The Color Purple costume designer Francine Jamison-Tanchuck will be honored with the Career Achievement Award at the 26th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards this year.
The award recognizes “an individual whose career in costume design has left an indelible mark on film and television.” Previous recipients include Ruth E. Carter, Deborah L. Scott, Michael Kaplan, Joanna Johnston, Jeffrey Kurland, Ellen Mirojnick, Sandy Powell, Marlene Stewart, Ruth Meyers, Ann Roth, Milena Canonero, Albert Wolsky, Colleen Atwood, and Theoni Aldredge, Sharen Davis, April Ferry, Aggie Rodgers, Judianna Makovsky and Eduardo Castro, among many others.
“Try not to allow someone’s negative thoughts or comments keep you from moving forward creatively. You can be nervous, but don’t be afraid to risk taking the first steps even if you can’t completely see the staircase!” says Jamison-Tanchuck.
Jamison-Tanchuck’s credits include Regina King’s triple-Oscar nominated One Night in Miami as well as...
The award recognizes “an individual whose career in costume design has left an indelible mark on film and television.” Previous recipients include Ruth E. Carter, Deborah L. Scott, Michael Kaplan, Joanna Johnston, Jeffrey Kurland, Ellen Mirojnick, Sandy Powell, Marlene Stewart, Ruth Meyers, Ann Roth, Milena Canonero, Albert Wolsky, Colleen Atwood, and Theoni Aldredge, Sharen Davis, April Ferry, Aggie Rodgers, Judianna Makovsky and Eduardo Castro, among many others.
“Try not to allow someone’s negative thoughts or comments keep you from moving forward creatively. You can be nervous, but don’t be afraid to risk taking the first steps even if you can’t completely see the staircase!” says Jamison-Tanchuck.
Jamison-Tanchuck’s credits include Regina King’s triple-Oscar nominated One Night in Miami as well as...
- 1/9/2024
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Thirteen years after Academy Award®-winner James Cameron introduced viewers to a world unlike any they had ever seen with his breathtaking film Avatar, Disney+ Hotstar is now streaming the eagerly awaited sequel Avatar: The Way of Water. This groundbreaking cinematic odyssey unveils a new underwater adventure that promises to mesmerise viewers again.
Returning to reprise their iconic roles, Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña portray Jake Sully and Neytiri, devoted parents doing everything possible to protect their family. Joining them are Academy Award® winner Kate Winslet and other esteemed actors Sigourney Weaver, Cliff Curtis and Stephen Lang.
Many were surprised to learn about Stephen Lang’s return to the sequel after the death of his character Colonel Miles Quaritch, in Avatar, who played the human antagonist. However, this time with the Resources Development Administration (Rda) returning to the moon with reinforcement, Lang returns as a recombinant, or recom, of his character.
Returning to reprise their iconic roles, Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña portray Jake Sully and Neytiri, devoted parents doing everything possible to protect their family. Joining them are Academy Award® winner Kate Winslet and other esteemed actors Sigourney Weaver, Cliff Curtis and Stephen Lang.
Many were surprised to learn about Stephen Lang’s return to the sequel after the death of his character Colonel Miles Quaritch, in Avatar, who played the human antagonist. However, this time with the Resources Development Administration (Rda) returning to the moon with reinforcement, Lang returns as a recombinant, or recom, of his character.
- 6/19/2023
- by Editorial Desk
- GlamSham
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” capped off its run with the guilds by taking home a trophy at the Casting Society of America’s Artios Awards on Thursday. It had previously prevailed with eight of the other nine guilds at which it contended. It lost out only with the sound editors.
Two of its Academy Awards rivals for the top award — “Elvis” and “Top Gun: Maverick” — did win over the sound editors. Those victories are among their overall hauls of four apiece. “Elvis” also prevailed with the cinematographers, costume designers, and makeup artists/hairstylists while “Top Gun: Maverick” scored with the actors, film editors and sound mixers.
Below, a breakdown by picture of guild nominations and winners.
Ace = American Cinema Editors
Adg = Art Directors Guild
ASC = American Society of Cinematographers
Cas = Cinema Audio Society
CDG = Costume Designers Guild
CSA = Casting Society of America
DGA – Directors Guild of America
Mpse – Motion...
Two of its Academy Awards rivals for the top award — “Elvis” and “Top Gun: Maverick” — did win over the sound editors. Those victories are among their overall hauls of four apiece. “Elvis” also prevailed with the cinematographers, costume designers, and makeup artists/hairstylists while “Top Gun: Maverick” scored with the actors, film editors and sound mixers.
Below, a breakdown by picture of guild nominations and winners.
Ace = American Cinema Editors
Adg = Art Directors Guild
ASC = American Society of Cinematographers
Cas = Cinema Audio Society
CDG = Costume Designers Guild
CSA = Casting Society of America
DGA – Directors Guild of America
Mpse – Motion...
- 3/12/2023
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
On Monday arguably the most creatively dressed awards season crowd gathered at the Fairmont Century Plaza for the 2023 Costume Designers Guild Awards (Cdga), where winners of the newly dubbed Adrian Awards were announced in eight categories.
“I just have to say, this is one of the most stylish crowds I have ever seen ever,” said Hunter Schafer, who presented the award for excellence in sci-fi/fantasy film, which went to awards season darling Everything Everywhere All at Once’s costume designer, Shirley Kurata.
Also on hand to present awards were Austin Butler (in Valentino), Monica Barbaro (in Maison Yeya), Christina Ricci, Elizabeth Debicki, Haley Lu Richardson, Lewis Pullman, Ashley Park, Nazanin Boniadi (in Elie Saab) and Greg Tarzan Davis, along with a crowd that included Baz Luhrmann and his Adrian Award-winning wife Catherine Martin, Cate Blanchett (in Balmain), costume designers B. Akerlund and Arianne Phillips and more of the 1,200-plus...
“I just have to say, this is one of the most stylish crowds I have ever seen ever,” said Hunter Schafer, who presented the award for excellence in sci-fi/fantasy film, which went to awards season darling Everything Everywhere All at Once’s costume designer, Shirley Kurata.
Also on hand to present awards were Austin Butler (in Valentino), Monica Barbaro (in Maison Yeya), Christina Ricci, Elizabeth Debicki, Haley Lu Richardson, Lewis Pullman, Ashley Park, Nazanin Boniadi (in Elie Saab) and Greg Tarzan Davis, along with a crowd that included Baz Luhrmann and his Adrian Award-winning wife Catherine Martin, Cate Blanchett (in Balmain), costume designers B. Akerlund and Arianne Phillips and more of the 1,200-plus...
- 2/28/2023
- by Ingrid Schmidt
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Celebrating excellence in film, television, and short-form costume design, the 25th annual Costume Designer Guild Awards ceremony took place on Monday, February 27, at The Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Cdga and is the one night a year that designers spend together celebrating their work and their contemporaries.
The gala event was attended by Bette Midler, Cate Blanchett, Sarah Polley, Hunter Schafer, Christina Ricci, Colleen Atwood, Angela Bassett, Ruth E. Carter, Ashley Park, Elizabeth Debicki, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin and Austin Butler.
Other guests included Costume Designers Lucinda Wright, Danielle Launzel, Deborah L. Scott, Shirley Kurata, Jenny Beavan, Kasia Walicka Maimone, Kameron Lennox, B. Åkerlund, Mona May and Mandi Line.
Related: Costume Designers Guild Awards: ‘Elvis’, ‘Everything Everywhere’ & ‘Glass Onion’ Take Film Prizes – Winners List
Bette Midler was honored with the Distinguished Collaborator Award and Angela Bassett was also honored with the Spotlight Award,...
The gala event was attended by Bette Midler, Cate Blanchett, Sarah Polley, Hunter Schafer, Christina Ricci, Colleen Atwood, Angela Bassett, Ruth E. Carter, Ashley Park, Elizabeth Debicki, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin and Austin Butler.
Other guests included Costume Designers Lucinda Wright, Danielle Launzel, Deborah L. Scott, Shirley Kurata, Jenny Beavan, Kasia Walicka Maimone, Kameron Lennox, B. Åkerlund, Mona May and Mandi Line.
Related: Costume Designers Guild Awards: ‘Elvis’, ‘Everything Everywhere’ & ‘Glass Onion’ Take Film Prizes – Winners List
Bette Midler was honored with the Distinguished Collaborator Award and Angela Bassett was also honored with the Spotlight Award,...
- 2/28/2023
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
“Elvis” got a big boost in its Oscar bid for Best Costume Design with a win for period pictures at the Costume Designers Guild Awards on Feb. 27. It prevailed over two of its Oscar rivals, “Babylon” and “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” plus “Don’t Worry Darling” and “The Woman King.”
In a sign of its strength, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” pulled off an upset in the fantasy/sci-fi race over “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Those films round out the Oscar race for Best Costume Design. The other CDG winner was the contemporary film “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.”
In its 24-year history, the CDG has previewed only 12 of the Oscar winners for Best Costume Design: nine of these have been period pictures and three have been sci-fi or fantasy flicks. Of the last five Costume Designers Guild Awards winners three have gone on to repeat at the Academy...
In a sign of its strength, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” pulled off an upset in the fantasy/sci-fi race over “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Those films round out the Oscar race for Best Costume Design. The other CDG winner was the contemporary film “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.”
In its 24-year history, the CDG has previewed only 12 of the Oscar winners for Best Costume Design: nine of these have been period pictures and three have been sci-fi or fantasy flicks. Of the last five Costume Designers Guild Awards winners three have gone on to repeat at the Academy...
- 2/28/2023
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The winners of the 25th Costume Designers Guild Awards were announced February 27 during a ceremony at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
All five Oscar nominees received Cdga noms, with “Babylon,” “Elvis,” and “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” competing in Excellence in Period Film and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” nominated for Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Film, with “Elvis” costume designer Catherine Martin and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” costume designer Shirley Kurata winning in their respective categories. Jenny Eagan and “Glass Onion” won in the Excellence in Contemporary Film category.
In the TV categories, “House of the Dragon,” “Wednesday,” and “The Crown” took home the top prizes.
As previously announced, Bette Midler was honored with the Distinguished Collaborator Award, while “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Oscar nominee Angela Bassett received the Spotlight Award. Additionally, Academy Award winner Deborah L. Scott received the Career Achievement...
All five Oscar nominees received Cdga noms, with “Babylon,” “Elvis,” and “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” competing in Excellence in Period Film and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” nominated for Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Film, with “Elvis” costume designer Catherine Martin and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” costume designer Shirley Kurata winning in their respective categories. Jenny Eagan and “Glass Onion” won in the Excellence in Contemporary Film category.
In the TV categories, “House of the Dragon,” “Wednesday,” and “The Crown” took home the top prizes.
As previously announced, Bette Midler was honored with the Distinguished Collaborator Award, while “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Oscar nominee Angela Bassett received the Spotlight Award. Additionally, Academy Award winner Deborah L. Scott received the Career Achievement...
- 2/28/2023
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
Celebrating their 25th iteration, the Costume Designers Guild Awards named eight winners in competitive categories tonight in a ceremony at the Fairmont Century Plaza hosted by Tituss Burgess.
For film, Shirley Kurata (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Jenny Eagan (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery) and Catherine Martin (Elvis) all won awards; both Kurata and Martin are also nominated for Oscars for costume design this year.
In television, Jany Temime (House of the Dragon), Colleen Atwood and Mark Sutherland (Wednesday), Amy Roberts (The Crown) and Carrie Cramer and Jason Rembert (Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls) were the night’s winners. And Natasha Newman-Thomas won for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ music video “Spitting off the Edge of the World.”
From tonight going forward though, the statuettes given out will not simply be called Costume Designers Guild awards. They now have a name, akin to the Academy Award also being...
For film, Shirley Kurata (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Jenny Eagan (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery) and Catherine Martin (Elvis) all won awards; both Kurata and Martin are also nominated for Oscars for costume design this year.
In television, Jany Temime (House of the Dragon), Colleen Atwood and Mark Sutherland (Wednesday), Amy Roberts (The Crown) and Carrie Cramer and Jason Rembert (Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls) were the night’s winners. And Natasha Newman-Thomas won for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ music video “Spitting off the Edge of the World.”
From tonight going forward though, the statuettes given out will not simply be called Costume Designers Guild awards. They now have a name, akin to the Academy Award also being...
- 2/28/2023
- by Degen Pener and Ingrid Schmidt
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Elvis,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” have won the feature-film awards at the 25th anniversary Costume Designers Guild Awards, which took place on Monday night in Los Angeles.
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” won in the Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film category over its fellow Oscar costume nominee “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” won in the Excellence in Contemporary Film category and “Elvis” won in the Excellence in Period Film category over Oscar nominees “Babylon” and “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris.”
In the television categories, winners were “House of the Dragon,” “Wednesday,” “The Crown” and “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls.”
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Also at the ceremony, actors Bette Midler and Angela Bassett were honored with the Distinguished Collaborator Award and the Spotlight Award, respectively. Costume...
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” won in the Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film category over its fellow Oscar costume nominee “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” won in the Excellence in Contemporary Film category and “Elvis” won in the Excellence in Period Film category over Oscar nominees “Babylon” and “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris.”
In the television categories, winners were “House of the Dragon,” “Wednesday,” “The Crown” and “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls.”
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The Awards Race Has Turned Into ‘Everything Everywhere’ All the Time
Also at the ceremony, actors Bette Midler and Angela Bassett were honored with the Distinguished Collaborator Award and the Spotlight Award, respectively. Costume...
- 2/28/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
“Elvis” and “Everything Everywhere All At Once” were the film winners at the 2023 Costume Designers Guild Awards.
Shirley Kurata’s win comes as “Everything Everywhere All At Once” has garnered momentum heading into the final phase of Oscar voting which begins on March 2. Kurata bested titans in the field going up against Deborah L. Scott (“Avatar: The Way of Water”), history-making Ruth E. Carter (“Black Panther) and Mayes C. Rubeo (“Thor: Love and Thunder”).
Catherine Martin won for her work on Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis.” Building over 90 looks alone for Austin Butler, Martin, a triple-nominee for production design and best picture remains a favorite.
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” “Wednesday” and “House of the Dragon” were among the other winners.
Ruth E. Carter presented Angela Bassett with the guild’s spotlight award and reflected on their collaboration. During her speech, Bassett said, “Costume designers are the ultimate partners in filmmaking.
Shirley Kurata’s win comes as “Everything Everywhere All At Once” has garnered momentum heading into the final phase of Oscar voting which begins on March 2. Kurata bested titans in the field going up against Deborah L. Scott (“Avatar: The Way of Water”), history-making Ruth E. Carter (“Black Panther) and Mayes C. Rubeo (“Thor: Love and Thunder”).
Catherine Martin won for her work on Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis.” Building over 90 looks alone for Austin Butler, Martin, a triple-nominee for production design and best picture remains a favorite.
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” “Wednesday” and “House of the Dragon” were among the other winners.
Ruth E. Carter presented Angela Bassett with the guild’s spotlight award and reflected on their collaboration. During her speech, Bassett said, “Costume designers are the ultimate partners in filmmaking.
- 2/28/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery went home with the film prizes at the 25th anniversary Costume Designers Guild Awards, which were handed out tonight at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. Check out the winners list below.
Catherine Martin took home the often-Oscar-predictive Period Film award for Elvis, Shirley Kurata won for A24’s Everything Everywhere and Jenny Eagan for Netflix’s Glass Onion.
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Dune, Cruella and Coming 2 America won with the film prizes at last year’s Cdga, and Disney’s Cruella — which is set in Swinging ’60s London — went on to win the Oscar.
Catherine Martin took home the often-Oscar-predictive Period Film award for Elvis, Shirley Kurata won for A24’s Everything Everywhere and Jenny Eagan for Netflix’s Glass Onion.
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Dune, Cruella and Coming 2 America won with the film prizes at last year’s Cdga, and Disney’s Cruella — which is set in Swinging ’60s London — went on to win the Oscar.
- 2/28/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
At the 25th Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDGAs) on Feb. 27 at L.A.’s Fairmont Century Plaza, special honorees will include costume designers Deborah L. Scott (Avatar: The Way of Water) and Rachael M. Stanley (Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Ally McBeal); Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Oscar nominee Angela Bassett, who will receive the Spotlight Award; and Bette Midler, who will be recognized with the Distinguished Collaborator Award.
Midler jokes with THR that the Costume Designers Guild award recognizes her “willingness to stand in front of a mirror for hours on end! What could be more delightful?” All kidding aside, Midler continues, “A great costume is like a second skin; you feel as if you belong in it. It’s very freeing because it provides so much information to the audience, and you don’t have to work so hard.”
Midler got an early taste of the work that goes into...
Midler jokes with THR that the Costume Designers Guild award recognizes her “willingness to stand in front of a mirror for hours on end! What could be more delightful?” All kidding aside, Midler continues, “A great costume is like a second skin; you feel as if you belong in it. It’s very freeing because it provides so much information to the audience, and you don’t have to work so hard.”
Midler got an early taste of the work that goes into...
- 2/26/2023
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bette Midler will be honored with the Distinguished Collaborator Award at the 25th Cdga (Costume Designers Guild Awards) on Feb. 27th.
She will be joined by Angela Bassett (receiving the Spotlight Award), Deborah L. Scott (Career Achievement Award) and costume designer Rachael M. Stanley (Distinguished Service Award).
Said Midler, “In my very long career, I have been blessed to work with some of the greatest costume designers ever in the worlds of stage and film. It’s been a wild ride, and I am delighted that they have chosen me as their honoree this year; I truly owe them everything. I look forward to thanking each and every one of them; geniuses all.”
“This is such an exciting awards year for us at the Guild,” added Terry Gordon, president of the guild. “Not only are we celebrating our milestone 25th Cdga, but we’re also honoring an extraordinary group of talented women,...
She will be joined by Angela Bassett (receiving the Spotlight Award), Deborah L. Scott (Career Achievement Award) and costume designer Rachael M. Stanley (Distinguished Service Award).
Said Midler, “In my very long career, I have been blessed to work with some of the greatest costume designers ever in the worlds of stage and film. It’s been a wild ride, and I am delighted that they have chosen me as their honoree this year; I truly owe them everything. I look forward to thanking each and every one of them; geniuses all.”
“This is such an exciting awards year for us at the Guild,” added Terry Gordon, president of the guild. “Not only are we celebrating our milestone 25th Cdga, but we’re also honoring an extraordinary group of talented women,...
- 2/7/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The Costume Designers Guild has announced that Bette Midler will receive the distinguished collaborator award at its upcoming Costume Designers Guild Awards (Cdga) show on Feb. 27.
The multi-talented actress and singer, a two-time Oscar nominee for The Rose and For The Boys who most recently starred in Hocus Pocus 2, says of the honor in a statement, “In my very long career, I have been blessed to work with some of the greatest costume designers ever in the worlds of stage and film. It’s been a wild ride, and I am delighted that they have chosen me as their honoree this year; I truly owe them everything. I look forward to thanking each and every one of them; geniuses all.” The distinguished collaborator award is designated for “individuals who demonstate unwavering support of costume designer and creative partnerships with costume designers.”
Midler joins a trio of previously announced honorees for the 25th CDGAs.
The multi-talented actress and singer, a two-time Oscar nominee for The Rose and For The Boys who most recently starred in Hocus Pocus 2, says of the honor in a statement, “In my very long career, I have been blessed to work with some of the greatest costume designers ever in the worlds of stage and film. It’s been a wild ride, and I am delighted that they have chosen me as their honoree this year; I truly owe them everything. I look forward to thanking each and every one of them; geniuses all.” The distinguished collaborator award is designated for “individuals who demonstate unwavering support of costume designer and creative partnerships with costume designers.”
Midler joins a trio of previously announced honorees for the 25th CDGAs.
- 2/7/2023
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Costume Designers Guild said Tuesday that two-time Oscar nominee and Grammy, Tony and Emmy winner Bette Midler will receive the Distinguished Collaborator Award at the 25th Costume Designers Guild Awards.
The 25th annual Cdga ceremony is Monday, February 27 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
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Midler joins an honorees list that night that already includes Angela Bassett, who will receive the Spotlight Award; Deborah L. Scott, getting the guild’s Career Achievement Award; and costume designer Rachael M. Stanley, who will receive the Distinguished Service Award.
In addition, winners will be announced in eight categories celebrating excellence in film, TV and short-form costume design. (See the nominees list here.)
“This is such an exciting...
The 25th annual Cdga ceremony is Monday, February 27 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
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Midler joins an honorees list that night that already includes Angela Bassett, who will receive the Spotlight Award; Deborah L. Scott, getting the guild’s Career Achievement Award; and costume designer Rachael M. Stanley, who will receive the Distinguished Service Award.
In addition, winners will be announced in eight categories celebrating excellence in film, TV and short-form costume design. (See the nominees list here.)
“This is such an exciting...
- 2/7/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
On January 9, we heard from the first three guilds — art directors, cinematographers and sound editors — with their nominees for the best of the year in their respective fields. On Jan. 10, it was the turn of the casting directors and sound mixers to weigh in with their choices. The actors, directors, and makeup artists & hairstylists were heard from on Jan. 11. And the costume designers and producers piped in just as Oscar nominations voting kicks off on Jan. 12. The visual effects wizards added their say on the last day of Oscar voting on Jan. 18. The writers revealed their roster the day after Oscar nominations were announced. And the film editors announced who made the cut on Feb. 1
One film reaped bids from 12 of these 13 precursor prizes: “Top Gun: Maverick.”
Below, a breakdown by picture of guild nominations.
Ace = American Cinema Editors (report)
Adg = Art Directors Guild (report)
ASC = American Society of Cinematographers...
One film reaped bids from 12 of these 13 precursor prizes: “Top Gun: Maverick.”
Below, a breakdown by picture of guild nominations.
Ace = American Cinema Editors (report)
Adg = Art Directors Guild (report)
ASC = American Society of Cinematographers...
- 2/2/2023
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Sigourney Weaver is no stranger to the unique experience of collaborating with James Cameron, having previously worked with the visionary director on sci-fi classic “Aliens,” and of course, “Avatar” and its sequel “Avatar: The Way of Water.” So the actress is well aware of the challenges that can arise during the process.
This could be why she ended up doing breathing exercises in her pool with a man who trains Navy SEALs.
Steve Pond, Jon Landau, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Deborah Lynn Scott and Scott Franglen (Ted Soqui for TheWrap)
“Jim would talk about our doing this swimming, where we’d be holding our breath for a minute and a half or something, and that was conservative actually. And I just thought, well, I can only hold my breath for about 30 seconds, period, let alone when I’m moving,” Weaver said during a screening of “Avatar: The Way of Water,...
This could be why she ended up doing breathing exercises in her pool with a man who trains Navy SEALs.
Steve Pond, Jon Landau, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Deborah Lynn Scott and Scott Franglen (Ted Soqui for TheWrap)
“Jim would talk about our doing this swimming, where we’d be holding our breath for a minute and a half or something, and that was conservative actually. And I just thought, well, I can only hold my breath for about 30 seconds, period, let alone when I’m moving,” Weaver said during a screening of “Avatar: The Way of Water,...
- 1/13/2023
- by Libby Hill
- The Wrap
Costume designer Deborah L. Scott loves to tell stories with clothes. “It helps the narrative of the film,” Scott says of her craft, which is evident in the meticulous details behind the Na’vi costumes that she created for James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water.
An Oscar winner for the director’s Titanic and this season’s Costume Designers Guild Career Achievement Award recipient, Scott worked with her team to make every costume for every Na’vi, even if it would appear only digitally in the finished movie. That was Cameron’s directive from the start, as this would provide a road map for Weta FX’s digital artists as they planned how the costumes would look and move in the virtual world of Pandora. Physical costumes were also vital to the actors, who tried them on to get a sense of movement for their performances. Scott additionally...
An Oscar winner for the director’s Titanic and this season’s Costume Designers Guild Career Achievement Award recipient, Scott worked with her team to make every costume for every Na’vi, even if it would appear only digitally in the finished movie. That was Cameron’s directive from the start, as this would provide a road map for Weta FX’s digital artists as they planned how the costumes would look and move in the virtual world of Pandora. Physical costumes were also vital to the actors, who tried them on to get a sense of movement for their performances. Scott additionally...
- 1/13/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The costumes for “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Glass Onion,” “Top Gun,” “Babylon” and “Elvis” are among the nominees for the 25th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards, which were announced Thursday.
Fifteen films, 20 television programs and five short-form projects were nominated by the guild, which will announce the winners on Monday, Feb. 27, at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
In the Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film category, the nominees were “Avatar,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “Everything Everywhere,” “Hocus Pocus 2” and “Thor: Love and Thunder.” The nominated costume designer for “Avatar,” Deborah L. Scott, is also receiving this year’s Career Achievement Award at the Cdga ceremony.
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In the Excellence in Contemporary Film category, the nominees are the costume designers of “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,...
Fifteen films, 20 television programs and five short-form projects were nominated by the guild, which will announce the winners on Monday, Feb. 27, at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
In the Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film category, the nominees were “Avatar,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “Everything Everywhere,” “Hocus Pocus 2” and “Thor: Love and Thunder.” The nominated costume designer for “Avatar,” Deborah L. Scott, is also receiving this year’s Career Achievement Award at the Cdga ceremony.
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In the Excellence in Contemporary Film category, the nominees are the costume designers of “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,...
- 1/12/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Four of our five predicted nominees for Best Costume Design at the 2023 Oscars reaped bids on January 12 for the Costume Designers Guild Awards.
“Babylon,””Elvis,” and “The Woman King” contend here in the period picture category against “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” and “Don’t Worry Darling,” which rank seventh and 21st in our Oscar odds respectively.
The Oscar frontrunner, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” vies here in the sci-fi/fantasy race against “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Hocus Pocus 2” and “Thor: Love and Thunder.”
Our fifth predicted Oscar nominee, “The Fabelmans,” can take heart that the guild often overlook films that go on to contend at the Academy Awards. Indeed the 2020 Oscar winner for Best Costume Design, “Little Women,” was snubbed by the CDG as were two of the other nominees, “The Irishman” and “Joker.” The guild honored one of the other academy nominees, “Jojo Rabbit.
“Babylon,””Elvis,” and “The Woman King” contend here in the period picture category against “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” and “Don’t Worry Darling,” which rank seventh and 21st in our Oscar odds respectively.
The Oscar frontrunner, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” vies here in the sci-fi/fantasy race against “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Hocus Pocus 2” and “Thor: Love and Thunder.”
Our fifth predicted Oscar nominee, “The Fabelmans,” can take heart that the guild often overlook films that go on to contend at the Academy Awards. Indeed the 2020 Oscar winner for Best Costume Design, “Little Women,” was snubbed by the CDG as were two of the other nominees, “The Irishman” and “Joker.” The guild honored one of the other academy nominees, “Jojo Rabbit.
- 1/12/2023
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the Costume Designers Guild Awards (Cdga) have announced their 2023 nominees in eight categories across film and television. The awards, to be held Monday, Feb. 27, at the Fairmont Century City, recognize excellence in costume design in such areas as contemporary, period, reality, shortform and sci-fi/fantasy.
Costume and set designer Deborah L. Scott, an Academy Award winner for Titanic, is set to receive the Career Achievement Award at the awards show. Scott — whose credits include Back to the Future, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Transformers, The Amazing Spiderman 2 and Avatar — also is nominated this year in the category of sci-fi/fantasy film for her work on Avatar: The Way of Water. “We basically built everything from the ground up, including a lot of the props, the masks, the breathing masks,” Scott recently told THR.
The designers behind several movies that won acting, directing and score...
Costume and set designer Deborah L. Scott, an Academy Award winner for Titanic, is set to receive the Career Achievement Award at the awards show. Scott — whose credits include Back to the Future, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Transformers, The Amazing Spiderman 2 and Avatar — also is nominated this year in the category of sci-fi/fantasy film for her work on Avatar: The Way of Water. “We basically built everything from the ground up, including a lot of the props, the masks, the breathing masks,” Scott recently told THR.
The designers behind several movies that won acting, directing and score...
- 1/12/2023
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Costume Designers Guild has unwrapped the nominees for its 25th anniversary Cdga Awards next month. See the full list below.
Celebrating excellence in film, television, and short form costume design, the 2023 Cdga ceremony is set for Monday, February 27, at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
Vying for the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film prize are the designers behind Avatar: The Way of Water, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Hocus Pocus 2 and Thor: Love and Thunder. Up for Contemporary Film are Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Nope, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Women Talking. And the Period Film race will be among Babylon, Don’t Worry Darling, Elvis, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris and The Woman King.
“I’m honored to congratulate our Cdga nominees,” said Terry Gordon, President of the Costume Designers Guild, IATSE Local 892. “This year is particularly exciting as it’s the 25th anniversary of our awards gala.
Celebrating excellence in film, television, and short form costume design, the 2023 Cdga ceremony is set for Monday, February 27, at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
Vying for the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film prize are the designers behind Avatar: The Way of Water, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Hocus Pocus 2 and Thor: Love and Thunder. Up for Contemporary Film are Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Nope, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Women Talking. And the Period Film race will be among Babylon, Don’t Worry Darling, Elvis, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris and The Woman King.
“I’m honored to congratulate our Cdga nominees,” said Terry Gordon, President of the Costume Designers Guild, IATSE Local 892. “This year is particularly exciting as it’s the 25th anniversary of our awards gala.
- 1/12/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
James Cameron's "Avatar" film series is an ongoing work of science fiction built upon more money and sheer human effort than any single Hollywood project has any right to be made with. And yet, somehow, it exists, so we're absolutely going to talk about it. Every frame of CGI (which is basically every frame of both films) denotes the combined skill of hundreds of VFX artists. Taking it a step further, every design that the VFX team brought to life denotes another tier of creators, whether it be Dylan Cole, who shaped the oceanic side of Pandora for "The Way of Water," or Deborah L. Scott, who clothed Cameron's Na'vi in both of the "Avatar" films.
You'd think that designing a few loincloths for fancy cartoon space aliens would be easy, especially for someone like Scott whose previous credits include everything from "Back to the Future" and "Titanic" to "The Amazing Spider-Man 2,...
You'd think that designing a few loincloths for fancy cartoon space aliens would be easy, especially for someone like Scott whose previous credits include everything from "Back to the Future" and "Titanic" to "The Amazing Spider-Man 2,...
- 1/9/2023
- by Cameron Roy Hall
- Slash Film
Obviously, much of the critical acclaim for "Avatar: The Way of Water" is directed at its visual effects. The clarity, imagination, and beauty on display truly astounded me, whether I was seeing it in standard 2D or in IMAX 3D Hfr. But while so much of the VFX discussion revolves around the advancements in performance capture, there are many other visual effects in the movie that we don't even think about.
For the vast majority of the film, we are looking at things entirely created in computers. That includes the costumes, which is something I completely took for granted upon seeing it. We understand that these are digital characters, but I think our minds process it to where the computers just alter their heights, skin color, and face shape. Surely, what they are wearing must be real. But of course, it isn't.
Visual effects artists are many things, but what...
For the vast majority of the film, we are looking at things entirely created in computers. That includes the costumes, which is something I completely took for granted upon seeing it. We understand that these are digital characters, but I think our minds process it to where the computers just alter their heights, skin color, and face shape. Surely, what they are wearing must be real. But of course, it isn't.
Visual effects artists are many things, but what...
- 1/9/2023
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
Michael Mann's 1995 opus "Heat" is a film that dives headfirst into contrasts. It juxtaposes the macro and the micro, following an ensemble of characters on opposite sides of the law who live, work, and converge in the city of Los Angeles. In its broad canvas, it focuses on as many details as possible, with the film circling around two men at the center of its narrative whirlpool: Lieutenant Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) and professional taker of scores Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro).
Even with two titans of film acting in the central roles, it was a challenge to make the characters distinctive — from each other as well as from the rest of the cast — while still exploring Mann's thesis of Hanna and McCauley being two men cut from the same cloth. Added to that challenge is the fact that the movie was set in the then-present day, with up-to-the-minute...
Even with two titans of film acting in the central roles, it was a challenge to make the characters distinctive — from each other as well as from the rest of the cast — while still exploring Mann's thesis of Hanna and McCauley being two men cut from the same cloth. Added to that challenge is the fact that the movie was set in the then-present day, with up-to-the-minute...
- 1/4/2023
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for "Avatar: The Way of Water."
In the years it took to bring "Avatar: The Way of Water" to the screen, James Cameron and the folks at Wētā FX spent that time developing new technology to better help the motion capture performances. Seeing as the actors were covered in dots and gray suits, it doesn't lend much of an opportunity for them to move in tandem with their character's costumes. Enter Deborah L. Scott, the Academy Award-winning costume designer behind "Titanic," "E.T.," and, of course, both "Avatar" films. The costumes, whether they be for the Na'vi or the Recom Avatars, are designed first and digitally inserted later.
The world of Pandora gives Scott more of an opportunity to design the Metkayina and their culture. But at the same time, it also allows her to show the progression of an individual character journey, most notably with...
In the years it took to bring "Avatar: The Way of Water" to the screen, James Cameron and the folks at Wētā FX spent that time developing new technology to better help the motion capture performances. Seeing as the actors were covered in dots and gray suits, it doesn't lend much of an opportunity for them to move in tandem with their character's costumes. Enter Deborah L. Scott, the Academy Award-winning costume designer behind "Titanic," "E.T.," and, of course, both "Avatar" films. The costumes, whether they be for the Na'vi or the Recom Avatars, are designed first and digitally inserted later.
The world of Pandora gives Scott more of an opportunity to design the Metkayina and their culture. But at the same time, it also allows her to show the progression of an individual character journey, most notably with...
- 1/1/2023
- by Matthew Bilodeau
- Slash Film
When Steven Spielberg was preparing to make his 2002 sci-fi film "Minority Report," an adaptation of the 1956 novella by Philip K. Dick, he wanted to ensure that the future world of 2054 seemed plausible from a technological standpoint. The story takes place after the founding of a futuristic Pre-Crime unit that uses a trio of psychics to predict when someone is going to commit murder. Thanks to the predictions, police can rain people's homes before they have even committed a crime and imprison them for it. It's a dystopian setup, but the system does, perhaps tragically, seem to work. The only victims are the psychics who have to live in a tank of fluid 24 hours a day.
According to a 2002 article in the Washington Post, Spielberg gathered a cadre of tech experts and futurists to brainstorm what 2054 might look like from a practical perspective. The team wrote out an 80-page Bible that...
According to a 2002 article in the Washington Post, Spielberg gathered a cadre of tech experts and futurists to brainstorm what 2054 might look like from a practical perspective. The team wrote out an 80-page Bible that...
- 12/31/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
This interview with “Avatar: The Way of Water” costume designer Deborah L. Scott first appeared in a special section of the Below-the-Line issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
With a movie as effects and animation heavy as “Avatar: The Way of Water,” it’s easy to assume that physical costumes weren’t actually constructed. Instead, you can imagine, they were drawn on a tablet and fed to the wizards at Weta FX, who would make the clothes appear fully realized in the finished film. But that wasn’t the case. Instead, the film’s advanced technology necessitated that everything be created Irl.
“We built everything,” said costume designer Deborah L. Scott, a veteran of “Titanic” and the first “Avatar.” “We built every single Na’vi garment, every bracelet, every necklace. Because the technology is so good at capturing the image and the texture of these pieces, you can’t draw...
With a movie as effects and animation heavy as “Avatar: The Way of Water,” it’s easy to assume that physical costumes weren’t actually constructed. Instead, you can imagine, they were drawn on a tablet and fed to the wizards at Weta FX, who would make the clothes appear fully realized in the finished film. But that wasn’t the case. Instead, the film’s advanced technology necessitated that everything be created Irl.
“We built everything,” said costume designer Deborah L. Scott, a veteran of “Titanic” and the first “Avatar.” “We built every single Na’vi garment, every bracelet, every necklace. Because the technology is so good at capturing the image and the texture of these pieces, you can’t draw...
- 12/26/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Deborah L. Scott is pushing the envelope in the world of costume designing. Scott, who previously worked with filmmaker James Cameron on "Avatar" and "Titanic," built all the costumes for "Avatar: The Way of Water." While the physical versions of these costumes never appear on-screen, all of the actors were fitted so they would know how their characters would move underneath the weight and feel of the costume; Scott calls the process "virtual fittings." The costumes were later brought to life digitally, with Scott heavily involved in post-production.
The Academy Award-winning costume designer has spent the last five years working on the "Avatar" sequels, which she calls one of the most challenging and happiest times in her illustrious career. Scott's work is -- no hyperbole -- iconic. She's the costume designer behind "Back to the Future," "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," "Heat," and "Minority Report," to name just a few of her impressive credits.
The Academy Award-winning costume designer has spent the last five years working on the "Avatar" sequels, which she calls one of the most challenging and happiest times in her illustrious career. Scott's work is -- no hyperbole -- iconic. She's the costume designer behind "Back to the Future," "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," "Heat," and "Minority Report," to name just a few of her impressive credits.
- 12/23/2022
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
“We’ve used reality as a creative inspiration, in addition to a technical limit,” explains “Avatar: The Way of Water” production designer Ben Procter. “Fantasy within limits is a certain Jim Cameron school of design that we’ve really embraced.” He and fellow production designer Dylan Cole crafted a visually rich alien world which harkens back to our own planet. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
Cole admits that the team pulled “from everywhere” when searching for inspiration. But Earth was a constant, and often necessary, place to begin. “Pandora is ultimately a metaphor for Earth, so we often start there,” he says, “nature is the best designer ever.” The designer cites a coral reef setting which feels like “Bora Bora on steroids” and handwoven seaside structures as examples of this practice. Cole explains that the key to creating an immersive world for audiences to connect with is to utilize recognizable touchstones,...
Cole admits that the team pulled “from everywhere” when searching for inspiration. But Earth was a constant, and often necessary, place to begin. “Pandora is ultimately a metaphor for Earth, so we often start there,” he says, “nature is the best designer ever.” The designer cites a coral reef setting which feels like “Bora Bora on steroids” and handwoven seaside structures as examples of this practice. Cole explains that the key to creating an immersive world for audiences to connect with is to utilize recognizable touchstones,...
- 12/21/2022
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Director James Cameron and costume designer Deborah Lynn Scott first worked together 25 years ago on “Titanic,” which went on to win 11 Oscars including best picture, director and costume design. Since then, the two have collaborated on “Avatar” and its long-awaited sequel “Avatar: The Way of Water,” and will continue their partnership with the next films in the franchise.
Below, for Variety‘s latest Creative Collaborators, Cameron and Scott discuss their working relationship and pouring hundreds of hours into building the costumes for “Avatar 2.”
Take us back to that first collaboration on “Titanic.” What was that like?
Deborah Lynn Scott: James used that hat very well. That day on set, we had never checked if the hat could fit through the car door, so, we were a little nervous. And he did that wonderful dip down and reveal which is a costume designer’s dream.
James Cameron: The worst case...
Below, for Variety‘s latest Creative Collaborators, Cameron and Scott discuss their working relationship and pouring hundreds of hours into building the costumes for “Avatar 2.”
Take us back to that first collaboration on “Titanic.” What was that like?
Deborah Lynn Scott: James used that hat very well. That day on set, we had never checked if the hat could fit through the car door, so, we were a little nervous. And he did that wonderful dip down and reveal which is a costume designer’s dream.
James Cameron: The worst case...
- 12/21/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
“Clarity is king” is the most important mantra that Gwendolyn Yates Whittle has learned in her time working with James Cameron. “You have to make sure that you have the sound that supports the picture narratively, and very very precisely,” she explains. After designing major films like “Terminator 2: Judgement Day,” “Titanic,” and “Avatar,” she served as a supervising sound editor on Cameron’s latest trip to Pandora with “Avatar: The Way of Water.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
See Simon Franglen interview: ‘Avatar: The way of Water’ composer
Yates Whittle has an affinity for dialogue and Adr work. “I really really like getting out from underneath a computer sometimes,” she confesses, “I love words, and I love dealing with human interaction.” Given that the sound team on a film is often doing much of their work in post production, supervising Adr allows her to peek into the actor’s creative process.
See Simon Franglen interview: ‘Avatar: The way of Water’ composer
Yates Whittle has an affinity for dialogue and Adr work. “I really really like getting out from underneath a computer sometimes,” she confesses, “I love words, and I love dealing with human interaction.” Given that the sound team on a film is often doing much of their work in post production, supervising Adr allows her to peek into the actor’s creative process.
- 12/20/2022
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
“I hope James is looking down on me and he approves of what I’ve done,” confesses Simon Franglen, referring to the late composer James Horner. The pair collaborated on the first “Avatar” film, but Franglen has assumed scoring duties for “Avatar: The Way of Water” after Horner’s passing in 2015. The opening segment of the sequel beautifully honors Horner’s original themes, but as the movie transitions to its seaside destination, he charts a new path with his music. One steeped in indigenous music and traditions, which bring the new location and Na’vi tribe to life. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
See Deborah L. Scott interview: ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ costume designer
When James Cameron shared the scripts for his intended “Avatar” sequels with Franglen, the composer was struck by a few words on page one: “Neytiri sings The Songchord.” This original song would become a core ingredient for his score.
See Deborah L. Scott interview: ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ costume designer
When James Cameron shared the scripts for his intended “Avatar” sequels with Franglen, the composer was struck by a few words on page one: “Neytiri sings The Songchord.” This original song would become a core ingredient for his score.
- 12/20/2022
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
“I think it might surprise audiences, and the industry worldwide, that we actually made every single garment,” reveals “Avatar: The Way of Water” costume designer Deborah L. Scott. Even though a large portion of the film was digitally created, especially where the blue Na’vi species are concerned, the designer still had to craft every single loincloth, wig, accessory, and piece of jewelry in the real world. Utilizing actual fabrics and textiles was essential in making the alien world of Pandora feel ultra realistic. ”It’s a complex route to get to the end of a digital movie,” notes Scott. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
See ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ reviews: You will ‘leave starry-eyed and in disbelief over what you’ve just seen’
Scott realizes that constructing physical garments for the digital realm is a process that is unique to “Avatar.” “The way Jim works, and the...
See ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ reviews: You will ‘leave starry-eyed and in disbelief over what you’ve just seen’
Scott realizes that constructing physical garments for the digital realm is a process that is unique to “Avatar.” “The way Jim works, and the...
- 12/19/2022
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
When approaching features like those in his Avatar franchise and the fantastical worlds they depict, filmmaker James Cameron looks for “true, universal human experience” to ground the narrative.
In the case of the original sci-fi epic released by 20th Century Fox in 2009, he was looking at “a relatively simpler story” about “boy meets girl,” in the vein of Romeo and Juliet. And with his long-awaited sequel Avatar: The Way of Water, coming up for release on December 16, he’s turned his attention to family.
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“We all either know the family experience or long for it. It’s just in our genes, our code,” the three-time Oscar winner observed during a virtual appearance Saturday at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles. “As a father of five, I’ve had plenty of experience with teen angst, the teen years. … [My kids] laughingly know they’re sorta,...
In the case of the original sci-fi epic released by 20th Century Fox in 2009, he was looking at “a relatively simpler story” about “boy meets girl,” in the vein of Romeo and Juliet. And with his long-awaited sequel Avatar: The Way of Water, coming up for release on December 16, he’s turned his attention to family.
Related: The Contenders Film: Los Angeles – Deadline’s Full Coverage
“We all either know the family experience or long for it. It’s just in our genes, our code,” the three-time Oscar winner observed during a virtual appearance Saturday at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles. “As a father of five, I’ve had plenty of experience with teen angst, the teen years. … [My kids] laughingly know they’re sorta,...
- 11/20/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Nothing brings you back in time quicker than revisiting a childhood favorite through the context of adult eyes. I got to experience that feeling not too long ago with the IMAX re-release of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" because, as of this year, Steven Spielberg's classic celebrates its 40th anniversary.
When a film is inducted into the canon of great movies, it can sometimes be easy to forget how much they affected you initially. But seeing how Spielberg's soft direction, coupled with John Williams' magnificently emotional score, came together on the biggest screen imaginable brought me back to being eight years old again.
But while Spielberg and Williams are the behind the scenes folks with the most influence over the film's legacy, costume designer Deborah Lynn Scott is just as important. "E.T." is not an extravagantly costumed film, but if you were also terrified of the scientists stumbling into the Taylor...
When a film is inducted into the canon of great movies, it can sometimes be easy to forget how much they affected you initially. But seeing how Spielberg's soft direction, coupled with John Williams' magnificently emotional score, came together on the biggest screen imaginable brought me back to being eight years old again.
But while Spielberg and Williams are the behind the scenes folks with the most influence over the film's legacy, costume designer Deborah Lynn Scott is just as important. "E.T." is not an extravagantly costumed film, but if you were also terrified of the scientists stumbling into the Taylor...
- 10/19/2022
- by Matthew Bilodeau
- Slash Film
For a director whose body of work contains some of the most instantly recognizable images in all of cinema, Steven Spielberg's 1982 masterpiece "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" is arguably his most visually rich movie. The mixture of cinematographer Allen Daviau's expressive color palette and the cast's open-hearted faith in a creature that was ultimately a hunk of wires and rubber helped make the film a slice of pure movie magic.
One of the collaborators that deserves a large amount of credit for bringing "E.T." to life is Academy Award-winning costume designer Deborah Lynn Scott. Her work on the film ensured that not only would the look of the titular alien enter the popular culture, but that the human characters of the film would be just as memorable. Her penchant for iconography began with "E.T.," and has continued in her subsequent work designing costumes for "Back to the Future," "Heat," "Titanic,...
One of the collaborators that deserves a large amount of credit for bringing "E.T." to life is Academy Award-winning costume designer Deborah Lynn Scott. Her work on the film ensured that not only would the look of the titular alien enter the popular culture, but that the human characters of the film would be just as memorable. Her penchant for iconography began with "E.T.," and has continued in her subsequent work designing costumes for "Back to the Future," "Heat," "Titanic,...
- 10/19/2022
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
by Cláudio Alves
Before we say goodbye to 1997 and move on to 1951, let's indulge in what has become a Smackdown tradition. After Nathaniel and his panelist do their Supporting Actress analysis and podcast discussion, it's time for some costume-related musings. Like most of the categories in that year's Oscars, the Best Costume Design race was won by Titanic, which shouldn't be surprising. Not only was the movie a sweeper, but its wardrobe has achieved iconic status in the decades since its original release. Deborah Lynn Scott makes for a just victor, not only because of her work's iconographic power but also because it works within the picture's purview of history and romance…...
Before we say goodbye to 1997 and move on to 1951, let's indulge in what has become a Smackdown tradition. After Nathaniel and his panelist do their Supporting Actress analysis and podcast discussion, it's time for some costume-related musings. Like most of the categories in that year's Oscars, the Best Costume Design race was won by Titanic, which shouldn't be surprising. Not only was the movie a sweeper, but its wardrobe has achieved iconic status in the decades since its original release. Deborah Lynn Scott makes for a just victor, not only because of her work's iconographic power but also because it works within the picture's purview of history and romance…...
- 8/5/2022
- by Cláudio Alves
- FilmExperience
“I’m the king of the world!”
Everyone knows that Art Hill, in front of the St. Louis Art Museum, is a great place to go sledding in the winter. But did you know it’s a great place to see movies in the summer?
Their line-up for their annual Friday night film series has been announced and it’s sure to draw thousands. This year, to tie into the museum’s Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear exhibit, the film series’ theme is ‘Best Dressed’ From the glitz and glamour of old Hollywood cinema to the elegance of modern-day movies, costumes have the power to bring a character to life or capture a moment in history. This summer we’re rolling out the red carpet in celebration of Oscar’s Best Dressed.
The We Are Movie Geeks gang always goes to these, so if you wanna hang with the cool kids,...
Everyone knows that Art Hill, in front of the St. Louis Art Museum, is a great place to go sledding in the winter. But did you know it’s a great place to see movies in the summer?
Their line-up for their annual Friday night film series has been announced and it’s sure to draw thousands. This year, to tie into the museum’s Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear exhibit, the film series’ theme is ‘Best Dressed’ From the glitz and glamour of old Hollywood cinema to the elegance of modern-day movies, costumes have the power to bring a character to life or capture a moment in history. This summer we’re rolling out the red carpet in celebration of Oscar’s Best Dressed.
The We Are Movie Geeks gang always goes to these, so if you wanna hang with the cool kids,...
- 5/18/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
They've gone back (and forth) to the future, and now the gang's all back together. Cinephiles got a nostalgia-inducing treat over the weekend when Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson had a rollicking Back to the Future reunion at the Silicon Valley Comic Con in San Jose, California, where they signed autographs, caught up with each other and reminisced about their time-hopping escapades. (Once more, with feeling: "1.21 gigawatts!") All that was missing was the DeLorean. "Kids just buy into it like their parents did," Fox, 54, said of the enduring classic, which, 30 years later, has snagged a new generation of fans.
- 3/21/2016
- by Alexis L. Loinaz and Susan Young
- PEOPLE.com
They've gone back (and forth) to the future, and now the gang's all back together. Cinephiles got a nostalgia-inducing treat over the weekend when Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson had a rollicking Back to the Future reunion at the Silicon Valley Comic Con in San Jose, California, where they signed autographs, caught up with each other and reminisced about their time-hopping escapades. (Once more, with feeling: "1.21 gigawatts!") All that was missing was the DeLorean. "Kids just buy into it like their parents did," Fox, 54, said of the enduring classic, which, 30 years later, has snagged a new generation of fans.
- 3/21/2016
- by Alexis L. Loinaz and Susan Young
- PEOPLE.com
The gym of the Hollywood United Methodist Church is dressed to the nines. Paper and foam fish hang from the ceiling. Blue and silver streamer curtains line the walls. A statue of Poseidon towers over tables strewn with punch bowls. About 100 people add a rainbow’s array of color to the gym with 1950s-era dresses and suits. But they’re not doing the hand jive or the bop – they’re busting out their ’80s moves as the band plays Whodini’s 1984 funk-rap song “Freaks Come Out At Night.” The scene is a nighttime shoot in mid-March 1985 on the set of “Back to the Future.” Harry Waters Jr., who played Marvin Berry, the leader of the band at the dance, recalled the surreal experience of jamming with contemporary songs in between takes for a gym full of extras in 30 years out-of-date clothes. “It was a party! It was entirely too much fun,...
- 10/21/2015
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
When production began on The Amazing Spider-Man 2, director Marc Webb wanted to make improvements to Spider-Man's costume. And they did, and most people were quite pleased with the final look. But, there was one planned modification that didn't make the final cut. If you remember, about a year before the film was released Marc Webb and costume designer Deborah Lynn Scott started gushing over the new suit, and one of things they were most proud of was the new web-shooters with a built-in MP3 player. "We wanted ours to have an MP3 player in it," Scott told Entertainment Weekly in July of 2013. "You'll see early on in the film that he can turn music on that he's listening to inside the costume through his web shooter." If you saw the film, then you know there was no MP3 player. Why wasn't it used? Concept designer and 3D artist Ismael Salcedo,...
- 12/14/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
When production began on The Amazing Spider-Man 2, director Marc Webb wanted to make improvements to Spider-Man's costume. And they did, and most people were quite pleased with the final look. But, there was one planned modification that didn't make the final cut. If you remember, about a year before the film was released Marc Webb and costume designer Deborah Lynn Scott started gushing over the new suit, and one of things they were most proud of was the new web-shooters with a built-in MP3 player. "We wanted ours to have an MP3 player in it," Scott told Entertainment Weekly in July of 2013. "You'll see early on in the film that he can turn music on that he's listening to inside the costume through his web shooter." If you saw the film, then you know there was no MP3 player. Why wasn't it used? Concept designer and 3D artist Ismael Salcedo,...
- 12/14/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
By Gary Salem and Michelle McCue
“What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen he’s become a different person.”
– Edith Head
On Monday, Wamg attended the press preview for the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences groundbreaking multimedia exhibition Hollywood Costume in the historic Wilshire May Company building.
Taking five years to create, this exhibition is the kickoff for the whole Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Emphasizing how costumes are so important in creating characters, this one-of-a-kind exhibition comes with its own film score, enhanced with dazzling animations and screenplay excerpts.
Organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (V&A), and sponsored by Swarovski, this ticketed exhibition...
“What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen he’s become a different person.”
– Edith Head
On Monday, Wamg attended the press preview for the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences groundbreaking multimedia exhibition Hollywood Costume in the historic Wilshire May Company building.
Taking five years to create, this exhibition is the kickoff for the whole Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Emphasizing how costumes are so important in creating characters, this one-of-a-kind exhibition comes with its own film score, enhanced with dazzling animations and screenplay excerpts.
Organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (V&A), and sponsored by Swarovski, this ticketed exhibition...
- 9/30/2014
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This fall the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present the final showing of the groundbreaking multimedia exhibition Hollywood Costume in the historic Wilshire May Company building, the future location of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, at Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles. Organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (V&A), this ticketed exhibition explores the central role of costume design – from the glamorous to the very subtle – as an essential tool of cinematic storytelling.
The Academy is enhancing the V&A’s exhibition and will include more than 145 costumes from over 60 lenders. The Academy’s presentation will add more than 30 costumes to this landmark show, including Jared Leto’s costume from Dallas Buyers Club (Kurt and Burt, 2013) – a recent acquisition to the Academy’s collection – as well as costumes from such recent releases as The Hunger Games (Judianna Makovsky, 2012), Django Unchained (Sharen Davis,...
The Academy is enhancing the V&A’s exhibition and will include more than 145 costumes from over 60 lenders. The Academy’s presentation will add more than 30 costumes to this landmark show, including Jared Leto’s costume from Dallas Buyers Club (Kurt and Burt, 2013) – a recent acquisition to the Academy’s collection – as well as costumes from such recent releases as The Hunger Games (Judianna Makovsky, 2012), Django Unchained (Sharen Davis,...
- 7/8/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
MTV was able to do an interview with costume designer Deborah Lynn Scott about the new suit in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. I liked elements of the previous suit like the texture, the inset web, and pattern design. While the old suit was received with largely mixed reactions, the new one is far more iconic and loved instantly by nearly everyone due to the key improvement of the eyes.
Scott Via MTV:
“The eyes are the major difference in the costume,”
“The brief from Marc was to make them as large as possible,”
“Having said that, you have to work within the framework of Andrew Garfield’s head.”
“We found that some of our eye designs would make him look concerned or angry, just in the slightest bit,”
Yesterday we posted an infographic showing the evolution of Spider-Man's suit from 1962-2014 and the eyes really do change Spidey's attitude.
Scott Via MTV:
“The eyes are the major difference in the costume,”
“The brief from Marc was to make them as large as possible,”
“Having said that, you have to work within the framework of Andrew Garfield’s head.”
“We found that some of our eye designs would make him look concerned or angry, just in the slightest bit,”
Yesterday we posted an infographic showing the evolution of Spider-Man's suit from 1962-2014 and the eyes really do change Spidey's attitude.
- 4/30/2014
- by Free Reyes
- GeekTyrant
Today on Popsugar Live!, we're chatting with Deborah Scott, The Amazing Spider-Man 2's costume designer. Deborah filled us in on her experience dressing Emma Stone for her role as Gwen Stacy. Plus, we're talking worst dates ever with the men of The Other Woman, breaking down how to re-create Cameron Diaz's New York City apartment, and giving you a first look at TV's Bad Teacher. And it's the last day to vote in the Webbys, and we'd love your support! Click the logo below for more info:...
- 4/23/2014
- by Matthew Rodrigues
- Popsugar.com
Electro (Jamie Foxx) and Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield) go head-to-head in Times Square in this new exclusive clip from The Amazing Spider-man 2 that aired during the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.
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2014 MTV Movie Awards, Latest Movie News
Here’s the latest TV Spot.
We’ve always known that Spider-Man’s most important conflict has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. But in The Amazing Spider-Man 2™, Peter Parker finds that his greatest battle is about to begin.
It’s great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker, there’s no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen (Emma Stone). But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro (Jamie Foxx...
Get More:
2014 MTV Movie Awards, Latest Movie News
Here’s the latest TV Spot.
We’ve always known that Spider-Man’s most important conflict has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. But in The Amazing Spider-Man 2™, Peter Parker finds that his greatest battle is about to begin.
It’s great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker, there’s no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen (Emma Stone). But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro (Jamie Foxx...
- 4/14/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Interview Ryan Lambie 26 Jul 2013 - 06:21
During our recent Amazing Spider-Man 2 set visit, we spoke to production designer Mark Friedberg about his work on the forthcoming sequel...
It’s the law of nature that any sequel has to be bigger, louder and more expensive than the movie that came before it. But in the case of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, its makers have taken the adventurous step of filming the movie entirely in the state of New York, with the production making extensive use of locations in and around Manhattan, while trickier stunts and scenes were shot on sound stages outside the city.
It is, we’re told, the largest production ever to take place in New York, and Sony clearly has high hopes for its Spidey sequel. As part of our June set visit, we spoke to production designer Mark Friedberg about the specific challenges he’s faced...
During our recent Amazing Spider-Man 2 set visit, we spoke to production designer Mark Friedberg about his work on the forthcoming sequel...
It’s the law of nature that any sequel has to be bigger, louder and more expensive than the movie that came before it. But in the case of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, its makers have taken the adventurous step of filming the movie entirely in the state of New York, with the production making extensive use of locations in and around Manhattan, while trickier stunts and scenes were shot on sound stages outside the city.
It is, we’re told, the largest production ever to take place in New York, and Sony clearly has high hopes for its Spidey sequel. As part of our June set visit, we spoke to production designer Mark Friedberg about the specific challenges he’s faced...
- 7/25/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
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