Exclusive: Hugo Weaving is leading Australian streamer Binge’s first original film, How to Make Gravy.
The Lord of the Rings and The Matrix star will lead an ensemble cast alongside side Daniel Henshall in the feature.
Brenton Thwaites (Titans, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), Damon Herriman (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Mr Inbetween), Kate Mulvany (The Twelve, Hunters) and French actress Agathe Rouselle (Titane) in her debut English-language performance will also star, with more cast members to be announced. The film will also feature cameo performances from Australian musicians, including Adam Briggs and rising rap talent Dallas Woods.
How to Make Gravy is based on Paul Kelly’s iconic Australian song that tells the story of an inmate writing a letter home as his family prepares to celebrate their first Christmas without him. The 1996 song has such a place in Australian hearts that Gravy Day,...
The Lord of the Rings and The Matrix star will lead an ensemble cast alongside side Daniel Henshall in the feature.
Brenton Thwaites (Titans, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), Damon Herriman (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Mr Inbetween), Kate Mulvany (The Twelve, Hunters) and French actress Agathe Rouselle (Titane) in her debut English-language performance will also star, with more cast members to be announced. The film will also feature cameo performances from Australian musicians, including Adam Briggs and rising rap talent Dallas Woods.
How to Make Gravy is based on Paul Kelly’s iconic Australian song that tells the story of an inmate writing a letter home as his family prepares to celebrate their first Christmas without him. The 1996 song has such a place in Australian hearts that Gravy Day,...
- 10/26/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Baz Luhrmann (Elvis) revisits his Australia feature film and transforms the nearly three-hour epic into the six-episode series Faraway Downs. The limited series will include an hour of footage that didn’t make the film’s final cut, as well as a different ending.
“I got the idea and started to relook at the footage and realized I’ve shot enough to do it as episodic storytelling through a revisiting of the piece, not necessarily as a better film than Australia, but a different variation on the themes,” explained Luhrmann in an interview with TheWrap. “I was able to use the strengths of episodic storytelling to breathe those things out and explore them in a stronger way.”
The feature film, and now the Hulu limited series it spawned, stars Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Bryan Brown, Brandon Walters, and Ben Mendelsohn. 2008’s Australia, which currently sits at 54% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes,...
“I got the idea and started to relook at the footage and realized I’ve shot enough to do it as episodic storytelling through a revisiting of the piece, not necessarily as a better film than Australia, but a different variation on the themes,” explained Luhrmann in an interview with TheWrap. “I was able to use the strengths of episodic storytelling to breathe those things out and explore them in a stronger way.”
The feature film, and now the Hulu limited series it spawned, stars Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Bryan Brown, Brandon Walters, and Ben Mendelsohn. 2008’s Australia, which currently sits at 54% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes,...
- 10/19/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Baz Luhrmann is returning to the Outback (and the cutting room floor) for limited series “Faraway Downs.”
The auteur recut 2008 epic “Australia” into a six-part Hulu limited series. The show follows an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) and a rough-hewn cattle drover (Hugh Jackman) who join forces to protect the million-acre cattle ranch of her late husband.
The official synopsis reads: Lady Sarah Ashley (Kidman) travels halfway across the world to confront her wayward husband and sell an unusual asset: a million-acre cattle ranch in the Australian Outback called Faraway Downs. Following the death of her husband, a ruthless Australian cattle baron, King Carney (Bryan Brown), plots to take her land and she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle drover (Jackman) to protect her ranch. The sweeping adventure romance is explored through the eyes of young Nullah (Brandon Walters), a biracial Indigenous Australian child caught up in the government’s...
The auteur recut 2008 epic “Australia” into a six-part Hulu limited series. The show follows an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) and a rough-hewn cattle drover (Hugh Jackman) who join forces to protect the million-acre cattle ranch of her late husband.
The official synopsis reads: Lady Sarah Ashley (Kidman) travels halfway across the world to confront her wayward husband and sell an unusual asset: a million-acre cattle ranch in the Australian Outback called Faraway Downs. Following the death of her husband, a ruthless Australian cattle baron, King Carney (Bryan Brown), plots to take her land and she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle drover (Jackman) to protect her ranch. The sweeping adventure romance is explored through the eyes of young Nullah (Brandon Walters), a biracial Indigenous Australian child caught up in the government’s...
- 10/19/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Hulu has unveiled the official trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s Faraway Downs TV series starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, ahead of its November 26 launch.
The story centers on an English aristocrat, Lady Sarah Ashley (Kidman) who travels halfway across the world to confront her wayward husband and sell an unusual asset: a million-acre cattle ranch in the Australian Outback called Faraway Downs. Following the death of her husband, a ruthless Australian cattle baron, King Carney (Bryan Brown), plots to take her land and she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle drover (Jackman) to protect her ranch. The sweeping adventure romance is explored through the eyes of young Nullah (Brandon Walters), a bi-racial Indigenous Australian child caught up in the government’s draconian racial policy now referred to as the “Stolen Generations.”
Luhrmann also directed Oscar-nominated 2008 movie Australia and he returns for the Hulu series, which debuts in two...
The story centers on an English aristocrat, Lady Sarah Ashley (Kidman) who travels halfway across the world to confront her wayward husband and sell an unusual asset: a million-acre cattle ranch in the Australian Outback called Faraway Downs. Following the death of her husband, a ruthless Australian cattle baron, King Carney (Bryan Brown), plots to take her land and she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle drover (Jackman) to protect her ranch. The sweeping adventure romance is explored through the eyes of young Nullah (Brandon Walters), a bi-racial Indigenous Australian child caught up in the government’s draconian racial policy now referred to as the “Stolen Generations.”
Luhrmann also directed Oscar-nominated 2008 movie Australia and he returns for the Hulu series, which debuts in two...
- 10/19/2023
- by Jesse Whittock and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Baz Luhrmann is looking at the benefits of streaming content.
The “Elvis” director recut his 2008 epic “Australia” for a Hulu limited series titled “Faraway Downs.” The film followed an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) who inherits a cattle range run by a cattle drover (Hugh Jackman). The limited series will have a new ending and a new soundtrack; “Australia” originally shot three endings, with only one making it into the theatrical release.
“I was inspired to re-approach my film ‘Australia’ to create ‘Faraway Downs’ because of the way episodic storytelling has been reinvigorated by the streaming world,” Luhrmann said in a press statement. “With over two million feet of film from the original piece, my team and I were able to revisit anew the central themes of the work.”
Six-episode limited series “Faraway Downs” will premiere at the closing night of the inaugural SXSW Sydney Screen Festival October 21, with Luhrmann in attendance.
The “Elvis” director recut his 2008 epic “Australia” for a Hulu limited series titled “Faraway Downs.” The film followed an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) who inherits a cattle range run by a cattle drover (Hugh Jackman). The limited series will have a new ending and a new soundtrack; “Australia” originally shot three endings, with only one making it into the theatrical release.
“I was inspired to re-approach my film ‘Australia’ to create ‘Faraway Downs’ because of the way episodic storytelling has been reinvigorated by the streaming world,” Luhrmann said in a press statement. “With over two million feet of film from the original piece, my team and I were able to revisit anew the central themes of the work.”
Six-episode limited series “Faraway Downs” will premiere at the closing night of the inaugural SXSW Sydney Screen Festival October 21, with Luhrmann in attendance.
- 10/10/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Baz Luhrmann’s Faraway Downs, a six part series that extends his 2008 epic Australia, will close the inaugural SXSW Sydney Screen Festival on Oct. 21 with a world premiere.
The Elvis filmmaker will be on hand to present the limited series told in six chapters and starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Bryan Brown, Brandon Walters and Ben Mendelsohn. The SXSW festival bow will be followed by Faraway Downs launching simultaneously on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and on Disney+ in all other territories on Nov. 26, 2023.
Faraway Downs, with 20th Television as the studio, will expand on Australia, which starred Kidman and Jackman, using original footage and a new ending and updated soundtrack. When Australia first premiered in 2008, Luhrmann said he had filmed three endings. The theatrical cut of Australia has a running time of two hours, 45 minutes. There’s no word on how long the full six-episode series will run.
The Elvis filmmaker will be on hand to present the limited series told in six chapters and starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Bryan Brown, Brandon Walters and Ben Mendelsohn. The SXSW festival bow will be followed by Faraway Downs launching simultaneously on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and on Disney+ in all other territories on Nov. 26, 2023.
Faraway Downs, with 20th Television as the studio, will expand on Australia, which starred Kidman and Jackman, using original footage and a new ending and updated soundtrack. When Australia first premiered in 2008, Luhrmann said he had filmed three endings. The theatrical cut of Australia has a running time of two hours, 45 minutes. There’s no word on how long the full six-episode series will run.
- 10/9/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fremantle, Warner Bros, Universal and Film i Väst are among the companies shortlisted.
Screen International can unveil the shortlist for the inaugural Global Production Awards which celebrates outstanding and sustainable work in the world of film and TV production, locations and studios.
The awards recognise organisations and companies working in the film and TV industry including studios, production companies, film commissions, location, suppliers and manufacturers and any services involved in film and TV production.
Among the companies shortlisted are Fremantle, Film i Väst, Warner Bros, Universal and See-Saw Films.
Scroll down for the full shortlist
The winners will be announced...
Screen International can unveil the shortlist for the inaugural Global Production Awards which celebrates outstanding and sustainable work in the world of film and TV production, locations and studios.
The awards recognise organisations and companies working in the film and TV industry including studios, production companies, film commissions, location, suppliers and manufacturers and any services involved in film and TV production.
Among the companies shortlisted are Fremantle, Film i Väst, Warner Bros, Universal and See-Saw Films.
Scroll down for the full shortlist
The winners will be announced...
- 4/12/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
The entry deadline closes on Monday March 27.
The entry deadline for Screen International’s inaugural Global Production Awards closes Today March 27.
Applications are open to all organisations and companies working in the film and TV industry including studios, production companies, film commissions, location, suppliers and manufacturers and any services involved in film and TV production.
Enter here
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at the Cannes film festival in May 2023.
For more information including the complete list of categories, please visit the Global Production Awards website.
Jay Roewe, senior vice president at HBO, has also joined the expert judging panel.
The entry deadline for Screen International’s inaugural Global Production Awards closes Today March 27.
Applications are open to all organisations and companies working in the film and TV industry including studios, production companies, film commissions, location, suppliers and manufacturers and any services involved in film and TV production.
Enter here
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at the Cannes film festival in May 2023.
For more information including the complete list of categories, please visit the Global Production Awards website.
Jay Roewe, senior vice president at HBO, has also joined the expert judging panel.
- 3/27/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Everything Everywhere All at Once was named best picture at the 95th annual Academy Awards, which were handed out Sunday night.
Everything Everywhere also collected three acting awards, best leading actress for Michelle Yeoh, best supporting actor for Ke Huy Quan and best supporting actress for Jamie Lee Curtis. The film also won the best original screenplay Oscar and the best director trophy for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert — aka Daniels — as well as best film editing for Paul Rogers. Heading into the show, Everything Everywhere led the nominees for the 2023 Oscars, with a total of 11, winning seven.
Elsewhere, Brendan Fraser was named best actor in a leading role for The Whale. German film All Quiet on the Western Front also scooped up four awards, including Oscars for best original score, production design, cinematography and international feature. Avatar: The Way of Water won best visual effects, while Top Gun: Maverick won the sound Oscar.
Everything Everywhere also collected three acting awards, best leading actress for Michelle Yeoh, best supporting actor for Ke Huy Quan and best supporting actress for Jamie Lee Curtis. The film also won the best original screenplay Oscar and the best director trophy for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert — aka Daniels — as well as best film editing for Paul Rogers. Heading into the show, Everything Everywhere led the nominees for the 2023 Oscars, with a total of 11, winning seven.
Elsewhere, Brendan Fraser was named best actor in a leading role for The Whale. German film All Quiet on the Western Front also scooped up four awards, including Oscars for best original score, production design, cinematography and international feature. Avatar: The Way of Water won best visual effects, while Top Gun: Maverick won the sound Oscar.
- 3/13/2023
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscars 2023In a big moment for India, Naatu Naatu from Rrr won the award for best original song, and The Elephant Whisperers directed by Kartiki Gonsalves won the best documentary short award.Twitter/RRRMovieThe 95th Academy Awards ceremony was held on Sunday, March 12, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Television host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel hosted the ceremony for the third time. Naatu Naatu from Rrr won the award for best original song. The Elephant Whisperers, directed by Kartiki Gonsalves and co-produced by Guneet Monga, won the best documentary short award. Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes, a film about two brothers in Delhi who care for injured black kites, was nominated for best documentary feature but lost to Navalny. Here’s the full list of Oscar nominees and winners: Best Picture Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, producers - Winner All Quiet on the Western Front...
- 3/13/2023
- by AzeefaF
- The News Minute
The 95th Annual Academy Awards were presented on Sunday night, March 12, during a ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel that aired live on ABC at 8:00pm Eastern/5:00pm Pacific. So who were the big winners? Scroll down for the complete list of champs in all 23 categories, updated throughout the night.
SEEOscar nominee profile: The Daniels (‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’) would be 3rd duo to win for directing
The outlandish sci-fi family film “Everything Everywhere All at Once” entered these awards with the most nominations. It picked up 11 bids including Best Picture, Best Director (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), and Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh). And it has been a good season for the film overall. Though it lost the Golden Globe for Best Film Comedy/Musical to fellow Oscar nominee “The Banshees of Inisherin,” it then went on a (mostly) uninterrupted winning streak. It took the Critics Choice Award...
SEEOscar nominee profile: The Daniels (‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’) would be 3rd duo to win for directing
The outlandish sci-fi family film “Everything Everywhere All at Once” entered these awards with the most nominations. It picked up 11 bids including Best Picture, Best Director (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), and Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh). And it has been a good season for the film overall. Though it lost the Golden Globe for Best Film Comedy/Musical to fellow Oscar nominee “The Banshees of Inisherin,” it then went on a (mostly) uninterrupted winning streak. It took the Critics Choice Award...
- 3/13/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Our forum posters, many of whom are Hollywood insiders shielded by clever screen names, didn’t waste any time voicing their opinions regarding the 2023 Oscar winners. As the awards were handed out during the March 12 ceremony, they celebrated the success of their favorite films while lamenting several painful losses.
As has been true over 94 years of Academy Awards history, it would have been impossible to please everybody this time. Below is just a sampling of the brutally honest comments of our sassy forum posters concerning the 2023 Oscar winners. Take a read and then jump in here if you’re brave enough.
Best Picture
“All Quiet on the Western Front” – Malte Grunert, producer
“Avatar: The Way of Water” – James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers
“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, and Martin McDonagh, producers
“Elvis” – Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick, and Schuyler Weiss, producers
X – “Everything Everywhere All at Once...
As has been true over 94 years of Academy Awards history, it would have been impossible to please everybody this time. Below is just a sampling of the brutally honest comments of our sassy forum posters concerning the 2023 Oscar winners. Take a read and then jump in here if you’re brave enough.
Best Picture
“All Quiet on the Western Front” – Malte Grunert, producer
“Avatar: The Way of Water” – James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers
“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, and Martin McDonagh, producers
“Elvis” – Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick, and Schuyler Weiss, producers
X – “Everything Everywhere All at Once...
- 3/13/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
It turned out that “Everything Everywhere All at Once” was pretty much everything to every Oscar voter. Of its 11 nominations, it won seven, including the big one: Best Picture. The last Best Picture winner to win that many statuettes was “Gravity” in 2014.
“Eeaao” started off strong when Ke Huy Quan won Best Supporting Actor. Then Jamie Lee Curtis nabbed Best Supporting Actress and, later in the evening, the Daniels took home Best Original Screenplay. By the time it won Film Editing, the seemingly unstoppable breakout hit‘s momentum was undeniable. It then went on to triumph in Best Director, Best Actress and finally, Best Picture.
Much of the evening went according to Steve Pond‘s predictions in his final analysis of the race. “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” won Best Animated Feature, the first award of the night, and “Navalny” won Best Documentary. During his acceptance speech, “Navalny” director Daniel Roher...
“Eeaao” started off strong when Ke Huy Quan won Best Supporting Actor. Then Jamie Lee Curtis nabbed Best Supporting Actress and, later in the evening, the Daniels took home Best Original Screenplay. By the time it won Film Editing, the seemingly unstoppable breakout hit‘s momentum was undeniable. It then went on to triumph in Best Director, Best Actress and finally, Best Picture.
Much of the evening went according to Steve Pond‘s predictions in his final analysis of the race. “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” won Best Animated Feature, the first award of the night, and “Navalny” won Best Documentary. During his acceptance speech, “Navalny” director Daniel Roher...
- 3/12/2023
- by Missy Schwartz
- The Wrap
Michelle Yeoh Photo Credit: Courtesy of A24
The 2023 Oscars will be handed out on March 12, 2023, honoring Hollywood’s picks for the best films of the past year with all the glitz and glam we expect. In keeping with another annual tradition, that of trying to predict the Oscar winners, here are our predictions for what/who will win, should win, and for some categories, who/what should have been nominated but was not. Rather than cover all categories, these predictions will focus on just some top ones.
Best Picture – 301 features were eligible for Academy Awards.
The nominees are:
All Quiet On The Western Front, Malte Grunert, Producer
Avatar: The Way Of Water, James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
The Banshees Of Inisherin, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers
Elvis, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, Producers
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Daniel Kwan,...
The 2023 Oscars will be handed out on March 12, 2023, honoring Hollywood’s picks for the best films of the past year with all the glitz and glam we expect. In keeping with another annual tradition, that of trying to predict the Oscar winners, here are our predictions for what/who will win, should win, and for some categories, who/what should have been nominated but was not. Rather than cover all categories, these predictions will focus on just some top ones.
Best Picture – 301 features were eligible for Academy Awards.
The nominees are:
All Quiet On The Western Front, Malte Grunert, Producer
Avatar: The Way Of Water, James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
The Banshees Of Inisherin, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers
Elvis, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, Producers
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Daniel Kwan,...
- 3/11/2023
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit.
The votes are in. The ballots are being counted. The clock is ticking toward Oscar Sunday (which also is the day the clock ticks ahead as daylight-saving time begins). This also means the party circuit is in full bloom, and if you wondered if anyone was still worried about Covid, as has been the case for the past two Oscar seasons due to the pandemic, well, think again. As evidence, the two celebrations I hit on Thursday night — one for the Australian Oscar nominees, the other for Irish nominees – were packed to the max, barely a mask in sight. And if anyone was worried, it seems they have decided to party hearty instead, at least until the hangover following this six-month awards season finally takes hold Monday morning.
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The votes are in. The ballots are being counted. The clock is ticking toward Oscar Sunday (which also is the day the clock ticks ahead as daylight-saving time begins). This also means the party circuit is in full bloom, and if you wondered if anyone was still worried about Covid, as has been the case for the past two Oscar seasons due to the pandemic, well, think again. As evidence, the two celebrations I hit on Thursday night — one for the Australian Oscar nominees, the other for Irish nominees – were packed to the max, barely a mask in sight. And if anyone was worried, it seems they have decided to party hearty instead, at least until the hangover following this six-month awards season finally takes hold Monday morning.
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- 3/11/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Cate Blanchett wore gold sequins and “Elvis” filmmaker Baz Luhrmann directed a group photo shoot at the Australian Oscars Nominees Reception held Thursday night in Hollywood at the Chateau Marmont penthouse.
The guest list also included Oscar nominees from “Elvis,” including Luhrmann, Dp Mandy Walker, costume designer Catherine Martin and producers Gail Berman, Schuyler Weiss and Patrick McCormick. Also joining in the festivities was filmmaker Lachlan Pendragon, director of “An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It,” which is nominated for best animated short film. The event was hosted by Australian Consul-General Los Angeles Ambassador Jane Duke, Ausfilm, Screen Australia and Australians in Film (AiF)
Duke said the event is “a great opportunity to support and celebrate the Australian screen community’s creative brilliance and success, which has been recognized over many decades.”
She continued, “This year’s Academy Awards is no exception, with...
The guest list also included Oscar nominees from “Elvis,” including Luhrmann, Dp Mandy Walker, costume designer Catherine Martin and producers Gail Berman, Schuyler Weiss and Patrick McCormick. Also joining in the festivities was filmmaker Lachlan Pendragon, director of “An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It,” which is nominated for best animated short film. The event was hosted by Australian Consul-General Los Angeles Ambassador Jane Duke, Ausfilm, Screen Australia and Australians in Film (AiF)
Duke said the event is “a great opportunity to support and celebrate the Australian screen community’s creative brilliance and success, which has been recognized over many decades.”
She continued, “This year’s Academy Awards is no exception, with...
- 3/11/2023
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
Baz Luhrmann says it would be “an amazing historical moment” if Elvis cinematographer Mandy Walker were to triumph at Sunday’s Academy Awards. To quote Lizzo, “It’s been too long,” the filmmaker tells me last night at the Australian Oscar nominees soirée held in the Chateau Marmont’s penthouse suite.
The Elvis director reasons that a woman hasn’t won an Oscar for best cinematographer thus far because “the camera unit is just the last bastion of blokeyness and probably comes down to who do you want to have a beer with.”
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That’s grossly unfair, he says. ”It can be a bit laddish and a bit cowboy.
The Elvis director reasons that a woman hasn’t won an Oscar for best cinematographer thus far because “the camera unit is just the last bastion of blokeyness and probably comes down to who do you want to have a beer with.”
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That’s grossly unfair, he says. ”It can be a bit laddish and a bit cowboy.
- 3/10/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
After a second consecutive awards season up-ended by the pandemic, the 2023 Oscars should see a return to relative normalcy. The 95th Academy Awards is set for March 12, 2023 in its traditional home, the Dolby Theater. Films released theatrically from January 1 to December 31 of 2022 are eligible for consideration. Scroll down for the 2023 Oscars Best Picture predictions.
Some of the early Oscar hopefuls were launched at Sundance in January and Cannes in May. Four more film festivals — Telluride Venice, Toronto and New York — will showcase more movies. Others will forego the festival circuit entirely.
To make our 2023 Oscar predictions for Best Picture, we consider many factors: the pedigree of the filmmakers, the critical reception to their previous films, the box office tally and the track record of the studios.
Updated: March 10, 2023
X – “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Malte Grunert,...
Some of the early Oscar hopefuls were launched at Sundance in January and Cannes in May. Four more film festivals — Telluride Venice, Toronto and New York — will showcase more movies. Others will forego the festival circuit entirely.
To make our 2023 Oscar predictions for Best Picture, we consider many factors: the pedigree of the filmmakers, the critical reception to their previous films, the box office tally and the track record of the studios.
Updated: March 10, 2023
X – “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Malte Grunert,...
- 3/10/2023
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The awards aim to celebrate outstanding and sustainable work in the world of film and TV production, locations and studios.
Leading figures in the TV and film world have joined the judging panel for Screen International’s inaugural Global Production Awards taking place at the Cannes Film Festival in May this year.
Judges so far announced include Elvis producer Schuyler Weiss, president of production and development at Bazmark; Amazon Studios’ head of worldwide production and post-production, Tim Clawson; producer and former Sundance executive Bird Runningwater; and the Association of Film Commissioners International’s (Afci) executive director, Jaclyn Philpott.
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Leading figures in the TV and film world have joined the judging panel for Screen International’s inaugural Global Production Awards taking place at the Cannes Film Festival in May this year.
Judges so far announced include Elvis producer Schuyler Weiss, president of production and development at Bazmark; Amazon Studios’ head of worldwide production and post-production, Tim Clawson; producer and former Sundance executive Bird Runningwater; and the Association of Film Commissioners International’s (Afci) executive director, Jaclyn Philpott.
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- 3/8/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
After a storied career spanning decades and industries, producer Gail Berman is in no need of further accolades for her résumé. She has produced theater (including the original Tony-nominated staging of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 1982), television (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Netflix’s recent hit Wednesday) and animated films (The Addams Family). She’s served as president of Paramount Pictures and the Producers Guild of America. But, surprisingly, Elvis is her first foray into live-action feature film, and it also happens to be responsible for her first-ever Oscar nomination.
The road to bringing Presley’s story to life was not an easy one — Covid shut down production, with star Tom Hanks being among the first celebrities to contract the novel coronavirus in 2020. Finding an actor to take on the iconic role of Elvis Presley also proved tricky. But in the end, Austin Butler carried the film...
The road to bringing Presley’s story to life was not an easy one — Covid shut down production, with star Tom Hanks being among the first celebrities to contract the novel coronavirus in 2020. Finding an actor to take on the iconic role of Elvis Presley also proved tricky. But in the end, Austin Butler carried the film...
- 3/5/2023
- by Hilton Dresden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Please Note: This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards, Scott Feinberg, reflects Feinberg’s best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these standings by drawing upon consultations with voters and industry insiders, analysis of marketing and awards campaigns, results of awards ceremonies that precede the Oscars and the history of the Oscars ceremony itself.
Best Picture
Projected Order of Finish
1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert & Jonathan Wang)
2. All Quiet on the Western Front (Malte Grunert)
3. Top Gun: Maverick (Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, David Ellison & Christopher McQuarrie) — podcast (Bruckheimer)
4. Tár (Todd Field, Scott Lambert & Alexandra Milchan)
5. The Banshees of Inisherin (Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin & Martin McDonagh) — podcast posting soon (McDonagh)
6. Elvis (Gail Berman, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Pamela McCormick & Schuyler Weiss)
7. The Fabelmans (Kristie Macosko Krieger, Tony Kushner...
Best Picture
Projected Order of Finish
1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert & Jonathan Wang)
2. All Quiet on the Western Front (Malte Grunert)
3. Top Gun: Maverick (Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, David Ellison & Christopher McQuarrie) — podcast (Bruckheimer)
4. Tár (Todd Field, Scott Lambert & Alexandra Milchan)
5. The Banshees of Inisherin (Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin & Martin McDonagh) — podcast posting soon (McDonagh)
6. Elvis (Gail Berman, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Pamela McCormick & Schuyler Weiss)
7. The Fabelmans (Kristie Macosko Krieger, Tony Kushner...
- 3/4/2023
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Although legendary musician Elvis Presley has been portrayed on screen numerous times in the 45 years since his death, his full life story had never been given the theatrical film treatment until the recent release of Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis.” This artistically bold yet intimately honest depiction of the rock and roll icon’s ever-evolving relationship with his fame is now nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Following the losses of films such as “Ray” (about Ray Charles) and “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Freddie Mercury), it would make history as the first singer biopic to conquer the top Oscar category.
SEE5 reasons why Austin Butler (‘Elvis’) will win the Best Actor Oscar
Starring Golden Globe and BAFTA Award winner Austin Butler as the titular recording artist, “Elvis” covers the entire quarter century of its subject’s career, according to the recollections of his shifty manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks). As...
SEE5 reasons why Austin Butler (‘Elvis’) will win the Best Actor Oscar
Starring Golden Globe and BAFTA Award winner Austin Butler as the titular recording artist, “Elvis” covers the entire quarter century of its subject’s career, according to the recollections of his shifty manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks). As...
- 3/3/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
From the most commercial movies to the artiest of arthouse fare, all of the year’s best picture Oscar nominees have one thing in common: themes of power struggles and an anti-authoritarian streak. This reporter spoke with the filmmakers behind “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Elvis,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “The Fabelmans,” “Tár,” “Triangle of Sadness” and “Women Talking” about how they explored these topics and why they’re so relevant today.
“Our world is at an inflection point where we’re questioning hierarchical power,” says “Tár” writer-director Todd Field. “There’s a reason we’re seeing movements against authority and people that have held power: for a long time, no one questioned it.”
“Women Talking” producer Dede Gardner feels that “reckoning with authoritarian thinking, power structures and behavior systems is the issue of our day. I think it...
“Our world is at an inflection point where we’re questioning hierarchical power,” says “Tár” writer-director Todd Field. “There’s a reason we’re seeing movements against authority and people that have held power: for a long time, no one questioned it.”
“Women Talking” producer Dede Gardner feels that “reckoning with authoritarian thinking, power structures and behavior systems is the issue of our day. I think it...
- 3/1/2023
- by Gregg Goldstein
- Variety Film + TV
When one thinks of women and Elvis Presley, it’s either his widow Priscilla, his late daughter Lisa Marie, or the legion of ladies left weak in the knee when the badass kid from Tupelo, Mississippi began shaking that moneymaker. In the case of the eight-time Oscar-nominated film Elvis, the front men are writer/director Baz Luhrmann, Austin Butler and Tom Hanks. Behind the camera, the film was entirely made possible by a chorus of women, many of whom are nominated. They include Luhrmann’s partner Catherine Martin, who’s up for the Production Design Oscar with cohorts Beverley Dunne and Karen Murphy; Mandy Walker, for Cinematography; Gail Berman for Best Picture with Martin, Luhrmann, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss; and Martin again for Costume Design.
Here, Berman, Martin and Walker discuss their passion for Elvis.
Deadline: Since the main characters are Austin Butler’s Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks...
Here, Berman, Martin and Walker discuss their passion for Elvis.
Deadline: Since the main characters are Austin Butler’s Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks...
- 2/28/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Please Note: This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards, Scott Feinberg, reflects Feinberg’s best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these standings by drawing upon consultations with voters and industry insiders, analysis of marketing and awards campaigns, results of awards ceremonies that precede the Oscars and the history of the Oscars ceremony itself.
*Best Picture*
Projected Order of Finish
1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert & Jonathan Wang)
2. Top Gun: Maverick (Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, David Ellison & Christopher McQuarrie) — podcast (Bruckheimer)
3. All Quiet on the Western Front (Malte Grunert)
4. The Fabelmans (Kristie Macosko Krieger, Tony Kushner & Steven Spielberg) — podcast (Spielberg)
5. The Banshees of Inisherin (Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin & Martin McDonagh)
6. Tár (Todd Field, Scott Lambert & Alexandra Milchan)
7. Elvis (Gail Berman, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Pamela McCormick & Schuyler Weiss...
*Best Picture*
Projected Order of Finish
1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert & Jonathan Wang)
2. Top Gun: Maverick (Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, David Ellison & Christopher McQuarrie) — podcast (Bruckheimer)
3. All Quiet on the Western Front (Malte Grunert)
4. The Fabelmans (Kristie Macosko Krieger, Tony Kushner & Steven Spielberg) — podcast (Spielberg)
5. The Banshees of Inisherin (Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin & Martin McDonagh)
6. Tár (Todd Field, Scott Lambert & Alexandra Milchan)
7. Elvis (Gail Berman, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Pamela McCormick & Schuyler Weiss...
- 2/21/2023
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stanislaus Katczinsky (Albrecht Schuch), Paul Bäumer (Felix Kammerer), and Tjaden Stackfleet (Edin Hasanovic) in Netflix’s ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
All Quiet on the Western Front went into the 2023 Ee BAFTA Film Awards with 14 nominations, the most of any film, and emerged the year’s big winner. The brilliant adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s classic novel took home Best Film, Best Director (Edward Berger), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Original Score, Sound, and Film Not in the English Language.
The Banshees of Inisherin scored four wins out of its 10 nominations, collecting acting wins for Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon as well as Outstanding British Film and Original Screenplay honors. Elvis also took home four wins including Leading Actor (Austin Butler), Casting, Costume Design, and Make Up & Hair.
Austin Butler, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, and Edward Berger earned their first BAFTA wins while Cate Blanchett picked up her fourth with...
All Quiet on the Western Front went into the 2023 Ee BAFTA Film Awards with 14 nominations, the most of any film, and emerged the year’s big winner. The brilliant adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s classic novel took home Best Film, Best Director (Edward Berger), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Original Score, Sound, and Film Not in the English Language.
The Banshees of Inisherin scored four wins out of its 10 nominations, collecting acting wins for Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon as well as Outstanding British Film and Original Screenplay honors. Elvis also took home four wins including Leading Actor (Austin Butler), Casting, Costume Design, and Make Up & Hair.
Austin Butler, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, and Edward Berger earned their first BAFTA wins while Cate Blanchett picked up her fourth with...
- 2/20/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
First World War drama won seven awards including best film and director.
All Quiet On The Western Front was the major winner at the 2023 Bafta Film Awards, picking up seven prizes including best film.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Edward Berger won best director, whilst the Netflix First World War drama also collected best film not in the English language, adapted screenplay, sound, original score and cinematography.
In his speech, Berger praised un-nominated lead actor Felix Kammerer, saying: “without your performance, we wouldn’t have had a single nomination”.
The event was held tonight (February 19) at London’s...
All Quiet On The Western Front was the major winner at the 2023 Bafta Film Awards, picking up seven prizes including best film.
Scroll down for full list of winners
Edward Berger won best director, whilst the Netflix First World War drama also collected best film not in the English language, adapted screenplay, sound, original score and cinematography.
In his speech, Berger praised un-nominated lead actor Felix Kammerer, saying: “without your performance, we wouldn’t have had a single nomination”.
The event was held tonight (February 19) at London’s...
- 2/20/2023
- by Orlando Parfitt¬Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Edward Berger’s harrowing German-language war film “All Quiet on the Western Front” has been named the best film of 2022 by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), which presented its annual Ee British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday evening in London.
The film was a commanding winner at the Baftas, winning seven awards overall, including Best Director for Berger and Best Film Not in the English Language, as well as honors for its adapted screenplay, cinematography, sound and Volker Bertelmann’s score. Martin McDonagh’s black comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” and Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” each received four.
“All Quiet” was the first film not in English to win at BAFTA since “Roma” in 2019. Before that, no non-English film had won since “Jean de Florette” in 1987. In the early years of the award, films not in English won the top prize fairly regularly,...
The film was a commanding winner at the Baftas, winning seven awards overall, including Best Director for Berger and Best Film Not in the English Language, as well as honors for its adapted screenplay, cinematography, sound and Volker Bertelmann’s score. Martin McDonagh’s black comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” and Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” each received four.
“All Quiet” was the first film not in English to win at BAFTA since “Roma” in 2019. Before that, no non-English film had won since “Jean de Florette” in 1987. In the early years of the award, films not in English won the top prize fairly regularly,...
- 2/19/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Austin Butler’s agent told him he would need to gain weight to play the older version of Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis.” “I heard that Ryan Gosling when he was going to do ‘The Lovely Bones,’ had microwaved Häagen-Dazs and would drink it,” Butler tells Variety. “So I started doing that. I would go get two dozen doughnuts and eat them all. I really started to pack on some pounds. It’s fun for a week, and then you feel awful about yourself. But we were planning on shooting chronologically in the beginning. That quickly went out the window with Covid. It was just impossible.”
On this week’s episode of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Butler sits down to discuss receiving his first Oscar nomination for best actor. He also discusses renting an apartment after the Warner Bros. corporate cards were shut off following the Covid shutdown.
On this week’s episode of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Butler sits down to discuss receiving his first Oscar nomination for best actor. He also discusses renting an apartment after the Warner Bros. corporate cards were shut off following the Covid shutdown.
- 2/17/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Australia’s film and television incentives contributed a total of 11.4Bn (A16.5Bn) to the country’s economic output for the four years to the 20201/22 financial year, according to a study by UK-based consultancy Olsberg Spi.
The report also found that Australia’s offset programs underpin its standing as a major production hub. In 20201/22, total production expenditure in Australia grew to more than 1.5Bn (A2.2Bn), an increase of 91 over the four years studied.
Major productions to shoot in Australia over the past four years include Disney’s Thor: Love And Thunder, Universal’s Ticket To Paradise, Woody Woodpecker and Metropolis, Legendary Entertainment’s Godzilla vs Kong 2 and Netflix shows Heartbreak High, Pieces Of Her and God’s Favorite Idiot.
Drilling down into the various incentives, the report found that Australia’s 16.5 Location Offset, geared towards offshore film and TV productions, resulted in a 4 (A5.89) return for every A1 invested through the program.
The report also found that Australia’s offset programs underpin its standing as a major production hub. In 20201/22, total production expenditure in Australia grew to more than 1.5Bn (A2.2Bn), an increase of 91 over the four years studied.
Major productions to shoot in Australia over the past four years include Disney’s Thor: Love And Thunder, Universal’s Ticket To Paradise, Woody Woodpecker and Metropolis, Legendary Entertainment’s Godzilla vs Kong 2 and Netflix shows Heartbreak High, Pieces Of Her and God’s Favorite Idiot.
Drilling down into the various incentives, the report found that Australia’s 16.5 Location Offset, geared towards offshore film and TV productions, resulted in a 4 (A5.89) return for every A1 invested through the program.
- 2/13/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Please Note: This forecast, assembled by The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards, Scott Feinberg, reflects Feinberg’s best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these standings by drawing upon consultations with voters and industry insiders, analysis of marketing and awards campaigns, results of awards ceremonies that precede the Oscars and the history of the Oscars ceremony itself.
*Best Picture*
Projected Order of Finish
1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert & Jonathan Wang)
2. The Fabelmans (Kristie Macosko Krieger, Tony Kushner & Steven Spielberg) — podcast (Spielberg)
3. Top Gun: Maverick (Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, David Ellison & Christopher McQuarrie) — podcast (Bruckheimer)
4. Elvis (Gail Berman, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Pamela McCormick & Schuyler Weiss)
5. All Quiet on the Western Front (Male Grunert)
6. The Banshees of Inisherin (Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin & Martin McDonagh)
7. Tár (Todd Field, Scott Lambert & Alexandra Milchan...
*Best Picture*
Projected Order of Finish
1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert & Jonathan Wang)
2. The Fabelmans (Kristie Macosko Krieger, Tony Kushner & Steven Spielberg) — podcast (Spielberg)
3. Top Gun: Maverick (Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, David Ellison & Christopher McQuarrie) — podcast (Bruckheimer)
4. Elvis (Gail Berman, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Pamela McCormick & Schuyler Weiss)
5. All Quiet on the Western Front (Male Grunert)
6. The Banshees of Inisherin (Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin & Martin McDonagh)
7. Tár (Todd Field, Scott Lambert & Alexandra Milchan...
- 1/24/2023
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Oscar nominations revealed Tuesday lay out a Best Picture race that encompasses a broad range of films, from box office blockbusters like Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick to a movie that made its debut at a non-traditional awards-launching festival, a Cannes Palme d’Or winner (Triangle of Sadness) and from fall festival faves like Venice, Toronto and Telluride (Women Talking). The king has also entered the building with Elvis.
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- 1/24/2023
- by Pete Hammond, Todd McCarthy, Valerie Complex and Stephanie Bunbury
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar®-winning actor-producer Riz Ahmed and actor Allison Williams announced the 95th Oscars® nominations today (January 24), live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater via a global live stream on Oscar.com, Oscars.org and the Academy’s digital platforms, an international satellite feed and broadcast media.
Ahmed and Williams announced the nominees in 9 categories at 5:30 a.m. Pt, followed by the remaining 14 categories at 5:41 a.m. Pt, at the live event attended by international media and industry guests.
A24’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” led the pack with 11 nominations, followed by Netflix’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” Netflix and Searchlight’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” with 9 noms. Warner Bros. “Elvis” garnered 8, Universal/Amblin Partners’ “The Fabelmans” saw 7 nods and Focus Features’”Tár” and Paramount Pictures’ “Top Gun: Maverick” Paramount were honored with 6 nominations a piece. Rounding it out was “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Walt Disney with 5 nominations.
Ahmed and Williams announced the nominees in 9 categories at 5:30 a.m. Pt, followed by the remaining 14 categories at 5:41 a.m. Pt, at the live event attended by international media and industry guests.
A24’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” led the pack with 11 nominations, followed by Netflix’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” Netflix and Searchlight’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” with 9 noms. Warner Bros. “Elvis” garnered 8, Universal/Amblin Partners’ “The Fabelmans” saw 7 nods and Focus Features’”Tár” and Paramount Pictures’ “Top Gun: Maverick” Paramount were honored with 6 nominations a piece. Rounding it out was “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Walt Disney with 5 nominations.
- 1/24/2023
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
When Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams dropped the nominations for the 95th Oscars on Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had for the first time in awhile the most wide open and competitive race in years.
There is something for everyone here. There are two billion-dollar-grossing films in the Best Picture mix in Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water. Both are sequels. This might well help the Oscarcast that have been in steady decline over the past pandemic-plagued years.
Also helping is the chance to see Rihanna and Lady Gaga perform their nominated tunes for Wakanda Forever and Top Gun: Maverick, respectively. They will compete against perennial nominee Diane Warren, who is up for the award yet again for the film Tell It Like A Woman. There is also the rousing theme from Rrr, and the prospect of Talking Heads leader David Byrne for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
There is something for everyone here. There are two billion-dollar-grossing films in the Best Picture mix in Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water. Both are sequels. This might well help the Oscarcast that have been in steady decline over the past pandemic-plagued years.
Also helping is the chance to see Rihanna and Lady Gaga perform their nominated tunes for Wakanda Forever and Top Gun: Maverick, respectively. They will compete against perennial nominee Diane Warren, who is up for the award yet again for the film Tell It Like A Woman. There is also the rousing theme from Rrr, and the prospect of Talking Heads leader David Byrne for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
- 1/24/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr and Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Now the Oscar race can really begin. The year’s biggest breakout indie hit, A24’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” led the pack of nominees for the 95th Academy Awards that were announced this morning, with 11 nods, including Best Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress (x2) and Supporting Actor. It was followed by Netflix’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” and Searchlight’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” with nine apiece. Warner Bros.’ “Elvis” picked up eight nods and Universal’s “The Fabelmans” took seven.
Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams announced the nominees live on Tuesday from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. It was the first in-person nomination announcement with press in attendance since before the pandemic.
As Steve Pond, TheWrap’s Executive Editor, Awards, noted in his final predictions, with the Academy bigger and more international than ever before, it was likely they would throw several surprises.
Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams announced the nominees live on Tuesday from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. It was the first in-person nomination announcement with press in attendance since before the pandemic.
As Steve Pond, TheWrap’s Executive Editor, Awards, noted in his final predictions, with the Academy bigger and more international than ever before, it was likely they would throw several surprises.
- 1/24/2023
- by Missy Schwartz
- The Wrap
Everything Everywhere All at Once leads the nominees for the 95th Academy Awards.
The film scored 11 noms, including best picture, where it will compete along with All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness and Women Talking.
Following Everything Everywhere with the most noms are All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin with nine each, Elvis with eight, The Fabelmans with seven, Tár and Top Gun: Maverick with six each and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever with five.
Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams revealed the nominees for the 2023 Oscars in 23 categories, including best picture, best director, best original and adapted screenplay, the awards for actor and actress in lead and supporting roles, best song and score and crafts categories like cinematography, production design, sound, film editing and visual effects.
The...
The film scored 11 noms, including best picture, where it will compete along with All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness and Women Talking.
Following Everything Everywhere with the most noms are All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin with nine each, Elvis with eight, The Fabelmans with seven, Tár and Top Gun: Maverick with six each and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever with five.
Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams revealed the nominees for the 2023 Oscars in 23 categories, including best picture, best director, best original and adapted screenplay, the awards for actor and actress in lead and supporting roles, best song and score and crafts categories like cinematography, production design, sound, film editing and visual effects.
The...
- 1/24/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
All signs point to “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Elvis” and “The Fabelmans” all dominating the Oscar noms with eight apiece. But if “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “Top Gun: Maverick” manage some pickups, they could join or surpass the group.
On Jan. 24, AMPAS will unveil its nominees for the 95th Academy Awards. The season has been marked by the return of the Hollywood blockbuster, and a love for old-fashioned movie extravaganzas will play a crucial role in how the nearly 9,600 members rank their ballots.
So what will be the story of the day?
Warner Bros’ musical biopic “Elvis” is looking to assemble a robust showing in the tech races, which doesn’t include an overdue career nom for director Baz Luhrmann. Still, its star Austin Butler is a lock for his first nod in best actor.
Martin McDonagh’s Irish comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin...
On Jan. 24, AMPAS will unveil its nominees for the 95th Academy Awards. The season has been marked by the return of the Hollywood blockbuster, and a love for old-fashioned movie extravaganzas will play a crucial role in how the nearly 9,600 members rank their ballots.
So what will be the story of the day?
Warner Bros’ musical biopic “Elvis” is looking to assemble a robust showing in the tech races, which doesn’t include an overdue career nom for director Baz Luhrmann. Still, its star Austin Butler is a lock for his first nod in best actor.
Martin McDonagh’s Irish comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin...
- 1/19/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Seen as the main precursor to what you might expect on Oscar nomination morning, the nominations for the 2023 Ee BAFTA Film Awards have been announced, and Netflix’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” gained even more steam as a major awards threat, with an impressive 14 nominations in total. The movie equals Ang Lee’s 2001 “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” as the film not the English language with the most nominations in BAFTA’s history.
Other films that had a strong showing in overall noms include “The Banshees of Insiherin” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (10 each), “Elvis” (9 noms), and “Tar” (5 noms), but possibly the most surprising inclusion was that both leads of the acclaimed indie “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” — Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack — scored leading actress and actor nods, respectively.
Among notable snubs are the absence of stateside favorites “The Fabelmans” and “Top Gun: Maverick” in the best film,...
Other films that had a strong showing in overall noms include “The Banshees of Insiherin” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (10 each), “Elvis” (9 noms), and “Tar” (5 noms), but possibly the most surprising inclusion was that both leads of the acclaimed indie “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” — Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack — scored leading actress and actor nods, respectively.
Among notable snubs are the absence of stateside favorites “The Fabelmans” and “Top Gun: Maverick” in the best film,...
- 1/19/2023
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
BAFTA has announced the nominations for the 2023 Ee BAFTA Film Awards, celebrating the very best in film over the past year.
A total of 45 feature films received nominations with 14 nominations for ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ 10 nominations for ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ and ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once,’ 9 nominations for ‘Elvis’ and 5 nominations for the Cate Blanchett led ‘Tár.’
Actors Hayley Atwell and Toheeb Jimoh announced the nominations via a live broadcast from BAFTA 195 Piccadilly in London. First-time nominees feature heavily this year, with 14 of the 24 nominees in the performance categories receiving their first BAFTA Film nomination. They include Ana De Armas (Blonde); Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) Austin Butler (Elvis), Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin); Brendan Fraser (The Whale); Paul Mescal (Aftersun), and Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once).
Alongside this year’s Ee Rising Star nominee Daryl McCormack, four former Ee Rising Stars...
A total of 45 feature films received nominations with 14 nominations for ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ 10 nominations for ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ and ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once,’ 9 nominations for ‘Elvis’ and 5 nominations for the Cate Blanchett led ‘Tár.’
Actors Hayley Atwell and Toheeb Jimoh announced the nominations via a live broadcast from BAFTA 195 Piccadilly in London. First-time nominees feature heavily this year, with 14 of the 24 nominees in the performance categories receiving their first BAFTA Film nomination. They include Ana De Armas (Blonde); Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) Austin Butler (Elvis), Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin); Brendan Fraser (The Whale); Paul Mescal (Aftersun), and Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once).
Alongside this year’s Ee Rising Star nominee Daryl McCormack, four former Ee Rising Stars...
- 1/19/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
World War One drama “All Quiet on the Western Front” leads this year’s BAFTA nominations with 14 nods, tying with “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” as the most-nominated non-English language film in the awards’ history.
The Netflix drama — for which awards chances have quietly gathered steam in the last month — is up for best picture as well as film not in the English language, director, adapted screenplay, supporting actor, original score, casting, cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, make-up and hair, sound and special visual effects.
“Gandhi” is the most nominated film at the BAFTAs with 16 nods and “All Quiet” ties with “Atonement,” which also had 14.
Close behind “All Quiet” with 10 nominations apiece are Searchlight’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” and A24’s “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” Warner Bros.’ “Elvis” follows with nine nominations, while Focus Features’ “Tár” received five nods.
All five titles are nominated for best film this year.
The Netflix drama — for which awards chances have quietly gathered steam in the last month — is up for best picture as well as film not in the English language, director, adapted screenplay, supporting actor, original score, casting, cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, make-up and hair, sound and special visual effects.
“Gandhi” is the most nominated film at the BAFTAs with 16 nods and “All Quiet” ties with “Atonement,” which also had 14.
Close behind “All Quiet” with 10 nominations apiece are Searchlight’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” and A24’s “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” Warner Bros.’ “Elvis” follows with nine nominations, while Focus Features’ “Tár” received five nods.
All five titles are nominated for best film this year.
- 1/19/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
All Quiet on the Western Front leads the pack of nominees for the 2023 BAFTA film awards with a record-equaling haul of 14 nominations.
Netflix’s acclaimed anti-war epic, which has the greatest number of BAFTA nominations for a film since 2011 (when The King’s Speech landed 14 nods) and now ties with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for BAFTA’s most nominated foreign-language film in its history, is set to compete for best film, director (for Edward Berger), adapted screenplay, and supporting actor (for Albrech Schuch) alongside almost every single below-the-line category when the winners are announced on Feb. 19.
Revealed on Thursday from the British Academy’s London HQ, the nominees followed a similar order to the BAFTA longlists announced earlier this month, with All Quiet ahead of awards season favorites The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At One, each landing 10 nominations. Both films dominated the performance categories, with nominations for Everything...
Netflix’s acclaimed anti-war epic, which has the greatest number of BAFTA nominations for a film since 2011 (when The King’s Speech landed 14 nods) and now ties with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for BAFTA’s most nominated foreign-language film in its history, is set to compete for best film, director (for Edward Berger), adapted screenplay, and supporting actor (for Albrech Schuch) alongside almost every single below-the-line category when the winners are announced on Feb. 19.
Revealed on Thursday from the British Academy’s London HQ, the nominees followed a similar order to the BAFTA longlists announced earlier this month, with All Quiet ahead of awards season favorites The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All At One, each landing 10 nominations. Both films dominated the performance categories, with nominations for Everything...
- 1/19/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nominations for the 2023 BAFTA Film Awards will be revealed today in London. Scroll down for the list, which will be updated as nominees are announced.
Among the frontrunners for nominations are Netflix’s German-language World War I drama All Quiet on the Western Front, which was longlisted in 15 categories, and Martin McDonagh’s tragicomedy The Banshees of Inisherin, which landed on 14 lists.
Charlotte Wells’ festival favorite Aftersun also appeared on eight longlists, including Best Film, Director, and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. Other titles that were well represented included Oliver Hermanus’s Living and Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis.
The BAFTA ceremony itself will take place on February 19 at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London. Actor Richard E. Grant has been set as the host, while British presenter Alison Hammond will lead the BAFTA studio, a new behind-the-scenes stream launched for this year’s ceremony.
Among the frontrunners for nominations are Netflix’s German-language World War I drama All Quiet on the Western Front, which was longlisted in 15 categories, and Martin McDonagh’s tragicomedy The Banshees of Inisherin, which landed on 14 lists.
Charlotte Wells’ festival favorite Aftersun also appeared on eight longlists, including Best Film, Director, and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. Other titles that were well represented included Oliver Hermanus’s Living and Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis.
The BAFTA ceremony itself will take place on February 19 at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London. Actor Richard E. Grant has been set as the host, while British presenter Alison Hammond will lead the BAFTA studio, a new behind-the-scenes stream launched for this year’s ceremony.
- 1/19/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Bafta Film Awards ceremony will take place on February 19.
German First World War drama All Quiet On The Western Front leads the nominations for the Bafta Film Awards 2023 with 14 nods, tying for the most ever received by a foreign-language feature.
Scroll down for full list of nominations
Edward Berger’s Netflix title secured nominations in all but three categories for which it was eligible including best film, director, supporting actor for Albrecht Schuch, adapted screenplay, film not in the English language, casting, and all eight technical categories.
It is the first film to receive 14 or more Bafta nods since...
German First World War drama All Quiet On The Western Front leads the nominations for the Bafta Film Awards 2023 with 14 nods, tying for the most ever received by a foreign-language feature.
Scroll down for full list of nominations
Edward Berger’s Netflix title secured nominations in all but three categories for which it was eligible including best film, director, supporting actor for Albrecht Schuch, adapted screenplay, film not in the English language, casting, and all eight technical categories.
It is the first film to receive 14 or more Bafta nods since...
- 1/19/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.
With his latest feature Elvis, Baz Luhrmann aims to restore the humanity of Elvis Presley, an artist with depths to equal his talents who in the more than 45 years since his passing has commonly been reduced to a pop-culture caricature.
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In order to do so, Luhrmann takes as his focus for the Warner Bros...
- 1/6/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Director Baz Luhrmann and actor Austin Butler were among 11 winners for Elvis.
Elvis won 11 awards including best film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTAs), held over two days (December 5 and 7) in Sydney.
Director Baz Luhrmann and actor Austin Butler were among the Elvis winners, along with cinematographer Mandy Walker – who is reportedly the first woman to win the category at the AACTAs.
Catherine Martin won for costume design and for being part of the production design team. Like actor Chris Hemsworth, she was honoured more generally for her career and her impact on the Australian industry.
Elvis won 11 awards including best film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTAs), held over two days (December 5 and 7) in Sydney.
Director Baz Luhrmann and actor Austin Butler were among the Elvis winners, along with cinematographer Mandy Walker – who is reportedly the first woman to win the category at the AACTAs.
Catherine Martin won for costume design and for being part of the production design team. Like actor Chris Hemsworth, she was honoured more generally for her career and her impact on the Australian industry.
- 12/7/2022
- by Sandy George
- ScreenDaily
After landing the coveted title role in Baz Luhrmann’s musical drama Elvis, Austin Butler barely slept for two years.
“I’d wake up everyday at 3 in the morning and my heart would just be pounding,” the actor said on a panel for the Warner Bros film at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles awards-season event. “It felt like this immeasurable weight on my shoulders. It felt so mammoth.”
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The “terror” he was feeling, he said, had to do with his fear that he couldn’t “possibly ever live up” to the task of portraying the musical icon — a performer with idiosyncrasies familiar to so many around the world.
Butler was joined on the panel at the DGA Theater by Luhrmann and producer Gail Berman, who like the actor have see the risks they took with Elvis affirmed many times...
“I’d wake up everyday at 3 in the morning and my heart would just be pounding,” the actor said on a panel for the Warner Bros film at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles awards-season event. “It felt like this immeasurable weight on my shoulders. It felt so mammoth.”
Related: The Contenders Film: Los Angeles – Deadline’s Full Coverage
The “terror” he was feeling, he said, had to do with his fear that he couldn’t “possibly ever live up” to the task of portraying the musical icon — a performer with idiosyncrasies familiar to so many around the world.
Butler was joined on the panel at the DGA Theater by Luhrmann and producer Gail Berman, who like the actor have see the risks they took with Elvis affirmed many times...
- 11/19/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The epic romance has been recut and given a new ending for a streaming debut this winter.
Baz Luhrmann and Hulu have confirmed plans for the release of Faraway Downs, a limited streaming series assembled from footage shot by Luhrmann for his epic 2008 feature Australia.
The six-part series, described as a “new, reimagined cut” of the feature with a new ending and updated soundtrack, will launch this winter as a Hulu Original in the US and a Star Original on Disney+ and Star+ in international markets.
Luhrmann, whose Elvis opened at the top of the US box office chart last weekend,...
Baz Luhrmann and Hulu have confirmed plans for the release of Faraway Downs, a limited streaming series assembled from footage shot by Luhrmann for his epic 2008 feature Australia.
The six-part series, described as a “new, reimagined cut” of the feature with a new ending and updated soundtrack, will launch this winter as a Hulu Original in the US and a Star Original on Disney+ and Star+ in international markets.
Luhrmann, whose Elvis opened at the top of the US box office chart last weekend,...
- 6/28/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
First Quentin Tarantino adapted “The Hateful Eight” into a Netflix “miniseries.” Now, Baz Luhrmann is revisiting his 2008 sprawling period piece “Australia” with an upcoming recut limited series for Hulu.
The film, which starred Nicole Kidman as an English aristocrat who inherits a cattle range run by a cattle drover (Hugh Jackman), is being reimagined as a six-episode miniseries titled “Faraway Downs.” The Hulu project will entirely use recut footage from Luhrmann’s original film, with a new ending and updated soundtrack. Luhrmann previously said “Australia” had shot three endings, with only one making it into the theatrical release. “Faraway Downs” is set to premiere this winter on Hulu, with streaming rights on Disney+ and Starz+ internationally.
“I originally set out to take the notion of the sweeping, ‘Gone With the Wind’-style epic and turn it on its head — a way of using romance and epic drama to shine a...
The film, which starred Nicole Kidman as an English aristocrat who inherits a cattle range run by a cattle drover (Hugh Jackman), is being reimagined as a six-episode miniseries titled “Faraway Downs.” The Hulu project will entirely use recut footage from Luhrmann’s original film, with a new ending and updated soundtrack. Luhrmann previously said “Australia” had shot three endings, with only one making it into the theatrical release. “Faraway Downs” is set to premiere this winter on Hulu, with streaming rights on Disney+ and Starz+ internationally.
“I originally set out to take the notion of the sweeping, ‘Gone With the Wind’-style epic and turn it on its head — a way of using romance and epic drama to shine a...
- 6/28/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Fresh off the success of “Elvis,” Baz Luhrmann announced today that he will reimagine his 2008 film “Australia” into a six-part Hulu series called “Faraway Downs.”
The extended cut, which will debut in winter of this year, will feature new footage from the movie, which stars Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman. It will also include a new ending and updated soundtrack.
“Faraway Downs” takes its title from the Australian cattle ranch that Kidman’s Lady Sarah Ashley inherits after the death of her husband in the film. After cattle barons devise a plan to steal her land, she hires a rugged cattle drover (Jackman) for protection. The romantic adventure film is set during World War II and told through the perspective of a bi-racial indigenous child named Nullah (Brandon Walters), a victim of the government’s family separation policy now known as the “Stolen Generations.”
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The extended cut, which will debut in winter of this year, will feature new footage from the movie, which stars Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman. It will also include a new ending and updated soundtrack.
“Faraway Downs” takes its title from the Australian cattle ranch that Kidman’s Lady Sarah Ashley inherits after the death of her husband in the film. After cattle barons devise a plan to steal her land, she hires a rugged cattle drover (Jackman) for protection. The romantic adventure film is set during World War II and told through the perspective of a bi-racial indigenous child named Nullah (Brandon Walters), a victim of the government’s family separation policy now known as the “Stolen Generations.”
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- 6/28/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
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Baz Luhrmann’s 2008 epic Australia is getting a second life — as a limited series.
The Elvis filmmaker will expand and reimagine the film as Faraway Downs, a six-part series that will run on Hulu in the United States and Disney+ and Star+ internationally. The project will be assembled entirely from footage Luhrmann shot for Australia, with a new ending and updated soundtrack. It’s slated to premiere in the winter. (At the time of Australia’s release, Luhrmann said he had filmed three endings.)
“I originally set out to take the notion of the sweeping, Gone With the Wind-style epic and turn it on its head — a way of using romance and epic drama to shine a light on the roles of First Nations people and the painful scar in Australian history of the ‘Stolen Generations,’” said Luhrmann in a statement. “While...
Baz Luhrmann’s 2008 epic Australia is getting a second life — as a limited series.
The Elvis filmmaker will expand and reimagine the film as Faraway Downs, a six-part series that will run on Hulu in the United States and Disney+ and Star+ internationally. The project will be assembled entirely from footage Luhrmann shot for Australia, with a new ending and updated soundtrack. It’s slated to premiere in the winter. (At the time of Australia’s release, Luhrmann said he had filmed three endings.)
“I originally set out to take the notion of the sweeping, Gone With the Wind-style epic and turn it on its head — a way of using romance and epic drama to shine a light on the roles of First Nations people and the painful scar in Australian history of the ‘Stolen Generations,’” said Luhrmann in a statement. “While...
- 6/28/2022
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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