The Art Directors Guild (ADG) has announced nominations for their annual awards ceremony, which will be held on February 13th at the Beverly Hilton. Stuart Craig has been nominated in the fantasy category for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Other nominees: Philip Ivey for District 9, Scott Chambliss for Star Trek, Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg for Avatar and K.K. Barrett for Where the Wild Things Are.
As you may recall, Rupert Grintwill be playing the infamous ski jumping legend Michael Edwards, known as Eddie The Eagle. Eddie attended the Vancouver Games in Canadaand he mentioned the film. CBC news states:
Edwards also noted that a feature-length movie about his experience in 1988 is in the works. “I’m going to be receiving a script within the next two months and I think they want to start filming towards the end of the year,” he said. “I’m really looking forward to it. I loved Cool Runnings, the film about the Jamaican bobsled team that was also at Calgary. And I’m really looking forward to having this movie being made about my life.”
He may, however, be poised for something of a comeback. Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films, has been cast as Edwards in an upcoming film about his life.
Rupert’s reps have let rupert-grint.us know that “official news on Rupert’s involvement will be released as soon as they are given the green light.”
Half-Blood Prince has been longlisted for 7 BAFTA awards in the following categories; Make-Up & Hair, Special Visual Effects, Sound, Costume Design, Production Design, Cinematography and Supporting Actor (Alan Rickman as Severus Snape).
Finalists will be narrowed down from fifteen to five and nominations will be announced on January 21st. The ceremony will be at the Royal Opera House in London, England on February 21st.
A new trailer for Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang has been released. The sequel to Nanny McPhee stars Emma Thompson (Trelawney), Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort), Maggie Smith (McGonagall), and Rhys Ifans (Xenophilius Lovegood). This film is one of the reasons that Emma decided not to return to play Trelawney in Deathly Hallows, among other things.
