Tag: The Shape of Water
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How ‘Game of Thrones’ Has an Emotional Connection to ‘Shape of Water’
Fox Searchlight’s “The Shape of Water” defies all logic. Not many filmmakers could make audiences swoon and weep at the love story between a mute janitor and a fish-man.Also defying logic: The fact that those characters are related to Jon Snow, Tyrion Lannister and the Mother of Dragons.Vanessa Taylor, who wrote the “Shape” script with…
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Guillermo del Toro to Open Cinema Named after Him at Guadalajara Fest (Exclusive)
Multi Oscar-nominated Guillermo del Toro is slated to open a new cinema named after him in Guadalajara, his hometown, on March 10, in an event which is likely to prove one of the festival’s highlights.“Hopefully, he’ll have a few Oscars in tow,” said Guadalajara Film Festival director Ivan Trujillo.The new cinema is one of several…
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‘Dunkirk,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ Win Cinema Audio Society Awards for Sound Mixing
Christopher Nolan’s World War II thriller “Dunkirk” walked away with top honors for sound mixing from the 54th annual Cinema Audio Society Saturday night, hosted by “The Daily Show” correspondent Michael Kosta.The film, which received eight Oscar nominations including best sound editing and best sound mixing, previously received the British Academy’s sound prize and an…
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‘The Shape Of Water’ Sound Teams On The Sonic Dimension To Creature Creation
Elegantly designed and impeccably shot, Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water would need a strong, immersive sonic experience to cross the finish line, ending up as it did with 13 Oscar nominations in the strongest showing for any film this year. Set primarily within 1960s Baltimore laboratories, this romantic fantasy between a fish-man and…
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‘The Shape Of Water’s Guillermo Del Toro On The “Biggest Missing Piece” Co-Writer Vanessa Taylor Brought To The Table
Now a four-time Oscar nominee with the spectacular success of his fantastical creature romance The Shape of Water, which took 13 Oscar nominations last month, writer/director Guillermo del Toro will always remember the first time he saw one of his project’s primary inspirations, the 1954 black-and-white monster movie Creature from the Black Lagoon. “Every Sunday,…
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‘Shape of Water’ Lawsuit Spurs Debate Amid Oscar Voting
Plagiarism claims are a dime a dozen in Hollywood, but the case of Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-contending film “The Shape of Water,” and a lawsuit alleging that it borrowed liberally from a nearly 50-year-old play, reminds that during awards season, the stakes always intensify.Some Academy voters question the timing of the suit, which was filed…
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Octavia Spencer, Isabela Moner Join Mark Wahlberg’s ‘Instant Family’
Octavia Spencer, Isabela Moner, Tig Notaro, Iliza Shlesinger, and Tom Segura have joined Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne in the Paramount comedy “Instant Family.”Wahlberg and Byrne will play a couple who decides to start a family and adopt through the foster-care system, only to find themselves raising three wild kids who have no interest in…
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Octavia Spencer, Isabela Moner, Tig Notaro Cast In Paramount’s ‘Instant Family’ Comedy
Octavia Spencer, who is vying for her second Oscar win for her performance in The Shape Of Water, is on board for Paramount’s Instant Family, along with rising star Isabela Moner (Transformers: The Last Knight), and comedian Tig Notaro. Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne star in the film directed by Daddy’s Home helmer Sean Anders…
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It’s ‘The Shape of Water’ vs. ‘Get Out’ for Three Top Oscars, and Jordan Peele Will Win One
As Oscar voters ponder their ballots (which are due Tuesday), two films are rising to the top of three key races: Best Original Screenplay, Director, and Picture. (We’ll discuss the Acting races later.) In each category, writer-directors Guillermo del Toro and Jordan Peele, with fantasy romance “The Shape of Water” and suspense thriller “Get Out”…
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Will Alexandre Desplat Take Home Another Oscar? A History of Score Wins
Will French composer Alexandre Desplat win best original score award for “The Shape of Water,” as most Oscar prognosticators are currently predicting?As more than 7,300 eligible Academy members cast their ballots this week, they are mulling over the musical categories as well. Competing with Desplat is Jonny Greenwood’s score for “Phantom Thread,” Carter Burwell’s for…