Nic Cage is a huge movie buff, so he knew exactly where he wanted to go with things. So we tried three noses. I was pushing for more of a classic plastic surgery nose, the smaller one, and I got voted out. He and the director were like, we tried it and they were right. It didn’t look as good as the final nose.
Nic Cage is a huge movie buff, so he knew exactly where he wanted to go with things. So we tried three noses. I was pushing for more of a classic plastic surgery nose, the smaller one, and I got voted out. He and the director were like, we tried it and they were right. It didn’t look as good as the final nose.
That’s one of those happy accidents where that squeak comes from that moment on set and there’s a natural progression to how that windshield chill wiper sounded based on the amount of snowfall that was hitting the windshield. So when the windshield was initially dry, it was grating, and then as the snowfall continued, it slowly changed over time until it became basically like a whisper.
With every show I have done with Ryan, there is a defining color, and it’s one of the first things we discussed during our initial prep. For instance, with Ratched, it was green. Hollywood was mustard and golden tones. Dahmer was a dingy, depressing yellow, and Monsters was blue.
The night scene on the staircase where the three cardinals discuss doing tactical voting. I really like that scene. It feels like the essence of the film, which is on the one hand these are religious men and on the other hand it’s kind of like a secular election. There’s a sort of paranoid aspect to it as well. They’re quite nervous the whole time.
I happen to think that the films that I do, I feel like in the end, are not going to be disposable, that they’re going to be movies that people want to revisit. So it’s up to me to make sure every detail goes into them so when they do revisit it, they enjoy it even more or see something they never saw.
When we were forensically figuring out this arc, we broke the script down into three sections that would guide us through his evolution. One was arriving in New York in ’61-’62, becoming well known in ’63-’64, and eventually in ’65 you can see he’s really adopted the mod look, that would become the kind of beginning of this Bob Dylan, the icon we know today.
Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting, television, streaming, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing during 2024. Winners will be honored at the 2025 Writers Guild Awards ceremony on Saturday, February 15.
The SAG Awards® announced the nominees for the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® honoring outstanding stunt, individual, cast and ensemble performances for the past year. The 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, produced by Silent House Productions in partnership with SAG-AFTRA, will stream live globally on Netflix Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT from the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall.
The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) has announced the nominees for its 29th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards. The ADG Awards celebrate excellence in production design across theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos, and animated feature films. The 2025 Cinematic Imagery Award will be presented to Academy Award®-nominated director and filmmaker Jason Reitman, whose body of work includes “Juno,” “Up in the Air” and “Saturday Night.”
The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 are (in alphabetical order):
The CAS Award nominees highlight the outstanding contributions of sound mixers, recognizing excellence in the specialized craft of sound mixing for both film and television. Each year, accomplished CAS members—who possess extensive expertise in the art and science of sound—carefully review hundreds of projects to ensure the nominees truly reflect excellence in sound mixing in Motion Picture and Television entertainment.
Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE), the premier organization of entertainment sound editing professionals since 1953, announced today the nominations for the 72nd Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards, honoring outstanding achievement in sound editing, sound design, music editing and foley artistry in film, television and gaming. Winners will be announced at the annual gala on February 23, 2025 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. Please find a full list of nominations below.