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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 19, 2020 16:07:56 GMT
One of the more curious Oscar trends in recent years is the success in former Bro-ish or "Gross-out" comedy directors making a succesful transition to directing "serious" movies that Oscar embraces within the space of one movie. Adam McKay, Peter Farrelly and most recently Todd Philips.
Any calls on who (if any) will follow in this recent trend.
My call is Judd Apatow, who is arguably the most successful comedy director of. the last 20 years. He must see these other guys becoming Oscar favorites after directing one dramatic film and think he can at least match that. If he does a baity drama and it's halfway decent, I can see him being a live contender.
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Post by jakob on Feb 19, 2020 17:26:46 GMT
Judd Apatow is ripe for one and he can direct a Marriage Story type Oscar contender, he could be in strong contention. His biggest inspiration is James L Brooks, so I know he’s got one in him. The problem is I don’t think he directs enough. He’s got the Pete Davidson film coming but his last film was 2015. I won’t hold out hope for one for him until he announces a baity sounding film in a prime awards season date. Most of his come out in the summer and fly under the radar after a few months.
What he should do if he wants a nomination is to direct a biopic. Preferably one about a comic. In his wheelhouse, but one he can craft and make really special.
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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 19, 2020 17:51:39 GMT
Judd Apatow is ripe for one and he can direct a Marriage Story type Oscar contender, he could be in strong contention. His biggest inspiration is James L Brooks, so I know he’s got one in him. The problem is I don’t think he directs enough. He’s got the Pete Davidson film coming but his last film was 2015. I won’t hold out hope for one for him until he announces a baity sounding film in a prime awards season date. Most of his come out in the summer and fly under the radar after a few months. What he should do if he wants a nomination is to direct a biopic. Preferably one about a comic. In his wheelhouse, but one he can craft and make really special. You make some very good observations. I think a relationship drama like Marriage Story is probably the easiest/safest bet, but I can easily see it being tweaked/marketed as a comedy-drama type thing, which may seem too close to his wheelhouse to garner Oscar attention. Philips and Farrelly in particular went so far away from their wheelhouses that they couldn't even give marketing the option to market it close to one of their previous films. I like the idea of him doing a biopic of a comic. Something like Lenny. George Carlin is perfect for someone like Apatow. No reason he couldn't do Richard Pryor either, though who knows where the rights to that story currently lie. Bill Hicks is another good fit, though I think Richard Linklater is attached to direct a biopic on Hick's life. |
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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 19, 2020 18:06:21 GMT
I think Seth MacFarlane could do it if he wanted to. And maybe he has the inclination to be taken more seriously, as he did take a "serious" acting role for the Russell Crowe starring mini-series about Roger Ailes, The Loudest Voice.
Not sure what type of drama I'd suggest for him though.
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Post by stephen on Feb 19, 2020 18:13:46 GMT
Jake Kasdan should've done it a decade ago for this masterpiece:
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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 19, 2020 18:29:37 GMT
Jake Kasdan should've done it a decade ago for this masterpiece: career has been disappointing for me. The guy is making movies and TV shows, and he's probably immensely wealthy and satisfied. But Zero Effect was such a bold and original debut, that I never figured he'd end up this high priced comedy journeyman. Loved that movie, and Bill Pullman was terrific in it. He's still at a high level in the biz and directing big money flicks like Jumanji, so he probably has the option to go serious if he wants to. He's just not as distinctive a filmmaker as some of the other comedy guys who've transitioned or whom I could see transitioning. |
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Post by Zeb31 on Feb 19, 2020 20:55:07 GMT
You know it'll be all over for the rest of these hoes when Dennis Dugan comes out with a searing drama about the opioid epidemic starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Meryl Streep that'll dominate the season with a 54 on Metacritic, 13 Oscar nominations and a 12-page MAR thread.
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Post by LaraQ on Feb 19, 2020 20:57:12 GMT
Edgar Wright.I'm not sure if Last Night in Soho will be his Oscars breakthrough,but it seems like he's looking to make more serious films now.
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Post by pupdurcs on Feb 19, 2020 23:07:46 GMT
Edgar Wright.I'm not sure if Last Night in Soho will be his Oscars breakthrough,but it seems like he's looking to make more serious films now. I thought about him, but I feel like his transition is going to be much slower than guys like McKay, Farrelly and Phillips. They went full on into "important" subject matter in their first non- comedy efforts (race relations, politics/economics, mental illness etc). Wright has already started transitioning to more dramatic films with Baby Driver, which was a big critical and commercial success. But I don't feel he's going to neccesarily do anything baity enough for the Academy to embrace in a big way (though Baby Driver did get some below the line Oscar nods). I feel like Last Night In Soho is likely to be recieved like Baby Driver...a cool, stylish critical hit, but not really "oscarbait". |
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Post by Sharbs on Feb 19, 2020 23:25:01 GMT
Jay Roach is certainly trying hard enough
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Post by bob-coppola on Feb 19, 2020 23:58:40 GMT
Edgar Wright.I'm not sure if Last Night in Soho will be his Oscars breakthrough,but it seems like he's looking to make more serious films now. I thought about him, but I feel like his transition is going to be much slower than guys like McKay, Farrelly and Phillips. They went full on into "important" subject matter in their first non- comedy efforts (race relations, politics/economics, mental illness etc). Wright has already started transitioning to more dramatic films with Baby Driver, which was a big critical and commercial success. But I don't feel he's going to neccesarily do anything baity enough for the Academy to embrace in a big way (though Baby Driver did get some below the line Oscar nods). I feel like Last Night In Soho is likely to be recieved like Baby Driver...a cool, stylish critical hit, but not really "oscarbait". I can totally see Wright following the path of Rian Johnson's Knives Out and Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit: still doing hip comedies, but injecting more serious themes while keeping the humor and quirkiness. |
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Post by morton on Feb 20, 2020 0:04:14 GMT
I'll have to dig up where this was discussed a few months ago because I know I'm forgetting some people. Besides Judd Apatow, Jay Roach, and Jake Kasdan, I think that Michael Showalter could be someone to watch out for. The Big Sick was probably top 15, and The Eyes of Tammy Faye could potentially get Oscar traction beyond just the actors. Ben Stiller is someone that will probably get it one day especially with the success at Escape at Dannemora. Related to Stiller is Stiller's Night the Museum Director Shawn Levy. He's been nominated for producing, and he's still pretty young in terms of Hollywood and is still at the top right now, so I think he's got plenty of time to make something that Oscar ends up loving. David Frankel could have been a possibility because he's already won an Oscar, but I think that Collateral Beauty might have killed any chances he had to win an Oscar. Another person that had award success before switching to directing comedies was Seth Gordon, so maybe he'll surprise in the future with his feature length fictional movies. Also I know Tom Shadyac was sort of going that way with Patch Adams, and then he sort of faded, but he had Brian Banks which I think was a hit in certain circles. So if he can get the right schmaltz that Oscar voters love, he could possibly crossover. I wouldn't bet on it, but then again I never thought Peter Farrelly would either. Finally I would have listed Barry Sonnenfeld at one time, but unfortunately I think Get Shorty was too long ago, and the last movie he directed was Nine Lives.  ETA: Just saw another name I guess I could put down. He's not technically a comedy director, but an actor who was known mostly for comedies, Jason Bateman. He did win an Emmy though for his directing last year, and I think he might have been nominated by the DGA too. |
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Feb 20, 2020 2:32:51 GMT
Jason Bateman
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Post by pacinoyes on Feb 20, 2020 2:37:11 GMT
Great call and already a directing Emmy winner too as of 2019 ...... |
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