The sniping and backstabbing has already begun, but has it affected the best picture race at all? Plus: A brand new feature. Rank the top 10 contenders as you see them.
Contender Countdown: It's already hard out there for a best picture player
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 5:25 pm · September 12th, 2013
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Mark Wahlberg and friends go to Afghanistan in the trailer for Peter Berg's 'Lone Survivor'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:14 pm · July 31st, 2013
Back in June it was announced that Universal would be slating Peter Berg’s Afghanistan drama “Lone Survivor” for an Oscar qualifying run. With only Ron Howard’s “Rush” to work with otherwise (a film I hear is a knock-out), the studio needed the extra firepower. Today a trailer for the film arrived.
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Universal slates Peter Berg/Mark Wahlberg Afghanistan war drama 'Lone Survivor' for Oscar play
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:28 pm · June 5th, 2013
Peter Berg’s “Lone Survivor” tells the story of four Navy SEALS ambushed in an ill-fated covert mission to thwart a high0level Taliban operative. It’s apparently solid enough for the studio to position it in the thick of the awards hunt with a 12/27 qualifying release platformed out to other markets in January of 2014. After the disaster that was “Battleship,” Berg could sure use a bounce back.
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