‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Director Jean-Marc Vallée Passes Away!!

Jean-Marc Vallée, the Quebecois director of films including “Dallas Buyers Club” and TV projects such as “Big Little Lies,” died at his cabin outside Quebec City, Canada. He was 58. The cause of death was not immediately known. His producing partner, Nathan Ross, said in a statement, “Jean-Marc stood for creativity, authenticity and trying things differently. He was a true artist and a generous, loving … Continue reading ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Director Jean-Marc Vallée Passes Away!!

Emmy Nominations 2019: ‘Game of Thrones’ Breaks ‘NYPD Blue’ Record with 32 Nominations!!!

The 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations have been announced, and as always when it comes to this notoriously finnicky organization, it’s a mixed bag. The big news is that, as expected, the final season of Game of Thrones was recognized across the board. In fact, Thrones landed a whopping 32 nominations, breaking a long standing record set by NYPD Blue for the most nominations for a single season. Emmy voters … Continue reading Emmy Nominations 2019: ‘Game of Thrones’ Breaks ‘NYPD Blue’ Record with 32 Nominations!!!

‘Roma’ Wins Top Prize at Critics Choice Awards!! Check Out the Full List!!

The Critics’ Choice Awards were handed out last night by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, and they could be a predictor of how things shake out with the Oscars. The top prize of the night went to Roma with Alfonso Cuaron also picking up Best Director for his personal, autobiographical drama. Perhaps the biggest surprise of the night was a tie in the Best Actress … Continue reading ‘Roma’ Wins Top Prize at Critics Choice Awards!! Check Out the Full List!!

2019 Golden Globes Winners: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Wins Best Drama and Actor!! Check Out The Full List!!

The 2019 Golden Globes are complete, and it was a very interesting night. Vice lead the movie pack going into the evening with six nominations in total, but it only came away with one win: Best Actor for Christian Bale. And heavy awards season favorite A Star Is Born shockingly only notched one win, Best Original Song for “Shallow.” So what did win? Well the … Continue reading 2019 Golden Globes Winners: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Wins Best Drama and Actor!! Check Out The Full List!!

‘The Favourite’ and ‘Black Panther’ Lead Critics Choice Awards Nominations!! Check Out The Full List!!

Nominations have been announced for the upcoming Critics Choice Awards, and it’s a mix of this awards season’s usual suspects with a few welcome additions. The Favourite leads the charge with 14 nominations in total, including Best Picture, Best Acting Ensemble, and Best Director for Yorgos Lanthimos. Just behind the biting period piece is Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, which scored 12 nominations including Best Picture, … Continue reading ‘The Favourite’ and ‘Black Panther’ Lead Critics Choice Awards Nominations!! Check Out The Full List!!

‘Vice’ and ‘A Star Is Born’ Lead Golden Globe Nominations!! Check Out The Full List!!

The 2019 Golden Globe nominations have been revealed, and right on cue, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is up to its baffling tricks again. We’ll start with what did get nominated. Vice was a huge hit, scoring six nominations in total including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy as well as Best Actor for Christian Bale and Supporting Actress for Amy Adams, followed closely … Continue reading ‘Vice’ and ‘A Star Is Born’ Lead Golden Globe Nominations!! Check Out The Full List!!

The Rider’ Wins Top Prize at 2018 Gotham Awards!! Check It Out The Full List!!

Chloe Zhao’s “The Rider,” a tiny indie about a rodeo rider trying to recover from a serious injury, has been named the best independent film of 2018 at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, which were handed out on Monday night in New York. On a night in which many of the categories had upset winners, the film best out several better-known films, including Yorgos Lanthimos’ … Continue reading The Rider’ Wins Top Prize at 2018 Gotham Awards!! Check It Out The Full List!!

Blumhouse TV Teaming with Amazon for 8 Feature-Length Thrillers from Diverse Filmmakers!!!

Blumhouse is taking their wave of genre dominance to yet another streaming service! On the heels of series launches on both Netflix and Hulu this year, Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Television has inked a deal with Amazon Studios for eight new thrillers movies — sorry, “elevated thriller/darkly-themed feature-length productions,” per the press release. The “elevated genre movies” will be released exclusively on Amazon Prime Video worldwide. … Continue reading Blumhouse TV Teaming with Amazon for 8 Feature-Length Thrillers from Diverse Filmmakers!!!

Jean-Marc Vallée Teams with Universal for Epic John Lennon/Yoko Ono Film!!!

Dallas Buyers Club and Big Little Lies filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée has settled on his next film, and it’s a big one. Deadline reports that Universal Pictures is in talks to option the rights to a film about “the epic love story” between John Lennon and Yoko Ono, with Vallée directing from a script by Oscar-nominated The Theory of Everything screenwriter Anthony McCarten. As is usual … Continue reading Jean-Marc Vallée Teams with Universal for Epic John Lennon/Yoko Ono Film!!!

‘Gretel and Hansel’: ‘It’ Star Sophia Lillis Set For The Fairy Tale Thriller!!!

THR is reporting that It star Sophia Lillis has signed on to the cast of Orion Pictures’ Gretel and Hansel, a dark reimagining of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale from writer-director Osgood Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House). According to the site, the film will take place “a long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside … Continue reading ‘Gretel and Hansel’: ‘It’ Star Sophia Lillis Set For The Fairy Tale Thriller!!!

‘Bond 25′: Yann Demange And S.J. Clarkson Among Front-runners to Direct!!!

Despite the fact that Danny Boyle dropped out of the director’s chair over “creative differences,” MGM and Eon are still eyeing a Fall 2019 release date for Bond 25, which means somebody is going to have to direct this thing. According to Variety, the studio has been hard at work setting meetings with possible Boyle replacements, with three names emerging as frontrunners for the position: … Continue reading ‘Bond 25′: Yann Demange And S.J. Clarkson Among Front-runners to Direct!!!

‘Sharp Objects’: New Trailer Has Amy Adams Revisiting a Dangerous Past!!!! Check It Out!!

HBO has released a new Sharp Objects trailer. The story revolves around a reporter (Amy Adams) fresh off a stay at a psych hospital who must return to her tiny hometown for her latest assignment: covering the murder of two preteen girls. Jean-Marc Vallée (Big Little Lies) directed the series with Marti Noxon (Mad Men) serving as showrunner. Although this is the first official trailer, … Continue reading ‘Sharp Objects’: New Trailer Has Amy Adams Revisiting a Dangerous Past!!!! Check It Out!!

‘Sharp Objects’: First Trailer Provides a Look at Amy Adams’ HBO Limited Series!!! Check It Out!!

HBO has released the first Sharp Objects trailer. The story revolves around a reporter (Amy Adams) fresh off a stay at a psych hospital who must return to her tiny hometown for her latest assignment: covering the murder of two preteen girls. Jean-Marc Vallée (Big Little Lies) directed the series with Marti Noxon (Mad Men) serving as showrunner. The trailer looks as dark and brooding … Continue reading ‘Sharp Objects’: First Trailer Provides a Look at Amy Adams’ HBO Limited Series!!! Check It Out!!

Marti Noxon’s Adaptation of Dietland Has Been Picked Up to Series by AMC!!!

AMC has officially picked up Dietland, Marti Noxon’s adaptation of Sarai Walker’s book of the same name, for 10 episodes to premiere in 2018. The potential series was among the most sought-after TV projects last fall, with everyone from HBO to Netflix to TV Land involved in the bidding war before AMC scooped it up, coordinated a preliminary writers’ room, and quickly put the project … Continue reading Marti Noxon’s Adaptation of Dietland Has Been Picked Up to Series by AMC!!!

HBO’s ‘Sharp Objects’ Starts Filming in March; Amy Adams Janis Joplin Biopic Is Dead!!!

An adaptation of author Gillian Flynn’s debut novel Sharp Objects has been in the works for some time, but it wasn’t until last spring that the project was finally cracked—as a TV series, not a movie. Indeed, the property was somewhat hot coming off of David Fincher’s hit Gone Girl adaptation, but it wasn’t until UnREAL co-creator and veteran writer of shows like Mad Men … Continue reading HBO’s ‘Sharp Objects’ Starts Filming in March; Amy Adams Janis Joplin Biopic Is Dead!!!

‘The Leftovers’ Season 3 Lands Prime ‘Game of Thrones’ Premiere Date for 2017!!!

HBO has finally announced when the third and final season of The Leftovers premieres, and it’s some seriously hot property. Show creators Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta announced in a video today that The Leftovers Season 3 will premiere in April 2017, after the show took 2016 off to write and shoot its swan song. You may recall that April is usually when the almighty … Continue reading ‘The Leftovers’ Season 3 Lands Prime ‘Game of Thrones’ Premiere Date for 2017!!!