Hollywood trade groups such as the writers, actors and directors guilds help sort out the most likely films to be nominated and awarded at the Academy Awards. This most recent selection of nominees from the Writers Guild of America…
Film News: Art Directors Guild Nominees include ‘Potter’ and ‘Tinker Tailor’
Another award with more nominees! This time it is the Art Directors Guild who have announced their nominations for Best Production Design this year. It will be interesting to see who will take these prizes away, given the immense talent in…
Film News: ‘Hugo’ and ‘War Horse’ Among Producers Guild of America Nominees
Awards season is upon us and the list of films on the campaign trail to the Oscars is already being narrowed down by smaller, but by no means unimportant, film awards. While often overlooked, the Producers Guild of America recently…
Film News: Armie Hammer Joining Eric Bana In ‘By Virtue Fall’
We saw him as the Winkelvoss twins in David Fincher’s ‘The Social Network’, and in Clint Eastwood‘s ‘J. Edgar’ but Armie Hammer’s star is rising even further now that he has snapped up a part in ‘By Virtue Fall’ with Eric Bana. The…
Film News: Director Patty Jenkins Quits ‘Thor 2′
Director Patty Jenkins is leaving ‘Thor 2′. Filming on the sequel to Kenneth Branagh’s box office hit was set to begin in September 2012 but with Jenkins leaving the project, Marvel will have to scramble to find a worthy director to take…
Film News: Benicio Del Toro Not In ‘Star Trek 2’
Part of the fun and games of writing news stories is that yesterday’s 99% certain casting announcement can be squashed completely the very next day. Rumors that Benicio Del Toro would be playing the villain in J.J. Abrams’ second installment of the ‘Star Trek‘…
Jane Goldman to Write Tim Burton’s ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’
Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class co-writer Jane Goldman has been chosen by 20th Century Fox to pen ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’, a gothic novel written by Ransom Riggs. Tim Burton is currently in talks to direct the film, but the report from Deadline suggests that he…
