AWARDS HEADLINES
SAG Award Nominations Led by ‘House of Cards,’ ‘Trumbo’
Trumbo and House of Cards have dominated the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, taking three nods each. Trumbo took nods for best ensemble cast, Bryan Cranston for best actor and Helen Mirren for supporting actress. (VAR)
‘Carol’ Star Rooney Mara To Receive Cinema Vanguard Award At Santa Barbara Film Fest
The Vanguard Award, which honors actors who have “forged their own path — taking artistic risks and making a significant and unique contribution to film,” will be presented by Carol costar Cate Blanchett during the festival’s ceremony on Feb. 12, 2016. (EW)
OTHER HEADLINES
George Clooney Near To Locking ‘Suburbicon’; Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Josh Brolin In Talks
George Clooney has committed to direct as his next film Suburbicon, and is in negotiations with Matt Damon, Julianne Moore and Josh Brolin to star. Joel Silver is producing through his Silver Pictures with Clooney and his Smokehouse partner Grant Heslov. Joel and Ethan Coen wrote the script. (DH)
Sundance 2016 Unveils Massive Short Film Program
72 short films are heading to Park City, Utah next year for the festival’s annual Short Film program. Click here for the full lineup. (IW)
Donna Langley: The Secret Weapon Behind Hollywood’s Biggest Box-Office Year Ever
The studio chairman churns out a diverse slate and draws on a reserve of steel from childhood: “If you can get through that, you can kind of get through anything.” (THR)
‘Miracle Man’ Army Vet Drama Starring Kevin Sorbo From Sam Raimi & Robert Tapert Set At NBC
The Hercules: The Legendary Journeys team of producers Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert and star Kevin Sorbo have reunited for a new drama, Miracle Man, which has been set up at NBC with Sony Pictures TV producing. (DH)
New Film Project ‘Art Drug’ Spins A Tale From NYC’s ’80s Underground
Filmmaker Billy Martin and writer Mark Andrew Ferguson have posted some test footage and expanded treatments on the film’s project page, and Art Drug looks like it will be a trippy audio-visual treat. (WIR)
Trailer Buzz: ‘The BFG’
The first trailer teases Steven Spielberg’s take on Roald Dahl’s classic tale. (COLL)
Screenwriters: ‘Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid’
The July 15, 1968 final draft by William Goldman. (DS)