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2019 Best Original Screenplay Oscars Predictions

September 25, 2018 1:32 pm

You know the love for "Green Book" is strong if it earns a nod from the Writer's Branch, but we still expect Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara's witty script for "The Favourite" to prevail. If "Green Book" does w...

2018 Best Original Screenplay Oscars Predictions

Gregory Ellwood

September 19, 2017 6:16 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

Winner Prediction: 1. Jordan Peele, "Get Out" 2. Greta Gerwig, "Lady Bird" 3. Martin McDonagh, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 4. Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor, "The Shape of Water" 5....

4 Quadrant Podcast: ‘Hell Or High Water’s’ Taylor Sheridan On Oscars And ‘Wind River’

Gregory Ellwood

February 18, 2017 6:40 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Podcasts

When I walked into Taylor Sheridan's hotel room to record this podcast I felt like I'd interrupted something important. There were different shirts lined across the bed and a rack of other options and jackets o...

‘La La Land’ and ‘Deadpool’ Earn Somewhat Surprising WGA Awards Nominations

Gregory Ellwood

January 4, 2017 1:37 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

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The Writers Guild of America announced their nominees for the 2017 WGA Awards this morning, and there were some interesting selections, to say the least. The industry clearly adores "La La Land" as Damien Ch...

Another Day, Another Oscar Surprise As ‘Moonlight’ And ‘Loving’ Deemed Adapted Screenplays

Gregory Ellwood

December 14, 2016 2:51 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

It's been quite a monumental week for this particular awards season. We've had monumental upset nominations at the SAG Awards and somewhat surprising disqualifications in the Original Score race. And now the Ac...

Noah Oppenheim On ‘Bizarre’ Back And Forth Of Making ‘Jackie’ And Covering The Election

Gregory Ellwood

December 2, 2016 1:29 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

Noah Oppenheim has waited a long time for this moment. Today, his first spec script, “Jackie,” is finally hitting theaters. As you’ll soon learn, there were moments when Oppenheim thought it might never happen....

2017 Best Original Screenplay Oscar Predictions

Gregory Ellwood

September 28, 2016 5:29 am

Awards, Awards Campaign

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Prediction based on nominations TOP FIVE 1. Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea” 2. Taylor Sheridan, “Hell or High Water” 3. Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Lobster” 4. Mike Mills, “20th ...

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