Sentences with phrase «screenplay nod for»

The melancholic comedy set in the»60s New York City folk scene earned a Best Actor win for Oscar Isaac and a Best Screenplay nod for the Coen brothers.

And since Linklater and stars Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke netted an Original Screenplay nod for 2004's Before Sunset, surely their next installment is already on the Academy's radar.

They've really went for Juno and Up in the Air (and some say that he almost got a screenplay nod for Thank You For Smoking), but they've resisted him since then, feeling that neither Young Adult nor Labor Day was nom worthy, perhaps rightly so too in the latter case (even though I like the flick).

So, might we see a Best Adapted Screenplay nod for Coogler and co-writer Joe Robert Cole in 2019?

That included Steven Spielberg's Pentagon Papers drama «The Post» (best picture, best actress for Meryl Streep), the first adapted screenplay nod for a superhero movie in the Wolverine sequel «Logan» and two animated film nominations: «Ferdinand» and the much - mocked «The Boss Baby.»

Gillian Flynn's failure to pick up an adapted screenplay nod for her rewrite of novel Gone Girl meant both screenplay categories were solely men - only.

It also garnered Best Director and Original Screenplay nods for Jordan Peele, and a Best Actor nomination for Daniel Kaluuya.

Not exact matches

Netflix's critically acclaimed original drama «Mudbound» earned four nominations for the company, including nods for best supporting actress (Mary J. Blige) and best adapted screenplay (writer - director Dee Rees).

Megamind might well be loaded with big names (Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, David Cross, Brad Pitt), it does have the odd cheeky nod for the grown - ups - and it is presented in inglorious 3D - but it's also got a screenplay overflowing with charm, intelligence, wit and a real spark.

I see that Logan is on the list for Adapted Screenplay with only 3 nominations when there's actually 5 nods

Surely there could have been room for an Original Screenplay or even Supporting Actress nod?

But this is a year where Kristin Scott Thomas, Daniel Kaluuya, Josh O'Connor and Florence Pugh are nominated, where Simon Farnaby and Paul King's remarkable Paddington 2 screenplay is honoured (the film deserved a Best Film / Best British Film nod too), where Saoirse Ronan is celebrated, where Jamie Bell is justly remembered for Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, and where Hugh Grant is nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a family film about a CGI bear.

A smaller film like Before Midnight was never going to be in with a shot for any of the main categories but its witty and intelligent script, co-written by director Richard Linklater and stars Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, should have scored an original screenplay nod.

If that comes to pass this afternoon, it would be Woody Allen's 8th 19th WGA nod, and lay the groundwork for his 15th Best Screenplay Oscar nomination.

Hans Zimmer could contend for Best Original Score and when you toss in a possible Best Picture nod and the longshot possibility of a Director, Screenplay, or Supporting Actor nod, this could be a double - digit nominee next January 2013.

The 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations have been announced and Jordan Peele's completely different but also masterful social thriller Get Out, scored five nods in total including Best Director and Screenplay for Peele, as well as Best Picture, Actor, and Editing.

«Whiplash» however did manage a best adapted screenplay nod, rising to a total of five nominations including best supporting actor for front - runner J.K. Simmons, best directing for Damien Chazelle, and best editing.

Also getting a best picture nomination (as well as nods for star Brie Larson, adapted screenplay by Emma Donoghue from her novel and director Lenny Abrahamson) was the singular «Room,» an emotional roller coaster whose success led to perhaps the biggest surprise of the morning.

The 12 nominations for «The King's Speech» — including crucial nods in key categories such as Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay — means Tom Hooper's historical drama (and not David Fincher's Facebook film) is -LSB-...]

This year, that picture is «Get Out,» and the original screenplay nod would reward Peele for his writing and direction.

Guillermo del Toro's horror / fantasy / romance received the most nominations, including nods for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Original screenplay.

As for snubs, sadly «Room» only earned a Best Actress nomination for Brie Larson, «Love & Mercy» was shut out of Best Feature (it earned a screenplay nod), «Anomalisa» should have earned a screenplay nod (it didn't) and Sundance Grand Prize and Audience Award winner «Me and Earl and the Dying Girl» was forgotten.

Greta Gerwig celebrated four Golden Globe nominations for her film «Lady Bird,» including a nod for her screenplay.

Brooks finally won an Oscar, this time for Best Writing of an Adapted Screenplay, for the 1960 Burt Lancaster drama «Elmer Gantry,» but missed the directing nod for that outing.

It was nominated for Best Drama but surprisingly missed out in Best Screenplay and Best Director (and only one of its two Best Supporting Actors got a nod instead of the two - fer from some other groups).

The online market's studio half has something of a sure thing on its hands with Manchester, with critical acclaim all but guaranteeing a Best Actor nod for Casey Affleck, a Best Supporting Actress spot for Michelle Williams and nominations for both Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay for Kenneth Lonergan.

His first directing nod would come with 1958's «Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,» which also earned him recognition for Adapted Screenplay.

The Shape of Water led the nominations this year with 12 nods, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Guillermo, Best Actress for Sally, and Best Supporting Actress for Octavia.

With six nods in total, it cements the streaming giant's place at the movie industry table, with Amazon — which won last year's race to become the first streaming player to win an Academy Award — only picking up one nomination this year: Best Original Screenplay for The Big Sick.

Joe: If no Judd Apatow film could manage a screenplay nod, I can't see why things would be different for «The Hangover.»

Women had a hand in writing four of the 10 screenplays nominated and earned nods for foreign film, animated film, documentary, editing, production design, song, makeup, costumes and sound mixing.

He gifted star Jake Gyllenhaal with his best role to date amongst many strong recent turns (one that hopefully is recognized by the Academy), but also may be in line for an original screenplay nod himself.

Get Out is getting a lot of positive buzz, so maybe Jordan Peele will get a nod for best original screenplay come next January.

Damien Chazelle's homage to old Hollywood received a nod for Best Motion Picture, Musical Or Comedy; Stone and Gosling each got recognition in their respective acting categories; and Chazelle was nominated in Best Director and Best Screenplay.

«Ex Machina» and Straight Outta Compton» getting Best Original Screenplay nods — Yesterday, I knew there was room among the big hitters for one surprise entry in the Best Original Screenplay category.

Gorgeous sci - fi drama «Arrival» (a Paramount pickup from Shawn Levy's 21 Laps, FilmNation, and Lava Bear) landed eight nods, including Adapted Screenplay, Directing and Editing — a sign of strength for a Best Picture contender.

Along with a best picture nod in comedy, it earned nominations for Ralph Fiennes as best actor, and Wes Anderson for screenplay and director.

Gerwig is the only the fifth woman to be nominated for Best Director at the Oscars, so fans thought that she could score a dark horse win for the historic nod, if not for original screenplay.

Nightcrawler did surprisingly well at the nomination stage, with four, including one for Rene Russo's supporting role; outdoing them with five was Whiplash, with nods not just for JK Simmons as best supporting actor, but also in the directing, original screenplay, editing and sound categories.

Now it seems the members of the Writers Guild have fallen for its winking, self - referential masturbation jokes and given it a nod for best adapted screenplay.

Mills, however, has landed an Oscar nod for the film's screenplay.

No, Curtis would have to wait until 1994, when a little movie called Four Weddings and a Funeral grabbed the attention of filmgoers and ended up snagging Oscar nods for Best Picture and Best Screenplay.

The Imitation Game, about Alan Turing's time as a Bletchley Park codebreaker, scored nods for Benedict Cumberbatch's lead performance and Keira Knightley's supporting, as well as best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay, best editing, best production design and best music.

Earlier in the evening, McDormand's «Three Billboards» co-star Sam Rockwell was named Best Supporting Actor; the film received a total of seven nominations, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and another Best Supporting Actor nod for Woody Harrelson.

Todd Haynes» return to film, the 1950s romance Carol, landed an impressive 10 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Haynes), Best Adapted Screenplay, technical nods for Cinematography, Costume Design, Makeup & Hairstyling, Production Design, Original Score, and two Lead Actress nominations for Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.

Its main competitors for Best Picture are now the horror - satire Get Out and the teen coming - of - age dramedy Lady Bird, each of which received nominations for their screenplays as well as Best Picture and Director nods.

Spike Lee's provocative film about racial tensions in Brooklyn won the outspoken director a number of accolades, including Golden Globe nods for best picture, best director, best screenplay, and best supporting actor for Danny Aiello.

Greta Gerwig joins only four other women ever to be nominated for Best Director, for her drama «Lady Bird,» for which she also got a Best Original Screenplay nod.

Peele, who is nominated in the best director and best original screenplay category for Get Out, which also got a best picture nod, arrived dressed in a white tuxedo with wife and Brooklyn Nine - Nine star Chelsea Peretti.

Sharp's screenplays are marked by a narrative complexity and situations gravid with implication and doom.1 Take the moment in the Arthur Penn - helmed Night Moves where broken - down P.I. Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman, reuniting with Penn for the first time since Bonnie and Clyde), after discovering a body in a sunken wreck off the coast of Florida, watches as his two sleazeball hosts (John Crawford and Jennifer Warren)-- who've previously exchanged an odd nod and a knowing glance in which something is silently decided about how to handle this new, inquisitive element dropped in their midst — break into a broken tango to a tune on the radio.