Showtime has confirmed development of half-hour series The Auteur, starring Jude Law (The Young Pope) and directed by newly minted Oscar winner Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit), who will also write with Peter Warren (Ghost Team). Signaling its intention to pick up the project to series, the network has ordered multiple scripts of The Auteur, produced by Showtime and Legendary with Endeavor Content serving as studio.
Based on the graphic novel by Rick Spears, James Callahan and Luigi Anderson, The Auteur is described as a gonzo horror-comedy, a twisted romance and a glamorous, high wire act of biting satire. In it, desperate to make a great horror movie after a massive bomb, a film producer accidentally traps his production on a backlot with a serial killer.
“The Auteur unites the wildly imaginative filmmaker Taika Waititi and the barbed wit of Peter Warren with the undeniable Jude Law in a bloody love...
Based on the graphic novel by Rick Spears, James Callahan and Luigi Anderson, The Auteur is described as a gonzo horror-comedy, a twisted romance and a glamorous, high wire act of biting satire. In it, desperate to make a great horror movie after a massive bomb, a film producer accidentally traps his production on a backlot with a serial killer.
“The Auteur unites the wildly imaginative filmmaker Taika Waititi and the barbed wit of Peter Warren with the undeniable Jude Law in a bloody love...
- 2/18/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
After winning the Oscar for Best Adapted screenplay for his Nazi satire “Jojo Rabbit,” Taika Waititi has reportedly signed on to co-write, executive produce, and direct some episodes of a limited series from Showtime, “The Auteur.”
The series, which is still in development, would see Waititi adapting the psychedelic graphic novel of the same name by James Callahan and Rick Spears about a filmmaker who enters a downward spiral after making one of Hollywood’s biggest-ever bombs; Jude Law is in talks to star as the main character. (Via Variety.)
Peter Warren (“Ghost Team”) will co-write the show with Waititi. Law and Eric Gitter of Closed on Mondays (“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”) are also executive producing.
The graphic novel was published in 2014 by Oni Press, publisher of “Scott Pilgrim,” and adaptations of “Clerks,” “Invader Zim,” and “Rick and Morty.” Here’s how Oni describes the first volume of the...
The series, which is still in development, would see Waititi adapting the psychedelic graphic novel of the same name by James Callahan and Rick Spears about a filmmaker who enters a downward spiral after making one of Hollywood’s biggest-ever bombs; Jude Law is in talks to star as the main character. (Via Variety.)
Peter Warren (“Ghost Team”) will co-write the show with Waititi. Law and Eric Gitter of Closed on Mondays (“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”) are also executive producing.
The graphic novel was published in 2014 by Oni Press, publisher of “Scott Pilgrim,” and adaptations of “Clerks,” “Invader Zim,” and “Rick and Morty.” Here’s how Oni describes the first volume of the...
- 2/15/2020
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Fresh off his Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar win for “Jojo Rabbit,” writer-director Taika Waititi joined Variety for a cover story in which he looks back on the mad dash that was the shortened 2020 Oscars season. “Jojo Rabbit” is one of the more critically divisive films to win an Oscar this year (second only to “Joker”). The coming-of-age dramedy is set in Nazi Germany and follows a young boy in the Hitler Youth camps whose worldview is rattled after he discovers his mother is hiding a jewish teenager in their home. Waititi’s humorous tone and his role as an imaginary Adolf Hitler divided critics after “Jojo Rabbit” world premiered at Tiff (IndieWire’s Eric Kohn criticized Waititi for turning the Holocaust into a punchline). Waititi tells Variety there would’ve been less criticisms of the film had his Jewish heritage been more widely know.
“Yeah!” Waititi answers when asked if...
“Yeah!” Waititi answers when asked if...
- 2/12/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
And just like that, another Academy Awards is in the books. On Sunday, the 2020 Oscars brought together the biggest names to celebrate the year's achievements in film, delivering several history-making moments in the process. Stars watched as Brad Pitt took home his first Oscar in acting, Parasite director-screenwriter Bong Joon Ho swept the competition with four historic wins, Laura Dern became the first actor in a Netflix production to win an Oscar, Jojo Rabbit director-screenwriter-star Taika Waititi became the first person of Maori descent to win an Oscar, and plenty more. The night was also filled with memorable performances. Among them was Janelle Monáe, who kicked off the evening...
- 2/10/2020
- E! Online
The Bong Hive has greatly expanded. The 2020 Academy Awards have now concluded, with Parasite winning Best Picture, making history as the first foreign-language film to win the award, while Bong Joon Ho also earned Best Director.
On the acting side, the expected winners all took home statues, while Parasite and Jojo Rabbit picked up screenplay awards. Parasite also earned Best International Film and American Factory grabbed Best Documentary.
Unfortunately, The Irishman went home empty-handed though the love for Martin Scorsese was felt throughout the night, particularly in Bong Joon Ho’s Best Director speech, which can be seen below.
See the winners below in bold.
Best Picture
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Parasite
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Todd Phillips, Joker
Sam Mendes, 1917
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
Best Actor
Antonio Banderas,...
On the acting side, the expected winners all took home statues, while Parasite and Jojo Rabbit picked up screenplay awards. Parasite also earned Best International Film and American Factory grabbed Best Documentary.
Unfortunately, The Irishman went home empty-handed though the love for Martin Scorsese was felt throughout the night, particularly in Bong Joon Ho’s Best Director speech, which can be seen below.
See the winners below in bold.
Best Picture
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Parasite
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Todd Phillips, Joker
Sam Mendes, 1917
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
Best Actor
Antonio Banderas,...
- 2/10/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Taika Waititi‘s first Oscar is in the books!
The 44-year-old director — who wrote, directed and acted in JoJo Rabbit — won Sunday night in the Best Adapted Screenplay category, beating out fellow nominees Steven Zaillian for The Irishman, Anthony McCarten for The Two Popes, Greta Gerwig for Little Women, and Todd Phillips and Scott Silver for The Joker.
“This is really light. This one’s light. It’s supposed to be heavy,” he joked upon accepting the award.
Waititi then gave a sweet shoutout to his mother, thanking her for giving him the inspiration to make the film.
“I’d like to thank my mother.
The 44-year-old director — who wrote, directed and acted in JoJo Rabbit — won Sunday night in the Best Adapted Screenplay category, beating out fellow nominees Steven Zaillian for The Irishman, Anthony McCarten for The Two Popes, Greta Gerwig for Little Women, and Todd Phillips and Scott Silver for The Joker.
“This is really light. This one’s light. It’s supposed to be heavy,” he joked upon accepting the award.
Waititi then gave a sweet shoutout to his mother, thanking her for giving him the inspiration to make the film.
“I’d like to thank my mother.
- 2/10/2020
- by Ashley Boucher
- PEOPLE.com
Best Picture
Parasite
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Actor
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory
Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Adam Driver – Marriage Story
Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes
Best Actress
Renee Zellweger – Judy
Cynthia Erivo – Harriet
Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
Charlize Theron – Bombshell
Best Supporting Actor
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes...
Parasite
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Actor
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory
Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Adam Driver – Marriage Story
Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes
Best Actress
Renee Zellweger – Judy
Cynthia Erivo – Harriet
Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
Charlize Theron – Bombshell
Best Supporting Actor
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes...
- 2/10/2020
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
The 2020 Oscars are here!
This year’s Academy Awards, which are voted on by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, are being presented live from Los Angeles on Sunday night.
The Oscar nominations list is led by Joker with 11 nominations. Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Sam Mendes’ 1917 and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood come in second with 10. Little Women, Marriage Story, Jojo Rabbit and Parasite each have 6 nods, while Ford v Ferrari has 4.
Scroll down for the full list of winners.
Best Picture
1917
Joker
Marriage Story
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Once Upon a Time…...
This year’s Academy Awards, which are voted on by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, are being presented live from Los Angeles on Sunday night.
The Oscar nominations list is led by Joker with 11 nominations. Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Sam Mendes’ 1917 and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood come in second with 10. Little Women, Marriage Story, Jojo Rabbit and Parasite each have 6 nods, while Ford v Ferrari has 4.
Scroll down for the full list of winners.
Best Picture
1917
Joker
Marriage Story
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Once Upon a Time…...
- 2/10/2020
- by People Staff
- PEOPLE.com
‘Joker’ leads nominations with 11; ‘The Irishman’, ’Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’, ‘1917’ have 10 each.
Joaquin Phoenix has won best actor for Joker and Renée Zellweger best actress for Judy.
Bong Joon Ho upset the form guide when he collected the best director Oscar for Parasite in the South Korean phenomenon’s third win of the night.
“Thank you, I will drink until next morning,” said a stunned Bong. This was Parasite’s third win of the night. Sam Mendes had won the Directors Guild of America award for 1917 and had been the favourite to win.
Earlier Parasite became the first...
Joaquin Phoenix has won best actor for Joker and Renée Zellweger best actress for Judy.
Bong Joon Ho upset the form guide when he collected the best director Oscar for Parasite in the South Korean phenomenon’s third win of the night.
“Thank you, I will drink until next morning,” said a stunned Bong. This was Parasite’s third win of the night. Sam Mendes had won the Directors Guild of America award for 1917 and had been the favourite to win.
Earlier Parasite became the first...
- 2/9/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
‘Joker’ leads nominations with 11; ‘The Irishman’, ’Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’, ‘1917’ have 10 each.
Parasite has becomes the first film to win the recently renamed best international feature Oscar and the first from South Korea to win the award in the history of Academy’s award for a foreign language film.
Bonh Joon Ho took to the stage and welcomed the category name change. It was the film’s second Oscar of the night after Bong and Han Jin-won won for original screenplay.
Laura Dern won the best supporting actress Oscar for Marriage Story, after Brad Pitt won the...
Parasite has becomes the first film to win the recently renamed best international feature Oscar and the first from South Korea to win the award in the history of Academy’s award for a foreign language film.
Bonh Joon Ho took to the stage and welcomed the category name change. It was the film’s second Oscar of the night after Bong and Han Jin-won won for original screenplay.
Laura Dern won the best supporting actress Oscar for Marriage Story, after Brad Pitt won the...
- 2/9/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
‘Joker’ leads nominations with 11; ‘The Irishman’, ’Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’, ‘1917’ have 10 each.
Toy Story 4 has been named best animation at the 92nd Academy Awards on Sunday (9), and Hair Love won for best short animation.
The first award of Sunday night (9) went to Brad Pitt for Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood.
Janelle Monáe kicked off the ceremony with a song-and-dance routine, telling the Dolby Theatre mid-song, “We celebrate all the women who directed phenomenal films and I’m so happy to stand here as a black, queer artist telling stories.”
Steve Martin and Chris Rock come on...
Toy Story 4 has been named best animation at the 92nd Academy Awards on Sunday (9), and Hair Love won for best short animation.
The first award of Sunday night (9) went to Brad Pitt for Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood.
Janelle Monáe kicked off the ceremony with a song-and-dance routine, telling the Dolby Theatre mid-song, “We celebrate all the women who directed phenomenal films and I’m so happy to stand here as a black, queer artist telling stories.”
Steve Martin and Chris Rock come on...
- 2/9/2020
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Up to a certain point, this year’s Oscars seem to be one of the most predictable in recent memory. The four acting races seem to have been decided long ago, and many of the other categories have strong frontrunners as well – if Roger Deakins doesn’t win Best Cinematography and “Parasite” isn’t named Best International Feature Film, 3,000 people in the Dolby Theatre will go into shock en masse.
But how much do we really know? Best Picture has a clear frontrunner but also the tantalizing possibility of an upset that wouldn’t surprise too many people. And a number of other categories – including animated feature, documentary feature and short and film editing – could go in a few different directions.
With voting closed, the obvious favorites are “1917” and “Parasite,” both of which should go home from the ceremony with some shiny new statuettes. But the year that was...
But how much do we really know? Best Picture has a clear frontrunner but also the tantalizing possibility of an upset that wouldn’t surprise too many people. And a number of other categories – including animated feature, documentary feature and short and film editing – could go in a few different directions.
With voting closed, the obvious favorites are “1917” and “Parasite,” both of which should go home from the ceremony with some shiny new statuettes. But the year that was...
- 2/9/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Chicago – Let’s make this important! The 92nd Academy Awards are on Sunday, February 9th, 2020, and Hc.com film/entertainment contributors Patrick McDonald, Michael “Spike” Walters and Jon Lennon Espino are ready to add their Swami-like powers to eight major categories, plus three wild cards. Let the predicting begin.
The 92nd Oscars, Broadcast on ABC-tv on February 9th, 2020
Photo credit: ABC-tv
Nine films of 2019 – “1917,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “The Irishman, “ “Jojo Rabbit,” “Joker,” “Little Women,” “Marriage Story” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Parasite” – will vie for the Best Picture Award. The Hc.com team together will opine on eight categories … Best Picture, Actor/Actress, Supporting Actor/Actress, Director, Original/Adapted Screenplay. As in previous years, the predictions are broken down into thoughts on who Will Win, Should Win and Should Have Been Nominated (for one last gasp of Wtf?). Separately, Patrick, Spike and Jon will comment on a...
The 92nd Oscars, Broadcast on ABC-tv on February 9th, 2020
Photo credit: ABC-tv
Nine films of 2019 – “1917,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “The Irishman, “ “Jojo Rabbit,” “Joker,” “Little Women,” “Marriage Story” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Parasite” – will vie for the Best Picture Award. The Hc.com team together will opine on eight categories … Best Picture, Actor/Actress, Supporting Actor/Actress, Director, Original/Adapted Screenplay. As in previous years, the predictions are broken down into thoughts on who Will Win, Should Win and Should Have Been Nominated (for one last gasp of Wtf?). Separately, Patrick, Spike and Jon will comment on a...
- 2/8/2020
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
This award season, “Jojo Rabbit” has been more like the tortoise than the hare, never being the front-runner but reliably picking up key nominations and wins along the way. As we approach the finish line to the season on Sunday, there is a very real prospect that “Jojo” might stumble and leave the Oscars empty-handed. But a last minute surge in a key Oscar branch, shows it may have hit its stride at just the right time.
Along with “Parasite,” it was the only film this year to get a SAG Awards ensemble nomination along with being recognized by the guilds for writers, producers and directors, all for Taika Waititi. It won with the WGA, plus with the costume designers and sound editors, along with BAFTA for screenplay. It scored a solid six Oscar nominations; including Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay and Editing.
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According to current Gold Derby odds,...
Along with “Parasite,” it was the only film this year to get a SAG Awards ensemble nomination along with being recognized by the guilds for writers, producers and directors, all for Taika Waititi. It won with the WGA, plus with the costume designers and sound editors, along with BAFTA for screenplay. It scored a solid six Oscar nominations; including Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay and Editing.
SEETaika Waititi Interview: ‘Jojo Rabbit’
According to current Gold Derby odds,...
- 2/8/2020
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
What a difference 18 hours makes. Greta Gerwig‘s “Little Women” script was the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar frontrunner, but then suffered a pair of transatlantic defeats over the weekend. She lost the Writers Guild of America Award and the BAFTA to Taika Waititi‘s “Jojo Rabbit,” which has now displaced “Little Women” for the top spot in our odds. Can “Little Women” pull off a big upset at the Oscars? Sure, but it’ll have to be the first film in 10 years to take down the WGA and BAFTA champ.
The last movie to do so was “Precious” (2009), which stunned “Up in the Air” to take the Oscar for Geoffrey Fletcher. This was a bigger shocker than “Little Women” over “Jojo Rabbit” would be since “Up in the Air” had dominated the season, collecting the Golden Globe (which has one screenplay category), Critics’ Choice, BAFTA, the USC Scripter Award and WGA.
The last movie to do so was “Precious” (2009), which stunned “Up in the Air” to take the Oscar for Geoffrey Fletcher. This was a bigger shocker than “Little Women” over “Jojo Rabbit” would be since “Up in the Air” had dominated the season, collecting the Golden Globe (which has one screenplay category), Critics’ Choice, BAFTA, the USC Scripter Award and WGA.
- 2/7/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
“Little Women” will win the Oscar for Best Costume Design, according to the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users. If we’re right, it will be the second win for designer Jacqueline Durran, whose last victory was also for dressing up a literary classic: Joe Wright‘s 2012 take on “Anna Karenina.”
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Durran has been nominated seven times overall in the last 15 years. In addition to “Karenina” and “Little Women,” she contended for “Pride and Prejudice” (2005), “Atonement” (2007), “Mr. Turner” (2014), “Beauty and the Beast” (2017) and “Darkest Hour” (also 2017). This year she gets leading odds of 82/25 with support from 22 out of the 29 Expert journalists we’ve polled from top media outlets as of this writing.
This is despite the fact that Durran wasn’t even nominated for “Little Women” by the Costume Designers Guild, but perhaps not enough members of that...
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Durran has been nominated seven times overall in the last 15 years. In addition to “Karenina” and “Little Women,” she contended for “Pride and Prejudice” (2005), “Atonement” (2007), “Mr. Turner” (2014), “Beauty and the Beast” (2017) and “Darkest Hour” (also 2017). This year she gets leading odds of 82/25 with support from 22 out of the 29 Expert journalists we’ve polled from top media outlets as of this writing.
This is despite the fact that Durran wasn’t even nominated for “Little Women” by the Costume Designers Guild, but perhaps not enough members of that...
- 2/7/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The 2020 Oscar season is shorter than ever; winners are set to be announced this weekend on Sunday, February 9. So who will win? Scroll down for our predictions in all 24 categories from Best Picture to Best Live Action Short. Those predictions are listed in order of our racetrack odds with our projected winners highlighted in gold.
SEEWho is Performing at the Oscars 2020?: Full List of Presenters and Performers
Our odds have been calculated by combining the predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users who have placed their bets here in our predictions center. That includes dozens of Expert journalists from major media outlets, the Editors who cover awards year-round for Gold Derby, the Top 24 Users who got the highest scores predicting last year’s Oscars, the All-Star Top 24 who got the highest scores predicting the Oscars over the last couple of years, and our largest bloc of everyday Users, many...
SEEWho is Performing at the Oscars 2020?: Full List of Presenters and Performers
Our odds have been calculated by combining the predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users who have placed their bets here in our predictions center. That includes dozens of Expert journalists from major media outlets, the Editors who cover awards year-round for Gold Derby, the Top 24 Users who got the highest scores predicting last year’s Oscars, the All-Star Top 24 who got the highest scores predicting the Oscars over the last couple of years, and our largest bloc of everyday Users, many...
- 2/7/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Up to a certain point, this year’s Oscars seem to be one of the most predictable in recent memory. The four acting races seem to have been decided long ago, and many of the other categories have strong frontrunners as well — if Roger Deakins doesn’t win Best Cinematography and “Parasite” isn’t named Best International Feature Film, 3,000 people in the Dolby Theatre will go into shock en masse.
But how much do we really know? Best Picture has a clear frontrunner but also the tantalizing possibility of an upset that wouldn’t surprise too many people. And a number of other categories — including animated feature, documentary feature and short and film editing — could go in a few different directions.
The obvious favorites are “1917” and “Parasite,” both of which should go home from the ceremony with some shiny new statuettes. Meanwhile, the two epics that were once thought...
But how much do we really know? Best Picture has a clear frontrunner but also the tantalizing possibility of an upset that wouldn’t surprise too many people. And a number of other categories — including animated feature, documentary feature and short and film editing — could go in a few different directions.
The obvious favorites are “1917” and “Parasite,” both of which should go home from the ceremony with some shiny new statuettes. Meanwhile, the two epics that were once thought...
- 2/6/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
After Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”) was snubbed for Best Director at the Oscars, many of us thought she’d win Best Adapted Screenplay as a consolation prize for the critically hailed film. She was the front-runner all the way to Friday, January 31. But that changed over the weekend when “Jojo Rabbit” picked up two crucial wins for its writing. Now that film’s scribe Taika Waititi (also snubbed by the Oscars for his directing) is officially in the catbird seat.
On January 31, the script for “Jojo Rabbit” ranked second in our predictions for Best Adapted Screenplay with 39/10 odds. Then it won the Writers Guild Award on February 1 and the BAFTA Award on February 2. After that it quickly leapfrogged “Little Women,” and now Waititi’s anti-hate satire about a boy unlearning his Nazi indoctrination leads the pack with odds of 69/20.
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“Jojo...
On January 31, the script for “Jojo Rabbit” ranked second in our predictions for Best Adapted Screenplay with 39/10 odds. Then it won the Writers Guild Award on February 1 and the BAFTA Award on February 2. After that it quickly leapfrogged “Little Women,” and now Waititi’s anti-hate satire about a boy unlearning his Nazi indoctrination leads the pack with odds of 69/20.
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“Jojo...
- 2/5/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“I can’t find anyone who’s interested in the Oscars this year, civilian or academy member.” That’s the shocking revelation from a veteran academy member who spoke anonymously on Saturday. “It’s too soon this year. Too close to the Super Bowl. I’m voting tomorrow, but all the PC nonsense is ridiculous,” this older, white male voter revealed. He also says the reduced number of academy screenings, lunches and get-togethers hasn’t allowed him to compare notes with his colleagues.
“The idea that a sit-down lunch could buy my vote is insulting,” he says. “I just like talking to other voters. It’s the only real chance we get.” He also said he was largely unimpressed with current Gold Derby front-runner “1917.” He had a lot of problems with the plot. “The supposed single-take trick overshadowed the story. It got in the way,” he claims. “They couldn’t...
“The idea that a sit-down lunch could buy my vote is insulting,” he says. “I just like talking to other voters. It’s the only real chance we get.” He also said he was largely unimpressed with current Gold Derby front-runner “1917.” He had a lot of problems with the plot. “The supposed single-take trick overshadowed the story. It got in the way,” he claims. “They couldn’t...
- 2/5/2020
- by Gold Derby News Desk
- Gold Derby
With most of the Gold Derby Oscar experts predicting a Best Pcture win for either “1917” or “Parasite,” I’m wondering if Taika Waititi’s “Jojo” isn’t poised to pull a “Rabbit” out of the hat. (I’ll pause for the groan.”)
“Jojo” has displayed its popularity ever since winning the audience award at Toronto, and its six nominations cover the key categories for picture, director, adapted screenplay and film editing, plus one for Scarlett Johansson as supporting actress.
It won both the Writers Guild and BAFTA awards for Waititi’s screenplay and won the Eddie from the American Cinema Editors. I’m not a fan of the comedy – a little wisecracking Hitler goes a long way — but I know a minority when I’m in one and “Jojo” is, in Hollywood parlance, tracking.
See Taika Waititi (‘Jojo Rabbit’): Playing Hitler ‘doesn’t look cool’ and how comedy...
“Jojo” has displayed its popularity ever since winning the audience award at Toronto, and its six nominations cover the key categories for picture, director, adapted screenplay and film editing, plus one for Scarlett Johansson as supporting actress.
It won both the Writers Guild and BAFTA awards for Waititi’s screenplay and won the Eddie from the American Cinema Editors. I’m not a fan of the comedy – a little wisecracking Hitler goes a long way — but I know a minority when I’m in one and “Jojo” is, in Hollywood parlance, tracking.
See Taika Waititi (‘Jojo Rabbit’): Playing Hitler ‘doesn’t look cool’ and how comedy...
- 2/4/2020
- by Jack Mathews
- Gold Derby
Time for the hottest of hot takes: I have moved “Jojo Rabbit” into third place in my Oscar predictions for Best Picture. Bold, I know. Like most other prognosticators, I think the race has been narrowed down to Producers Guild, Directors Guild and BAFTA champ “1917” vs. Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild winner “Parasite” … probably. As of this writing I’m betting on “1917” with “Parasite” right on its heels. But I previously wrote that some third option might sneak up the middle like “Moonlight” did three years ago, and I think that potential usurper would be “Jojo Rabbit,” and here are five reasons why.
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1. It scored key nominations across the board
It has flown under the radar because, to be frank, it hasn’t won all that much. But it has been nominated...
SEETaika Waititi (‘Jojo Rabbit’): Playing Hitler ‘doesn’t look cool’ and how comedy ‘opens audiences up’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
1. It scored key nominations across the board
It has flown under the radar because, to be frank, it hasn’t won all that much. But it has been nominated...
- 2/3/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Winners of the 2020 British Academy Film Awards (the BAFTAs) were revealed on Sunday February 2 (two days before final voting for the Oscars ends) in a ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Graham Norton presided over the star-studded affair. Scroll down for the full and complete list of winners (and nominees) at the 73rd annual BAFTA Awards.
“Joker” leads all films with 11 nominations, while “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “The Irishman” are tied for second at 10 each. “1917” has nine, “Jojo Rabbit” earned six while “Marriage Story,” “The Two Popes,” and “Little Women” received five apiece.
A trio more of films — “Parasite,” “Rocketman,” and “For Sama” — sit at four. And another three each earned three bids: “Bombshell,” “Judy,” and “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.”
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Best Picture
X – “1917”
“The Irishman”
“Joker”
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
“Parasite”
Best Director
X – Sam Mendes,...
“Joker” leads all films with 11 nominations, while “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “The Irishman” are tied for second at 10 each. “1917” has nine, “Jojo Rabbit” earned six while “Marriage Story,” “The Two Popes,” and “Little Women” received five apiece.
A trio more of films — “Parasite,” “Rocketman,” and “For Sama” — sit at four. And another three each earned three bids: “Bombshell,” “Judy,” and “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.”
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Best Picture
X – “1917”
“The Irishman”
“Joker”
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
“Parasite”
Best Director
X – Sam Mendes,...
- 2/2/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The 72nd Writers Guild of America Awards took place Saturday in simultaneous non-televised ceremonies held in Los Angeles and New York. It was one of the final guild kudos of this truncated Oscar season — the Art Directors Guild Awards were held the same night — and may give us some clarity on the screenplay races, which are two of the tighter ones in what could be a very predictable Oscar night.
The caveat, of course, is that the WGA Awards are not a faultless bellwether for Oscar glory. Its stringent rules prohibit non-guild members from competing, which means we have ineligible Oscar contenders every season. The biggest one this year is “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” written by Quentin Tarantino — who’s never been a guild member — which is Awol from the WGA’s original category. The script has already won the Golden Globe in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association...
The caveat, of course, is that the WGA Awards are not a faultless bellwether for Oscar glory. Its stringent rules prohibit non-guild members from competing, which means we have ineligible Oscar contenders every season. The biggest one this year is “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” written by Quentin Tarantino — who’s never been a guild member — which is Awol from the WGA’s original category. The script has already won the Golden Globe in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association...
- 2/1/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
At the Jan. 3 AFI Awards, Mel Brooks interrupted his speech about the American Film Institute’s women directors program to praise Taika Waititi for Searchlight’s “Jojo Rabbit.” However, he joked, the filmmaker “did not ask my permission to use Hitler!”
It got a big laugh (as Brooks usually does) for the reference to his 1968 movie “The Producers” and the 2001 musical. Brooks may be synonymous with comedic Nazis, but he hardly invented the concept.
On Aug. 14, 1940, Variety hailed the Hitler-Mussolini satire “The Great Dictator” as “probably the motion picture industry’s greatest one-man show,” because Charlie Chaplin, wrote, directed, starred and totally financed the $2.2 million film himself. The reviewer wrote, “The preaching is strong, notably in the six-minute speech at the finish, but also in the comedy.”
Two years later, Ernst Lubitsch directed (from Edwin Justus Meyer’s script) “To Be or Not to Be,” a 1942 film about Hitler’s 1939 invasion of Poland.
It got a big laugh (as Brooks usually does) for the reference to his 1968 movie “The Producers” and the 2001 musical. Brooks may be synonymous with comedic Nazis, but he hardly invented the concept.
On Aug. 14, 1940, Variety hailed the Hitler-Mussolini satire “The Great Dictator” as “probably the motion picture industry’s greatest one-man show,” because Charlie Chaplin, wrote, directed, starred and totally financed the $2.2 million film himself. The reviewer wrote, “The preaching is strong, notably in the six-minute speech at the finish, but also in the comedy.”
Two years later, Ernst Lubitsch directed (from Edwin Justus Meyer’s script) “To Be or Not to Be,” a 1942 film about Hitler’s 1939 invasion of Poland.
- 1/29/2020
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
“Jojo Rabbit,” “Knives Out” and “Malificent: Mistress of Evil” have been named the best-dressed films of 2019 by the Costume Designers Guild, which handed out its annual awards on Tuesday night in Los Angeles.
“Jojo Rabbit” won in the Excellence in Period Film category, “Maleficent” in the Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film category and “Knives Out” in the Excellence in Contemporary Film category.
Of this year’s winners, only “Jojo Rabbit” is nominated for Oscars in the Best Costume Design category. “Knives Out” and “Malificent” are not, with the Academy’s Costume Designers Branch this year only nominating two of the 15 Cdg nominees, “Jojo” and “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.”
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“Jojo Rabbit” won in the Excellence in Period Film category, “Maleficent” in the Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film category and “Knives Out” in the Excellence in Contemporary Film category.
Of this year’s winners, only “Jojo Rabbit” is nominated for Oscars in the Best Costume Design category. “Knives Out” and “Malificent” are not, with the Academy’s Costume Designers Branch this year only nominating two of the 15 Cdg nominees, “Jojo” and “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.”
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- 1/29/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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