‘Nightmare Alley’: Read The Screenplay For Guillermo Del Toro’s Noir Cautionary Tale

10 titles shortlisted in the Oscar category of Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Wigs of various lengths and colors were worn by main cast members Bradley Cooper (in selected scenes), Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen and Toni Collette, in addition to dozens of background actors.Cate Blanchett, who nabbed a Screen Actors Guild nomination for her supporting performance, brought in her personal hair stylist. “Guillermo referenced Lauren Bacall for Cate’s hair and her stylist did a fantastic job,” said Furey.

When costume designer Louis Sequeira got the call from Guillermo del Toro to start working on “Nightmare Alley,” he didn’t have to go far to begin researching the 1930s set project. A self-described hoarder, he’d been collecting visual references for decades.

When costume designer Louis Sequeira got the call from Guillermo del Toro to start working on “Nightmare Alley,” he didn’t have to go far to begin researching the 1930s set project. A self-described hoarder, he’d been collecting visual references for decades.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentSearchlight’s “Nightmare Alley” takes place mostly in 1939-41, but its sensibility is contemporary. It’s a time-capsule movie: If future generations want to know what life was like in the 21st century, tell them to see this film.“Nightmare,” written by Guillermo Del Toro (who directs) and Kim Morgan, depicts a world of liars and charlatans who manipulate the truth to gain wealth and/or power.

We all know Martin Scorsese is a film fan. Like many other filmmakers, the legendary director has an encyclopedic knowledge of the medium.

Excellence in Sci-Fi / Fantasy FilmDune – Jacqueline West & Robert MorganThe Green Knight – Malgosia TurzanskaThe Matrix Resurrections – Lindsay PughShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – Kym BarrettSpider-Man: No Way Home – Sanja M. HaysThe Suicide Squad – Judianna MakovskyExcellence in Contemporary FilmComing 2 America – Ruth E.

The American Society of Cinematographers announced their 2022 nominees this morning and it was good news for Sci-Fi fans. Over six categories projects such as “Dune,” “Foundation,” “Titans,” “Snowpiercer,” “Superman & Lois” and “The Nevers” earned nominations.

The American Society of Cinematographers on Tuesday unveiled nominations for its 36th annual ASC Awards, honoring the year’s best in feature film, documentary and television cinematography.

Zack Sharf Bradley Cooper earned rave reviews for his lead performance in Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley,” but the eight-time Oscar nominee was not necessarily the director’s first choice for the job. It was Leonardo DiCaprio, who del Toro originally cast in the role of Stanton Carlisle, a drifter and con artist who rises from lowly carnival worker to a renowned mentalist.

Bradley Cooper (“Nightmare Alley,” “Licorice Pizza”) and Mahershala Ali (“Swan Song”) sat down for a virtual chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon Studios. For more, click here.This season, both Bradley Cooper and Mahershala Ali are pulling off a double act. Cooper’s fans can see him in two period pieces: As the lead of “Nightmare Alley,” in which he plays a tormented mentalist desperate for validation in the 1940s traveling-carnival scene, and as a key supporting player in “Licorice Pizza,” in which he’s a deranged version of the producer Jon Peters.

Guillermo del Toro has reimagined the classic tale of Pinocchio! Netflix dropped on Monday a teaser for the Academy Award-winning filmmaker’s “whimsical, stop-motion musical,” which is scheduled to be released on the streamer this December. First look at Sofia Vergara in her new Netflix seriesEwan McGregor voices Sebastian J. Cricket in the film.

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The Art Directors Guild has announced nominations for the 26th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animation features, with nominees in the top categories including Licorice Pizza, Cruella, Dune, In The Heights, The White Lotus and Encanto.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“Nightmare Alley,” “Cruella,” “No Time to Die” and “In The Heights” are among the top films recognized for excellence in production design in the 26th annual Art Directors Guild nominations.On Monday, the ADG announced nominations for this year’s awards show, which will return to a live ceremony on March 5 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles.“The French Dispatch,” “Licorice Pizza,” “West Side Story” and “The Tragedy of Macbeth” landed nominations in the period feature film category alongside “Nightmare Alley.” “Dune,” “Cruella,” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and “The Green Knight” earned recognition in fantasy feature film. Missing out were Oscar contenders “Spencer,” “The Power of the Dog,” “Belfast” and “Cyrano.”As previously announced, director Denis Villeneuve (“Dune”) will receive the William Cameron Menzies award.

For years it seems, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (“Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Nightmare Alley“) has been talking up making his own version of “Pinocchio.” After many years of laboring on the project, the stop-motion musical directed by del Toro and Mark Gustafson is finally coming to life. READ MORE: The 25 Most Anticipated Horror Films Of 2022 Many of GDT’s friends and collaborators also feature in what is quite the voice cast, including Gregory Mann, Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, and Burn Gorman.

Guillermo del Toro‘s Pinocchio, a whimsical, stop-motion musical, has its very first teaser and release date information straight from Netflix!

“Nightmare Alley,” a new adaptation of the 1946 William Lindsay Gresham novel of the same name, is perhaps the greatest showcase of his world-building talents so far – as attested to by in the above video by actress Toni Collette, who’s featured in the film as a carnival clairvoyant named Madame Zeena.“Every frame blows my mind,” says Collette. “It’s so exquisite and rich and so saturated.

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentGuillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley” is physically stunning, which the director says “sustains the darkness of the movie by keeping the audience almost hypnotized by those textures. If you make a beautiful movie that’s not telling a story or defining a character, it’s just decorative. That’s the difference between eye protein and eye candy.”Every worker behind the camera on the Searchlight film was “first-rate,” says del Toro, who also singled out several key artisans.