In today’s film news roundup, MGM beefs up its executive ranks, “Sea Fever” gets a live-streaming premiere, “Pigeon Kings” finds a home and The 92nd Street Y has started an online film course.
Executive Hires
Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s Film Group Chairman Michael De Luca has hired Elishia Holmes and Johnny Pariseau — both who were executives at De Luca’s eponymous production company.
De Luca joined MGM earlier this year. Holmes will serve as an executive vice president at MGM and Pariseau joins the studio as senior vice president. Both are already underway in their new roles.
Holmes joined Michael De Luca productions in 2015 overseeing projects including “Reminiscence,” starring Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson, and Rachel Morrison’s “Flint Strong,” written by Barry Jenkins and starring Ice Cube. Holmes previously worked for Ridley Scott as a producer at Scott Free and worked on “Exodus: Gods and Kings,” “Alien Covenant,...
Executive Hires
Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s Film Group Chairman Michael De Luca has hired Elishia Holmes and Johnny Pariseau — both who were executives at De Luca’s eponymous production company.
De Luca joined MGM earlier this year. Holmes will serve as an executive vice president at MGM and Pariseau joins the studio as senior vice president. Both are already underway in their new roles.
Holmes joined Michael De Luca productions in 2015 overseeing projects including “Reminiscence,” starring Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson, and Rachel Morrison’s “Flint Strong,” written by Barry Jenkins and starring Ice Cube. Holmes previously worked for Ridley Scott as a producer at Scott Free and worked on “Exodus: Gods and Kings,” “Alien Covenant,...
- 4/3/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
A few hours ago, the Producers Guild of America threw a bit of a monkey-wrench into the awards season works. Giving out their Producers Guild Awards, the top prize went to Green Book, shooting that controversial film to the front of the Oscar race. The PGA voters always catapult their winners towards Best Picture at the Academy Awards, so it was expected that this would occur here too. Well, it probably has, just with a movie that wasn’t the presumptive top tier with producers. Guess that wasn’t the case, so we need to re-evaluate things a bit. I’ll try to make sense of it all below! PGA went with Peter Farrelly’s Green Book over what seemed like more likely choice in Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born and Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma. Green Book wasn’t even necessarily considered next in line, as an upset...
- 1/20/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
“Green Book” has won the top prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards, meaning we have an official Best Picture frontrunner. Often seen as an Oscar bellwether, the PGA Awards’ top winner has matched up with that of the Academy 20 times since the Guild started giving out awards — including last year, when “The Shape of Water” won both.
Avail yourself of the full list below, with winners in bold.
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
“Black Panther” (Producer: Kevin Feige)
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody” (Producer: Graham King)
“Crazy Rich Asians”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“A Quiet Place”
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”
“Vice”
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures
“The Dawn Wall”
“Free Solo”
“Hal”
“Into the Okavango” (Producer: Neil Gelinas)
“Rbg”
“Three Identical Strangers”
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch”
“Incredibles 2”
“Isle of Dogs...
Avail yourself of the full list below, with winners in bold.
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
“Black Panther” (Producer: Kevin Feige)
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody” (Producer: Graham King)
“Crazy Rich Asians”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“A Quiet Place”
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”
“Vice”
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures
“The Dawn Wall”
“Free Solo”
“Hal”
“Into the Okavango” (Producer: Neil Gelinas)
“Rbg”
“Three Identical Strangers”
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
“Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch”
“Incredibles 2”
“Isle of Dogs...
- 1/20/2019
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Last year’s Producers Guild Awards told us which movie — “The Shape of Water” — would win the Oscar for Best Picture weeks before the Academy Awards. In fact 20 of the previous winners of this important prize have then gone on to Best Picture victories.
For the 30th annual PGA ceremony slated for Saturday evening, January 19, at the Beverly Hilton, we already know that the top choice will be at the very least a major front-runner for this year’s Oscar. Could it be a blockbuster like “A Star Is Born,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” or “Black Panther”? Or maybe a critical favorite such as “Roma,” “Green Book” or “The Favourite”?
Seepga Awards predictions: ‘A Star Is Born’ will be reborn with a Best Picture win
We’ll have the actual champs indicated below with an ** immediately after they are announced. Here is the full list of nominations for the 2019 PGA Awards in...
For the 30th annual PGA ceremony slated for Saturday evening, January 19, at the Beverly Hilton, we already know that the top choice will be at the very least a major front-runner for this year’s Oscar. Could it be a blockbuster like “A Star Is Born,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” or “Black Panther”? Or maybe a critical favorite such as “Roma,” “Green Book” or “The Favourite”?
Seepga Awards predictions: ‘A Star Is Born’ will be reborn with a Best Picture win
We’ll have the actual champs indicated below with an ** immediately after they are announced. Here is the full list of nominations for the 2019 PGA Awards in...
- 1/20/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
The Producers Guild of America hands out its awards on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. That is three days before the academy announces the nominations for the Oscars. While the PGA ceremony is not televised, it is an important stop on the road to the Oscars.
The PGA Awards has an enviable track record at presaging the eventual Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards. The guild and the academy have agreed on 20 of the most recent 29 Best Picture champs, including last year’s double winner. “The Shape of Water.”
Since both groups expanded the Best Picture category, the PGA has predicted 70 of the 81 of the Best Picture nominees over the past nine years. Last year the guild went seven for nine in previewing the Oscars line-up: “Call Me by Your Name,” “Dunkirk,” “Get Out,” “Lady Bird,” “The Post,” “The Shape of Water” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” The other four guild nominees were “The Big Sick,...
The PGA Awards has an enviable track record at presaging the eventual Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards. The guild and the academy have agreed on 20 of the most recent 29 Best Picture champs, including last year’s double winner. “The Shape of Water.”
Since both groups expanded the Best Picture category, the PGA has predicted 70 of the 81 of the Best Picture nominees over the past nine years. Last year the guild went seven for nine in previewing the Oscars line-up: “Call Me by Your Name,” “Dunkirk,” “Get Out,” “Lady Bird,” “The Post,” “The Shape of Water” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” The other four guild nominees were “The Big Sick,...
- 1/19/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Yesterday afternoon, the Producers Guild of America revealed their awards nominees. The PGA nominations mark a huge moment in the precursor season, as this Guild more accurately represents what could be the Academy Award nominees in Best Picture than anywhere else. Scoring with PGA, combined with other precursor citations, is the safest way to become an Oscar nominee. This year, they announce as the race for Best Picture seems as wide open as any previously. Well, now we know which films they favored, shining some light on to which titles are sitting in the best spots. Let us dive in, shall we? PGA didn’t really go with any surprises here, opting for most of the popular contenders for Oscar glory. Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite, Green Book, A Quiet Place, Roma, and A Star Is Born were all expected to get nominated, and they did. Crazy Rich Asians...
- 1/5/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Left to right: Noah Jupe plays Marcus Abbott, John Krasinski plays Lee Abbott, Emily Blunt plays Evelyn Abbott and Millicent Simmonds plays Regan Abbott in A Quiet Place, from Paramount Pictures.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today motion picture and television nominations for the 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards presented by Cadillac. All 2019 Producers Guild Awards winners will be announced on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
At this month’s event, the Producers Guild will also present special honors to Toby Emmerich (Milestone Award), Kevin Feige (David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures), Amy Sherman-Palladino (Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television), Kenya Barris (Visionary Award), and Jane Fonda (Stanley Kramer Award).
The 2019 Producers Guild Awards Co-Chairs are Donald De Line and Amy Pascal. Cadillac is the Presenting Sponsor of the event, Delta Air Lines is the sponsor of the Visionary Award,...
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today motion picture and television nominations for the 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards presented by Cadillac. All 2019 Producers Guild Awards winners will be announced on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
At this month’s event, the Producers Guild will also present special honors to Toby Emmerich (Milestone Award), Kevin Feige (David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures), Amy Sherman-Palladino (Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television), Kenya Barris (Visionary Award), and Jane Fonda (Stanley Kramer Award).
The 2019 Producers Guild Awards Co-Chairs are Donald De Line and Amy Pascal. Cadillac is the Presenting Sponsor of the event, Delta Air Lines is the sponsor of the Visionary Award,...
- 1/4/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Americans, The Handmaid’s Tale up for outstanding episodic drama.
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) has announced its theatrical and television nominations in Los Angeles (4).
The Favourite, Roma and Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians are in contention for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures alongside Green Book, BlacKkKlansman, and Bohemian Rhapsody, A Quiet Place, A Star Is Born, and Vice.
The PGA winners will be announced at the Producers Guild Awards ceremony on January 19 in Los Angeles.
Full list of theatrical nominees and select television nominees appears below. All producers listed below title.
The Producers Guild Of America (PGA) has announced its theatrical and television nominations in Los Angeles (4).
The Favourite, Roma and Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians are in contention for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures alongside Green Book, BlacKkKlansman, and Bohemian Rhapsody, A Quiet Place, A Star Is Born, and Vice.
The PGA winners will be announced at the Producers Guild Awards ceremony on January 19 in Los Angeles.
Full list of theatrical nominees and select television nominees appears below. All producers listed below title.
- 1/4/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Now we know what the most popular movies are vying for Oscars this year: The Producers Guild of America’s motion picture and television nominations went mainstream. Winners will be revealed at the 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards, to be held January 19 at the Beverly Hilton.
Many of these films will wind up on the the final list of Oscar nominations to be revealed on January 22; the eventual winners are here as well. That does not mean that “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “A Quiet Place,” or “Crazy Rich Asians” will land Best Picture nominations, but it is a sign of strength and popularity. Oscar voters tend to take degree of difficulty in production into consideration, and may lean into big box office hits this year.
(Left off the PGA list are long-shot Best Picture contenders “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” and “First Man.”)
The 2019 PGA motion picture nominations are...
Many of these films will wind up on the the final list of Oscar nominations to be revealed on January 22; the eventual winners are here as well. That does not mean that “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “A Quiet Place,” or “Crazy Rich Asians” will land Best Picture nominations, but it is a sign of strength and popularity. Oscar voters tend to take degree of difficulty in production into consideration, and may lean into big box office hits this year.
(Left off the PGA list are long-shot Best Picture contenders “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” and “First Man.”)
The 2019 PGA motion picture nominations are...
- 1/4/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
“BlacKkKlansman,” “Black Panther,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “The Favourite,” “Green Book,” “A Quiet Place,” “Roma,” “A Star Is Born,” and “Vice” have been nominated for the Producers Guild’s Darryl F. Zanuck Award as the top feature film of 2018.
Awards contenders “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” “Eighth Grade,” “First Man,” “First Reformed,” and “If Beale Street Could Talk” were overlooked in the Zanuck nominations.
Nominees for animated films are “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch,” “Incredibles 2,” “Isle of Dogs,” “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.”
The PGA also announced Friday nominees in nine television categories. In the drama series category, nominees included the final season of “The Americans,” “Better Call Saul,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Ozark” and “This Is Us.” The first season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” won the category last year.
Comedy series nominees were “Atlanta,” “Barry,” “Glow,” “The Good Place” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,...
Awards contenders “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” “Eighth Grade,” “First Man,” “First Reformed,” and “If Beale Street Could Talk” were overlooked in the Zanuck nominations.
Nominees for animated films are “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch,” “Incredibles 2,” “Isle of Dogs,” “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.”
The PGA also announced Friday nominees in nine television categories. In the drama series category, nominees included the final season of “The Americans,” “Better Call Saul,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Ozark” and “This Is Us.” The first season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” won the category last year.
Comedy series nominees were “Atlanta,” “Barry,” “Glow,” “The Good Place” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,...
- 1/4/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The Producers Guild has unveiled nominations for its 30th annual PGA Awards, listing nominees for the year’s best-produced works in motion pictures, television and short-form categories. The awards will be presented January 19 at the Beverly Hilton.
The 10-strong film list encapsulates the diverse range of films that have been making their way through awards season this year, spanning superheroes (Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther), romantic comedy (Warner Bros’ Crazy Rich Asians), musical drama (20th Century Fox’s Bohemian Rhapsody and Warners’ A Star Is Born) and genre thriller (Paramount’s A Quiet Place).
Others making the cut in the category, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, which was won by eventual Oscar Best Picture The Shape of Water last year: Focus Features’ BlacKkKlansman, Fox Searchlight’s The Favourite, Netflix’s Roma (Alfonso Cuarón’s drama is a rare foreign-language selection from this guild...
The 10-strong film list encapsulates the diverse range of films that have been making their way through awards season this year, spanning superheroes (Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther), romantic comedy (Warner Bros’ Crazy Rich Asians), musical drama (20th Century Fox’s Bohemian Rhapsody and Warners’ A Star Is Born) and genre thriller (Paramount’s A Quiet Place).
Others making the cut in the category, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, which was won by eventual Oscar Best Picture The Shape of Water last year: Focus Features’ BlacKkKlansman, Fox Searchlight’s The Favourite, Netflix’s Roma (Alfonso Cuarón’s drama is a rare foreign-language selection from this guild...
- 1/4/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar frontrunners “A Star Is Born,” “Roma,” “Black Panther,” “Green Book” and “The Favourite” have all been nominated as the best-produced films of 2018 by the Producers Guild of America, which announced its annual Producers Guild Awards nods on Friday morning.
Other nominees were “BlacKkKlansman,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “A Quiet Place,” “Vice” and “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
Conspicuously missing from the list were such presumed awards contenders as “First Man,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” “Widows” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
In the animated-feature category, the nominees were “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch,” “The Incredibles 2,” “Isle of Dogs,” “Ralph Breaks the Internet” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.”
Also Read: Palm Springs Is Narnia and 4 Other Things We Learned From the 30th Film Awards Gala
Television nominations went to the drama series “The Americans,” “Better Call Saul,” “The Handmaid’s Take,” “Ozark” and “This Is Us,” and the comedy series “Atlanta,...
Other nominees were “BlacKkKlansman,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “A Quiet Place,” “Vice” and “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
Conspicuously missing from the list were such presumed awards contenders as “First Man,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” “Widows” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
In the animated-feature category, the nominees were “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch,” “The Incredibles 2,” “Isle of Dogs,” “Ralph Breaks the Internet” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.”
Also Read: Palm Springs Is Narnia and 4 Other Things We Learned From the 30th Film Awards Gala
Television nominations went to the drama series “The Americans,” “Better Call Saul,” “The Handmaid’s Take,” “Ozark” and “This Is Us,” and the comedy series “Atlanta,...
- 1/4/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Weekend debuts are minimal as the film industry’s gravity heads north to the Toronto International Film Festival, though some roll outs hope to fill a narrow vacuum of new specialties in the marketplace ahead of the coming fall onslaught. Sundance premiere, Hal, about Oscar-nominated filmmaker Hal Ashby boasts an impressive roster of stars talking about the director behind classics such as Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. Oscilloscope opens the doc exclusively in New York today before heading to L.A. next weekend. Music Box Films is rolling out French drama-mystery The Apparition, which it first viewed in the European Film Market coinciding with the Berlinale in February. And Uncork’d Entertainment is spearheading the stateside launch of South Africa’s Five Fingers for Marseilles, which it picked up out of Toronto last year, heading out Friday in a day and date release.
Also notable is that Ethan Hawke...
Also notable is that Ethan Hawke...
- 9/7/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
“The world needs more Hal Ashbys,” says Oscilloscope’s Dan Berger.
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Amy Scott’s documentary Hal following its recent world premiere at Sundance.
O-Scope plans to release the film theatrically this year after negotiating the deal with Cinetic Media on behalf of the filmmakers.
Hal Ashby is widely regarded as one of the great overlooked directors and was responsible for Harold And Maude, The Last Detail, Shampoo, Coming Home, and Being There, among others.
Scott’s portrait accesses rare archival footage, personal letters and audio recordings to reveal the artist who frequently clashed with the Hollywood machine.
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Amy Scott’s documentary Hal following its recent world premiere at Sundance.
O-Scope plans to release the film theatrically this year after negotiating the deal with Cinetic Media on behalf of the filmmakers.
Hal Ashby is widely regarded as one of the great overlooked directors and was responsible for Harold And Maude, The Last Detail, Shampoo, Coming Home, and Being There, among others.
Scott’s portrait accesses rare archival footage, personal letters and audio recordings to reveal the artist who frequently clashed with the Hollywood machine.
- 3/20/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Focus Features is partnering with Time Inc. and The Advocate to debut the new digital short film documentary series We’ve Been Around today, Tuesday, March 1st @2:00 Pm Et. The series, which shares previously untold histories of transgender pioneers, will premiere exclusively across three Time Inc. websites – People.com, EW.com, and Essence.com – as well as on Advocate.com.
We’ve Been Around is from Emmy Award-nominated director Rhys Ernst (co-producer of Transparent). Ernst teamed up with producer Christine Beebe and a number of creative collaborators from the transgender community to research, produce, and create these important films. From the narrators to the composer to the animator, the series was made with a breadth of talent from the trans community. The team includesTransparent actress Alexandra Billings; writer and filmmaker Susan Stryker; and trans historian Monica Roberts.
The educational series continues Focus Features’ support of diversity initiatives both in...
We’ve Been Around is from Emmy Award-nominated director Rhys Ernst (co-producer of Transparent). Ernst teamed up with producer Christine Beebe and a number of creative collaborators from the transgender community to research, produce, and create these important films. From the narrators to the composer to the animator, the series was made with a breadth of talent from the trans community. The team includesTransparent actress Alexandra Billings; writer and filmmaker Susan Stryker; and trans historian Monica Roberts.
The educational series continues Focus Features’ support of diversity initiatives both in...
- 3/1/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The premiere post-tiff destination (September 20-25th) in the film community and a major leg up for narrative and non-fiction films in development, the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced a whopping 140 projects selected for the Project Forum at the upcoming Ifp Independent Film Week. Made up of several sections (Rbc’s Emerging Storytellers program, No Borders International Co-Production Market and Spotlight on Documentaries), we find latest updates from the likes of docu-helmers Doug Block (112 Weddings) and Lana Wilson (After Tiller), and among the narrative items we find headliners in Andrew Haigh (coming off the well received 45 Years), Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls and Madame Bovary), Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries), Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) and new faces in Sundance’s large family in Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again) and Olivia Newman (First Match). Here...
- 7/22/2015
- by admin
- IONCINEMA.com
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