The Hollywood Reporter (Weekly)
The Oscar Nominations Are In
THR’s awards expert highlights some notable inclusions and omissions from the Academy’s Jan. 24 announcement
BEST PICTURE All Quiet on the Western Front
Netflix’s Germanlanguage World War I epic landed nine Oscar nominations. An international feature nom was always expected; now it’s plausible that the film could follow in the footsteps of the 1930 version that won best picture.
BEST DIRECTOR James Cameron Avatar: The Way of Water
25 years after winning this award for Titanic and 13 years after being nominated for it for Avatar, Cameron was denied another nom for Avatar’s sequel. It received just four noms: picture, production design, sound and VFX.
BEST ACTOR Paul Mescal Aftersun
The Irishman’s a firsttime Oscar nominee thanks to his haunting portrayal of a young dad in Charlotte Wells’ debut feature, beating out stars like Tom Cruise and Hugh Jackman. Turning 27 next month, he’d be the category’s youngest-ever winner.
BEST ACTRESS Andrea Riseborough To Leslie
The Brit’s unexpected nomination for a strong turn in a tiny indie provoked audible gasps at the noms announcement. Many are impressed with the grassroots campaign that led to it; others found it distastefully thirsty.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Dolly de Leon Triangle of Sadness
It’s hard to understand how Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winning film scored picture, director and screenplay noms but not one for de Leon, whose performance was recognized with the L.A. Film Critics Association prize, as well as Golden Globe and BAFTA noms.
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE Decision to Leave (South Korea)
Park Chan-wook, last year’s best director winner at Cannes for this neo-noir romantic mystery, is still seeking his first Oscar nom, with his film having been passed over in favor of All Quiet on the Western Front; Argentina, 1985; Close; EO; and The Quiet Girl.
Ray Stevenson (Gersh) has replaced Kevin
Spacey in historical drama 1242: Gateway to the
West, from director Péter Soós. Galloping Entertainment will shop rights at EFM in Berlin.
DIGITAL/TV
Viola Davis (CAA) and her JuVee Productions banner has signed a first-look TV and new-media deal with Entertainment One. JuVee had been based at Amazon with a TV pact.
Betty Gilpin (CAA),
Dane DeHaan (CAA),
Jai Courtney (UTA) and Shea Whigham (WME)
have joined the Taylor Kitsch-led Western series American Primeval
at Netflix.
Finn Jones (CAA), Francesca Reale (Gersh), Embeth Davidtz (CAA)
and Brenda Strong (SDB Partners) joined Starz’s Katherine Langford-led
drama series The Venery of Samantha Bird.
Michael Grassi (WME) is set to write and Lee
Toland Krieger (WME) to direct a drama pilot titled Wolf, based on the books of neurologist Oliver Sacks, for NBC. Andy Serkis and Greg Berlanti are among the exec producers.
Heather McMahan
(UTA) sold a script for
I Can’t Right Now, based loosely on her own life, and is also attached to star in the series for NBC. Universal TV and Annapurna are producing.
Chantelle Wells (CAA) and Azie Tesfai’s
(Artists & Reps) scripted drama series on the Queen
of Sheba was put into development by Onyx Collective.
Naveen Andrews
(Gersh) will star in Freevee comedy series The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh, from showrunner
Vijal Patel.
Ethan Embry (APA) and Sunny Mabrey (People Store) are joining the cast of DC Comics drama Gotham Knights at The CW.
Frankie Muniz
(APA) teamed with NEO Studios to produce a docuseries that will
chronicle his dream of racing in NASCAR events.
RENEWED/CANCELED HBO Max has canceled its revival of Gossip Girl after two seasons, as showrunner Josh Safran says the series will be shopped.
Starz’s Outlander is ending with season eight but will get a prequel, Outlander: Blood of My Blood,
that will keep showrunner Matthew B. Roberts
running the franchise.
Apple TV+ has canceled showrunner Neil Cross’ The Mosquito Coast after two seasons.
CBS picked up a sixth season of the Cedric the Entertainer-starring
comedy The Neighborhood
and a fifth season of the
Chuck Lorre-produced
Bob Hearts Abishola while it winds down NCIS: Los Angeles, led by showrunner
R. Scott Gemmill,
with season 14.
Netflix picked up a sixth and final season of Cobra Kai from creators Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz
and Hayden Schlossberg.
REAL ESTATE
Tom Ford bought a 10,175-square-foot, five-bedroom mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, for $51 million.
Benito Antonio
Martinez Ocasio, aka Bad Bunny, bought a 7,316-square-foot, eight-bedroom residence in the Hollywood Hills for $8.8 million.
Pod Save America
co-host Jon Favreau has listed a 3,399-squarefoot, four-bedroom home in Hancock Park for $4.4 million.
Donald Faison and CaCee Cobb bought a 5,117-square-foot, six-bedroom home in Tarzana for $3.2 million. — COMPILED BY ERIK HAYDEN