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Oscars 2010 - Thinking About Next Year Already. Today in Film Bloggery 02/10/09

By Christopher Campbell posted 9 months ago

Yesterday, for the second time in two weeks, In Contention’s Kristopher Tapley confessed to being done with 2008 and noted a bunch of anticipated 2009 films. These aren’t necessarily titles he’s looking forward to seeing, though; it’s basically a preliminary jump on next year’s Oscar season. Because apparently this year’s Academy Awards are all but handed out, the winners properly predicted and expected, and now it’s time to think about what will be up for what in 2010. Those titles Tapley lists are Rob Marshall’s Nine, Peter Jackson’s Lovely Bones, Michael Mann’s Public Enemies, Clint Eastwood’s “Mandela“ (formerly The Human Factor), Richard Curtis’ The Boat That Rocked, Scott Cooper’s Crazy Heart and the latest from Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life), Steven Soderbergh (The Informant), Paul Greengrass (Green Zone), Martin Scorsese (Shutter Island) and James Cameron (Avatar).

Oh, and then Jeff Wells had to go and hint that Spielberg’s Lincoln is likely to arrive by year’s end. What and who else is being foreseen as nominated this time next year? Check out the links after the jump.

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Russell Brand is the New Dudley Moore. Trade Roughage 12/04/08

By Christopher Campbell posted 11 months ago

Russell Brand is remaking Arthur and may star in the title role, which originally earned Dudley Moore an Oscar nomination. Hopefully it’s not too big a hit, though, because we can do without another Arthur 2: On the Rocks. However, if Brand is the new Moore, I’d love to see him in a redo of Mickey + Maude.
Another remake: John Carpenter’s They Live is being recycled at Universal, and hopefully they’re eyeing a WWE star for the lead. Triple H perhaps? Or John Cena? The new film will join the mixed bag of Carpenter redoes including Halloween, Assault on Precinct 13, The Fog and the upcoming Escape from New York. At this point it seems that every one of Carpenter’s films will have been remade by the time he’s dead.
And yet another remake: Fox is redoing Romancing the Stone, which is a shame, because they should just continue the franchise. Even if they still recast all the characters, it’d be better than a straight copy.
Finally something original: Lorne Michaels is making a movie about David Fishman, the 12-year-old aspiring food critic recently profiled in the New York Times. Sounds a bit too cute for my taste buds, but I’m always down for more foodie movies.
Hilary Swank still needs a better agent, unless she really wants to make yet another lame stalker thriller.

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SAG Strike Still Approaching. Trade Roughage 10/01/08

By Christopher Campbell posted 1 year ago

Remember how Hollywood feared a Screen Actors Guild strike earlier this year following the devastating WGA strike? Well, after a summer of fruitless negotiating, a strike from SAG may indeed finally happen. The guild is voting today on whether or not to ask its members for a work stoppage, which could have actors walking out around the same time the writer’s started picketing a year ago.
Adding to my single reason for not switching to a Mac, Netflix’s Watch Instantly service will now stream 1,000 additional movies courtesy of a deal with Starz. Time to finally buy a Roku, if you haven’t already.
Universal was reportedly already the lead candidate to acquire the available distribution partnership with DreamWorks, but just to clinch the deal the studio is offering Spielberg & Co. an additional $150 million financing safety net from parent company NBC Universal.
Hilary Swank has found another Oscar-bait role: the two-time Best Actress winner will star as the title role in Betty Anne Waters, about a high school dropout who becomes a lawyer in order to defend her brother, who has been convicted of murder.

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