Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 31st USC Scripter Awards (2017)
One of the easiest calls so far this Oscar season was the expected victory of James Ivory for Call Me by Your Name. The Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Call Me by Your Name (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) USC Scripter Data Year Founded: 1988 First Awards: 1987 (31)
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 11
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). While the upcoming week is a bit busier than this past week, it’s still a small smattering of…
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Precursor: 70th Directors Guild Awards (2017)
With Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water winning both the PGA and DGA awards, it goes into Oscar night as the odds-on favorite. Three Billboards and Get Out are still threats, but considering how long it’s been since a truly huge production took the top prize, this love letter to old Hollywood in general…
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Precursor: 45th Annie Awards (2017)
Destroying all competition, Coco won every single category in which it was nominated (though, it did lose two awards because it was competing against itself. However, it’s an impressive haul, especially with a lot of the fine work against it had been nominated in a few categories. This should prove a guarantee for the film…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 10
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). While there isn’t much going on this next week, last week was a pretty significant week. The Oscar…
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Precursor: 60th Grammy Awards (2017)
La La Land won two of the three categories in which it was nominated. The surprise was one of those wasn’t Best Song. Award Tallies (2) La La Land The Awards Best Music Film The Defiant Ones Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media La La Land Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media La La Land…
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Precursor: 38th London Critics Awards (2017)
With a winner set that has a lot of random selections that haven’t been common all season, the London Critics Circle is the last critics group to announce, but also does so at a time when the focus on the guild awards is stronger. Also with their U.K.-based eligibility rules, they don’t compare easily or…
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Precursor: 22nd Art Directors Guild Awards (2017)
Proving that Downsizing has been roundly rejected, it lost the contemporary award to Logan. On the Fantasy side, Blade Runner 2049 pulls out the win in a move that could be a sign of an Oscar in its future. Period winner The Shape of Water puts itself into a two-way race for Best Production Design,…
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Precursor: 57th American Cinema Editors Awards (2017)
In a surprising victory in Comedy/Musical, I, Tonya beat out several other candidates to win the prize putting itself into the runner-up position for the Oscars behind Dunkirk. The Awards Best Drama Editing Dunkirk (Wesley, Tripp, Thomas) Best Comedy/Musical Editing I, Tonya Best Animation Editing Coco (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best Documentary Editing Jane (Peter,…
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Precursor: 65th Sound Editors Guild Nominations (2017)
Announcing nominations in a number of categories, the guild that represents sound editors and which closely mirrors the Sound Editing award have given three nominations to each of four films, all of which should be considered heavy favorites for nominations. The two films that got two each could be thought as contenders, but the Sound…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 9
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). The final week before the Oscar nominations and before we shift in earnest into the business of predicting…
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Precursor: 38th Golden Raspberry Nominations (2017)
These are copies directly from the Razzie press release, so the fudged title names are entirely their doing, though I get some mild humor from the “Dead Careers Tell No Tales” dig at Johnny Depp. Announced the day before the Oscar nominations, the Razzies have always gone for low-hanging fruit or popular actors doing bad…
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Precursor: 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards (2017)
The night went largely as predicted with a raft of individual actors who are likely going to ride this third telecast victory to Oscars this March. Three Billboards helps itself in the Oscar race for Best Picture, but losing PGA isn’t likely to help. Award Tallies (3) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (1) Darkest Hour,…
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Precursor: 22nd Online Film & Television Nominations (2017)
With a staggering 19 nominations, The Shape of Water topped the nomination count at the OFTA Film Awards. Call Me by Your Name also had an impressive showing. A lot of the names we’ve seen throughout the season here, though The Florida Project rebounded a little bit by picking up a Best Picture slot, while…
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Precursor: 29th Producers Guild Awards (2017)
While Coco and Jane make their push towards inevitable wins, the win of The Shape of Water puts a damper on talk of films like Get Out, Lady Bird, or Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri being the frontrunner. This will be a huge get for this film. While it can’t win at the Screen Actors…
