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2011 Oscar Predictions: Best Actor
There's definitely an air of familiarity with the best actor predictions you'll find below - I get buzzing on future film performances based on the already established filmography, but if I use this year's Oscar winner for Best Actor, then I should expect the unexpected.
Dystopia Once Moore: Freundlich Teams with Wife and Kristen Stewart on ‘Backwoods’
You can now refer to Julianne Moore as cinema's Queen of Dystopia. After taking some pretty rough turns in Children of Men and Blindness, she'll now pair with Kirsten Stewart on hubby Bart Freundlich's Backwoods, which should not be confused as a U.S remake of Koldo Serra's The Backwoods starring Gary Oldman.
Weinstein Co. Melts for Jason Micallef’s ‘Butter’
The trades report that the Weinstein Co. have melted for the small-town America war of the butter sculptures comedy starring Jennifer Garner and the newly added Kate Hudson.
Kate Hudson Looking to Carve into ‘Butter’
Jennifer Garner might have found her friendly competition in Kate Hudson for the upcoming shoot of Butter - the top tier Black List script from first time scribe Jason Micallef that would see Jim Field Smith (She's Out of My League) begin lensing on April 17th in Shreveport. Conflicting reports have Jim Carrey playing "former" butter carving champ Bob Pickler, husband to Garner's Laura Pickler, but Movieline is reporting that he has passed on the project.
2011 Oscar Predictions: Best Original Screenplay
Before I get into my prediction picks and second best choices for Best Original Screenplay, here are some titles that are worth mentioning and that I think are on the outsides looking in. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Biutiful (how will he do without Guillermo Arriaga as his wingman?), Mark Heyman and Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan (I think the Academy will find the title too risque)...
