Neon will bring some passionate romance in Ammonite this weekend. The period pic starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan opened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September where it immediately garnered buzz as an Oscar favorite.
Written and directed by Francis Lee, Ammonite is set in the 1840s and follows once-acclaimed paleontologist Mary Anning (Winslet), who works alone on the Southern English coastline of Lyme Regis. With the days of her fame behind her, she’s stern and doesn’t exactly like the company of others. She spends her time digging up common fossils to sell to rich tourists to support herself and her ailing widowed mother (Gemma Jones).
Enter geologist James McArdle (Roderick Murchison) who arrives in Lyme with his wife Charlotte (Ronan). He asks Mary to keep his wife company who is recuperating from a personal tragedy. The two are from totally different worlds Mary struggles while...
Written and directed by Francis Lee, Ammonite is set in the 1840s and follows once-acclaimed paleontologist Mary Anning (Winslet), who works alone on the Southern English coastline of Lyme Regis. With the days of her fame behind her, she’s stern and doesn’t exactly like the company of others. She spends her time digging up common fossils to sell to rich tourists to support herself and her ailing widowed mother (Gemma Jones).
Enter geologist James McArdle (Roderick Murchison) who arrives in Lyme with his wife Charlotte (Ronan). He asks Mary to keep his wife company who is recuperating from a personal tragedy. The two are from totally different worlds Mary struggles while...
- 11/13/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The Oscars are still many months away, but five fearless, famous experts nonetheless dare to spot the early frontrunners. Watch their video slugfest above between Tom O’Neil (Gold Derby), Anne Thompson (Indiewire), Pete Hammond (Deadline), and Tim Gray and Clayton Davis (Variety). Or listen to the audio podcast version below.
See The Oscar Experts’ predictions for Best Picture: Variety, Deadline, Indiewire vs. Gold Derby
According to early predictions made by more than 2,000 Gold Derby users, two past Oscar champs lead the Best Actress race: Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) and Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”). But is that really true? Clayton Davis picks Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of Woman”). See how all five Experts rank their projected nominees and winners against forecasts made by 16 other notable Oscarologists participating at Gold Derby. Use the drop-down menus at the top of each page to toggle between all categories so you can view all of the Experts’ forecasts.
See The Oscar Experts’ predictions for Best Picture: Variety, Deadline, Indiewire vs. Gold Derby
According to early predictions made by more than 2,000 Gold Derby users, two past Oscar champs lead the Best Actress race: Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) and Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”). But is that really true? Clayton Davis picks Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of Woman”). See how all five Experts rank their projected nominees and winners against forecasts made by 16 other notable Oscarologists participating at Gold Derby. Use the drop-down menus at the top of each page to toggle between all categories so you can view all of the Experts’ forecasts.
- 11/8/2020
- by Gold Derby News Desk
- Gold Derby
The 21st Annual “Hollywood Film Awards” brought together Hollywood’s elite to honor the year’s most talked about, and highly anticipated, actors, actresses, films and those who help bring them to life. The awards ceremony, celebrating its 21st anniversary as the official launch of the awards season®, was hosted by actor and comedian James Corden, and took place at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, on November 5, 2017. In its 21-year history, more than 120 of the “Hollywood Film Awards” honorees have gone on to garner Oscar nominations and/or wins. Above, Allen Shapiro, CEO, Dick Clark Pro., Carlos de Abreu, Founder/Executive Producer, Janice de Abreu, Co-Founder,Pete Hammond, journalist, Deadline.com This year’s ceremony benefited Mptf, which supports the entertainment community in living and aging well, with dignity and purpose, and in helping each other in times of need. The show was filled with humor, excitement, and intimate moments,...
- 11/7/2017
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Kicking off the Warner Bros. panel at Deadline’s The Contenders event, producer Emma Thomas and cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema were on hand to discuss Dunkirk, in conversation with Deadline’s Pete Hammond. Based on an unbelievable true story — and a quintessentially British one at that — the film centers on the hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers who found themselves trapped on a beach in France, being bombarded by the Germans while awaiting rescue by sea during a…...
- 11/4/2017
- Deadline
Gary Oldman, known for his versatile acting style, wasn’t keen on taking on the role of Prime Minister Winston Churchill for Darkest Hour. “Initially, I said no to it only because of the obvious roadblock was the physicality,” Oldman told Pete Hammond onstage at Deadline’s annual The Contenders event. “He was such an iconic figure. … That was the challenge, to meet the physical side of it so it wasn't on my wish list.” For director Joe Wright, it was important to capture…...
- 11/4/2017
- Deadline
"I recall Robert Duvall telling me, 'The English have Shakespeare; the French have Molière; we, as Americans, have Westerns,” Hostiles writer-director Scott Cooper told Deadline’s Pete Hammond at The Contenders today, appearing with stars Wes Studi and Q’orianka Kilcher. “I’m really pleased to have been able to work in this genre. But more than a Western, it’s just a humanistic look at grief, and how we can come together as one.” Based on an original story by Academy…...
- 11/4/2017
- Deadline
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