Tag: The Fighter
Mark Wahlberg Considering The Fighter Sequel
What do you think about The Fighter? Ok, David O. Russell’s movie won two Academy Awards on Sunday, (Christian Bale for Best Supporting Actor and Melissa Leo for Best Supporting Actress) but it also made over $100 million worldwide so far, which is nice success. So, it’s no surprise that star and producer Mark Wahlberg already revealed:
“Now we’re gonna talk about doing No. 2. We’re gonna do the Ward/Gatti trilogy and make it real,” referring to the real-life Mickey Ward’s three fights with his most fierce opponent, Arturo Gatti.
That’s exactly what Wahlberg said in an interview with Extra’s Mario Lopez as he was arriving to the 83rd Academy Awards.
Oscars Toward Bottom Line’s Winner
Oscars didn’t exactly precipitated on Paramount this year, but the company’s bottom line shine a double gold – one that reducing losses and also raising the prospect of significant increases.
The attention has been concentrated on Paramount six years ago when the studio had weak profits and a thin schedule. Executive Brad Grey was being beaten by bloggers that must soon fade away. Last year, however, box office reached to $416 million based on a blend of low-budget movies like Paranormal Activity 2 and big-bucks deals like How to Train Your Dragon and Iron Man 2.And when rivals were faced failing to recoup its budgets like How Do You Know and Gulliver’s Travels, Paramount released a $38 million sleeper hit, True Grit, and a $25 million, The Fighter, and even obtains unexpected success with Justin Bieber’s Never Say Never.
Oscar Nominations 2011: The Full List
Quit doing all your home work, and pay good attention! Why? What do you mean – why? The nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards have just been announced, and you don’t want to miss that, do you?
So, who are the biggest players this year?
Tom Hooper‘s The King’s Speech definitely leads the race with even 12 nominations, including best picture, directing, original screenplay and actor for Colin Firth.
As usual, Joel and Ethan Coen are the part of the race too, this time with the remake of the western True Grit, that gained 10 nominations, including best picture.
Let’s move on…
Social Network, King’s Speech Aim for Oscars
The Social Network, a story about the prickly author of Facebook, and The King’s Speech, a saga of Queen Elizabeth II’s stammering father, are to be announced shortly, among likely nominees for Hollywood’s top prize, at Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
The 83rd Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 27, 2011, telecast live from the historic Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on ABC at 8PM ET.
The two films are the best-picture front-runners. With a best-drama win at the Golden Globes and top honors from key critics groups, “The Social Network” seems to have the edge. But “The King’s Speech” pulled off an upset over the weekend for the main prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards, whose winner often goes on to claim best picture at the Oscars.
Critics’ Choice Awards 2011: The Queen and King of Hollywood – Portman and Firth Win at Critics’ Choice Awards
Natalie Portman and Colin Firth took top honors Critics’ Choice Awards at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on Friday night (January 14), making them many people’s favorites for the Oscars. The actress, who won for her role in Black Swan, used her acceptance speech to thank the film’s director Darren Aronofsky for introducing her to her husband-to-be, dancer Benjamin Millepied.
You are responsible for getting me skinny and indirectly responsible for getting me very fat, as you introduced me to my love
Meanwhile, Colin Firth’s win for his role as the stammering King George in The King’s Speech, topped off a week which also saw him awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Colin Firth, Michelle Williams and Jesse Eisenberg will be competing for Golden Globes on Sunday, but the competition started early when the stars appeared at the 2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards at Crimson on Monday in NYC. Colin got the Best Actor for The King’s Speech, but Michelle lost out on the Best Actress award for Blue Valentine.
Melissa Leo gained the award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in The Fighter.
The big champ of the evening was The Kids Are All Right, which picked up Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Annette Bening), and Best Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo)
Golden Globe 2011 Nominations
The 2011 Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning, and there were a few surprises to be found. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association even will take place on Sunday, January 16, 2011, at 8 PM EST, 5 PM PST on NBC, hosted by Ricky Gervais. Josh Duhamel, Katie Holmes and Blair Underwood have joined forces to announce them.
Best picture in a drama featured Oscar contenders Inception, The King’s Speech, The Social Network, Black Swan and The Fighter. Best picture – musical or comedy included a strange mix of critically lambasted blockbusters, misfires and one lauded Sundance title as Alice in Wonderland, Burlesque, The Kids Are Alright, Red and The Tourist were honored.
International The Fighter Trailer
Brand new UK trailer for The Fighter has been made available for viewing pleasure via IGN.
Director David O. Russell‘s (Three Kings) latest movie, The Fighter dramatizes the real story of welterweight boxer “Irish” Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg) and his half-brother trainer Dicky Ecklund (Christian Bale), who was a boxer himself until his life became dominated by drug addiction and prison sentences.
34 New The Fighter Photos and Movie Clip
Paramount Pictures released this brand new clip and 34 photos from the upcoming film The Fighter, the adult boxing drama/awards contender which stars Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, and Amy Adams.
Synopsis: The story unfolds on the gritty, blue-collar streets of Lowell, Mass, where Dicky was once known as “The Pride of Lowell” having gone the distance with the world champion Sugar Ray Leonard. However, after losing that fight, like the town of Lowell, Dicky’s fallen on hard times. His boxing days are behind him and his life has become shattered by drug abuse.
