When you think of romantic comedies, odds are you are not picturing films like I Robot or The Terminator. That is because science fiction tales about androids and artificial intelligence are typically fodder for terrifying thrillers and action movies. But, in an unexpected blend of genres, we now have a movie that combines the raunch of a sex comedy, the love of a romantic film, and the concepts of science fiction into a movie replete with humor, machines, and a dose of politics.
Directed by Casper Christensen and Anthony Hines, Robots is “Set in an era where advanced robotics have enabled humanity to utilize lifelike androids as servants and manual laborers, affluent suburbanites Elaine and Charles use android doubles of themselves to avoid the time constraints of dating. But when the imposters realize that they are actually falling in love, they steal the identities of their owners and go on the run,...
Directed by Casper Christensen and Anthony Hines, Robots is “Set in an era where advanced robotics have enabled humanity to utilize lifelike androids as servants and manual laborers, affluent suburbanites Elaine and Charles use android doubles of themselves to avoid the time constraints of dating. But when the imposters realize that they are actually falling in love, they steal the identities of their owners and go on the run,...
- 5/24/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
If there were an award only for taking on as many jobs as possible, Anthony Hines and Casper Christensen’s Robot would doubtlessly win it. It’s not your run-of-the-mill sci-fi rom-com. While most rom-coms take their pick out of a list of minor conflicts to conquer by the end of the movie, Robots aims to address America’s hatred for immigrants and hopes to fix an insufferable man-child and an odd gold-digger at the same time. How does it fare? It depends on who you ask. First, let’s get your doubts cleared up about what goes down in Elaine and Charles’ lives when their advanced lookalike androids go rogue.
Spoilers Ahead
Plot Summary: What Happens In ‘Robots’?
Here we are in the dystopian aftermath of what could’ve been the state of America if Trump’s dream of keeping Mexican immigrants out with a giant, unsightly wall had come true.
Spoilers Ahead
Plot Summary: What Happens In ‘Robots’?
Here we are in the dystopian aftermath of what could’ve been the state of America if Trump’s dream of keeping Mexican immigrants out with a giant, unsightly wall had come true.
- 5/21/2023
- by Lopamudra Mukherjee
- Film Fugitives
Plot: Charles is a womanizer while Elaine is a gold digger. The duo learn humanity when forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves.
Review: Romantic comedies tend to be wholesome and enjoyable without any sort of pertinent social message. The same goes for the typical raunchy sex comedy. Rarely are these two sub-genres seen bundled together, least of all with a science fiction twist. The new film Robots, starring Jack Whitehall and Shailene Woodley, is both a sex comedy and a romantic one but with a sci-fi angle that is all packaged together into a relevant social message about the immigration reform in the United States. If that sounds like a heavy subject matter, rest assured that it delivers a coherent and funny message that may not be quite as strong as the filmmakers hoped. Nevertheless, Robots is a unique blend of styles that is heartfelt and funny.
Review: Romantic comedies tend to be wholesome and enjoyable without any sort of pertinent social message. The same goes for the typical raunchy sex comedy. Rarely are these two sub-genres seen bundled together, least of all with a science fiction twist. The new film Robots, starring Jack Whitehall and Shailene Woodley, is both a sex comedy and a romantic one but with a sci-fi angle that is all packaged together into a relevant social message about the immigration reform in the United States. If that sounds like a heavy subject matter, rest assured that it delivers a coherent and funny message that may not be quite as strong as the filmmakers hoped. Nevertheless, Robots is a unique blend of styles that is heartfelt and funny.
- 5/20/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
"Robots" is a new science fiction romantic comedy feature, written and directed by Anthony Hines and Casper Christensen, starring Shailene Woodley and Jack Whitehall, releasing in theaters May 19, 2023:
"...based on 'The Robot Who Looked Like Me' by Robert Sheckley, the new film is set in an era where advanced robotics have enabled humanity to utilize lifelike androids as servants and manual laborers.
"Affluent suburbanites 'Elaine' (Woodley) and 'Charles' (Whitehall) use android doubles of themselves to avoid the time constraints of dating.
"But when the imposters realize that they are actually falling in love, they steal the identities of their owners and go on the run, forcing Elaine and Charles to team up and get their lives back..."
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"...based on 'The Robot Who Looked Like Me' by Robert Sheckley, the new film is set in an era where advanced robotics have enabled humanity to utilize lifelike androids as servants and manual laborers.
"Affluent suburbanites 'Elaine' (Woodley) and 'Charles' (Whitehall) use android doubles of themselves to avoid the time constraints of dating.
"But when the imposters realize that they are actually falling in love, they steal the identities of their owners and go on the run, forcing Elaine and Charles to team up and get their lives back..."
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- 4/30/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies) and Jack Whitehall (Bad Education) play dual roles as a couple who are shocked to realize that their robot doubles have fallen in love in Robots. It’s really weird that Neon hasn’t done any advertising for Robots, given that it’s set for theatrical release on May 19, 2023. The trailer’s release less than a month out of the film’s premiere is probably the first time most people – other than diehard Woodley or Whitehall fans – will realize this sci-fi comedy exists.
Neon released this very basic synopsis: “Charles is a womanizer while Elaine is a gold digger. The duo learn humanity when forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves.”
The comedy is based on a short story by Robert Sheckley and is co-written and co-directed by Anthony Hines (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) and Casper Christensen (Klown). Stephen Camel, Julian Favre, Cassian Elwes,...
Neon released this very basic synopsis: “Charles is a womanizer while Elaine is a gold digger. The duo learn humanity when forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves.”
The comedy is based on a short story by Robert Sheckley and is co-written and co-directed by Anthony Hines (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) and Casper Christensen (Klown). Stephen Camel, Julian Favre, Cassian Elwes,...
- 4/25/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
"This is terrible! They've completely stolen our lives!" A perfect robo-couple on the run? Neon has revealed an official trailer for an indie sci-fi comedy called Robots, made by two comedy filmmakers named Casper Christensen (Klown) & Anthony Hines (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm). This has shown up out of nowhere with a quiet summer release, which is an early sign that it's not very good. As the title indicates, it's actually about androids - or two robots - who go off on their own adventure. Charles is a womanizer while Elaine is a gold digger. The duo learn to regain their humanity when forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves. Starring Shailene Woodley x2 as Elaine, and Jack Whitehall x2 as Charles, Emanuela Postacchini, Chelsea Edmundson, and Richard Lippert. This looks super awkward and not as funny as it should, coming across as a made-for-tv movie more than an indie comedy.
- 4/25/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Screenplay based on short story by Robert Sheckley.
Neon has acquired US and Caribbean rights to the sci-fi comedy Robots starring Shailene Woodley and Jack Whitehall.
Anthony Hines and Casper Christensen co-direct and co-wrote the screenplay about a womaniser and a gold digger who must team up and go after robot versions of themselves who have fallen for each other.
The screenplay is based on a short story by Robert Sheckley. Hines co-wrote Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Christensen co-wrote the Danish comedy Klown.
Producers are Stephen Hamel at Company Films, which developed the project, and Cassian Elwes. It is understood...
Neon has acquired US and Caribbean rights to the sci-fi comedy Robots starring Shailene Woodley and Jack Whitehall.
Anthony Hines and Casper Christensen co-direct and co-wrote the screenplay about a womaniser and a gold digger who must team up and go after robot versions of themselves who have fallen for each other.
The screenplay is based on a short story by Robert Sheckley. Hines co-wrote Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Christensen co-wrote the Danish comedy Klown.
Producers are Stephen Hamel at Company Films, which developed the project, and Cassian Elwes. It is understood...
- 4/3/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Shailene Woodley, star of “Big Little Lies,” The Secret Life of the American Teenager” and “The Spectacular Now,” has joined Showtime’s upcoming hourlong series “Three Women” as a lead. The drama is a book-to-television adaptation of the nonfiction bestseller of the same name by Lisa Taddeo, who also executive produces the series.
The Pushcart Prize two-time winner and recipient of the Florence Engel Randall Award in fiction (2017) made her nonfiction debut this past summer with “Three Women,” published by Simon & Schuster. It tells the true multigenerational story of three American women— in their 20s, 30 and 40s —who suffered backlash for their sexual desires as well as their public and private pursuits of sexual independence and justice. The novel, which took Taddeo over a decade to research, report and write, remains in the Top 5 of the New York Times bestseller list for nonfiction books. The show is set to begin production in the fall.
The Pushcart Prize two-time winner and recipient of the Florence Engel Randall Award in fiction (2017) made her nonfiction debut this past summer with “Three Women,” published by Simon & Schuster. It tells the true multigenerational story of three American women— in their 20s, 30 and 40s —who suffered backlash for their sexual desires as well as their public and private pursuits of sexual independence and justice. The novel, which took Taddeo over a decade to research, report and write, remains in the Top 5 of the New York Times bestseller list for nonfiction books. The show is set to begin production in the fall.
- 7/22/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Shailene Woodley will co-star with Jack Whitehall in the comedy Robots, which comes from Borat writer Anthony Hines.
Hines will co-direct the movie with Casper Christensen (Klown). Pic is based on the short story by sci-fi writer Robert Sheckley. Hines and Christensen penned the screenplay, which focuses on a womanizer and a gold digger who learn humanity when forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves, who have fallen in love and run away together
Cassian Elwes is producing with Stephen Hamel at Company Films, which developed the pic. Rocket Science is handling international sales at Cannes, with CAA Media Finance co-repping domestic with Elwes’ Elevated. Production is set to begin this August in New Mexico. Thorsten Schumacher and Jere Hausfater will serve as Executive Producers.
“At a time when comedies are needed more than ever, I couldn’t be more delighted than to have Shailene and Jack...
Hines will co-direct the movie with Casper Christensen (Klown). Pic is based on the short story by sci-fi writer Robert Sheckley. Hines and Christensen penned the screenplay, which focuses on a womanizer and a gold digger who learn humanity when forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves, who have fallen in love and run away together
Cassian Elwes is producing with Stephen Hamel at Company Films, which developed the pic. Rocket Science is handling international sales at Cannes, with CAA Media Finance co-repping domestic with Elwes’ Elevated. Production is set to begin this August in New Mexico. Thorsten Schumacher and Jere Hausfater will serve as Executive Producers.
“At a time when comedies are needed more than ever, I couldn’t be more delighted than to have Shailene and Jack...
- 6/21/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Woodley fills the role previously held by Emma Roberts.
Shailene Woodley will join Jack Whitehall in US comedy Robots, on which UK sales firm Rocket Science is handling international sales at this week’s Pre-Cannes Screenings (June 21-25).
Woodley is taking over the lead role previously set to be played by Emma Roberts when the project was launched last summer.
Production on the film is scheduled to begin this August in New Mexico, US.
The film is based on a short story by science fiction writer Robert Sheckley about a womaniser and a gold-digger who are forced to team up...
Shailene Woodley will join Jack Whitehall in US comedy Robots, on which UK sales firm Rocket Science is handling international sales at this week’s Pre-Cannes Screenings (June 21-25).
Woodley is taking over the lead role previously set to be played by Emma Roberts when the project was launched last summer.
Production on the film is scheduled to begin this August in New Mexico, US.
The film is based on a short story by science fiction writer Robert Sheckley about a womaniser and a gold-digger who are forced to team up...
- 6/21/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Shailene Woodley will star in “Robots,” which is being described as a “fast-paced comedy” from Anthony Hines, one of the writers of “Borat” and “Bruno.” It marks a change of pace for Woodley, best known for the dystopian “Divergent” films and the dare-you-not-to-devolve-into-a-puddle-of-tears romance “The Fault in Our Stars.”
“Robots” is based on a short story by science fiction writer Robert Sheckley. It focuses on a womanizer and a gold digger who are forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves, who have, in turn, fallen in love and absconded together. Hamel developed the project under his Company Films banner.
Hines will co-direct the film with Casper Christensen (“Klown”). Woodley will star alongside Jack Whitehall, who appears in the upcoming Disney film “Jungle Cruise” and previously starred in the series “Bad Education.”
Rocket Science is handling international sales on the film in the Virtual Cannes Market. CAA Media Finance,...
“Robots” is based on a short story by science fiction writer Robert Sheckley. It focuses on a womanizer and a gold digger who are forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves, who have, in turn, fallen in love and absconded together. Hamel developed the project under his Company Films banner.
Hines will co-direct the film with Casper Christensen (“Klown”). Woodley will star alongside Jack Whitehall, who appears in the upcoming Disney film “Jungle Cruise” and previously starred in the series “Bad Education.”
Rocket Science is handling international sales on the film in the Virtual Cannes Market. CAA Media Finance,...
- 6/21/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Emmy-nominated Big Little Lies star Shailene Woodley has joined Jack Whitehall (Jungle Cruise) in Robots, a comedy feature in which a womanizer and a gold digger learn about humanity when forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves.
Woodley replaces Emma Roberts, who was originally attached to star in the film, which is being co-directed by Oscar-nominated writer Anthony Hines (Borat, Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, Brüno) and Casper Christensen (Klown). Rocket Science is handling international sales during the Virtual Cannes Market, while CAA Media Finance, which arranged financing, is co-representing the film’s domestic distribution rights with Cassian Elwes’ Elevated who is producing with Stephen Hamel at Company Films.
Hines,...
Woodley replaces Emma Roberts, who was originally attached to star in the film, which is being co-directed by Oscar-nominated writer Anthony Hines (Borat, Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, Brüno) and Casper Christensen (Klown). Rocket Science is handling international sales during the Virtual Cannes Market, while CAA Media Finance, which arranged financing, is co-representing the film’s domestic distribution rights with Cassian Elwes’ Elevated who is producing with Stephen Hamel at Company Films.
Hines,...
- 6/21/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Emmy-nominated Big Little Lies star Shailene Woodley has joined Jack Whitehall (Jungle Cruise) in Robots, a comedy feature in which a womanizer and a gold digger learn about humanity when forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves.
Woodley replaces Emma Roberts, who was originally attached to star in the film, which is being co-directed by Oscar-nominated writer Anthony Hines (Borat, Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, Brüno) and Casper Christensen (Klown). Rocket Science is handling international sales during the Virtual Cannes Market, while CAA Media Finance, which arranged financing, is co-representing the film’s domestic distribution rights with Cassian Elwes’ Elevated who is producing with Stephen Hamel at Company Films.
Hines,...
Woodley replaces Emma Roberts, who was originally attached to star in the film, which is being co-directed by Oscar-nominated writer Anthony Hines (Borat, Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, Brüno) and Casper Christensen (Klown). Rocket Science is handling international sales during the Virtual Cannes Market, while CAA Media Finance, which arranged financing, is co-representing the film’s domestic distribution rights with Cassian Elwes’ Elevated who is producing with Stephen Hamel at Company Films.
Hines,...
- 6/21/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It has been another strange and uncertain year for Hollywood, with the pandemic hitting cinemas hard and streaming services rising to hold the fort. It has also been a year in which we’ve seen a growing diversity in front of, and behind the camera, with an increasing focus on new voices and new stories being told.
Last year saw Bong Joon-ho ‘s Parasite achieve Oscar greatness and, for a brief pre-covid moment, it seemed that the world of cinema was beginning to embrace a wider world. The 2021 BAFTAs showed signs this was continuing with Minari, Another Round and Promising Young Woman taking home a clutch of awards each.
This year’s American Academy Awards will be a strange affair, certainly one to remember.
Here is the full list of nominations with Winners in bold.
Best Picture
“The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics)
“Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros.)
“Mank...
Last year saw Bong Joon-ho ‘s Parasite achieve Oscar greatness and, for a brief pre-covid moment, it seemed that the world of cinema was beginning to embrace a wider world. The 2021 BAFTAs showed signs this was continuing with Minari, Another Round and Promising Young Woman taking home a clutch of awards each.
This year’s American Academy Awards will be a strange affair, certainly one to remember.
Here is the full list of nominations with Winners in bold.
Best Picture
“The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics)
“Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros.)
“Mank...
- 4/26/2021
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The 93rd Annual Academy Awards were presented on Sunday night, April 25. So who won in this most unusual year? Scroll down for the complete Oscar winners list in all 23 categories, updated live throughout the night.
These Oscars had originally been scheduled for February 28, but then the Covid-19 pandemic upended the entire entertainment industry. Movie productions were put on hold. Movie releases were delayed. And award shows across various entertainment industry switched to virtual or hybrid formats with limited or no in-person audiences in attendance.
SEEWhere to watch all the 2021 Oscar nominees
In addition to moving the airdate, the academy also expanded the eligibility rules. Instead of considering movies just from the 2020 calendar year, these awards considered films that opened through February 28, 2021. And they also opened the door to streaming movies without the need for a theatrical release.
The resulting Oscar nominations were led by a Netflix film, the Hollywood biopic “Mank,...
These Oscars had originally been scheduled for February 28, but then the Covid-19 pandemic upended the entire entertainment industry. Movie productions were put on hold. Movie releases were delayed. And award shows across various entertainment industry switched to virtual or hybrid formats with limited or no in-person audiences in attendance.
SEEWhere to watch all the 2021 Oscar nominees
In addition to moving the airdate, the academy also expanded the eligibility rules. Instead of considering movies just from the 2020 calendar year, these awards considered films that opened through February 28, 2021. And they also opened the door to streaming movies without the need for a theatrical release.
The resulting Oscar nominations were led by a Netflix film, the Hollywood biopic “Mank,...
- 4/26/2021
- 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 2021 Oscar winner reactions. As they discussed the unfolding ceremony on April 25, they cheered for their favorite films and lamented the fact that others had lost..
Over the past 92 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 2021 Oscar winners. Take a read and then jump in here if you’re brave enough.
See 2021 Oscars: Full list of Academy Awards winners in all 23 categories
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Best Picture
“The Father”
“Judas and the Black Messiah”
“Mank”
“Minari”
X – “Nomadland”
“Promising Young Woman”
“Sound of Metal”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Sean C: And the frontrunner throughout the season takes it.
Over the past 92 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 2021 Oscar winners. Take a read and then jump in here if you’re brave enough.
See 2021 Oscars: Full list of Academy Awards winners in all 23 categories
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Best Picture
“The Father”
“Judas and the Black Messiah”
“Mank”
“Minari”
X – “Nomadland”
“Promising Young Woman”
“Sound of Metal”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Sean C: And the frontrunner throughout the season takes it.
- 4/26/2021
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
“Mank” is the only film in contention at the 2021 Oscars to break the double digit barrier in the nominations count. This Netflix period picture reaped a leading 10 bids. In a six-way tied for second place with, appropriately enough, six nominations apiece are “The Father,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Sound of Metal,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” All seven of these films are up for Best Picture. That race is rounded out by five-time contender “Promising Young Woman.”
Scroll down to see the full list of nominations in all 23 competitive categories at the 93rd Academy Awards on April 25.
Best Picture
“The Father”
“Judas and the Black Messiah”
“Mank”
“Minari”
“Nomadland”
“Promising Young Woman”
“Sound of Metal”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Best Director
Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari”
David Fincher, “Mank”
Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”
Thomas Vinterberg, “Another Round”
Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
Best Actress
Viola Davis,...
Scroll down to see the full list of nominations in all 23 competitive categories at the 93rd Academy Awards on April 25.
Best Picture
“The Father”
“Judas and the Black Messiah”
“Mank”
“Minari”
“Nomadland”
“Promising Young Woman”
“Sound of Metal”
“The Trial of the Chicago 7”
Best Director
Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari”
David Fincher, “Mank”
Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”
Thomas Vinterberg, “Another Round”
Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
Best Actress
Viola Davis,...
- 4/25/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Since the first ceremony, Oscar voters have honored the importance of the first step in the filmmaking process by awarding screenwriters on an annual basis. The Best Adapted Screenplay award is given in recognition of each year’s most outstanding script derived from an existing work. Academy rules allow for a variety of source materials, including fiction and nonfiction books, plays, and even previous short and feature films.
The films in contention for the 2021 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar are “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “The Father,” “Nomadland,” “One Night in Miami,” and “The White Tiger.” Our odds currently indicate that “Nomadland” (82/25) will win the award, followed in order by “The Father” (37/10), “One Night in Miami” (9/2), “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (9/2), and “The White Tiger” (9/2).
In adapting his play “The Father” from stage to screen, Florian Zeller teamed with Christopher Hampton, who previously won this award in 1989 for “Dangerous Liaisons.” Hampton is now one of...
The films in contention for the 2021 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar are “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “The Father,” “Nomadland,” “One Night in Miami,” and “The White Tiger.” Our odds currently indicate that “Nomadland” (82/25) will win the award, followed in order by “The Father” (37/10), “One Night in Miami” (9/2), “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (9/2), and “The White Tiger” (9/2).
In adapting his play “The Father” from stage to screen, Florian Zeller teamed with Christopher Hampton, who previously won this award in 1989 for “Dangerous Liaisons.” Hampton is now one of...
- 4/19/2021
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
A version of this story on “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Years ago, director Jason Woliner was sent a script and told only that it was to be Sacha Baron Cohen’s next movie. The script was top secret, encrypted and nowhere in it did it contain the word “Borat.”
That movie, of course, would become “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” whose whopping nine screenwriters — a record for the category, to go with the record for the longest title ever nominated for an Oscar — are celebrating its Oscar nomination.
And if it seems odd that it would take nine people to write a largely improvisational film, and that the film would then win a Writers Guild Award and be Oscar-nominated for its screenplay, the...
Years ago, director Jason Woliner was sent a script and told only that it was to be Sacha Baron Cohen’s next movie. The script was top secret, encrypted and nowhere in it did it contain the word “Borat.”
That movie, of course, would become “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” whose whopping nine screenwriters — a record for the category, to go with the record for the longest title ever nominated for an Oscar — are celebrating its Oscar nomination.
And if it seems odd that it would take nine people to write a largely improvisational film, and that the film would then win a Writers Guild Award and be Oscar-nominated for its screenplay, the...
- 4/14/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Oscar nominee profile: Adapted Screenplay ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ was faced with the unexpected
Sing out their names: Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Swimer and Nina Pedrad. These are the record nine writers who have been nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for their contributions to “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” the same team that won the Writers Guild Award for Adapted Screenplay several weeks ago.
As impressive as that WGA win was, it comes with a slight caveat for Oscar prognosticators. Yes, “Borat’s” WGA victory was over two of its Oscar rivals in this category — Kemp Powers for adapting his stage play “One Night in Miami,” and Ramin Bahrani for adapting the novel “The White Tiger.” But two other huge competitors — Chloè Zhao for her adaptation of the non-fiction book “Nomadland,” and Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller for adapting Zeller’s play “The Father” — were not eligible for the WGA prize but will return...
As impressive as that WGA win was, it comes with a slight caveat for Oscar prognosticators. Yes, “Borat’s” WGA victory was over two of its Oscar rivals in this category — Kemp Powers for adapting his stage play “One Night in Miami,” and Ramin Bahrani for adapting the novel “The White Tiger.” But two other huge competitors — Chloè Zhao for her adaptation of the non-fiction book “Nomadland,” and Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller for adapting Zeller’s play “The Father” — were not eligible for the WGA prize but will return...
- 4/14/2021
- by Tom O'Brien
- Gold Derby
For the titular character’s return to America in Amazon’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, 14 years after the smash success of 2006’s Borat, satirist Sacha Baron Cohen recruited eight writers to craft the film’s screenplay. Some of those writers — including Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer — received an Academy Award nomination for best adapted screenplay alongside Baron Cohen for the 2006 film; joining the writing team for the Oscar-nominated sequel are Dan Swimer and Lee Kern (who worked on Baron Cohen’s Showtime series Who Is America?), as well as Erica Rivinoja, Jena Friedman and Nina Pedrad....
- 4/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
For the titular character’s return to America in Amazon’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, 14 years after the smash success of 2006’s Borat, satirist Sacha Baron Cohen recruited eight writers to craft the film’s screenplay. Some of those writers — including Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer — received an Academy Award nomination for best adapted screenplay alongside Baron Cohen for the 2006 film; joining the writing team for the Oscar-nominated sequel are Dan Swimer and Lee Kern (who worked on Baron Cohen’s Showtime series Who Is America?), as well as Erica Rivinoja, Jena Friedman and Nina Pedrad....
- 4/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sacha Baron Cohen pointed out during Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees all-day event a unique distinction of his second Borat movie, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.
“Only a couple of sequels have ever been nominated [at the Oscars]. One was The Godfather Part II,” he said of the fact that not only his 2006 original film but also the new one have been nominated in screenwriting categories. “When we got that nomination in 2006 I believe we were the first broad comedy to be nominated in perhaps decades, I’m not sure. I think winning the WGA Award was incredible. I didn’t even tune in because I thought we would lose. We feel comedy is an overlooked genre. It takes much more skill than I think people think it actually does.”
Baron Cohen, along with writers Anthony Hines and Erica Rivinoja, appeared as part of Amazon Studios’ Contenders panels along with Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee Maria Bakalova,...
“Only a couple of sequels have ever been nominated [at the Oscars]. One was The Godfather Part II,” he said of the fact that not only his 2006 original film but also the new one have been nominated in screenwriting categories. “When we got that nomination in 2006 I believe we were the first broad comedy to be nominated in perhaps decades, I’m not sure. I think winning the WGA Award was incredible. I didn’t even tune in because I thought we would lose. We feel comedy is an overlooked genre. It takes much more skill than I think people think it actually does.”
Baron Cohen, along with writers Anthony Hines and Erica Rivinoja, appeared as part of Amazon Studios’ Contenders panels along with Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee Maria Bakalova,...
- 4/10/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
This very unusual eight-month movie-awards season is winding down as BAFTA and DGA virtual ceremonies take place this weekend and Oscar final voting is set to begin Thursday. What better time for Deadline’s first-ever Contenders Film: The Nominees to take place? The final countdown starts here beginning at 10 a.m. Pt with a total of 18 films from 11 studios featuring 45 nominated filmmakers and stars, all giving us the lowdown on the movies that are bringing them all to the end of a long journey that culminates on Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, April 25 (the latest date ever for an Academy Award show).
To watch the livestream of today’s event, click here.
In January, over the course of two weekends, we presented separate Contenders Film events for Documentary, International and then a big two-day look at all the movie hopefuls in this pandemic-affected year. Now, for the first time,...
To watch the livestream of today’s event, click here.
In January, over the course of two weekends, we presented separate Contenders Film events for Documentary, International and then a big two-day look at all the movie hopefuls in this pandemic-affected year. Now, for the first time,...
- 4/10/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
A few minutes ago, the Producers Guild Awards concluded, and with that, we can now say with a fair amount of certainty that Nomadland is in the driver’s seat for Best Picture. The Academy Awards could still potentially throw a curveball, but the odds don’t favor that. Rather, it sure seems like this movie is the Oscar pick. Sit tight for the rest of the guilds to chime in, but if you had to pick a film to repeat with the Academy, Nomadland is the one, especially after PGA… Here’s all of the winners from the Producers Guild Awards: Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios) Producers: Sacha Baron Cohen, Monica Levinson, Anthony Hines “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros) Producers: Charles D. King, Ryan Coogler, Shaka King “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) Producers: Denzel Washington, Todd Black...
- 3/25/2021
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Producers Guild of America Awards awarded Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” with their top prize, one of the key indicators for the Academy Awards, particularly the best picture category. Edging out its closest competitors including Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman,” Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari” and Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” this might just end any questions about whether or not the moving drama is running away with the Oscars’ big prize.
All the acceptance speeches were pre-recorded with “Nomadland” giving a more produced, glitzier presentation than what we’ve seen at other award shows.
It should be noted that last year’s “1917” from Sam Mendes lost the Oscar after wins from PGA and DGA to “Parasite,” which only had the coveted SAG cast ensemble prize under its belt. Coincidentally, “Nomadland” is not nominated at SAG in their top category, leaving an opening for...
All the acceptance speeches were pre-recorded with “Nomadland” giving a more produced, glitzier presentation than what we’ve seen at other award shows.
It should be noted that last year’s “1917” from Sam Mendes lost the Oscar after wins from PGA and DGA to “Parasite,” which only had the coveted SAG cast ensemble prize under its belt. Coincidentally, “Nomadland” is not nominated at SAG in their top category, leaving an opening for...
- 3/25/2021
- by Clayton Davis and Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
“Nomadland” look home the top film prize at the 2021 Producers Guild Awards Wednesday, bringing it closer to a Best Picture win. The winner of the PGA Awards’ top prize has historically been a strong indicator of which film will will go on to win the Best Picture Oscar. Since 1989, the PGA winner has matched up with the top Oscar 21 out of 31 times. It happened in 2018 with “Green Book,” but not last year: “1917” won at the 2020 PGAs, but the Academy Award for Best Picture went to “Parasite.”
This year, 10 movies competed for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures (see the full list of nominees and winners below). Seven 2021 PGA nominees for the top prize are also 2021 Oscar Best Picture nominees: “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Mank,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Promising Young Woman,” “Sound Of Metal,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”
One film,...
This year, 10 movies competed for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures (see the full list of nominees and winners below). Seven 2021 PGA nominees for the top prize are also 2021 Oscar Best Picture nominees: “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Mank,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Promising Young Woman,” “Sound Of Metal,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”
One film,...
- 3/25/2021
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
“Nomadland” has been named the best produced film of 202o by the Producers Guild of America, giving it yet another boost in an Oscar race where it was already considered the favorite.
In a category where Chloé Zhao’s understated travelogue was facing off against seven other Oscar nominees, the Producers Guild provided a key indicator that the film has the kind of strength within the industry that it already showed with critics. In doing so, it took away the chance that rivals like “Promising Young Woman,” “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and “Minari had to seize momentum at a crucial moment in awards season.
The film has now picked up a formidable array of awards, including wins at the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice Awards and the Gotham Awards.
Still, the Producers Guild Award is not the infallible Oscar predictor it had once seemed to be. For many years,...
In a category where Chloé Zhao’s understated travelogue was facing off against seven other Oscar nominees, the Producers Guild provided a key indicator that the film has the kind of strength within the industry that it already showed with critics. In doing so, it took away the chance that rivals like “Promising Young Woman,” “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and “Minari had to seize momentum at a crucial moment in awards season.
The film has now picked up a formidable array of awards, including wins at the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice Awards and the Gotham Awards.
Still, the Producers Guild Award is not the infallible Oscar predictor it had once seemed to be. For many years,...
- 3/25/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The Producers Guild of America Awards were handed out during a virtual ceremony on Wednesday, March 24. Throughout their 31-year history, the PGA has proven to be one of the most successful Oscar bellwethers around. A whopping 21 of their picks have gone onto win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. That success rate flows from the fact that both the guild and the academy use the same voting system – the preferential ballot – to determine a winner. Scroll down for the 2021 Producers Guild of America Awards winners list.
This year, seven out of the 10 PGA contenders earned Oscar nominations for Best Picture: “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Mank,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Promising Young Woman,” “Sound of Metal” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” The eighth Best Picture Oscar nominee – “The Father” – was missing from the PGA lineup, with “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “One Night in Miami” rounding out the guild’s top 10 list.
This year, seven out of the 10 PGA contenders earned Oscar nominations for Best Picture: “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Mank,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Promising Young Woman,” “Sound of Metal” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” The eighth Best Picture Oscar nominee – “The Father” – was missing from the PGA lineup, with “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “One Night in Miami” rounding out the guild’s top 10 list.
- 3/24/2021
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Another guild award is in the books, ladies and gentlemen. The Writers Guild Awards are in the rearview mirror now, with some definite Oscar implications. For one thing, it does really now seem like Emerald Fennell is headed towards an Academy Award for her Promising Young Woman screenplay. She’s almost undoubtedly taken a strong lead over Aaron Sorkin and his script for The Trial of the Chicago 7. On the flip-side, Kemp Powers’ hopes to upset Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland in Best Adapted Screenplay took a hit when One Night in Miami… lost at WGA to Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. Could they be in line for another upset? We shall see… Here are all of the winners from the Writers Guild Awards: Film Original Screenplay “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros) – Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King, Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas “Palm Springs...
- 3/22/2021
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
This year’s Writers Guild Awards were an efficient pre-taped affair (with the two coasts united in one show) perfunctorily hosted by new member Kal Penn. A smattering of Oscar contenders such as Riz Ahmed, Sacha Baron Cohen, Leslie Odom Jr., and Andra Day joined other celebrities from Daveed Diggs to Jimmy Fallon to present this year’s film and television winners. (You can read the full list of winners here.)
Every year, because the WGA always leaves out non-wga signatories in its award nominations — among them Oscar-contending screenplays — it’s not always as Oscar-predictive as the other Guilds. Last year’s WGA award winners, Taika Waititi and Bong Joon Ho did go on to repeat at the Oscars. Bong won in a category for which Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” wasn’t eligible. (He never joined the WGA.)
This year, there were three ineligible movies...
Every year, because the WGA always leaves out non-wga signatories in its award nominations — among them Oscar-contending screenplays — it’s not always as Oscar-predictive as the other Guilds. Last year’s WGA award winners, Taika Waititi and Bong Joon Ho did go on to repeat at the Oscars. Bong won in a category for which Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” wasn’t eligible. (He never joined the WGA.)
This year, there were three ineligible movies...
- 3/22/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
This year’s Writers Guild Awards were an efficient pre-taped affair (with the two coasts united in one show) perfunctorily hosted by new member Kal Penn. A smattering of Oscar contenders such as Riz Ahmed, Sacha Baron Cohen, Leslie Odom Jr., and Andra Day joined other celebrities from Daveed Diggs to Jimmy Fallon to present this year’s film and television winners. (You can read the full list of winners here.)
Every year, because the WGA always leaves out non-wga signatories in its award nominations — among them Oscar-contending screenplays — it’s not always as Oscar-predictive as the other Guilds. Last year’s WGA award winners, Taika Waititi and Bong Joon Ho did go on to repeat at the Oscars. Bong won in a category for which Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” wasn’t eligible. (He never joined the WGA.)
This year, there were three ineligible movies...
Every year, because the WGA always leaves out non-wga signatories in its award nominations — among them Oscar-contending screenplays — it’s not always as Oscar-predictive as the other Guilds. Last year’s WGA award winners, Taika Waititi and Bong Joon Ho did go on to repeat at the Oscars. Bong won in a category for which Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” wasn’t eligible. (He never joined the WGA.)
This year, there were three ineligible movies...
- 3/22/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Virtual ceremony took place on Sunday evening (March 21).
In the latest boost to ascendant campaigns, Emerald Fennell and Sacha Baron Cohen have won top honours at the Writers Guild Of America’s (WGA) awards.
Promising Young Woman writer-director Fennell took the original screenplay award at the virtual 73rd Writers Guild Awards on Sunday (March 21), less than a week after the Focus Features release earned five Oscar nominations including recognition in writing and directing categories.
Baron Cohen led the writing team on Amazon Studios’ Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, whose WGA adapted screenplay win follows Oscar nods for that category and supporting actress.
In the latest boost to ascendant campaigns, Emerald Fennell and Sacha Baron Cohen have won top honours at the Writers Guild Of America’s (WGA) awards.
Promising Young Woman writer-director Fennell took the original screenplay award at the virtual 73rd Writers Guild Awards on Sunday (March 21), less than a week after the Focus Features release earned five Oscar nominations including recognition in writing and directing categories.
Baron Cohen led the writing team on Amazon Studios’ Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, whose WGA adapted screenplay win follows Oscar nods for that category and supporting actress.
- 3/22/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
In one of the shortest WGA Award ceremonies in recent memory at 90 minutes, there were a few standout comedic moments, one being when Borat Subsequent Moviefilm actor/producer/co-scribe and Adapted Screenplay WGA winner Sacha Baron Cohen took a jab at his favorite punching bag in the sequel, Donald Trump consigliere Rudy Giuliani.
“Thank you for this incredible award, though I can’t help thinking we won it because 60% of the Writers Guild worked on this movie,” said Baron Cohen in a pre-taped ceremony tonight.
“A film like this is extremely hard to write, partly because it stars real people whose behavior is completely unpredictable — apart from Rudy Giuliani who did everything we hoped for,” the British comedic creator said, hitting the nail on the head.
“Look here are the pages,” said Baron Cohen reading the script by Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman,...
“Thank you for this incredible award, though I can’t help thinking we won it because 60% of the Writers Guild worked on this movie,” said Baron Cohen in a pre-taped ceremony tonight.
“A film like this is extremely hard to write, partly because it stars real people whose behavior is completely unpredictable — apart from Rudy Giuliani who did everything we hoped for,” the British comedic creator said, hitting the nail on the head.
“Look here are the pages,” said Baron Cohen reading the script by Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman,...
- 3/22/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and “Promising Young Woman” took top narrative film honors on Sunday at the 73rd annual Writers Guild of America Awards.
Kal Penn hosted the virtual presentation that cemented “Borat” and “Promising Young Woman” as among the frontrunners for Oscar screenplay wins next month.
Amazon Studios’ “Borat” prevailed for adapted screenplay for a large contingent of scribes led by star and director Sacha Baron Cohen. Focus Features’ “Promising Young Woman” was recognized for original screenplay with the win for writer-director Emerald Fennell.
Fennell is on a white-hot streak as a writer, director and actor known for her role as Camilla Parker-Bowles on “The Crown,” which won the trophy for drama series. She made a point of noting the importance of the WGA to her career.
Speaking from what she described as her “bleak writer’s room in London,” Fennell told the crowd, “It’s such a big deal...
Kal Penn hosted the virtual presentation that cemented “Borat” and “Promising Young Woman” as among the frontrunners for Oscar screenplay wins next month.
Amazon Studios’ “Borat” prevailed for adapted screenplay for a large contingent of scribes led by star and director Sacha Baron Cohen. Focus Features’ “Promising Young Woman” was recognized for original screenplay with the win for writer-director Emerald Fennell.
Fennell is on a white-hot streak as a writer, director and actor known for her role as Camilla Parker-Bowles on “The Crown,” which won the trophy for drama series. She made a point of noting the importance of the WGA to her career.
Speaking from what she described as her “bleak writer’s room in London,” Fennell told the crowd, “It’s such a big deal...
- 3/21/2021
- by Cynthia Littleton and Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and “Promising Young Woman” were named the best adapted original screenplays of 2021 at the Writers Guild Awards, which took place in a virtual ceremony on Sunday.
While “Promising Young Woman” went into the show with a slight edge over “The Trial of the Chicago 7’ for the original-screenplay award,”Borat” was a decided dark horse in the adapted-screenplay category, whose nominees also included “One Night in Miami,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “News of the World’ and “The White Tiger.”
Writers Guild winners in the screenplay categories go on to win Oscars almost two-thirds of the time, although the two awards sometimes differ because the WGA is an award strictly for screenplays for movies that were made under the terms of the guild’s Minimum Basic Agreement, or similar agreements from a number of international guilds.
This year, those restrictions disqualified three Oscar-nominated screenplays: “Minari” in the Original...
While “Promising Young Woman” went into the show with a slight edge over “The Trial of the Chicago 7’ for the original-screenplay award,”Borat” was a decided dark horse in the adapted-screenplay category, whose nominees also included “One Night in Miami,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “News of the World’ and “The White Tiger.”
Writers Guild winners in the screenplay categories go on to win Oscars almost two-thirds of the time, although the two awards sometimes differ because the WGA is an award strictly for screenplays for movies that were made under the terms of the guild’s Minimum Basic Agreement, or similar agreements from a number of international guilds.
This year, those restrictions disqualified three Oscar-nominated screenplays: “Minari” in the Original...
- 3/21/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Before the Indie Spirits, before the Oscars, there are the guilds, and as Hollywood inches its way through a protracted awards season, it’s up to each voting body to dole out their own accolades. On Sunday night, it was time for the writers to shine, as the Writers Guild of America presented their awards for film, television, news, and more, all voted on by fellow writers. For writers, by writers!
As IndieWire’s own Anne Thompson has noted, the WGA’s film nominees are less predictive than an indication of what’s losing and gaining heat, from the missing early 2020 releases “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” “The King of Staten Island,” and “Da 5 Bloods,” to such surging movies as “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Sound of Metal,” and “Promising Young Woman,” all of which recently earned Best Picture nods from the Academy.
At the Sunday night event, Emerald Fennell...
As IndieWire’s own Anne Thompson has noted, the WGA’s film nominees are less predictive than an indication of what’s losing and gaining heat, from the missing early 2020 releases “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” “The King of Staten Island,” and “Da 5 Bloods,” to such surging movies as “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Sound of Metal,” and “Promising Young Woman,” all of which recently earned Best Picture nods from the Academy.
At the Sunday night event, Emerald Fennell...
- 3/21/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Writers Guild of America Awards were handed during a virtual ceremony on Sunday, March 21. But don’t base your Oscar predictions on these kudos. Every year a slew of Oscar-nominated scripts are deemed ineligible for consideration here due to guild guidelines. Indeed, over the past 12 years only 80 of the Writers Guild of America Awards nominees have numbered among the 120 screenplays that reaped Academy Awards bids. Scroll down for the 2021 Writers Guild of America Awards winners list.
Our odds predict that “Nomadland” will win Best Adapted Screenplay winner at the Oscars but it was not allowed to compete at the WGA Awards. Neither was another Oscar contender in that category: “The Father.” The guild did match the academy three-for-five in this category, with “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “One Night in Miami” and “The White Tiger” competing at both. “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “News of the World” round out the guild nominees.
Our odds predict that “Nomadland” will win Best Adapted Screenplay winner at the Oscars but it was not allowed to compete at the WGA Awards. Neither was another Oscar contender in that category: “The Father.” The guild did match the academy three-for-five in this category, with “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “One Night in Miami” and “The White Tiger” competing at both. “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “News of the World” round out the guild nominees.
- 3/21/2021
- by Zach Laws and Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Amazon’s “One Night in Miami” is in the lead to win Best Adapted Screenplay at Sunday’s Writers Guild of America Awards, according to Gold Derby odds. Kemp Powers wrote the film based on his acclaimed play that tells of a fictional evening between Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke. While Ruben Santiago-Hudson‘s adaptation of the August Wilson play “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” sits in second place in our WGA odds, it’s fallen slightly since that Oscar snub. Meanwhile, third-place contender “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” is on the rise at the guild, buoyed by a pair of Oscar bids for Sacha Baron Cohen (adapted screenplay) and Maria Bakalova (supporting actress).
SEE2021 Writers Guild of America Awards nominations: ‘Borat’ and ‘Sound of Metal’ in; ‘Mank,’ ‘Minari’ and ‘Nomadland’ ineligible
To contend at the WGA, one has to qualify for consideration under the guild’s strict guidelines...
SEE2021 Writers Guild of America Awards nominations: ‘Borat’ and ‘Sound of Metal’ in; ‘Mank,’ ‘Minari’ and ‘Nomadland’ ineligible
To contend at the WGA, one has to qualify for consideration under the guild’s strict guidelines...
- 3/18/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
UK actors comprised eight out of 20 nominations, while filmmaking talent spanned most categories.
UK filmmaking talent has garnered strong recognition throughout the 2021 Oscar nominations with drama The Father among the frontrunners.
Florian Zeller’s film adaptation of his stage play The Father secured six nominations, including best picture, and ties with five other features in joint second place (David Fincher’s Mank leads the pack with 10 nods).
London-based Trademark Films co-produced the drama with France’s FCommeFilm, Ciné-@ and Les Films du Cru, with backing from the UK’s Embankment Films and Film4.
Anthony Hopkins has been nominated for best...
UK filmmaking talent has garnered strong recognition throughout the 2021 Oscar nominations with drama The Father among the frontrunners.
Florian Zeller’s film adaptation of his stage play The Father secured six nominations, including best picture, and ties with five other features in joint second place (David Fincher’s Mank leads the pack with 10 nods).
London-based Trademark Films co-produced the drama with France’s FCommeFilm, Ciné-@ and Les Films du Cru, with backing from the UK’s Embankment Films and Film4.
Anthony Hopkins has been nominated for best...
- 3/16/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series, which highlights the buzziest scripts of awards season, included 12 movies that made the cut in the Oscar nominations Monday morning.
In the Screenplay races, this year Deadline featured seven out of the 10 films including all five films nommed in the Adapted Screenplay category: Amazon Studios’ Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and One Night In Miami, Sony Pictures Classics’ The Father, Searchlight’s Nomadland and Netflix’s The White Tiger.
There also are two scripts that received noms in the Original Screenplay category: Warner Bros’ Judas and the Black Messiah and A24’s Minari.
The other Original Screenplay nominees this year were Focus Features’ Promising Young Woman by Emerald Fennell; Amazon Studios’ Sound of Metal by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder, with story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance; and Netflix’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 written by Aaron Sorkin, who won the Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 2011 for The Social Network.
In the Screenplay races, this year Deadline featured seven out of the 10 films including all five films nommed in the Adapted Screenplay category: Amazon Studios’ Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and One Night In Miami, Sony Pictures Classics’ The Father, Searchlight’s Nomadland and Netflix’s The White Tiger.
There also are two scripts that received noms in the Original Screenplay category: Warner Bros’ Judas and the Black Messiah and A24’s Minari.
The other Original Screenplay nominees this year were Focus Features’ Promising Young Woman by Emerald Fennell; Amazon Studios’ Sound of Metal by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder, with story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance; and Netflix’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 written by Aaron Sorkin, who won the Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 2011 for The Social Network.
- 3/15/2021
- by Patrick Hipes and Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
In one of the most difficult years for everyone, there was a time when there was a question of whether the Oscars, the world’s most prestigious movie awards, would take place. However, the film industry has overcome its obstacles and the nominations for 2021 have finally arrived.
For the first time ever, two women have been nominated in the Best Director category with both Chloe Zhao (Nomadland) and Emerald Fennel (Promising Young Women) taking those noms.
Those competing in the Best Picture Category include ‘The Father,’ ‘Judas and the Black Messiah,’ ‘Mank,’ ‘Minari,’ ‘Nomadland,’ ‘Promising Young Woman,’ ‘Sound of Metal’ and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7.’
Riz Ahmed, Chadwick Boseman, Steven Yeun are amongst the Best Actor nominees whilst Viola Davis, Vanessa Kirby and Andra Day take nominations for Best Actress.
The ceremony for the 93rd Academy Awards are set to take place across multiple locations and in-person on April 25th.
For the first time ever, two women have been nominated in the Best Director category with both Chloe Zhao (Nomadland) and Emerald Fennel (Promising Young Women) taking those noms.
Those competing in the Best Picture Category include ‘The Father,’ ‘Judas and the Black Messiah,’ ‘Mank,’ ‘Minari,’ ‘Nomadland,’ ‘Promising Young Woman,’ ‘Sound of Metal’ and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7.’
Riz Ahmed, Chadwick Boseman, Steven Yeun are amongst the Best Actor nominees whilst Viola Davis, Vanessa Kirby and Andra Day take nominations for Best Actress.
The ceremony for the 93rd Academy Awards are set to take place across multiple locations and in-person on April 25th.
- 3/15/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled its nominations Monday morning for the 93rd Oscars, through Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas. AMPAS’s David Rubin started the pandemic-delayed Oscars by validating Deadline’s scoop that most of the event will be held in Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, with some of the event being held in the Dolby Theatre, its usual locale.
The nominations for the Oscars, which will hold its ceremony April 25 live on ABC, had its share of surprises, and the most noticeable thing is the diversity that is reflected in the Academy’s efforts over several years to broaden the perspective of its voting members. Coming off the recent scandalous showing by the scandal-mocked HFPA for not even having a single voting Black member, it seems a step in the right direction.
As a result, this marked the first year that two women...
The nominations for the Oscars, which will hold its ceremony April 25 live on ABC, had its share of surprises, and the most noticeable thing is the diversity that is reflected in the Academy’s efforts over several years to broaden the perspective of its voting members. Coming off the recent scandalous showing by the scandal-mocked HFPA for not even having a single voting Black member, it seems a step in the right direction.
As a result, this marked the first year that two women...
- 3/15/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr and Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
After the many delays of this pandemic year, the Oscar nominations are finally here.
Competing for best picture are “The Father,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Mank,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Promising Young Woman,” “Sound of Metal” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”
Netflix’s “Mank” scored a leading 10 nominations, including nods for best director (David Fincher), best actor (Gary Oldman) and best supporting actress (Amanda Seyfried), in addition to best picture.
Following behind with six nominations apiece are “The Father,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Sound of Metal” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” received five nods.
Two women were nominated for best director for the first time ever with Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) and Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”). They will compete against Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round”), David Fincher (“Mank”) and Lee Isaac Chung (“Minari”).
Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas announced...
Competing for best picture are “The Father,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Mank,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Promising Young Woman,” “Sound of Metal” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”
Netflix’s “Mank” scored a leading 10 nominations, including nods for best director (David Fincher), best actor (Gary Oldman) and best supporting actress (Amanda Seyfried), in addition to best picture.
Following behind with six nominations apiece are “The Father,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Sound of Metal” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” received five nods.
Two women were nominated for best director for the first time ever with Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) and Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”). They will compete against Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round”), David Fincher (“Mank”) and Lee Isaac Chung (“Minari”).
Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas announced...
- 3/15/2021
- by Natalie Oganesyan and Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
The 2021 Oscars nominations list was announced on Monday, March 15 at the academy’s headquarters in Beverly Hills, California. (Scroll down for the full and complete list of Academy Awards nominees.)
Final voting doesn’t start until April 15 and then runs for only six days; that is the shortest time for balloting in the history of these top movie honors. The 2021 Oscars ceremony takes place on April 25 and for the third time in as many years, it won’t have a host.
At 5:18 a.m. Pt/8:20 a.m. Et, nominees were announced in nine categories: Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, Costume Design, Original Score, Sound, Animated Short and Live Action Short.
At 5:30 a.m. Pt/8:30 a.m. Et, nominees were announced in the remaining 15 races: Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Cinematography, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Song, Production Design, Visual Effects, Animated Feature, Documentary Feature,...
Final voting doesn’t start until April 15 and then runs for only six days; that is the shortest time for balloting in the history of these top movie honors. The 2021 Oscars ceremony takes place on April 25 and for the third time in as many years, it won’t have a host.
At 5:18 a.m. Pt/8:20 a.m. Et, nominees were announced in nine categories: Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, Costume Design, Original Score, Sound, Animated Short and Live Action Short.
At 5:30 a.m. Pt/8:30 a.m. Et, nominees were announced in the remaining 15 races: Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Cinematography, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Song, Production Design, Visual Effects, Animated Feature, Documentary Feature,...
- 3/15/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
PGA best feature contenders include award front runners Nomadland, Mank and Minari.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has revealed the nominations in film and TV categories for its 32nd annual awards event, set to take place virtually on March 24.
Up for PGA’s theatrical feature award, which the Guild says has predicted 21 of the past 31 best picture Oscar winners, are the producers of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Judas And The Black Messiah, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mank, Minari, Nomadland and One Night In Miami.
In the animated feature category, the producers of The Croods: A New Age, Onward, Over The Moon,...
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has revealed the nominations in film and TV categories for its 32nd annual awards event, set to take place virtually on March 24.
Up for PGA’s theatrical feature award, which the Guild says has predicted 21 of the past 31 best picture Oscar winners, are the producers of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Judas And The Black Messiah, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mank, Minari, Nomadland and One Night In Miami.
In the animated feature category, the producers of The Croods: A New Age, Onward, Over The Moon,...
- 3/9/2021
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The Producers Guild of America has spoken and has named these ten pictures as nominees for its top category.
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Producers: Sacha Baron Cohen, Monica Levinson, Anthony Hines Judas and the Black Messiah Producers: Charles D. King, Ryan Coogler, Shaka King Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Producers: Denzel Washington, Todd Black Mank Producers: Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth, Douglas Urbanski Minari Producer: Christina Oh Nomadland Producers: Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Chloé Zhao One Night In Miami… Producers: Jess Wu Calder & Keith Calder, Jody Klein Promising Young Woman Producers: Josey McNamara, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell Sound Of Metal Producers: Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche The Trial of the Chicago 7 Producers: Marc Platt, Stuart Besser
This is great news for Judas and the Black Messiah as a late breaking contender as well as Sound of Metal which has had...
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Producers: Sacha Baron Cohen, Monica Levinson, Anthony Hines Judas and the Black Messiah Producers: Charles D. King, Ryan Coogler, Shaka King Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Producers: Denzel Washington, Todd Black Mank Producers: Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth, Douglas Urbanski Minari Producer: Christina Oh Nomadland Producers: Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Chloé Zhao One Night In Miami… Producers: Jess Wu Calder & Keith Calder, Jody Klein Promising Young Woman Producers: Josey McNamara, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell Sound Of Metal Producers: Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche The Trial of the Chicago 7 Producers: Marc Platt, Stuart Besser
This is great news for Judas and the Black Messiah as a late breaking contender as well as Sound of Metal which has had...
- 3/8/2021
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The 2021 Oscar race for Best Picture comes into clearer focus with the announcement of the nominees for the 32nd Producers Guild of America Awards. More often than not, the PGA award-winner is the same as the eventual winner of the Best Picture Oscar. But that’s not always the case, as it was when Sam Mendes’ “1917” won the PGA last year over “Parasite,” although Bong Joon Ho’s eventual Oscar winner for Best Picture did receive a PGA nomination.
Usually the most likely to vie for the Best Picture Oscar are movies landing both SAG Ensemble and PGA nominations. This year that includes two dramas from Netflix, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s courtroom drama, “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Sundance’s Korean language prize-winner “Minari” (A24), and “One Night in Miami” (Amazon).
The more likely Best Picture winner is Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” (Searchlight...
Usually the most likely to vie for the Best Picture Oscar are movies landing both SAG Ensemble and PGA nominations. This year that includes two dramas from Netflix, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s courtroom drama, “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Sundance’s Korean language prize-winner “Minari” (A24), and “One Night in Miami” (Amazon).
The more likely Best Picture winner is Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” (Searchlight...
- 3/8/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Indie studios and streamers dominated the nominations for the 32nd annual Producers Guild of Awards, which were announced on Monday by the Producers Guild of America.
Netflix and Amazon each landed three films on the list of 10, with Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Mank” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” making the list along with Amazon’ “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “One Night in Miami” and “Sound of Metal.”
The nominees also included A24’s “Minari,” Searchlight’s “Nomadland,” Focus Features’ “Promising Young Woman” and the sole film from a major studio, Warner Bros.’ “Judas and the Black Messiah.”
“Judas and the Black Messiah” is the first film with an all-Black producing team ever nominated for the Producers Guild Award.
Among the notable films missing from the PGA list are Universal’s Paul Greengrass Western “News of the World”; Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” which Warner Bros. released into theaters during the summer,...
Netflix and Amazon each landed three films on the list of 10, with Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Mank” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” making the list along with Amazon’ “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “One Night in Miami” and “Sound of Metal.”
The nominees also included A24’s “Minari,” Searchlight’s “Nomadland,” Focus Features’ “Promising Young Woman” and the sole film from a major studio, Warner Bros.’ “Judas and the Black Messiah.”
“Judas and the Black Messiah” is the first film with an all-Black producing team ever nominated for the Producers Guild Award.
Among the notable films missing from the PGA list are Universal’s Paul Greengrass Western “News of the World”; Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” which Warner Bros. released into theaters during the summer,...
- 3/8/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The Producers Guild has pulled back the curtain on its PGA Awards nominations for theatrical motion pictures, animated features, TV series and specials and televised/streamed motion pictures. See the full list below.
Vying in the marquee category — the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures — are the producers behind
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Judas and the Black Messiah, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mank, Minari, Nomadland, One Night in Miami, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal and The Trial of the Chicago 7.
On the toon side, the five pics up for the Animated Theatrical Motion Picture prize are The Croods: A New Age, Onward, Over the Moon, Soul and Wolfwalkers.
Annie Awards Nominations: ‘Soul’ & ‘Wolfwalkers’ Lead Field For Animation Prizes
Over on the small screen, the Episodic Television Drama category includes Better Call Saul, Bridgerton, The Crown, The Mandalorian and Ozark, and the comedy series nominees are Curb Your Enthusiasm,...
Vying in the marquee category — the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures — are the producers behind
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Judas and the Black Messiah, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mank, Minari, Nomadland, One Night in Miami, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal and The Trial of the Chicago 7.
On the toon side, the five pics up for the Animated Theatrical Motion Picture prize are The Croods: A New Age, Onward, Over the Moon, Soul and Wolfwalkers.
Annie Awards Nominations: ‘Soul’ & ‘Wolfwalkers’ Lead Field For Animation Prizes
Over on the small screen, the Episodic Television Drama category includes Better Call Saul, Bridgerton, The Crown, The Mandalorian and Ozark, and the comedy series nominees are Curb Your Enthusiasm,...
- 3/8/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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