Yesterday, Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger told CNBC that Simon Kinberg (Sherlock Holmes) and Lawrence Kasdan (Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Empire Strikes Back) are currently working
on screenplays for standalone films.
Schrader wrote or
co-wrote screenplays for Martin Scorsese's «Taxi Driver,» «Raging Bull,» and «The Last Temptation of Christ» and has directed 18 feature films, including «American Gigolo,» «Affliction,» «Auto Focus,» and «The Canyons.»
The film's screenplay is written by playwright Tom Stoppard, whose works like «Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead» and «Arcadia» are widely acclaimed; he also
penned screenplays for Terry Gilliam's «Brazil,» John Madden's «Shakespeare In Love,» and Joe Wright's «Anna Karenina.»
Martin McDonagh accepts the Golden Globe
for screenplay for his work on «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» (Paul Drinkwater / NBC Universal)
Damon
won screenplay for Good Will Hunting and DiCaprio was nominated for producing Best Picture contender Wolf of Wall Street
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He has also written many
screenplays for film and television, including the feature film adaptation of Starter For Ten.
With three prior nominations in the acting categories and a win
in Screenplay for Good Will Hunting, Matt Damon now has his first Best Picture nomination, as producer of the Casey Affleck - starring Manchester by the Sea.
A smart, hair - raising satire about prejudice and race relations, «Get Out» won Best Film, as well as Best Original
Screenplay for writer - director Jordan Peele's provocative script.
The newest slate of contributors includes 11 notable authors who have been widely recognized in popular culture not only for their bestselling novels, but also for how their works have transcended the page
into screenplays for film and / or television.
Jordan Peele made history as he is the first black screenwriter to win Best Original
Screenplay for Get Out
Since Shane Black wrote
screenplays for such movies as «Lethal Weapon» and «The Long Kiss Goodnight» back in the 90's, you can expect a lot of fast - paced scenes and tons of outrageous jokes.
He did this, iconically, with his original
screenplay for Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver and as a director himself in 2002's Auto Focus, an unsettling descent into porn and career dislocation.
The writer - director is a portraitist of the self - destructive American psyche, and his subject matter here is something of an update of his landmark
screenplay for Taxi Driver, with Toller pouring pink Pepto - Bismol like toxic sludge into a whiskey glass in a visual echo of Travis Bickle's eerily fizzing Alka - Seltzer.
Screenwriter and playwright Phyllis Nagy wrote the original
screenplay for Carol back in 1997, adapting her friend Patricia Highsmith's novel, The Price Of Salt at the prolific author's encouragement.
It's notable only for being the second script from Diablo Cody,
whose screenplay for Juno is really a treasure, but this is not a good sign.
Note that most other awards organizations treated Damien Chazelle's Whiplash script as an original screenplay, but the Academy considered it to be an adapted
screenplay for reasons known only to the Academy (Chazelle has previously released a single Whiplash scene as a short film to raise funds to complete the full movie, which is apparently the source of the problem).
His strong
screenplays for Sicario and Hell or High Water have given Denis Villeneuve and David Mackenzie fantastic jumping off points to create films full of intensity, depth and humor.
Many readers will recognize that italicized phrase as the title of the excellent 2014 film about Turing, which starred Benedict Cumberbatch and won an Oscar for best adapted
screenplay for Graham Moore from the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges.
Edgar Wright is a great writer / director, having directed «Shaun of the Dead» and written
screenplays for movies like «Ant - Man.»
Director Bill Holderman and Erin Simms»
screenplay for Book Club feels like a half - manufactured machine.
In a nutshell, the story follows Marty (Colin Farrell) who is struggling from writer's block on his new
screenplay for which he only has a few vague ideas and a title so far which is, you guessed it, «Seven Psychopaths.»
Other feature awards included O.J.: Made in America for Outstanding Emerging Filmmaker for Ezra Edelman, The Land for Outstanding First
Screenplay for Steven Caple, Jr. and Eye of the Storm for Outstanding Foreign - Language Film.
The script is from first time screenwriter Jack Paglen and apparently sat on a «black list» of unproduced
screenplays for years.
Additionally, the film scored prizes for Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet, Best Adapted
Screenplay for James Ivory, and Best Original Song for the number «Mystery of Love.»
Five awards went to black people yesterday: Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney for Best Adapted
Screenplay for Moonlight, Moonlight for Best Picture, Viola Davis for Best Supporting Actress for Fences, Mahershala Ali for Best Supporting Actor for Moonlight, and Ezra Edelman alongside Caroline Waterlow for Best Documentary Feature for O.J.: Made in America.
The nominations for Brooklyn were: Best Actress for Saoirse Ronan, Best Supporting Actor for Domhnall Gleeson, Best Supporting Actress for Julie Walters, Best
Screenplay for Nick Hornby, and Outstanding Achievement in Craft, for which Fiona Weir is nominated for casting.
Soon, Steven Spielberg and an all - star cast were on board, and Josh Singer — who'd previously co-written the Oscar - winning
screenplay for Spotlight — joined the project.
Actor - turned - screenwriter Taylor Sheridan is enjoying a fairytale career right now: his script for Denis Villeneuve's Sicario was much admired, now he has a nomination for his complex and seductive
screenplay for Hell or High Water.
Since then, he has also written the play and
screenplay for Killer Joe, and been seen as an actor in the key role of a Senator in the TV show «Homeland ``.
Little Miss Sunshine was nominated for several Academy Awards, and came home with Best Original
Screenplay for Michael Ardnt and Best Supporting Actor for Alan Arkin.
Then, we revisit two interviews with first - time directors who could win major awards on Sunday: Yance Ford, whose film Strong Island is up for Best Documentary, and Greta Gerwig, a contender for Best Director and Best Original
Screenplay for Lady Bird.
«Vicky Cristina Barcelona» also secured a pair: Best
Screenplay for Woody Allen and Best Supporting Actress for Penelope Cruz.
The American director, producer and screenwriter received the award for Best Adapted
Screenplay for Call Me by Your Name, which is based on a novel by André Aciman.
Helgeland, who is perhaps best known for writing and receiving an Oscar for Best Adapted
Screenplay for L.A. Confidential (1997) here has based Legends... Read more»
He also told us about his experiences in Ireland, writing the Moby Dick
screenplay for John Huston.
Given that film's failure, one can understand why Garland chose to take the pen into his own hands moving forward, continuing to work with Boyle by providing screenplays for
But «Batman v Superman» didn't go away empty handed, as it also received four awards from the Razzies:
Worst Screenplay for Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer, Worst Supporting Actor for Jesse Eisenberg's bizarre Lex Luthor, Worst Screen Combo for Affleck and Henry Cavill as the titular superheroes, and Worst Remake, Rip - off, or Sequel.
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