by Nathaniel R
Today is a big day. It's Globe fallout day but also the day when the guilds start announcing en masse. Today we heard from the writers, the editors, and the art directors guilds to give us more clues as to which films the industry is gaga for. The only films that scored at all three guilds were A Star is Born and Roma, which NOT COINCIDENTALLY feel like the two most likely films to win Best Picture on Oscar night, give or take Black Panther.
The nominations are all after the jump...
WRITERS GUILD AWARDS
Best Adapted Screenplay
- BlacKkKlansman
- Black Panther
- Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- A Star is Born
Best Original Screenplay
- Eighth Grad
- Green Book
- A Quiet Place
- Roma
- Vice
The Writers Guild nominations rarely line up exactly with Oscar because the guild rules are such that several films are always ineligible. For instance this year The Favourite, Sorry to Bother You, Isle of Dogs, Hereditary, are ineligible for the WGA but could pop up at Oscar. As for the adapted titles, Incredibles 2 was ineligible here but could be nominated at the Oscars (the original film was a screenplay nominee) and so were Death of Stalin and Leave No Trace which are very much still in the conversation for writing.
I suppose we should breathe a sigh of relief that the writers didn't acknowledge Bohemian Rhapsody?
ART DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS
Period Film
- THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS Production Designer:JESS GONCHOR
- BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Production Designer:AARON HAYE
- THE FAVOURITE Production Designer:FIONA CROMBIE
- FIRST MAN Production Designer:NATHAN CROWLEY
- ROMA Production Designer:EUGENIO CABALLERO
Excuse me, where is If Beale Street Could Talk? Its production design is gor-geous.
Fantasy Film
- BLACK PANTHER Production Designer:HANNAH BEACHLER
- FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD Production Designer:STUART CRAIG
- THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS Production Designer:JON HUTMAN
- MARY POPPINS RETURNS Production Designer: JOHN MYHRE
- READY PLAYER ONE Production Designer: ADAM STOCKHAUSEN
Excuse me, where is Annihilation?
Contemporary Film
- A QUIET PLACE Production Designer: JEFFREY BEECROFT
- A STAR IS BORN Production Designer: KAREN MURPHY
- CRAZY RICH ASIANS Production Designer: NELSON COATES
- MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT Production Designer: PETER WENHAM
- WELCOME TO MARWEN Production Designer: STEFAN DECHANT
Excuse me, where is Hereditary? Widows would have also been a good choice.
AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS AWARDS
ACE have announced their nominations in three categories for the 69th annual "Eddie" Awards. Here are their nominees and for some reason they have categories with 3, 4, or 5 nominees and you know how crazy that makes us.
Best Edited Feature, Drama
- BlacKkKlansman, Barry Alexander Brown
- Bohemian Rhapsody, John Ottman
- First Man, Tom Cross
- Roma, Alfonso Cuarón & Adam Gough
- A Star is Born, Jay Cassidy
So is Bohemian Rhapsody nominated because Ottman, managed to stitch the entire Frankenstein beast together and the seams only show every 10 minutes or so? Or is it just because they like the movie?
Best Edited Feature, Comedy
- Crazy Rich Asians, Myron Kerstein
- Deadpool 2, Craig Alpert, Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir, Dirk Westervelt
- The Favourite, Yorgos Mavropsaridis
- Green Book, Patrick J Don Vito
- Vice, Hank Corwin
Deadpool 2, groan. Why isn't Eighth Grade here?
Best Edited Feature, Animated
- Incredibles 2, Stephen Schaffer
- Isle of Dogs, Andrew Weisblum, Ralph Foster, Edward Bursch
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Robert Fisher Jr
Best Edited Documentary Feature
- Free Solo, Bob Eisenhardt
- RBG, Carla Gutierrez
- Three Idential Strangers, Michael Harte
- Won't You Be My Neighbor, Jeff Malmberg, Aaron Wickenden
Best Edited Documentary (Non-Theatrical)
- A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making, Martin Singer
- Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, Greg Finton, Poppy Das
- Wild Wild Country, Part 3, Neil Meiklejohn
- The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling, Joe Beshenkovsky
Best Edited Comedy Series for Commercial Television
- Atlanta: “Alligator Man”, Isaac Hagy
- Atlanta: “Teddy Perkins”, Kyle Reiter
- The Good Place: “Don’t Let the Good Life Pass You By” Eric Kissack
- Portlandia: “Rose Route” Jordan Kim, Ali Greer, Heather Capps & Stacy Moon
Best Edited Comedy Series for Non-Commercial Television
- Barry: “Make Your Mark” Jeff Buchanan
- Insecure: “Obsessed-Like” Nena Erb, ACE
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: “Simone” Kate Sanford, ACE
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: “We’re Going to the Catskills!” Tim Streeto, ACE
Best Edited Drama Series for Commercial Television
- The Americans: “Start” Daniel Valverde
- Better Call Saul: “Something Stupid” Skip Macdonald, ACE
- Better Call Saul: “Winner” Chris McCaleb
- Killing Eve: “Nice Face” Gary Dollner, ACE
God, "Nice Face" is such a great pilot episode.
Best Edited Drama Series for Non-Commercial Television
- Bodyguard: “Episode 1” Steve Singleton
- Homecoming: “Redwood” Rosanne Tan
- Ozark: “One Way Out” Cindy Mollo, ACE & Heather Goodwin Floyd
- Westworld: “The Passenger” Andrew Seklir, ACE, Anna Hauger & Mako Kamitsuna
Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television
- The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story: “A Random Killing” Emily Greene
- Escape at Dannemora: “Better Days” Malcolm Jamieson & Geoffrey Richman ACE
- Sharp Objects: “Milk” Véronique Barbe, Dominique Champagne, Justin Lachance, Maxime Lahaie, Émile Vallée & Jai M. Vee
Best Edited Non-Scripted Series
- Anthony Bourdain – Parts Unknown: “West Virginia” Hunter Gross, ACE
- Deadliest Catch: “Storm Surge” Rob Butler, ACE
- Naked & Afraid: “Fire and Fury” Molly Shock, ACE and Jnani Butler