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A24 Will Submit Robert Pattinson for Leading Actor Consideration at the Academy Awards Next Year
If A24 and The Witch director Robert Eggers‘ new film The Lighthouse found itself nominated for acting awards at the Oscars next year, who exactly would be the “leading actor” and who would be the “supporting actor”? It would seem to be a tough call, as Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe share the screen in the film, but A24 has made a decision on that front.
Variety reports this week that A24 will be submitting Pattinson for best *leading* actor consideration, which means that Dafoe will be submit in the supporting actor category.
Dafoe and Pattinson star in The Lighthouse as two lighthouse keepers losing their grip on reality.
Variety notes, “While the film is very much a two-hander, Pattinson has more screen time and his character serves as the audience’s point of view.”
Of course, this doesn’t mean that Pattinson or Dafoe actually will be nominated for Oscars next year, but early reviews suggest that we shouldn’t be surprised if they both are.
The Lighthouse, written by Robert Eggers & Max Eggers and also starring Valeriia Karaman, will be released on October 18, 2019 in NY & LA, with an expansion to follow.
The Evil Dead franchise is alive and well these days, with brand new installment Evil Dead Burn arriving in theaters this summer and Evil Dead Wrath already set for release in 2028.
But one person you shouldn’t expect to see in either movie is Bruce Campbell, who made it clear back when “Ash vs. Evil Dead” was cancelled that his days of playing Evil Dead hero Ash Williams are very much over. Sure, he made a very small vocal cameo in Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise, but Campbell is still sticking to his vow of being retired from playing Ash.
In a new chat with Detroit Free Press, Bruce Campbell again makes it clear that he’s moved on from Ash Williams and the Evil Dead franchise has moved on from Bruce Campbell.
Campbell explains, “We’ve done three things: We moved away from the cabin, we’ve moved away from Sam Raimi, we’ve moved away from Ash and Bruce Campbell.”
“Thankfully, Evil Dead Rise made the most of any money we’ve made from any Evil Dead, so far, and it validated the fact that we can get away from those main elements,” Campbell continues. “You’ve got to find a new audience, because the original Evil Dead fans, you get some of them, you’re not going to get all of them, because they like those original elements.”
“They’re Hollywood, they’re studio movies now,” Campbell says of the franchise today. “They’re not indie movies anymore. And that’s where I found that my use has just phased out.”
Bruce Campbell’s hands-on involvement with the Evil Dead movies has come to an end both in front of the camera and behind the scenes. Campbell told Forbes this year, “We had a meeting a couple of years ago and the French director of Evil Dead Burn was there to experience his first script development meeting. He turned in a 10-page treatment to say, “Here’s my rough idea. Here’s what I’m thinking, A to Z’ and I think he got 20 pages of notes back.”
“That’s when I said to myself, ‘You guys got this. I think you guys got this.’ I got tired of arguing points with someone who’s 26 years old about story and structure, and all that sort of stuff, and what matters and what doesn’t,” Campbell explained. “So, I just found out it’s way better to just step back. I’m partners with the guys. Nothing else has changed. I just told them, ‘Guys. I’m actually doing my own thing now, and it takes a lot of time and attention. If I can get fewer emails for approvals not clogging my timeline, that’s good for me at this point.'”
Up next from Bruce Campbell? He directed and stars in the indie comedy Ernie & Emma, which follows a pear salesman who embarks on a journey following the death of his wife.
After 25 years as an executive secretary, Emma leaves behind a detailed list of instructions regarding her ashes, which leads Ernie on a series of challenging and reflective escapades.
Campbell is hitting the road with Ernie & Emma. Follow him on Twitter for updates.
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