A thread to discuss upcoming tv movies and mini series that can be contenders for next year's Emmys. It's sometimes easy to miss when one of them airs, especially if they are on not much seen cable channels.
Did anyone see the Georgia O'Keefe movie on Lifetime last Saturday? It starred Jaon Allen and Jeremy Irons. Two veterans with a good pedigrees. Their other 2 movies set to air in Oct-Dec don't sound as potential contenders judging from the people involved and the plot. So we should wait for next year to see if they have something better.
WGBH/Masterpiece is co-producing with BBC 3 mini-series and 1 tv movie set to air in early 2010 in the Masterpiece Classic series. They are: EMMA (4 hours): new adaption of Jane Austen's novel CRANFORD 2 (2 x 90'). Judy Dench and Imelda Staunton will reprise their roles. SMALL ISLAND (2 x 90) starring Naomie Harris as young ambitious Jamaican woman in post War London. FRAMED (90'), adapted from a children's novel.
The first 2 looks as their real contenders. Their movies/mini set to air this fall in the Masterpiece Conteporary series seems to be acquisition and not co-production. So they should't qualify for the Emmys
HBO has The Pacific and You don't know Jack. Which are their other movies planned for this season?
The Big 4? Nothing as usual, I would guess. CBS has its usual Hallmark Hall of Fame presentations. ABC has the new Ben Hur mini series. It can go both ways (from being decent to being a disaster).
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AMC has "The Prisoner" miniseries coming up in November staring Ian McKellen and Jim Caviezel.
On PBS, the new "Cranford" film is the Christmas special, and I'm really looking forward to seeing that. Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Claudie Blakley, and Barbara Flynn could be contenders there.
HBO has "The Pacific" miniseries and the "You Don't Know Jack" film starring Al Pacino.
Lifetime has "Georgia O'Keeffe". I saw the film, and it should be a strong contender for Made for Television Film, lead actress for Joan Allen, and lead actor for Jeremy Irons.
CBS is supposed to have another "Jesse Stone" film in the works, starring Tom Selleck.
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Lifetime just aired a movie with Joan Cusack, i can't remember the title of it, but it was about parents trying to get their kids into college. I think that could pull of a surprise nod for Cusack.
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Originally posted by Boidiva02: Lifetime just aired a movie with Joan Cusack, i can't remember the title of it, but it was about parents trying to get their kids into college. I think that could pull of a surprise nod for Cusack.
IIRC it's "Acceptance".
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Originally posted by Atypical: AMC has "The Prisoner" miniseries coming up in November staring Ian McKellen and Jim Caviezel.
Originally posted by east/west: They either need to combine the categories or allow more nominees to compete in miniseries b/c there's no excuse for the snub of House of Saddam.
Well it probably would have been nominated, since it was the only other worthy miniseries on TV this past season, but the Emmys changed a rule. There can still be more than 2 nominees for Miniseries, but there is some kind of special clause that resulted in only 2 nominees this year.
Also, Eileen Atkins is reprising her Emmy award winning role in the squeal to Cranford (not sure how though, you know what I mean if you've seen the first one). So I think she would definitely be a contender for Supporting Actress, assuming her role has any substance. That category already seems awesome with contenders like Atkins, Imelda Staunton, Betty Buckley, Brenda Vaccaro, Hayley Atwell, Ruth Wilson, & Susan Sarandon (actually, she will probably go Lead, but you never know). And I'm sure there will tons more of contenders by next year.
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For Your Grammy Consideration: Kristin Chenoweth - in all eligible categories
Originally posted by east/west: They either need to combine the categories or allow more nominees to compete in miniseries b/c there's no excuse for the snub of House of Saddam.
Well it probably would have been nominated, since it was the only other worthy miniseries on TV this past season, but the Emmys changed a rule. There can still be more than 2 nominees for Miniseries, but there is some kind of special clause that resulted in only 2 nominees this year.
The "one third rule" (number of nominees can't exceed one third of the entries). There were just 7 submissions in the miniseries category. So 7/3=2.3
Originally posted by iskolar: Wow I hope Judi Dench plays well on Cranford 2 so that she can finally win an Emmy and have the triple crown of acting.
Though the title Cranford 2 sucks.
I actually think it might be called "A Cranford Christmas", which isn't much better.
Next year we might have a strong competition for Lead Actress - Movie/Mini between Judi Dench and Susan Sarandon (assuming she goes lead), since both are overdue for an Emmy.
For Your Grammy Consideration: Kristin Chenoweth - in all eligible categories
Originally posted by iskolar: Though the title Cranford 2 sucks.
I actually think it might be called "A Cranford Christmas", which isn't much better.
"Cranford 3D"!
I can see Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons easily for the "Georgia O'Keeffe" biopic, even if the movie is subpar. I mean, Shirley MacLaine got in for "Coco Chanel" despite limited screen time and a real snoozer of an overall film (although she was rather good).
Man, wish I could have been a fly on the wall for conversations between Ian McKellan and fundamentalist Christian Jim Caviezel.
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SYFY'S 4-HOUR TELEVISION EVENT "ALICE" SET TO PREMIERE DECEMBER 6
Stars Kathy Bates, Caterina Scorsone, Tim Curry, Andrew Lee Potts, Matt Frewer, Colm Meaney, Philip Winchester And Harry Dean Stanton
Syfy's contemporary re-imagined spin on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland will premiere on Sunday, December 6th @ 9-11pm ET/PT and air over two consecutive nights. In this modern day spin on the classic stories by Lewis Carroll, Academy Award winner Kathy Bates (Misery) stars as the Queen of Hearts and Caterina Scorsone (Crash television series) as Alice.
Rounding out the stellar cast are Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Picture Show) as Dodo, Colm Meaney (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) as the King of Hearts, Philip Winchester (Crusoe) as Jack Chase, Matt Frewer (Watchmen) as the White Knight, Andrew Lee Potts (Primeval) as Hatter, Harry Dean Stanton (Big Love) as the Caterpillar, Alessandro Juliani (Battlestar Galactica) as 9 of Clubs, Timothy Webber (Taken) as Carpenter, Alex Diakun (Sanctuary) as Ratcatcher, Zak Santiago (Kingdom Hospital) as 10 of Clubs, and Eugene Lipinski (Animorphs) as Doctors Dee and Dum.
For this re-imagined adaptation, writer/director Nick Willing mines the bizarre ingenuity and twisted logic of Carroll's work to create a daringly different, boldly colorful and delightfully skewed dreamscape of his own. Willing also directed the record-breaking, Emmy-winning miniseries Tin Man for Syfy in 2007. Serving as Executive Producers for this ambitious new event are Matthew O'Connor and Lisa Richardson from Reunion Pictures, Jamie Brown from Studio Eight and RHI Entertainment's Robert Halmi, Sr. and Robert Halmi, Jr.
Using the classic Lewis Carroll books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass as a jumping off point, writer/director Nick Willing has created the modern-day story of Alice Hamilton, a fiercely independent twenty-something who suddenly finds herself on the other side of a looking glass. She is a stranger in an outlandish city of twisted towers and casinos built out of playing cards, all under the rule of a deliciously devilish Queen who's not very happy about Alice's arrival.
A nation teeters on the brink of civil war in this real-life political thriller about the negotiations that led to the end of apartheid in South Africa and the release of Nelson Mandela. Michael Young, a British businessman working in South Africa, has the audacious hope of bringing both sides of the apartheid conflict together — the entrenched government and the rebel African National Congress (ANC). But when his dream of secret talks is realized on an estate in England, it quickly becomes clear that common ground will be elusive as explosive tensions boil just below the surface. Against a backdrop of danger, terrorism and escalating unrest, a high-stakes chess match plays out, ultimately proving that peace is possible. A nation teeters on the brink of civil war in this real-life political thriller about the negotiations that led to the end of apartheid in South Africa and the release of Nelson Mandela. Michael Young, a British businessman working in South Africa, has the audacious hope of bringing both sides of the apartheid conflict together — the entrenched government and the rebel African National Congress (ANC). But when his dream of secret talks is realized on an estate in England, it quickly becomes clear that common ground will be elusive as explosive tensions boil just below the surface. Against a backdrop of danger, terrorism and escalating unrest, a high-stakes chess match plays out, ultimately proving that peace is possible.
The international cast includes Chiwetel Ejiofor (American Gangster, Kinky Boots), William Hurt (Damages), Jonny Lee Miller (Eli Stone, Trainspotting), Derek Jacobi (Gosford Park) and Clarke Peters (The Wire).
Credits say "Daybreak Pictures in association with Target Entertainment Group, WGBH Boston" So it should be a co-production and therefore counts.
Actually, I just read the movie will have a limited release in theaters in early November. I don't know if there're some Emmy rules regarding theaters' release for movies premiering on TV.
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Just starting to watch. Seems like a logical contender, and with William Hurt doing accent and all, he might be the lead actor winner.
I doubt this will play US theatres. It would mean they'd have to go back and pay any union member in the cast and crew more money, since salaries for theatrical releases are higher by contract than for TV broadcast. It could literally cost them tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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According to Box Office Mojo, "Endgame" opened on November 6 in 14 theaters. (In case anyone is wondering, its opening weekend gross was $1,608).
So it seems this film premiered on television and had a theatrical release a few days later. Does anyone know whether this affects its Emmy eligibility?
