Richard Jenkins has been cast in Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming series adaptation of the “Criminal” graphic novels, Variety has learned.
The series was originally ordered at Amazon back in January. Jenkins is the first confirmed cast member. The show is described as “an interlocking universe of crime stories” based on the graphic novels by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
Jenkins will play Ivan. The character is described as “Leo’s dad’s best friend, and has always been an uncle figure to him. He used to be a robber and criminal, but is now currently suffering from dementia. Leo is trying to care for him but realizes he’s more work than he can handle.”
Jenkins is a highly-respected actor with the rare ability to do comedy and drama in seemingly equal measure. He received Oscar nominations for his performances in the films “The Shape of Water” and “The Visitor...
The series was originally ordered at Amazon back in January. Jenkins is the first confirmed cast member. The show is described as “an interlocking universe of crime stories” based on the graphic novels by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
Jenkins will play Ivan. The character is described as “Leo’s dad’s best friend, and has always been an uncle figure to him. He used to be a robber and criminal, but is now currently suffering from dementia. Leo is trying to care for him but realizes he’s more work than he can handle.”
Jenkins is a highly-respected actor with the rare ability to do comedy and drama in seemingly equal measure. He received Oscar nominations for his performances in the films “The Shape of Water” and “The Visitor...
- 5/22/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Two-time Oscar nominated and Emmy-winning actor Richard Jenkins has joined the cast of Criminal, Prime Video’s upcoming drama series based on Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips’ multi-Eisner Award-winning graphic novel series.
Criminal is an interlocking universe of crime stories based on the graphic novels.
Jenkins will play Ivan, Leo’s dad’s best friend, who has always been an uncle figure to him. He used to be a robber and criminal, but is now currently suffering from dementia. Leo is trying to care for him but realizes he’s more work than he can handle.
Brubaker, who penned the pilot script, will co-showrun the TV series with crime fiction author Jordan Harper (Hightown). Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden will direct the first four episodes.
Criminal is produced by Amazon MGM Studios. The series is executive produced by Brubaker and Harper, alongside Sean Phillips, Sarah Carbiener, and Phillip Barnett.
Criminal is an interlocking universe of crime stories based on the graphic novels.
Jenkins will play Ivan, Leo’s dad’s best friend, who has always been an uncle figure to him. He used to be a robber and criminal, but is now currently suffering from dementia. Leo is trying to care for him but realizes he’s more work than he can handle.
Brubaker, who penned the pilot script, will co-showrun the TV series with crime fiction author Jordan Harper (Hightown). Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden will direct the first four episodes.
Criminal is produced by Amazon MGM Studios. The series is executive produced by Brubaker and Harper, alongside Sean Phillips, Sarah Carbiener, and Phillip Barnett.
- 5/22/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Murray first came to national attention when he joined “Saturday Night Live” in its second season to replace the departed Chevy Chase. Like many of his SNL colleagues of the era Murray was able to parlay his television success into a film career. He first made his film mark in comedies but in later years would take on increasingly dramatic films as well, earning an Oscar nomination as Best Actor for “Lost in Translation” (2003). Murray would return to TV in 2015 for the HBO limited series “Olive Kitteridge,” for which he won an Emmy as Best Supporting Actor playing a suicidal man who becomes involved with the title character (Frances McDormand).
Murray’s career got off to a somewhat shaky start when he was cast in the first season of “Saturday Night Live” but unfortunately for Murray it was the wrong “SNL.” Instead of the classic program for NBC (for...
Murray’s career got off to a somewhat shaky start when he was cast in the first season of “Saturday Night Live” but unfortunately for Murray it was the wrong “SNL.” Instead of the classic program for NBC (for...
- 9/14/2023
- by Robert Pius, Misty Holland and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Gold Derby can exclusively reveal the episodes selected by the seven nominees for Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actor as their 2023 Emmys episode submissions.
SEECan Steven Yeun ‘Beef’ up Best Movie/Limited Actor at the Emmys over Evan Peters?
Murray Bartlett won this category just last year for his performance in season one of “The White Lotus.” This year he’s nominated twice: Best Drama Guest Actor for “The Last of Us” and Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actor for “Welcome to Chippendales.” In “Chippendales,” he plays Nick De Noia, the closeted choreographer who clashes with Chippendales founder Steve Banerjee (Best Movie/Limited Actor nominee Kumail Nanjiani) before Nick is murdered. Bartlett submitted for Emmy consideration “Leeches,” the fifth episode of the eight-episode series in which Nick opens a successful Chippendales in New York City and becomes the face of the business on the talk show circuit.
Jesse Plemons‘ performance in “Love and Death...
SEECan Steven Yeun ‘Beef’ up Best Movie/Limited Actor at the Emmys over Evan Peters?
Murray Bartlett won this category just last year for his performance in season one of “The White Lotus.” This year he’s nominated twice: Best Drama Guest Actor for “The Last of Us” and Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actor for “Welcome to Chippendales.” In “Chippendales,” he plays Nick De Noia, the closeted choreographer who clashes with Chippendales founder Steve Banerjee (Best Movie/Limited Actor nominee Kumail Nanjiani) before Nick is murdered. Bartlett submitted for Emmy consideration “Leeches,” the fifth episode of the eight-episode series in which Nick opens a successful Chippendales in New York City and becomes the face of the business on the talk show circuit.
Jesse Plemons‘ performance in “Love and Death...
- 7/29/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
According to the combined predictions of Gold Derby users, Evan Peters is the front-runner to win the Emmy for Best Movie/Limited Actor for “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” with 71/20 odds as of this writing. However, “Beef” is currently predicted to win at least four awards (including Best Limited Series). With that in mind, could “Beef” star Steven Yeun upset Peters?
At the winter awards earlier this year, Peters won the Golden Globe for Best Movie/Limited Actor. Yet he ended up losing the SAG Award to Sam Elliott for “1883,” which was eligible at last year’s Emmys where Elliott wasn’t even among the nominees for Best Movie/Limited Actor. If Evan Peters couldn’t win at SAG, which is a very populist awards group, then that may not bode well for him at the Emmys.
Also, while “Dahmer” may have been a huge commercial hit for Netflix...
At the winter awards earlier this year, Peters won the Golden Globe for Best Movie/Limited Actor. Yet he ended up losing the SAG Award to Sam Elliott for “1883,” which was eligible at last year’s Emmys where Elliott wasn’t even among the nominees for Best Movie/Limited Actor. If Evan Peters couldn’t win at SAG, which is a very populist awards group, then that may not bode well for him at the Emmys.
Also, while “Dahmer” may have been a huge commercial hit for Netflix...
- 7/26/2023
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
After winning last year’s Best TV Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor Emmy for “The White Lotus,” Murray Bartlett now officially has a chance to become the category’s first back-to-back champion by being honored for Hulu’s “Welcome to Chippendales.” He will, however, have to fend off strong frontrunner Paul Walter Hauser, who has already collected Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards for Apple TV+’s “Black Bird.” Scroll through our photo gallery to learn more about all seven of this year’s Best TV Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor nominees and be sure to finalize your Emmy predictions by September 18.
Bartlett is one of several multi-nominated actors on this year’s Emmy ballot, as he also nabbed a Best Drama Guest Actor bid for “The Last of Us.” One of his supporting challengers, posthumous contender Ray Liotta (“Black Bird”), won the same guest award for “ER” in 2005.
Jesse Plemons...
Bartlett is one of several multi-nominated actors on this year’s Emmy ballot, as he also nabbed a Best Drama Guest Actor bid for “The Last of Us.” One of his supporting challengers, posthumous contender Ray Liotta (“Black Bird”), won the same guest award for “ER” in 2005.
Jesse Plemons...
- 7/12/2023
- by Paul Sheehan and Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
After winning last year’s Best TV Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor Emmy for “The White Lotus,” Murray Bartlett now officially has a chance to become the category’s first back-to-back champion by being honored for Hulu’s “Welcome to Chippendales.” He will, however, have to fend off strong frontrunner Paul Walter Hauser, who has already collected Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards for Apple TV+’s “Black Bird.” Scroll through our photo gallery to learn more about all seven of this year’s Best TV Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor nominees and be sure to finalize your Emmy predictions by September 18.
Bartlett is one of several multi-nominated actors on this year’s Emmy ballot, as he also nabbed a Best Drama Guest Actor bid for “The Last of Us.” One of his supporting challengers, posthumous contender Ray Liotta (“Black Bird”), won the same guest award for “ER” in 2005.
Jesse Plemons...
Bartlett is one of several multi-nominated actors on this year’s Emmy ballot, as he also nabbed a Best Drama Guest Actor bid for “The Last of Us.” One of his supporting challengers, posthumous contender Ray Liotta (“Black Bird”), won the same guest award for “ER” in 2005.
Jesse Plemons...
- 7/12/2023
- by Paul Sheehan and Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Rian Johnson‘s “Poker Face” has emerged as one of the most enjoyable new TV series of the last year as he returns to the murder-mystery genre with this episodic, case-of-the-week format that clearly delights those on-screen as much as it does those watching it.
The comedy show follows Natasha Lyonne as Charlie, who has an uncanny ability to determine if somebody is lying. She goes on the run from the casino she used to work at after a suspicious death occurs and then, on her travels, she meets a vast array of colorful characters as she solves a new murder each week on her road trip.
Each week presents new actors having the time of their lives and one of those people is the Oscar-winning Adrien Brody, who features as Sterling Frost Jr, the casino manager who is also the son of Ron Perlman‘s ruthless Sterling Frost Snr.
The comedy show follows Natasha Lyonne as Charlie, who has an uncanny ability to determine if somebody is lying. She goes on the run from the casino she used to work at after a suspicious death occurs and then, on her travels, she meets a vast array of colorful characters as she solves a new murder each week on her road trip.
Each week presents new actors having the time of their lives and one of those people is the Oscar-winning Adrien Brody, who features as Sterling Frost Jr, the casino manager who is also the son of Ron Perlman‘s ruthless Sterling Frost Snr.
- 6/8/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Evan Peters and his “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” dad Richard Jenkins are the odds-on favorites to take home the Emmys for Best Limited Series/TV Movie Actor and Best Limited Series/TV Movie Supporting Actor, respectively. They’re already Emmy winners in the opposite categories, and if they prevail in September, they’ll join a small group of men who’ve won both limited/TV movie acting prizes.
Just six actors have swept both categories, which have undergone various name changes over the years. Laurence Olivier reigns supreme with five trophies total. He has four in lead for “The Moon and Sixpence” (1960), “Long Day’s Journey into Night” (1973), “Love Among the Ruins” (1975) and “King Lear” (1984), and one in supporting for “Brideshead Revisited” (1982).
Michael Moriarty has four, but they come with an asterisk. He owns lead and supporting statuettes for “Holocaust” (1978) and “James Dean” (2002), respectively, and won two Emmys...
Just six actors have swept both categories, which have undergone various name changes over the years. Laurence Olivier reigns supreme with five trophies total. He has four in lead for “The Moon and Sixpence” (1960), “Long Day’s Journey into Night” (1973), “Love Among the Ruins” (1975) and “King Lear” (1984), and one in supporting for “Brideshead Revisited” (1982).
Michael Moriarty has four, but they come with an asterisk. He owns lead and supporting statuettes for “Holocaust” (1978) and “James Dean” (2002), respectively, and won two Emmys...
- 3/31/2023
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
There's nothing like a good miniseries. The ability to take as much time as needed to tell a dense yet self-contained story, marrying the immediacy and formal panache of great cinema to the narrative depth of great TV, has allowed many auteurs in both mediums to create some of their finest and most vital work.
Historically, miniseries have been the province of some of television's most memorable hits, from "Roots" to "Taken" to "Band of Brothers." Series like Ingmar Bergman's "Scenes from a Marriage" and Mike Nichols' "Angels in America" are also regularly cited in the upper tiers of master directors' filmographies. In recent years, the format has seen a kind of mainstream revival, thanks largely to the smashing success of titles like "The Queen's Gambit" and "Watchmen."
But countless miniseries from around the world remain that have yet to receive the attention they deserve. Here are 12 examples of...
Historically, miniseries have been the province of some of television's most memorable hits, from "Roots" to "Taken" to "Band of Brothers." Series like Ingmar Bergman's "Scenes from a Marriage" and Mike Nichols' "Angels in America" are also regularly cited in the upper tiers of master directors' filmographies. In recent years, the format has seen a kind of mainstream revival, thanks largely to the smashing success of titles like "The Queen's Gambit" and "Watchmen."
But countless miniseries from around the world remain that have yet to receive the attention they deserve. Here are 12 examples of...
- 3/25/2023
- by Leo Noboru Lima
- Slash Film
How critical to the success of a project is a director’s ability to clearly communicate their vision to the film’s creative department heads? What are the most common challenges experienced on set by the makeup and hair department These were some of the secrets revealed by four top film makeup and hair Oscar contenders when they joined Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2023 awards contenders: Heike Merker (“All Quiet on the Western Front”), Camille Friend (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”), Tina Roesler Kerwin (“Blonde”) and Christien Tinsley (“Emancipation”). Watch our fascinating full group roundtable panel above and click on each name above to view each nominee’s individual interview.
See dozens of interviews with 2023 awards contenders
“It’s vitally important. I mean, ultimately you want everybody to be able to communicate well, all departments. And it starts with the director,” Tinsley says. “Ultimately we...
See dozens of interviews with 2023 awards contenders
“It’s vitally important. I mean, ultimately you want everybody to be able to communicate well, all departments. And it starts with the director,” Tinsley says. “Ultimately we...
- 1/11/2023
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Four top film makeup and hair Oscar contenders will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2023 awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Tuesday, January 10, at 6:00 p.m. Pt; 9:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Rob Licuria and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
RSVP today to our entire ongoing contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following Oscar contenders on the 2023 shortlist:
All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix)
Synopsis: A young German soldier’s terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I.
Bio: Heike Merker’s career has included “The Grand Budapest Hotel,...
RSVP today to our entire ongoing contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following Oscar contenders on the 2023 shortlist:
All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix)
Synopsis: A young German soldier’s terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I.
Bio: Heike Merker’s career has included “The Grand Budapest Hotel,...
- 1/6/2023
- by Chris Beachum and Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Karen Jones, HBO/HBO Max’s executive vice president and head of communications, is leaving the company after 23 years.
Jones made the announcement of her departure in a memo to her colleagues on Thursday.
“This won’t come as a surprise to some of you, as I’ve spoken candidly about my desire to have a next chapter, to chase new dreams and start paying it forward with more intention,” said Jones in her note. “It has been an incredible ride, and I’m tremendously grateful for all the adventures and to those with whom I’ve shared this journey. It’s the shoulder-to-the-wheel mindset that will always define us.”
Her time at the cable television company spans 23 years. She first joined HBO in 1999 and has held roles in various capacities over the years, most prominently producing publicity campaigns for HBO original programming as varied as “Westworld,” “Lovecraft Country,” “Perry Mason,...
Jones made the announcement of her departure in a memo to her colleagues on Thursday.
“This won’t come as a surprise to some of you, as I’ve spoken candidly about my desire to have a next chapter, to chase new dreams and start paying it forward with more intention,” said Jones in her note. “It has been an incredible ride, and I’m tremendously grateful for all the adventures and to those with whom I’ve shared this journey. It’s the shoulder-to-the-wheel mindset that will always define us.”
Her time at the cable television company spans 23 years. She first joined HBO in 1999 and has held roles in various capacities over the years, most prominently producing publicity campaigns for HBO original programming as varied as “Westworld,” “Lovecraft Country,” “Perry Mason,...
- 11/17/2022
- by Raquel "Rocky" Harris
- The Wrap
HBO/HBO Max exec vice president and head of communications Karen Jones is exiting the company after 23 years, she announced in a memo to staffers on Thursday. Jones has been in this role since 2019, helping navigate HBO’s communications through ownership changes, the launch of HBO Max (which became part of her purview in 2020) and the Covid-19 pandemic.
“This won’t come as a surprise to some of you, as I’ve spoken candidly about my desire to have a next chapter, to chase new dreams and start paying it forward with more intention,” Jones said in a note shared with her HBO colleagues. “Slowly, and then all at once, it was exactly the right time.
“It has been an incredible ride, and I’m tremendously grateful for all the adventures and to those with whom I’ve shared this journey. It’s the shoulder-to-the-wheel mindset that will always define us,...
“This won’t come as a surprise to some of you, as I’ve spoken candidly about my desire to have a next chapter, to chase new dreams and start paying it forward with more intention,” Jones said in a note shared with her HBO colleagues. “Slowly, and then all at once, it was exactly the right time.
“It has been an incredible ride, and I’m tremendously grateful for all the adventures and to those with whom I’ve shared this journey. It’s the shoulder-to-the-wheel mindset that will always define us,...
- 11/17/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Free-spirited mom. Strict mother. Abused wife. Boozing adulteress. Mousy governess. Strong-willed nomad. With her talent for deadpan delivery and with one of the most expressive faces in the industry, Frances McDormand has created a treasure trove of complex and diverse characters over the past 40 years, earning numerous accolades along the way.
McDormand was born Cynthia Ann Smith on June 23, 1957, and was adopted when she was a year-and-a-half old and renamed Frances Louise McDormand. After studying theater, including receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale School of Drama, she quickly made a name for herself on stage, as well as in film and television.
In 1984, McDormand made her film debut in “Blood Simple,” the first film made by her new husband Joel Coen and his brother Ethan Coen. She has collaborated with the brothers in seven other films, including her first Oscar-winning performance in “Fargo” (1996). In addition to her film work,...
McDormand was born Cynthia Ann Smith on June 23, 1957, and was adopted when she was a year-and-a-half old and renamed Frances Louise McDormand. After studying theater, including receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale School of Drama, she quickly made a name for herself on stage, as well as in film and television.
In 1984, McDormand made her film debut in “Blood Simple,” the first film made by her new husband Joel Coen and his brother Ethan Coen. She has collaborated with the brothers in seven other films, including her first Oscar-winning performance in “Fargo” (1996). In addition to her film work,...
- 11/10/2022
- by Susan Pennington, Susan Wloszczyna, Chris Beachum and Misty Holland
- Gold Derby
“She Said” has revealed that it’s splitting up the two stars in its campaign for Oscars. Zoe Kazan will be pushed for Best Actress while her co-star Carey Mulligan will be seeking Best Supporting Actress recognition.
The film tells the true story of the two New York Times journalists, Jodi Kantor (Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Mulligan), whose investigation into Harvey Weinstein helped bring down the movie mogul and spark the #MeToo movement that shined a light on sexual harassment and assault in the workplace. As depicted in the film, Kantor begins the investigation and Twohey comes onboard following her similar investigations into misconduct by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly. But it’s Kantor who we see interviewing most of Weinstein’s accusers. Kazan has about 20 minutes more of screen time in the film than Mulligan.
See‘She Said’ reviews at New York Film Festival...
The film tells the true story of the two New York Times journalists, Jodi Kantor (Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Mulligan), whose investigation into Harvey Weinstein helped bring down the movie mogul and spark the #MeToo movement that shined a light on sexual harassment and assault in the workplace. As depicted in the film, Kantor begins the investigation and Twohey comes onboard following her similar investigations into misconduct by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly. But it’s Kantor who we see interviewing most of Weinstein’s accusers. Kazan has about 20 minutes more of screen time in the film than Mulligan.
See‘She Said’ reviews at New York Film Festival...
- 10/18/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Nearly a quarter century into her acting career, Amanda Seyfried has received just one SAG Award nomination, which she shared with her fellow “Les Misérables” ensemble members. After notably missing out on a solo bid for “Mank” in 2021, her first taste of individual attention from the acting guild appears imminent thanks to her powerhouse performance as Elizabeth Holmes on the Hulu limited series “The Dropout.” Having just earned a Best Movie/Limited Actress Emmy for the series, she could now become the 12th woman to leverage such a win into a SAG Award victory.
According to Gold Derby’s SAG Awards predictions, Seyfried is in a secure first place position in this season’s Best TV Movie/Limited Actress race. Included among her likeliest challengers are Lily James, Julia Garner and “The White Lotus: Sicily” duo Jennifer Coolidge (third) and Aubrey Plaza (fourth). Coolidge was just nominated here last year...
According to Gold Derby’s SAG Awards predictions, Seyfried is in a secure first place position in this season’s Best TV Movie/Limited Actress race. Included among her likeliest challengers are Lily James, Julia Garner and “The White Lotus: Sicily” duo Jennifer Coolidge (third) and Aubrey Plaza (fourth). Coolidge was just nominated here last year...
- 10/4/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Five years after it won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Elizabeth Strout’s novel, “Olive Kitteridge,” was adapted into a four-part limited series that went on to win eight Primetime Emmy awards from 13 nominations. Besides being named the Best Limited Series of 2015, the HBO program also garnered acting prizes for supporting player Bill Murray and leads Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins. The pair of stars had previously appeared in three theatrical films together, including two directed by McDormand’s husband, Joel Coen.
Jenkins, whose TV acting career began in 1974, had never been recognized by Emmy voters before this. The 68-year-old automatically became the 10th oldest man to ever win the Best TV Movie/Limited Series Actor award, and still holds that position today. Of the older actors who place higher than him, six were over 75 when they won, and two were over 80. Additionally, all 10 entrants had previously been Oscar-nominated, with...
Jenkins, whose TV acting career began in 1974, had never been recognized by Emmy voters before this. The 68-year-old automatically became the 10th oldest man to ever win the Best TV Movie/Limited Series Actor award, and still holds that position today. Of the older actors who place higher than him, six were over 75 when they won, and two were over 80. Additionally, all 10 entrants had previously been Oscar-nominated, with...
- 8/1/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
On July 14 Universal Pictures released a preview for its upcoming Oscar contender “She Said” starring Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan. Does it look like a winner to you? Watch the “She Said” trailer above. The film opens on November 18.
SEEOscars 2023: What are your ridiculously early predictions for nominees in 8 categories?
Based on the nonfiction book by New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, “She Said” tells the story of the investigative reporting that went into uncovering the serial sexual abuses of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. Their reporting galvanized the #MeToo movement that led to further revelations about the abuses of media men in positions of power. In the film, Kazan and Mulligan play Kanton and Twohey, respectively.
The film comes with a strong awards pedigree. Its director, Maria Schrader, may best be known for helming the Netflix limited series “Unorthodox,” for which she won an Emmy for...
SEEOscars 2023: What are your ridiculously early predictions for nominees in 8 categories?
Based on the nonfiction book by New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, “She Said” tells the story of the investigative reporting that went into uncovering the serial sexual abuses of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. Their reporting galvanized the #MeToo movement that led to further revelations about the abuses of media men in positions of power. In the film, Kazan and Mulligan play Kanton and Twohey, respectively.
The film comes with a strong awards pedigree. Its director, Maria Schrader, may best be known for helming the Netflix limited series “Unorthodox,” for which she won an Emmy for...
- 7/14/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
It was the late 1990s and future Oscar-winning “Coda” filmmaker Siân Heder was ambling across Harvard Square, close to the home in which she grew up in Cambridge, Mass. There, near the Au Bon Pain sandwich shop on Brattle Street, Heder spotted two buddies from Cambridge Ringe and Latin School, then-unknowns Ben and Casey Affleck, shooting a scene for “Good Will Hunting,” the 1997 film that would score two Academy Awards, help usher in the era of Big Screen Boston and turn the Affleck brothers and Matt Damon, all actors in the movie and Massachusetts natives (“Massholes” in the local vernacular), into giant Hollywood stars.
“I knew Ben and Casey from high school — their mom was my teacher in third and fifth grade,” Heder says. “I think I shouted at Ben, ‘Put me in your movie!’ And so I was an extra in ‘Good Will Hunting.’”
But filming in Massachusetts in the 1990s was exorbitantly cost-prohibitive.
“I knew Ben and Casey from high school — their mom was my teacher in third and fifth grade,” Heder says. “I think I shouted at Ben, ‘Put me in your movie!’ And so I was an extra in ‘Good Will Hunting.’”
But filming in Massachusetts in the 1990s was exorbitantly cost-prohibitive.
- 6/1/2022
- by Malina Saval
- Variety Film + TV
The upcoming Hulu series “The Girl from Plainville” re-examines the infamous texting-suicide case that rocked headlines in the mid 2010s.
Elle Fanning leads the series, premiering March 29, as Michelle Carter, who was prosecuted in the case following the death of her boyfriend Conrad Roy III (Colton Ryan). The real-life court case was at the center of Jesse Barron’s 2017 Esquire article of the same name, and was captured in the 2019 HBO documentary “I Love You, Now Die.”
The Massachusetts-set Hulu saga revisits Carter’s alleged abusive behavior, encouragement, and persuasion that was thought to have led to 18-year-old Roy’s suicide.
A first-look trailer shows Fanning as Carter copping to thousands of “messed-up texts” that seemed to “encourage” Conrad to take his life. Per Hulu, the series explores Carter’s relationship with Roy, the events that led to his death, and later, her trial and conviction of involuntary manslaughter. Chloë Sevigny...
Elle Fanning leads the series, premiering March 29, as Michelle Carter, who was prosecuted in the case following the death of her boyfriend Conrad Roy III (Colton Ryan). The real-life court case was at the center of Jesse Barron’s 2017 Esquire article of the same name, and was captured in the 2019 HBO documentary “I Love You, Now Die.”
The Massachusetts-set Hulu saga revisits Carter’s alleged abusive behavior, encouragement, and persuasion that was thought to have led to 18-year-old Roy’s suicide.
A first-look trailer shows Fanning as Carter copping to thousands of “messed-up texts” that seemed to “encourage” Conrad to take his life. Per Hulu, the series explores Carter’s relationship with Roy, the events that led to his death, and later, her trial and conviction of involuntary manslaughter. Chloë Sevigny...
- 3/3/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The Six Feet Under actor on challenging roles, working with Guillermo del Toro and being recognised at funerals
American actor Richard Jenkins, 74, has been a screen regular since the 70s, but his big breakthrough came in 2001 playing deceased funeral director Nathaniel Fisher in the TV series Six Feet Under. He went on to receive an Oscar nomination for best actor in The Visitor (2007) and won an Emmy in 2015 for his role in the drama series Olive Kitteridge. Jenkins has worked with directors including Woody Allen, Kathryn Bigelow, the Coens and Mike Nichols, and next month can be seen in Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley. His latest project is playwright Stephen Karam’s film of his own one-act play The Humans – set in a newly rented, unfurnished apartment in New York’s Chinatown – in which Jenkins plays a man contemplating the state of his life at a family Thanksgiving.
You live in Providence,...
American actor Richard Jenkins, 74, has been a screen regular since the 70s, but his big breakthrough came in 2001 playing deceased funeral director Nathaniel Fisher in the TV series Six Feet Under. He went on to receive an Oscar nomination for best actor in The Visitor (2007) and won an Emmy in 2015 for his role in the drama series Olive Kitteridge. Jenkins has worked with directors including Woody Allen, Kathryn Bigelow, the Coens and Mike Nichols, and next month can be seen in Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley. His latest project is playwright Stephen Karam’s film of his own one-act play The Humans – set in a newly rented, unfurnished apartment in New York’s Chinatown – in which Jenkins plays a man contemplating the state of his life at a family Thanksgiving.
You live in Providence,...
- 12/25/2021
- by Jonathan Romney
- The Guardian - Film News
There is seemingly little Frances McDormand can’t do. The actress commands the screen as Lady Macbeth opposite Denzel Washington in husband Joel Coen’s upcoming acclaimed film “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” That means she is on the precipice of making history at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Again.
In 2018, McDormand became the first woman to take home a second SAG Award for lead actress, winning for her turn in 2017’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Her first win in the category came 21 years earlier for her performance in the Coen Brothers’ iconic black comedy “Fargo” (1996). Since McDormand won her bookend, two other women have also triumphed for a second time: Renée Zellweger (2002’s “Chicago” and 2019’s “Judy”) and Viola Davis (2011’s “The Help” and 2020’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”).
Either SAG-AFTRA voters got together and collectively decided it was finally Ok to allow women to earn multiple accolades in the category,...
In 2018, McDormand became the first woman to take home a second SAG Award for lead actress, winning for her turn in 2017’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Her first win in the category came 21 years earlier for her performance in the Coen Brothers’ iconic black comedy “Fargo” (1996). Since McDormand won her bookend, two other women have also triumphed for a second time: Renée Zellweger (2002’s “Chicago” and 2019’s “Judy”) and Viola Davis (2011’s “The Help” and 2020’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”).
Either SAG-AFTRA voters got together and collectively decided it was finally Ok to allow women to earn multiple accolades in the category,...
- 12/5/2021
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Emma Roberts, John Gallagher Jr. and two-time Oscar nominee Michael Shannon will topline Spencer Squire’s first feature, Abandoned, which is also the first to be fully financed through the partnership between Vertical Entertainment and Three Point Capital.
The recently wrapped thriller written by Squire, Jessica Scott, and Erik Patterson follows a mother, father, and infant son as they move into a remote farmhouse, which harbors a dark, tragic history. As their home’s past is revealed, the mother’s fragility escalates to a state of psychosis that jeopardizes her own safety and that of her newborn son.
Roberts is producing with Robert Ogden Barnum, Eric Binns, and Byron Wetzel, with Neal Dodson, Andrew Gans, David Gendron, Neil Gobioff, Rich Goldberg, Peter Jarowey, Ali Jazayeri, Shawn Paonessa, Oliver Ridge, Zachary Quinto, Viviana Zarragoitia, Michael Reiser, Delos Chang,...
The recently wrapped thriller written by Squire, Jessica Scott, and Erik Patterson follows a mother, father, and infant son as they move into a remote farmhouse, which harbors a dark, tragic history. As their home’s past is revealed, the mother’s fragility escalates to a state of psychosis that jeopardizes her own safety and that of her newborn son.
Roberts is producing with Robert Ogden Barnum, Eric Binns, and Byron Wetzel, with Neal Dodson, Andrew Gans, David Gendron, Neil Gobioff, Rich Goldberg, Peter Jarowey, Ali Jazayeri, Shawn Paonessa, Oliver Ridge, Zachary Quinto, Viviana Zarragoitia, Michael Reiser, Delos Chang,...
- 10/26/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Ann Dowd leads our Oscar odds for her powerhouse performance in “Mass” as the mother of a school shooter. Bleecker Street releases this intense drama on October 8. The Emmy winner (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) is the early favorite to win Best Supporting Actress, according to the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby readers. If she does win, it would be a fitting end to a story almost 10 years in the making. Back in 2012 she had to finance her own Best Supporting Actress campaign for her role in the indie film “Compliance.” Better late than never.
“Compliance” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012, which was followed by a release to general audiences that August. The film starred Dreama Walker as a fast-food employee and Dowd as her manager, who is tricked by a prankster over the phone into cruelly tormenting the employee. Dowd’s performance was acclaimed, but its distributor,...
“Compliance” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012, which was followed by a release to general audiences that August. The film starred Dreama Walker as a fast-food employee and Dowd as her manager, who is tricked by a prankster over the phone into cruelly tormenting the employee. Dowd’s performance was acclaimed, but its distributor,...
- 10/4/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Five years after it won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Elizabeth Strout’s novel, “Olive Kitteridge,” was adapted into a four-part limited series that went on to win eight Primetime Emmy awards from 13 nominations. Besides being named the Best Limited Series of 2015, the HBO program also garnered acting prizes for supporting player Bill Murray and leads Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins. The pair of stars had previously appeared in three theatrical films together, including two directed by McDormand’s husband, Joel Coen.
Jenkins, whose TV acting career began in 1974, had never been recognized by Emmy voters before this. The 68-year-old automatically became the 10th oldest man to ever win the Best Movie/Limited Actor award, and still holds that position six years later. Of the older actors who place higher than him, six were over 75 when they won, and two were over 80.
Since 1955, a total of 59 actors have won Emmys...
Jenkins, whose TV acting career began in 1974, had never been recognized by Emmy voters before this. The 68-year-old automatically became the 10th oldest man to ever win the Best Movie/Limited Actor award, and still holds that position six years later. Of the older actors who place higher than him, six were over 75 when they won, and two were over 80.
Since 1955, a total of 59 actors have won Emmys...
- 8/31/2021
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Last year, a fun little Emmy trend came to an end. No, we’re not talking about Best Drama Actor going to someone not from a first-year or final-year show, but HBO stopping the pattern of itself and FX alternating victories in Best Limited Series. And now that that’s over, maybe it’s time for Netflix to finally enter the series winner’s circle.
From 2014, which was when limited series and TV movie were split into two categories again, until 2020, FX and HBO swapped limited series victories. FX took the crown in even-numbered years: “Fargo” in 2014, “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” in 2016 and “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” in 2018. HBO had ownership in odd-numbered years: “Olive Kitteridge” in 2015, “Big Little Lies” in 2017 and “Chernobyl” in 2019.
And then 2020 happened. It was FX’s “turn” to win and it had a contender in “Mrs. America,...
From 2014, which was when limited series and TV movie were split into two categories again, until 2020, FX and HBO swapped limited series victories. FX took the crown in even-numbered years: “Fargo” in 2014, “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” in 2016 and “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” in 2018. HBO had ownership in odd-numbered years: “Olive Kitteridge” in 2015, “Big Little Lies” in 2017 and “Chernobyl” in 2019.
And then 2020 happened. It was FX’s “turn” to win and it had a contender in “Mrs. America,...
- 6/16/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Every year when the Emmy nominations are announced, hoards of “American Horror Story” fans pull their hair out over Evan Peters being cruelly snubbed. The 34-year-old actor has been starring on television since he was a teenager, receiving only a Critics Choice Award bid for his work on “AHS: Cult” as blue-haired cult leader Kai Anderson. But 2021 could be the year Peters is finally invited to the Emmy party, thanks to his fan-fave role of Detective Colin Zabel, partner of Detective Sergeant Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet), on “Mare of Easttown.”
HBO’s acclaimed limited series dominated the awards conversation during the last several weeks of Emmy voting. While Winslet understandably earned much of the early press, Peters received raves during the middle of the eight-episode run and then Julianne Nicholson surged following the May 30 finale.
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Peters’ young...
HBO’s acclaimed limited series dominated the awards conversation during the last several weeks of Emmy voting. While Winslet understandably earned much of the early press, Peters received raves during the middle of the eight-episode run and then Julianne Nicholson surged following the May 30 finale.
See Emmy Experts Typing: Will Kate Winslet snatch the ‘Queen’s’ (presumed) crown?
Peters’ young...
- 6/14/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Frances McDormand won best actress at Sunday’s Academy Awards for portraying Fern, a woman who takes to the road after the plant in her small-town closes down, in “Nomadland.” It’s McDormand’s third win in the category, tying her with Meryl Streep and Ingrid Bergman, who each have three victories and within striking distance of the current record-holder, Katharine Hepburn, who has four statues.
In her acceptance speech, McDormand suggested that there should have been a karaoke bar at the ceremony, and quoted the Shakespeare play “Macbeth.”
“I have no words: my voice is in my sword,” McDormand said, quoting Macduff as he fights Macbeth. She then continued in her own words: “We know the sword is our work, and I like work. Thank you for knowing that, and thanks for this.”
In an unusual turn of events, McDormand’s award for best actress was handed out after...
In her acceptance speech, McDormand suggested that there should have been a karaoke bar at the ceremony, and quoted the Shakespeare play “Macbeth.”
“I have no words: my voice is in my sword,” McDormand said, quoting Macduff as he fights Macbeth. She then continued in her own words: “We know the sword is our work, and I like work. Thank you for knowing that, and thanks for this.”
In an unusual turn of events, McDormand’s award for best actress was handed out after...
- 4/26/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Unbelievable director Lisa Cholodenko is set to helm the first two episodes of Elle Fanning’s Hulu drama The Girl from Plainville.
The series, which is centered on the Michelle Carter texting-suicide case, will start production later this year.
Cholodenko directed the first three episodes of Toni Collette and Merritt Weaver’s limited Netflix drama series Unbelievable and previously directed the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge, which won her an Outstanding Directing Emmy. Her 2010 feature film, The Kids Are All Right, won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy and was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
The Girl from Plainville was handed a straight-to-series order in August and comes from The Post writer Liz Hannah and Dr. Death exec producer Patrick Macmanus. Produced by UCP, it is based on Jesse Barron’s 2017 true-crime Esquire article about the case. Fanning plays Carter.
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The series, which is centered on the Michelle Carter texting-suicide case, will start production later this year.
Cholodenko directed the first three episodes of Toni Collette and Merritt Weaver’s limited Netflix drama series Unbelievable and previously directed the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge, which won her an Outstanding Directing Emmy. Her 2010 feature film, The Kids Are All Right, won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy and was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
The Girl from Plainville was handed a straight-to-series order in August and comes from The Post writer Liz Hannah and Dr. Death exec producer Patrick Macmanus. Produced by UCP, it is based on Jesse Barron’s 2017 true-crime Esquire article about the case. Fanning plays Carter.
2020-21 Hulu Pilots...
- 4/14/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Three years ago, Frances McDormand became the first person to win lead actress twice at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, breaking the notorious category curse. Now she’s in the running again with “Nomadland” and a victory at Sunday’s pre-taped ceremony would make her the first woman and second person overall to take home three lead statuettes for film.
An eight-time nominee, McDormand nabbed her first lead actress SAG Award for “Fargo” (1996) and waited 21 years go add her second for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (2017). Daniel Day-Lewis is thus far the only performer with three lead SAG Awards, having prevailed in lead actor for “Gangs of New York” (2002), “There Will Be Blood” (2007) and “Lincoln” (2012). He’s actually never lost an individual SAG Awards race, a record that will remain intact unless he comes out of retirement. Renee Zellweger has also amassed three individual film trophies, but one of hers was in supporting,...
An eight-time nominee, McDormand nabbed her first lead actress SAG Award for “Fargo” (1996) and waited 21 years go add her second for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (2017). Daniel Day-Lewis is thus far the only performer with three lead SAG Awards, having prevailed in lead actor for “Gangs of New York” (2002), “There Will Be Blood” (2007) and “Lincoln” (2012). He’s actually never lost an individual SAG Awards race, a record that will remain intact unless he comes out of retirement. Renee Zellweger has also amassed three individual film trophies, but one of hers was in supporting,...
- 3/29/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
15 best Frances McDormand movies ranked, including ‘Fargo,’ ‘Nomadland,’ ‘Three Billboards’ [Photos]
Free-spirited mom. Strict mother. Abused wife. Boozing adulteress. Mousy governess. Strong-willed nomad. With her talent for deadpan delivery and with one of the most expressive faces in the industry, Frances McDormand has created a treasure trove of complex and diverse characters over the past 40 years, earning numerous accolades along the way.
McDormand was born Cynthia Ann Smith on June 23, 1957, and was adopted when she was a year-and-a-half old and renamed Frances Louise McDormand. After studying theater, including receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale School of Drama, she quickly made a name for herself on stage, as well as in film and television.
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In 1984, McDormand made her film debut in “Blood Simple,” the first film made by her new husband Joel Coen and his brother Ethan Coen. She has collaborated with the brothers in seven other films, including...
McDormand was born Cynthia Ann Smith on June 23, 1957, and was adopted when she was a year-and-a-half old and renamed Frances Louise McDormand. After studying theater, including receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale School of Drama, she quickly made a name for herself on stage, as well as in film and television.
SEEOscar Best Actress Gallery: Every Winner in Academy Award History
In 1984, McDormand made her film debut in “Blood Simple,” the first film made by her new husband Joel Coen and his brother Ethan Coen. She has collaborated with the brothers in seven other films, including...
- 3/23/2021
- by Susan Pennington and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Frances McDormand netted her eighth Screen Actors Guild Award nomination this year for her star turn in “Nomadland” as Fern, a woman who adopts a nomadic lifestyle following the death of her husband. While she did not win the Golden Globe for the performance, the respect she has from her fellow actors could cement a victory at the guild on her way to a third Oscar.
McDormand isn’t the only person nominated for Best Actress this year with a winning way with SAG. Both Amy Adams (“Hillbilly Elegy”) and Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) are now up to 10 total SAG nominations apiece, with one win for the former and a whopping five for the latter. Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”) has two past SAG nominations as part of the ensemble of “The Crown” and Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”) has three other nominations.
From McDormand’s seven previous bids,...
McDormand isn’t the only person nominated for Best Actress this year with a winning way with SAG. Both Amy Adams (“Hillbilly Elegy”) and Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) are now up to 10 total SAG nominations apiece, with one win for the former and a whopping five for the latter. Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”) has two past SAG nominations as part of the ensemble of “The Crown” and Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”) has three other nominations.
From McDormand’s seven previous bids,...
- 3/8/2021
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Viola Davis has been nominated for 10 Screen Actors Guild Awards to date, winning five statuettes for her work across film and television. This year the the Oscar winner has two chances to increase her haul with bids for Best Actress and Best Ensemble for playing the titular character in the Netflix movie “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”
In Best Actress, Davis faces off against Amy Adams (“Hillbilly Elegy”), Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”), Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”) and Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”). All of these women have a history of being lauded by their peers.
Adams has 10 nominations with one win for Best Film Ensemble in 2014 for “American Hustle.” Kirby is on her third nomination, with two previous bids for Best TV Drama Ensemble for “The Crown” (2017-2018). McDormand has eight noms, winning Best Actress trophies for “Fargo” in 1997 and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” in 2018 (she also won Best...
In Best Actress, Davis faces off against Amy Adams (“Hillbilly Elegy”), Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”), Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”) and Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”). All of these women have a history of being lauded by their peers.
Adams has 10 nominations with one win for Best Film Ensemble in 2014 for “American Hustle.” Kirby is on her third nomination, with two previous bids for Best TV Drama Ensemble for “The Crown” (2017-2018). McDormand has eight noms, winning Best Actress trophies for “Fargo” in 1997 and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” in 2018 (she also won Best...
- 3/8/2021
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Bill Murray reaped his seventh Globes bid this year for the Apple TV+ film “On the Rocks,” which reunited him with writer-director Sofia Coppola with whom he first worked on 2003’s “Lost in Translation.” That role won him Best Comedy Actor at these awards and he stands out among this year’s Supporting Actor contenders with the most comedic performance.
He faces off against dramatic turns by Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”), Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”), Leslie Odom, Jr. (“One Night in Miami”), and Jared Leto (“The Little Things”). Cohen won for “Borat” and has five career nominations. Kaluuya was nominated for “Get Out.” Leto prevailed in this category for “Dallas Buyers Club” and went on to win the Oscar. Odom Jr. is a double nominee this year, with a second bid for Best Original Song.
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He faces off against dramatic turns by Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”), Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”), Leslie Odom, Jr. (“One Night in Miami”), and Jared Leto (“The Little Things”). Cohen won for “Borat” and has five career nominations. Kaluuya was nominated for “Get Out.” Leto prevailed in this category for “Dallas Buyers Club” and went on to win the Oscar. Odom Jr. is a double nominee this year, with a second bid for Best Original Song.
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- 2/24/2021
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Frances McDormand has always carved out her own path, not unlike her character, Fern, in “Nomadland.” Fern is just the latest of her roles that few other mainstream actors could play and it earned her a seventh Golden Globe bid. “Nomadland” is far and away the leader in Best Picture wins from critics’ groups and McDormand has won over a dozen Best Actress prizes. All this love could result in McDormand winning her second Golden Globe (and her third Oscar).
McDormand’s competition in Best Drama Actress at the Golden Globes is Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”), Andra Day (“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”), Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”) and Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”). Davis is the only other actress who comes close to McDormand’s success at the Globes, with five previous bids. Mulligan was nominated for “An Education,” Day has a concurrent nomination this...
McDormand’s competition in Best Drama Actress at the Golden Globes is Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”), Andra Day (“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”), Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”) and Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”). Davis is the only other actress who comes close to McDormand’s success at the Globes, with five previous bids. Mulligan was nominated for “An Education,” Day has a concurrent nomination this...
- 2/12/2021
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is slated to have a big morning when Golden Globes nominations are announced on Feb. 3, with predicted bids for Best Film Drama, Drama Actress (Viola Davis) and Actor (Chadwick Boseman) and anticipated wins for its two leads. With so many high profile nominations in the offing, might one of its legendary featured players, Glynn Turman, come along for the ride with a surprise citation for Film Supporting Actor?
The Emmy-winning actor plays Toledo, Ma Rainey’s wise pianist who not only delivers a sensational August Wilson monologue about race and the leftovers of history, but also spars with Ma Rainey’s younger, ambitious trumpeter Levee (Boseman). Turman has started to collect kudos for his performance, landing nominations from the Independent Spirit Awards and the National Society of Film Critics and winning the Los Angeles Film Critics Association prize for Supporting Actor. The momentum he...
The Emmy-winning actor plays Toledo, Ma Rainey’s wise pianist who not only delivers a sensational August Wilson monologue about race and the leftovers of history, but also spars with Ma Rainey’s younger, ambitious trumpeter Levee (Boseman). Turman has started to collect kudos for his performance, landing nominations from the Independent Spirit Awards and the National Society of Film Critics and winning the Los Angeles Film Critics Association prize for Supporting Actor. The momentum he...
- 1/31/2021
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Frances McDormand has won two individual SAG Awards for her leading roles in the films “Fargo” (1997) and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (2018). She is a strong contender again in Best Actress this year for her powerful performance in the Searchlight Pictures release “Nomadland.” Should she prevail, she’ll be tied with Daniel Day-Lewis for the most individual wins by a film star with three apiece.
Day-Lewis won Best Actor for “Gangs of New York” (2003), “There Will Be Blood” (2008) and “Lincoln” (2013). He repeated at the Oscars for the latter two performances. He’d won the first of his three Oscars for “My Left Foot” in 1990, five years before the Screen Actors Guild Awards were launched.
McDormand picked up Oscar bookends to go with her SAG Awards. Unlike Day-Lewis, she also shared in a Best Ensemble prize from the guild for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” The English actor was part of...
Day-Lewis won Best Actor for “Gangs of New York” (2003), “There Will Be Blood” (2008) and “Lincoln” (2013). He repeated at the Oscars for the latter two performances. He’d won the first of his three Oscars for “My Left Foot” in 1990, five years before the Screen Actors Guild Awards were launched.
McDormand picked up Oscar bookends to go with her SAG Awards. Unlike Day-Lewis, she also shared in a Best Ensemble prize from the guild for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” The English actor was part of...
- 1/26/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Hey, Oscar pundits: Don’t count out Bill Murray just yet to win Best Supporting Actor for his role in the A24/Apple TV+ release “On the Rocks.” Over the years this specific category has been the equivalent of the veterans achievement award, with 10 men claiming victory after the age of 70 (see below). Murray just turned 70 in September, which makes him one of only two septuagenarians in Gold Derby’s Top 8, the other being 73-year-old Paul Raci (“Sound of Metal”). Could Murray’s decades of experience in the industry give him a secret advantage in this race?
Murray plays Felix in “On the Rocks,” a caring father who gets involved in the marital troubles of his daughter Laura (Rashida Jones) and her possibly cheating husband Dean (Marlon Wayans). Sofia Coppola wrote and directed the dramedy film, which serves as a reunion of sorts between she and Murray. The first time...
Murray plays Felix in “On the Rocks,” a caring father who gets involved in the marital troubles of his daughter Laura (Rashida Jones) and her possibly cheating husband Dean (Marlon Wayans). Sofia Coppola wrote and directed the dramedy film, which serves as a reunion of sorts between she and Murray. The first time...
- 1/13/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Riz Ahmed (‘Sound of Metal’) will drum up an Oscar nomination, according to Gold Derby’s latest odds
Over the past few weeks, Riz Ahmed (“The Sound of Metal”) has been rising so fast in the Oscar Best Actor race that it now looks like he’ll land a nomination, according to the latest odds at Gold Derby. He’s now ranked in fourth place among our Experts and in fifth place among all Gold Derby users. He just bumped Kingsley Ben-Adir (“One Night in Miami”) down to sixth place in a race reserved for five men. One month ago, Ahmed was ranked way down in ninth, but has since also climbed above Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”), Tom Hanks (“News of the World”) and Steven Yeun (“Minari”).
Ahmed is also ranked in fifth place in our SAG Awards picks and is ranked sixth at the Golden Globes.
Ahmed has been receiving some of the best reviews of his career for his performance in “Sound of Metal,...
Ahmed is also ranked in fifth place in our SAG Awards picks and is ranked sixth at the Golden Globes.
Ahmed has been receiving some of the best reviews of his career for his performance in “Sound of Metal,...
- 12/20/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Frances McDormand is producing and starring in a film adaptation of the novel “Women Talking,” with Sarah Polley directing for MGM’s recently relaunched Orion Pictures.
Orion and Plan B announced the project on Thursday. Polley will direct from her own script, based on Miriam Toews’ bestselling novel. McDormand is producing via her Hear/Say Productions. She brought the project initially to Plan B after acquiring the rights.
“Women Talking,” which was published in 2018, follows a group of women in an isolated Mennonite religious colony in Bolivia as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony’s men. The book was named to several best-of-2018 lists, including those by The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The Washington Post and The New York Times.
McDormand stars in Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a top contender for awards in the coming months. It’s the...
Orion and Plan B announced the project on Thursday. Polley will direct from her own script, based on Miriam Toews’ bestselling novel. McDormand is producing via her Hear/Say Productions. She brought the project initially to Plan B after acquiring the rights.
“Women Talking,” which was published in 2018, follows a group of women in an isolated Mennonite religious colony in Bolivia as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony’s men. The book was named to several best-of-2018 lists, including those by The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The Washington Post and The New York Times.
McDormand stars in Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a top contender for awards in the coming months. It’s the...
- 12/17/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exlcusive: MGM’s Orion Pictures and Plan B has set Academy Award-nominee Sarah Polley to write and direct a feature adaptation of Miriam Toews’ bestselling novel Women Talking, with Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand to star and produce via her Hear/Say productions. McDormand brought the project initially to Plan B after acquiring the rights.
“We are thrilled to continue our relationship with Plan B with Women Talking. Sarah and Frances collaborating to bring this incredible book to life on the big screen is something we are excited to be part of,” said Michael De Luca, MGM’s Film Group Chairman, Pamela Abdy, MGM’s Film Group President, and Alana Mayo, Orion Pictures’ President jointly.
The novel follows a group of women in an isolated religious colony as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony’s men. Published in 2018, the novel was...
“We are thrilled to continue our relationship with Plan B with Women Talking. Sarah and Frances collaborating to bring this incredible book to life on the big screen is something we are excited to be part of,” said Michael De Luca, MGM’s Film Group Chairman, Pamela Abdy, MGM’s Film Group President, and Alana Mayo, Orion Pictures’ President jointly.
The novel follows a group of women in an isolated religious colony as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony’s men. Published in 2018, the novel was...
- 12/17/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
“On the Rocks” is the long-awaited reunion between writer-director Sofia Coppola and actor Bill Murray, who previously achieved success together with the 2003 film “Lost in Translation” (though they also teamed up on the Emmy-nominated holiday special “A Very Murray Christmas” in 2015). It was released on October 2 by A24 in advance of its October 23 premiere on Apple TV+. Does it meet the high expectations they’ve set for themselves?
As of this writing the film has a MetaCritic score of 74 based on 38 reviews counted thus far: 32 positive and 6 somewhat mixed, but none outright negative. Over on Rotten Tomatoes, the film is rated 89% fresh based on 92 reviews, only 10 of which are classified as rotten. The Rt critics consensus says that the film “isn’t as potent as its top-shelf ingredients might suggest, but the end result still goes down easy — and offers high proof of Bill Murray’s finely aged charm.”
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As of this writing the film has a MetaCritic score of 74 based on 38 reviews counted thus far: 32 positive and 6 somewhat mixed, but none outright negative. Over on Rotten Tomatoes, the film is rated 89% fresh based on 92 reviews, only 10 of which are classified as rotten. The Rt critics consensus says that the film “isn’t as potent as its top-shelf ingredients might suggest, but the end result still goes down easy — and offers high proof of Bill Murray’s finely aged charm.”
See‘The Glorias’ reviews: Julianne Moore,...
- 10/3/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, a limited series co-created by longtime collaborators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, has been greenlighted by Netflix, with Richard Jenkins co-starring, Carl Franklin directing and Janet Mock writing and directing. Production is slated to begin in January.
The order comes on the heels of the strong launch of Murphy’s Netflix series Ratched, which has ranked No. 1 on the streamer in multiple territories around the world.
Monster chronicles the story of one of America’s most notorious serial killers, largely told from the point of view of Dahmer’s victims, and dives deeply into the police incompetence and apathy that allowed the Wisconsin native to go on a multiyear killing spree. The series dramatizes at least 10 instances where Dahmer was almost apprehended but ultimately let go. The series also is expected to touch on white privilege, as Dahmer, a clean-cut,...
The order comes on the heels of the strong launch of Murphy’s Netflix series Ratched, which has ranked No. 1 on the streamer in multiple territories around the world.
Monster chronicles the story of one of America’s most notorious serial killers, largely told from the point of view of Dahmer’s victims, and dives deeply into the police incompetence and apathy that allowed the Wisconsin native to go on a multiyear killing spree. The series dramatizes at least 10 instances where Dahmer was almost apprehended but ultimately let go. The series also is expected to touch on white privilege, as Dahmer, a clean-cut,...
- 10/2/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“If you want to get more out of life,” advised Christopher McCandless, “you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.” That didn’t work out so well for McCandless, the subject of Jon Krakauer’s book-length look at the vagabond spirit, “Into the Wild”: He died alone in Alaska at the age of 24. But there are many who thrive by that same philosophy, which imbues every frame of director Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a romantic portrayal of life on the road that reaches toward the kind of enlightenment McCandless describes, without shying away from the potholes one inevitably hits in its pursuit.
Like Zhao’s previous film, micro-masterpiece “The Rider,” this rich and...
Like Zhao’s previous film, micro-masterpiece “The Rider,” this rich and...
- 9/11/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Kristin Scott Thomas (“Fleabag”), Daisy Ridley (the “Star Wars” franchise) and Nina Hoss (“My Little Sister”) will star in writer-director Jane Anderson’s “Women in the Castle.”
Adapted by Anderson from Jessica Shattuck’s 2017 New York Times bestseller, the film, set in the ruins of WW2 Germany, follows three women, bound by their past and clinging to each other for a future, who must grapple with the realities of liberation from the Nazis, and face the consequences of decisions they cannot undo.
The film is produced by Anonymous Content’s Rosalie Swedlin (“The Wife”), Doreen Wilcox Little (“Mapplethorpe”) and Michael Scheel (“Berlin Station”).
Jane Anderson previously adapted Meg Wolitzer’s “The Wife,” featuring an Academy Award and BAFTA nominated performance from Glenn Close. Anderson won two Emmys for her HBO miniseries “Olive Kitteridge,” starring Frances McDormand, and was also DGA nominated as writer-director of HBO’s “Normal,” starring Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson,...
Adapted by Anderson from Jessica Shattuck’s 2017 New York Times bestseller, the film, set in the ruins of WW2 Germany, follows three women, bound by their past and clinging to each other for a future, who must grapple with the realities of liberation from the Nazis, and face the consequences of decisions they cannot undo.
The film is produced by Anonymous Content’s Rosalie Swedlin (“The Wife”), Doreen Wilcox Little (“Mapplethorpe”) and Michael Scheel (“Berlin Station”).
Jane Anderson previously adapted Meg Wolitzer’s “The Wife,” featuring an Academy Award and BAFTA nominated performance from Glenn Close. Anderson won two Emmys for her HBO miniseries “Olive Kitteridge,” starring Frances McDormand, and was also DGA nominated as writer-director of HBO’s “Normal,” starring Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson,...
- 9/3/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The exciting trio of Daisy Ridley (Star Wars), Kristin Scott Thomas (Darkest Hour) and Nina Hoss (Phoenix) have been set to star in Jane Anderson’s (The Wife) adaptation of Jessica Shattuck’s 2017 New York Times bestseller Women In The Castle, about three widows of conspirators involved in an assassination attempt on Hitler.
The story of the three German women, set during and after World War II, explores how each deals with the fallout of her personal life and the devastation around her differently. Shattuck’s main characters are fictional but the story draws on familial – she is half-German – and historical accounts from the period.
Anderson, who will adapt and direct, previously adapted Meg Wolitzer’s 2017 drama The Wife, the box office breakout which scored Oscar and BAFTA nominations and a Golden Globe win for Glenn Close. The U.S. screenwriter also won two Emmys for her HBO mini-series Olive Kitteridge,...
The story of the three German women, set during and after World War II, explores how each deals with the fallout of her personal life and the devastation around her differently. Shattuck’s main characters are fictional but the story draws on familial – she is half-German – and historical accounts from the period.
Anderson, who will adapt and direct, previously adapted Meg Wolitzer’s 2017 drama The Wife, the box office breakout which scored Oscar and BAFTA nominations and a Golden Globe win for Glenn Close. The U.S. screenwriter also won two Emmys for her HBO mini-series Olive Kitteridge,...
- 9/3/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Are we underestimating Jeremy Irons (“Watchmen”) at the Emmys? He’s nominated for Best Movie/Limited Actor for playing Ozymandias, a superhero with a supreme intellect and a major superiority complex. Based on the combined predictions of Gold Derby users, he currently ranks fourth with 9/2 odds. But we might want to move him up in our forecasts because he rarely loses at the Emmys.
In fact, the only time Irons ever lost an Emmy when nominated was his very first bid: Best Movie/Limited Actor for “Brideshead Revisited” in 1982. That award went to Mickey Rooney for playing the intellectually disabled title character in “Bill.” After that, though, Irons went three-for-three, winning Best Voice-Over Performance in 1997 for “The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century,” Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actor in 2006 for “Elizabeth I” and Best Narrator in 2014 for the “Big Cat Week” episode “Game of Lions.”
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In fact, the only time Irons ever lost an Emmy when nominated was his very first bid: Best Movie/Limited Actor for “Brideshead Revisited” in 1982. That award went to Mickey Rooney for playing the intellectually disabled title character in “Bill.” After that, though, Irons went three-for-three, winning Best Voice-Over Performance in 1997 for “The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century,” Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actor in 2006 for “Elizabeth I” and Best Narrator in 2014 for the “Big Cat Week” episode “Game of Lions.”
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- 8/27/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Last year, the limited/TV movie acting Emmys went to performers from four different shows: Michelle Williams (“Fosse/Verdon”), Jharrel Jerome (“When They See Us”), Patricia Arquette (“The Act”) and Ben Whishaw (“A Very English Scandal”). The spread was an aberration from the recent trend of one show bagging three acting statuettes, but that could very well resume this year with “Watchmen.”
Since 2000, six programs have scored at least three acting wins, with three occurring in the last five years:
2004: “Angels in America”: Meryl Streep (lead), Al Pacino (lead), Mary-Louise Parker (supporting) and Jeffrey Wright (supporting)
2008: “John Adams”: Paul Giamatti (lead), Laura Linney (lead) and Tom Wilkinson (supporting)
2010: “Temple Grandin”: Claire Danes (lead), David Strathairn (supporting) and Julia Ormond (supporting)
2015: “Olive Kitteridge”: Frances McDormand (lead), Richard Jenkins (lead) and Bill Murray (supporting)
2016: “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”: Sarah Paulson...
Since 2000, six programs have scored at least three acting wins, with three occurring in the last five years:
2004: “Angels in America”: Meryl Streep (lead), Al Pacino (lead), Mary-Louise Parker (supporting) and Jeffrey Wright (supporting)
2008: “John Adams”: Paul Giamatti (lead), Laura Linney (lead) and Tom Wilkinson (supporting)
2010: “Temple Grandin”: Claire Danes (lead), David Strathairn (supporting) and Julia Ormond (supporting)
2015: “Olive Kitteridge”: Frances McDormand (lead), Richard Jenkins (lead) and Bill Murray (supporting)
2016: “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”: Sarah Paulson...
- 8/17/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Emmy recognition for female directors was a long, long time coming. The playing field is a bit more level but has a long way to go. Eght of the 20 nominees for directing in the comedy series, drama series, and movie/limited series categories are women.
The first Emmy for outstanding directing was handed out in 1955 to Franklin Schaffner for the “Studio One” live drama “Twelve Angry Men” (he won an Oscar 15 years later for helming Best Picture champ “Patton”). It wasn’t until 30 years later that a woman director was even nominated in that category. Karen Arthur made history again when she won an Emmy for the “Heat” episode of CBS’ “Cagney & Lacey.” It was the only nomination and win for this prolific TV helmer.
The flood gates didn’t exactly open after Arthur’s win. More women were nominated in this category, but it took another decade for...
The first Emmy for outstanding directing was handed out in 1955 to Franklin Schaffner for the “Studio One” live drama “Twelve Angry Men” (he won an Oscar 15 years later for helming Best Picture champ “Patton”). It wasn’t until 30 years later that a woman director was even nominated in that category. Karen Arthur made history again when she won an Emmy for the “Heat” episode of CBS’ “Cagney & Lacey.” It was the only nomination and win for this prolific TV helmer.
The flood gates didn’t exactly open after Arthur’s win. More women were nominated in this category, but it took another decade for...
- 8/11/2020
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
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