Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Focus Features acquires "Suffragette"

Among other sources, Deadline is reporting that the American distribution rights to Meryl's upcoming film Suffragette have been acquired by Focus Features.  A U.K. release date has previously been announced as September 11, with a U.S. date likely not far behind.  This is good news for the film, as Focus is a strong awards campaigner, and the powers that be were likely pleased with its potential success.  Hopefully this means the movie is actually decent.  Looking forward to a trailer soon!
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  1. utahprimeMarch 17, 2015 at 11:43 PM

    Do we know if Meryl has enough screen time to
    qualify for awards consideration?

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    1. CJamesMarch 18, 2015 at 8:07 AM

      I doubt there will be much push for her as she has what amounts a to a sturdy cameo, to my understanding.

      To be honest, given how quickly Meryl shot her scenes added to the fact Abi Morgan (who did a real disservice to the subject matter with her Iron Lady screenplay) wrote it, I have never really had much interest in this film. With this news my expectations are raised a little.

      Jeff how about ranking Meryl’s Oscar nominations in terms of how close she came? We could have an interactive vote! hehe

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    2. JeffMarch 18, 2015 at 9:14 AM

      Beatrice Straight won for Network with only five minutes of screen time. Do they have rules on that now? Regardless, I agree that it's likely not more than a glorified cameo. Still hope the film is great.

      It's funny you ask about ranking Meryl's nominations, because there's a thread in the gold derby forums right now that's doing that and I've been thinking about where I'd rank them. I'll try to make that my next post.

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    3. CJamesMarch 18, 2015 at 9:59 AM

      I know it's not possible or even fair to the losers but it would be so interesting to know everyone's placements at The Oscars each yer from 1-5. I bet there are some surprises.

      Maybe if Meryl is simply outstanding Bafta will show her some love - stranger things have happened in their categories but I would prefer Ricki to get prime attention this year now Masterclass has seemingly fallen.

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    4. JeffMarch 18, 2015 at 4:53 PM

      Have I mentioned how I wanted Ricki, Master Class and Florence all released this year so Meryl could get three Globe nominations in three different categories...all for playing singers???

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    5. CJamesMarch 22, 2015 at 3:07 AM

      Erm maybe once or twice Jeff! :-)

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