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Oscars 2016: Complete List Of Nominees
The nominations for the 88th Academy Awards were announced this morning. The leader of the pack was The Revenant with 12 nominations, including best picture and acting nominations for both Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead acting category and Tom Hardy for supporting actor. (LAT)
Oscar Nominations 2016: All The Major Snubs And Surprises
The Oscar nominations were announced this morning and there were some last-minute surprises and sins of omission. Read on for a break down all the major snubs and surprises. (VUL)
Oscar Nominees Include Zero Nonwhite Actors
For the second year in a row, the Academy did not nominate any black actors to any of the 20 slots in the four acting categories. (THR)
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Joe And Anthony Russo Producing Action Comedy ‘Sexcastle’
Blake Anderson, one of the co-creators/stars of Mail Order Comedy and regular director Kyle Newacheck are teaming with Marvel regulars Joe and Anthony Russo for action comedy Sexcastle. The film will adapt Kyle Starks’ graphic novel, originally funded by the writer and artist via Kickstarter. (EMP)
Colin Hanks & Sean Stuart Huddle With NFL Trio For Movie About Samoan Football
Colin Hanks and Sean Stuart’s production outfit Company Name is teaming with current and former NFL players Troy Palomalu, Ryan Kalil and Jordan Gross to make a feature film about football players in American Samoa. (DH)
Megan Mullally Joins Bryan Cranston-James Franco Comedy ‘Why Him?’
Fox has cast Megan Mullally in the Bryan Cranston-James Franco comedy Why Him? to portray the wife of Cranston’s character. John Hamburg is directing from a script he co-wrote with Ian Helfer. Shawn Levy is producing through his 21 Laps banner along with Ben Stiller through his Red Hour company. (VAR)
‘Bad Words’ Writer Andrew Dodge To Pen ‘Action Movie Kid’ For Fox 2000
Fox 2000 and Temple Hill are taking the webseries Action Movie Kid to the big screen. Andrew Dodge (Bad Word) has been hired to pen the screenplay for the feature-film adaptation. The Action Movie Kid webseries started when visual-effects artist Daniel Hashimoto created videos of his son pretending to be action heroes from movies using special visual effects. (THR)
New ‘Star Wars’ VFX Reel Shows Off CGI And Practical Effects To Grab Oscar Voter Attention
Check out the reel of VFX shots from Star Wars that helped the film get nominated. It consists of a comparison/before-and-after look of the shots as they were filmed and the finished project. (COLL)
Screenwriters: 5 Wrong Writing Beliefs That Will Hold You Back In 2016