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Post by MoonShadow on Sept 22, 2017 22:18:11 GMT
www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/i-tonya-sets-2017-awards-qualifying-release-date-1042308'I, Tonya' Gets 2017 Awards-Qualifying Release Date (Exclusive)[\B]
SEPTEMBER 22, 201712:15pm PT by Scott Feinberg
The upstart distributor Neon will open the film in New York and Los Angeles on Dec. 8, with a platform rollout continuing into January.
I, Tonya, Craig Gillespie's hilarious and devastating Tonya Harding biopic, is officially joining the race to the 90th Oscars, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The film will open in New York and Los Angeles on Dec. 8, with a platform rollout that will continue into January.
The film, which stars Margot Robbie (who also is one of its producers), had its world premiere on Sept. 8 at the Toronto International Film Festival, where, three days later, it became the fest's highest-profile acquisition, selling to Tom Quinn and Tim League's Neon for $5 million (over an even larger bid by Netflix).
After catching I, Tonya in Toronto, I wrote: "In the hands of a competent distributor, Robbie could well land a best actress nomination — she wouldn't be the first beautiful actress to 'de-glam' and/or produce her own project and get recognized for doing so (see: Charlize Theron and 2003's Monster). As for [Allison]Janney, she seems to me like a slam-dunk for a best supporting actress nom [for her portrayal of Harding's mother] — which would be her first-ever Academy recognition, and hugely deserved."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2017 22:38:04 GMT
Sounds good. Really looking forward to seeing Robbie and Janney's performances.
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Post by quetee on Sept 22, 2017 22:39:09 GMT
Alison for the win.
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Post by stephen on Sept 23, 2017 0:45:28 GMT
I'm still not entirely sold on Janney sewing up the win now. Supporting Actress more or less tends to go to a player in a Best Picture nominee, as it's usually the dumping ground for coattails and category frauds. The last person to win Best Supporting Actress without a correlating BP nomination was Penelope Cruz in 2008 (EDIT: I forgot about Alicia Vikander, but she had a banner year and it can be argued she got in for the "friendlier" option, plus hella-category fraud). Not that it really means anything, and trends obviously are made to be broken, but Neon is an unproven studio and despite their intents to campaign, can they get it out there enough for it to be seen? Janney is obviously a respected actress, one of the winningest performers on television in fact, but I don't really get the sense of her being "due" like other veterans that have won in this category. She'll need the strong backing of the critics for this one, which is very possible.
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Post by iheartamyadams on Sept 23, 2017 19:30:02 GMT
I'm still not entirely sold on Janney sewing up the win now. Supporting Actress more or less tends to go to a player in a Best Picture nominee, as it's usually the dumping ground for coattails and category frauds. The last person to win Best Supporting Actress without a correlating BP nomination was Penelope Cruz in 2008 (EDIT: I forgot about Alicia Vikander, but she had a banner year and it can be argued she got in for the "friendlier" option, plus hella-category fraud). Not that it really means anything, and trends obviously are made to be broken, but Neon is an unproven studio and despite their intents to campaign, can they get it out there enough for it to be seen? Janney is obviously a respected actress, one of the winningest performers on television in fact, but I don't really get the sense of her being "due" like other veterans that have won in this category. She'll need the strong backing of the critics for this one, which is very possible. Alicia Vikander just won despite being a nobody while her film was nearly panned and not even on the radar for BP. Her closest competitor Winslet, was also in a movie that underperformed and didn't come close to BP. Janney is winning this. It is also very possible that none of the nominees this year are in BP nominees (I'm one of the few that expect Lady Bird to underperform at the Oscars).
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Post by morton on Sept 23, 2017 21:30:51 GMT
I'm still not entirely sold on Janney sewing up the win now. Supporting Actress more or less tends to go to a player in a Best Picture nominee, as it's usually the dumping ground for coattails and category frauds. The last person to win Best Supporting Actress without a correlating BP nomination was Penelope Cruz in 2008 (EDIT: I forgot about Alicia Vikander, but she had a banner year and it can be argued she got in for the "friendlier" option, plus hella-category fraud). Not that it really means anything, and trends obviously are made to be broken, but Neon is an unproven studio and despite their intents to campaign, can they get it out there enough for it to be seen? Janney is obviously a respected actress, one of the winningest performers on television in fact, but I don't really get the sense of her being "due" like other veterans that have won in this category. She'll need the strong backing of the critics for this one, which is very possible. Alicia Vikander just won despite being a nobody while her film was nearly panned and not even on the radar for BP. Her closest competitor Winslet, was also in a movie that underperformed and didn't come close to BP. Janney is winning this. It is also very possible that none of the nominees this year are in BP nominees (I'm one of the few that expect Lady Bird to underperform at the Oscars). Yes, this category just seems so open and desolate that I think it's going to be similar to 2015 where Alicia Vikander was able to win despite not being in a BP. Spencer might coattail, but she has no chance to win. The same for Kristin Scott-Thomas. Then, there are the borderline cases of Chau and Hunter. Their films could sneak into BP, but I don't really see either of them winning. Chau because of the controversy of her role and because Downsizing critics' scores have went down a lot after Venice. Then with Hunter, I don't really know that she does enough to win a second Oscar; although I guess people have won for less. She is well liked and respected, but I don't know if she's that loved to win for her performance in The Big Sick. Novitiate's didn't seem to have any buzz at all at TIFF; although, Leo would probably be in a similar situation with not being in a BP nominee. Mudbound didn't seem to go anywhere after TIFF either, but it's still borderline for BP. I don't know if Blige has enough raves to win, but maybe with this category being so open, if she gets in and Mudbound also is a BP nominee, maybe? Pfeiffer is done. I don't know if Prince is going lead or supporting, and related to Lady Bird, I'm still not sure if that or The Florida Project is going to be their top priority. I can see a scenario where they both make it into BP, only one makes it, or neither makes it, because they're both borderline to me right now. While Prince has gotten raves, I don't see her making it in because Dafoe has stronger reviews, and he seems more likely to win if there is an acting win for The Florida Project. With Metcalf, I don't know. She's highly respected, and an Oscar would complete her triple crown, but I'm still unsure about Lady Bird. On one hand, there's raves about it, but on the other hand, it just seems like something that could be forgotten about by most awards except the Spirit Awards. So right now unless Juno Temple or one of the ladies from The Post or Phantom Thread surprise, which is possible, if Janney somehow doesn't win, I don't know who would. I mean there's a lot of possibilities for the five slots, but no one aside from Janney and Metcalf, although again Lady Bird has problems as well, seems like a winner to me. I, Tonya might miss Best Picture, but Margot Robbie is going to put up a fight for a Best Actress nomination, and I believe she has a great chance to make it because she's an "it" girl that produced her own film and is playing a real life person and deglammed for the role. In a weaker year, I actually think that would be enough for her to win, but I'm not really sure this year until Wonder Wheel and The Post are finally screened. I think she could actually take down Frances McDormand even with Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri most likely being stronger overall because of her narrative and because of the campaigning that she's going to do. I don't know if she has enough to take down Winslet and Streep too, but she could. If the current negative buzz about Winslet is actually true, then Robbie's chances would go up even more, imo. With Streep, it does seem like something that could win Streep her fourth Oscar, but I also think that it's very possible that they'll make her wait again because they know she's going to be nominated plenty more times. Sadly I don't think Sally Hawkins is going to be that much of a factor for the win. It wouldn't be the first time I was wrong, but she just doesn't fit the mold of a winner, and I don't think that her narrative will be enough or that she'll sweep all the critics' awards to overcome not fitting the mold.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Sept 23, 2017 21:46:49 GMT
but will that leave it enough time to build up any hype with screeners? Pushing it to 2018 might have been smarter, especially with season being so crowded already. Unless it becomes a surprise hit, I'm only seeing potential for Actress and Supporting Actress, and Robbie is still a longshot.
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Post by avnermoriarti on Sept 29, 2017 4:09:22 GMT
It would be very funny if, from all the actresses that are in contention this year, and by that I mean, seasoned actresses or at least more respected, for a third year in a row an ingenue wins again. She has that killer smile, she can pull it off.
Actually I really wanna see this one, the whole docu-style and acid humour I've read that it's present in the movie have me intrigued and most of all, how is Margot Robbie suppose to be the "not pretty enough" Tonya Harding that was considered for her discipline ?
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 29, 2017 6:00:11 GMT
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Post by alexanderblanchett on Oct 4, 2017 21:11:53 GMT
Good for Robbie and Janney.
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Post by stephen on Oct 19, 2017 16:12:24 GMT
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Post by bob-coppola on Oct 19, 2017 16:18:50 GMT
Margot's voice is so... hate-able. I bet she's amazing in it, I'm really anticipating it.
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Post by MoonShadow on Oct 19, 2017 17:04:05 GMT
Extremely lurid, kitschy, salacious and.....SUBLIME! Can't wait!!!
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Post by jakesully on Oct 19, 2017 19:07:46 GMT
I'm in .
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Post by CookiesNCream on Oct 19, 2017 23:22:41 GMT
Margot Robbie can skate?
This should make for an interesting biopic.
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Post by FrancescoAbides on Oct 19, 2017 23:39:50 GMT
Looks good, I'm in
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Post by hugobolso1 on Oct 19, 2017 23:40:15 GMT
Did she takes the role, because she was the producer wife?
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Post by Zeb31 on Oct 20, 2017 1:02:14 GMT
After the reviews I'm hyped for this no matter what, but that didn't give us an awful lot to chew on.
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Post by MoonShadow on Oct 20, 2017 13:29:55 GMT
Did she takes the role, because she was the producer wife?
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Post by Martin Stett on Oct 20, 2017 16:10:29 GMT
Did she takes the role, because she was the producer wife? Reminds me of when Frances McDormand was asked how she got her wonderful role in Fargo by an especially dumb reporter, and she replied that it was probably because she was sleeping with the director.
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Post by Billy_Costigan on Oct 20, 2017 17:19:21 GMT
I think she's getting in.
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Post by DeepArcher on Oct 20, 2017 19:56:06 GMT
Did she takes the role, because she was the producer wife? She is the producer! She searched the material/concept/ideas etc, she asked someone who wanted to direct the material, she picked the casts, and also financed everything with others. She's behind all this shit! not because she's somebody's wife! Tom Ackerley is her husband.
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Oct 22, 2017 1:12:30 GMT
I like that it looks like it's going to be handled with humor. It is a hilarious story when you think about it.
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Post by moiestatz on Oct 22, 2017 8:29:50 GMT
Yes, please.
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Post by cherry68 on Oct 22, 2017 9:47:24 GMT
Not a lot to judge. Robbie is almost 15 centimeters taller than Harding, and it shows.
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