The 46th annual Saturn Awards unveiled nominations Thursday by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, the nonprofit that honors the year’s best in genre films, TV, home entertainment and theater. The wide-ranging list of nominees were led by Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker , which scored the most noms overall with 12 including for Best Science Fiction Release. It was one of several films from last year’s movie awards season that were eligible this year after the group extended its eligibility period to run July 15, 2019-November 15, 2020 and allowed streaming and VOD entrants in the film categories. Other top nom-getters included Warner Bros’ Christopher Nolan move Tenet with nine and Doctor Sleep with eight across genres that span comics, sci-fi, horror, fantasy, thrillers and action-adventure. Other noms went to the likes of this year’s Mulan, Birds of Prey and The Old Guard alongside last year’s … [Read more...] about Saturn Awards Nominations: ‘Star Wars: Rise Of Skywalker’, ‘Tenet’, ‘Walking Dead’, ‘Outlander’ Lead List
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‘Fences’ Star Jovan Adepo Joins Ensemble Of Damien Chazelle’s ‘Babylon’ At Paramount
EXCLUSIVE: Jovan Adepo is set to join Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt in Paramount Pictures Period Hollywood drama Babylon , with La La Land’s Damien Chazelle writing and directing. Olivia Hamilton, Matt Plouffe, and Marc Platt will produce. Tobey Maguire, Helen Estabrook and Adam Siegel will executive produce. The film is is an ensemble pic set in late 1920s Hollywood. It is unknown who Adepo will be playing. Paramount acquired the worldwide rights at the end of 2019 but the pandemic forced production to push but the plan is now to get things under way this spring. The film is set to premiere on Christmas 2022, with plans for a full-on award season push. Paramount and Adepo have a strong relationship going back to when the studio and Denzel Washington handpicked him to play his son in Washington’s adaptation of Fences. The studio was so impressed Adepo was then tapped to star in J.J. Abrams produced World War II zombie thriller Overlord. Adepo has been busy … [Read more...] about ‘Fences’ Star Jovan Adepo Joins Ensemble Of Damien Chazelle’s ‘Babylon’ At Paramount
‘Walking Dead’ Lawsuit: Frank Darabont & CAA Seek Millions More From AMC; Wrongful Termination Claim Finessed
EXCLUSIVE: Nearly a year and a half after the producer and the agency took their first legal swing at the cable channel over alleged unpaid fees, self-dealing, gross receipts and more from The Walking Dead , they’re back today to take a new blockbuster-sized bite with some missing teeth. In a proposed amended complaint filed Tuesday, Frank Darabont and CAA claim that AMC have played even faster and looser with big money due to the producer from the five seasons-and-counting zombie apocalypse hit series. Surprisingly, the amended complaint has also altered the language of the wrong termination claim that had stood as a pillar of the original filing on December 17, 2013 . Darabont exited TWD abruptly in July 2011 after the first season had aired and Season 2 was in production. Whereas the initial complaint said that “AMC wrongful termination of Darabont is further manifest from its failure to comply with its own Standards and Conditions contained in the Agreement” the … [Read more...] about ‘Walking Dead’ Lawsuit: Frank Darabont & CAA Seek Millions More From AMC; Wrongful Termination Claim Finessed
‘Walking Dead’ $300M Profits Trial Likely Won’t F*cking Include Frank Darabont’s Expletive-Laced Emails
A New York jury will not hear the profanity packed emails of original The Walking Dead showrunner Frank Darabont in the trial for the $300 million profits participation battle from the Shawshank Redemption director and CAA against AMC – at least for now. “The Court is not swayed by Defendants’ argument that, absent Mr. Darabont’s emails, jurors could speculate as to why Mr. Darabont got fired and infer that AMC fired Mr. Darabont to limit his compensation,” wrote NY Supreme Court Justice Joel Cohen in an order Tuesday. “However, if Plaintiffs were to expressly put at issue AMC’s motive for terminating Mr. Darabont, for example by alleging that AMC terminated Mr. Darabont as part of a scheme to deprive him of additional compensation, then the door may be open to such evidence,” he added. “That determination will be made at trial.” Related Story 'Walking Dead' Showrunner Angela Kang Talks Lauren Cohan Return, Season 10c Debut, Teases Final Season & … [Read more...] about ‘Walking Dead’ $300M Profits Trial Likely Won’t F*cking Include Frank Darabont’s Expletive-Laced Emails
Sundance Institute Selects Fellows For 2021 Screenwriters Intensive
The Sundance Institute has selected the 11 screenwriters that will participate in the ninth annual Screenwriters Intensive which will take place digitally on March 4-5. The writers selected are Radhika Apte , William Kwok , Tulica Singh , Timothy Ware , Daniel Klein , Jo Hatcher , Chy Chi , Xavier Coleman , Joyce Sherri , Brian Robau and Jessica Mendez Siqueiros . The Intensive is a two-day workshop for emerging independent writers and writer/directors developing their first fiction features. The writers, which are from traditionally underrepresented communities, will have the opportunity to refine their stories under the guidance of established writers and the Institute’s Feature Film Program, led by Ilyse McKimmie, Deputy Director, Sundance Institute Feature Film Program, and the program’s Founding Director, Michelle Satter . Related Story Disney Launchpad Unveils Directors For Inaugural Shorts Incubator Program “We are inspired by this … [Read more...] about Sundance Institute Selects Fellows For 2021 Screenwriters Intensive