BoxOfficeFangrl Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 44 minutes ago, filmlover said: I imagine this will be getting a campaign regardless of WB's current financial problems (which may be why House Party and not Shazam! will be closing their 2022). As one of the bigger success stories of the year the Academy might fully embrace it if they like it enough...guess it all depends on if the Whitney biopic released around Christmas steals any of its thunder or not. I've thought of Elvis as more of an acting contender, but worse-reviewed movies have made it into Best Picture. If the Whitney biopic goes over in a similar way, it could benefit from being more recent. At the nomination stage, I don't see why two musical biopics couldn't get into Best Picture. Usually, though, the woman-centered one is relegated to being a Best Actress contender. It seems like Zaslav is a penny pincher, he's made moves to alienate talent, types like that don't always see the value in awards. Time will tell... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestPicturePlutoNash Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 The awards publicist is probably already hired for Elvis. these things happen early Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dudalb Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 5 hours ago, BoxOfficeFangrl said: But seriously, I wonder if WB being broke will affect the awards run for Elvis... Those campaigns aren't cheap and the movie will be out of theaters by the time awards season is in high gear, so will Zaslav think the spend is worth it? OTOH, it may not matter, they absolutely love rewarding biopics like this in lead acting categories. Oscar Campaigns dont cost much money you are talking a couple of million at most, which barely qualifies as petty cash at a major studiio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxOfficeFangrl Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, dudalb said: Oscar Campaigns dont cost much money you are talking a couple of million at most, which barely qualifies as petty cash at a major studiio. Oscar Campaign Spending Reaches New Heights in Competitive Season (Variety, Jan 2019) Quote Oscar campaign budgets for films seeking nominations in multiple categories, such as “A Star Is Born,” “Roma” and “First Man,” can run from $20 million to $30 million as companies compete with each other to out-wine and dine awards voters, according to insiders at the various studios and streamers. One source said the campaign for “A Star Is Born” came in at slightly lower than $20 million, in a studio effort to spend more strategically than in past years (as with the $25 million it spent on “Argo,” or the $20 million for “Gravity,” the insider said). Tracking Netflix’s Relentless Quest for Oscar Glory (Nerdist, April 2021) Quote The company later shelled out a reported $40 million of [The Irishman]’s Oscar campaign. Other reports say Netflix has spent even more on campaigning in other years (some put the Roma campaign at $60 million) and estimated their total spend for the 2019 season above $100 million, which they denied. On the other hand, Neon's campaign for Parasite was reportedly only $4-5 million (Deadline), but it had far more going for it than most awards contenders. Apple spent about $10 million for the CODA campaign (The Wrap). These are movies that were hoping to get into Best Picture, presumably it costs less if the movie is only really aiming for an acting nomination/win. Elvis could go either way, really. Edited August 26, 2022 by BoxOfficeFangrl fixed links 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRA Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Even with WB claiming poverty with their controversial moves lately, I suspect they’ll magically find money for a campaign. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel1 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Impossible to not appreciate the sheer creativity on display here. Butler and pretty much aside from Hanks are terrific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torontofan Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Hanks was annoying in this movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannastop Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonytr87 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Great movie, would've been a top 10 of the year type movie if not for Hanks' casting/performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDude391 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 2 hours ago, tonytr87 said: Great movie, would've been a top 10 of the year type movie if not for Hanks' casting/performance. Hanks is the best part though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 11:58 AM, cannastop said: Trent Beretta is always in kayfabe on Twitter. His personality in wrestling is to be overly cautious of everything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonytr87 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 On 9/22/2022 at 9:22 PM, TheDude391 said: Hanks is the best part though? You high? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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excel1 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Watching this 2nd time, while I greatly respect Butler making Elvis feel like a person, as opposed to an impersonation, the real Elvis's obvious "good ole boy" jolliness is totally missing from Butler's portrayal. I like that the film really pushed the seriousness of a man who was fanatically driven to ensure his parents were never in poverty again, but the lack of joyfulness was pretty noticeable. Butler's vibe was a bit different than the one Elvis always seemingly projected. Butler feels restrained when Elvis always felt at complete ease with himself. This is especially noticeable at the VERY end, when after 2 1/2 hours of Butler, we see a few seconds of the actual Elvis, who was frankly much more traditionally handsome than Butler and had a naturally infectious megawatt smile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wild Eric Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 This makes no sense. Like it uses a sample, but it clearly is its own thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dudalb Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 On 8/30/2022 at 10:04 AM, Torontofan said: Hanks was annoying in this movie So was the Colonel in real life, pal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 On 11/18/2022 at 4:41 PM, Eric the Plane said: This makes no sense. Like it uses a sample, but it clearly is its own thing. SHades of the Godfather, which was disqualified from competing in the original score department, because Nino Rota, used, breifly,one piece of music from one of his scores for a Fellini movie. All of the themes from his score that have become iconic were original, but that did not matter to the Acedemy, maybe they have changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...