A self-published novelist is claiming Adam McKay ripped off a book he wrote for his 2021 Netflix movie Don’t Look Up in a new lawsuit.
William Collier claims that in 2007, he wrote a novel called Stanley’s Comet, which was later self-published in 2012. The suit describes Stanley’s Comet as a “dark comedy” about low-level NASA scientists who discover a giant comet hurtling towards Earth, but their attempts to warn the public about the danger are dismissed and downplayed by politicians and media figures.
Collier alleges that McKay had access to his book.
William Collier claims that in 2007, he wrote a novel called Stanley’s Comet, which was later self-published in 2012. The suit describes Stanley’s Comet as a “dark comedy” about low-level NASA scientists who discover a giant comet hurtling towards Earth, but their attempts to warn the public about the danger are dismissed and downplayed by politicians and media figures.
Collier alleges that McKay had access to his book.
- 12/8/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
A writer who claims the 2021 comedy “Don’t Look Up” was substantially similar to his self-published novel is suing writer-director Adam McKay and Netflix for copyright infringement.
Author William Collier says that in 2007, he sent his daughter, who was working at Mosaic Media division Jimmy Miller Entertainment, an email with the text of his novel “Stanley’s Comet,” for the company to consider as material. Collier alleges that his novel had numerous themes and plot points in common with “Don’t Look Up,” which McKay is said to have written in 2019. Jimmy Miller Entertainment was McKay’s manager at the time and collaborated with him on films such as “Talladega Nights.”
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court, Central District of California on Wednesday. Collier is named as plaintiff, while McKay, his production company Hyperobject Industries and Netflix are defendants.
“The plot of both works is practically identical,” the lawsuit alleges.
Author William Collier says that in 2007, he sent his daughter, who was working at Mosaic Media division Jimmy Miller Entertainment, an email with the text of his novel “Stanley’s Comet,” for the company to consider as material. Collier alleges that his novel had numerous themes and plot points in common with “Don’t Look Up,” which McKay is said to have written in 2019. Jimmy Miller Entertainment was McKay’s manager at the time and collaborated with him on films such as “Talladega Nights.”
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court, Central District of California on Wednesday. Collier is named as plaintiff, while McKay, his production company Hyperobject Industries and Netflix are defendants.
“The plot of both works is practically identical,” the lawsuit alleges.
- 12/8/2023
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
The 2022 Oscars were quite the ride.
In a dramatic ceremony that saw Will Smith hit Chris Rock on stage, sci-fi epic Dune swept the board with the most prizes.
Apple TV+ movie Coda was the surprise Best Film winner, beating off competition from former favourite, Netflix’s The Power of the Dog.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye’s Jessica Chastain took home the gong for Best Actress, and Smith won for King Richard. Watch his tearful acceptance speech here.
Ahead of the 2023 ceremony, find the full list of 2022 Oscar winners below.
Best Picture
Belfast
Coda Winner
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye Winner
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Best Actor...
In a dramatic ceremony that saw Will Smith hit Chris Rock on stage, sci-fi epic Dune swept the board with the most prizes.
Apple TV+ movie Coda was the surprise Best Film winner, beating off competition from former favourite, Netflix’s The Power of the Dog.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye’s Jessica Chastain took home the gong for Best Actress, and Smith won for King Richard. Watch his tearful acceptance speech here.
Ahead of the 2023 ceremony, find the full list of 2022 Oscar winners below.
Best Picture
Belfast
Coda Winner
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye Winner
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Best Actor...
- 3/8/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
Exclusive: Writer, director and award-winning journalist Julian Rubinstein’s anti-gang war documentary The Holly has tapped Oscar-winning filmmaker and Hyperobject Industries founder Adam McKay (Don’t Look Up) and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Todd Schulman (Borat) as executive producers ahead of its world premiere next month at Telluride’s Mountainfilm.
Executive producing alongside McKay and Schulman are Trygve Myhren, Kayvan Khalatbari, Chad Asarch, and K. Nicole Robinson Asarch, along with co-executive producer David Sirota (Don’t Look Up). The film is produced by filmmaker and theater company founder Donnie l. Betts (Music Is My Life), Sarah Dowland (The Crime of the Century) and Dia Sokol Savage (Finding Kendrick Johnson).
“I was completely blown away after seeing the rough cut of The Holly,” McKay said. “From income inequality, race, gun violence and corruption, this film is the macro of America in the micro.”
Based on Rubinstein’s New York Times Editor’s Choice pick The Holly: Five Bullets,...
Executive producing alongside McKay and Schulman are Trygve Myhren, Kayvan Khalatbari, Chad Asarch, and K. Nicole Robinson Asarch, along with co-executive producer David Sirota (Don’t Look Up). The film is produced by filmmaker and theater company founder Donnie l. Betts (Music Is My Life), Sarah Dowland (The Crime of the Century) and Dia Sokol Savage (Finding Kendrick Johnson).
“I was completely blown away after seeing the rough cut of The Holly,” McKay said. “From income inequality, race, gun violence and corruption, this film is the macro of America in the micro.”
Based on Rubinstein’s New York Times Editor’s Choice pick The Holly: Five Bullets,...
- 4/29/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Coda took home best picture on a night where the big prizes were spread out amongst several titles.
The 94th Academy Awards took place on Sunday (March 27), returning to the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood under tight Covid protocols.
Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes co-hosted the event, which marked the first time in four years the show has had a host/s and brought to a close a long awards season in which many ceremonies and events had to be rescheduled during the Omicron surge.
Coda took home best picture on a night where the big prizes were spread out amongst several titles.
The 94th Academy Awards took place on Sunday (March 27), returning to the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood under tight Covid protocols.
Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes co-hosted the event, which marked the first time in four years the show has had a host/s and brought to a close a long awards season in which many ceremonies and events had to be rescheduled during the Omicron surge.
Coda took home best picture on a night where the big prizes were spread out amongst several titles.
- 3/28/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The 94th Annual Academy Awards were presented on Sunday, March 27, during a ceremony that took place at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California, and was hosted by Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall, and Amy Schumer. So who took home the gold? Scroll down for the complete list of winners in all 23 categories, updated throughout the night.
SEEWanda Sykes: Everything to know about the 2022 Oscars host
The Netflix western “The Power of the Dog” entered these awards with a leading 12 nominations, which is also the most nominations any Netflix film has ever received. But was it destined to become the first film from a streaming distributor to take top honors? To achieve that the film had to battle against Apple’s “Coda,” which only had three nominations but won crucial awards from the Screen Actors Guild, Writers Guild, and Producers Guild, the last of which uses the same kind of ranked-choice voting as the Oscars.
SEEWanda Sykes: Everything to know about the 2022 Oscars host
The Netflix western “The Power of the Dog” entered these awards with a leading 12 nominations, which is also the most nominations any Netflix film has ever received. But was it destined to become the first film from a streaming distributor to take top honors? To achieve that the film had to battle against Apple’s “Coda,” which only had three nominations but won crucial awards from the Screen Actors Guild, Writers Guild, and Producers Guild, the last of which uses the same kind of ranked-choice voting as the Oscars.
- 3/28/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Our forum posters, many of whom are Hollywood insiders hiding behind screen names, were quick to sound off with their 2022 Oscar winner reactions. As they discussed the unfolding ceremony on March 27, they cheered for their favorite films and lamented the fact that others had lost..
Over the past 93 years the Academy Awards have learned that it’s impossible to please everybody, and this year is no exception. Below is just a sampling of the brutally honest comments of our sassy forum posters concerning the 2022 Oscar winners. Take a read and then jump in here if you’re brave enough.
Best Picture
“Belfast” Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers
X – “Coda” Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers
“Don’t Look Up” Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
“Drive My Car” Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer
“Dune” Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers
“King Richard” Tim White,...
Over the past 93 years the Academy Awards have learned that it’s impossible to please everybody, and this year is no exception. Below is just a sampling of the brutally honest comments of our sassy forum posters concerning the 2022 Oscar winners. Take a read and then jump in here if you’re brave enough.
Best Picture
“Belfast” Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers
X – “Coda” Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers
“Don’t Look Up” Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
“Drive My Car” Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer
“Dune” Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers
“King Richard” Tim White,...
- 3/28/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Going to watch the 2022 Oscars and wondering who will win? Scroll down for our Oscar predictions in all 23 categories. These official odds are derived from the 2022 Oscar predictions of thousands of Gold Derby readers. Our projected winners are highlighted in gold.
Among those making their forecasts at Gold Derby are dozens of Expert journalists from major media outlets, our Editors who cover awards year-round, the Top 24 Users who did the best predicting last year’s Oscar winners and the All-Star Top 24 who had the highest scores for the last two years combined.
“The Power of the Dog” came into these awards with the most nominations (12) and looked to be a lock. The film won with the BAFTAs and Jane Campion picked up prizes both there and with the DGA for helming. But “Coda” claimed the top prize at the SAG Awards and won Best Picture at the PGA Awards, which...
Among those making their forecasts at Gold Derby are dozens of Expert journalists from major media outlets, our Editors who cover awards year-round, the Top 24 Users who did the best predicting last year’s Oscar winners and the All-Star Top 24 who had the highest scores for the last two years combined.
“The Power of the Dog” came into these awards with the most nominations (12) and looked to be a lock. The film won with the BAFTAs and Jane Campion picked up prizes both there and with the DGA for helming. But “Coda” claimed the top prize at the SAG Awards and won Best Picture at the PGA Awards, which...
- 3/27/2022
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The ceremony starts at 5pm Pt/8pm Et (1am Monday morning UK time) and is expected to run for three hours.
The 94th Academy Awards takes place this evening (March 27) and returns to Dolby Theatre in Hollywood under tight Covid protocols.
The ceremony starts at 5pm Pt/8pm Et (1am Monday morning UK time) and is expected to run for three hours. It will be broadcast live on ABC.
Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes are co-hosting the event, which marks the first time in four years since a host graced the stage and brings to a close a...
The 94th Academy Awards takes place this evening (March 27) and returns to Dolby Theatre in Hollywood under tight Covid protocols.
The ceremony starts at 5pm Pt/8pm Et (1am Monday morning UK time) and is expected to run for three hours. It will be broadcast live on ABC.
Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes are co-hosting the event, which marks the first time in four years since a host graced the stage and brings to a close a...
- 3/27/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
After a long-haul awards season, the 94th annual Academy Awards are finally upon us. Hollywood’s biggest night will see Oscar statues doled out across 24 categories — though eight of those honors will, controversially, be handed out in the hour before the ceremony officially starts at 8 p.m. Pt.
Tonight will mark a moment of redemption for many of the most dogged Oscar campaigners, who’ve been on the awards circuit since the fall of 2021. The telecast this year features three hosts: Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall, and Amy Schumer.
Plus, they’re joined by a variety of musical guests including Beyonce (“King Richard”), Billie Eilish and Finneas (“No Time to Die”), Reba McEntire (“Four Good Days”), and Sebastián Yatra (“Encanto”), among other musical guests. Plus, the Academy has assembled an “all-star band” featuring the likes of blink-182 drummer and “The Kardashians” star Travis Barker, percussionist and singer Sheila E., and genre-spanning pianist Robert Glasper.
Tonight will mark a moment of redemption for many of the most dogged Oscar campaigners, who’ve been on the awards circuit since the fall of 2021. The telecast this year features three hosts: Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall, and Amy Schumer.
Plus, they’re joined by a variety of musical guests including Beyonce (“King Richard”), Billie Eilish and Finneas (“No Time to Die”), Reba McEntire (“Four Good Days”), and Sebastián Yatra (“Encanto”), among other musical guests. Plus, the Academy has assembled an “all-star band” featuring the likes of blink-182 drummer and “The Kardashians” star Travis Barker, percussionist and singer Sheila E., and genre-spanning pianist Robert Glasper.
- 3/27/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Update: 7:00am Et on Sunday March 27
Since the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards were announced February 8, the Oscar race has evolved considerably. Back then it seemed like Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog” was the overwhelming frontrunner. But in the time since, “Coda” has surged dramatically, following rival streamer Apple TV+ going old school and screening the film frequently and judiciously for Academy voting members.
IndieWire’s Editor-at-Large and awards expert Anne Thompson released her full list of predictions for the Oscar winners on Thursday, and she believes “Coda” will win best picture, though the other most likely choice still is “The Power of the Dog.”
The Best Actress category has evolved to be nearly a five-way race: Jessica Chastain seems to have all the momentum after winning Best Actress at the SAG Awards and Critics Choice Awards; but some think Penélope Cruz could be a contender for “Parallel Mothers,...
Since the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards were announced February 8, the Oscar race has evolved considerably. Back then it seemed like Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog” was the overwhelming frontrunner. But in the time since, “Coda” has surged dramatically, following rival streamer Apple TV+ going old school and screening the film frequently and judiciously for Academy voting members.
IndieWire’s Editor-at-Large and awards expert Anne Thompson released her full list of predictions for the Oscar winners on Thursday, and she believes “Coda” will win best picture, though the other most likely choice still is “The Power of the Dog.”
The Best Actress category has evolved to be nearly a five-way race: Jessica Chastain seems to have all the momentum after winning Best Actress at the SAG Awards and Critics Choice Awards; but some think Penélope Cruz could be a contender for “Parallel Mothers,...
- 3/27/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
The 94th Oscars are less than 24 hours away and it’s time to look at Wamg’s predictions!
Throughout the week, preparations have continued at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood for Tinseltown’s big night, The Academy Awards. These past few days Oscar producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan have announced that Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and Finneas, Reba McEntire and Sebastián Yatra will perform this year’s nominated songs on the 94th Oscars, the Academy will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first 007 movie and the 50th anniversary of “The Godfather” and a performance of the hit “Encanto” song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.”
The 94th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC at 8 p.m. Edt/5 p.m. Pdt and in more than 200 territories worldwide. American Sign Language (Asl) provided by Certified Deaf Interpreters,...
Throughout the week, preparations have continued at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood for Tinseltown’s big night, The Academy Awards. These past few days Oscar producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan have announced that Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and Finneas, Reba McEntire and Sebastián Yatra will perform this year’s nominated songs on the 94th Oscars, the Academy will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first 007 movie and the 50th anniversary of “The Godfather” and a performance of the hit “Encanto” song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.”
The 94th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC at 8 p.m. Edt/5 p.m. Pdt and in more than 200 territories worldwide. American Sign Language (Asl) provided by Certified Deaf Interpreters,...
- 3/26/2022
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The films in contention for the 2022 Best Original Screenplay Oscar are “Belfast,” “Don’t Look Up,” “King Richard,” “Licorice Pizza,” and “The Worst Person in the World.” Our odds currently indicate that “Licorice Pizza” (10/3) will take the prize, followed in order of likelihood by “Belfast” (18/5), “Don’t Look Up” (9/2), “King Richard” (9/2), and “The Worst Person in the World” (9/2).
For the fifth time in eight years, multiple original writing nominees – namely, Paul Thomas Anderson (“Licorice Pizza”) and Kenneth Branagh (“Belfast”) – also picked up bids for directing and producing their films. Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay are now the sixth and seventh unique categories that Branagh has earned notices in after Best Actor, Best Director (“Henry V” and “Belfast”), Best Live Action Short, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor.
Anderson was previously recognized here for his “Boogie Nights” (1998) and “Magnolia” (2000) scripts. The 22-year gap between his “Magnolia” and “Licorice Pizza” nominations is...
For the fifth time in eight years, multiple original writing nominees – namely, Paul Thomas Anderson (“Licorice Pizza”) and Kenneth Branagh (“Belfast”) – also picked up bids for directing and producing their films. Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay are now the sixth and seventh unique categories that Branagh has earned notices in after Best Actor, Best Director (“Henry V” and “Belfast”), Best Live Action Short, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor.
Anderson was previously recognized here for his “Boogie Nights” (1998) and “Magnolia” (2000) scripts. The 22-year gap between his “Magnolia” and “Licorice Pizza” nominations is...
- 3/25/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Now that all of the guilds and precursors have announced their winners, we know what’s winning at the Academy Awards this upcoming Sunday, March 27 … right? Not so fast. Below, I dissect two categories that are giving me a massive headache ahead of the 2022 Oscars ceremony: Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay.
Best Adapted Screenplay
After taking home both the Writers Guild of America and BAFTA Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, “Coda” writer-director Siân Heder now seems like a safe bet for the Oscar. The last film to lose this Oscar race after winning both those prizes was “Up in the Air” (2009), which was bested by “Precious” — a film that hadn’t won a single major screenplay award in the lead-up to the Oscars but presumably benefited from the former film’s behind-the-scenes drama. While it’s true that “Coda” faced only one of its Oscar rivals at WGA,...
Best Adapted Screenplay
After taking home both the Writers Guild of America and BAFTA Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, “Coda” writer-director Siân Heder now seems like a safe bet for the Oscar. The last film to lose this Oscar race after winning both those prizes was “Up in the Air” (2009), which was bested by “Precious” — a film that hadn’t won a single major screenplay award in the lead-up to the Oscars but presumably benefited from the former film’s behind-the-scenes drama. While it’s true that “Coda” faced only one of its Oscar rivals at WGA,...
- 3/24/2022
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
Here in the final stages of the 2022 Oscars season, several Academy Awards voters told Gold Derby who they voted for — and why. They asked us not to reveal their identities, but they were otherwise eager to share their views of the year’s best films. Now that voting has concluded, we’ll share a few with you. The comments below by Voter #5 for each category are part of the thought process in choosing these potential winners. Also, you can click here to see the ballots of Voter #1, Voter #2, Voter #3 and Voter #4 revealed recently.
Best Picture: “The Power of the Dog”
For me and most of my voting friends, it’s “Power of the Dog” for us. The story is fascinating and complicated. It looks unbelievable with great music, great acting, really good stuff. It’s excellence at its best. It ranks right up there with many of the Best Picture winners throughout my lifetime,...
Best Picture: “The Power of the Dog”
For me and most of my voting friends, it’s “Power of the Dog” for us. The story is fascinating and complicated. It looks unbelievable with great music, great acting, really good stuff. It’s excellence at its best. It ranks right up there with many of the Best Picture winners throughout my lifetime,...
- 3/24/2022
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Here in the final stages of the 2022 Oscars season, several Academy Awards voters told Gold Derby who they voted for — and why. They asked us not to reveal their identities, but they were otherwise eager to share their views of the year’s best films. Now that voting has concluded, we’ll share a few with you. The comments below by Voter #2 for each category are part of the thought process in choosing these potential winners.
Also, you can click here to see the ballot of Voter #1 revealed recently.
Best Picture: “Dune”
This is one of the rare films lately that you must go out to the theater and see on the big screen because it was so compelling. I have watched it twice. Some people felt like not enough happened, but I don’t think that’s true. It was an epic story with amazing visualization and the relationships playing against warfare and immigration.
Also, you can click here to see the ballot of Voter #1 revealed recently.
Best Picture: “Dune”
This is one of the rare films lately that you must go out to the theater and see on the big screen because it was so compelling. I have watched it twice. Some people felt like not enough happened, but I don’t think that’s true. It was an epic story with amazing visualization and the relationships playing against warfare and immigration.
- 3/23/2022
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Here in the final stages of the 2022 Oscars season, several Academy Awards voters told Gold Derby who they voted for — and why. They asked us not to reveal their identities, but they were otherwise eager to share their views of the year’s best films. Now that voting has concluded, we’ll share a few with you. The comments below by Voter #1 for each category are part of the thought process in choosing these potential winners.
Best Picture: “Coda”
It just made me appreciate how powerful a movie can be. I was mesmerized by the spareness of how it was shot. It’s why we make movies in a way, to tell stories in a non-conventional way. I now wish I had seen it on a big screen. As we fight more stereotypes and stigmas, only exacerbated by politics, showing and educating how people who are different from us are not really different from us.
Best Picture: “Coda”
It just made me appreciate how powerful a movie can be. I was mesmerized by the spareness of how it was shot. It’s why we make movies in a way, to tell stories in a non-conventional way. I now wish I had seen it on a big screen. As we fight more stereotypes and stigmas, only exacerbated by politics, showing and educating how people who are different from us are not really different from us.
- 3/23/2022
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
The Oscars love to spread the wealth, as demonstrated by the last several years of the awards. Voters have been especially generous to films in the Best Picture race, like last year when seven of the eight movies in the top category walked away with at least one Oscar. Now that the academy has instituted a solid 10 nominees in Best Picture again, the chances of each film earning an Oscar on March 27 is not as likely, though a vast majority still could.
Gold Derby Experts, editors and users expect seven of the 10 Best Picture nominees to win at least one Oscar, according to the latest odds: “Coda,” “Drive My Car,” “Dune,” “King Richard,” “Licorice Pizza,” “The Power of the Dog” and “West Side Story.” However, the other three, “Belfast,” Don’t Look Up” and “Nightmare Alley,” could still pull off upset wins over the predicted frontrunners. Let’s take a look...
Gold Derby Experts, editors and users expect seven of the 10 Best Picture nominees to win at least one Oscar, according to the latest odds: “Coda,” “Drive My Car,” “Dune,” “King Richard,” “Licorice Pizza,” “The Power of the Dog” and “West Side Story.” However, the other three, “Belfast,” Don’t Look Up” and “Nightmare Alley,” could still pull off upset wins over the predicted frontrunners. Let’s take a look...
- 3/22/2022
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
The movies vying for Oscars this year are all built on firm foundations. With all the major precursor awards behind us, Oscar watchers have some idea of where Academy voters will go on the big night. (Ballots are due March 22.) But this year, the question of whether or not you win your Oscar pool could come down to the two most contentious races: Adapted and Original Screenplay. Anything can happen. Sometimes the Screenplay Oscars match up to Best Picture winners, but in recent years there have been more splits. One thing is consistent: voters tend to reward original auteur visions.
In Adapted Screenplay, a close race among three women directors, WGA and BAFTA-winner Sian Heder (“Coda”), Critics Choice-winner Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”), and USC Scripters and Indie Spirits winner Maggie Gyllenhaal (“The Lost Daughter”) could make it easier for Denis Villeneuve’s space epic “Dune” or Ryusuke...
In Adapted Screenplay, a close race among three women directors, WGA and BAFTA-winner Sian Heder (“Coda”), Critics Choice-winner Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”), and USC Scripters and Indie Spirits winner Maggie Gyllenhaal (“The Lost Daughter”) could make it easier for Denis Villeneuve’s space epic “Dune” or Ryusuke...
- 3/21/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
This past weekend proved to be a wild ride on the awards circuit.
The Producers Guild of America Awards bestowed its top honors upon Apple Original Film’s “Coda” on Saturday night while the Cinema Audio Society went with Warner Bros’ “Dune.”
At the Writers Guild of America Awards, several of the Oscar nominees for screenplay — “Belfast” (Kenneth Branagh), “Drive My Car”, “The Lost Daughter” (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and “The Power of the Dog” (Jane Campion) — were not eligible for recognition. So instead, the group went with “Don’t Look Up” from Adam McKay and David Sirota in original, with “Coda” taking another trophy for adapted following the BAFTAs.
And the final shoe to drop was the American Society of Cinematographers delivering Greig Fraser (“Dune”) the statuette, his second win following “Lion” (2016).
With Oscar voting still underway, a legitimate three-horse race is underway — Apple’s “Coda,” Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog” and Focus Features’ “Belfast.
The Producers Guild of America Awards bestowed its top honors upon Apple Original Film’s “Coda” on Saturday night while the Cinema Audio Society went with Warner Bros’ “Dune.”
At the Writers Guild of America Awards, several of the Oscar nominees for screenplay — “Belfast” (Kenneth Branagh), “Drive My Car”, “The Lost Daughter” (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and “The Power of the Dog” (Jane Campion) — were not eligible for recognition. So instead, the group went with “Don’t Look Up” from Adam McKay and David Sirota in original, with “Coda” taking another trophy for adapted following the BAFTAs.
And the final shoe to drop was the American Society of Cinematographers delivering Greig Fraser (“Dune”) the statuette, his second win following “Lion” (2016).
With Oscar voting still underway, a legitimate three-horse race is underway — Apple’s “Coda,” Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog” and Focus Features’ “Belfast.
- 3/21/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
“Don’t Look Up” and “Coda” have won the top feature film awards from the Writers Guild of America, which held its annual WGA Awards on Sunday evening.
On the heels of its Producers Guild Award victory on Saturday, “Coda” kicked off the show by winning the first award of the night, for Best Adapted Screenplay. The category also included “Dune,” “Nightmare Alley,” “tick, tick…Boom!” and “West Side Story” — but two of the biggest challengers to “Coda” in the Oscar race for adapted screenplay, “The Power of the Dog” and “The Lost Daughter,” were not eligible for the award because of WGA regulations.
In the Best Original Screenplay category, “Don’t Look Up” scored a surprise victory over “Licorice Pizza,” which was favored to take the award, and “King Richard.” Two other Oscar nominees, “Belfast” and “The Worst Person in the World,” were ineligible.
Television awards included “Succession” and “Hacks” for drama and comedy series,...
On the heels of its Producers Guild Award victory on Saturday, “Coda” kicked off the show by winning the first award of the night, for Best Adapted Screenplay. The category also included “Dune,” “Nightmare Alley,” “tick, tick…Boom!” and “West Side Story” — but two of the biggest challengers to “Coda” in the Oscar race for adapted screenplay, “The Power of the Dog” and “The Lost Daughter,” were not eligible for the award because of WGA regulations.
In the Best Original Screenplay category, “Don’t Look Up” scored a surprise victory over “Licorice Pizza,” which was favored to take the award, and “King Richard.” Two other Oscar nominees, “Belfast” and “The Worst Person in the World,” were ineligible.
Television awards included “Succession” and “Hacks” for drama and comedy series,...
- 3/21/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
“Coda” and “Don’t Look Up” added momentum to their hopes for Oscar gold by nabbing the top film honors Sunday at the 74th annual Writers Guild Awards.
The wins for the Apple TV Plus and Netflix titles come as film award season heads into its final seven-day countdown leading into the 94th Academy Awards on March 27. The Writers Guild of America West and East joined forces this year to present Sunday’s kudos in a virtual format, hosted by actor-writer Ashley Nicole Black, out of pandemic-related caution.
The leaders of both guilds, WGA West president Meredith Stiehm and WGA East president Michael Winship — made a brief side-by-side video appearance to assure members that the Writers Guild Awards will be back in person next year.
“Enjoy your sweat pants and slippers now. Next year you’ll be back in heels and ties and Spanx again,” said Stiehm.
On the TV side,...
The wins for the Apple TV Plus and Netflix titles come as film award season heads into its final seven-day countdown leading into the 94th Academy Awards on March 27. The Writers Guild of America West and East joined forces this year to present Sunday’s kudos in a virtual format, hosted by actor-writer Ashley Nicole Black, out of pandemic-related caution.
The leaders of both guilds, WGA West president Meredith Stiehm and WGA East president Michael Winship — made a brief side-by-side video appearance to assure members that the Writers Guild Awards will be back in person next year.
“Enjoy your sweat pants and slippers now. Next year you’ll be back in heels and ties and Spanx again,” said Stiehm.
On the TV side,...
- 3/20/2022
- by Cynthia Littleton, Michael Schneider and Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
You made it through the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Directors Guild Awards, and the Producers Guild Awards, too. The wait for the Oscars is almost over, but one more major guild had yet to give out its trophies before the Academy Awards. Tonight, Hollywood’s top writers came together for the Writers Guild of America Awards, which honored the finest achievements in film and television writing.
On the film side, the nominees were actually quite different from what you’ll see at the Oscars next week. In the Original Screenplay category, “Licorice Pizza,” “Don’t Look Up,” and “King Richard” were still nominated, but “Belfast” and “The Worst Person in the World” were replaced with “Being the Ricardos.” The Adapted Screenplay category was even more distinct, with only two Oscar contenders (“Dune” and “Coda”) nominated.
But it ultimately did not matter, as two Oscar nominees took the top prizes. “Coda...
On the film side, the nominees were actually quite different from what you’ll see at the Oscars next week. In the Original Screenplay category, “Licorice Pizza,” “Don’t Look Up,” and “King Richard” were still nominated, but “Belfast” and “The Worst Person in the World” were replaced with “Being the Ricardos.” The Adapted Screenplay category was even more distinct, with only two Oscar contenders (“Dune” and “Coda”) nominated.
But it ultimately did not matter, as two Oscar nominees took the top prizes. “Coda...
- 3/20/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Sunday’s 74th Writers Guild of America Awards will wrap up the guild season, along with the American Society of Cinematographers Awards. Will the winners be an Oscar preview?
“Licorice Pizza,” written by Paul Thomas Anderson, and “Coda,” by Sian Heder, are favored to win Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay, respectively. However, they are not facing off against many of their Oscar rivals as the WGA’s rules have rendered several scripts ineligible, including Oscar nominees “Belfast” and “The Worst Person in the World” in original, and “Drive My Car,” “The Lost Daughter” and “The Power of the Dog” in adapted. But if they both prevail, they will have bagged the two top industry prizes as they won at BAFTA last weekend right in the middle of final Oscar voting (it ends Tuesday).
The TV field features heavy-hitters “Succession” and “Ted Lasso,” both of which are expected to...
“Licorice Pizza,” written by Paul Thomas Anderson, and “Coda,” by Sian Heder, are favored to win Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay, respectively. However, they are not facing off against many of their Oscar rivals as the WGA’s rules have rendered several scripts ineligible, including Oscar nominees “Belfast” and “The Worst Person in the World” in original, and “Drive My Car,” “The Lost Daughter” and “The Power of the Dog” in adapted. But if they both prevail, they will have bagged the two top industry prizes as they won at BAFTA last weekend right in the middle of final Oscar voting (it ends Tuesday).
The TV field features heavy-hitters “Succession” and “Ted Lasso,” both of which are expected to...
- 3/20/2022
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
The 74th Writers Guild of America Awards took place Sunday, one of the last guild stops of Oscar season (the American Society of Cinematographers Awards were the same night). Did they provide clarity on two of the closest Oscar contests, Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay?
The thing about the WGA Awards, of course, is that the guild’s rigid rules stipulate that only members can compete, rendering numerous Oscar contenders ineligible every year. And there were quite a few this go-round. Ineligible original scripts include “Annette,” “Belfast,” “A Hero,” “Mass,” “Parallel Mothers,” “Pig” and “The Worst Person in the World.” Adapted screenplays forced to sit out include “Cyrano,” “Drive My Car,” “The Lost Daughter,” “Passing” and “The Power of the Dog.”
In original, the WGA nominated “Being the Ricardos” (Aaron Sorkin), “Don’t Look Up” (Adam McKay & David Sirota), “The French Dispatch” (Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola & Hugo Guinness & Jason Schwartzman...
The thing about the WGA Awards, of course, is that the guild’s rigid rules stipulate that only members can compete, rendering numerous Oscar contenders ineligible every year. And there were quite a few this go-round. Ineligible original scripts include “Annette,” “Belfast,” “A Hero,” “Mass,” “Parallel Mothers,” “Pig” and “The Worst Person in the World.” Adapted screenplays forced to sit out include “Cyrano,” “Drive My Car,” “The Lost Daughter,” “Passing” and “The Power of the Dog.”
In original, the WGA nominated “Being the Ricardos” (Aaron Sorkin), “Don’t Look Up” (Adam McKay & David Sirota), “The French Dispatch” (Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola & Hugo Guinness & Jason Schwartzman...
- 3/20/2022
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Succession, Mare Of Easttown enjoy another good night after PGA television wins.
Apple TV+’s Coda and Netflix’s Don’t Look Up were the big film winners at Sunday’s (20) virtual 2022 Writers Guild Awards hosted by the East and West Coast chapters the day after Coda boosted its Oscar hopes by claiming the PGA’s top prize.
Adam McKay’s script for Don’t Look Up took the WGA’s original screenplay prize and Sian Heder prevailed in the adapted category for Coda, which is based on French La Famille Belier.
Both are nominated for their respective Oscar categories although there...
Apple TV+’s Coda and Netflix’s Don’t Look Up were the big film winners at Sunday’s (20) virtual 2022 Writers Guild Awards hosted by the East and West Coast chapters the day after Coda boosted its Oscar hopes by claiming the PGA’s top prize.
Adam McKay’s script for Don’t Look Up took the WGA’s original screenplay prize and Sian Heder prevailed in the adapted category for Coda, which is based on French La Famille Belier.
Both are nominated for their respective Oscar categories although there...
- 3/20/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
After another politically and socially turbulent year, the Writers Guild of America is ready to celebrate the best that its members have to offer, while reflecting on the ever-changing social and entertainment landscape.
The WGA’s annual awards event, a joint venture between Wgaw and Wgawe, will be held on Sunday, March 20th, and similar to last year, will be handled as a virtual event. With Covid still firmly lingering in the space of the populace, the guild’s priorities have naturally shifted in ways that couldn’t have been anticipated, while still staying true to its collective core values.
This year’s WGA film award nominees represent a roster of high-caliber talent. Nominees in the Original Screenplay category Aaron Sorkin (“Being the Ricardos”), Adam McKay & David Sirota (“Don’t Look Up”), Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola & Hugo Guinness & Jason Schwartzman, Zach Baylin (“King Richard”), and Paul Thomas Anderson (“Licorice Pizza”). Adapted...
The WGA’s annual awards event, a joint venture between Wgaw and Wgawe, will be held on Sunday, March 20th, and similar to last year, will be handled as a virtual event. With Covid still firmly lingering in the space of the populace, the guild’s priorities have naturally shifted in ways that couldn’t have been anticipated, while still staying true to its collective core values.
This year’s WGA film award nominees represent a roster of high-caliber talent. Nominees in the Original Screenplay category Aaron Sorkin (“Being the Ricardos”), Adam McKay & David Sirota (“Don’t Look Up”), Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola & Hugo Guinness & Jason Schwartzman, Zach Baylin (“King Richard”), and Paul Thomas Anderson (“Licorice Pizza”). Adapted...
- 3/19/2022
- by Malina Saval
- Variety Film + TV
Don’t look for three of our predicted 10 Oscar contenders for screenplay (the original script for “Belfast” plus the adaptations of “The Lost Daughter” and “The Power of the Dog”) in the 2022 Writers Guild of America Awards nominations announced January 27. They didn’t qualify for consideration under the guild’s guidelines or those of its international partners.
We are predicting that “The Power of the Dog” will win Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars with “The Lost Daughter” running a close second. Their three likeliest Oscar competitors — “Coda,” “Dune” and “West Side Story” — contend at the WGA Awards as do “Nightmare Alley” and “tick, tick … Boom!”
The Original Screenplay Oscar frontrunner “Licorice Pizza” is in the running here as are three of its likeliest rivals: “Being the Ricardos,” “Don’t Look Up” and “King Richard.” With second-place Oscar hopeful “Belfast” ineligible at the guild kudos that race is rounded out by “The French Dispatch.
We are predicting that “The Power of the Dog” will win Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars with “The Lost Daughter” running a close second. Their three likeliest Oscar competitors — “Coda,” “Dune” and “West Side Story” — contend at the WGA Awards as do “Nightmare Alley” and “tick, tick … Boom!”
The Original Screenplay Oscar frontrunner “Licorice Pizza” is in the running here as are three of its likeliest rivals: “Being the Ricardos,” “Don’t Look Up” and “King Richard.” With second-place Oscar hopeful “Belfast” ineligible at the guild kudos that race is rounded out by “The French Dispatch.
- 3/18/2022
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The Critics Choice Association honored expected Oscars heavyweights “The Power of the Dog,” director Jane Campion, and actors Will Smith, Jessica Chastain, Troy Kotsur, and Ariana DeBose at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards on Sunday night.
“The Power of the Dog” won four awards overall, including three for Campion — Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film also won Best Cinematography for Ari Wegner.
Heading into the ceremony, both “West Side Story” and “Belfast” led all films with 11 nominations. Each movie went home with significant honors. “Belfast” won filmmaker Kenneth Branagh the Best Original Screenplay award, while the film’s cast was cited as the Best Ensemble and youngster Jude Hill won Best Young Actor. “West Side Story” won Best Supporting Actress for DeBose and Best Editing.
Historically, the Critics Choice Awards and Oscars match winners’ results roughly 70 percent of the time — although last year, the group of more...
“The Power of the Dog” won four awards overall, including three for Campion — Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film also won Best Cinematography for Ari Wegner.
Heading into the ceremony, both “West Side Story” and “Belfast” led all films with 11 nominations. Each movie went home with significant honors. “Belfast” won filmmaker Kenneth Branagh the Best Original Screenplay award, while the film’s cast was cited as the Best Ensemble and youngster Jude Hill won Best Young Actor. “West Side Story” won Best Supporting Actress for DeBose and Best Editing.
Historically, the Critics Choice Awards and Oscars match winners’ results roughly 70 percent of the time — although last year, the group of more...
- 3/14/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Belfast wins best ensemble, original screenplay, young actor/actress.
The Power Of The Dog won best film and Jane Campion best director at the 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards on Sunday night (13) while lead acting honours went to Will Smith and Jessica Chastain.
The latest awards ceremony continued a successful weekend for The Power Of The Dog and Campion after Baftas success earlier in the day. Campion also won top honours at the US DGA Awards on Saturday, and won the Critics Choice Award for adapted screenplay while Ari Wegner took the best cinematography award.
Smith repeated his Baftas lead...
The Power Of The Dog won best film and Jane Campion best director at the 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards on Sunday night (13) while lead acting honours went to Will Smith and Jessica Chastain.
The latest awards ceremony continued a successful weekend for The Power Of The Dog and Campion after Baftas success earlier in the day. Campion also won top honours at the US DGA Awards on Saturday, and won the Critics Choice Award for adapted screenplay while Ari Wegner took the best cinematography award.
Smith repeated his Baftas lead...
- 3/13/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Adam McKay has earned two Oscar nominations for producing and writing his latest film, “Don’t Look Up.” The writer-director is a previous winner for co-writing the screenplay to “The Big Short.”
McKay recently spoke with Gold Derby editors Marcus James Dixon and Rob Licuria about how he came up with the concept for “Don’t Look Up,” working with A-list stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and Meryl Streep and how the film has sparked debate among film fans. Watch the exclusive interview above and read the complete transcript below.
SEEWill ‘Don’t Look Up’ or ‘Licorice Pizza’ win with WGA? See our Editors’ predictions
Gold Derby (Marcus James Dixon): Adam, the film is finally out. It’s on Netflix and it’s in theaters and it’s also in the Oscar conversation in a lot of different categories, which we’ll talk about later. First, let’s just start at the beginning.
McKay recently spoke with Gold Derby editors Marcus James Dixon and Rob Licuria about how he came up with the concept for “Don’t Look Up,” working with A-list stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and Meryl Streep and how the film has sparked debate among film fans. Watch the exclusive interview above and read the complete transcript below.
SEEWill ‘Don’t Look Up’ or ‘Licorice Pizza’ win with WGA? See our Editors’ predictions
Gold Derby (Marcus James Dixon): Adam, the film is finally out. It’s on Netflix and it’s in theaters and it’s also in the Oscar conversation in a lot of different categories, which we’ll talk about later. First, let’s just start at the beginning.
- 3/9/2022
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Adam McKay is known for, among other things, his blistering satires, Vice and The Big Short among them. His latest, the four-time Oscar-nominated Don’t Look Up, takes aim at our ignorance of climate change, our politics and our obsession with tech.
Speaking on a panel during Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees event, McKay explained how the idea for Don’t Look Up germinated for him.
Contenders Film: The Nominees — Full Coverage
“It came about from the dawning awareness that the climate crisis, which I think a lot of us always thought was 50, 80, 100 years away,” he said. “And in the last four or five years it started to hit me that it’s right now. And that a lot of the modelling that we’ve seen has been incredibly optimistic. And in fairness the scientists were telling us that all along. And so, I started to get this bad feeling in my stomach.
Speaking on a panel during Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees event, McKay explained how the idea for Don’t Look Up germinated for him.
Contenders Film: The Nominees — Full Coverage
“It came about from the dawning awareness that the climate crisis, which I think a lot of us always thought was 50, 80, 100 years away,” he said. “And in the last four or five years it started to hit me that it’s right now. And that a lot of the modelling that we’ve seen has been incredibly optimistic. And in fairness the scientists were telling us that all along. And so, I started to get this bad feeling in my stomach.
- 3/5/2022
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association announced its annual nominations where Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” leads the way with 13 nominations, including best picture, director, supporting actor, supporting actress, and adapted screenplay.
Lin-Manuel Miranda received the most individual nominations of any person with seven: best picture for “In the Heights,” best director for “Tick, Tick … Boom!,” voice or motion capture performance for “Vivo” and a trio of song mentions from the animated film “Encanto” including “Dos Oruguitas,” “Surface Pressure” and “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.” The Leja membership also selected Miranda as the recipient of the Latino Activism Award. Past winners of that award include America Ferrera, Eva Longoria, Rosie Perez.
John Leguizamo is being honored with the 2022 Rita Moreno Lifetime Achievement Award for this year’s special honorees. For decades, the Special Tony and Emmy-winning actor, producer, and comedian have been a tireless force in the Latino community.
Lin-Manuel Miranda received the most individual nominations of any person with seven: best picture for “In the Heights,” best director for “Tick, Tick … Boom!,” voice or motion capture performance for “Vivo” and a trio of song mentions from the animated film “Encanto” including “Dos Oruguitas,” “Surface Pressure” and “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.” The Leja membership also selected Miranda as the recipient of the Latino Activism Award. Past winners of that award include America Ferrera, Eva Longoria, Rosie Perez.
John Leguizamo is being honored with the 2022 Rita Moreno Lifetime Achievement Award for this year’s special honorees. For decades, the Special Tony and Emmy-winning actor, producer, and comedian have been a tireless force in the Latino community.
- 2/22/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars and Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar and Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. The eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and is subject to change.
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Oscars Collective
Visit each category, per the individual awards show from The Oscars Hub
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2022 Oscars Predictions:
Best Original Screenplay
Updated: Feb 17, 2022
Awards Prediction Commentary:
Paul Thomas Anderson is up to a whopping...
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Oscars Collective
Visit each category, per the individual awards show from The Oscars Hub
Revisit the prediction archive of the 2021 season The Archive
Link to television awards is atTHE Emmys Hub
2022 Oscars Predictions:
Best Original Screenplay
Updated: Feb 17, 2022
Awards Prediction Commentary:
Paul Thomas Anderson is up to a whopping...
- 2/17/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Academy voters give creators extra points for controlling their visions; that gives auteurs the advantage in the race for Best Original Screenplay.
Getting a boost during 2021 is any film that debuted to real, live audiences at a film festival like Cannes. Writers branch voters often look overseas for their contenders. Auteur Joachim Trier (and writer Eskil Vogt) landed a surprise nomination for Norway’s International Feature Film nominee “The Worst Person in the World,” a coming-of-age drama starring Cannes Best Actress winner Renate Reinsve, which competes against a slate of high-powered Best Picture contenders.
During the pandemic Kenneth Branagh wrote and filmed a personal story, “Belfast” (Focus Features) which scored the audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival, often a harbinger of a Best Picture contender. Set in 1969, the film stars Jude Hill as Branagh’s nine-year-old self and veteran nominees Dame Judi Dench and Ciaran Hinds as his grandparents.
Getting a boost during 2021 is any film that debuted to real, live audiences at a film festival like Cannes. Writers branch voters often look overseas for their contenders. Auteur Joachim Trier (and writer Eskil Vogt) landed a surprise nomination for Norway’s International Feature Film nominee “The Worst Person in the World,” a coming-of-age drama starring Cannes Best Actress winner Renate Reinsve, which competes against a slate of high-powered Best Picture contenders.
During the pandemic Kenneth Branagh wrote and filmed a personal story, “Belfast” (Focus Features) which scored the audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival, often a harbinger of a Best Picture contender. Set in 1969, the film stars Jude Hill as Branagh’s nine-year-old self and veteran nominees Dame Judi Dench and Ciaran Hinds as his grandparents.
- 2/12/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Academy voters give creators extra points for controlling their visions; that gives auteurs the advantage in the race for Best Original Screenplay.
Getting a boost during 2021 is any film that debuted to real, live audiences at a film festival like Cannes. Writers branch voters often look overseas for their contenders. Auteur Joachim Trier (and writer Eskil Vogt) landed a surprise nomination for Norway’s International Feature Film nominee “The Worst Person in the World,” a coming-of-age drama starring Cannes Best Actress winner Renate Reinsve, which competes against a slate of high-powered Best Picture contenders.
During the pandemic Kenneth Branagh wrote and filmed a personal story, “Belfast” (Focus Features) which scored the audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival, often a harbinger of a Best Picture contender. Set in 1969, the film stars Jude Hill as Branagh’s nine-year-old self and veteran nominees Dame Judi Dench and Ciaran Hinds as his grandparents.
Getting a boost during 2021 is any film that debuted to real, live audiences at a film festival like Cannes. Writers branch voters often look overseas for their contenders. Auteur Joachim Trier (and writer Eskil Vogt) landed a surprise nomination for Norway’s International Feature Film nominee “The Worst Person in the World,” a coming-of-age drama starring Cannes Best Actress winner Renate Reinsve, which competes against a slate of high-powered Best Picture contenders.
During the pandemic Kenneth Branagh wrote and filmed a personal story, “Belfast” (Focus Features) which scored the audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival, often a harbinger of a Best Picture contender. Set in 1969, the film stars Jude Hill as Branagh’s nine-year-old self and veteran nominees Dame Judi Dench and Ciaran Hinds as his grandparents.
- 2/12/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
One of the most buzzed-about films of the year is “Don’t Look Up,” and now it’s a four-time Oscar nominee for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing and Best Score. As the Netflix satire explores the topic of politicians dismissing the impending climate crisis, you can bet it received its fair share of lovers — and haters — online. But now “Don’t Look Up” is getting the last laugh after being embraced by the academy. Earlier this awards season, director Adam McKay addressed the chatter by telling me and my co-senior editor Rob Licuria, “I actually love the controversy; I actually love the debate.” Watch our exclusive video interview below.
“I think critics and I think film fans should be challenging this movie and we should be asking questions about how we tell stories,” McKay added. “During the seismic times that we’re living through, these are times like no other.
“I think critics and I think film fans should be challenging this movie and we should be asking questions about how we tell stories,” McKay added. “During the seismic times that we’re living through, these are times like no other.
- 2/8/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
The 2022 Oscar nominations were announced on Tuesday, February 8 live from Los Angeles. Emmy winner Leslie Jordan and Emmy nominee Tracee Ellis Ross hosted the nomination ceremony, reading off nominees in all 23 categories. The announcement was live-streamed online via the Oscars website, accessible at both Oscar.com and Oscars.org. In addition to the academy’s main site, the nominations streamed live online via Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. The 94th Academy Awards air live on ABC on March 27 with the ceremony set to kick off from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood at 5:00 p.m. Pt/ 8:00 p.m. Et.
Scroll down to see the full list of nominations in all 23 competitive categories at the 94th Academy Awards.
Best Picture
“Belfast” Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers
“Coda” Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers
“Don’t Look Up” Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
“Drive My Car” Teruhisa Yamamoto,...
Scroll down to see the full list of nominations in all 23 competitive categories at the 94th Academy Awards.
Best Picture
“Belfast” Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers
“Coda” Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers
“Don’t Look Up” Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
“Drive My Car” Teruhisa Yamamoto,...
- 2/8/2022
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
The two-part, live presentation begins at 5:18am Pst (13:18pm GMT).
The nominations for the 94th Academy Awards will be unveiled today (February 8).
The nominations in all 23 Oscar categories will be announced in a two-part, live presentation, which starts at 5:18am Pst (13:18pm GMT). Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross are hosting.
At 5:18am, the supporting actor, actress, animated short, costume design, live-action short, music (original score), sound, adapted screenplay and original screenplay nominations will be announced.
At around 5:31am, they will reveal the nominations for best actor, actress, animated feature, cinematography, directing, documentary, documentary short,...
The nominations for the 94th Academy Awards will be unveiled today (February 8).
The nominations in all 23 Oscar categories will be announced in a two-part, live presentation, which starts at 5:18am Pst (13:18pm GMT). Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross are hosting.
At 5:18am, the supporting actor, actress, animated short, costume design, live-action short, music (original score), sound, adapted screenplay and original screenplay nominations will be announced.
At around 5:31am, they will reveal the nominations for best actor, actress, animated feature, cinematography, directing, documentary, documentary short,...
- 2/8/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
According to Gold Derby predictions, “Don’t Look Up” will receive five Oscar nominations on the morning of February 8, 2022 (see below). The Netflix satire is the latest from director/writer/producer Adam McKay and features an eye-popping A-list cast: Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence play astronomers who discover a comet barreling toward Earth, and Meryl Streep and Jonah Hill are the politicians who don’t believe them or simply don’t care. The cast of the climate crisis allegory was recently honored at the SAG Awards in the film ensemble category.
SEEAdam McKay on potential Oscar nominations for Netflix’s ‘Don’t Look Up’: ‘It would mean a lot to me’
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SEEAdam McKay on potential Oscar nominations for Netflix’s ‘Don’t Look Up’: ‘It would mean a lot to me’
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- 1/30/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
“Don’t Look Up” has hit a nerve in a way that’s rare for films to do. That’s partly because it addresses an urgent, hot-button topic — climate change — with a film that’s partly a cry for help, partly a black comedy. The movie, written and directed by Adam McKay, with a story by David Sirota, boasts a starry cast, including Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett. People love it or hate it, with no middle ground, as McKay says.
Risk-taking is rare for a film these days and “Don’t Look Up” swings for the fences; it could have gone wrong in so many ways, but even detractors have to admit it’s interesting: It’s epic, covering a wide range of geographical and emotional territory, with so many characters and subtle shifts in tone. And it seems to be a shoo-in for multiple Oscar nominations.
Risk-taking is rare for a film these days and “Don’t Look Up” swings for the fences; it could have gone wrong in so many ways, but even detractors have to admit it’s interesting: It’s epic, covering a wide range of geographical and emotional territory, with so many characters and subtle shifts in tone. And it seems to be a shoo-in for multiple Oscar nominations.
- 1/30/2022
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Adam McKay on potential Oscar nominations for Netflix’s ‘Don’t Look Up’: ‘It would mean a lot to me’
Six years ago, Adam McKay entered the Oscar winner’s circle for “The Big Short” (2015) in Best Adapted Screenplay, which he co-wrote with Charles Randolph, based on the book by Michael Lewis. Soon after, he earned bids for “Vice” (2018). Now, the filmmaker is in the awards conversation yet again for his Netflix hit “Don’t Look Up,” for producing, writing and, of course, directing. Earning Oscar nominations for a movie that both “breaks form” and raises awareness about the climate crisis “would mean a lot to me,” McKay reveals to me and Rob Licuria in our recent interview.
“What’s great about the awards stuff and especially the Oscars is that it’s your peers — it’s the people that make movies,” he says. “So I always am partial to that, same with the guild nominations. Any further success this movie could have sends a message that you can do movies about these subjects.
“What’s great about the awards stuff and especially the Oscars is that it’s your peers — it’s the people that make movies,” he says. “So I always am partial to that, same with the guild nominations. Any further success this movie could have sends a message that you can do movies about these subjects.
- 1/29/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Before we get to parsing the list of Writers Guild nominations, let’s look at those who were ineligible. This year’s list is massive, from UK entries Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” (Focus Features), Rebecca Hall’s “Passing” (Netflix), and Joe Wright’s “Cyrano” (MGM/UA) to Netflix contenders from Jane Campion (”The Power of the Dog”) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (“The Lost Daughter”). Among last year’s ineligibles were 2021 Oscar nominees “Nomadland” and “Minari.”
The WGA maintains jurisdiction over whether scripts are produced under a Writer’s Guild contract, and who finally gets credit on a screenplay. The guild insists on withholding non-signatories from being part of the WGA Awards.
A WGA nomination isn’t essential for Oscar nomination. Exceptions include American indie “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Iranian Oscar-winner “A Separation” Oscar-winning British films “Les Miserables,” and “The Favourite,” and all Pixar animated contenders, from “Up” to “Incredibles 2.” European...
The WGA maintains jurisdiction over whether scripts are produced under a Writer’s Guild contract, and who finally gets credit on a screenplay. The guild insists on withholding non-signatories from being part of the WGA Awards.
A WGA nomination isn’t essential for Oscar nomination. Exceptions include American indie “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Iranian Oscar-winner “A Separation” Oscar-winning British films “Les Miserables,” and “The Favourite,” and all Pixar animated contenders, from “Up” to “Incredibles 2.” European...
- 1/27/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Before we get to parsing the list of Writers Guild nominations, let’s look at those who were ineligible. This year’s list is massive, from UK entries Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” (Focus Features), Rebecca Hall’s “Passing” (Netflix), and Joe Wright’s “Cyrano” (MGM/UA) to Netflix contenders from Jane Campion (”The Power of the Dog”) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (“The Lost Daughter”). Among last year’s ineligibles were 2021 Oscar nominees “Nomadland” and “Minari.”
The WGA maintains jurisdiction over whether scripts are produced under a Writer’s Guild contract, and who finally gets credit on a screenplay. The guild insists on withholding non-signatories from being part of the WGA Awards.
A WGA nomination isn’t essential for Oscar nomination. Exceptions include American indie “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Iranian Oscar-winner “A Separation” Oscar-winning British films “Les Miserables,” and “The Favourite,” and all Pixar animated contenders, from “Up” to “Incredibles 2.” European...
The WGA maintains jurisdiction over whether scripts are produced under a Writer’s Guild contract, and who finally gets credit on a screenplay. The guild insists on withholding non-signatories from being part of the WGA Awards.
A WGA nomination isn’t essential for Oscar nomination. Exceptions include American indie “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Iranian Oscar-winner “A Separation” Oscar-winning British films “Les Miserables,” and “The Favourite,” and all Pixar animated contenders, from “Up” to “Incredibles 2.” European...
- 1/27/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Winners to be unveiled on March 20.
The Writers Guild of America has unveiled its feature nominations with The French Dispatch, King Richard, Coda and West Side Story all in contention for top awards.
The Guild announced its nominees in the original screenplay, adapted screenplay and documentary screenplay categories. Winners will be honored at a joint 2022 Writers Guild Awards virtual ceremony by the East and West Coast chapters on March 20.
Original Screenplay
Being The Ricardos
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Don’t Look Up
Screenplay by Adam McKay, Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota
The French Dispatch Of The Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Screenplay by Wes Anderson,...
The Writers Guild of America has unveiled its feature nominations with The French Dispatch, King Richard, Coda and West Side Story all in contention for top awards.
The Guild announced its nominees in the original screenplay, adapted screenplay and documentary screenplay categories. Winners will be honored at a joint 2022 Writers Guild Awards virtual ceremony by the East and West Coast chapters on March 20.
Original Screenplay
Being The Ricardos
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Don’t Look Up
Screenplay by Adam McKay, Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota
The French Dispatch Of The Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Screenplay by Wes Anderson,...
- 1/27/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The 74th annual Writers Guild Awards film nominations are officially in.
The Original Screenplay category is a tight competition, with Aaron Sorkin nominated for “Being the Ricardos” alongside Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” and Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” among others.
“Coda,” “Dune,” and “Nightmare Alley” lead the Adapted Screenplay category, rounding out a mix of streaming day and date premieres with theatrical releases.
The winners will be announced March 20 at 74th Annual Writers Guild Awards. The WGAs announced its TV, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional writing nominees last week. To note, Oscar contenders are ineligible for the Writers Guild of America Awards.
See below for the full list of film noms:
Original Screenplay
“Being the Ricardos,” written by Aaron Sorkin; Amazon Studios
“Don’t Look Up,” screenplay by Adam McKay, story by Adam McKay & David Sirota; Netflix
“The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun,...
The Original Screenplay category is a tight competition, with Aaron Sorkin nominated for “Being the Ricardos” alongside Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” and Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” among others.
“Coda,” “Dune,” and “Nightmare Alley” lead the Adapted Screenplay category, rounding out a mix of streaming day and date premieres with theatrical releases.
The winners will be announced March 20 at 74th Annual Writers Guild Awards. The WGAs announced its TV, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional writing nominees last week. To note, Oscar contenders are ineligible for the Writers Guild of America Awards.
See below for the full list of film noms:
Original Screenplay
“Being the Ricardos,” written by Aaron Sorkin; Amazon Studios
“Don’t Look Up,” screenplay by Adam McKay, story by Adam McKay & David Sirota; Netflix
“The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun,...
- 1/27/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The Writers Guild of America has penciled in the film nominees for its 74th annual WGA Awards, which will be virtual again this year.
The Original Screenplay category will see the scribes behind Being the Ricardos, Don’t Look Up, The French Dispatch, King Richard and Licorice Pizza vying for the hardware.
The Adapted Screenplay race will be among Coda, Dune, Nightmare Alley, tick, tick…Boom! and West Side Story.
On the documentary side, Being Cousteau, Exposing Muybridge and Like a Rolling Stone will battle it out for the WGA trophy.
See the full list of nominated writers and screenplays below.
Winners will be feted at the joint 2022 WGA Awards on Sunday, March 20 — the last majors awards show before the 94th Oscars. This year’s eligibility period is March 1-December 31, 2021.
Read the WGA’s TV nominations here.
The WGAs honor outstanding achievement for original and adapted screenplays and documentary films, but...
The Original Screenplay category will see the scribes behind Being the Ricardos, Don’t Look Up, The French Dispatch, King Richard and Licorice Pizza vying for the hardware.
The Adapted Screenplay race will be among Coda, Dune, Nightmare Alley, tick, tick…Boom! and West Side Story.
On the documentary side, Being Cousteau, Exposing Muybridge and Like a Rolling Stone will battle it out for the WGA trophy.
See the full list of nominated writers and screenplays below.
Winners will be feted at the joint 2022 WGA Awards on Sunday, March 20 — the last majors awards show before the 94th Oscars. This year’s eligibility period is March 1-December 31, 2021.
Read the WGA’s TV nominations here.
The WGAs honor outstanding achievement for original and adapted screenplays and documentary films, but...
- 1/27/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The screenplays for “Don’t Look Up,” “Licorice Pizza,” “Nightmare Alley” and “King Richard” have been nominated for the 2022 Writers Guild Awards by the WGA, West and WGA, East, the two guilds announced on Thursday.
Other nominees are “Coda,” “Dune,” “West Side Story” and “tick, tick…Boom!,” which join “Nightmare Alley” in the adapted-screenplay category, and “Being the Ricardos” and “The French Dispatch,” which join “Don’t Look Up,” “Licorice Pizza” and “King Richard” as original-screenplay nominees.
Eligible screenplays that were missing from the slate of nominees include Joel Coen’s Shakespeare adaptation, “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” and Mike Mills’ original story, “C’mon C’mon.”
Because the WGA created its award to be a prize for its members and those who write under its jurisdiction, a Writers Guild nomination is a less accurate predictor of Oscar success than noms from the other three major Hollywood guilds, the Screen Actors Guild, Producers Guild and Directors Guild.
Other nominees are “Coda,” “Dune,” “West Side Story” and “tick, tick…Boom!,” which join “Nightmare Alley” in the adapted-screenplay category, and “Being the Ricardos” and “The French Dispatch,” which join “Don’t Look Up,” “Licorice Pizza” and “King Richard” as original-screenplay nominees.
Eligible screenplays that were missing from the slate of nominees include Joel Coen’s Shakespeare adaptation, “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” and Mike Mills’ original story, “C’mon C’mon.”
Because the WGA created its award to be a prize for its members and those who write under its jurisdiction, a Writers Guild nomination is a less accurate predictor of Oscar success than noms from the other three major Hollywood guilds, the Screen Actors Guild, Producers Guild and Directors Guild.
- 1/27/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The Writers Guild of America Awards announced its 2022 nominations, where huge boosts were given to films such as “Being the Ricardos,” “Don’t Look Up,” “The French Dispatch,” “King Richard” and “Licorice Pizza” in original screenplay.
Adapted screenplay includes “Coda,” “Dune,” “Nightmare Alley,” “Tick, Tick … Boom!” and “West Side Story.” Missing from the lineup are “C’mon C’mon” from Mike Mills and “The Tragedy of Macbeth” from Joel Coen.
On the adapted screenplay side, notable awards contenders that were ineligible included “Benedetta” (IFC Films), “Cyrano” (MGM/United Artists Releasing), “Drive My Car” (Janus Films/Sideshow), “The Lost Daughter” (Netflix), “Passing” (Netflix), “The Power of the Dog” (Netflix), “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (Sony Pictures) and “Zola” (A24).
“The Harder They Fall” (Netflix) was moved from original to adapted for the WGA nods, but will remain in its campaigned category for the Oscars.
In the original screenplay category, the ineligibilities comprised of “Annette” (Amazon Studios...
Adapted screenplay includes “Coda,” “Dune,” “Nightmare Alley,” “Tick, Tick … Boom!” and “West Side Story.” Missing from the lineup are “C’mon C’mon” from Mike Mills and “The Tragedy of Macbeth” from Joel Coen.
On the adapted screenplay side, notable awards contenders that were ineligible included “Benedetta” (IFC Films), “Cyrano” (MGM/United Artists Releasing), “Drive My Car” (Janus Films/Sideshow), “The Lost Daughter” (Netflix), “Passing” (Netflix), “The Power of the Dog” (Netflix), “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (Sony Pictures) and “Zola” (A24).
“The Harder They Fall” (Netflix) was moved from original to adapted for the WGA nods, but will remain in its campaigned category for the Oscars.
In the original screenplay category, the ineligibilities comprised of “Annette” (Amazon Studios...
- 1/27/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Since the academy expanded the Best Picture category at the Oscars in 2010, Best Original Screenplay has gone to writers of a wide-range of genres: dramas; comedies (“Midnight in Paris”); biopics; true-life stories (“Spotlight”); period pictures (“Django Unchained”); war movies (“The Hurt Locker”); sci-fi (“Her”), thrillers and horror (“Get Out”). (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2022 Oscars predictions for Best Original Screenplay)
Regardless of the type of film, a nominee needs broad academy support to win this race. Indeed, all 12 of the most recent Best Original Screenplay winners were, at the least, Best Picture nominees. And six of them won the big prize, bringing the total number of Best Picture champs with Oscar-winning original screenplays to 18. By comparison, 41 films have done this on the adapted side.
In 2021, all five nominees for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards were crafted by writer/directors. Expect auteurs to be well-represented in this race once again.
Regardless of the type of film, a nominee needs broad academy support to win this race. Indeed, all 12 of the most recent Best Original Screenplay winners were, at the least, Best Picture nominees. And six of them won the big prize, bringing the total number of Best Picture champs with Oscar-winning original screenplays to 18. By comparison, 41 films have done this on the adapted side.
In 2021, all five nominees for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards were crafted by writer/directors. Expect auteurs to be well-represented in this race once again.
- 1/22/2022
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
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