2009 MTV Movie Award Nominations – Slumdog Against Twilight
The hit films “Twilight” and “Slumdog Millionaire” get ready to battle it out as MTV: Music Television announces this year’s final nominees for the “2009 MTV MOVIE AWARDS.” Pitting Hollywood vampires against the Mumbai slums, the movies’ rabid fans proved their loyalty as they sent both flicks to the head of the cinematic pack with each film receiving nominations in six award categories including “BEST MOVIE,” “BEST KISS” and “BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE MALE.”
MTV will up the cinematic fun quotient this year by debuting the two new categories “BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE” and “BEST WTF MOMENT.” Fans will get the chance to vote on such movie soundtrack hits as “The Climb” from “Hannah Montana: The Movie” as well as pick this year’s most jaw-dropping “WTF” movie moment that left audiences speechless such as the naked break-up scene in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” The 18th annual awards show will be executive produced by Emmy Award(R) winning producer Mark Burnett. Hosted by Andy Samberg, the “2009 MTV MOVIE AWARDS” will be broadcast LIVE from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA on Sunday, May 31st at 9p.m./8p.m. C.
35th Annual Saturn Awards – Nominees
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films has announced the nominations for their 35th Annual Saturn Awards.
Leading the charge was Christopher Nolan’s super-hero crime thriller “The Dark Knight” with 11 nominations. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “Iron Man” followed closely behind with 9 and 8 nominations, respectively. While “Valkyrie” spied 7 nominations, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and “Changeling” received 6 nominations each.
In a showdown worthy of a company crossover, Batman and Iron Man will face off against each other in seven categories, including “Best Actor” (Christian Bale vs. Robert Downey Jr.), “Best Actress” (Maggie Gyllenhaal vs. Gwyneth Paltrow), “Best Supporting Actor” (Heath Ledger vs. Jeff Bridges), “Best Director” (Christopher Nolan vs. Jon Favreau), “Best Writing,” “Best Music” and “Best Special Effects.”
Adding to the strong comic book showing at this year’s awards are nods for “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (up for two awards, including “Best Horror Film”) and “Wanted” (nominated for “Best Fantasy Film”).
The 35th Annual Saturn Awards will be announced on June 25, 2009
Here are the film nominees:
Best Science Fiction Film
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Eagle Eye
The Incredible Hulk
Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Jumper
Best Fantasy Film
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Hancock
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Twilight
Wanted
Best, Worst, Funniest…Posters In 2008 Winners
Earlier we posted IMP Awards nominations for best, worst, funniest, creepiest poster (and more categories), and we choose our favorites. Now, check out the list of winners or losers.
Best Poster – The Dark Knight
And one point for us.
Best Teaser Poster – Cloverfield
Two points.
Best Blockbuster Poster – The Dark Knight
OK
BAFTA 2009 Full List Of Nominees
The BAFTA longlists included 15 contenders in each category, from which the five nominees were chosen in the second round of voting. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “Frost/Nixon” led in the British Academy Film Awards’ longlists revealed last week, with 14 mentions each.
But the full list of nominees was announced and Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” and David Fincher’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” lead now with 11 nominations each. This full or short list were announced by Gemma Arterton and Hayley Atwell.
“Slumdog Millionaire” took four awards – Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score at 66th Golden Globe Awards.
Next best after “Slumdog Millionaire” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” are “The Dark Knight” with nine nominations, including a posthumous recognition for supporting actor Heath Ledger and Clint Eastwood’s “Changeling,” with eight.
“Frost/Nixon” has six nominations, “The Reader” has five and “In Bruges,” “Milk” and “Revolutionary Road” all boast four.
Kate Winslet has two nominations in the actress category for her “Revolutionary Road” and “The Reader.” She already picked up prizes for both roles at this year’s Golden Globes.
The nominees for the Carl Foreman Award for special achievement by a British director, writer or producer in their first feature are producers Simon Chinn (”Man on Wire“), Solon Papadopoulos and Roy Boulter (both “Of Time and the City“) and Judy Craymer (”Mamma Mia!“), writer Garth Jennings (”Son of Rambow“) and writer/director Steve McQueen (”Hunger“).
“The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” collected nine mentions at the BAFTA longlist but missed out on any nominations.
Here’s the full list of nominees for the 2009 BAFTA Film Awards, which will be hosted by Jonathan Ross for the third year, will take place on February 8, 2009 at London’s Royal Opera House.
BEST FILM
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” — Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Cean Chaffin
“Frost/Nixon” — Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
“Milk” — Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen
“The Reader” — Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris
“Slumdog Millionaire” — Christian Colson
DIRECTOR
“Changeling” — Clint Eastwood
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” — David Fincher
“Frost/Nixon” — Ron Howard
“The Reader” — Stephen Daldry
“Slumdog Millionaire” — Danny Boyle
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Burn After Reading” — Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
“Changeling” — J. Michael Straczynski
“I’ve Loved You So Long” — Philippe Claudel
“In Bruges” — Martin McDonagh
“Milk” — Dustin Lance Black
10 Worst Movie Mistakes Of 2008
Movie Mistakes just posted the 10 worst movie mistakes of 2008:
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: 64 mistakes
- Mamma Mia!: 44 mistakes
- The Dark Knight: 43 mistakes
- Twilight: 41 mistakes
- High School Musical 3: Senior Year: 41 mistakes
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008): 31 mistakes
- Quantum of Solace: 23 mistakes
- Get Smart: 22 mistakes
- Step Brothers: 22 mistakes
- Iron Man: 21 mistakes
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull:
At the beginning when Indy is talking to Spalko, his hands keep alternating from being in his pockets to just resting at his sides between shots.
The Dark Knight
During Batman’s interrogation of Joker, when he picks him up and slams him against the wall, for a very brief moment you can see the camera and the cameraman in the reflection of the mirror on the right…
Cloverfield
When he’s walking in the subway, Rob’s shirt has a dark triangle of sweat (and dirt) on the back. In one clip the triangle is barely visible and the shirt looks a lot cleaner than before. In the next clip, the triangle is very clear again.
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AFI Awards: Top 10 Movies of 2008
On Sunday, December 14, American Film Institute (AFI) have announced their selections for the top ten of most outstanding motion pictures in 2008. Among those making it on the list are two of the summer’s blockbuster comic book adaptations, “Iron Man“and “The Dark Knight“.
AFI’s Top 10 Movies of 2008:
- “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
- “The Dark Knight”
- “Frost/Nixon”
- “Frozen River”
- “Gran Torino”
- “Iron Man”
- “Milk”
- “Wall-E”
- “Wendy and Lucy”
- “The Wrestler”
Much buzzed-about movies like “Revolutionary Road“, “The Reader” and “Doubt” were noticeably absent, along with the National Board of Review and British Independent Film Award winner “Slumdog Millionaire.” Continue Reading…
The Dark Knight – For Your Consideration
As we know Oscar season is approaching and Warner Bros. has been putting out their “For Your Consideration” ads featuring a shot of Heth Ledger as The Joker to remind the Academy for best picture category and best supporting actor. Check them out below.
In addition to running their ad on the cover of Variety, the studio also bought two full page ads in the magazine, one for Ledger and one for “The Dark Knight” to win Best Picture.
The Dark Knight Score Disqualified From Academy Award Consideration
Warner Bros. recently launched a “For Your Consideration” campaign for “The Dark Knight,” pushing Best Picture, Best Director and Heath Ledger for Best Supporting Actor among others but the score of “The Dark Knight” has been left out from Academy Awards consideration.
Formal letters to that effect are expected to go out this week to composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, who collaborated on the music.
Apparently the decision of whether to include the score for The Dark Knight in the running or not involved four hours of discussion over the past two executive committee meetings, but apparently the fact more than 60%, but less than 70%, of the score was credited to Zimmer and Howard was an issue. The unfortunate thing here is the decision to include the three additional names – music editor Alex Gibson, ambient music designer Mel Wesson and composer Lorne Balfe – was a way of financially rewarding parts of the music team who helped make the overall work successful. I guess karma doesn’t always work for awards, but with The Dark Knight now only $2.4 million away from over $1 billion in box-office receipts I would say karma has a way of working things out.
The original soundtrack for the Christopher Nolan-directed superhero movie has been released in four different formats, a standard jewel case CD, a 2 LP set of heavy-weight 180 gram vinyl version, a special edition digipack, and a collector’s edition with special artwork, on July 15. Containing original scores from composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, the orchestral soundtrack was recorded in London in April 2008.
The Dark Knight Storyman David Goyer On Batman 3 Rumors
Huge succeess for Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” brought in over $919 million (domestic and worldwide performance) for Warner Brothers, but also brought so much speculations and rumors about the (possible) sequel. So, it’s no surprise that everyone is trying to figure out the casting and talking about Batman 3.
We recently wrote about Johnny Depp’s reactions on rumors about his potential The Riddler role in also potential upcoming “The Dark Knight” sequel.
“It seems like it’d be a fun gig for a while, yeah,” Depp denied.
The same thing is with Philip Seymour Hoffman and role of The Penguin. He said that no one from Warner Brothers has given him a call:
“Some friend of mine told me he read that. First I heard of it”
Or that Angelina Jolie will take the role of Catwoman… OR that Cher is lining up for the same role!?
Finally, somebody has something to say:
“It’s All B.S.“
said “The Dark Knight” Screenwriter David Goyer.
“Chris and I haven’t even talked about it. He quite understandably is taking a long, long vacation and wants to purge himself. We have mused here and there but I mean Chris is pretty much a one movie at a time kind of guy. I wish I could tell you more. There really isn’t anything to tell.” said Goyer.
“If and when Chris is ready to talk – we’ll talk,” he promised.
So, this means that, for the present, there is nothing to announce about a third Batman movie from Nolan and company. No villains are set. No casting has been set. Nolan hasn’t even officially signed on for the third movie yet. There isn’t anything official.
source: MTV News
Hoffman, Depp and Caine and “The Dark Knight” Role Rumors
We recently wrote about Johnny Depp’s reactions on rumors about his potential The Riddler role in also potential upcoming “The Dark Knight” sequel.
“It seems like it’d be a fun gig for a while, yeah,” he said.
Fake The Riddler Poster
The same thing is with Philip Seymour Hoffman and role of The Penguin. Hoffman spoke about the rumor for the first time at the Toronto International Film Festival. He said that no one from Warner Brothers has given him a call:
“Some friend of mine told me he read that. First I heard of it” and added:
“I grew up a comic book fan, so I love that stuff. I love going to that stuff. I think what they’re doing with that whole Batman story is really true to what that whole Batman thing has always been. It’s one of the darkest origins of a superhero, to get all nerdy and geeky on you. That character sees his parents gunned down as a young child: I remember when I was a kid reading that story, so seeing it now come to life as the dark tale that it really is as an intense, really dark, very visceral, adult tale that they’re doing now, all the great work people are doing on it, of course I wouldn’t say, ‘Well, no, no no.’ But I don’t know the reality of it, so I wouldn’t say ‘yes’ to you.”
But, Michael Cain, who plays Bruce Wayne’s butler in “The Dark Knight” confirmed to MTV News that both Depp and Hoffman are currently in talks with Warner Brother for the exact roles that fans suggested (!?)
“They’ve already got them in mind,” said Caine. “It’s Johnny Depp as The Riddler. And The Penguin is Philip Seymour Hoffman. I read it in the paper.”
“When Christopher Nolan said we were going to do “The Dark Knight” next, I didn’t know what that meant in Batman terms. I said, ‘What’s the story?’ and he said The Joker. I said, ‘Oh, sh*t! How are you going to top Jack Nicholson?’ He said, ‘Well, I’ve cast Heath Ledger. And I went ‘Ha! I couldn’t top Jack, but if anyone could, maybe Heath could.’ And he did.”
Caine continued:
“I was with a Warner Bros executive and I said, ‘Are we going to make another one?’ They said yeah. I said, ‘How the hell are we going to top Heath? And he says ‘I’ll tell you how you top Heath — Johnny Depp as The Riddler and Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Penguin.’
I said, ‘Sh*t, they’ve done it again!’”
And would you like to see Johnny Depp as Joker … maybe?
