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Gotham Awards: ‘Moonlight’ Won Big; Complete Winners List

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The film awards season has officially begun, and “Moonlight” appears to be on a glorious path. Directed by Barry Jenkins, the movie won best feature at the 26th annual Gotham Independent Awards on Monday. “Moonlight”, which chronicles the life of a young black man as he struggles in rough neighborhood of Miami, also won best screenplay, best ensemble and the audience awards, a good start to boost the movie’s momentum towards next year’s Academy Awards.

The 2016 Gotham Independent Film Awards honors the best independent filmmaking, and were hosted by Keegan-Michael Key on Monday night at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.

In additiona to the competitive awards, the night also paidtributes to actors Amy Adams and Ethan Hawke, director Oliver Stone and producer Arnon Milchan

Here’s the complete list of winners:

Best Feature
Moonlight

Best Actor
Casey Affleck in Manchester by the Sea

Best Actress
Isabelle Huppert in Elle

Audience Award
Moonlight

Best Documentary
O.J.: Made in America
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Kevin Feige: ‘Avengers’, ‘X-Men’ Crossover Is an “Impossibility”

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Spider-Man might have crossed over to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Captain America: Civil War this year, which prompted fan anticipation for possibility of a broader crossovers with X-Men and Fantastic Four sometime in the future like in the Marvel Comics.

Well, don’t get your hopes up. Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige recently put an end to this speculation during a recent interview and makes it pretty clear that such crossover won’t happen anytime soon.

“It’s an impossibility at this juncture. We certainly have enough films to keep us busy for a number of lifetimes,” Feige stated during a recent interview with Variety.

Although film rights for the mutants of X-Men and the characters of Fantastic Four are owned by 20th Century Fox, many people from both Marvel and Fox camps have expressed interest in seeing them come together, such as MCU directors Russo Brothers and Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman.

In the meantime, we can all look forward to Logan, the next X-Men movie directed James Mangold, and Guardians Vol. 2 next year. Logan comes out March 2, followed shortly by Guardians Vol 2 on April 25.

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Trailer for Martin Scorsese’s latest film ‘Silence’

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Between ‘Silence’ and the unexpected success of ‘Hacksaw Ridge’, it appears that Andrew Garfield is having a sensational year.

Based on Shusaku Endo’s 1966 novel about a Portuguese Jesuit priest persecuted in 17th century Japan, Silence is Martin Scorsese’s latest epic movie and it looks like another Oscar contender.

Considered “one of the twentieth century’s finest novels”, Endo’s original novel wrestles with themes of religious discrimination in Japan and racism in France. In 1971 the novel was adapted for the screen by Japanese director Masahiro Shinoda, and in 2007, Scorsese announced his intention to direct his own adaption, although its been reported that he really wanted to make ‘Silence’ long before that.

The trailer starts with lead Andrew Garfield’s Father Rodrigues and Adam Driver’s Father Garrpe conversing about a journey to find their mentor Father Ferreira, played by Liam Neeson. But this plan comes with Father Valignano’s (Ciarán Hinds) ominous warming: “The moment you set foot in that country, you step into high danger.” What follows is a collage of intense scenes of violence, religious imagery and executions.

‘Silence’ is primed for awards contention, as it opens in limited release on Dec.23, 2016, just in time for Oscar consideration, followed by expansion in early 2017. See ‘Silence’ trailer below:

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Spirit Awards 2016 Nominations

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Nominations for the 32nd annual Independent Spirit Awards were announced on Nov. 22. Leading the charge this year were “Moonlight,” “Manchester by the Sea,” “Jackie,” “American Honey” and “Chronic”, all of which were nominated for best independent features of 2016.

The nominations were announced by Edgar Ramirez and Jenny Slate at the W Hotel in Hollywood. Winners will be announced out on Feb. 25, one day before the Oscars in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, California.

Here’s the complete list of noms:

BEST FEATURE

American Honey
Chronic
Jackie
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

BEST FIRST FEATURE

The Childhood of a Leader
Director: Brady Corbet
Producers: Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Chris Coen, Ron Curtis, Helena Danielsson, Mona Fastvold, István Major

The Fits
Director/Producer: Anna Rose Holmer
Producer: Lisa Kjerulff

Other People
Director: Chris Kelly
Producers: Sam Bisbee, Adam Scott, Naomi Scott

Swiss Army Man
Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Producers: Miranda Bailey, Lawrence Inglee, Lauren Mann, Amanda Marshall, Eyal Rimmon, Jonathan Wang

The Witch
Director: Robert Eggers
Producers: Daniel Bekerman, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Jodi Redmond, Rodrigo Teixeira

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Jason Momoa’s axe-throwing skills isn’t just an act

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It looks like Jason found a perfect promo for the second season of Frontier.

The six-foot-three hulk was recently seen at Jack Axes Inc in St. John’s in Newfoundland, showing off his axe-throwing skills and easily hits the bullseye (some 30 feet from target with minimal effort).

Momoa, best known for his role as Khal Drogo in HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” is in St. John’s filming Discovery Canada’s “Frontier” season 2 where Momoa plays a fur-trading outlaw, Declan Harp. Frontier premiered on Nov. 6, and will continue to air until Dec. 11.

“I’m Jason Momoa. I like beer and throwing tomahawks. And if you’re in Newfoundland, you should come down to Jack Axes.”

It remains to be seen how such skills will be on display in any of his upcoming films Aquaman and Justice League. We’ll just have to wait and see.

Justice League will hit theaters November 17th, 2017 while Aquaman follows on July 26, 2018.

I love beer and throwing Hawks mahalo @jackaxesinc BOOM

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The Overlook Film Festival

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BRAND NEW GENRE FEST IN MT.HOOD, OREGON TO LAUNCH ON APRIL 27, 2017
A 4-day celebration at horror’s most iconic hotel

Los Angeles, October 31, 2016 – The Overlook Film Festival, a four-day celebration at horror’s most iconic hotel The Timberline Lodge – the hotel used as the exterior setting of the infamous Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece THE SHINING – will kickoff for the first time from April 27 through April 30, 2017. The festivity is expected to showcase experiential events, exciting work in new and classic horror cinema, and interactive activities where attendees can be fully immersed in the diverse world of the genre space. Located just one hour east of Portland, Oregon, The Overlook Film Festival will attract genre fans and cinephiles from all over the world along with major press and industry members who are excited for this unique experience.

The annual four-day celebration is created by veteran festival organizers Michael Lerman and Landon Zakheim, both sharing a passion and a vision for providing a rare experience for fans to not just watch the latest work from emerging genre filmmakers but to also connect with each other in order to foster a creative and engaging community. The duo plan to bring their signature events to the festival, including a full weekend long immersive game from interactive company Bottleneck Immersive and an original live version of radio play “Tales From Beyond The Pale” by Glass Eye Pix.

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Joss Whedon is interested to make a Star Wars film

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Joss Whedon speaking at Comic-con
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In an interview with Complex, Whedon talked about many topics including his reappearance with SaveTheDay, returning to TV, his current script (“It’s a historical fiction slash horror movie about a time when the world was going insane, World War II,” he revealed), and the upcoming Wonder Woman movie.

But the most interesting tidbit came when Whedon asked about his interest towards other movie franchises. Following his experience on the Avengers movies, is answer was pretty forthcoming:

“I mean, it’s a fun thing to do, to put yourself in the service of something if you think you can add an interpretation. It’s no different than any other storytelling. Do I want to make a ‘Star Wars’ movie? Yeah.”

Then he adds.
“I was like, “I don’t want to make a Star Wars movie. Like, god dammit, why?” But I saw the trailer for Rogue awhile ago and I was like, “I want to do that.” To make a Star Wars movie and not be wed to the bigger picture.”

Its an interesting thought that is not entirely beyond the realm of possibility, given the recent comments by Disney CEO Bob Iger regarding the future of the Star Wars franchise, which “mapped out” multiple Star Wars movies in the future.

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The first Logan trailer is here!

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After 16 years of playing the character since X-Men debuted in 2000, Hugh Jackman is playing Wolverine one last time. Set to Johnny Cash’s cover of “Hurt” by Nine Inch Nails, the grim and haunting trailer shows Wolverine in a time when mutants are on the run and hunted by government assassins. The trailer also shows Charles Xavier (Parick Stewart) trying to help Logan in protecting Laura, who according to Twentieth Century Fox’s synopsis, is a female clone of Wolverine.

Directed by James Mangold (who directed Walk the Line, which by the way chronicles the life of country music legend Johnny Cash), Logan hits theaters March 3, 2017. Patrick Stewart returns to reprise his role of Professor Charles Xavier, while Boyd Holbrook is the villain Donald Pierce. The film co-stars Doris Morgado, Sienna Novikov, and Richard E. Grant.

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New action-packed Wonder Woman Trailer released

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Following the release of the first Wonder Woman trailer at Comic-Con a couple of months ago, Warner Bros. and DC have released a new international trailer for Wonder Woman.

Producer Deborah Snyder recently said that the movie will have a “very different tone to Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad“. ‘We pick directors who have their own points of view, so that each of our films will have their own personality’.

In other related DC news, Ben Affleck recently revealed that the solo Batman film is expected to release sometime in 2018 and is aptly titled “The Batman”.

Directed by Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman stars Gal Gadot – who plays the titular role, and also star Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen and David Thewlis. The movie hits theaters on June 2, 2017.

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Mifune: The Last Samurai trailer

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Mifune: The Last Samurai is a new documentary by filmmaker Steven Okazaki, who won an Oscar for the documentary short subject, Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo (1990). Mifune screened at the Venice and Telluride film festivals and will get a select theatrical release in late November and early December.

Narrated by Keanu Reeves, the documentary includes interviews with: Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Teruyo Nogami (Kurosawa’s longtime script supervisor), Kyoko Kagawa (RED BEARD), Yoshio Tsuchiya (SEVEN SAMURAI), Takeshi Kato (THRONE OF BLOOD), Yoko Tsukasa (YOJIMBO), and many more. The feature-length documentary explores the evolution of the samurai film; Mifune’s childhood and World War II experience; his accidental entry into the movies; and dynamic but sometimes turbulent collaboration with Kurosawa.

Here is the official trailer and synopsis for Mifune: The Last Samurai:

Mifune: The Last Samurai, a new film by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki, explores the accidental movie career of Toshiro Mifune, one of the true giants of world cinema. Mifune made 16 remarkable films with director Akira Kurosawa during the Golden Age of Japanese Cinema, including Rashomon, Seven Samurai and Yojimbo. Together they thrilled audiences and influenced filmmaking around the world, providing direct inspiration for not only The Magnificent Seven and Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood’s breakthrough, A Fistful of Dollars, but also George Lucas’ Star Wars.

Mifune: The Last Samurai opens theatrically on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016 in NY, Dec.2 in Los Angeles, Dec. 9 in San Francisco, and a wider national release to follow.

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