Tag: Spotlight
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A24 Opening Trey Edward Shults’ ‘Waves’ In Prime Awards Season November Spot
Exclusive: The first weekend of November is a magical place for limited releases, where a slew of Oscar contenders have launched.It’s where Open Road debuted Spotlight in 2015 which went on to win Best Picture, and it’s also the release date for a number of other Academy Award nominees such as A24’s Lady Bird, Fox…
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Film News Roundup: Gotham Awards Set Date for 2019 Ceremonies
In today’s film news roundup, the Gotham Awards have been set for Dec. 2, “The Twentieth Century” and “Feast of the Seven Fishes” are acquired and The Writers Lab selects a dozen participants.Awards DateThe Independent Filmmaker Project announced that the 29th Ifp Gotham Awards will take place this year at Cipriani in New York City…
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Abigail Breslin Joins Matt Damon in ‘Stillwater’ (Exclusive)
Abigail Breslin will star alongside Matt Damon in the upcoming movie “Stillwater,” which will be directed by Tom McCarthy.Participant Media acquired the project after Damon boarded the movie in May. Participant previously worked with McCarthy on his Oscar-winning drama “Spotlight.”“Stillwater” follows an American oil-rig rough neck from Oklahoma, played by Damon, who travels to Marseille…
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Matt Damon Teams with ‘Spotlight’ Director Tom McCarthy on New Film (Exclusive)
Even as buzz grows for his upcoming race car drama “Ford v. Ferrari,” Matt Damon looks to keep the pedal to the metal: the A-lister is set to star in the Participant Media feature film “Stillwater” with Tom McCarthy directing.Damon attached himself in May, and the package was quickly acquired by Participant, who previously worked…
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Participant Film and TV President Jonathan King Stepping Down
Participant Media’s president of narrative film and television Jonathan King is stepping down from his role and transitioning to independent producing.King, who has been with Jeff Skoll’s shop for 12 years, leaves his post in five weeks time, the company said in a Monday announcement. King’s greatest hits on behalf of Participant include the 2019…
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IndieWire Announces First-Ever Consider This Fyc Brunch With ‘The Act,’ ‘Catch-22,’ and ‘Now Apocalypse’
IndieWire, the definitive outlet for creative independence in film and TV, will launch its first ever Consider This Fyc event on Tuesday, May 21 in Hollywood. The three hour invitation-only brunch will welcome attendees comprised of TV Academy, guild members and select press and will be hosted by “America’s Got Talent” star Terry Crews.The brunch…
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Michael Keaton to Star in Drama ‘Goodrich’ With Amy Pascal Producing
Michael Keaton is attached to star in “Goodrich,” with Amy Pascal producing and Hallie Meyers-Shyer directing from her own script.The story centers on a man named Andy Goodrich in the aftermath of his second wife leaving him. He is faced with taking care of their 9-year-old twins and has to seek help from his adult…
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Why Green Book should win the best picture Oscar
Lost amid the film’s alarming fall from grace is the fact that, at its core, it offers a subtle and challenging social messageThe Favourite, Black Panther, Roma and more: read the rest of our best picture Oscar hustings‘Should” as in “deserves to”? Or “should” as in “has the chance to”? Semantics aside, none of this…
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BAFTA Backs ‘Roma’ as Oscar Race Enters the Final Stretch
The winner of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ best film prize has gone on to lose the best picture Oscar each of the last four years: “Boyhood” was felled by “Birdman,” “The Revenant” was routed by “Spotlight,” “La La Land” (infamously) lost to “Moonlight,” and last year, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”…
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‘By the Grace of God’ Review: François Ozon Condemns the Catholic Church with a Damning French ‘Spotlight’
However reductive it might be to frame “By the Grace of God” as a French riff on “Spotlight,” that’s exactly what writer-director François Ozon was hoping to make when he decided to make a film about the ongoing trial of Lyon-based Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, who stands accused of covering up the fact that a charismatic…