How ‘Rustin’ and Native Son Teamed to Reclaim the Civil Rights Activist’s History as a Rallying Call
A handful of hours before George C. Wolfe’s Rustin would make its New York premiere as NewFest’s opening night selection on Oct. 12, more than 100 Black queer members of the Native Son collective gathered in The Chelsea Hotel’s Lobby Bar, drinks in hand and under a golden aura of light, dipping in and out of excited conversation.
“It’s really emotional for me,” Native Son founder Emil Wilbekin told The Hollywood Reporter. “Coming into this room and seeing all these beautiful Black queer men — who are legends, icons, mentors, new in their careers — you can feel the joy and love because we don’t have spaces like this.”
Coordinated in conjunction with Netflix, the Rustin film team and Native Son — a collective of Black gay and queer men focused on elevating the voices, visibility and lived experiences of their community — the gathering counted Rustin producer Bruce Cohen and...
“It’s really emotional for me,” Native Son founder Emil Wilbekin told The Hollywood Reporter. “Coming into this room and seeing all these beautiful Black queer men — who are legends, icons, mentors, new in their careers — you can feel the joy and love because we don’t have spaces like this.”
Coordinated in conjunction with Netflix, the Rustin film team and Native Son — a collective of Black gay and queer men focused on elevating the voices, visibility and lived experiences of their community — the gathering counted Rustin producer Bruce Cohen and...
- 10/20/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom is known to most Americans for Martin Luther King’s galvanizing “I Have a Dream” speech. That oratory milestone appears in Rustin, but from the perspective of the title character. He wasn’t in the spotlight that August day in 1963, but Bayard Rustin was the visionary conceptualizer and day-to-day driving force of one of the largest political rallies in American history. A riveting Colman Domingo, reteaming with director George C. Wolfe after Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, inhabits the role of a fascinating man whose name and story should be more widely known.
Working from a screenplay by Julian Breece (When They See Us) and Dustin Lance Black (When We Rise), Wolfe has made an admiring but nuanced feature that doesn’t aim for biopic completism or cause-and-effect formula. And though it doesn’t entirely avoid the awkwardness of explanatory mode, those moments are few,...
Working from a screenplay by Julian Breece (When They See Us) and Dustin Lance Black (When We Rise), Wolfe has made an admiring but nuanced feature that doesn’t aim for biopic completism or cause-and-effect formula. And though it doesn’t entirely avoid the awkwardness of explanatory mode, those moments are few,...
- 9/1/2023
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Art Directors Guild has announced nominations for the 26th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animation features, with nominees in the top categories including Licorice Pizza, Cruella, Dune, In The Heights, The White Lotus and Encanto.
Winners will be announced at the Adg Awards ceremony, which returns to a live-in person event at the InterContinental Hotel Los Angeles Downtown Hotel on Saturday, March 5. Today’s announcement was made by Adg President Nelson Coates, Adg, and Awards Producer Michael Allen Glover, Adg.
As previously announced, director Denis Villeneuve (Dune) will receive the William Cameron Menzies Award. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog) will receive the Cinematic Imagery Award. The Adg Awards honor excellence in Production Design in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animated feature films.
The producer of the 2022 Adg Awards is Art Director Michael Allen Glover,...
Winners will be announced at the Adg Awards ceremony, which returns to a live-in person event at the InterContinental Hotel Los Angeles Downtown Hotel on Saturday, March 5. Today’s announcement was made by Adg President Nelson Coates, Adg, and Awards Producer Michael Allen Glover, Adg.
As previously announced, director Denis Villeneuve (Dune) will receive the William Cameron Menzies Award. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog) will receive the Cinematic Imagery Award. The Adg Awards honor excellence in Production Design in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animated feature films.
The producer of the 2022 Adg Awards is Art Director Michael Allen Glover,...
- 1/24/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
“Nightmare Alley,” “Cruella,” “No Time to Die” and “In The Heights” are among the top films recognized for excellence in production design in the 26th annual Art Directors Guild nominations.
On Monday, the Adg announced nominations for this year’s awards show, which will return to a live ceremony on March 5 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles.
“The French Dispatch,” “Licorice Pizza,” “West Side Story” and “The Tragedy of Macbeth” landed nominations in the period feature film category alongside “Nightmare Alley.” “Dune,” “Cruella,” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and “The Green Knight” earned recognition in fantasy feature film.
Missing out were Oscar contenders “Spencer,” “The Power of the Dog,” “Belfast” and “Cyrano.”
As previously announced, director Denis Villeneuve (“Dune”) will receive the William Cameron Menzies award. Jane Campion “(The Power of the Dog”) will receive the cinematic imagery award.
The Adg Awards honor...
On Monday, the Adg announced nominations for this year’s awards show, which will return to a live ceremony on March 5 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles.
“The French Dispatch,” “Licorice Pizza,” “West Side Story” and “The Tragedy of Macbeth” landed nominations in the period feature film category alongside “Nightmare Alley.” “Dune,” “Cruella,” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and “The Green Knight” earned recognition in fantasy feature film.
Missing out were Oscar contenders “Spencer,” “The Power of the Dog,” “Belfast” and “Cyrano.”
As previously announced, director Denis Villeneuve (“Dune”) will receive the William Cameron Menzies award. Jane Campion “(The Power of the Dog”) will receive the cinematic imagery award.
The Adg Awards honor...
- 1/24/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
“The French Dispatch,” “Nightmare Alley,” “West Side Story,” “Dune,” “The Green Knight” and “Don’t Look Up” are among the feature-film nominees for the 26th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, which are given out by the Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800).
Kicking off a four-day period in which 10 different Hollywood guilds and societies will announce their nominations, the Adg honorees were announced by guild president Nelson Coates and Adg Awards producer Michael Allen Glover.
In the period-film category, the Adg category that most closely matches the Oscar for Best Production Design, the nominees were “The French Dispatch,” “Licorice Pizza,” “Nightmare Alley,” “The Tragedy of Macbeth” and “West Side Story.”
In the fantasy category, nominations went to “Cruella,” “Dune,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” “The Green Knight” and “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.”
And in the contemporary category, the nominees were “Candyman,” “Don’t Look Up,” “In the Heights,” “The Lost Daughter” and “No Time to Die.
Kicking off a four-day period in which 10 different Hollywood guilds and societies will announce their nominations, the Adg honorees were announced by guild president Nelson Coates and Adg Awards producer Michael Allen Glover.
In the period-film category, the Adg category that most closely matches the Oscar for Best Production Design, the nominees were “The French Dispatch,” “Licorice Pizza,” “Nightmare Alley,” “The Tragedy of Macbeth” and “West Side Story.”
In the fantasy category, nominations went to “Cruella,” “Dune,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” “The Green Knight” and “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.”
And in the contemporary category, the nominees were “Candyman,” “Don’t Look Up,” “In the Heights,” “The Lost Daughter” and “No Time to Die.
- 1/24/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The limited series “Halston” premiered on May 14 of this year, but the period drama about the fashion icon of the same name was more than two decades in the making. Series director Daniel Minahan first read a biography of the famed designer in 1996 and felt that it needed a film treatment. After multiple failed attempts to bring the project to fruition, he teamed with Killer Films co-founder Christine Vachon and superstar producer Ryan Murphy and the series found a home on Netflix.
“Halston” stars Ewan McGregor in the title role. The Iowa- born Halston first came to prominence designing high-end hats for women. After one of his hats is worn by Jackie Kennedy, Halston becomes a giant in the fashion industry, creating everything from designer gowns, to luggage and even perfume. The series is set against the backdrop of the New York party scene of the 1970s, replete with cocaine-fueled...
“Halston” stars Ewan McGregor in the title role. The Iowa- born Halston first came to prominence designing high-end hats for women. After one of his hats is worn by Jackie Kennedy, Halston becomes a giant in the fashion industry, creating everything from designer gowns, to luggage and even perfume. The series is set against the backdrop of the New York party scene of the 1970s, replete with cocaine-fueled...
- 7/7/2021
- by Tony Ruiz
- Gold Derby
How does one become a production designer? For Tom Hammock (“Them”), it actually started in a most unusual way: he “stumbled into it” by milking spiders for their venom. We talked with Hammock, Sara K White (“The Flight Attendant”), Mark Ricker (“Halston”), and Jamie Walker McCall (“Pose”) about their careers and their current projects during our “Meet the Experts” TV production designers panel. Watch our group discussion above. Click on each name about to view that person’s individual webchat.
Hammock explains, “I’d been in science. My father’s studies poisons and so I’d grown up milking venomous animals for antivenom. And I stumbled into this via ‘Spider-Man’ and helping them out with a laboratory. And they kind of talked me into leaving architecture and ending up here.”
For McCall it wasn’t spiders but hobbits: “What inspired me to move out from New York and Boston to...
Hammock explains, “I’d been in science. My father’s studies poisons and so I’d grown up milking venomous animals for antivenom. And I stumbled into this via ‘Spider-Man’ and helping them out with a laboratory. And they kind of talked me into leaving architecture and ending up here.”
For McCall it wasn’t spiders but hobbits: “What inspired me to move out from New York and Boston to...
- 5/25/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“We had to tie into everything in terms of what the illustrations were that were around the room, the color of the fabric bolts that were in the workroom … not to mention what we’re talking about in terms of palette and texture and fabric design,” says “Halston” production designer Mark Ricker about incorporating the title designer’s work into the overall visual style of the five-part biographical series. “I learned a lot about fashion.” We talked to Ricker as part of our “Meet the Btl Experts” TV production designers panel. Watch our interview above.
“Halston” stars Ewan McGregor as the title character, who rose to fame in the 1960s when Jackie Kennedy wore one of his hats to John F. Kennedy‘s inauguration. Then he expanded his business in the 1970s, but lost control of his empire in the 1980s before dying of AIDS-related cancer in 1990. The series covers that entire time frame,...
“Halston” stars Ewan McGregor as the title character, who rose to fame in the 1960s when Jackie Kennedy wore one of his hats to John F. Kennedy‘s inauguration. Then he expanded his business in the 1970s, but lost control of his empire in the 1980s before dying of AIDS-related cancer in 1990. The series covers that entire time frame,...
- 5/25/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
As part of our continuing “Meet the Btl Experts” interview series featuring top Emmy contenders, view our second round of chats with leading TV production designers. Guests this time: Sara K White (‘The Flight Attendant’), Mark Ricker (‘Halston’), Jamie Walker McCall (‘Pose’) and Tom Hammock (‘Them’). Solo chats followed by a group discussion hosted by our senior editor Daniel Montgomery.
- 5/19/2021
- by Tom O'Neil
- Gold Derby
Fashion designer Halston’s tie-dye collection first dropped in the late 1960s. Silk chiffon was draped over the body and revolutionized fashion as stylish New Yorkers and celebrities such as Anjelica Huston donned the iconic couturier’s caftans.
That collection is one of the looks that’s faithfully re-created by costume designer Jeriana San Juan in the Netflix miniseries written by Ryan Murphy and starring Ewan McGregor in the title role.
“Halston,” which debuts May 14, traces the life of Roy Halston Frowick, the Bergdorf Goodman milliner who got his start as a Chicago hatmaker and shot to fame in the ’60s, becoming mononymic after designing First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s pillbox hat for her husband’s presidential inauguration in 1961.
Over the series’ five episodes, San Juan’s wardrobes focus on several eras as events follow Halston from the late 1950s to the 1990s. Settings include a re-creation of the 1973 “Battle...
That collection is one of the looks that’s faithfully re-created by costume designer Jeriana San Juan in the Netflix miniseries written by Ryan Murphy and starring Ewan McGregor in the title role.
“Halston,” which debuts May 14, traces the life of Roy Halston Frowick, the Bergdorf Goodman milliner who got his start as a Chicago hatmaker and shot to fame in the ’60s, becoming mononymic after designing First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s pillbox hat for her husband’s presidential inauguration in 1961.
Over the series’ five episodes, San Juan’s wardrobes focus on several eras as events follow Halston from the late 1950s to the 1990s. Settings include a re-creation of the 1973 “Battle...
- 5/12/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Five top TV production designers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Tuesday, May 18, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Daniel Montgomery and a group chat with Daniel and all of the group together.
RSVP today to this specific event by clicking here to book your reservation. Or click here to RSVP for our entire ongoing panel series. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:
“The Flight Attendant”: Sara K White
White’s career has included “Mrs. Fletcher,” “Think Like a Dog,” “The Kid” and “Light of My Life.
RSVP today to this specific event by clicking here to book your reservation. Or click here to RSVP for our entire ongoing panel series. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:
“The Flight Attendant”: Sara K White
White’s career has included “Mrs. Fletcher,” “Think Like a Dog,” “The Kid” and “Light of My Life.
- 5/11/2021
- by Chris Beachum and Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Production designer Donald Graham Burt and set decorator Jan Pascale took home statuettes for their work on Mank, at the Academy Awards on Sunday.
The Oscar win was Burt’s second, following his triumph in 2008 with David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. A first-time winner, set decorator Pascale was previously nominated in 2006, for her work on George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck.
While Burt didn’t give a speech, Pascale paid thanks to director David Fincher, producer Ceán Chaffin, and Burt “for trusting me with this amazing project.”
“It was such an honor to work with such an amazing group of people. Thank you to my crew, who worked their tails off on this just to make it right,” she said. “When I was young, I never realized that this was a career that was even a possibility. There were so many people who helped me along the way,...
The Oscar win was Burt’s second, following his triumph in 2008 with David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. A first-time winner, set decorator Pascale was previously nominated in 2006, for her work on George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck.
While Burt didn’t give a speech, Pascale paid thanks to director David Fincher, producer Ceán Chaffin, and Burt “for trusting me with this amazing project.”
“It was such an honor to work with such an amazing group of people. Thank you to my crew, who worked their tails off on this just to make it right,” she said. “When I was young, I never realized that this was a career that was even a possibility. There were so many people who helped me along the way,...
- 4/26/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Sunday night’s Oscar ceremony was historic in more ways than one, making the 441-day wait for the 93rd Academy Awards well worth it.
“The Father” star Anthony Hopkins nabbed actor, Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”) took home the actress prize, Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) won for supporting actor and “Minari’s” Yuh-Jung Youn claimed supporting actress, becoming the first Korean actor to do so. Nine actors of color earned Academy Award nominations — an Oscar record for diversity in those categories — but only two won. Additionally, more women were nominated in 2021 than in any previous year.
“Nomadland’s” Chloé Zhao made history as well, becoming the second woman and the first woman of color to win an Oscar for directing. The film also won best picture.
Unlike other awards shows during the Covid-19 pandemic, Hollywood’s biggest night was held in person, and televised live on ABC from the...
“The Father” star Anthony Hopkins nabbed actor, Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”) took home the actress prize, Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) won for supporting actor and “Minari’s” Yuh-Jung Youn claimed supporting actress, becoming the first Korean actor to do so. Nine actors of color earned Academy Award nominations — an Oscar record for diversity in those categories — but only two won. Additionally, more women were nominated in 2021 than in any previous year.
“Nomadland’s” Chloé Zhao made history as well, becoming the second woman and the first woman of color to win an Oscar for directing. The film also won best picture.
Unlike other awards shows during the Covid-19 pandemic, Hollywood’s biggest night was held in person, and televised live on ABC from the...
- 4/25/2021
- by Maane Khatchatourian
- Variety Film + TV
It's finally time for the biggest night in Hollywood: the Oscars! After unveiling its official list of nominees in March, the award show officially kicked off on Sunday night. Not only are there a handful of star-studded presenters, including Zendaya, Brad Pitt, and Halle Berry, but there are also a few chances for some historic wins in the best actress and best director categories. Here's a refresher of which films and actors are up for big awards. Be sure to keep refreshing this page all night as we update it with the winners.
Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Director
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
David Fincher, Mank
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Winner: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Best Actress
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs.
Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Director
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
David Fincher, Mank
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Winner: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Best Actress
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs.
- 4/25/2021
- by Kelsie Gibson
- Popsugar.com
Good news: There are 41 feature films nominated for Oscars this year. Better news: The 93rd Academy Awards are Sunday, so there’s still time to watch some of the movies before the biggest night in Hollywood.
“Mank” leads all films with 10 nominations, with “The Father,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Sound of Metal,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” in a six-way tie for second with six nominations a piece. It’s the most diverse slate of nominees ever, with two women in the directing category for the first time ever (“Nomadland” director Chloe Zhao and “Promising Young Woman” filmmaker Emerald Fennell), and nine of the 20 acting nominations went to people of color.
It’s also an extraordinarily streaming-heavy field; Netflix snagged an astonishing 35 nominations, its highest mark ever and the most for an individual studio in more than a decade.
Thanks to a temporary academy rules...
“Mank” leads all films with 10 nominations, with “The Father,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Sound of Metal,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” in a six-way tie for second with six nominations a piece. It’s the most diverse slate of nominees ever, with two women in the directing category for the first time ever (“Nomadland” director Chloe Zhao and “Promising Young Woman” filmmaker Emerald Fennell), and nine of the 20 acting nominations went to people of color.
It’s also an extraordinarily streaming-heavy field; Netflix snagged an astonishing 35 nominations, its highest mark ever and the most for an individual studio in more than a decade.
Thanks to a temporary academy rules...
- 4/25/2021
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
“Mank” is the only film in contention at the 2021 Oscars to break the double digit barrier in the nominations count. This Netflix period picture reaped a leading 10 bids. In a six-way tied for second place with, appropriately enough, six nominations apiece are “The Father,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Sound of Metal,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” All seven of these films are up for Best Picture. That race is rounded out by five-time contender “Promising Young Woman.”
Scroll down to see the full list of nominations in all 23 competitive categories at the 93rd Academy Awards on April 25.
Best Picture
“The Father”
“Judas and the Black Messiah”
“Mank”
“Minari”
“Nomadland”
“Promising Young Woman”
“Sound of Metal”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Best Director
Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari”
David Fincher, “Mank”
Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”
Thomas Vinterberg, “Another Round”
Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
Best Actress
Viola Davis,...
Scroll down to see the full list of nominations in all 23 competitive categories at the 93rd Academy Awards on April 25.
Best Picture
“The Father”
“Judas and the Black Messiah”
“Mank”
“Minari”
“Nomadland”
“Promising Young Woman”
“Sound of Metal”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Best Director
Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari”
David Fincher, “Mank”
Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”
Thomas Vinterberg, “Another Round”
Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
Best Actress
Viola Davis,...
- 4/25/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Production designers from the Oscar-nominated films “The Father,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Mank,” “News of the World” and “Tenet” are joining American Cinematheque for a virtual Q&a on Saturday at 1 p.m. Pt.
Sponsored by Variety, the online conversation will bring together production designers and set decorators from this year’s critically-acclaimed films to discuss their craft leading up to the Academy Awards on April 25.
The panel will feature Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale from “Mank”; Mark Ricker, Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton from “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”; David Crank and Elizabeth Keenan from “News of the World”; Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas from “Tenet”; and Peter Francis and Cathy Featherstone from “The Father.” Pascale and Thomas A. Walsh will moderate.
All five films are nominated for best production design at this year’s Oscars. Two of the films, “Mank” and “The Father,” are also nominated for best picture,...
Sponsored by Variety, the online conversation will bring together production designers and set decorators from this year’s critically-acclaimed films to discuss their craft leading up to the Academy Awards on April 25.
The panel will feature Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale from “Mank”; Mark Ricker, Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton from “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”; David Crank and Elizabeth Keenan from “News of the World”; Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas from “Tenet”; and Peter Francis and Cathy Featherstone from “The Father.” Pascale and Thomas A. Walsh will moderate.
All five films are nominated for best production design at this year’s Oscars. Two of the films, “Mank” and “The Father,” are also nominated for best picture,...
- 4/23/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
This season’s Oscar race for production design pits David Fincher’s mighty black-and-white “Mank” (the Adg period winner) against Florian Zeller’s mind-bending “The Father,” Christopher Nolan’s time-inverted “Tenet” (the Adg fantasy winner), Paul Greengrass’ first western, “News of the World,” and the sweltering Chicago period trappings of George C. Wolfe’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”
“Mank” is the favorite for meticulously recreating the world of washed up, alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman), who struggles to churn out a first draft of “Citizen Kane.” Oscar-winning production designer Don Burt (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”) had to think in terms of black-and-white design to authentically return to Hollywood’s Golden Age in the ’30s. Fortunately, set decorator Jan Pascale used the monochromatic filter on her iPhone for shooting set dressing tests, and that helped shape the palette of warm earth tones. Unable to shoot at the...
“Mank” is the favorite for meticulously recreating the world of washed up, alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman), who struggles to churn out a first draft of “Citizen Kane.” Oscar-winning production designer Don Burt (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”) had to think in terms of black-and-white design to authentically return to Hollywood’s Golden Age in the ’30s. Fortunately, set decorator Jan Pascale used the monochromatic filter on her iPhone for shooting set dressing tests, and that helped shape the palette of warm earth tones. Unable to shoot at the...
- 4/20/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
“Mank” got a big boost in its Oscar bid for Best Production Design with a win on April 10 at the Art Directors Guild Awards. It prevailed in the period design race over two of its Oscar rivals — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “News of the World” — plus “Mulan” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”
Its closest Oscar competition could be “Tenet,” which won the fantasy prize at the Adg Awards on Saturday; the fifth Oscar nominee, “The Father,” was not in contention here.
The other Adg winners were the contemporary film “Da 5 Bloods” and the animated film “Soul.”
The Adg Awards were bestowed during a virtual ceremony on April 10. Ryan Murphy was feted with the Cinematic Imagery Award.
Period Film
X – “Mank” – Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” – Production Designer: Mark Ricker
“Mulan” – Production Designer: Grant Major
“News of the World” – Production Designer: David Crank...
Its closest Oscar competition could be “Tenet,” which won the fantasy prize at the Adg Awards on Saturday; the fifth Oscar nominee, “The Father,” was not in contention here.
The other Adg winners were the contemporary film “Da 5 Bloods” and the animated film “Soul.”
The Adg Awards were bestowed during a virtual ceremony on April 10. Ryan Murphy was feted with the Cinematic Imagery Award.
Period Film
X – “Mank” – Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” – Production Designer: Mark Ricker
“Mulan” – Production Designer: Grant Major
“News of the World” – Production Designer: David Crank...
- 4/11/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
David Fincher’s “Mank,” Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods,” and Pete Docter’s “Soul” were the big film winners at the 25th annual Art Directors Guild Awards Saturday evening, taking production design honors for period, fantasy, contemporary, and animated feature, respectively. Additionally, “The Mandalorian,” “Ozark,” and “The Queen’s Gambit” were among the TV winners at the ceremony, which bodes well for “The Mandalorian” and “The Queen’s Gambit’s” Emmy prospects in the craft category.
The annual awards fete the finest production design in movies, TV, commercials, music videos, and animated features in 12 categories.
The monochromatic “Mank” is the only film that took home an Adg award that is competing for Best Picture. Pixar’s “Soul” is the favorite for Best Animated Feature. Other Adg nominees included Oscar hopefuls “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”
In terms of the Oscar race,...
The annual awards fete the finest production design in movies, TV, commercials, music videos, and animated features in 12 categories.
The monochromatic “Mank” is the only film that took home an Adg award that is competing for Best Picture. Pixar’s “Soul” is the favorite for Best Animated Feature. Other Adg nominees included Oscar hopefuls “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”
In terms of the Oscar race,...
- 4/11/2021
- by Bill Desowitz and Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
David Fincher’s “Mank” looks to be the frontrunner in the production design Oscar race. Production designer Donald Graham Burt and set designer Jan Pascale have each scored one previous nomination in this category. Burt won for 2008’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”
However, “Mank” goes up against Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” for which production designer Nathan Crowley earned an Oscar nomination. Nolan is renowned for his in-camera effects and did not want to fake the thrilling action here. He pulled out all the stops, as did Crowley.
Will the members of this branch favor the lavish sets of Old Hollywood, or will Crowley triumph for the grand vision of “Tenet”?
The other contenders opt for simplicity in detail, but tell an important story — “The Father’s” sets were integral to the storytelling surrounding the main character, a dementia patient who grapples
with what is real, what isn’t?...
However, “Mank” goes up against Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” for which production designer Nathan Crowley earned an Oscar nomination. Nolan is renowned for his in-camera effects and did not want to fake the thrilling action here. He pulled out all the stops, as did Crowley.
Will the members of this branch favor the lavish sets of Old Hollywood, or will Crowley triumph for the grand vision of “Tenet”?
The other contenders opt for simplicity in detail, but tell an important story — “The Father’s” sets were integral to the storytelling surrounding the main character, a dementia patient who grapples
with what is real, what isn’t?...
- 4/10/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Production designer Mark Ricker’s first job in the industry was an internship in the art department for “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Not the popular Hulu TV show, but the 1990 movie version of Margaret Atwood’s book. Three decades later, after credits that include “The Help,” “Bombshell” and “Julie & Julia,” Ricker has landed his first Oscar nomination, for creating the 1920s recording studio and ruined rehearsal rooms of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”
“It’s thrilling, I’ve gotta say,” Ricker told TheWrap. “People who had mentored me when I was an intern were calling to say congratulations. I heard from old colleagues in Italy and Australia and Mexico and Vancouver. It was a very happy moment for me and my team.” (He is nominated along with set decorators Karen O’Hara and Diana Sroughton.)
His competition includes movies set in 1880s Texas (“News of the World”), 1930s Los Angeles (“Mank”), contemporary...
“It’s thrilling, I’ve gotta say,” Ricker told TheWrap. “People who had mentored me when I was an intern were calling to say congratulations. I heard from old colleagues in Italy and Australia and Mexico and Vancouver. It was a very happy moment for me and my team.” (He is nominated along with set decorators Karen O’Hara and Diana Sroughton.)
His competition includes movies set in 1880s Texas (“News of the World”), 1930s Los Angeles (“Mank”), contemporary...
- 4/7/2021
- by Joe McGovern
- The Wrap
The Oscars are shaping up to be a big night for Hollywood. On Monday, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas announced which films and stars are up for the coveted trophy. Award season favorites like Judas and the Black Messiah and Minari are nominated in big categories like best picture, while actors like Leslie Odom Jr. and Carey Mulligan also picked up nominations for their incredible performances. Chadwick Boseman, who died at age 43 in August 2020, received a posthumous nomination for his role in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Check out the list of nominations ahead, before the official ceremony takes place on April 25.
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Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Director
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
David Fincher, Mank
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Emerald Fennell,...
Related: These Are the Best Pictures From the 2020 Oscars
Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Director
Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round
David Fincher, Mank
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Emerald Fennell,...
- 3/15/2021
- by Kelsie Gibson
- Popsugar.com
The 2021 Oscars nominations list was announced on Monday, March 15 at the academy’s headquarters in Beverly Hills, California. (Scroll down for the full and complete list of Academy Awards nominees.)
Final voting doesn’t start until April 15 and then runs for only six days; that is the shortest time for balloting in the history of these top movie honors. The 2021 Oscars ceremony takes place on April 25 and for the third time in as many years, it won’t have a host.
At 5:18 a.m. Pt/8:20 a.m. Et, nominees were announced in nine categories: Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, Costume Design, Original Score, Sound, Animated Short and Live Action Short.
At 5:30 a.m. Pt/8:30 a.m. Et, nominees were announced in the remaining 15 races: Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Cinematography, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Song, Production Design, Visual Effects, Animated Feature, Documentary Feature,...
Final voting doesn’t start until April 15 and then runs for only six days; that is the shortest time for balloting in the history of these top movie honors. The 2021 Oscars ceremony takes place on April 25 and for the third time in as many years, it won’t have a host.
At 5:18 a.m. Pt/8:20 a.m. Et, nominees were announced in nine categories: Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, Costume Design, Original Score, Sound, Animated Short and Live Action Short.
At 5:30 a.m. Pt/8:30 a.m. Et, nominees were announced in the remaining 15 races: Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Cinematography, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Song, Production Design, Visual Effects, Animated Feature, Documentary Feature,...
- 3/15/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The complete list of nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards, which will be held at 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM (PST) on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at various places in Los Angeles, including the Dolby Theater.
BEST PICTURE
Nomadland (Searchlight)
Minari (A24)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Promising Young Woman (Focus)
Sound of Metal (Amazon)
Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
Mank (Netflix)
The Father (Sony Classics)
BEST DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)
David Fincher (Mank)
Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round)
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
Gary Oldman (Mank)
Steven Yeun (Minari)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)
Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday)
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami)
Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Lakeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Olivia Colman (The Father)
Youn Yuh-jung (Minari)
Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Nomadland (Chloé Zhao)
One Night in Miami (Kemp Powers)
The Father (Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Sacha Baron Cohen and Co-Writers)
The White Tiger (Ramin Bahrani)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Aaron Sorkin)
Minari (Lee Isaac Chung)
Sound of Metal (Derek Cianfrance, Abraham Marder & Darius Marder)
Judas and the Black Messiah (Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas & Kenny Lucas)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Crip Camp (Netflix)
Time (Amazon)
Collective (Magnolia/Participant)
My Octopus Teacher (Netflix)
The Mole Agent (Gravitas)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Another Round (Denmark)
Collective (Romania)
Better Days (Hong Kong)
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
The Man Who Sold His Skin (Sweden)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Soul (Pixar)
Wolfwalkers (Apple TV+/GKIDS)
Over the Moon (Netflix)
Onward (Pixar)
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Netflix)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mank - Erik Messerschmidt
Nomadland - Joshua James Richards
News of the World -Dariusz Wolski
Judas and the Black Messiah - Sean Bobbitt
The Trial of the Chicago 7 -Phedon Papamichael
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Mank - Trish Summerville
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Ann Roth
Emma - Alexandra Byrne
Mulan - Bina Daigeler
Pinocchio - Massimo Cantini Parrini
BEST FILM EDITING
Sound of Metal - Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
Nomadland - Chloé Zhao
The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Alan Baumgarten
The Father - Yorgos Lamprinos
Promising Young Woman - Frédéric Thoraval
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson
Mank - Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams, Colleen LaBaff
Hillbilly Elegy - Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney, Matthew Mungle
Emma - Marese Langan, Laura Allen, Claudia Stolze
Pinocchio - Dalia Colli, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Soul - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste
Mank - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Minari - Emile Mosseri
News of the World - James Newton Howard
Da 5 Bloods - Terence Blanchard
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Speak Now" (One Night in Miami)
"Io Si (Seen)" (The Life Ahead)
"Husavik" (Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga)
"Hear My Voice" (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
"Fight For You" (Judas and the Black Messiah)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mank - Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton
News of the World - Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
The Father - Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
Tenet - Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas
BEST SOUND
Sound of Metal - Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh
News of the World - Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
Soul - Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker
Mank - Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
Greyhound - Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Tenet - Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher
The Midnight Sky - Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
The One and Only Ivan - Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
Mulan - Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
Love and Monsters - Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
If Anything Happens I Love You
Burrow
Yes-People
Opera
Genius Loci
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
A Concerto Is a Conversation
A Love Song for Latasha
Colette
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
Two Distant Strangers
Feeling Through
The Present
The Letter Room
White Eye...
BEST PICTURE
Nomadland (Searchlight)
Minari (A24)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Promising Young Woman (Focus)
Sound of Metal (Amazon)
Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
Mank (Netflix)
The Father (Sony Classics)
BEST DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)
David Fincher (Mank)
Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round)
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
Gary Oldman (Mank)
Steven Yeun (Minari)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)
Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday)
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami)
Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Lakeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Olivia Colman (The Father)
Youn Yuh-jung (Minari)
Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Nomadland (Chloé Zhao)
One Night in Miami (Kemp Powers)
The Father (Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Sacha Baron Cohen and Co-Writers)
The White Tiger (Ramin Bahrani)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Aaron Sorkin)
Minari (Lee Isaac Chung)
Sound of Metal (Derek Cianfrance, Abraham Marder & Darius Marder)
Judas and the Black Messiah (Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas & Kenny Lucas)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Crip Camp (Netflix)
Time (Amazon)
Collective (Magnolia/Participant)
My Octopus Teacher (Netflix)
The Mole Agent (Gravitas)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Another Round (Denmark)
Collective (Romania)
Better Days (Hong Kong)
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
The Man Who Sold His Skin (Sweden)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Soul (Pixar)
Wolfwalkers (Apple TV+/GKIDS)
Over the Moon (Netflix)
Onward (Pixar)
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Netflix)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mank - Erik Messerschmidt
Nomadland - Joshua James Richards
News of the World -Dariusz Wolski
Judas and the Black Messiah - Sean Bobbitt
The Trial of the Chicago 7 -Phedon Papamichael
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Mank - Trish Summerville
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Ann Roth
Emma - Alexandra Byrne
Mulan - Bina Daigeler
Pinocchio - Massimo Cantini Parrini
BEST FILM EDITING
Sound of Metal - Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
Nomadland - Chloé Zhao
The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Alan Baumgarten
The Father - Yorgos Lamprinos
Promising Young Woman - Frédéric Thoraval
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson
Mank - Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams, Colleen LaBaff
Hillbilly Elegy - Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney, Matthew Mungle
Emma - Marese Langan, Laura Allen, Claudia Stolze
Pinocchio - Dalia Colli, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Soul - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste
Mank - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Minari - Emile Mosseri
News of the World - James Newton Howard
Da 5 Bloods - Terence Blanchard
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Speak Now" (One Night in Miami)
"Io Si (Seen)" (The Life Ahead)
"Husavik" (Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga)
"Hear My Voice" (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
"Fight For You" (Judas and the Black Messiah)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mank - Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton
News of the World - Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
The Father - Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
Tenet - Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas
BEST SOUND
Sound of Metal - Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh
News of the World - Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
Soul - Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker
Mank - Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
Greyhound - Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Tenet - Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher
The Midnight Sky - Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
The One and Only Ivan - Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
Mulan - Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
Love and Monsters - Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
If Anything Happens I Love You
Burrow
Yes-People
Opera
Genius Loci
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
A Concerto Is a Conversation
A Love Song for Latasha
Colette
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
Two Distant Strangers
Feeling Through
The Present
The Letter Room
White Eye...
- 3/14/2021
- IMDbPro News
Last night in La La Land the 2021 Critics Choice Awards, hosted by Taye Diggs, took place on a hybrid stage of virtually and in-person to announce the past year’s best Film and Television offerings.
Netflix, yet again, came out on top with a host of their content, from ‘The Crown’, ‘The Queen’s Gambit’, ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ and ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ taking home gongs including Best Actor for the late Chadwick Boseman in film, Best Drama for ‘The Crown’ which also came with Best Actor and Best Actress awards of Josh O’Connor and Emma Corrin. ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ took home awards for both Best Limited Series and Best Actress in a Limited series for Anya Taylor-Joy.
Winning big on the film front came Chloé Zhao who not only took home the Best Director award for ‘Nomadland‘ but it also won Best Picture.
See the full list...
Netflix, yet again, came out on top with a host of their content, from ‘The Crown’, ‘The Queen’s Gambit’, ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ and ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ taking home gongs including Best Actor for the late Chadwick Boseman in film, Best Drama for ‘The Crown’ which also came with Best Actor and Best Actress awards of Josh O’Connor and Emma Corrin. ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ took home awards for both Best Limited Series and Best Actress in a Limited series for Anya Taylor-Joy.
Winning big on the film front came Chloé Zhao who not only took home the Best Director award for ‘Nomadland‘ but it also won Best Picture.
See the full list...
- 3/8/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” swept the Latino Entertainment Film Awards on Sunday, taking home four awards, including best picture, director, cinematography and editing.
The awards, which are voted on and presented by the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association, also honored Oscar-nominated actor Rosie Perez with the Rita Moreno Lifetime Achievement Award and the Latino Activism Award. In a pre-taped speech, Perez thanked the Leja and spoke about her work as an activist.
“It’s weird getting an award for it to be quite honest – because I don’t do it for that. I do it just to help make the world a better place for everyone,” Perez said.
“The Prom” and “Hamilton” star Ariana DeBose was given the Latino Breakout Award. “I believe fervently in representation and I’m really proud to be even be a small part of the expansion of how we are viewed in this entertainment industry. We are a vast,...
The awards, which are voted on and presented by the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association, also honored Oscar-nominated actor Rosie Perez with the Rita Moreno Lifetime Achievement Award and the Latino Activism Award. In a pre-taped speech, Perez thanked the Leja and spoke about her work as an activist.
“It’s weird getting an award for it to be quite honest – because I don’t do it for that. I do it just to help make the world a better place for everyone,” Perez said.
“The Prom” and “Hamilton” star Ariana DeBose was given the Latino Breakout Award. “I believe fervently in representation and I’m really proud to be even be a small part of the expansion of how we are viewed in this entertainment industry. We are a vast,...
- 3/7/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
David Fincher’s “Mank” takes audiences back into 1930s Hollywood, a black and white world where the screenplay for “Citizen Kane” comes together. In Disney’s “Mulan,” audiences are transported to the Imperial City for the live-action heroine tale based on Chinese folklore. George C. Wolfe’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” hones in on a recording session one hot summer’s day in Chicago 1927. And Christopher Nolan experiments with time-inversion in the globetrotting action thriller “Tenet.”
There was an abundance of real-world locations utilized by the contenders for production design.
For “Mank,” production designer Donald Graham Burt and Fincher spent months tracking down locations around Los Angeles that could stand in for Hearst Castle since filming isn’t allowed on the actual estate. In the end, the Huntington Library and Gardens; in South Pasadena, sites in Malibu and soundstages were all carefully decorated to give the feel of Hearst Castle,...
There was an abundance of real-world locations utilized by the contenders for production design.
For “Mank,” production designer Donald Graham Burt and Fincher spent months tracking down locations around Los Angeles that could stand in for Hearst Castle since filming isn’t allowed on the actual estate. In the end, the Huntington Library and Gardens; in South Pasadena, sites in Malibu and soundstages were all carefully decorated to give the feel of Hearst Castle,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Collective
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Production Design
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Art Directors Guild gave momentum to “Mulan,” “Promising Young Woman” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” in the production design race. The usual suspects such as “Mank, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and...
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Collective
Draft>>>Pre Season>>>Regular Season>>>Post Season
2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Production Design
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Art Directors Guild gave momentum to “Mulan,” “Promising Young Woman” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” in the production design race. The usual suspects such as “Mank, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and...
- 3/4/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
As is the case with most below-the-line Oscar categories, bigger equals better when it comes to Best Production Design. The more lavish the sets, the more accurate the period detail, the more extravagant the designs, the more likely your film will win an Academy Award. Formerly known as Best Art Direction/Set Decoration, this prize goes to the production designer and set decorator, leaving the poor art directors on the outside looking in; perhaps that accounts for the title change. (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2021 Oscar predictions for Best Production Design.)
Like Best Costume Design, this award rarely corresponds with Best Picture. Before “The Shape of Water” prevailed in both categories in 2018, the last to line-up was “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” in 2004. Often, the winner of this race hasn’t even been nominated for the top prize, as was the case with “Memoirs of a Geisha...
Like Best Costume Design, this award rarely corresponds with Best Picture. Before “The Shape of Water” prevailed in both categories in 2018, the last to line-up was “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” in 2004. Often, the winner of this race hasn’t even been nominated for the top prize, as was the case with “Memoirs of a Geisha...
- 3/3/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” premiered in limited theatrical release on November 20, 2020 before streaming on Netflix December 18, 2020. It is an adaptation of the celebrated play of the same title by the late August Wilson. The film is the second adaptation of Wilson’s ten-play Century Cycle, which is being committed to the screen by producer Denzel Washington. Scroll down to watch exclusive video interviews with top Oscar contenders from the film.
The story takes place in 1927 Chicago, detailing behind the scenes drama of a recording session for the real-life “Mother of Blues,” Ma Rainey (Viola Davis). The band arrives at the studio first, where veteran musicians Toledo (Glynn Turman), Cutler (Colman Domingo), and Slow Drag (Michael Potts), are joined by the young and headstrong trumpeter Levee (Chadwick Boseman). Levee is not content with being a background player, and his career ambitions put him in conflict with Ma and the band.
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The story takes place in 1927 Chicago, detailing behind the scenes drama of a recording session for the real-life “Mother of Blues,” Ma Rainey (Viola Davis). The band arrives at the studio first, where veteran musicians Toledo (Glynn Turman), Cutler (Colman Domingo), and Slow Drag (Michael Potts), are joined by the young and headstrong trumpeter Levee (Chadwick Boseman). Levee is not content with being a background player, and his career ambitions put him in conflict with Ma and the band.
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- 3/1/2021
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
The Art Directors Guild announced the nominations for the 25th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards on Thursday, honoring the finest production design in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos, and animation features.
Among the nominees for film are Oscar hopefuls “Mank,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” with TV accolades including “The Mandalorian,” “The Queen’s Gambit,” and “What We Do in the Shadows.”
Netflix was the big winner grabbing seven Adg nominations, including three period dramas; one fantasy film (George Clooney’s “The Midnight Sky”); and three contemporary films.
Also making the cut were Christopher Nolan’s time-inversion spy thriller, “Tenet” (production designed by five-time Oscar nominee Nathan Crowley), and two surprises: Emerald Fennell’s Oscar buzzy revenge black comedy, “Promising Young Woman,” which scored a contemporary Adg nomination, and Matteo Garron’s period “Pinocchio” Gothic re-imagining, which scored for period.
Also being honored is Ryan Murphy,...
Among the nominees for film are Oscar hopefuls “Mank,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” with TV accolades including “The Mandalorian,” “The Queen’s Gambit,” and “What We Do in the Shadows.”
Netflix was the big winner grabbing seven Adg nominations, including three period dramas; one fantasy film (George Clooney’s “The Midnight Sky”); and three contemporary films.
Also making the cut were Christopher Nolan’s time-inversion spy thriller, “Tenet” (production designed by five-time Oscar nominee Nathan Crowley), and two surprises: Emerald Fennell’s Oscar buzzy revenge black comedy, “Promising Young Woman,” which scored a contemporary Adg nomination, and Matteo Garron’s period “Pinocchio” Gothic re-imagining, which scored for period.
Also being honored is Ryan Murphy,...
- 2/25/2021
- by Libby Hill and Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
On February 25 the Art Directors Guild announced the nominees for its 25th annual awards, which will be handed out on April 10. These kudos have a stellar record at previewing the Academy Awards. Over the first 24 years of these prizes, the eventual Oscar winner for Best Production Design has always numbered among the Adg nominees in the various categories.
According to our expert predictions, period film contender “Mank” is the clear frontrunner to win the Oscar for Best Production Design. We expect that three of its rival in that race at the Adg — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “News of the World” and “Mulan” — will also contend at the Oscars. The fifth Academy Awards nominee is expected to be “Tenet,” which vies in the fantasy film race at the Art Director Guild Awards.
The fifth period picture in the running for the Adg honor is “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” The...
According to our expert predictions, period film contender “Mank” is the clear frontrunner to win the Oscar for Best Production Design. We expect that three of its rival in that race at the Adg — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “News of the World” and “Mulan” — will also contend at the Oscars. The fifth Academy Awards nominee is expected to be “Tenet,” which vies in the fantasy film race at the Art Director Guild Awards.
The fifth period picture in the running for the Adg honor is “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” The...
- 2/25/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The Art Directors Guild has unveiled nominations for its 25th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, which celebrate the year’s best achievements in theatrical motion pictures, TV, commercials, music videos and animated features. Winners will be announced April 10 during a virtual ceremony.
Last year, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Avengers: Endgame and Parasite were the big film winners in the Period, Fantasy and Contemporary categories, respectively, with Hollywood going on to take the Production Design Oscar. TV winners included The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Cherrnobyl, The Big Bang Theory, Russian Doll, The Umbrella Academy and Drunk History.
As previously announced, Ryan Murphy will receive the group’s Cinematic Imagery Award. The Adg Lifetime Achievement Awards, annually presented to outstanding individuals in each of the guild’s four crafts, and will be announced shortly.
With today’s nominations out, online balloting will now be held March 11-April 7.
Here’ the list...
Last year, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Avengers: Endgame and Parasite were the big film winners in the Period, Fantasy and Contemporary categories, respectively, with Hollywood going on to take the Production Design Oscar. TV winners included The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Cherrnobyl, The Big Bang Theory, Russian Doll, The Umbrella Academy and Drunk History.
As previously announced, Ryan Murphy will receive the group’s Cinematic Imagery Award. The Adg Lifetime Achievement Awards, annually presented to outstanding individuals in each of the guild’s four crafts, and will be announced shortly.
With today’s nominations out, online balloting will now be held March 11-April 7.
Here’ the list...
- 2/25/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“Mank,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Mulan,” “News of the World” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” have been nominated in 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’s fantasy-film category, which often supplies one or two Oscar nominees, the guild singled out “Birds of Prey,” “Pinocchio,” “Tenet,” “The Midnight Sky” and “Wonder Woman 1984.”
Nominees in the contemporary category, which last year included Oscar nominee “Parasite,” were “Da 5 Bloods,” “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” “Palm Springs,” “Promising Young Woman” and “The Prom.”
In the television categories, nominees included episodes of “Lovecraft Country,” “The Crown,” “The Mandalorian,” “The Flight Attendant” and “Utopia” in the one-hour categories; “Emily in Paris,” “Space Force,” “What We Do in the Shadows,” “The Neighborhood” and “Will & Grace” in the half-hour categories; and “Fargo,” “Hollywood...
In the Adg’s fantasy-film category, which often supplies one or two Oscar nominees, the guild singled out “Birds of Prey,” “Pinocchio,” “Tenet,” “The Midnight Sky” and “Wonder Woman 1984.”
Nominees in the contemporary category, which last year included Oscar nominee “Parasite,” were “Da 5 Bloods,” “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” “Palm Springs,” “Promising Young Woman” and “The Prom.”
In the television categories, nominees included episodes of “Lovecraft Country,” “The Crown,” “The Mandalorian,” “The Flight Attendant” and “Utopia” in the one-hour categories; “Emily in Paris,” “Space Force,” “What We Do in the Shadows,” “The Neighborhood” and “Will & Grace” in the half-hour categories; and “Fargo,” “Hollywood...
- 2/25/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
“Mank, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Tenet” are among the top films recognized for excellence in production design in the 25th annual Art Directors Guild nominations.
On Thursday, the Adg announced nominations for this year’s awards show, which will be held April 10 in a virtual ceremony, breaking with tradition in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Mank,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Mulan” landed nominations in the Period Feature Film category, and “Birds of Prey,” “Pinocchio” and “Wonder Woman 1984” earned recognition in Fantasy Feature Film.
Missing out were Oscar contenders “Emma,” “The Personal History of David Copperfield” and “One Night in Miami.”
As previously announced, multiple award-winning writer-director-producer Ryan Murphy, whose film and television shows have consistently reflected the highest quality of production design, will receive the esteemed Cinematic Imagery Award.
See the full list of nominations for film and TV below.
Period Feature Film
“Mank” ( Donald Graham Burt...
On Thursday, the Adg announced nominations for this year’s awards show, which will be held April 10 in a virtual ceremony, breaking with tradition in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Mank,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Mulan” landed nominations in the Period Feature Film category, and “Birds of Prey,” “Pinocchio” and “Wonder Woman 1984” earned recognition in Fantasy Feature Film.
Missing out were Oscar contenders “Emma,” “The Personal History of David Copperfield” and “One Night in Miami.”
As previously announced, multiple award-winning writer-director-producer Ryan Murphy, whose film and television shows have consistently reflected the highest quality of production design, will receive the esteemed Cinematic Imagery Award.
See the full list of nominations for film and TV below.
Period Feature Film
“Mank” ( Donald Graham Burt...
- 2/25/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
“When I first read it, I was quite scared of it,” admits cinematographer Tobias Schliessler of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” The script was adapted from the play by late playwright August Wilson, and its stage origins meant that the majority of the story takes place within two rooms. Schliessler’s biggest challenge was discovering methods to make the cramped sets feel cinematic. As one of the final creatives to jump on board the project, he had just 13 days to find the right approach. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
See Viola Davis would make Oscar history with win for ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
It was director George C. Wolfe who helped the cinematographer find the filming dynamic for the small rehearsal room which served as the main set. George instructed him to “think of it as a boxing fight.” Each of the four band members would have a corner of...
See Viola Davis would make Oscar history with win for ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
It was director George C. Wolfe who helped the cinematographer find the filming dynamic for the small rehearsal room which served as the main set. George instructed him to “think of it as a boxing fight.” Each of the four band members would have a corner of...
- 2/18/2021
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
’Mank’ has 12 nominations, followed by ’Minari’ with 10.
David Fincher’s Mank leads this year’s Critics Choice Awards film nominations with 12 nods, including best picture, director, actor for Gary Oldman and supporting actress for Amanda Seyfried.
It is followed by Minari, which has 10 nominations including best picture, director for Lee Isaac Chung, actor for Steven Yuen and supporting actress for Yuh-jung Youn.
Netflix leads the way for distributors with 46 nominations in total, including a record-setting four best picture nods: Da 5 Bloods, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mank and The Trial of the Chicago 7.
The awards are presented by the Critics...
David Fincher’s Mank leads this year’s Critics Choice Awards film nominations with 12 nods, including best picture, director, actor for Gary Oldman and supporting actress for Amanda Seyfried.
It is followed by Minari, which has 10 nominations including best picture, director for Lee Isaac Chung, actor for Steven Yuen and supporting actress for Yuh-jung Youn.
Netflix leads the way for distributors with 46 nominations in total, including a record-setting four best picture nods: Da 5 Bloods, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mank and The Trial of the Chicago 7.
The awards are presented by the Critics...
- 2/8/2021
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Production designers Mark Ricker (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”), David Crank (“News of the World”) and Barry Robison (“One Night in Miami”), and set decorator Jan Pascale (“Mank”) worked on very different films, but the pictures have one thing in common: they’re period pieces, covering post-Civil War Texas, 1920s Chicago, 1940s Hollywood and 1964 Miami. And that was all music to their ears. Click on each name above to view each person’s individual interview.
“I love doing period. I love delving deep into whatever period I’m involved in for sure,” Robison shares during Gold Derby’s Meet the Btl Experts: Film Production Design panel (watch above). “I’m a reader and I love history. I just can’t get enough of it. … On ‘One Night in Miami,’ I went to Life magazines. That was super important, getting those Kodachrome and then going back and really delving into that. That was super important.
“I love doing period. I love delving deep into whatever period I’m involved in for sure,” Robison shares during Gold Derby’s Meet the Btl Experts: Film Production Design panel (watch above). “I’m a reader and I love history. I just can’t get enough of it. … On ‘One Night in Miami,’ I went to Life magazines. That was super important, getting those Kodachrome and then going back and really delving into that. That was super important.
- 1/29/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Production designer Mark Ricker joined George C. Wolfe‘s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” just seven weeks out from shooting, and to say he had to get acclimated fast would be an understatement. “I came on very quickly, I read it very quickly, I met George and headed to Pittsburgh and started the process of trying to figure it all out,” Ricker tells Gold Derby at our Meet the Btl Experts: Film Production Design panel (watch above). “They had hired a location manager, who had luckily done a little bit of preliminary scouting, so I was able to get on the phone with him quickly and look at some stuff. … There was a certain amount where I was going to be flying by the seat of my pants.”
Based on August Wilson‘s play of the same name, the film takes place over the course of one afternoon at a 1920s...
Based on August Wilson‘s play of the same name, the film takes place over the course of one afternoon at a 1920s...
- 1/29/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Four acclaimed film production designers will reveal details behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Oscar contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to be published on Monday, January 25, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Joyce Eng and a group chat with Joyce and all of them together.
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This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Oscar contenders:
“Mank” (Netflix): Jan Pascale
Pascale was an Oscar nominee for “Good Night, and Good Luck” and an Emmy winner for “Boston Public.
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This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Oscar contenders:
“Mank” (Netflix): Jan Pascale
Pascale was an Oscar nominee for “Good Night, and Good Luck” and an Emmy winner for “Boston Public.
- 1/18/2021
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
One of the most anticipated films of this awards season, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” emerges as one of the premier Oscar vehicles for Netflix. At its soulful core, the farewell performance of the late Chadwick Boseman is as invigorating as anticipated. His work as Levee may very well be his best and most spiritual gift to cinema. Boseman has a real opportunity to join a short list that includes Peter Finch and Heath Ledger, two posthumous Oscar nominees who won their respective categories.
Based on the August Wilson play, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” tells the story of the tension that builds between Ma Rainey, nicknamed the “Mother of Blues” (played by Viola Davis), her ambitious horn player Levee, and the white management determined to control her music in 1927 Chicago.
After it was reported that Boseman would be submitted in lead actor by Netflix, one of the questions bubbling has been,...
Based on the August Wilson play, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” tells the story of the tension that builds between Ma Rainey, nicknamed the “Mother of Blues” (played by Viola Davis), her ambitious horn player Levee, and the white management determined to control her music in 1927 Chicago.
After it was reported that Boseman would be submitted in lead actor by Netflix, one of the questions bubbling has been,...
- 11/15/2020
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
“Bombshell” is a fast-moving exploration of the oppressive atmosphere at Fox News in 2016, when Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman) and eventually, Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) brought down Roger Ailes. Considering more than 200 scenes were shot over 38 days, the film has an impressive runtime of 1:45. Director Jay Roach credits the work of his behind-the-camera colleagues for much of the speed and quality.
Barry Ackroyd, cinematographer
We shot almost every scene with two opposing cameras, sometimes three. Many DPs don’t like to shoot this way: They don’t want to light for multiple directions. Barry knows how to make it look great without ever compromising the lighting, and that’s tough. The actors are always on; they’re never off camera. Barry never wants a shot list. He doesn’t want to know where the actors will be; he wants to find and discover the moment. With the elevator scene, he...
Barry Ackroyd, cinematographer
We shot almost every scene with two opposing cameras, sometimes three. Many DPs don’t like to shoot this way: They don’t want to light for multiple directions. Barry knows how to make it look great without ever compromising the lighting, and that’s tough. The actors are always on; they’re never off camera. Barry never wants a shot list. He doesn’t want to know where the actors will be; he wants to find and discover the moment. With the elevator scene, he...
- 11/20/2019
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
At the 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, “Game of Thrones'” craft dominance was a testament to both its cultural impact and cumulative excellence. The HBO juggernaut grabbed 10 awards (out of 18 nominations) for its final season. The series won for casting, fantasy/sci-fi costumes, editing, main title design, music composition, makeup (non-prosthetic), sound editing, sound mixing, special visual effects, and stunt coordination — but significantly, the editing victory for “The Long Night” is the key predictor for next Monday’s outstanding drama Emmy win, since five of the last seven winners have gone on to take the big prize.
The series’ final season was capped by the extraordinary work of costume designer Michele Clapton and the VFX team led by supervisor Joe Bauer. Clapton earned her fifth Emmy, concluding with Sansa’s (Sophie Turner) wolfish coronation gown with metal bodice, wielding both power and respect. And the VFX dwarfed all previous annihilation...
The series’ final season was capped by the extraordinary work of costume designer Michele Clapton and the VFX team led by supervisor Joe Bauer. Clapton earned her fifth Emmy, concluding with Sansa’s (Sophie Turner) wolfish coronation gown with metal bodice, wielding both power and respect. And the VFX dwarfed all previous annihilation...
- 9/16/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
When “Escape at Dannemora” writers and creators Brett Johnson and Michael Tolkin first approached Ben Stiller about making a limited series about the 2015 headline-grabbing prison escape from the Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York, the director was unable to commit to the project.
“I ultimately said no because I didn’t have enough of a grasp on it from knowing what really happened,” said Stiller, when he was a guest on IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. That changed when the state’s Inspector General report came out a few months later, which the director saw as the exact source material he felt the project needed. “That was our way into it and I called them up and said if they still wanted a director, why don’t we approach it this way?”
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For Stiller, authenticity was vital to this project,...
“I ultimately said no because I didn’t have enough of a grasp on it from knowing what really happened,” said Stiller, when he was a guest on IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. That changed when the state’s Inspector General report came out a few months later, which the director saw as the exact source material he felt the project needed. “That was our way into it and I called them up and said if they still wanted a director, why don’t we approach it this way?”
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For Stiller, authenticity was vital to this project,...
- 8/29/2019
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
When Ben Stiller agreed to direct all eight hours of the true prison escape saga “Escape at Dannemora” (Showtime), he had no idea what he was in for. The director of six movies had never helmed a mini-series or series, except for his sketch comedy “The Ben Stiller Show” in the early ’90s; he had directed one pilot (Fox’s “Heat Vision and Jack”). “It was new territory for me,” he said on the phone. “I didn’t know what it would involve.”
When Stiller read the scripts brought to him by showrunners Michael Tolkin and Brett Johnson (“Ray Donovan”), he knew the story had been fictionalized. “I didn’t know enough about what actually happened,” he said. “I read the Inspector General’s 160-page report and decided to start from scratch. They were my partners throughout. We’d block out what the episodes would be, but they’d have to sit down and write.
When Stiller read the scripts brought to him by showrunners Michael Tolkin and Brett Johnson (“Ray Donovan”), he knew the story had been fictionalized. “I didn’t know enough about what actually happened,” he said. “I read the Inspector General’s 160-page report and decided to start from scratch. They were my partners throughout. We’d block out what the episodes would be, but they’d have to sit down and write.
- 8/20/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
When Ben Stiller agreed to direct all eight hours of the true prison escape saga “Escape at Dannemora” (Showtime), he had no idea what he was in for. The director of six movies had never helmed a mini-series or series, except for his sketch comedy “The Ben Stiller Show” in the early ’90s; he had directed one pilot (Fox’s “Heat Vision and Jack”). “It was new territory for me,” he said on the phone. “I didn’t know what it would involve.”
When Stiller read the scripts brought to him by showrunners Michael Tolkin and Brett Johnson (“Ray Donovan”), he knew the story had been fictionalized. “I didn’t know enough about what actually happened,” he said. “I read the Inspector General’s 160-page report and decided to start from scratch. They were my partners throughout. We’d block out what the episodes would be, but they’d have to sit down and write.
When Stiller read the scripts brought to him by showrunners Michael Tolkin and Brett Johnson (“Ray Donovan”), he knew the story had been fictionalized. “I didn’t know enough about what actually happened,” he said. “I read the Inspector General’s 160-page report and decided to start from scratch. They were my partners throughout. We’d block out what the episodes would be, but they’d have to sit down and write.
- 8/20/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
When Ben Stiller set out to direct his first dramatic series with Escape at Dannemora, he was intent on telling an unbelievable true story with as much authenticity as possible, capturing every minor detail of life within New York’s Clinton Correctional Facility, while diving deep into the psychology of the men who escaped it only four short years ago.
At Stiller’s right hand throughout a long and laborious shoot was production designer Mark Ricker, who was instrumental in bringing the series to fruition, and returns to the Emmys race this year in his second go-round.
Excited by the material and the prospect of working on his first “water cooler limited series,” Ricker had plenty of resources to turn to, in his recreation of Clinton Correctional. Combing through the New York State inspector general’s 150-page report on the escape, Ricker also examined the handful of photos of the...
At Stiller’s right hand throughout a long and laborious shoot was production designer Mark Ricker, who was instrumental in bringing the series to fruition, and returns to the Emmys race this year in his second go-round.
Excited by the material and the prospect of working on his first “water cooler limited series,” Ricker had plenty of resources to turn to, in his recreation of Clinton Correctional. Combing through the New York State inspector general’s 150-page report on the escape, Ricker also examined the handful of photos of the...
- 8/7/2019
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Over recent months, Gold Derby has hosted fascinating interviews with 194 of this year’s Emmy Awards contenders. And now with Tuesday’s announcement of 2019 nominations, we’re proud that 65 of these people are now officially nominees. Visit our Emmy Awards nominees video folder to watch these exclusive 15-20 minute chats.
And be watching over the next month as we add many more nominee interviews. Several are already being scheduled.
SEE2019 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 71st Emmy Awards
Here is the full list of 65 nominee interviews you can now watch:
The Act — Joey King (actress)
The Amazing Race — Phil Keoghan (producer)
Barry — Anthony Carrigan (actor)
Beto Breaks The Internet — Jimmy Fallon (actor)
Better Call Saul — Giancarlo Esposito (actor), Bob Odenkirk
The Big Bang Theory — Mark Cendrowski (director)
Black-ish — Michelle Cole (costume designer)
Bodyguard — Jed Mercurio (producer)
Broad City — Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson (actresses)
Chernobyl — Jared Harris...
And be watching over the next month as we add many more nominee interviews. Several are already being scheduled.
SEE2019 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 71st Emmy Awards
Here is the full list of 65 nominee interviews you can now watch:
The Act — Joey King (actress)
The Amazing Race — Phil Keoghan (producer)
Barry — Anthony Carrigan (actor)
Beto Breaks The Internet — Jimmy Fallon (actor)
Better Call Saul — Giancarlo Esposito (actor), Bob Odenkirk
The Big Bang Theory — Mark Cendrowski (director)
Black-ish — Michelle Cole (costume designer)
Bodyguard — Jed Mercurio (producer)
Broad City — Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson (actresses)
Chernobyl — Jared Harris...
- 7/18/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Eric Lange is the breakout actor from Showtime’s buzzy limited series “Escape at Dannemora,” which was directed by Ben Stiller and stars Patricia Arquette, Benicio del Toro and Paul Dano. Lange plays Lyle, husband to Arquette’s character.
Lange recently spoke with Gold Derby contributing editor Riley Chow about what he did to get the part of Lyle, his reaction to getting nominated at the Critics’ Choice Awards and what’s coming up next in his career. Watch the exclusive video interview and read the complete transcript below.
SEEEmmy spotlight: Ben Stiller (‘Escape at Dannemora’) crafts engaging, visually arresting thriller as director of entire limited series
Gold Derby: Eric, you put on 40 pounds for the role. Is gaining weight for a role something you had done before?
Eric Lange: No, not that I wouldn’t have if somebody offered me the opportunity because it feels like something that would...
Lange recently spoke with Gold Derby contributing editor Riley Chow about what he did to get the part of Lyle, his reaction to getting nominated at the Critics’ Choice Awards and what’s coming up next in his career. Watch the exclusive video interview and read the complete transcript below.
SEEEmmy spotlight: Ben Stiller (‘Escape at Dannemora’) crafts engaging, visually arresting thriller as director of entire limited series
Gold Derby: Eric, you put on 40 pounds for the role. Is gaining weight for a role something you had done before?
Eric Lange: No, not that I wouldn’t have if somebody offered me the opportunity because it feels like something that would...
- 7/5/2019
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
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