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BAFTA Film Awards nominations are being announced today (January 15).The contenders for this year’s ceremony – which takes place on February 16 – are due to be confirmed at 12pm GMT. The nominations can be streamed live below.The ceremony is the most prestigious film awards in the UK, and a big part of awards season internationally, which will culminate with the Oscars on March 3.

Timothée Chalamet films topped the charts for DVD and Blu-ray films in 2024, according to figures released by The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE).Dune: Part Two topped the charts for disc sales, with the epic sci-fi sequel selling 132,000 copies on both DVD and Blu-ray formats. This was followed by Chalamet’s family film Wonka, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, and Deadpool & Wolverine. DC action film Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom rounds out the top five.In the TV markets, the Game of Thrones franchise ruled supreme, with prequel show House Of The Dragon taking the top two spots in the TV disc chart.

Oscar winning actor James Woods was brought to tears during a television interview, discussing the loss of his home to the Los Angeles wildfires continuing to tear through the city.There are currently five fires being fought by emergency services, with five people confirmed dead and more than 137,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. The fire in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood has become the most destructive in the city’s history, with at least 1,000 buildings destroyed.

Thunderbolts* star Florence Pugh has revealed she won’t be taking on roles like horror hit Midsommar again, saying that while she is proud of the film she felt like she “abused” herself in the process.During a discussion on the Reign with Josh Smith podcast, Pugh recalled the experience of making the 2019 horror story, about a young woman named Dani (Pugh) who visits a remote island festival that takes a dark and twisted turn. The film, directed by Ari Aster, was promoted by a poster that featured Pugh’s character crying and bloodied.“There have been some roles where I’ve given too much and I’ve been broken for a long while afterwards,” Pugh confessed on the podcast.

Gladiator 2 and Wicked hasn’t had the same impact as last year’s Barbenheimer phenomenon, but it has breathed new life into the box office with huge takings.With a combined $270million (£214.6milion) in worldwide ticket sales over the weekend, it was the third-biggest opening weekend of the year, behind Deadpool & Wolverine and Inside Out 2. It was also a record for a Broadway musical adaptation.Jon M.

Gladiator 2 and Wicked was predicted to have the same impact as last year’s Barbenheimer phenomenon, but experts are now saying that may not be the case.Dubbed the Glicked effect, both movies are expected to take the box office by storm over the weekend after being released in the US on Friday (November 22), similar to Barbie and Oppenheimer last year.Jon M. Chu’s Wicked has also been slated by cinema bosses to be the biggest film of the year, and earlier this month, Deadline predicted that the musical adaptation and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 are set to pull in huge takings on their openings with the former expected to pull in over $80million (£62.8million) and the latter $65million (£51million) domestically.The stars of the respective films have also been on board with a potential Glicked phenomenon, with Gladiator 2 star Paul Mescal telling The Hollywood Reporter: “I don’t wanna jinx anything.

Dwayne Johnson has claimed that his new Christmas film Red One was inspired by an Imax viewing of Oppenheimer.The festive action-adventure stars Johnson as the head of North Pole security, who teams up with Chris Evans’ bounty hunter to find a kidnapped Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons) on Christmas Eve.The film, which currently sits on a 35% score on Rotten Tomatoes, was apparently influenced by an unlikely source, however, in the form of Christohper Nolan’s Oscar-winning, billion-pound blockbuster Oppenheimer.As Johnson recently explained to Imax, it was a viewing of the Cillian Murphy film that inspired him to make sure Red One would live up to the largest screen format anywhere in the world.It's gonna… rock! See what we did there, @TheRock? #RedOneMovie pic.twitter.com/H0pvoZSaG3— IMAX (@IMAX) November 11, 2024“With Red One, our intention was to make a movie that you can enjoy on the biggest screen possible,” Johnson said. “Legitimately the biggest screens possible are Imax.

Gladiator II and Wicked could be set to have the same impact as last year’s Barbenheimer phenomenon.Dubbed the Glicked effect, both movies are set to take the box office by storm in the coming days when they are simultaneously released much like Barbie and Oppenheimer last year.According to Deadline, Jon M. Chu’s Wicked and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II are set to pull in huge takings on their openings with the former expected to pull in over $80million (£62.8million) and the latter $65million (£51million) domestically.Wicked is also expected to popular with women while Gladiator II is set to pull in men and also older women.At the #AcademyMuseumGala, Paul Mescal explains why he would love to see #GladiatorII x #WickedMovie's #Glicked release become a #Barbenheimer type moment pic.twitter.com/BzfQmD5Ahi— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) October 20, 2024When asked about the potential Glicked phenomenon, Gladiator II star Paul Mescal told The Hollywood Reporter: “I don’t wanna jinx anything.

Cillian Murphy has admitted that winning an Oscar hasn’t really changed things for him.The actor won the Best Actor Academy Award earlier this year for his performance in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which took home seven gongs in total including Best Picture.Speaking in a new interview with The Sunday Times to promote his new film Small Things Like These, Murphy was asked whether things have changed since winning the prestigious award.“Genuinely, honestly, no,” he admitted, though expressed hope that it helps to get more projects under his production company Big Things Films made.“But if it helps in any way [to produce more Big Things Films work], that’s great. If it can help getting the stories told, brilliant,” Murphy added.As well as Small Things Like These, Murphy is keeping busy with a return to Peaky Blinders in the upcoming Netflix film The Immortal Man.The movie, which is being directed by Tom Harper and has begun filming, will be set during World War II and has been described as an “epic continuation of the multi-award-winning gangster saga”.As well as the return of Murphy as Tommy Shelby and Steven Graham as Hayden Stagg, new cast additions include Rebecca Ferguson, Barry Keoghan, Tim Roth, Sophie Rundle, Ned Dennehy, Packy Lee, Ian Peck and Jay Lycurgo.Murphy previously told Deadline of the project: “It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me.

Christopher Nolan turned down the chance to return to Warner Bros. for his next movie despite being offered a seven figure cheque.The director was with the film company from 2002’s Insomnia right up until the release of Tenet in 2020.Their partnership included The Dark Knight trilogy, Dunkirk, Inception, while Warner Bros handled the international release of The Prestige and Interstellar.His decision to switch to Universal came after the director criticised Warner Bros.

Matt Damon is in talks to star in the lead role for Christopher Nolan‘s next movie.Damon portrayed General Leslie Groves in Nolan’s most recent film, Oppenheimer, alongside Cillian Murphy.Now, according to Variety, Nolan is returning to Universal for his next movie – and Damon looks set to be the lead star.The as-yet-untitled film is expected to be released in July 2026. Plot details for the project remain under wraps.Before Oppenheimer all of Nolan’s films including Inception, The Dark Knight and Dunkirk, were made under Warner Bros.Oppenheimer was the biggest winner at the Oscars and the BAFTAs this year.It also became Nolan’s biggest Box Office hit overseas with the film garnering over $960million (£757million) worldwide.The film remains Nolan’s third-biggest hit globally, behind The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises – both of which have grossed over a billion each.In a five-star review of the film, NME shared: “Not just the definitive account of the man behind the atom bomb, Oppenheimer is a monumental achievement in grown-up filmmaking.

Christopher Nolan that he considered his commitment to Slow Horses as more important than his appearance in Oppenheimer.The fourth season of the Apple TV+ spy drama arrived this week, with the first two episodes available to stream now. Oldman’s lead character of Jackson Lamb is back, and now the actor has said that his devotion to the role came at no expense – not even one of the biggest films of 2023.Oldman portrayed the US President Harry S.

Oppenheimer, Maestro, Elvis and King Richard all picking up Best Picture nominations at the Oscars in recent years.Reddit user samx3i prompted the discussion on Thursday (August 15) after watching 1984’s Amadeus, another major Oscar winner that told the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s rivalry with Antonio Salieri.“Incredible film if you haven’t seen it, and if you think you need to be a huge Mozart fan to get the full benefit of it, you do not (although it couldn’t hurt),” they wrote. “No sooner than Amadeus had ended did I immediately start thinking, “I wonder if there are biopics near as good regarding other great composers?”The post then asked others to recommend other great films in the genre, and people were not slow in coming forward.Films about the lives of musicians were common suggestions.

Glen Powell has revealed that he missed out on a role in Christopher Nolan‘s Oppenheimer.The Top Gun: Maverick star recently told GQ Magazine, that he was beaten to the role of Nobel-winning nuclear physicist Ernest Lawrence, by Josh Harnett.Despite missing out on the role he went on to say that he is still in touch with Nolan, and has faith that they will get to do “something together soon”.The movie went on to win seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director for Nolan at this year’s ceremony in Los Angeles.The film also recently became Nolan’s biggest Box Office hit overseas. It has garnered over $960million (£757million) worldwide to date at the Box Office.Elsewhere in the interview, Powell also shared how Tom Cruise once pranked him by pretending to lose control of the helicopter they were riding in over London after reshoots on Top Gun: Maverick.“Tom goes, ‘Oh no, oh no,’ and he starts dropping the helicopter over London,” Powell recalled.

Emily Blunt has opened up about the time she met Taylor Swift, and shared the compliment the singer gave to her daughter.The actor, who is currently starring in a new film opposite Ryan Gosling, titled The Fall Guy, appeared on The Howard Stern Show recently, where she was asked about Swift.After admitting to being a fan of the singer, who has just released her 11th studio album ‘The Tortured Poets Department‘, Blunt shared a moment where the two stars met.She described how the Grammy-winning artist paid a compliment to her and The Office star John Krasinski’s nine-year-old daughter.Describing Swift as the “nicest”, the Devil Wears Prada actor explained: “She was so nice to my kids. My oldest kid has just cut all of her hair off, this very short haircut that she was very self-conscious about.

Cillian Murphy thriller Anna has emerged as a surprise hit on Netflix, with the film becoming the fourth most-watched movie globally on the streaming platform.Anna, which is available to stream on Netflix US, sees Sasha Luss star as a former KGB agent-turned-model who is forced to return to her old profession, become a double agent and avenge the death of her previous employer in exchange for her freedom.Oppenheimer‘s Murphy plays CIA agent Leonard Miller, with Helen Mirren and Luke Evans also starring.The official synopsis reads: “Beneath a Russian woman’s striking beauty lies a hidden secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill and lead to her becoming one of the most feared assassins on the planet.”At the time of its release, Anna performed poorly with critics, receiving a score of 33 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes. However, it was far more popular with fans, receiving an audience rating of 81 per cent on the same site.The film is directed by Luc Besson, who is known for the 1994 action-thriller Léon: The Professional, starring Jean Reno, Natalie Portman and Gary Oldman.

Cillian Murphy, describing the Oppenheimer star as “adorable” and “very special”.Rea, who was Oscar-nominated for his performance in 1992’s The Crying Games, has collaborated with Murphy on a number of projects over the years, including Breakfast On Pluto and Ballyturk.“He is a really adorable guy,” Rea told Irish news channel RTE. “Of course, he had something very special, with tremendous focus, and he’s a good laugh; he is a good guy to work with.“He is a really pleasant person, and it’s nice to go out with him for drinks and what have you.

Robert Downey Jr. has said that preparing for his role in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was like “picking fly shit out of pepper”.Back in March, Downey Jr.

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt have drawn a line under their Barbenheimer experiences by performing a duet of Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ on Saturday Night Live.Gosling, who played Ken in Barbie, was hosting the episode of SNL, and was joined in the opening monologue by Blunt, who played Kitty in Oppenheimer.The two, who are also co-starring in the new action comedy The Fall Guy, reflected on the difficulty in moving past such a huge phenomenon. “You know, when you play a character that hard, that long, just letting go feels like a breakup and for processing a breakup, there’s really only one thing that can help – the music of the great Taylor Swift,” said Gosling.With that, they launched into their adapted version of ‘All Too Well’, complete with choreographed backing dancers and scenery referencing both films.“I was just Ken, and now I’m just Ryan,” sang Gosling, with Blunt adding: “I used to be the alcoholic wife of a dude in a hat / Talking to Albert Einstein / Sipping a margarita / With some Christopher Nolan and a bag of vodkila”.See the sketch below:Gosling ended weeks of uncertainty by showing up at the Oscars last month and performing a showstopping version of ‘I’m Just Ken’, alongside Mark Ronson and Slash.Since then, Ronson has reflected on the legacy of the song, which he co-wrote and produced.

Jodie Foster has revealed that she shared her concerns for Robert Downey Jr. while directing him in a 1995 film.Speaking to Esquire for its profile of the actor, Foster opened up about her experience directing him in the Thanksgiving comedy Home For The Holidays.Beginning production in 1995, the film overlapped with Downey Jr.’s struggles with addiction and crime, having been arrested in 1994 for possession of heroin, cocaine and a gun.The Silence Of The Lambs star said that she “took him to one side” before saying: “Look, I couldn’t be more grateful for what you’ve given in this film.

Oppenheimer continues to break records around the world, and now the film has become Christopher Nolan’s biggest Box Office hit overseas.The biopic profiles Robert J. Oppenheimer (played by Cillian Murphy), the real-life American physicist who played a pivotal role in the creation of the atomic bomb in World War II.