news is we won't have to wait that long for our first look at the film because, well, a trailer has just landed. 

Based on Irvine Welsh's book "Porno," this sequel is set a decade after the original, even though its been 20 years since the last film. Fair enough, and not too conflicting. We'll get the point. With the already mentioned Boyle, the original film's screenwriter, John Hodge, is also back to stir things up.

 It's good to know there will be a movie to look forward to during the sluggish cinematic months of January-March. Boyle's last effort was "Steve Jobs," an admirable movie that nevertheless left many cold. I thought it was exceptional, but flawed. Boyle's usual kinetic direction was nowhere to be found, he seemed to be a little out of place with the whole project, especially since this was supposed to be a David Fincher film at first. 

 Also, if you haven't seen his vastly underrated 2013 film "Trance," catch up with it. A real mindfuck that deserved more attention.
"T2" hits the screens March 3rd, 2017.

 Danny Boyle ranked:

 (1) Trainspotting (2) Slumdog Millionaire (3) 28 Days Later (4) 127 Hours (5) Trance (6) Steve Jobs (7) Shallow Grave (8) Sunshine (9) The Beach (10) Millions (11) A Life Less Odinary

Rami Malek to Play Freddie Mercury in Queen Biopic


“Mr. Robot” star Rami Malek will play Freddie Mercury in the biopic entitled “Bohemian Rhapsody. Bryan Singer will direct. Singer confirmed the news on Instagram.

Malek is highly talented and will, no doubt, do a great job as Mercury. "Mr. Robot" has gained a notorious cult following over its first two seasons. I highly enjoyed the first one, but have had mixed feelings about the last season.

Singer has had success with the X-Men movies, safe for this year's X-Men Apocalypse" which was a terrible film, but is better known to cinephiles as the writer-director of 1995's "The Usual Suspects."

Source is Deadline, click HERE 

More info to come ...

Warner Brothers Execs quoted by author Bret Easton Ellis: "We don't care" about Batman movie script problems



In a way they're right because, if history shows anything, people will still shell out their hard-earned money to watch the next DC Universe abomination no matter how many times they've been disappointed. I trust Affleck with this, but, man, DC are milking/cash-cowing the living hell out of this. They can go home to the bank with their millions and not care an ounce about artistry or well-made produce. They've also sunk to new lows with 'Suicide Squad' and people still showed up for that film in DROVES. 

 The original SOURCE

Bret Easton Ellis in his own words:

 "I was having dinner with a couple of executives who know other executives who are working on the [forthcoming] Batman movie, The Batman. And they were just telling me that there are serious problems with the script. And that the executives I was having dinner with were complaining about people who work on the Batman movie. And they just said they went to the studio and they said, ‘Look, the script is … Here’s 30 things that are wrong with it that we can fix.’ And [the executives] said, ‘We don’t care. We don’t really care. The amount of money we’re going to make globally, I mean 70 percent of our audience is not going to be seeing this in English. And it doesn’t really matter, these things that you’re bringing up about the flaws of the script.’ So I do think global concerns play a big part in how movies, and what movies, are being made, obviously."

‘Doctor Strange’ Has $9.4M Thursday

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 "Doctor Strange" will open to the biggest week-end box-office of the fall movie season. Last night it made more than $9.4 million and, technically, the movie wasn't even out yet.  It beats previous November releases "Thor: The Dark World" ($7.1M) and last summer's "Ant-Man" ($6.4M).
Projections have Doctor Strange opening opening with a 60-75 Million dollar week-end box-office, but I'm prediction it might even crack the 80 Million mark.
Lest us not forget "Doctor Strange" has already amassed $133M overseas.
The Top Earning Thursday Evening receipts for Marvel are:
"Avengers: Age Of Ultron" $27.6M 
"Captain America: Civil War" made $25M 

 For more details on the way the Box-Office weekend is shaping up click HERE

John Turturro: Jesus Quintana Movie Idea 'Blew Coens' Minds'

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Last week we broke the news that John Turturro would be reviving Jesus Quintana from "The Big Lebowski" in a film entitled "Going Places." It is supposedly a remake of Bertrand Blier‘s 1974 French film “Les valseuses.” Full story HERE.
We now have more info from Turturro himself who chatted with Screen Daily:
“I was calling him JC, and it reminded me of this character I’d done in a play many, many years ago that had inspired Joel and Ethan [Coen] to write the character of Jesus Quintana. So I thought, ‘Wow! We’ve talked about doing something with Jesus Quintana but it was always silly.’ I started playing around with it and I thought we could be on to something with his irony and the irreverence of the character.”
“It kind of blew their [The Coens'] minds,” Turturro said. “They thought it was a great idea and told me, ‘We’ve taken a character inspired from a stage play and now you want to put him in a movie which is a French movie, which was inspired by American road movies.’ ”
 “You see his past, how he thinks, and there’ll be a lot of surprises. He still has his robust side to him, but without giving away the movie, he’s not walking around like this angry guy – he wants to enjoy life a bit.”

The LEGO Batman Movie - Official Trailer 4



This looks great.

 We need comedic elements to be more prevalent in superhero movies because there is a backlash happening and movies like "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Deadpool" have shown us that being meta is the next step forward for these movies.
This is directed by Chris McKay, Will Arnett voices Batman, what casting! Zach Galifianakis is The Joker, Michael Cera is Robin, Rosario Dawson is Barbara Gordon, and Ralph Fiennes is Alfred.
Official Synopsis:
In the irreverent spirit of fun that made “The LEGO® Movie” a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble – LEGO Batman – stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker’s hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up.
“The Lego Batman Movie” opens on February 10, 2017.

New image of Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in 'Darkest Hour'



Many people already saying the Oscar is his to lose next year. Gary Oldman has been around for nearly 4 decades and he has yet to have won the golden statuette. "Leon," "Dracula," "True Romance," "The Dark Knight," "JFK," "State of Grace," and, of course, "Sid and Nancy." Just cancel the show and give this man the Academy Award.

Joe Wright ("Atonement," "Pride and Prejudice," "Hannah") directs.

The film opens on November 24th, 2017.

EDIT: Responding to a friend of Facebook who as concerned this won't transcend "typical brit studios exports of very safe, traditional, and predictable biopics." My answer: "Well I do like Joe Wright better than Tom Hooper. Anyone that can shoot that astounding Dunkirk longtake in 'Atonement' is fine in my books, even if they were responsible for 'The Soloist'"

Quentin Tarantino Confirms Retirement Rumors: Drop the mic. Boom. Tell everybody, 'Match that shit'

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"Drop the mic. Boom. Tell everybody, 'Match that shit'" That is what Quentin Tarantino told said to a cheering crowd at the Adobe Max creativity conference in San Diego. The director layed out a plan to retire after 10 films, which means he will have two more film left in, what has already been, a historic career.
He went on to add "Hopefully, the way I define success when I finish my career is that I'm considered one of the greatest filmmakers that ever lived. And going further, a great artist, not just filmmaker."
For more click HERE 

Patty Jenkins Gives "Wonder Woman" A Little Hope



I couldn't get past Gal Gadot's thick Israeli accent in "Keeping Up With The Joneses" I hope it fits a little more with Amazonian allure of Wonder Woman. What does this trailer tell me? That Patty Jenkins is a much better director than Zach Snyder. Her visual style is much more sophisticated and deal-able than Snyder's overstuffed frames. I think this film might be the first watchable one of the DC universe or at least I hope. Jenkins has not made a film since 2003 when she directed Charlize Theron to her Oscar in "Monster."

What has she been doing since then? We don't know much really beyond the fact that she directed a short film about breast cancer in 2011. She's also directed episodes of "The Killing" for TV, got an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series" for the pilot of that show. She has the chops and it's about time a female director is given a crack at these superhero films.

"Wonder Woman" Opens On June 2nd, 2017

'Deadpool' Composer Leaves Franchise in Solidarity Of Tim Miller

"Deadpool without Tim at the helm just does not sit right with me," Tom Holkenborg wrote on Facebook.
Facebook statement can be found HERE
Composer Tom Holkeberg's statement:
"It is with a heavy heart that I have decided not to score the upcoming Deadpool movie. I love this character and creating his and the movie's original score was a monumental chapter in my life, personally and professionally.
Since it was revealed that Deadpool's brilliant creative director Tim Miller will not be involved in the project anymore, i have undertaken some soul searching. Tim was the driving force behind Deadpool and me getting involved in this amazing project. Deadpool without Tim at the helm just does not sit right with me and that is why I have decided not to be involved in the second chapter.
It was a difficult decision, as I love the project so much and i know how eagerly the next installment will be anticipated, it's hard to walk away from something so unique, but it also has to feel right."
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