Thanks, Santa! Martin Scorsese’s Wolf of Wall Street will be ready in time for this season’s Oscar race after all.
“Wolf of Wall Street,” adapted from Jordan Belfort’s memoir about his meteoric rise and fall as a trader in the 1980s and ’90s, was originally set to open Nov. 15, but Scorsese and longtime editor Thelma Schoonmaker have not yet finished the movie, and making that date has long been considered impossible. A recent cut of the film came in at about three hours; Scorsese is in the process of trimming the film. (LATimes)
Some observers are now wondering what will happen to the Tom Clancy reboot, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. I’m not one of them.
Once again, a pileup of good movies. I wish this and American Hustle were delayed until next year. You know, we peons have just so much $$ to spend on movies & entertainment.
Seems like Monuments Men is moving into early 2014.
Best Christmas gift ever! 🙂
Won’t Wolf of Wall Street and American Hustle cannibalize each other if they both open wide Christmas Day? It’d be like a Superman movie and an Iron Man movie opening the same day.
“The December 25th release date does not mean that Marty and Thelma expect to be pulling an all-nighter on Christmas Eve frantically trying to get done in time for matinee screenings the next day.”
There is not a studio in the world that could make Thelma and Scorsese rush anything. If they say it’s gonna be ready this Christmas, it’s gonna be fucking ready. Even if the movie bombs oscar wise it’s still going to be a helluva show. That’s exacly what this race needs, a late contender not eager to get any awards, but good enough to make “Gravity” and “12 years a slave” trmble a bit. The editing category is still wide open. Go Thelma!!!
Let Thelma Schoonmaker make the big decisions, with Marty basically rubber-stamping from afar. Hasn’t she earned that right at this point? I bet it would be better for it.
I’m not sure it would be better for it but I would think she has. And by the way Scorsese talks about how they work together It doesn’t sound farfetched.
Scorsese must be feeling confident that he will arrive in Marrakech with Wolf of Wall Street already tight and complete in its final form.
Thanks for setting me straight. I buy it.
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I just finished watching a couple of Danish offerings: A HIJACKING (★★★★) which is a much more modest production than CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, but superior in every way. And THE HUNT (★★★★½) I have to say that if the year ended now Mads Mikkelsen would have to be nominated for the Best Actor Oscar. It and MUD should be part of a 2013 master-class on how to properly use 2.35 aspect ratio in small-scale dramas. Why do so many filmmakers abuse the practice so much? Do they feel threatened by TV so they just go with it to get a “cinematic” look?
Thank god! I was so upset thinking this was going to pushed to next year! Woohoo!
So is Bale just not going to be a threat to make the top 5? I thought for sure with one of AH or Out of the Furnace he had a good shot. Tough crowd to break into though.
But if the movie is a huge success both critically and with moviegoers…he’ll bump someone I think.
Bryce – Marrakech shouldn’t need to. Let Thelma Schoonmaker make the big decisions, with Marty basically rubber-stamping from afar. Hasn’t she earned that right at this point? I bet it would be better for it.
If Leo has gone beyond himself (like he didn’t do in Gatsby), I see him replacing Hanks on Jordan88’s list up there. Not like Hanks didn’t bring an A-game, but there are already quibbles about the accent, about receding into the background (until the end), etc. And since Hanks is a lock for that Supporting nomination…just thinking Leo could sneak in here. And if he does, look out for the win. Because as I said, he splits the other four – unlike two, he’s not a first-time nominee, unlike the other two he’s not a septugenarian. Look out.
Why haven’t these people from the Marrakesh FF called Marty and told him he’s relieved from his duty? I mean as a fucking courtesy. That way he and Thelma wouldn’t have to rush their process so much. I have no idea how movie distribution works, but in this digital age I bet the process is much more streamlined than ever. They would probably have 10-15 more days if the director didn’t have to go to this Festival. I realize 15 days might not be that significant, but if it’s the difference between rushing and not rushing someone should call that festival management and ask them whether they read the news. I hope this isn’t another GANGS OF NEW YORK with Marty fans left wondering what could have been –it’d be heartbreaking.
p.s. I’m a fan of GANGS for what it is –not major Scorsese.
“Why haven’t these people from the Marrakesh FF called Marty and told him he’s relieved from his duty? I mean as a fucking courtesy. That way he and Thelma wouldn’t have to rush their process so much.”
What I hope… What I actually believe to be true: The December 25th release date does not mean that Marty and Thelma expect to be pulling an all-nighter on Christmas Eve frantically trying to get done in time for matinee screenings the next day.
Nope, I sincerely believe that they are already far enough along right now that they can both see they can be ready by the end of November. Because, let’s remember, in order to be a truly viable player on the precursor awards circuit, they will need to be sure the movie is finished in time for critics groups to have private screenings well in advance of the first critics awards to be handed out the first week of December and the days to follow.
So I think they can now see the movie is coming together in time for Marty to give his final seal of approval before leaving for Marrakech on November 29.
The NYFCC votes on Dec 3. See what I’m saying? Marty and Thelma’s work needs to be done by Dec. 1 (ish) at the latest.
Scorsese must be feeling confident that he will arrive in Marrakech with Wolf of Wall Street already tight and complete in its final form.
Shit yeah!!! That’ll spice things up this year. Big boost for Matthew McConaughey’s chances in either category. It’s allways good to have a comedic/not-so-serious “back up” when gunning for the prize with a serious dramatic role. Ask Sandra Bullock.
Oh good. I felt like this awards season would have been ruined if it got pushed to next year. 😀
Best Actor just got that much more interesting…
Ejiofor
Hanks
Dern
McConaghey
Redford
DiCaprio
Whitaker
Jordan
Bale
I think only two are locks: Ejiofor and Redford.
We officially have two gamechangers left this year in my opinion. American Hustle was always there but with the question around WoWS, wasn’t sure if there were any others. Now Hustle and Street are both in the mix and could be quite formidable given the directors, cast, etc. Gonna get interesting real quick.
I am a huge Spike Jonze, Joaquin Phoenix and Arcade Fire fan so I may come across as biased, but if reviews are truly exceptional for Her by the time it’s released then I think that will be a big game changer too. Maybe not best picture/director game changer but some of the other big categories.
Testosterone dripping off the screen as the Academy steak eaters growl with satisfaction. It’ll probably be great (too) so why not?
Do like the idea of the return of the late season award winner for a change.
86th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS & WINNERS PREDICTION
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bruce Dern – Nebraska {“Woody Grant”}
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave {“Solomon Northup”}
Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips {“Captain Richard Phillips”}
*Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club {“Ron Woodroof”}
Robert Redford – All is Lost {“Our Man”}
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips {“Muse”}
Daniel Bruhl – Rush {“Niki Lauda”}
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle {“Richie DiMaso”}
*Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave {“Edwin Epps”}
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club {“Rayon”}
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
*Amy Adams – American Hustle {“Sydney Prosser”}
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine {“Jasmine”}
Sandra Bullock – Gravity {“Ryan Stone”}
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County {“Violet Weston”}
Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks {“P.L. Travers”}
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle {“Rosalyn Rosenfeld”}
*Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave {“Patsey”}
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County {“Barbara Weston”}
June Squibb – Nebraska {“Kate Grant”}
Oprah Winfrey – Lee Daniels’ The Butler {“Gloria Gaines”}
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
*The Croods – Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders
Despicable Me 2 – Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud
Frozen – Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
Monsters University – Dan Scanlon
The Wind Rises – Hayao Miyazaki
CINEMATOGRAPHY
12 Years a Slave – Sean Bobbit
Captain Phillips – Barry Ackroyd
*Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki
Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel
The Wolf of Wall Street – Rodrigo Prieto
COSTUME DESIGN
12 Years a Slave – Patricia Norris
The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin
Inside Llewyn Davis – Mary Zophres
Lee Daniels’ The Butler – Ruth E. Carter
*The Wolf of Wall Street – Sandy Powell
DIRECTING
12 Years a Slave – Steve McQueen
American Hustle – David O. Russell
Captain Phillips – Paul Greengrass
*Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón
The Wolf of Wall Street – Martin Scorsese
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer
*Blackfish – Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Stories We Tell – Sarah Polley
The Unknown Known – Errol Morris
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks – Alex Gibney
DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
CaveDigger – Jeffrey Karoff
Jujitsu-ing Reality – Chetin Chabuk
Karama Has No Walls – Sara Ishaq
*The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life – Malcolm Clarke
Recollections – Nathanael Carton
FILM EDITING
12 Years a Slave – Joe Walker
American Hustle – Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Singer
*The Wolf of Wall Street – Thelma Schoonmaker
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Broken Circle Breakdown – Belgium
Gloria – Chile
The Hunt – Denmark
*The Past – Iran
Wadjda – Saudi Arabia
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
*The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
Lee Daniels’ The Butler – Candace Neal and Beverly Jo Pryor
Star Trek Into Darkness – David LeRoy Anderson and Mary L. Mastro
MUSIC (Original Score)
12 Years a Slave – Hans Zimmer
*Gravity – Steven Price
The Monuments Men – Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman
The Wolf of Wall Street – Howard Shore
MUSIC (Original Song)
“Amen” from All is Lost – Music and Lyric by Alex Ebert
“Farewell” from Inside Llewyn Davis – Music and Lyric by Bob Dylan
“Green, Green Rocky Road” from Inside Llewyn Davis – Music and Lyric by Len Chandler and Robert Kaufman
*“Please Mr. Kennedy” from Inside Llewyn Davis – Music and Lyric by Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T-Bone Burnett, Justin Timberlake, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
“Young and Beautiful” from The Great Gatsby – Music by Rick Howels; Lyric by Lana Del Rey
BEST PICTURE
*12 Years a Slave – Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Brad Pitt and Bill Pohlad, Producers
American Hustle – Megan Ellison, Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, Producers
Captain Phillips – Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Scott Rudin, Producers
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers
Inside Llewyn Davis – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen and Scott Rudin, Producers
Lee Daniels’ The Butler – Lee Daniels, Cassian Elwes, Buddy Patrick and Laura Ziskin, Producers
The Monuments Men – George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Producers
Nebraska – Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers
Saving Mr. Banks – Ian Collie, Alison Owen and Philip Steuer, Producers
The Wolf of Wall Street – Riza Aziz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland, Martin Scorsese and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers
PRODUCTION DESIGN
*12 Years a Slave – Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker
The Great Gatsby – Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent
The Monuments Men – Production Design: James D. Bissell; Set Decoration: Bernhard Henrich
Saving Mr. Banks – Production Design: Michael Corenblith; Set Decoration: Susan Benjamin
SOUND EDITING
*Captain Phillips – Oliver Tarney
Gravity – Glenn Freemantle
Rush – Frank Kruse
Star Trek Into Darkness – Matthew Wood
The Wolf of Wall Street – Philip Stockton
SOUND MIXING
All is Lost – Gillian Arthur and Micah Bloomberg
Captain Phillips – Pud Cusack and Tim Fraser
*Gravity – Chris Munro and Skip Lievsay
Inside Llewyn Davis – Peter F. Kurland and Greg Orloff
Rush – Paul Paragon and Stefan Korte
VISUAL EFFECTS
Elysium – Peter Muyzers, Grady Cofer, Jonathan Harb, Erik Nordby and Stephen Pepper
*Gravity – Tony Clark, Matt Kasmir, Richard McBride and Ben Morris
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Eric Saindon and Joe Letteri
Man of Steel – John ‘D.J.’ Des Jardin, Dan Lemmon, Keith Miller, Guillaume Rocheron, Chad Wiebe and Ged Wright
Pacific Rim – John Knoll, James E. Price, Nigel Sumner and Zachary Tucker
WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)
*12 Years a Slave – Screenplay by John Ridley
Before Midnight – Screenplay by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips – Screenplay by Billy Ray
The Monuments Men – Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
The Wolf of Wall Street – Screenplay by Terence Winter
WRITING (Original Screenplay)
*American Hustle – Written by Eric Singer & David O. Russell
Gravity – Written by Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón
Inside Llewyn Davis – Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Nebraska – Written by Bob Nelson
Saving Mr. Banks – Written by Kelly Marcel & Sue Smith
* indicates the winner.
– 12 Years a Slave scored 11 nominations, won 5 Oscars including Best Picture.
– Gravity scored 10 nominations, won 5 Oscars including Best Director.
– Captain Phillips scored 9 nominations, won 1 Oscar.
– The Wolf of Wall Street scored 8 nominations, won 2 Oscars.
– American Hustle scored 7 nominations, won 2 Oscars including Best Lead Actress.
Why not just give ‘Wolf’ an Oscar qualifying limited run in late December, expand it nationwide in January and keep ‘Jack Ryan’ where it is ? If ‘Wolf’ is considered such a strong Oscar player by the studio that they were willing to go through all this trouble to release it in time, they can probably count on great WOM from a limited run, then a good two months of Oscar-buzz helping with the BO legs. It’s not like ‘Wolf’ is the kind of movie people would come out in droves to see during the Holiday Season, BUT it could play to record PTA in limited run, giving it great press before the nationwide expansion. Long story short, if for no other reason, simply because the Scorsese/DiCaprio due had already proven they can sell a film in the first few months of the year even without Oscar-buzz (Shutter Island ), ‘Wolf’ could definitely make a lot of money in the January/February period, meanwhile Jack Ryan isn’t guaranteed to do the same. It is supposed to be a franchise reboot that will probably need the lucrative Holiday business to succeed since it can’t really rely on a huge movie star and a legendary director who can pack theaters in any month of the year.
For what it’s worth, I’m glad it will be released this year, the race started to become boring, at least we still have a few films with the potential to spice things up a bit, and Scorsese never disappoints, not really !
I was so confused! I thought the studio would either confirm or deny the rumours much sooner, so I’d no idea whether to believe them or not. Had a suspicion it’d be released this year, though.