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Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is an early favorite in the directing and screenplay races for his romantic fantasy tale «The Shape of Water.»

Not exact matches

Below is Anne Thompson's take on how things might shake down in the race for best adapted screenplay.

A look at the races for best picture, original and adapted screenplay.

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.

When the Academy moved Barry Jenkins» script for «Moonlight» to the Adapted Screenplay category, the Oscar race for Original Screenplay became a battle between two writer - directors.

Aside from Allen in an Original Screenplay, Director, and Picture race, the early word is that we need to begin to pencil in Academy Award winner Kate Winslet for one of the highly sought - after Best Actress spots.

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A tight race between Greta Gerwig and Martin McDonagh might just be tipped in Gerwig's direction by the fact that her screenplay, based on her own teenage years, is more heartfelt — and also by the fact that the HFPA might owe her one, since she wasn't nominated for Best Director.

Less important is the fact that a horror movie that addressed race and social issues won best adapted screenplay, which is a seriously promising turn for the Academy Awards.

Indeed, were I in a mood to quibble, I might have faulted the academy for not giving «Phantom Thread» its proper due in the original screenplay race, especially considering Anderson's past writing nominations for «Boogie Nights,» «Magnolia,» «There Will Be Blood» and «Inherent Vice.»

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.

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The splashiest films at T.I.F.F. largely came from directors with minimal Oscar race experience, among them Call Me by Your Name's Luca Guadagnino, The Florida Project's Sean Baker, The Shape of Water's Guillermo del Toro (a previous nominee for his Pan's Labyrinth screenplay), and most thrillingly, two young actors - turned - directors: Lady Bird's Greta Gerwig, and The Disaster Artist's James Franco (a best - actor nominee for 127 Hours).

Smith and Robbie have been split up by the screenplay for reasons that don't make much sense, and suddenly, Nicky's working a long con on a decadent Formula One honcho (Rodrigo Santoro) trying to steal the guy's secret race engine MacGuffin.

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The history: On his two previous Competition appearances, for «All About My Mother» in 1999 and «Volver» in 2006, Almodovar entered the race as the bookies» favourite, only to land the consolation prizes of Best Director and Best Screenplay, respectively.

Having said that, it's foolish to start counting films out before the awards race has even kicked into first gear, so I'll just say that Sicario is certainly worthy of consideration for Best Picture, Director, and Original Screenplay for Taylor Sheridan, among others.

The director race ended in a tie between «Carlos» helmer Olivier Assayas and David Fincher, whose «The Social Network» pulled in wins for Best Screenplay and, ultimately, Best Picture.

Instead of the movie's creative team owning their desire for a white actress to headline a Japanese property, they got cute — or convinced themselves that they were being cute — expecting moviegoers to swallow their race - based twist as a clever bit of subverted expectations; to use their public relations nightmare to prop up a resolutely dull screenplay.

Heading toward the wire, the race for Original Screenplay is extremely competitive.

At its bottom is a wonderful screenplay that engages the Frankenstein mythos as a blueprint for games playing: procreation both natural and unnatural, with the stakes literally the fate of the human race.

This is yet another race del Toro (with co-writer Taylor) could win, though one Gerwig should win, for a screenplay that feels both sprawling and quaint, unique and lived - in and full of heart.

And Sandra Bullock seems to me someone to watch for in the supporting actress race, given the narrative of the book on which Eric Roth's screenplay is based.

Best Screenplay Winner: Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, «Spotlight» Runner - Up: Charlie Kaufman, «Anomalisa» Lowdown: An important win for «Spotlight» in the adapted screenScreenplay Winner: Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, «Spotlight» Runner - Up: Charlie Kaufman, «Anomalisa» Lowdown: An important win for «Spotlight» in the adapted screenplayscreenplay race.

You can bet that Steve Jobs will be included in the Oscar race for Best Picture, director, screenplay, and acting nominations for Fassbender and Winslet.

At the end of the day, Philippe Claudel's film could be the beneficiary of serving France in the foreign language film race, in addition to a potential bid for Best Original Screenplay.

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Jordan Peele was nominated for directing Get Out and the race drama Mudbound was nominated in the cinematography, adapted screenplay and original song categories.

Flynn launches herself in the Oscar race for Best Adapted Screenplay with a very good chance of standing on stage this year.

And now, with wins for Best Film Editing, Best Adapted Screenplay and, potentially, Best Director coming, some are arguing an upset by the film in the Best Picture race is still in the cards.

Complete List of NAACP Image Award Winners Film Categories Best Picture - «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Director - Gina Prince - Bythewood, «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Actor - Will Smith, «Seven Pounds» Best Actress - Rosario Dawson, «Seven Pounds Supporting Actor - Columbus Short, «Cadillac Records» Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson, «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» Independent Film - «Slumdog Millionaire» Documentary - «The Black List» Foreign Film - «The Class» Best Screenplay - Jenny Lumet, «Rachel Getting Married» Television Categories Best Comedy Series - «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actor in a Comedy Series - LaVan Davis, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actress in a Comedy Series - Tracee Ellis Ross, «Girlfriends» Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Lance Gross, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Keshia Knight Pulliam, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Dramatic Series - «Grey's Anatomy» Best Actor in a Dramatic Series - Hill Harper, «CSI: NY» Best Actress in a Dramatic Series - Chandra Wilson, «Grey's Anatomy» Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Series - Taye Diggs, «Private Practice» Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series - Angela Bassett, «ER» Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - «A Raisin in The Sun» Best Actor in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Sean Combs, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actress in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Phylicia Rashad, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actor in a Sopa Opera - Bryton McClure, «The Young and the Restless» Best Actress in a Sopa Opera - Debbi Morgan, «All My Children» Best Director in a Dramatic Series - Ernest Dickerson, «Lincoln Heights - The Day Before Tomorrow» Best Director in a Comedy Series - Kevin Sullivan, «30 Rock - MILF Island» Best Screenplay for a Dramatic Series - Shonda Rhimes, «Grey's Anatomy: Freedom Part 1 & 2» Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series - Erica D. Montolfo, «The Game: White Coats and White Lies» News / Information Series or Special - «In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview» Talk Series - «The View» Reality Series - «American Idol 7» Variety Series or Special - «An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson» Children's Program - «Dora The Explorer» Best Performance in a Children's Series or Special - Keke Palmer, «True Jackson» Music Categories Best Male Artist - Jamie Foxx Best Female Artist - Beyonce» Best New Artist - Jennifer Hudson Best Duo, Group or Collaboration - Jennifer Hudson, featuring Fantasia - «I'm His Only Woman» Best Jazz Artist - Natalie Cole - «Still Unforgettable» Best Gospel Artist - Mary Mary Best World Music Album - Cheryl Keyes - «Let Me Take You There» Best Music Video - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Song - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Album - Jennifer Hudson - «Jennifer Hudson» Literary Categories Fiction - «In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel,» Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes Nonfiction - «Letter to My Daughter,» Maya Angelou Debut Author - «Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion,» David Glenn Brown Biography / Autobiography - «The Legs are the Last to Go,» Diahann Carroll Instructional - «32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business,» Earvin «Magic» Johnson Poetry - «Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of «Poetry With a Beat»» Nikki Giovanni Children - «Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope,» Nikki Grimes (illustrator - Bryan Collier) Youth / Teens - «Letters to a Young Sister: Define Your Destiny,» Hill Harper

«Her,» a dark horse in the Oscar race, won for director Spike Jonze's original screenplay.