MUDBOUND
Dee Rees’ racially charged epic, set in rural Mississippi post-WorldWar II, already is garnering serious Oscar talk after earning multiple standing ovations at its Sundance premiere. Although the star- studded drama with Carey Mulligan and Straight Outta Compton’s Jason Mitchell has yet to land a distributor, expect a deal soon. There’s talk that “the thing holding up the deal is working out what sort of awards campaign the interested distributors would mount,” Buchanan says. “The team behind that film is very interested in making ( Rees) the first black female director to get a best director nomination.”