Universal has released the first official photo for Christopher Nolan‘s upcoming Oppenheimer movie.
08.02.2022 - 20:45 / deadline.com
Kenneth Branagh received three Oscar nominations today for Belfast – Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture – bringing his total to eight nominations. His nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture means Branagh has just broken a record by being nominated for Oscars in seven different categories throughout his career.
Branagh spoke to Deadline after his nominations were announced, and in response to the record he just broke, Branagh says the feeling is “mind boggling.” He says this is a result of “having the good fortune to be directed by great directors, to direct great actors, and to work with amazing writers. I’ve had that unique experience of being able to look at how to tell a story from many different positions.”
According to Branagh, he isn’t the only one celebrating the success of Belfast today. “Somebody rang me just after this all kicked off from a cafe in Belfast,” he says. “Every single person in the cafe was on their phone looking at these results as they were being announced. And when we got announced the Best Picture, the bloody place went up, everybody was jumping up and screaming and hugging each other.”
While his next feature film Death on the Nile is only a few days away from premiering, Branagh’s focus for the time being is writing. “I’m writing, that’s what I’m doing in every spare moment,” he says. “That’s what the experience of Belfast has sent me to, and I’m enjoying that and that’s what’s driving me.”
Belfast has also secured nominations in the Best Supporting Role category for Ciarán Hinds and Judi Dench, Best Sound, and Best Original Song for Van Morrison’s “Down to Joy.”
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Universal has released the first official photo for Christopher Nolan‘s upcoming Oppenheimer movie.
Today, Universal Pictures announced that Christopher Nolan’s atomic bomb film “Oppenheimer” has officially started production with multiple locations in the U.S., such as New Mexico, California, and New Jersey. The project has an ambitious budget of $100 million and will be heading to theaters the summer of 2023.
Nominations have been announced for this year’s Irish Film And TV Academy Awards (IFTAs). Scroll down for the full list.
Naman Ramachandran Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” leads the nominations at the 2022 Irish Film and Television Academy Film and Drama award nominations with 10 nods across categories. “Belfast” is nominated for best film, best director and script for Branagh, with a lead actor nod for Jude Hill, supporting actor recognitions for Ciarán Hinds and Jamie Dornan and a supporting actress nod for Caitríona Balfe, besides craft nominations.
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“Belfast” writer, director and producer Kenneth Branagh went into Tuesday morning’s Academy Award nominations knowing he had a chance to make some Oscar history as the person nominated in the largest number of categories, but he wasn’t really thinking about that as he watched the announcement from a studio where he’s working in the Twickenham area of London.“It had been pointed out to me, but at the moment of listening to them any such thoughts went out of my head and I was a nervous wreck,” he told TheWrap on Tuesday morning. “Every finger was crossed for anything and everything, hoping that some recognition might come our way.
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Clayton Davis Along with being one of the favorites in the best picture category, “Belfast” shepherded producer, writer and director Kenneth Branagh into Oscars history books.With nominations for best picture (as one of the film’s producers) and original screenplay, Branagh is the first person to be nominated in seven individual Oscar categories, surpassing George Clooney, Alfonso Cuarón and Walt Disney, who were recognized in six.In addition, Branagh joins Clooney and Warren Beatty as the only people to have received noms in every eligible major category — picture, director, lead or supporting acting and both original and adapted screenplay.Prior to nominations, he received five noms over his respectable career, across different categories — director (“Henry V”), actor (“Henry V”), supporting actor (“My Week With Marilyn”), adapted screenplay (“Hamlet”) and live-action short (“Swan Song”). Branagh has been a respected actor and director for over three decades.
The 2022 Oscar nominations are in.
Belfast writer-director Kenneth Branagh broke an Oscar record today for receiving seven nominations in seven different categories throughout his career. Branagh’s roles as writer, director, and producer of Belfast has netted him nominations today for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture. Branagh also received a nomination today for Best Director.
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Belfast , which landed in cinemas in Northern Ireland two weeks ago, has received six nominations for this year's BAFTA ( British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards. The film, a black-and-white family drama about Northern Ireland on the brink of the troubles in the late 1960s, was inspired by Branagh's own upbringing in Belfast.