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2011 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actor
The character of Dickie Eklund should remind voters that when Bale commits to a role, he really does take it one step further than the rest. Unofficial pics show how much weight he lost for a role that originally had Matt Damon and then Brad Pitt attached. Ecklund, fought Sugar Ray Leonard and then fought drug addiction. Then he helped train his brother to an audience friendly ending. His level of commitment should bring him not only his first nom, but his first win - plus Oscar loves its boxers: Rocky, Jake LaMotta, Hilary Swank.
Barry Pepper to Add Pepper to ‘True Grit’
The first role that comes to mind when I think of Barry Pepper is the punishing his character took in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. I imagine the casting folk might have referenced that raw performance and might have subconsciously chosen Pepper because he fits the bill and the name.
Hathaway and Sturgess are ‘One Day’ Closer to Working with Lone Scherfig
THR reports that Focus is potentially tying down Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess for what is described as When Harry Met Sally (I wonder how many pitching sessions in the past two decades use that exact title?)
Jackman is Selma’s Sheriff, while MLK, LBJ, JEH and the KKK still need to be Cast
Hugh Jackman let slip that he'll be on the side of the "antagonists" in the Paul Webb scripted/Lee Daniels directed Selma. The Aussie will play sheriff Clark and thus becomes the third actor to join the project - Bobby De Niro playing Governor George Wallace, and Lenny Kravitz plays activist Andrew Young, but there are a batch of bigger roles that have yet to be filled including the man of the hour, Martin Luther King.
All Good Things Comes to an End for the Weinsteins
I remember thinking how odd it was when the Weinsteins purchased Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine at Sundance. They would now have not one, but two Ryan Gosling films to release this year. If you're a regular reader of the site, then you know that we've been anticipating the release of Andrew Jarecki's All Good Things for a long time now, and the end-product has suffered tremendously because of the Weinsteins' financial woes.
