The Writers Guild of America West announced on Tuesday that American Fiction writer-director Cord Jefferson has been named recipient of the 2024 Paul Selvin Award for the Amazon MGM Studios film, for which he won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay earlier this month.
Additionally, American Fiction — based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett — is nominated for the WGA Award for best adapted screenplay.
The comedy, which stars Oscar nominee Jeffrey Wright as a frustrated novelist who writes a satirical book under a pen name that exposes the publishing industry’s limited view of Black life, has garnered numerous awards in addition to the Oscar, including the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, a BAFTA award for best adapted screenplay and Film Independent Spirit Awards for best actor (Wright) and adapted screenplay. The film was also named as one of the year’s best by the...
Additionally, American Fiction — based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett — is nominated for the WGA Award for best adapted screenplay.
The comedy, which stars Oscar nominee Jeffrey Wright as a frustrated novelist who writes a satirical book under a pen name that exposes the publishing industry’s limited view of Black life, has garnered numerous awards in addition to the Oscar, including the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, a BAFTA award for best adapted screenplay and Film Independent Spirit Awards for best actor (Wright) and adapted screenplay. The film was also named as one of the year’s best by the...
- 3/26/2024
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In collaboration with the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the Paris Theater has announced it will be presenting the New York “Academy Museum Branch Select” screening series starting April 3. Each of the 18 branches of the Academy has selected a film for the series that represents a major milestone in the evolution of filmmaking. Some of the films included are “Fantastic Mr.Fox,” “Showgirls,” “Bonnie and Clyde,” “Nashville,” “Yi Yi,” “In the Mood for Love” and “Citizen Kane.”
Screenings will take place on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 12 p.m. at both the Paris Theater and the Academy Museum. Tickets will be available March 28 on the Paris Theater and Academy Museum websites respectively.
Cord Jefferson to Receive Wgaw’s Paul Selvin Award
Cord Jefferson will receive the Writers Guild of America West’s 2024 Paul Selvin Award for penning the screenplay for “American Fiction.” He will receive the honor at the 2024 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday,...
Screenings will take place on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 12 p.m. at both the Paris Theater and the Academy Museum. Tickets will be available March 28 on the Paris Theater and Academy Museum websites respectively.
Cord Jefferson to Receive Wgaw’s Paul Selvin Award
Cord Jefferson will receive the Writers Guild of America West’s 2024 Paul Selvin Award for penning the screenplay for “American Fiction.” He will receive the honor at the 2024 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday,...
- 3/26/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay, Jaden Thompson and Jack Dunn
- Variety Film + TV
Sony Pictures has acquired “Hell Naw,” a horror comedy from Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi and “Euphoria” producer Sam Levinson, TheWrap has confirmed.
Keith and Kenny Lucas, who were nominated for an Oscar for their work on the “Judas and the Black Messiah” screenplay, are on board to write the film, which is in the early stages of development. While plot details are being kept under wraps, it is set at Paris Fashion Week and involves zombies. Mescudi will star and also produce, alongside Karina Manashil, Dennis Cummings, Sam Levinson and Ashley Levinson.
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Keith and Kenny Lucas, who were nominated for an Oscar for their work on the “Judas and the Black Messiah” screenplay, are on board to write the film, which is in the early stages of development. While plot details are being kept under wraps, it is set at Paris Fashion Week and involves zombies. Mescudi will star and also produce, alongside Karina Manashil, Dennis Cummings, Sam Levinson and Ashley Levinson.
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“This movie has been 5 years in the making. I am telling the world now, this film will f— you up in all the best ways. I have been a horror fan since I was 7 years old. The first horror movies I ever saw were...
- 4/24/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
If you don’t know Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi for his music, you might know him from his acting roles in films like Bill & Ted Face the Music, X, Don’t Look Up, and House Party. Deadline reports that Mescudi has just lined up his next movie, signing on to star in the action horror comedy Hell Naw – which is being produced by Sam Levinson, creator of the HBO series Euphoria.
Keith and Kenny Lucas, the Oscar-nominated writers of Judas and the Black Messiah, are writing the screenplay for Hell Naw, but plot details are being kept under wraps. All we know at this time is that the story takes place during Paris Fashion Week and there will be zombies.
Mescudi is producing the film with Karina Manashil and Dennis Cummings through their company Mad Solar, while Sam Levinson and Ashley Levinson produce through their company Little Lamb. Bron and H.
Keith and Kenny Lucas, the Oscar-nominated writers of Judas and the Black Messiah, are writing the screenplay for Hell Naw, but plot details are being kept under wraps. All we know at this time is that the story takes place during Paris Fashion Week and there will be zombies.
Mescudi is producing the film with Karina Manashil and Dennis Cummings through their company Mad Solar, while Sam Levinson and Ashley Levinson produce through their company Little Lamb. Bron and H.
- 4/24/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
After appearing in Ti West’s slasher movie X last year, Scott Mescudi (aka Kid Cudi) will next be starring in a zombie horror-comedy titled Hell Naw, Deadline reports today.
Sam Levinson (“Euphoria”) is producing Hell Naw, which is being described as a comedy-horror-action hybrid. The film is reportedly set during Paris Fashion Week.
Deadline previews the Sony Pictures film, “Plot is being kept under wraps but what we know is that it takes place during Paris Fashion Week and there will be zombies.”
Keith & Kenny Lucas (Judas and the Black Messiah) are writing the script.
“This movie has been 5 years in the making. I am telling the world now, this film will fuck you up in all the best ways. I have been a horror fan since I was 7 years old,” said Mescudi. “The first horror movies I ever saw were Night of the Living Dead and Evil Dead.
Sam Levinson (“Euphoria”) is producing Hell Naw, which is being described as a comedy-horror-action hybrid. The film is reportedly set during Paris Fashion Week.
Deadline previews the Sony Pictures film, “Plot is being kept under wraps but what we know is that it takes place during Paris Fashion Week and there will be zombies.”
Keith & Kenny Lucas (Judas and the Black Messiah) are writing the script.
“This movie has been 5 years in the making. I am telling the world now, this film will fuck you up in all the best ways. I have been a horror fan since I was 7 years old,” said Mescudi. “The first horror movies I ever saw were Night of the Living Dead and Evil Dead.
- 4/24/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Sony Pictures has acquired the action horror-comedy Hell Naw, with Scott Mescudi aka Kid Cudi attached to star and Euphoria creator Sam Levinson producing. Oscar-nominated Judas and the Black Messiah screenwriters Keith & Kenny Lucas are writing the script, which is in early development.
Mescudi will also produce along with his partners Karina Manashil and Dennis Cummings through their Mad Solar banner with Sam and Ashley Levinson producing through their Little Lamb production company. Bron and H. Wood Films are also producing.
The plot is being kept under wraps, but we do know the film is set during Paris Fashion Week and there will be zombies. Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, Brenda Gilbert and Novo Entertainment’s Stuart Manashil will executive produce along with Kevin Turen, Harrison Kreiss, John Terzian and Jeremy Allen. Brian Toll will serve as associate producer.
“This movie has been five years in the making. I am telling the world now,...
Mescudi will also produce along with his partners Karina Manashil and Dennis Cummings through their Mad Solar banner with Sam and Ashley Levinson producing through their Little Lamb production company. Bron and H. Wood Films are also producing.
The plot is being kept under wraps, but we do know the film is set during Paris Fashion Week and there will be zombies. Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, Brenda Gilbert and Novo Entertainment’s Stuart Manashil will executive produce along with Kevin Turen, Harrison Kreiss, John Terzian and Jeremy Allen. Brian Toll will serve as associate producer.
“This movie has been five years in the making. I am telling the world now,...
- 4/24/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
The complete list of nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards, which will be held at 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM (PST) on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at various places in Los Angeles, including the Dolby Theater.
BEST PICTURE
Nomadland (Searchlight)
Minari (A24)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Promising Young Woman (Focus)
Sound of Metal (Amazon)
Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
Mank (Netflix)
The Father (Sony Classics)
BEST DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)
David Fincher (Mank)
Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round)
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
Gary Oldman (Mank)
Steven Yeun (Minari)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)
Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday)
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami)
Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Lakeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Olivia Colman (The Father)
Youn Yuh-jung (Minari)
Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Nomadland (Chloé Zhao)
One Night in Miami (Kemp Powers)
The Father (Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Sacha Baron Cohen and Co-Writers)
The White Tiger (Ramin Bahrani)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Aaron Sorkin)
Minari (Lee Isaac Chung)
Sound of Metal (Derek Cianfrance, Abraham Marder & Darius Marder)
Judas and the Black Messiah (Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas & Kenny Lucas)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Crip Camp (Netflix)
Time (Amazon)
Collective (Magnolia/Participant)
My Octopus Teacher (Netflix)
The Mole Agent (Gravitas)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Another Round (Denmark)
Collective (Romania)
Better Days (Hong Kong)
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
The Man Who Sold His Skin (Sweden)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Soul (Pixar)
Wolfwalkers (Apple TV+/GKIDS)
Over the Moon (Netflix)
Onward (Pixar)
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Netflix)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mank - Erik Messerschmidt
Nomadland - Joshua James Richards
News of the World -Dariusz Wolski
Judas and the Black Messiah - Sean Bobbitt
The Trial of the Chicago 7 -Phedon Papamichael
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Mank - Trish Summerville
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Ann Roth
Emma - Alexandra Byrne
Mulan - Bina Daigeler
Pinocchio - Massimo Cantini Parrini
BEST FILM EDITING
Sound of Metal - Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
Nomadland - Chloé Zhao
The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Alan Baumgarten
The Father - Yorgos Lamprinos
Promising Young Woman - Frédéric Thoraval
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson
Mank - Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams, Colleen LaBaff
Hillbilly Elegy - Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney, Matthew Mungle
Emma - Marese Langan, Laura Allen, Claudia Stolze
Pinocchio - Dalia Colli, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Soul - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste
Mank - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Minari - Emile Mosseri
News of the World - James Newton Howard
Da 5 Bloods - Terence Blanchard
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Speak Now" (One Night in Miami)
"Io Si (Seen)" (The Life Ahead)
"Husavik" (Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga)
"Hear My Voice" (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
"Fight For You" (Judas and the Black Messiah)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mank - Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton
News of the World - Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
The Father - Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
Tenet - Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas
BEST SOUND
Sound of Metal - Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh
News of the World - Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
Soul - Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker
Mank - Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
Greyhound - Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Tenet - Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher
The Midnight Sky - Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
The One and Only Ivan - Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
Mulan - Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
Love and Monsters - Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
If Anything Happens I Love You
Burrow
Yes-People
Opera
Genius Loci
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
A Concerto Is a Conversation
A Love Song for Latasha
Colette
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
Two Distant Strangers
Feeling Through
The Present
The Letter Room
White Eye...
BEST PICTURE
Nomadland (Searchlight)
Minari (A24)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Promising Young Woman (Focus)
Sound of Metal (Amazon)
Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
Mank (Netflix)
The Father (Sony Classics)
BEST DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)
David Fincher (Mank)
Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round)
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
Gary Oldman (Mank)
Steven Yeun (Minari)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)
Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday)
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami)
Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Lakeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Olivia Colman (The Father)
Youn Yuh-jung (Minari)
Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Nomadland (Chloé Zhao)
One Night in Miami (Kemp Powers)
The Father (Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Sacha Baron Cohen and Co-Writers)
The White Tiger (Ramin Bahrani)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Aaron Sorkin)
Minari (Lee Isaac Chung)
Sound of Metal (Derek Cianfrance, Abraham Marder & Darius Marder)
Judas and the Black Messiah (Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas & Kenny Lucas)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Crip Camp (Netflix)
Time (Amazon)
Collective (Magnolia/Participant)
My Octopus Teacher (Netflix)
The Mole Agent (Gravitas)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Another Round (Denmark)
Collective (Romania)
Better Days (Hong Kong)
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
The Man Who Sold His Skin (Sweden)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Soul (Pixar)
Wolfwalkers (Apple TV+/GKIDS)
Over the Moon (Netflix)
Onward (Pixar)
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Netflix)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mank - Erik Messerschmidt
Nomadland - Joshua James Richards
News of the World -Dariusz Wolski
Judas and the Black Messiah - Sean Bobbitt
The Trial of the Chicago 7 -Phedon Papamichael
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Mank - Trish Summerville
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Ann Roth
Emma - Alexandra Byrne
Mulan - Bina Daigeler
Pinocchio - Massimo Cantini Parrini
BEST FILM EDITING
Sound of Metal - Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
Nomadland - Chloé Zhao
The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Alan Baumgarten
The Father - Yorgos Lamprinos
Promising Young Woman - Frédéric Thoraval
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson
Mank - Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams, Colleen LaBaff
Hillbilly Elegy - Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney, Matthew Mungle
Emma - Marese Langan, Laura Allen, Claudia Stolze
Pinocchio - Dalia Colli, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Soul - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste
Mank - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Minari - Emile Mosseri
News of the World - James Newton Howard
Da 5 Bloods - Terence Blanchard
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Speak Now" (One Night in Miami)
"Io Si (Seen)" (The Life Ahead)
"Husavik" (Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga)
"Hear My Voice" (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
"Fight For You" (Judas and the Black Messiah)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mank - Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton
News of the World - Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
The Father - Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
Tenet - Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas
BEST SOUND
Sound of Metal - Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh
News of the World - Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
Soul - Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker
Mank - Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
Greyhound - Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Tenet - Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher
The Midnight Sky - Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
The One and Only Ivan - Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
Mulan - Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
Love and Monsters - Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
If Anything Happens I Love You
Burrow
Yes-People
Opera
Genius Loci
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
A Concerto Is a Conversation
A Love Song for Latasha
Colette
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
Two Distant Strangers
Feeling Through
The Present
The Letter Room
White Eye...
- 3/14/2021
- IMDbPro News
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