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2007-08 Oscar Calendar



[Monday, December 3, 2007]

Official Screen Credits
Forms Due.


[Wednesday, December 26, 2007]

Nominations ballots mailed.


[Saturday, January 12, 2008]

Nominations polls close
5 p.m. PST.


[Tuesday, January 22, 2008]

Nominations announced
5:30 a.m. PST
Samuel Goldwyn Theater


[Wednesday, January 30, 2008]

Final ballots mailed.


[Monday, February 4, 2008]

Nominees Luncheon


[Saturday, February 9, 2008]

Scientific and Technical
Awards Dinner


[Tuesday, February 19, 2008]

Final polls close 5 p.m. PST.


[Sunday, February 24, 2008]

79th Annual
Academy Awards Presentation
Kodak Theatre

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Predicting The Week In Guilds: WGA

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The writers are ALSO joining the chorus tomorrow, following on the heels of last week's USC Scripter nominations announcement. Here's a look:


WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA (WGA) Predictions


Best Adapted Screenplay:
"The Departed," William Monahan
"The Devil Wears Prada," Aline Brosh McKenna
"The Illusionist," Neil Burger
"Notes on a Scandal," Patrick Marber
"Thank You for Smoking," Jason Reitman
(alt.: "Little Children," Todd Field, Tom Perotta)


Best Original Screenplay:
"Babel," Guillermo Arriaga
"Borat," Peter Baynham, Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Mazer
"Little Miss Sunshine," Michael Arndt
"The Queen," Peter Morgan
"Stranger than Fiction," Zach Helm
(alt. "A Prairie Home Companion," Garrison Keillor)


If there's anything the WGA appreciates, it's comedy. This is a guild who extended nominations to films like "The 40 Year Old Virgin," "Bend it Like Beckham," "Mean Girls," and "The Station Agent" in years past. So it goes without saying that anything that tickles the funnybone - well - at least anything that does so successfully and creatively, is bound to have a leg to stand on.


The WGA also isn't the sort of group to try and predict their own category at the Oscars, let alone the eventual Best Picture line-up. Sometimes Best Picture nominees are simply left out to pasture here. You're dealing with a lot of television folks who really just want to recognize what they like the most, and more often than not, that means thinking outside the box. I applaud them for that.


Be sure to check out the ASC and CDG previews below. We'll forecast the American Cinema Editors tomorrow.

Comments

They really are one of the more interesting guilds. I mean, didn't they give Bowling for Columbine the Original Screenplay prize?

I take it Todd Field is actually a member this time around?

is it true that there's a possibility the screenplay of BABEL is not elegible or something because Arriaga isn't a WGA member or something like that... many OWers are not predicting it because of that... you know anything about that?

No, the film was made under signatory rules so Arriaga is eligible. It isn't about "being a member," it's about the production being a signatory.

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2008 Year in Advance Predictions


UPDATED: 2/25/2008





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[Motion Picture]

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“Doubt”

“Frost/Nixon”

“Revolutionary Road”

“The Soloist”



[Directing]

David Fincher
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Ron Howard
“Frost/Nixon”

Gus Van Sant
“Milk”

Sam Mendes
“Revolutionary Road”

Joe Wright
“The Soloist”



[Actor in a Leading Role]

Benicio Del Toro
“The Argentine”

Jamie Foxx
“The Soloist”

Frank Langella
“Frost/Nixon”

Sean Penn
“Milk”

Brad Pitt
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”



[Actress in a Leading Role]

Vera Farmiga
“Nothing But the Truth”

Angelina Jolie
“Changeling”

Julianne Moore
“Blindness”

Meryl Streep
“Doubt”

Kate Winslet
“Revolutionary Road”



[Actor in a Supporting Role]

Josh Brolin
“Milk”

Russell Crowe
“Body of Lies”

Robert Downey, Jr.
“The Soloist”

Heath Ledger
“The Dark Knight”

Michael Sheen
“Frost/Nixon”



[Actress in a Supporting Role]

Amy Adams
“Doubt”

Kathy Bates
“Revolutionary Road”

Cate Blanchett
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Catherine Keener
“The Soloist”

Carice van Houten
“Body of Lies”



[Writing, Adapted Screenplay]

“Body of Lies”

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“Doubt”

“Frost/Nixon”

“Revolutionary Road”



[Writing, Original Screenplay]

“Changeling”

“Hamlet 2”

“Milk”

“The Soloist”

“WALL·E”



[Art Direction]

“Australia”

“Defiance”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”

“Red Cliff”

“Revolutionary Road”



[Cinematography]

“Australia”

“The Dark Knight”

“Defiance”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”

“Revolutionary Road”



[Costume Design]

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“Doubt”

“The Other Boleyn Girl”

“Red Cliff”

“Revolutionary Road”



[Film Editing]

“Body of Lies”

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“Defiance”

“Frost/Nixon”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”



[Makeup]

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“The Dark Knight”

“Red Cliff”



[Music, Original Score]

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”

“The Soloist”

“Revolutionary Road”

“WALL·E”



[Music, Original Song]

coming soon



[Sound Editing]

“Defiance”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”

“Iron Man”

“Speed Racer”

“WALL·E”



[Sound Mixing]

“Defiance”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”

“Cloverfield”

“The Chronicles of Narnia:
Prince Caspian”

“WALL·E”



[Visual Effects]

“The Chronicles of Narnia:
Prince Caspian”

“The Incredible Hulk”

“Iron Man”



[Animated Feature Film]

“9”

“Kung Fu Panda”

“WALL·E”



[Foreign Language Film]

coming soon



[Documentary, Features]

coming soon



[Documentary, Short Subjects]

coming soon



[Short Film, Animated]

coming soon



[Short Film, Live Action]

coming soon