SCREEN DAILY: Bart Layton’s American Animals also picked up two awards: the Debut Screenwriter prize for writer-director Layton, which added to the Best Editing craft award.
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AMERICAN ANIMALS RECEIVES 11 NOMINATIONS FROM THE BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS
DEADLINE: Following The Favourite is Bart Layton’s heist pic American Animals with 11 nominations, Michael Pearce’s Beast with 10 and Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here scooping eight. Each is also competing in the Best British Independent Film race
ALLISON JANNEY ON OSCAR WIN: “I DID IT ALL BY MYSELF!”
VARIETY: Allison Janney won her first Oscar for Best Supporting Actress on Sunday night, sweeping the major awards shows with her unflinching portrayal of Tonya Harding’s abusive mother in “I, Tonya”.
ALLISON JANNEY THANKS TONYA HARDING DURING GOLDEN GLOBES WIN
VARIETY: Allison Janney took home the Golden Globe for her supporting role in “I, Tonya” at the 75th annual awards show.
‘I, TONYA’: MARGOT ROBBIE, SEBASTIAN STAN DESCRIBE ‘LOVELY’ AND ‘STRANGE’ ENCOUNTERS WITH REAL TONYA HARDING, JEFF GILLOOLY
VARIETY: It’s been nearly 24 years since “the whack heard ’round the world,” but figure skating villain Tonya Harding and her rival, Nancy Kerrigan, are back in the spotlight thanks to the upcoming release of “I, Tonya”.
PROSTHETICS! REVERSE CONTOURING! HOW MARGOT ROBBIE TRANSFORMED INTO TONYA HARDING FOR I, TONYA
VOGUE: The newest trailer for I, Tonya is proof: Margot Robbie is the ultimate on-screen chameleon.
NEON & 30WEST LAND ‘I, TONYA’ FOR $5 MILLION – TORONTO
EXCLUSIVE: After three all-night negotiations, Neon and 30WEST tag teamed to skate off with a deal for I, Tonya, the Craig Gillespie-directed black comedy from Miramax about the epic fall from grace of Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding.
MEL GIBSON, ANDREW GARFIELD AND BILL MECHANIC ON THE 15-YEAR ORDEAL TO SCALE ‘HACKSAW RIDGE’
DEADLINE: The moment they received a sustained standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival, Gibson and Garfield put themselves into the awards season race with Hacksaw Ridge, capping a remarkable 15-year ordeal to bring to the screen the story of the first conscientious objector to win the Medal Of Honor.
‘I, TONYA’ FINDS ITS NANCY KERRIGAN IN CAITLIN CARVER
DEADLINE: Caitlin Carver has been cast as champion figure skater and Tonya Harding rival Nancy Kerrigan in the biopic I, TONYA starring Margot Robbie.
MEL GIBSON’S ‘HACKSAW RIDGE’ LANDS 6 OSCAR NOMINATIONS
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: The film stars Andrew Garfield — who also earned a best actor nom — as a conscientious objector in World War II