Innholdsfortegnelse for Wednesday February 21 2018 i The Hollywood Reporter

BEST PICTURE Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh’s drama crossed the $100 million mark at the worldwide box office and was the big winner at Britain’s Feb. 18 BAFTA Awards, claiming best picture, actress, supporting actor and original screenplay prizes. Dunkirk Christopher Nolan’s re-creation of one of the most important and heroic moments in English history couldn’t arouse enough passion and support among British voters to win a top BAFTA Award, so it seems doubtful that it can prevail at the Oscars. FILM EDITING Baby Driver Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss’ work on the summer action flick somewhat surprisingly upended Dunkirk at the BAFTAs, which has previously anticipated other Oscar editing calls, including Whiplash’s surprise win in 2015. SOUND EDITING Blade Runner 2049 It lost the sound award at…

Tradition (SIMON & SCHUSTER/MARGARET K. MCELDERRY BOOKS, MAY 1) BY Brendan Kiely AGENCIES ICM/Rob Weisbach Creative The multiple New York Times best-selling author’s newest is getting prepub raves. Pitched as A Separate Peace for the #MeToo era, it’s about a scholarship hockey player and a female classmate who intersect at an elite boarding school after a sexual encounter. Barbed Wire Heart (GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING, MARCH 6) BY Tess Sharpe AGENCY APA Reviewers have been falling all over themselves to praise the awardwinning YA novelist’s adult debut, with one writing that the story, about the 22-year-old daughter of a Northern California meth lord caught in a turf war, “introduces a major talent.”…

BAFTA Film Awards London, Feb. 18 Mr Chow 50 Years Vernon, Feb. 16 Atlanta Season 2 Los Angeles, Feb. 19 Beefsteak VII Los Angeles, Feb. 10 Party Crawler Brit Wit at BAFTAs The message of solidarity at the Royal Albert Hall was loud and clear at the 71st BAFTA Film Awards. The Time’s Up movement was mentioned throughout the evening, with most stars wearing pins and black gowns, except for best actress winner Frances McDormand (2), who ignored the dress code, noting: “I have a little trouble with compliance.” Other big winners of the night included best actor Gary Oldman (4) and rising star Daniel Kaluuya (7). — RAMONA SAVISS ATL in L.A. The stars of Atlanta Robbin’ Season (aka season two) arrived at the Ace Hotel for the FX…

Weddings Amy Schumer married chef Chris Fischer on Feb. 13 in Malibu in front of about 80 guests, including Jennifer Lawrence, Larry David, Jennifer Aniston and Judd Apatow. The couple began dating in November. Births Matthew Beans, executive producer of DreamWorks Animation TV’s Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, and wife Kristen Beans welcomed son Tanner Williams Beans on Feb. 12 at San Antonio Regional Hospital in Upland, California. Duncan Millership, WME partner and talent agent, and husband Simon Thomas welcomed son Archie Dylan Millership-Thomas on Feb. 12 at Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas, California. Congrats 20th Century Fox Television Distribution named Greg Drebin executive vp worldwide marketing Feb. 14. CAA tapped Liz Gray to lead its cultural insights practice Feb. 13. ITV America upped Adam Sher to president and David…

PERRY MASON (CBS, 1957-66) New network: HBO Who has the rights? HBO acquired them. Original creator on board? No GET CHRISTIE LOVE (ABC, 1974-75) New network: ABC Who has the rights? Universal Television Original creator on board? No STARSKY & HUTCH (ABC, 1975-79) New Network: Amazon Who Has the Rights? Sony Pictures TV Studios Original Creator on Board? No MAGNUM, P.I. (CBS, 1980-88) New network: CBS Who has the rights? Universal Television Original creator on board? No THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO (ABC, 1981-83) New network: ABC Who has the rights? Stephen J. Cannell estate Original creator on board? His daughter CAGNEY & LACEY (CBS, 1982-88) New network: CBS Who has the rights? MGM Television Original creator on board? No PARTY OF FIVE (FOX, 1994-2000) New network: Freeform Who has the…

It’s the morning of Feb. 5, and Rachel Morrison is sitting on her bed at the Beverly Hilton, getting ready to attend the Oscar Nominees Luncheon. She asks me for a second opinion on her nail color; we agree on clear. “I’m still wrapping my head around it,” she admits of her historic nomination for Mudbound, which made her the first woman to receive a cinematography nod (for which she got one of the biggest rounds of applause at the Beverly Hilton luncheon). “It’s exciting, and if it means more women start shooting, then that’s the best thing that could possibly come from this.” As if being nominated for an Oscar weren’t enough, February provided another highlight for Morrison: She reteamed with Ryan Coogler (she DPed on his 2013 film,…

Two years ago, retired makeup wiz Kazuhiro Tsuji got an email from Gary Oldman, who was considering playing Winston Churchill. “He explained Darkest Hour and that if I’m available to do it, he will do this [movie], but if not, he won’t.” Tsuji accepted, and both now are on their way to the Oscars. “The main thing with this kind of makeup is you don’t want to see any kind of seams,” says Oldman. “People that were on set and the other actors around me couldn’t tell I was wearing makeup, even if you were standing an inch from my face. I would say that Kazu delivered way beyond and above anything that I could’ve imagined.” The hair and makeup process took about three hours and 20 minutes each day.…

Lucian Grainge The Universal Music Group CEO reveals an earnings spike for 2017, with the music giant reporting $940 million in EBITDA, compared with $787 million in 2016. David Glasser The Weinstein Co. president is ousted by his board “for cause” after the New York attorney general sues alleging “egregious” conduct, including knowledge of Harvey Weinstein’s behavior. Mark Burnett The reality megaproducer nabs two CBS series orders in two weeks, an obstacle course competition and a global talent format. Jeffrey Tambor Amazon drops its Transparent star after an internal investigation into harassment claims as showrunner Jill Soloway backs his accusers. Showbiz Stocks $56.25 (+3%) CBS CORP. (CBS) The TV company beats quarterly revenue expectations as revenue from licensing and distribution jumps 33 percent. $2.78 (-6%) REAL NETS (RNWK) A week…

Big Number Rep Sheet Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Stephanie Beatriz has signed with ICM Partners. Jamie Foxx’s daughter Corinne Foxx has signed with CAA, as has This Is Us star Justin Hartley. Helena Howard, star of the Sundance drama Madeline’s Madeline, has signed with WME, as has the Museum of Ice Cream and Sorry to Bother You’s Boots Riley. Lucifer’s Lesley-Ann Brandt has signed with Paradigm. Next Big Thing Chance Perdomo REPS the U.K.’s Scott Marshall Partners, Authentic WHY HE MATTERS The newcomer from the U.K. will be introduced to American audiences in Netflix’s untitled Sabrina the Teenage Witch series, starring as the pansexual warlock cousin of Mad Men alum Kiernan Shipka’s titular character. Doctor Who grad Michelle Gomez also is joining the drama as Sabrina’s favorite teacher turned demonpossessed antagonist.…

Social Action In 2001, the summer after my sophomore year in high school, I flew down from Sacramento for the four-week program at California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) at CalArts. It was the first time in my life that I felt like I had met my tribe. During the day, we took classes about animation techniques and watched films. In the evenings, we sat with friends and filled sketchbooks and geeked out. We went on field trips to Burbank studios and were visited by animators — Bobby Podesta from Pixar came to talk to us about computer animation, and years later we worked together on Coco. At summer camp, relationships are accelerated and you become best friends in four days, but I didn’t know that the kids…

During a research trip to Spain for Fox/ Blue Sky’s Ferdinand, Brazilian director Carlos Saldanha found inspiration, not only for the animated feature’s production design, but also for his title character — a gentle bull (voiced by John Cena) who would rather smell the flowers than fight — when he found himself recoiling at the sight of a bullfight. The film has garnered Blue Sky’s first Academy Award nomination since 2002’s Ice Age, which was directed by Chris Wedge with Saldanha as co-director. Ferdinand also marks the second Oscar nom for Saldanha, who was cited in 2004 for Gone Nutty, an animated short featuring Ice Age’s Scrat. The Ferdinand research trip took the director to Madrid’s famous Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas bullring, which inspired the look of the…

THE NO COSBY SHOW After Cliff Huxtable faces allegations of sexual assault, the rest of the family thrives without the condescending lectures of their disgraced patriarch. SISTER, SISTER, SISTER, SISTER, SISTER, SISTER Tia and Tamera Mowry grow up, and they each have twin daughters of their own. SEX AND THE SUBURBS In an alternate timeline, Carrie and Co. grow up in a small hometown, marry their high school sweethearts and stay there. (They still get drunk at brunch.) THREE CHEERS Sam Jr. modernizes Cheers with flat-screen TVs and phone-charging stations, opening two other franchise locations. The regulars hate it. EVERYBODY STILL LOVES RAYMOND, EXCEPT DEBRA It’s 13 years later, and Ray and Debra have divorced. They never seemed to like each other much in the first place.…

Blade Runner 2049 Roger Deakins In the moody opening scene, K (Ryan Gosling) lands at a farmhouse where he tracks down and kills a replicant. Fourteen-time Oscar nominee Deakins worked with the art department on the set so that the windows — the light source for the scene — are in specific places that reflected the way the scene was storyboarded. “It’s probably the most low-tech and simple scene, and also one of the most satisfying,” says Deakins, adding that director Denis Villeneuve “had this idea that you don’t introduce Ryan — you see him partially in shadows. It benefits the scene and the introduction of K. He’s a bit mysterious.” Darkest Hour Bruno Delbonnel To lens Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill giving his iconic “We Shall Fight on the…

Beauty and the Beast Production Design: Sarah Greenwood Set Decoration: Katie Spencer The Beast’s dark lair, where he keeps his enchanted rose under a bell jar, was a roughly 100-foot set built at the U.K.’s Shepperton Studios. It’s based on the Rococo period of 18th century France. “This is the most distressed and disturbed area of the castle, where it has started to crack and fall apart,” says Greenwood. “It’s representative of the time passing and the tension as each petal falls. The jar is made of Swarovski crystal, and we had it etched with the ice motif in England.” Blade Runner 2049 Production Design: Dennis Gassner Set Decoration: Alessandra Querzola Lensed on a backlot in Budapest, this shot features K (Ryan Gosling) landing in an abandoned Las Vegas. Gassner…

Baby (Ansel Elgort) faces off with thug Buddy (Jon Hamm) and the police — all while listening to Barry White’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” To create the tension, sound mixing and editing nominee Julian Slater says that “in addition to being syncopated to the music, trucks rumble past, food blenders whizz higher as the tension builds. Cars passing outside turn into trucks with a lower rumble to them to give a sense of impending menace.” They “wanted the track to always play as loud as possible in the mix, as Baby’s listening to it on his ear buds, but we still need to hear the dialogue and sound design.” In a rooftop scene, Joi, a holographic character, is set free from her projector for the first time. “We created…

HORIZON A married couple faces a devastating breakup in Georgian director Tinatin Kajrishvili’s beautifully crafted drama about the power of love and the poetry of grief. — STEPHEN DALTON ISLE OF DOGS Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson and Greta Gerwig lend their voices to Wes Anderson’s captivating stop-motion adventure about a boy and his pet out to stop a canine genocide. — DAVID ROONEY JIBRIL An Arab woman living in Germany falls in love with a man in prison in Henrika Kull’s frank, thoughtprovoking, finely acted feature debut. — DEBORAH YOUNG THE PRAYER French director Cedric Kahn chronicles one young drug addict’s difficult path to recovery in this compelling portrait of rehab and religion. — JORDAN MINTZER TRANSIT The rewarding new work from Germany’s Christian Petzold tells a story of a…

Like any divorce where children are involved, Ryan Murphy’s split with 20th Century Fox Television is poised to get messy. The studio had been his longtime partner, after all, and together they’d birthed such hits as FX’s American Horror Story, Feud and Fox’s 9-1-1. But on Feb. 13, Murphy said he’d be moving on, having found a new partner in Netflix, which lured him with a five-year deal worth as much as $300 million. What’s left to be hashed out is not only the focus of his attention with seven active 20th TV series but also the longer-term fate of his superstar collaborators, at least some of whom sources expect he’ll try to recruit to Netflix pacts once their own multiyear 20th TV deals expire. Among them: Tim Minear, Brad…

Lionsgate may have hoped to avoid any turbulence as the mini-studio looks for a buyer, but an executive reshuffling is in the works. Sources say motion picture group co-president Erik Feig has been raising money to launch a company focused on youth-oriented projects, while motion picture group co-chair Patrick Wachsberger also plans to leave within months. An executive with knowledge of the situation says Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer and vice chairman Michael Burns had hoped Feig would remain for another year, presumably to give them time to pursue a sale of the company without any major changes at the company that could raise concerns for a buyer. Feig had championed such successes as La La Land, which grossed $446 million worldwide on a $30 million budget, and the Julia Roberts…

Big Deal Malibu is on the cusp of becoming home to the largest residential real estate deal in Los Angeles history. Canadian billionaire Daryl Katz — owner of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers and an investor in Joel Silver’s production company — is in escrow on the purchase of a Malibu beach house for about $120 million, according to a source with knowledge of the transaction. The seller is real estate agent Kurt Rappaport, cofounder of the Westside Estate Agency. The off-market deal easily topples the previous record that was set by the $100 million sale of the Playboy Mansion in August 2016. The $120 million price tag includes $85 million for the 3-year-old, 15,000-square-foot Scott Mitchelldesigned residence, seen in Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, along with $35 million for its contents.…

Heather Graham has made a career of playing the fresh-faced, often drug-addled sexpot, from Gus Van Sant’s Drugstore Cowboy to Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights to the Hangover trilogy. “People sometimes think I’m more wild because of the parts that I’ve played,” she says while sipping tea at her favorite yoga studio in Manhattan. “Somebody once said, ‘I’m afraid. Are you gonna fall off the wagon?’ And I said, ‘The only wagon I’m gonna fall off of is the frozen yogurt wagon.’” The clean-living 48-year-old, who’s currently single, is so disciplined, in fact, that she spent seven years pushing through her screenplay for Half Magic. Her directing debut (she also stars), bowing Feb. 23 via Momentum Pictures, is a timely satire about a female writer struggling to be taken seriously…

“Someone tell this bitch to meet me outside.”ELLEN POMPEO The Grey’s Anatomy star, reacting on Twitter to Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s suggestion that LeBron James “shut up and dribble” (because he “left high school a year early to join the NBA”) after the basketball star criticized President Trump. “It’s not that good.”JOHN MARTIN The Turner CEO, bashing DirecTV’s service at Code Conference ahead of the pending merger between Turner’s owner Time Warner and DirecTV’s parent company AT&T. “I’m so sorry our leaders are worthless. I’m so sorry we are bound to repeat this again.”JOSH GAD The actor, reacting on Twitter to the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, adding that he knew one of the victims. “A child of one of our friend’s has a bullet in his chest & is…

L.A. Reid shared a booth with Toni Braxton at the Polo Lounge. Big Sean came by to greet him. Across the patio, Nicole Avant sat with her father, Clarence Avant. Sherry Lansing also was there, and James Pickens Jr. sat nearby. … Amy Adams and husband Darren Le Gallo had drinks at Doheny Room. … Scottie Pippen lunched at Il Pastaio ahead of the NBA All-Star Game. … At Giorgio Baldi on Valentine’s Day were couples Jessica Alba and Cash Warren, Michael Ovitz and Tamara Mellon, Kate Hudson and Danny Fujikawa as well as excouple Jennifer Meyer and Tobey Maguire. Triple Beam Pizza The Quick Pitch L.A.’s sainted dough dame Nancy Silverton (Mozza, La Brea Bakery) is at it again, this time heading to the Eastside with Silver Lake Wine…

Armie’s Tour de Tracksuit Hammer shows off his love of the casual trend all over the world…

The news from recent auto shows in Los Angeles, Detroit and Vegas would have you believe that the streets of L.A. soon will be crowded with self-driving electric vehicles. In the interim, however, expect infotainment systems that are voice-activated, with Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri and Google’s Assistant battling to colonize your dashboard. Alexa rolls out this year in select BMW, Toyota and Lexus vehicles and will be used to remotely unlock or start your car, among other tricks. With a simple “Hey, Mercedes,” the MBUX next-gen infotainment system, which will be featured in the A-Class coming to the U.S. market this year, will answer questions and adjust interior temperature. “The industry will be moving away from touch screens and adding voice controls [for] a lot less driver distraction,” says Georges…

Blade Runner 2049 Ridley Scott’s 1982 Blade Runner was a stunning VFX feat and earned an Oscar nomination in the category. “Even in 1982, it was beautiful and real. We knew we wanted the new worlds to feel real so that you felt like you were in them,” says VFX supervisor John Nelson. The original relied on in-camera effects. This time, they again used some traditional techniques, such as models and miniatures, but also used digital techniques. For instance, for an ad featuring a hologram of Joi, actress Ana de Armas was shot on a greenscreen and then later “made transparent by adding a back shell so you can see that she has volume.” Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 While a more recent example, Guardians also has Academy Awards…

A Victorian queen in India, a British prime minister in World War II, an obsessive couture dressmaker in the 1950s, a mute janitor in Cold War America and an iconic princess ready for a modern makeover: These colorful characters, all from different moments in time, needed the perfect ensembles to bring their stories to life. To create memorable and distinctive period looks, the five nominated costume designers aimed for historical accuracy but also weren’t afraid to add their own touches and reinventions. Costume designer Jacqueline Durran, a double nominee for her work on Darkest Hour and Beauty and the Beast, did a little bit of both. To costume one of the world’s most recognizable leaders, Winston Churchill, she studied a wealth of archival footage and photos and found it all…

Source: The week’s most active and talked-about entertainers on leading social networking sites Facebook, Google Plus, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube for the week ending Feb. 13. Rankings are based on a formula blending weekly additions of fans as well as cumulative weekly reactions and conversations, as tracked by MVP Index.…