Poor Things, Oppenheimer and Saltburn won Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) Awards in the categories for fantasy, period and contemporary live action features, respectively, at the 28th Adg Awards, which were handed out Saturday at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Ovation Hollywood.
Poor Things and Oppenheimer are additionally nominated for the Oscar in production design, alongside Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon, which were also Adg nominated in their respective categories.
Over the past five years, the winner of the Adg’s period film prize has gone on to win the Oscar for production design twice: In 2020, for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and in 2021, for Mank. During that time, the production design Oscar went to the winner of the fantasy category twice, in 2019, for Black Panther, and 2022, for Dune. A year ago, eventual Oscar winner All Quiet on the Western Front was nominated in the period...
Poor Things and Oppenheimer are additionally nominated for the Oscar in production design, alongside Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon, which were also Adg nominated in their respective categories.
Over the past five years, the winner of the Adg’s period film prize has gone on to win the Oscar for production design twice: In 2020, for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and in 2021, for Mank. During that time, the production design Oscar went to the winner of the fantasy category twice, in 2019, for Black Panther, and 2022, for Dune. A year ago, eventual Oscar winner All Quiet on the Western Front was nominated in the period...
- 2/11/2024
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Production design Oscar nominees “Barbie,” “Poor Things,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Oppenheimer,” “Napoleon” all competed for the 28th Art Directors Guild Awards February 10 at Ovation Hollywood’s Ray Dolby Ballroom. “Poor Things” prevailed over “Barbie” for fantasy, and is now in the driver’s seat to win the Oscar. Throughout the season, it has been a race between these two big feminist films constructed around rebirth and unconventional world-building.
Meanwhile, “Oppenheimer” took period honors over “Asteroid City,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” and “Napoleon.” Contemporary winner “Saltburn,” though, is not in the Oscar running. The animated feature winner was “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”
The TV winners for one-hour period, fantasy, and contemporary were “The Great,” “The Last of Us,” and “Succession.” Movie or limited series went to “Beef,” and the half-hour series winner was “Reservation Dogs.”
As previously announced, the Adg Awards honored Mimi Leder (Apple TV’s...
Meanwhile, “Oppenheimer” took period honors over “Asteroid City,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” and “Napoleon.” Contemporary winner “Saltburn,” though, is not in the Oscar running. The animated feature winner was “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”
The TV winners for one-hour period, fantasy, and contemporary were “The Great,” “The Last of Us,” and “Succession.” Movie or limited series went to “Beef,” and the half-hour series winner was “Reservation Dogs.”
As previously announced, the Adg Awards honored Mimi Leder (Apple TV’s...
- 2/11/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
“Oppenheimer,” “Poor Things,” “Saltburn,” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” have won the top feature-film awards at the 28th annual Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards, which were held on Saturday in Hollywood.
“Oppenheimer” won for period film, “Poor Things” for fantasy, “Saltburn” for contemporary and “Spider-Man” for animated film.
“Poor Things” was considered a bit of a surprise winner given that “Barbie” was also nominated the category, and winners Shona Heath and James Price said in their acceptance speech that they were not expecting the win. The victory might put them closer to a victory at next month’s Oscars, where “Poor Things” has 11 nominations.
In the television categories, awards went to “Succession,” “The Great,” “Reservation Dogs,” “The Last of Us,” “Beef,” “Frasier,” “Squid Game: The Challenge,” and the 80th Golden Globe Awards ceremony. The first three titles were honored for their final seasons on TV.
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“Oppenheimer” won for period film, “Poor Things” for fantasy, “Saltburn” for contemporary and “Spider-Man” for animated film.
“Poor Things” was considered a bit of a surprise winner given that “Barbie” was also nominated the category, and winners Shona Heath and James Price said in their acceptance speech that they were not expecting the win. The victory might put them closer to a victory at next month’s Oscars, where “Poor Things” has 11 nominations.
In the television categories, awards went to “Succession,” “The Great,” “Reservation Dogs,” “The Last of Us,” “Beef,” “Frasier,” “Squid Game: The Challenge,” and the 80th Golden Globe Awards ceremony. The first three titles were honored for their final seasons on TV.
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- 2/11/2024
- by Steve Pond, Jason Clark
- The Wrap
Poor Things, Oppenheimer and Saltburn took top film honors at the 28th annual Art Directors Guild Awards tonight. The Neighborhood and New Girl actor Max Greenfield hosted the show from Ovation Hollywood’s Ray Dolby Ballroom. Check out the full winners list below.
Oppenheimer‘s Ruth De Jong and Poor Things’ James Price and Shona Heath will face off for Best Production Design at the Academy Awards next month. They’ll go up against the production designers and set decorators behind Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon.
The Art Directors Guild divides its top film prizes into Fantasy, Period and Contemporary Feature categories, which went to Poor Things, Oppenheimer and Saltburn, respectively. Since the trophy show launched in 1996, the winner of one of those has gone on to win the Art Direction/Production Design Oscar in 18 of the 27 years. It had a run of nine in a row snapped last year,...
Oppenheimer‘s Ruth De Jong and Poor Things’ James Price and Shona Heath will face off for Best Production Design at the Academy Awards next month. They’ll go up against the production designers and set decorators behind Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon.
The Art Directors Guild divides its top film prizes into Fantasy, Period and Contemporary Feature categories, which went to Poor Things, Oppenheimer and Saltburn, respectively. Since the trophy show launched in 1996, the winner of one of those has gone on to win the Art Direction/Production Design Oscar in 18 of the 27 years. It had a run of nine in a row snapped last year,...
- 2/11/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
“Saltburn,” “Oppenheimer” and “Poor Things” were among the winners at the 28th Annual Art Director’s Guild Awards which took place in Hollywood on Saturday evening.
Hosted by Max Greenfield, the Adg Awards celebrated outstanding production design in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, animated features and music videos.
“Poor Things” production designers Shona Heath and James Price drew visual references ranging from the paintings of French futurist Albert Robida to Francis Ford Coppola’s “Dracula” to build Yorgos Lanthimos’ extraordinary sets.
In “Oppenheimer,” Ruth De Jong built Los Alamos from the ground up. But her most challenging task came when she had to build the Oval Office for the film’s third act. Working with supervising art director, Samantha Englander, the two had floated the idea of finding a pre-existing build of the Oval Office. They looked no further than HBO’s beloved political satire “Veep.” Not only was “Veep...
Hosted by Max Greenfield, the Adg Awards celebrated outstanding production design in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, animated features and music videos.
“Poor Things” production designers Shona Heath and James Price drew visual references ranging from the paintings of French futurist Albert Robida to Francis Ford Coppola’s “Dracula” to build Yorgos Lanthimos’ extraordinary sets.
In “Oppenheimer,” Ruth De Jong built Los Alamos from the ground up. But her most challenging task came when she had to build the Oval Office for the film’s third act. Working with supervising art director, Samantha Englander, the two had floated the idea of finding a pre-existing build of the Oval Office. They looked no further than HBO’s beloved political satire “Veep.” Not only was “Veep...
- 2/11/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay and Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
The 2024 Art Directors Guild nominations have been unveiled, mirroring the Oscars shortlists for crafts thus far.
The 28th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards celebrates production design achievements in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos, and animated feature films. The 2024 Adg Awards winners will be announced at a ceremony on February 10 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom, Ovation Hollywood, with Emmy-nominated actor and comedian Max Greenfield hosting.
As previously announced, legendary production designer Lawrence G. Paull will be inducted into the Adg Hall of Fame as part of the ceremony.
“It’s our honor and privilege to gather the guild to recognize the excellence among our members,” award show producers Michael Allen Glover, Adg and Megan Elizabeth Bell, Adg said in a joint statement.
In the Period Feature Film category, Wes Anderson’s lush “Asteroid City” is up against Martin Scorsese’s gritty “Killers of the Flower Moon,” with...
The 28th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards celebrates production design achievements in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos, and animated feature films. The 2024 Adg Awards winners will be announced at a ceremony on February 10 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom, Ovation Hollywood, with Emmy-nominated actor and comedian Max Greenfield hosting.
As previously announced, legendary production designer Lawrence G. Paull will be inducted into the Adg Hall of Fame as part of the ceremony.
“It’s our honor and privilege to gather the guild to recognize the excellence among our members,” award show producers Michael Allen Glover, Adg and Megan Elizabeth Bell, Adg said in a joint statement.
In the Period Feature Film category, Wes Anderson’s lush “Asteroid City” is up against Martin Scorsese’s gritty “Killers of the Flower Moon,” with...
- 1/9/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The Art Directors Guild has unveiled nominations for its 28th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, which celebrate the year’s best achievements in theatrical motion pictures, TV, commercials, music videos and animated features. See the full list below.
The guild divides its top film prizes into Fantasy, Period and Contemporary Feature categories. Since the trophy show launched in 1996, the winner of one of those has gone on to win the Art Direction/Production Design Oscar in 18 of the 27 years. It had a run of nine in a row snapped last year, when All Quiet on the Western Front went on to score the Academy Award after the Art Directors lauded Everything Everywhere All at Once (Fantasy), Babylon (Period) and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Contemporary).
Winners will be announced February 10 at Ovation Hollywood’s Ray Dolby Ballroom. The late production designer Lawrence G. Paull, a Blade Runner Oscar...
The guild divides its top film prizes into Fantasy, Period and Contemporary Feature categories. Since the trophy show launched in 1996, the winner of one of those has gone on to win the Art Direction/Production Design Oscar in 18 of the 27 years. It had a run of nine in a row snapped last year, when All Quiet on the Western Front went on to score the Academy Award after the Art Directors lauded Everything Everywhere All at Once (Fantasy), Babylon (Period) and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Contemporary).
Winners will be announced February 10 at Ovation Hollywood’s Ray Dolby Ballroom. The late production designer Lawrence G. Paull, a Blade Runner Oscar...
- 1/9/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
“Saltburn,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Asteroid City,” “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” are among the films singled out for excellence by the Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800).
The guild announced the nominations for its 28th Excellence in Production Design Awards in motion pictures, television, commercial and music video categories.
Adg Awards winners will be announced at a ceremony on Feb. 10 at Ovation Hollywood’s Ray Dolby Ballroom. Max Greenfield will host the ceremony.
“It’s our honor and privilege to gather the guild to recognize the excellence among our members,” says award show producers Michael Allen Glover, Adg and Megan Elizabeth Bell, Adg in a joint statement.
The Adg divides live-action features into three categories. “Asteroid City,” “Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Maestro,” “Napoleon” and “Oppenheimer” were nominated in the period feature film category.
“Barbie,” “The Creator,” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” “Poor Things” and “Wonka” led the fantasy film category.
The guild announced the nominations for its 28th Excellence in Production Design Awards in motion pictures, television, commercial and music video categories.
Adg Awards winners will be announced at a ceremony on Feb. 10 at Ovation Hollywood’s Ray Dolby Ballroom. Max Greenfield will host the ceremony.
“It’s our honor and privilege to gather the guild to recognize the excellence among our members,” says award show producers Michael Allen Glover, Adg and Megan Elizabeth Bell, Adg in a joint statement.
The Adg divides live-action features into three categories. “Asteroid City,” “Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Maestro,” “Napoleon” and “Oppenheimer” were nominated in the period feature film category.
“Barbie,” “The Creator,” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” “Poor Things” and “Wonka” led the fantasy film category.
- 1/9/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) has revealed the nominations for its 28th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, which will be handed out Feb. 10 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Ovation Hollywood.
The production designers on Asteroid City, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Napoleon and Oppenheimer were nominated in the category for a period movie. For a fantasy film, the nominees are Barbie, The Creator, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Poor Things and Wonka. And the Adg chose Beau is Afraid, John Wick: Chapter 4, The Killer, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One and Saltburn as its contemporary film noms.
Over the past five years, the winner of the Adg’s period film prize has gone on to win the Oscar for production design twice: In 2020, for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and in 2021 for Mank. The production design Oscar went to the winner of...
The production designers on Asteroid City, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Napoleon and Oppenheimer were nominated in the category for a period movie. For a fantasy film, the nominees are Barbie, The Creator, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Poor Things and Wonka. And the Adg chose Beau is Afraid, John Wick: Chapter 4, The Killer, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One and Saltburn as its contemporary film noms.
Over the past five years, the winner of the Adg’s period film prize has gone on to win the Oscar for production design twice: In 2020, for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and in 2021 for Mank. The production design Oscar went to the winner of...
- 1/9/2024
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
From the majestic-but-aged environs inhabited by the British royals Netflix’s in “The Crown” and the decadent sun-drenched luxury of the San Domenico Palace resort in Taormina, Sicily, in HBO’s “The White Lotus” to the foreboding Ontario wilderness where a girls’ soccer team is stranded in Showtime’s “Yellowjackets,” the locations used in this year’s Emmy-nominated dramas loom so large they can be viewed as characters unto themselves that interact with the performers and help shape the narrative.
It’s especially true of the role Albuquerque, N.M., plays in AMC’s “Better Call Saul.” There’s no telling if the series would even exist if creator Vince Gilligan had gotten his way back in the mid-2000s and the studio suits at Sony agreed to let him use Riverside, Calif., as the setting for its predecessor “Breaking Bad” (2008-2013), which established the “Saul” characters and their dramatic universe.
It’s especially true of the role Albuquerque, N.M., plays in AMC’s “Better Call Saul.” There’s no telling if the series would even exist if creator Vince Gilligan had gotten his way back in the mid-2000s and the studio suits at Sony agreed to let him use Riverside, Calif., as the setting for its predecessor “Breaking Bad” (2008-2013), which established the “Saul” characters and their dramatic universe.
- 8/19/2023
- by Todd Longwell
- Variety Film + TV
Earlier today, The Television Academy revealed the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards nominees. Succession emerged as the clear victor. The HBO Max comedy-drama TV series secured the leading position this year with an impressive 27 Emmy nominations. The Last of Us is closely behind, with 24 nominations, The White Lotus with 23, and Ted Lasso with 21.
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Emmy nominee Yvette Nicole Brown and Academy Chair Frank Scherma disclosed the nominations for the 75th Emmy Awards during a live virtual ceremony on Emmys.com/nominations.
Find the complete list of nominees for the 75th Emmy Awards 2023 below.
Outstanding Animated Program
Bob’s Burgers • The Plight Before Christmas • Fox • 20th Television Animation
Entergalactic • Netflix • Netflix / Mad Solar / Khalabo Ink Society / Edelgang
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal • Shadow Of Fate • Adult Swim • Cartoon Network Studios
Rick And Morty • Night Family • Adult Swim • Rick and Morty LLC, Williams Street
The Simpsons • Treehouse...
Related: 74th Primetime Emmy Awards Winners: The Full List
Emmy nominee Yvette Nicole Brown and Academy Chair Frank Scherma disclosed the nominations for the 75th Emmy Awards during a live virtual ceremony on Emmys.com/nominations.
Find the complete list of nominees for the 75th Emmy Awards 2023 below.
Outstanding Animated Program
Bob’s Burgers • The Plight Before Christmas • Fox • 20th Television Animation
Entergalactic • Netflix • Netflix / Mad Solar / Khalabo Ink Society / Edelgang
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal • Shadow Of Fate • Adult Swim • Cartoon Network Studios
Rick And Morty • Night Family • Adult Swim • Rick and Morty LLC, Williams Street
The Simpsons • Treehouse...
- 7/12/2023
- by Dee Gambit
- buddytv.com
HBO’s “The Last of Us,” the acclaimed dystopian survival drama from showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, led all Emmys craft categories July 12 with 12 (the first TV Academy recognition for a live-action video game adaptation). Right behind was the streamer’s “The White Lotus” with 11 nominations. Mike White’s vacationing social satire relocated to Sicily and now competes for Best Drama Series after winning Best Anthology/Limited Series for its first season.
“The Mandalorian” followed with nine nominations, a sharp falloff for Season 3 after the Disney+ “Star Wars” juggernaut dominated its first two seasons with 15 and 17 noms, respectively. Also sharing nine noms were Netflix’s popular “Addams Family” spin-off “Wednesday” and the final seasons of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Prime) and “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+), both up from the previous season.
HBO’s Best Drama Series, “Succession,” gained eight nominations for its final season (with a contemporary costume breakthrough...
“The Mandalorian” followed with nine nominations, a sharp falloff for Season 3 after the Disney+ “Star Wars” juggernaut dominated its first two seasons with 15 and 17 noms, respectively. Also sharing nine noms were Netflix’s popular “Addams Family” spin-off “Wednesday” and the final seasons of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Prime) and “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+), both up from the previous season.
HBO’s Best Drama Series, “Succession,” gained eight nominations for its final season (with a contemporary costume breakthrough...
- 7/12/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The nominations for the 2023 Emmy Awards were announced on Wednesday.
Leading the pack is HBO’s acclaimed drama “Succession”, which received 27 nominations for its recently aired fourth and final season, including nominations for Drama Series, multiple nominations in the actor, actress and supporting categories and more.
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Following close behind are HBO’s “The Last of Us” and “The White Lotus”, with 24 and 23 nods respectively, including in the Drama Series race.
Other show’s vying for the Drama Series prize include “Andor”, “Better Call Saul”, “The Crown”, “House of the Dragon” and “Yellowjackets”.
Apple TV+’s hit comedy “Ted Lasso” earned 21 nominations, including for Comedy Series, as well as Lead Actor for Jason Sudeikis.
The Comedy Series race also includes “Abbott Elementary”, “Barry”, The Bear”, “Jury Duty”, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, “Only Murders in the Building” and “Wednesday.
Leading the pack is HBO’s acclaimed drama “Succession”, which received 27 nominations for its recently aired fourth and final season, including nominations for Drama Series, multiple nominations in the actor, actress and supporting categories and more.
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Following close behind are HBO’s “The Last of Us” and “The White Lotus”, with 24 and 23 nods respectively, including in the Drama Series race.
Other show’s vying for the Drama Series prize include “Andor”, “Better Call Saul”, “The Crown”, “House of the Dragon” and “Yellowjackets”.
Apple TV+’s hit comedy “Ted Lasso” earned 21 nominations, including for Comedy Series, as well as Lead Actor for Jason Sudeikis.
The Comedy Series race also includes “Abbott Elementary”, “Barry”, The Bear”, “Jury Duty”, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, “Only Murders in the Building” and “Wednesday.
- 7/12/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
A version of this story about the production design of “The Last of Us” first ran in the Drama Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
If HBO’s “The Last of Us” accomplishes anything as well as conveying the tension and dread of post apocalyptic society and zombies, it is distilling the messy, heartsick pangs of first love. While the devastating third episode of the series depicts a same-sex romance for the ages, the show’s seventh episode, “Left Behind,” also explores this territory, swapping an older couple with a much younger one in the friends-with-potential stage. Through flashbacks, the episode tells the story of Ellie (Bella Ramsey) sneaking out of her boarding school dorm to go on an outside adventure with mega-crush and military rebel Riley (Storm Reid).
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The adventure?...
If HBO’s “The Last of Us” accomplishes anything as well as conveying the tension and dread of post apocalyptic society and zombies, it is distilling the messy, heartsick pangs of first love. While the devastating third episode of the series depicts a same-sex romance for the ages, the show’s seventh episode, “Left Behind,” also explores this territory, swapping an older couple with a much younger one in the friends-with-potential stage. Through flashbacks, the episode tells the story of Ellie (Bella Ramsey) sneaking out of her boarding school dorm to go on an outside adventure with mega-crush and military rebel Riley (Storm Reid).
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The adventure?...
- 6/20/2023
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
Thanks to a crowded fantasy/sci-fi Emmys field, some of the best new shows of the season steeped in fantasy, sci-fi, or horror are opting instead to compete in contemporary craft categories to avoid direct competition.
These include “The Last of Us,” HBO’s riveting video game adaptation of a post-apocalyptic America with a zombie-like vibe, “Mrs. Davis,” Peacock’s glorious genre-bending adventure, “Wednesday,” Netflix’s “Addams Family” spin-off about monstrous teens, and “Dead Ringers,” Prime Video’s update of the David Cronenberg body horror thriller, starring Rachel Weisz as the gender-flipped twin gynecologists.
However, this strategy of going contemporary is not unique. Just last season, Netflix entered its survival thriller juggernaut, “Squid Game,” in contemporary categories for production design and costume design, and came away with the Emmy for the former. And, although it didn’t pan out, the imaginatively retro “Severance” also competed for contemporary production design.
“Wednesday...
These include “The Last of Us,” HBO’s riveting video game adaptation of a post-apocalyptic America with a zombie-like vibe, “Mrs. Davis,” Peacock’s glorious genre-bending adventure, “Wednesday,” Netflix’s “Addams Family” spin-off about monstrous teens, and “Dead Ringers,” Prime Video’s update of the David Cronenberg body horror thriller, starring Rachel Weisz as the gender-flipped twin gynecologists.
However, this strategy of going contemporary is not unique. Just last season, Netflix entered its survival thriller juggernaut, “Squid Game,” in contemporary categories for production design and costume design, and came away with the Emmy for the former. And, although it didn’t pan out, the imaginatively retro “Severance” also competed for contemporary production design.
“Wednesday...
- 5/22/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
HBO’s The Last of Us may have featured a somewhat epic journey from Boston all the way to Utah, but the series was all shot in Alberta, Canada. It took a lot of effort to transform over 180 locations in the mountainous and snowy province into several very different-looking states and set pieces from a 2013 PlayStation game. Production designer John Paino worked closely with the VFX team to carefully recreate the settings from the game, as well as some wholly original locations decided by series creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckkmann. “Neil has made the Bible […] he has made the world, which was a great thing to have and to go back and to emulate there,” Piano said. “And […], there are things that are whole-cloth just created that we work more with Craig. But certainly, it was a dynamic duo, both of them.” Paino is known for his previous HBO works,...
- 3/20/2023
- TV Insider
The season final of HBO’s The Last of Us drew in a series high 8.2 million viewers, despite going up against the Oscars. According to HBO, the popular post-apocalyptic drama is averaging 30.4 million viewers over its first six episodes.
The viewership for the finale, “Look for the Light,” was up 75% over the number of viewers who tuned in the night of the series’ premiere.
In late January, the network announced The Last of Us will return for season two. The season one finale – spoilers ahead! – included two pivotal moments from the video game and set the stage for Joel and Ellie’s reunion with Tommy.
Speaking with Variety, production designer John Paino said they were fortunate to be able to shoot in hospital that had been closed down. He also confirmed a real giraffe was used in the scene that replicates a fan-favorite moment from the game.
“We needed to...
The viewership for the finale, “Look for the Light,” was up 75% over the number of viewers who tuned in the night of the series’ premiere.
In late January, the network announced The Last of Us will return for season two. The season one finale – spoilers ahead! – included two pivotal moments from the video game and set the stage for Joel and Ellie’s reunion with Tommy.
Speaking with Variety, production designer John Paino said they were fortunate to be able to shoot in hospital that had been closed down. He also confirmed a real giraffe was used in the scene that replicates a fan-favorite moment from the game.
“We needed to...
- 3/13/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Spoiler Alert: This contains spoilers from the Season 1 finale of “The Last of Us,” now streaming on HBO Max.
Sunday’s season finale of “The Last of Us” tackled two of the video games most famous scenes: the giraffe moment and the final hospital shootout. Joel (Pedro Pascal) shoots his way through the Salt Lake City hospital as he upholds his commitment to saving Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and chooses her life over the future of humanity.
In the final minutes of the episode, Joel decides to take Ellie away from the hospital, where her immunity to the deadly cordyceps fungus could’ve provided a cure, but in performing the operation, she would’ve died. Amid a hail of bullets from Firefly soldiers, Joel makes his choice to take Ellie back to Jackson, Wyo., and massacres nearly everyone in the hospital.
When it came to tackling the hospital design, production designer...
Sunday’s season finale of “The Last of Us” tackled two of the video games most famous scenes: the giraffe moment and the final hospital shootout. Joel (Pedro Pascal) shoots his way through the Salt Lake City hospital as he upholds his commitment to saving Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and chooses her life over the future of humanity.
In the final minutes of the episode, Joel decides to take Ellie away from the hospital, where her immunity to the deadly cordyceps fungus could’ve provided a cure, but in performing the operation, she would’ve died. Amid a hail of bullets from Firefly soldiers, Joel makes his choice to take Ellie back to Jackson, Wyo., and massacres nearly everyone in the hospital.
When it came to tackling the hospital design, production designer...
- 3/13/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
“The Last of Us” closed its first season with yet another triumph. With an audience of 8.2 million people for Episode 9, the series broke its own viewership record — a significant feat, considering that the finale was released during ABC’s telecast of the Oscars.
A combination of Nielsen numbers and first-party data from Warner Bros. Discovery, this number accounts for those who tuned into the Sunday night airing on HBO’s cable channel as well as streams on HBO Max through the night. Wbd also shared that the first six episodes of the series are now averaging 30.4 million viewers, including ongoing viewership past initial airings, with Episode 1 alone approaching 40 million total viewers in the weeks since it debuted. In Europe and Latin America, “The Last of Us” has become the most watched show in HBO Max’s history.
This isn’t the first time that “The Last of Us” has outdone...
A combination of Nielsen numbers and first-party data from Warner Bros. Discovery, this number accounts for those who tuned into the Sunday night airing on HBO’s cable channel as well as streams on HBO Max through the night. Wbd also shared that the first six episodes of the series are now averaging 30.4 million viewers, including ongoing viewership past initial airings, with Episode 1 alone approaching 40 million total viewers in the weeks since it debuted. In Europe and Latin America, “The Last of Us” has become the most watched show in HBO Max’s history.
This isn’t the first time that “The Last of Us” has outdone...
- 3/13/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
This post contains spoilers for the season finale of "The Last of Us."
The giraffe scene in "The Last of Us" season finale is a perfect encapsulation of what the entire series is actually about: the balance between dark and light. Despite all the decaying, jagged wreckage and ruined remains of society, there's always life and beauty to be found in this world where you look for it. Sadness, loss, and grief are almost always accentuated with joy, catharsis, and love. Here, at the tail-end of Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie's (Bella Ramsey) long journey, and in the traumatic aftermath of a harsh winter, Ellie is given one last moment to just be a kid. Oh, to experience child-like wonder feeding a giraffe in an overgrown and desolate Salt Lake City.
Our protagonists are just as aware as we are that the road ahead into this story's climax will not be easy,...
The giraffe scene in "The Last of Us" season finale is a perfect encapsulation of what the entire series is actually about: the balance between dark and light. Despite all the decaying, jagged wreckage and ruined remains of society, there's always life and beauty to be found in this world where you look for it. Sadness, loss, and grief are almost always accentuated with joy, catharsis, and love. Here, at the tail-end of Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie's (Bella Ramsey) long journey, and in the traumatic aftermath of a harsh winter, Ellie is given one last moment to just be a kid. Oh, to experience child-like wonder feeding a giraffe in an overgrown and desolate Salt Lake City.
Our protagonists are just as aware as we are that the road ahead into this story's climax will not be easy,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Tyler Llewyn Taing
- Slash Film
What will survive of human civilisation when pandemics have stripped back the population, or the sun has swallowed our planet? A Hank Williams CD, perhaps, or Mortal Kombat II? These are the artefacts that survive the end times in Sky’s hit zombie thriller The Last of Us, which comes to its brutal denouement this evening. But for all the acclaim – all the gushing editorials about its place in the pantheon of TV shows that should be preserved from the apocalypse – can The Last of Us deliver an emotionally satisfying conclusion?
Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) are approaching their destination. Having dispatched the cannibalistic leader of a survivalist cult with a meat cleaver in the final minutes of last week’s episode, Ellie is struggling to stay upbeat. “Everything I’ve done,” she tells Joel, “it can’t be for nothing.” Out now on the West Coast, there...
Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) are approaching their destination. Having dispatched the cannibalistic leader of a survivalist cult with a meat cleaver in the final minutes of last week’s episode, Ellie is struggling to stay upbeat. “Everything I’ve done,” she tells Joel, “it can’t be for nothing.” Out now on the West Coast, there...
- 3/13/2023
- by Nick Hilton
- The Independent - TV
Spoiler Alert: This interview contains spoilers from Episode 7 of “The Last of Us,” now streaming on HBO Max.
“The Last of Us” production designer John Paino’s biggest challenges is bringing the much-beloved world of the video game to life and populating the HBO show with easter eggs. This week, Paino delivers one of his most significant nods yet in a “blink-and-you-miss-it moment.”
Named after the game’s downloadable expansion pack, Episode 7, titled “Left Behind,” explores Ellie’s (Bella Ramsey) backstory before she meets Joel (Pedro Pascal) and reveals what happened the night she discovered she was immune to cordyceps infection. In the present, Ellie is desperately trying to save Joel’s life after he was stabbed last episode. In doing so, she remembers one of the happiest, and saddest, days of her life. The episode flashes back to when Ellie’s friend and crush Riley (Storm Reid) snuck her through an abandoned mall.
“The Last of Us” production designer John Paino’s biggest challenges is bringing the much-beloved world of the video game to life and populating the HBO show with easter eggs. This week, Paino delivers one of his most significant nods yet in a “blink-and-you-miss-it moment.”
Named after the game’s downloadable expansion pack, Episode 7, titled “Left Behind,” explores Ellie’s (Bella Ramsey) backstory before she meets Joel (Pedro Pascal) and reveals what happened the night she discovered she was immune to cordyceps infection. In the present, Ellie is desperately trying to save Joel’s life after he was stabbed last episode. In doing so, she remembers one of the happiest, and saddest, days of her life. The episode flashes back to when Ellie’s friend and crush Riley (Storm Reid) snuck her through an abandoned mall.
- 2/27/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Sunday’s The Last of Us. Proceed accordingly.
Director Liza Johnson definitely played The Last of Us and its Left Behind downloadable content before helming Episode 7 of HBO’s video-game adaptation. But she hadn’t when she first met with series co-creators Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin, who told her that her hour of the drama would chronicle a very important evening in Ellie’s pre-Joel life.
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Director Liza Johnson definitely played The Last of Us and its Left Behind downloadable content before helming Episode 7 of HBO’s video-game adaptation. But she hadn’t when she first met with series co-creators Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin, who told her that her hour of the drama would chronicle a very important evening in Ellie’s pre-Joel life.
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- 2/27/2023
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
This post contains spoilers for "Endure and Survive," the fifth episode of "The Last of Us."
We got the latest episode of "The Last of Us" a couple of days early this week thanks to the Super Bowl, which means we got to see Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) make their way through Kansas City, make new friends, and see tons of stuff blow up in the show's most action-heavy sequence to date.
"Endure and Survive," however, also featured lots of moments in cramped quarters. "People are all scurrying like rats," the show's production designer, John Paino, told me in a recent interview. "They're hiding in holes and tunnels and abandoned storefronts. And I wanted to have that juxtaposition [with the episode's final moments]."
During our conversation, we dug into this and other details about the making of the show's fifth episode, including some of the sets' unexpected influences and which sequence boasts...
We got the latest episode of "The Last of Us" a couple of days early this week thanks to the Super Bowl, which means we got to see Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) make their way through Kansas City, make new friends, and see tons of stuff blow up in the show's most action-heavy sequence to date.
"Endure and Survive," however, also featured lots of moments in cramped quarters. "People are all scurrying like rats," the show's production designer, John Paino, told me in a recent interview. "They're hiding in holes and tunnels and abandoned storefronts. And I wanted to have that juxtaposition [with the episode's final moments]."
During our conversation, we dug into this and other details about the making of the show's fifth episode, including some of the sets' unexpected influences and which sequence boasts...
- 2/11/2023
- by Vanessa Armstrong
- Slash Film
The ground beneath Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) is constantly cracked — and spoiler alert sometimes hiding a cavern full of Cordyceps-infected zombies like the one that erupts in Kansas City near the end of Episode 5, “Endure and Survive.” And it’s awesome in both the modern and old-fashioned sense of the word that “The Last of Us” crafted its Cordyceps cul-de-sac — 16 houses in various states of disrepair, a small fleet of wrecked cars that all get even further demolished by a plow, which itself explodes and falls into a sink-hole before a horde of zombies emerge — for Episode 5 alone.
“We had many, many meetings about how we were going to create 16 houses and the road and everything from scratch,” production designer John Paino told IndieWire of creating the deadly cul-de-sac. The process was not unlike that of the rest of the series. It began with the incredible level...
“We had many, many meetings about how we were going to create 16 houses and the road and everything from scratch,” production designer John Paino told IndieWire of creating the deadly cul-de-sac. The process was not unlike that of the rest of the series. It began with the incredible level...
- 2/11/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “The Last of Us” Episode 3, “Long, Long Time.”]
One of the best things a show can do is break the illusion that everything is a foregone conclusion. Sometimes you’re fortunate enough to enjoy storytelling that makes each choice feel like just one of a wave of possibilities. Watching Episode 3 of “The Last of Us” for a second time, it’s hard not to be struck by that first meeting of Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett), when one single decision sets the events of the next 16 years in motion. After Frank falls in a makeshift trap Bill set up to snag would-be invaders, the gruff libertarian self-described “survivalist” decides to let in his first houseguest since at least the end of the world. That split-second choice turns out to be the thing that changes both of their lives.
In TV time, roughly 48 minutes goes by between Bill’s...
One of the best things a show can do is break the illusion that everything is a foregone conclusion. Sometimes you’re fortunate enough to enjoy storytelling that makes each choice feel like just one of a wave of possibilities. Watching Episode 3 of “The Last of Us” for a second time, it’s hard not to be struck by that first meeting of Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett), when one single decision sets the events of the next 16 years in motion. After Frank falls in a makeshift trap Bill set up to snag would-be invaders, the gruff libertarian self-described “survivalist” decides to let in his first houseguest since at least the end of the world. That split-second choice turns out to be the thing that changes both of their lives.
In TV time, roughly 48 minutes goes by between Bill’s...
- 1/30/2023
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Production design is not without its challenges, even on the best of days — and between dealing with tight deadlines, small crews and chasing a yacht around the European coast, the Emmy-nominated designers working on HBO shows this year certainly faced their share.
In a panel for TheWrap’s Virtual Screening Series on Wednesday, John Paino (“Big Little Lies”), Stephen Carter (“Succession”), Howard Cummings (“Westworld”), Eric Morrell (“Last Week Tonight”) and Kristian Milsted (“Watchmen”) discussed some of those challenges.
For Paino, who worked on the second season of HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” the difficulty was maintaining the look and feel of what was originally intended to be a limited series. With Andrea Arnold taking over as director from Season 1’s Jean-Marc Vallee, that also meant more significant time split between Los Angeles and Northern California as a stand-in for the show’s Monterey setting.
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In a panel for TheWrap’s Virtual Screening Series on Wednesday, John Paino (“Big Little Lies”), Stephen Carter (“Succession”), Howard Cummings (“Westworld”), Eric Morrell (“Last Week Tonight”) and Kristian Milsted (“Watchmen”) discussed some of those challenges.
For Paino, who worked on the second season of HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” the difficulty was maintaining the look and feel of what was originally intended to be a limited series. With Andrea Arnold taking over as director from Season 1’s Jean-Marc Vallee, that also meant more significant time split between Los Angeles and Northern California as a stand-in for the show’s Monterey setting.
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- 8/20/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
In preparing to tell a story set in the world of a morning news show, executive producer and director Mimi Leder and production designer John Paino traveled to New York to visit some of the real-life counterparts to what would become the titular “The Morning Show” at Apple TV Plus.
They learned of a crucial difference between such programs as “Today” and “Good Morning America,” and harder news channels including MSNBC: “We discovered it wasn’t like a newsroom [with] the news anchors and all of the desks behind them and activity all over the place,” Leder says of the former shows that combine news and entertainment elements.
Since that is what the show within their show endeavored to depict, they needed to build a set that reflected the separation. However, Leder still wanted to be able to move with characters between essential spaces, including the anchor desk, control room, dressing...
They learned of a crucial difference between such programs as “Today” and “Good Morning America,” and harder news channels including MSNBC: “We discovered it wasn’t like a newsroom [with] the news anchors and all of the desks behind them and activity all over the place,” Leder says of the former shows that combine news and entertainment elements.
Since that is what the show within their show endeavored to depict, they needed to build a set that reflected the separation. However, Leder still wanted to be able to move with characters between essential spaces, including the anchor desk, control room, dressing...
- 8/13/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
On The Morning Show, production designer John Paino was tasked with designing the set for a show within a show, embracing the chance to dive into a world he’d never before explored.
Created by Jay Carson and Kerry Ehrin, the drama centers on a popular breakfast news program broadcast out of New York, which is rocked to its core when one of its longtime anchors is fired, due to accusations of sexual misconduct.
An Emmy nominee behind such prestige series as Sharp Objects and Big Little Lies, Paino is always compelled by the notion of a new design challenge. In the case of The Morning Show, the challenge was to put his personal touch on a kind of set that feels ubiquitous, bringing out all the special, little details within a space that might otherwise be taken for granted.
“It’s almost like, how do you do the war room?...
Created by Jay Carson and Kerry Ehrin, the drama centers on a popular breakfast news program broadcast out of New York, which is rocked to its core when one of its longtime anchors is fired, due to accusations of sexual misconduct.
An Emmy nominee behind such prestige series as Sharp Objects and Big Little Lies, Paino is always compelled by the notion of a new design challenge. In the case of The Morning Show, the challenge was to put his personal touch on a kind of set that feels ubiquitous, bringing out all the special, little details within a space that might otherwise be taken for granted.
“It’s almost like, how do you do the war room?...
- 6/16/2020
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The 24th annual Art Directors Guild Awards, which honors the best production design in film and television, took place Saturday, February 1. All eyes were on the Period Film category, which this year had four nominees match up with the Oscars for Best Production Design: “The Irishman,” “Jojo Rabbit,” “1917” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” The other two Adg period contenders were “Ford v Ferrari” and “Joker,” while the Oscars’ fifth bid went to “Parasite,” which was up for Contemporary Film at the guild. Scroll down to see the full winners list for the 2020 Adg Awards.
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The Art Directors Guild Awards have a great track record predicting the Oscar race for Best Production Design. Throughout the first 23 years of these kudos, the eventual Academy Award winner has always numbered...
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The Art Directors Guild Awards have a great track record predicting the Oscar race for Best Production Design. Throughout the first 23 years of these kudos, the eventual Academy Award winner has always numbered...
- 2/2/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Disney led the pack with eight production design nominations for the 24th annual Art Directors Guild Awards. These included Marvel’s “Avengers: Endgame” and “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” for fantasy, and animation entries “Frozen II,” “Toy Story 4,” and “The Lion King”.
All of the Oscar contenders were well represented, including Bong Joon Ho’s Lafca Best Picture winner, “Parasite,” and period standouts “1917,” Sam Mendes’ innovative, single-shot, World War I thriller, “Joker,” Todd Phillips’ blockbuster origin story, which channeled gritty ’70s New York as Gotham City; Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” which gave a 50-year facelift to Hollywood Blvd.; and Martin Scorsese’s sprawling mob epic, “The Irishman,” which crammed 117 locations for 309 scenes.
Contemporary nominees included Marielle Heller’s “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” Chad Stahelski’s “John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum,” Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” and Jordan Peele’s “Us.” The other...
All of the Oscar contenders were well represented, including Bong Joon Ho’s Lafca Best Picture winner, “Parasite,” and period standouts “1917,” Sam Mendes’ innovative, single-shot, World War I thriller, “Joker,” Todd Phillips’ blockbuster origin story, which channeled gritty ’70s New York as Gotham City; Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” which gave a 50-year facelift to Hollywood Blvd.; and Martin Scorsese’s sprawling mob epic, “The Irishman,” which crammed 117 locations for 309 scenes.
Contemporary nominees included Marielle Heller’s “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” Chad Stahelski’s “John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum,” Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” and Jordan Peele’s “Us.” The other...
- 12/9/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The Art Directors Guild has announced nominations for the 24th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animation features. The nominees include features The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Ford v Ferrari, and Game of Thrones, The Mandalorian, The Crown and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on the TV side.
Winners will be honored at the 2020 Awards at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown on Saturday, February 1, 2020. The nominees were announced today by Art Directors Guild President Nelson Coates, Adg, and Awards Producer Scott Moses, Adg. Additional honorees for Cinematic Imagery will be announced at a later date.
As previously announced, Syd Mead will receive the William Cameron Menzies Award. The Adg Lifetime Achievement Awards be presented to Joe Alves, Denis Olsen, Stephen Myles Berger and Jack Johnson. Additional honorees...
Winners will be honored at the 2020 Awards at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown on Saturday, February 1, 2020. The nominees were announced today by Art Directors Guild President Nelson Coates, Adg, and Awards Producer Scott Moses, Adg. Additional honorees for Cinematic Imagery will be announced at a later date.
As previously announced, Syd Mead will receive the William Cameron Menzies Award. The Adg Lifetime Achievement Awards be presented to Joe Alves, Denis Olsen, Stephen Myles Berger and Jack Johnson. Additional honorees...
- 12/9/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Art Directors Guild has announced its nominations for the 24th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animation features.
Among the films recognized for outstanding production design are James Mangold’s “Ford V Ferrari,” Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
“Aladdin,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “Dumbo” and “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” all scored nods in the fantasy film category.
In television, streaming newcomer Disney Plus scored a production design nomination for its freshman season of “The Mandalorian.” HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” “Game of Thrones” and “Veep” also earned nominations in their respective categories.
Syd Mead, the “visual futurist” and concept artist known for his design contributions to science-fiction films such as “Star-Trek: The Motion Picture,” “Aliens,” and “Blade Runner,” has been named the recipient of the William Cameron Menzies Award. The Adg Lifetime...
Among the films recognized for outstanding production design are James Mangold’s “Ford V Ferrari,” Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
“Aladdin,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “Dumbo” and “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” all scored nods in the fantasy film category.
In television, streaming newcomer Disney Plus scored a production design nomination for its freshman season of “The Mandalorian.” HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” “Game of Thrones” and “Veep” also earned nominations in their respective categories.
Syd Mead, the “visual futurist” and concept artist known for his design contributions to science-fiction films such as “Star-Trek: The Motion Picture,” “Aliens,” and “Blade Runner,” has been named the recipient of the William Cameron Menzies Award. The Adg Lifetime...
- 12/9/2019
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
“The Irishman,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “Jojo Rabbit,” “Joker,” “1917” and “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” on Monday all nabbed nominations for the Art Directors Guild Awards’ period-film category, the Adg category that most closely corresponds to the Academy Award for Best Production Design.
In the Adg fantasy-film category, which typically supplies one or two Oscar nominees, the guild singled out “Ad Astra,” “Aladdin,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “Dumbo,” “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” and “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.”
Both of those categories were expanded from five to six nominees because of ties.
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Nominees in the contemporary-film category are “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum,” “Knives Out,” “Parasite” and “Us.”
Animated-film nominees are “Abominable,” “Frozen II,” “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” “The Lion King” and “Toy Story 4.
In the Adg fantasy-film category, which typically supplies one or two Oscar nominees, the guild singled out “Ad Astra,” “Aladdin,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “Dumbo,” “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” and “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.”
Both of those categories were expanded from five to six nominees because of ties.
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Nominees in the contemporary-film category are “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum,” “Knives Out,” “Parasite” and “Us.”
Animated-film nominees are “Abominable,” “Frozen II,” “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” “The Lion King” and “Toy Story 4.
- 12/9/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The set of “The Morning Show’s” show-within-a-show is a bright, sleek, high-tech space, befitting a series that airs on Apple TV+. But, believe it or not, according to production designer John Paino, the tech giant had no say in “The Morning Show’s” primary stomping grounds looking like a computer screen brought to life. “This is going to be hard to believe, but I thought Apple would want it to look sleek and app-like, but they actually didn’t say anything or didn’t say, ‘I would suggest…’” Paino told Gold Derby (watch the exclusive video above). “That didn’t happen at all.”
Paino, whose credits include “The Leftovers,” “Big Little Lies” and “Sharp Objects,” conceived of the lustrous look himself after researching old morning shows and touring “Good Morning America” and “Today.” In his research, he learned how sets have evolved over the years, going from “a phase...
Paino, whose credits include “The Leftovers,” “Big Little Lies” and “Sharp Objects,” conceived of the lustrous look himself after researching old morning shows and touring “Good Morning America” and “Today.” In his research, he learned how sets have evolved over the years, going from “a phase...
- 12/2/2019
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
When most people are recuperating from a long, hard, challenging endeavor, they sleep in; they get a massage; they take it easy. Well, Mimi Leder said she’s “still recovering” from the first season of “The Morning Show,” and yet she’s already planning specific shots for Season 2.
“I had a great shot that I did not do [in Season 1] — and I’m gonna do it next season,” Leder said in an interview with IndieWire. “I was in the bullpen, bringing Hanna [Gugu Mbatha-Raw] in from the control room. I was on a long arm, a techno, and I pulled her back–”
Leder stopped herself. She was about to go into too much detail about a scene she hasn’t yet captured, and secrecy remains paramount for her Apple TV+ drama. “The Morning Show” has been an all-consuming undertaking for the director since production finally started a year ago, and one of...
“I had a great shot that I did not do [in Season 1] — and I’m gonna do it next season,” Leder said in an interview with IndieWire. “I was in the bullpen, bringing Hanna [Gugu Mbatha-Raw] in from the control room. I was on a long arm, a techno, and I pulled her back–”
Leder stopped herself. She was about to go into too much detail about a scene she hasn’t yet captured, and secrecy remains paramount for her Apple TV+ drama. “The Morning Show” has been an all-consuming undertaking for the director since production finally started a year ago, and one of...
- 11/3/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
HBO’s drama series “Big Little Lies” is set in the affluent city of Monterey, California, and the production team apparently doesn’t hold back when it comes to replicating the lifestyles of the super rich. A brief scene in Season 2 featured Renata (Laura Dern) confronting her husband Gordon (Jeffrey Nordling) in the basement of their home. The room is Gordon’s man cave and features an elaborate model train set that production designer John Paino tells Vulture cost the production a sizable $30,000.
“The train was something added by David Kelley, because he wanted this guy to have a man cave,” Paino said. “When I was researching man caves, it made sense that he had a train and enjoyed collecting memorabilia. We wanted to have a really expensive train set in there to show his wealth. What would be something expensive he could lose?”
The train set, estimated at 12-feet long and 18-feet wide,...
“The train was something added by David Kelley, because he wanted this guy to have a man cave,” Paino said. “When I was researching man caves, it made sense that he had a train and enjoyed collecting memorabilia. We wanted to have a really expensive train set in there to show his wealth. What would be something expensive he could lose?”
The train set, estimated at 12-feet long and 18-feet wide,...
- 7/15/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
“Sharp Objects” production designer John Paino wanted to create “a kind of southern gothic” look that didn’t feel like it was just copied from a Tennessee Williams play. “I wanted it to be realistic,” he explains, “but I also wanted it to be lurid and colorful.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Paino above.
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Based on the book by Gillian Flynn, the HBO limited series centers on reporter Camille Preaker (Amy Adams), who must confront the demons of her past when she returns to her hometown of Wind Gap, Missouri, to investigate a murder. It was directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, whom Paino previously collaborated with on HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” as well as the films “Dallas Buyers Club” (2013), “Wild” (2014), and “Demolition” (2015).
The centerpiece location for the show is Camille’s family home, a vast mansion owned by her wealthy mother, Adora (Patricia Clarkson). In the book,...
See Patricia Clarkson interview: ‘Sharp Objects’
Based on the book by Gillian Flynn, the HBO limited series centers on reporter Camille Preaker (Amy Adams), who must confront the demons of her past when she returns to her hometown of Wind Gap, Missouri, to investigate a murder. It was directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, whom Paino previously collaborated with on HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” as well as the films “Dallas Buyers Club” (2013), “Wild” (2014), and “Demolition” (2015).
The centerpiece location for the show is Camille’s family home, a vast mansion owned by her wealthy mother, Adora (Patricia Clarkson). In the book,...
- 6/7/2019
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
“Roma,” “Black Panther,” “A Quiet Place,” and Golden Globe winner “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” lead the nominees for the 23rd Annual Adg production design awards in the categories of period, fantasy, contemporary, and animated films. The awards will be held February 2 at the InterContinental.
“A Star Is Born” (Karen Murphy), “Crazy Rich Asians” (Nelson Coates), and “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” (Peter Wenham) made the cut for contemporary. Other period nominees included “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (Jess Gonchor), “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Aaron Haye), “First Man” (Nathan Crowley), and “The Favourite” (Fiona Crombie). “Green Book” and “If Beale Street Could Talk” were snubbed.
For fantasy, “Mary Poppins Returns” (John Myhre) joined “Ready Player One” (Adam Stockhausen), and Stockhausen was also a nominee for Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated “Isle of Dogs,” sharing with co-production designer Paul Harrod.
Nominees For Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film:
1. Period Film
“The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs...
“A Star Is Born” (Karen Murphy), “Crazy Rich Asians” (Nelson Coates), and “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” (Peter Wenham) made the cut for contemporary. Other period nominees included “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (Jess Gonchor), “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Aaron Haye), “First Man” (Nathan Crowley), and “The Favourite” (Fiona Crombie). “Green Book” and “If Beale Street Could Talk” were snubbed.
For fantasy, “Mary Poppins Returns” (John Myhre) joined “Ready Player One” (Adam Stockhausen), and Stockhausen was also a nominee for Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated “Isle of Dogs,” sharing with co-production designer Paul Harrod.
Nominees For Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film:
1. Period Film
“The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs...
- 1/7/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The Art Directors Guild has announced nominations for the 23rd Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in film, TV, commercials, videos and animation features. Among the candidates: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, The Favourite and Roma, and, on the TV side, Sharp Objects and Glow.
Winners will be honored Saturday, February 2 in Los Angeles. The nominees were announced today by Adg President Nelson Coates, Adg, and Awards Producer Scott Moses, Adg. A tie in the Short Format: Web Series, Music Video or Commercial category resulted in six nominees this year.
As previously announced, the Adg Cinematic Imagery Award will be handed out to director Rob Marshall (Mary Poppins Returns) and both Anthony Masters (2001: A Space Odyssey) and Benjamin Carré will be inducted into the Adg Hall of Fame. Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Jeannine Oppewall,...
Winners will be honored Saturday, February 2 in Los Angeles. The nominees were announced today by Adg President Nelson Coates, Adg, and Awards Producer Scott Moses, Adg. A tie in the Short Format: Web Series, Music Video or Commercial category resulted in six nominees this year.
As previously announced, the Adg Cinematic Imagery Award will be handed out to director Rob Marshall (Mary Poppins Returns) and both Anthony Masters (2001: A Space Odyssey) and Benjamin Carré will be inducted into the Adg Hall of Fame. Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Jeannine Oppewall,...
- 1/7/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Buster Scruggs,’ ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Haunting of Hill House’ Nominated for Art Directors Guild Awards
The Art Directors Guild has announced nominees for excellence in production design in feature film and television for 2018.
Among the film nominees in three categories — period, fantasy, and contemporary — were the Coen brothers’ Western anthology “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” hit Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Marvel blockbuster “Black Panther,” and Tom Cruise spectacle “Mission: Impossible — Fallout.”
On the television side, nominees included Netflix’s latter-year smash “The Haunting of Hill House,” Hulu’s Stephen King-inspired “Castle Rock,” HBO’s “Sharp Objects” with Amy Adams, and FX’s acclaimed episode of “Atlanta,” “Teddy Perkins.”
Previously announced, “Mary Poppins Returns” director Rob Marshall will receive the Adg’s cinematic imagery award. Slated for Hall of Fame inductions are British production designer and set decorator Anthony Masters (“2001: A Space Odyssey”) and Benjamin Carre. Lifetime achievement awards will also be presented to production designer Jeannine Oppewall, senior illustrator and production designer Ed Verreaux,...
Among the film nominees in three categories — period, fantasy, and contemporary — were the Coen brothers’ Western anthology “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” hit Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Marvel blockbuster “Black Panther,” and Tom Cruise spectacle “Mission: Impossible — Fallout.”
On the television side, nominees included Netflix’s latter-year smash “The Haunting of Hill House,” Hulu’s Stephen King-inspired “Castle Rock,” HBO’s “Sharp Objects” with Amy Adams, and FX’s acclaimed episode of “Atlanta,” “Teddy Perkins.”
Previously announced, “Mary Poppins Returns” director Rob Marshall will receive the Adg’s cinematic imagery award. Slated for Hall of Fame inductions are British production designer and set decorator Anthony Masters (“2001: A Space Odyssey”) and Benjamin Carre. Lifetime achievement awards will also be presented to production designer Jeannine Oppewall, senior illustrator and production designer Ed Verreaux,...
- 1/7/2019
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Variety Film + TV
“The Favourite,” “Roma,” “First Man,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” on Monday all nabbed nominations for the Art Directors Guild Awards’ period-film category, the Adg category that most closely corresponds to the Academy Award for Best Production Design.
In the Adg fantasy-film category, which typically supplies one or two Oscar nominees, the guild singled out “Black Panther,” “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,” “The House With a Clock in its Walls,” “Mary Poppins Returns” and “Ready Player One.”
Nominees in the contemporary-film category are “A Quiet Place,” “A Star Is Born,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” and “Welcome to Marwen.”
Also Read: Producers Guild Awards Nominations Include 'Roma,' 'Black Panther,' 'A Star Is Born' - and Also 'Crazy Rich Asians'
Animated-film nominees are “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch,” “The Incredibles 2,” “Isle of Dogs,” “Ralph Breaks the Internet” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
In the Adg fantasy-film category, which typically supplies one or two Oscar nominees, the guild singled out “Black Panther,” “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,” “The House With a Clock in its Walls,” “Mary Poppins Returns” and “Ready Player One.”
Nominees in the contemporary-film category are “A Quiet Place,” “A Star Is Born,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” and “Welcome to Marwen.”
Also Read: Producers Guild Awards Nominations Include 'Roma,' 'Black Panther,' 'A Star Is Born' - and Also 'Crazy Rich Asians'
Animated-film nominees are “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch,” “The Incredibles 2,” “Isle of Dogs,” “Ralph Breaks the Internet” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
- 1/7/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the “Sharp Objects” finale, which aired Aug. 26 on HBO.
After eight episodes and a deep dive into the psyches and trauma of the population of Wind Gap, Mo., “Sharp Objects” revealed the dark truth about the Crellin women. Adora (Patricia Clarkson) was responsible for her daughter Marian’s (Lulu Wilson) death, effectively poisoning her slowly over time with a concoction of mixed pills, but it was Adora’s youngest daughter Amma (Eliza Scanlen) who was the true murderer of the missing girls.
“To me, Adora is the nurture of the whole town. She’s sort of the keeper of all of the secrets and the person that’s presented this perfection as an ideal, who obviously is really sick,” executive producer Marti Noxon tells Variety. “In that way I feel like she kind of owns the evil, including Amma’s.
After eight episodes and a deep dive into the psyches and trauma of the population of Wind Gap, Mo., “Sharp Objects” revealed the dark truth about the Crellin women. Adora (Patricia Clarkson) was responsible for her daughter Marian’s (Lulu Wilson) death, effectively poisoning her slowly over time with a concoction of mixed pills, but it was Adora’s youngest daughter Amma (Eliza Scanlen) who was the true murderer of the missing girls.
“To me, Adora is the nurture of the whole town. She’s sort of the keeper of all of the secrets and the person that’s presented this perfection as an ideal, who obviously is really sick,” executive producer Marti Noxon tells Variety. “In that way I feel like she kind of owns the evil, including Amma’s.
- 8/27/2018
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
When asked what it’s like to work with Jean-Marc Vallée as a director, people frequently bring up one word: freedom. He even used it himself to describe his process on “Sharp Objects”: “It’s all about creating this space of freedom and using this space,” Vallée told IndieWire.
HBO’s summer drama obsession, about a woman (Amy Adams) who returns to her hometown to report on the mysterious deaths of two girls, owes a lot to Vallée’s distinctive approach. When it comes to creating a set that encourages collaboration, “Jean-Marc is masterful at that,” co-star Patricia Clarkson said. “He creates this very conducive set to actors. He’s driven by character, which is for me, the greatest place to begin with the writing and the characters. The actions and the tone and the tambour of the set is about getting the actors to do the best work...
HBO’s summer drama obsession, about a woman (Amy Adams) who returns to her hometown to report on the mysterious deaths of two girls, owes a lot to Vallée’s distinctive approach. When it comes to creating a set that encourages collaboration, “Jean-Marc is masterful at that,” co-star Patricia Clarkson said. “He creates this very conducive set to actors. He’s driven by character, which is for me, the greatest place to begin with the writing and the characters. The actions and the tone and the tambour of the set is about getting the actors to do the best work...
- 8/17/2018
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Animated feature films were included for the first time this year, Coco among them.
The Art Directors Guild has announced nominations for the 22nd Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in multiple categories including features, television, and commercials.
Nominees in the feature film categories include Darkest Hour, The Shape Of Water, Downsizing, Get Out, and Lady Bird.
Among the television nominees are this year’s Emmy stand-outs The Handmaid’s Tale and Game Of Thrones.
Animated feature films were included in the nominations for the first time this year and include top-earning titles Cars 3, Coco, and Despicable Me 3.
The Awards Gala is set for January 27 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland.
Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film Period Film
Darkest Hour, Sarah Greenwood
Dunkirk, Nathan Crowley
Murder On The Orient Express, Jim Clay
The Post, Rick Carter
The Shape Of Water, Paul Denham Austerberry
Fantasy Film
Beauty And The Beast, Sarah...
The Art Directors Guild has announced nominations for the 22nd Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in multiple categories including features, television, and commercials.
Nominees in the feature film categories include Darkest Hour, The Shape Of Water, Downsizing, Get Out, and Lady Bird.
Among the television nominees are this year’s Emmy stand-outs The Handmaid’s Tale and Game Of Thrones.
Animated feature films were included in the nominations for the first time this year and include top-earning titles Cars 3, Coco, and Despicable Me 3.
The Awards Gala is set for January 27 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland.
Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film Period Film
Darkest Hour, Sarah Greenwood
Dunkirk, Nathan Crowley
Murder On The Orient Express, Jim Clay
The Post, Rick Carter
The Shape Of Water, Paul Denham Austerberry
Fantasy Film
Beauty And The Beast, Sarah...
- 1/5/2018
- by Elbert Wyche
- ScreenDaily
Intense music drama Whiplash, already a big winner at Sundance and the Deauville American Film Festival earlier this year, should drum up plenty of audience interest in its debut this weekend, even though it faces a crowded specialty market that also features several other notable newcomers, including the Bill Murray comedy St. Vincent, Hilary Swank‘s You’re Not You and Jeremy Renner‘s Kill the Messenger. All are what I’d call “big” specialty releases, with big names attached that should attract big attention.
The weekend also includes what I’d call some “small” releases, including documentaries The Overnighters (another Sundance winner) and I Am Ali, about the former heavyweight boxing champion, alongside the Mormon Church-backed Meet the Mormons. All will be clawing for attention in a market that’s seen more than 30 films debut in the past three weeks.
That said, Whiplash should be a real career turner...
The weekend also includes what I’d call some “small” releases, including documentaries The Overnighters (another Sundance winner) and I Am Ali, about the former heavyweight boxing champion, alongside the Mormon Church-backed Meet the Mormons. All will be clawing for attention in a market that’s seen more than 30 films debut in the past three weeks.
That said, Whiplash should be a real career turner...
- 10/10/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
Reese Witherspoon has tweeted out this first look at her new film Wild.
With the dissolution of her marriage and the death of her mother, Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon) has lost all hope. After years of reckless, destructive behavior, she makes a rash decision. With absolutely no experience, driven only by sheer determination, Cheryl hikes more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, alone. Wild powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddens, strengthens, and ultimately heals her.
On October 11 Fox Searchlight Pictures announced that director Jean-Marc Vallée had started principal photography in Oregon on Wild.
The film stars Oscar winner Witherspoon (Walk The Line, Mud) and also features Thomas Sadoski (HBO’s “The Newsroom”), Michiel Huisman (World War Z, HBO’s “Treme”), W. Earl Brown (The Lone Ranger, There’S Something About Mary), Gaby Hoffman (Sleepless In Seattle,...
With the dissolution of her marriage and the death of her mother, Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon) has lost all hope. After years of reckless, destructive behavior, she makes a rash decision. With absolutely no experience, driven only by sheer determination, Cheryl hikes more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, alone. Wild powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddens, strengthens, and ultimately heals her.
On October 11 Fox Searchlight Pictures announced that director Jean-Marc Vallée had started principal photography in Oregon on Wild.
The film stars Oscar winner Witherspoon (Walk The Line, Mud) and also features Thomas Sadoski (HBO’s “The Newsroom”), Michiel Huisman (World War Z, HBO’s “Treme”), W. Earl Brown (The Lone Ranger, There’S Something About Mary), Gaby Hoffman (Sleepless In Seattle,...
- 10/21/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Dallas Buyers Club director adapting true story, starring Reese Witherspoon.
Fox Searchlight Pictures has announced that director Jean-Marc Vallée began principal photography in Oregon this week on Wild.
The film stars Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon. The screenplay is adapted by Nick Hornby (An Education) from author Cheryl Strayed’s eponymous bestseller.
Pacific Standard’s Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea are producing with River Road Entertainment’s Bill Pohlad. Executive producers are Hornby, Bergen Swanson and Nathan Ross, Vallée’s producing partner.
Joining the cast are Thomas Sadoski, Michiel Huisman, W. Earl Brown, Gaby Hoffman and Kevin Rankin.
The film will shoot on location in Oregon and California.
Witherspoon will play Cheryl Strayed, who decides to hikes more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail following a series of personal tragedies.
“I am truly honored to have the opportunity to bring Cheryl Strayed’s amazing journey to life on film, and to work...
Fox Searchlight Pictures has announced that director Jean-Marc Vallée began principal photography in Oregon this week on Wild.
The film stars Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon. The screenplay is adapted by Nick Hornby (An Education) from author Cheryl Strayed’s eponymous bestseller.
Pacific Standard’s Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea are producing with River Road Entertainment’s Bill Pohlad. Executive producers are Hornby, Bergen Swanson and Nathan Ross, Vallée’s producing partner.
Joining the cast are Thomas Sadoski, Michiel Huisman, W. Earl Brown, Gaby Hoffman and Kevin Rankin.
The film will shoot on location in Oregon and California.
Witherspoon will play Cheryl Strayed, who decides to hikes more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail following a series of personal tragedies.
“I am truly honored to have the opportunity to bring Cheryl Strayed’s amazing journey to life on film, and to work...
- 10/11/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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