• Patrick Goldstein remembers 1939: “When 10 great Oscar nominees really meant 10 great nominees.” [The Big Picture]
• Nikki Finke talks to Sony honcho Amy Pascal in the wake of “The Social Network”‘s post-season stall. [Deadline]
• Marnie Hanel chats with “127 Hours” production designer Suttirat Larlarb, with sketches to boot. [Little Gold Men]
• Steve Pond talks to “The Town” star, and second-time Oscar nominee, Jeremy Renner. [The Odds]
• Nicole Sperling weighs the success of SAG’s iTunes experiment. [The Envelope]
• Scott Feinberg notes what he calls an “unacknowledged reality” of voting on below-the-line categories, though it’s nevertheless a reality that has been consistently acknowledged around these parts for years. In any case, he still misses the point that “pretty” wins over “technical” each and every year in the cinematography race, so it’s finally a good year to bet on Roger Deakins. [ScottFeinberg.com]
• Yet another piece on an Oscar year without color. [New York Times]
• As expected, Marion Cotillard’s name pops up as a possibility for the second female lead of “The Dark Knight Rises.” Talia Al Ghul, anyone? [Coming Soon]
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15 responses to “2/14 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Remembering 1939, Finke talks to Pascal, Marion Cotillard in ‘The Dark Knight Rises?’”
I’d be a little bit disappointed if he casts 3 people from Inception. I’d like to see some fresh faces here, Hathaway aside.
The Dark Knight Rises is shaping up quite nicely. T
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Too bad they can’t work Cotillard’s pregnancy into the storyline.
Damian!
Marion on The Dark Knight Rises? Tahlia al ghul perhaps?
As…noted?
I got Cotillard as either Talia or Sofia Falcone.
True, Sofia was man-ugly in The Long Halloween, but if JGL is in TDKR as Alberto Falcone and Catwoman is (as in TLH) Carmine Falcone’s illegitimate daughter, how cool would it be to have Falcone’s three kids fight it out for the leftovers of his mob empire?
Oh please let this thing with Marion Cotillard happen. For me, she gave the best performance by an actress in a supporting role last year for Inception (Amy Adams was a close second), and I would loooooove to see her given another complicated, badass role. She is a goddess, and should have 3 Oscar nominations by now. Get on that Academy!
While I’d like to see more fresh faces like Hathaway, you really can’t go wrong with Cotillard and Gordon-Levitt.
Good call, Jack.
The official Oscar site has some interesting nominee questionnaires that people should check out. A few I liked,
http://a.oscar.go.com/media/2011/images/questionnaire/best-supporting_actor_jeremy_renner.pdf
http://a.oscar.go.com/media/2011/images/questionnaire/best-docu-feature_restrepo.pdf
Can’t find those on the site for some reason. Is there a link to more?
If you go through the list of nominees, about one for each group of nominees has a link that says “Nominee Questionnaire”.
Example,
http://a.oscar.go.com/nominations/category/actor-in-a-leading-role/bio/javier-bardem/665269
Right now I know Portman, Renner, Bardem, Weaver, Lee Unkrich, Danny Cohen, Desplat all have them. I hope they add more.
Well it looks pretty random. I just noticed every sound editing nominee filled one out.
Are you talking to me, Finke ?
Oups, I am not the said Pascal, sorry…