Alien

Surprising news on rhe Alien remake dront comes from Variety, who state that franchise originator Ridley Scott will be returning to direct.

The previously announced screenwriter fis Jon Spaihts, who despite having no produced films to his credit has no less than five scripts in various stages of development, including Children of Mars and Shadow 19.

Harvey

Variety reports that Steven Spielberg's next film will be a remake of invisible rabbit movie Harvey. The article describes the project as an adaptation of the original 1944 play by Mary Chase, as opposed to the 1950 James Stewart adaptation. Casting and pre-production will begin immediately, with Tom Hanks seemingly perfectly suited to the role. Filming is expected to begin early 2010.

Super Size Me

Those in the US (or with the requisite technical knowledge) can view Morgan Spurlock's junk food documentary Super Size Me free of charge via snagfilms

Alice in Wonderland

The new trailer to TIm Burton's take on Alice in Wonderland is now out. See the HD video here

Kevin Smith

Writer / Director Kevin Smith will be bringing his famous Q & A sessions to the UK again this Autumn.

Kevin will appear at the Indig02 at the O2 arena on Saturday 10 October 2009. Ticket prices and availablity have yet to be announced.

SAW VI and VII

Above is the poster for the sixth film in the never-ending Saw series. Despite the fact that this film isnt even out yet, Variety indiate that plans are already underway for a seventh installment, stating:-

David Hackl -- production designer of the second, third and fourth films and helmer of "Saw V" -- has been tapped to direct.

Mark Burg and Oren Koules, who have produced all six of the "Saw" pics, are back as producers. And scribes Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, who penned the fourth, fifth and sixth films, are writing the seventh.

Avatar

Aint It Cool News has a detailed rundown of the twenty minutes of 3D Avatar footage that has just screened at Comic Con.

A Nightmare on Elm Street

IGN has the teaser poster and a promotional image giving the first shots of Jackie Haley as the new Freddy Kreuger, albeit with his face heavily in shadow. The costume and fedora look almost identical to the original movies, although some set reports state that the makeup itself is noticeably more realistic.

Don't be fooled by the fourth image, which appears to be a publicity still for A Nightmare on Elm Street 4.

Follow this link for the images

Survival of the Dead

George Romero's newest zombie sequel, previously known as 'Island of the Dead' appears to have undergone a title change. The film will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The program notes are as follows:-

" Master director George A. Romero returns to his world of the undead, this time pitting two feuding clans in the middle of the fallout of a zombie epidemic."

Source: Slashfilm

US Box Office

This weekends box office, courtesy of IMDB, shows Harry Potter making over $150 million in it's first week of release. The film looks set to become the highest grossing of the franchise.

Mixed reviews and controversy over the content have led to a substantial drop in takings for Bruno, which will struggle to reach Borats success. Meanwhile The Hangover is now the highest grossing R rated comedy of all time, a title owned for over 20 years by Beverly Hills Cop.

The full chart is below

US Box Office

1Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)$77.8M/$158M

2Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)$17.6M/$152M

3Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)$13.7M/$364M

4Brüno (2009)$8.32M/$49.5M

5The Proposal (2009)$8.29M/$128M

6The Hangover (2009)$8.12M/$236M

7Public Enemies (2009)$7.75M/$79.6M

8Up (2009)$3.17M/$280M

9My Sister's Keeper (2009)$2.83M/$41.5M

10I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)$2.77M/$10.4M

Prince of Persia

New posters for Disney's computer game adaptation, which they are hoping is next years Pirates of the Carribean.

Source: Empire

Doctor Who

From The Guardian comes news that David Tennant and Russell T Davies are expected to announce a big-screen outing for Doctor Who at the San Diego comic con later this month.

Tennant is scheduled to attend the annual fan convention in along with Russell T Davies, the show runner behind Doctor Who's small screen revival.

Davies has been dropping hints about a "special project" to Doctor Who Magazine. "News as and when – but I can promise it's worth waiting for," he said. The BBC has also confirmed that a Doctor Who feature is "in development".

Tennant, the 10th official Doctor Who, is due to leave the tardis after three further TV specials, the last of which will air in early 2010. After that the role will be taken over by new actor Matt Smith. Quite how this will tie in with Tennant continuing the role in feature films remains to be seen.

iPhone test

Blogwriter lite is a new piece of software which allows the posting of blog entries directly from the iPhone. Whilst useful the free version allows text only and does not allow you to edit text one posted. There also seems to be no way of adding tags to your post at present.

Notwithstanding this I'll be playing around with the software over the next few days and hopefully posting on a more regular basis than over the last few months.

Retro Review - Society

Society is a film in which a man gets fisted. To the extent that his head is pulled through his bum. Whilst such a sight may be common on Youporn, this may be the first incidence of this occuring in mainstream cinema.

Still reading? Brian Yuzna, producer of Re-Animator, made his directorial debut with this satirical tale of the American rich and what goes on behind their closed doors

Billy Warlock takes a break from starring in baywatch and numerous day time soap operas to take the starring role as a rich but troubled Beverly Hills teenager who begins to suspect his family and friends may not be all they seem. When he hears a tape of his sisters 'coming out' party his fears increase and he begins to question

Whilst the film initially keeps events on a relatively even keel, things soon take a turn for the surreal with incest, cannibalism and general gloopy weirdness all on the menu,

The last thirty minutes is a literal orgy of special effects, with bodies distorting and melting into each other as the truth is revealed and a captured Billy is forced to attend a party in which the rich suck the life out of their working class victims, It is here the somewhat unfortunate fisting occurs, as Billy escapes one of his pursuers by turning in inside out. This is shown in graphic, if rubbery, detail. The special effects were created by an individual going by the name 'Screaming Mad George', which seems a suitable epithet for the creator of this senes.

Of course there are hints throughout this this may all be in Billy's imagination. He is
after all prone to hallucinations, and is seeing a psychiatrist.

The film's points about class society are far from subtle, and the sudden shifts in tone and rather arbitrary ending make for an uneven experience, but the imagery of the closing scenes and sheer weirdness of the film will ensure society will linger in the memory.

Gamer

New trailer for the cheesy looking action pic, starring Gerard Butler

Princess and the Frog

Poster for Disney's long awaited return to hand drawn animation, courtesy of Cinematical

Bruno

Red band trailer for Sacha baron Cohen's Borat follow up. The film has just obtained an R rating in America following some re-editing to avoid the dreaded NC-17.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Final trailer.

The Hobbit

Empire magazine spoke to both director Guillermo Del Toro and Producer Peter Jackson for the latest, on the two Hobbit movies, due for release in 2011 and 2012.

“We’ve decided to have The Hobbit span the two movies, including the White Council and the comings and goings of Gandalf to Dol Guldur,” says Del Toro.

“We decided it would be a mistake to try to cram everything into one movie,” adds Jackson. “The essential brief was to do The Hobbit, and it allows us to make The Hobbit in a little more style, if you like, of the [LOTR] trilogy.”

The second film had previously been suggested as a story that would bridge the 60-year gap between The Hobbit and the start of Fellowship Of The Ring, however this appears not to be the case.  Possibly a wise choice as the filmmakers do not appear to own the rights to The Silmarillion, the collection of short tales which fleshed out Tolkien's universe and filled in many of said gaps.

Source - Empire

The Box

Final poster for Richard Kelly's The Box, starring Cameron Diaz.  Word of mouth on the file has been positive, which bodes well for Kelly who is sorely in need of a hit following 'Southland Tales'

Source - Aint It Cool News

We're Back!!!!!!

Following a longer than expected hiatus to move house, Farthing Film is back.  

Reanimator 3D

Shock Till You Drop reports that producer Ray Haboush is developing a remake of Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator in conjunction with Brian Yuzna, producer of the original and director of the two sequels.

No word on whether Jeffrey Coombs will return (although his performance is the most memorable part of the franchise), but the producers are aiming to make the new film in 3D, which is what the kids are into these days apparently.

The Green Hornet

In odd news of the day, the Hollywood Reporter has indicated that Michel Gondry has stepped in to direct Seth Rogen's Green Hornet update. Gondry is not the obvious fit for the material but it may be that writer / star Rogen has a more fantastical take on the material than previously suggested. Gondry takes over from previous director Stephen Chow, who is still expected to co-star as the Green Hornet's sidekick Kato (memorably played by Bruce Lee in the original TV series)

A Couple of Dicks

Following the commercial disappointment of Zack and Miri, ERC is reporting that Warner Bros. has signed Kevin Smith to direct the comedy A Couple of Dicks starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan. with a view to a January 2010 release.

If true, this will be the first movie directed but not written by Kevin. The screenplay was written by Robb and Marc Cullen, who have worked with Kevin before as executive producers of the Smith starring 'Manchild' TV pilot. The script was featured on last years 'Blacklist', an industry insiders list of the best unproduced screenplays in town). The brief synopsis listed simply gives the plot as: "Two veteran LAPD detectives attempt to track down a stolen, mint-condition, 1952 baseball card."

Source: Cinematical.com

Public Enemies

New poster for Michael Mann's period gangster picture.

Terminator Salvation

New poster, courtesy of Cinematical

Oscars Forthcoming Attractions

In a break with tradition the academy awards closed with a montage of new footage from forthcoming movies.  Included in the mix are brief snippets from Sherlock Holmes , Funny People , The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 , Public Enemies , Julie & Julia , The Soloist , Up , Fame , Terminator Salvation , (500) Days of Summer , Amelia , Whatever Works , Inglourious Basterds , Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian , Monsters vs. Aliens , Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , Angels & Demons , Old Dogs , Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs , The Boat That Rocked , An Education , State of Play , Imagine That and G-Force.

Source : Cinematical

Star Trek

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog

MTV's movie show spoilers gives us some new Star Trek Footage.

Source: Cinematical

Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen

MTV's quarterly movie show Spoilers, unfurled some new footage for summer blockbuster Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Source : Cinematical

Watchmen

Chud.com has an exclusive video interview with Watchmen director Zack Snyder.

In other news adverts for the film in the UK carry the rather surprising news that the film will carry an 18 rating for 'strong bloody violence'.  Whilst it's been known for a while the film would be rated R in America, most people were expecting a 15 rating in the UK, suggesting the film's content may be stronger than expected.

An almost three hour, $200 million dollar, 18 rated comic book movie?  March 6th suddenly seems a long way away.

The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus

New posters, via AICN.

Oscar Winners

Sean Penn ruins Mickey Rourke's day (and saves us from a speech dedicating an award to Rourke's recently deceased Chihuahua) in about the only surprise.  The Curious Case of Forrest Gump only won awards in the technical categories, leaving the main awards for Slumdog Millionaire.   

Not a great year overall, and I would imagine none of these films will be remembered in ten years time.

Best film
Christian Colson, Slumdog Millionaire

Best actor
Sean Penn, Milk

Best actress
Kate Winslet, The Reader

Best director
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best foreign language film
Japan, Yojiro Takita, Departures

Best song
Jai Ho, by AR Rahman and Gulzar, Slumdog Millionaire

Best original score
AR Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award
Jerry Lewis

Best film editing
Chris Dickens, Slumdog Millionaire

Best sound mixing
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty, Slumdog Millionaire

Best sound editing
Richard King, The Dark Knight

Best visual effects
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best documentary short
Megan Mylan, Smile Pinki

Best documentary feature
James Marsh and Simon Chinn, Man On Wire

Best supporting actor
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best live-action short
Jochen Alexander Freydank, Spielzeugland (Toyland)

Best cinematography
Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best makeup
Greg Cannom, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best costume design
Michael O'Connor, The Duchess

Best art direction
Donald Graham Burt and Victor J Zolfo, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best animated short
Kunio Kato, La Maison en Petits Cubes

Best animated feature
Andrew Stanton, WALL-E

Best adapted screenplay
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

Best original screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, Milk

Best supporting actress
Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Razzies

Screw the Oscars, here's the awards we've been waiting for, with the Golden Raspberries (or Razzies) celebrating Hollywood's worst. Here's the winners-

29th Annual Golden Raspberry (Razzie©) Award “Winners”

Worst Picture:

The Love Guru
(A PARAMOUNT RELEASE)
Worst Actor:

Mike Myers
THE LOVE GURU
Worst Actress:

Paris Hilton
THE HOTTIE AND THE NOTTIE
Worst Supporting Actress:

Paris Hilton
REPO: THE GENETIC OPERA
Worst Supporting Actor:

Pierce Brosnan
MAMMA MIA!
Worst Screen Couple:

Paris Hilton
AND EITHER
Christine Lakin
OR
Joel David Moore
THE HOTTIE AND THE NOTTIE
Worst Prequel,Remake, Rip-off or Sequel
(Combined Category for 2008):

Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull
Worst Director:

Uwe Boll
1968: TUNNEL RATS,
IN THE NAME OF THE KING: A DUNGEON SIEGE TALE,
AND POSTAL
Worst Screenplay:

The Love Guru
WRITTEN BY MIKE MYERS & GRAHAM GORDY
Worst Career Achievement:

Uwe Boll
(GERMANY’S ANSWER TO ED WOOD)
“Wins” Per Picture:


The Love Guru = 3 Awards:
Worst Picture, Actor and Screenplay


The Hottie and The Nottie = 3 Awards:
Worst Picture, Actor and Screenplay


In The Name of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale = 1 Award:
Worst Director


Indiana Jones and The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull = 1 Award:
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel

Funny People

Trailer for Judd Apatow's next, starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen as stand up comedians.

Inglourious basterds

International poster for Tarantino's latest, courtesy of AICN

The Simpsons

Not strictly film related, but the Simpsons begins airing in HD this week. The show's main titles have been reanimated as a result, and the animators have taken the opportunity to insert some new jokes and characters.

Watchmen

http://www.minutemenarcade.com/uk/

Visit the link above for a retro eighties arcade game based upon the exploits of Watchmen precursors the Minute Men.

Inglourious Basterds

New trailer for Tarantino's World War II action movie. Not sure about the comedy Hitler at the end , but this looks fairly promising otherwise.

Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen

Prior to it's official release on Monday, videoed versions of the trailer to the Transformers sequel are doing the rounds.  Enjoy before Youtube pulls it.

Source - Aint It Cool News

Dreamworks / Disney

Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks Pictures has found a new home at Disney, who have agreed a distribution deal to release six Dreamworks pictures a year. Here's the press release

The Walt Disney Studios Enters Exclusive Long-Term Distribution Agreement With DreamWorks Studios; Steven Spielberg & Stacey Snider Align With Disney to Distribute and Market Their Live-Action Motion Pictures

BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 9 — The Walt Disney Studios has agreed to enter into an exclusive long-term distribution arrangement with filmmaker and DreamWorks Studios co-founder Steven Spielberg, and partner Stacey Snider, chief executive officer of DreamWorks, to distribute all upcoming live-action motion pictures produced by DreamWorks under their partnership with Reliance BIG Entertainment, part of The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, it was announced today by Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios.

Under the terms of this arrangement, Disney will handle distribution and marketing for approximately six DreamWorks films each year. The first DreamWorks motion picture to be released under the Touchstone Pictures banner is scheduled to hit theaters in 2010.

DreamWorks principals Spielberg and Snider partnered with Reliance BIG Entertainment last fall to form a new motion picture company. In addition to being a partner in DreamWorks, Reliance will also distribute the new company’s projects in India.

Commenting on the announcement, Cook said, “We’re both thrilled and honored to be marketing and distributing all of DreamWorks’ signature upcoming live-action motion pictures, and to begin a new relationship with such respected colleagues as Steven, Stacey, and their creative team at DreamWorks. Steven has made some of the biggest and most loved films of all-time, and continues to be one of the great icons of our industry. Stacey has an impeccable reputation and a phenomenal track record for making a wide variety of quality films. Their motion pictures will be the perfect complement to the already robust slate of Disney and Touchstone films being made by Oren Aviv and his team.”

Bob Iger, president and CEO, The Walt Disney Company, added, “We are tremendously pleased to join forces with Steven Spielberg, whose artistic vision and commitment to quality filmmaking are legendary. DreamWorks has had a great creative and commercial track record under the leadership of Steven and Stacey Snider and I am delighted they’re now associated with Disney.”

Spielberg said, “Disney is the birthplace of imagination and has always been as close to the worldwide audience as any company ever has. I am so pleased that industry leaders like Bob Iger and Dick Cook reached out to become our distribution partner. This is a major step forward for us and Reliance.”

Stacey Snider added, “Under Bob Iger and Dick Cook’s leadership, The Walt Disney Company represents the highest standard of quality in our industry. Everyone at DreamWorks is thrilled to be embarking upon this new and exciting partnership and we look forward to our future with their great team.”

Halloween 2

Teaser poster for Rob Zombies remake sequel, due out this August. This is the only thing right now at the new official site .

The first film took far too long to get to the action, and demystified Michael Myers to the extent that he came across as nothing more than a petulant teenager. Heres hoping with the backstory out of the way the sequel will be a marked improvement.

The Taking of Pelham 123

Poster for Tony Scott's seemingly pointless remake of the 1974 thriller.


Source: Joblo.com

Sex and the City 2

For those of you who enjoy this sort of thing, Various sources report that the entire female cast and director have signed on for a sequel to last years hit TV adaptation. A script has yet to be written, but that didn't stop last years film making money.

Land of the Lost

Official final trailer for the Will Ferrell summer comedy

Source: Cinematical

Youth in Revolt

Michael Cera takes a dig at Christian Bale's recent on set outburst in this viral video for his next film, Youth In Revolt, due out late 2009.

Inglourious basterds

Teaser for the new trailer (!), which hits with this weeks new Friday 13th movie, and can be seen on Entertainment Weekly in the USA tonight.


Source: Cinematical

BAFTA Winners

Slumdog Millionaire takes the big awards, with the other Oscar front runner Benjamin Button winning only in technical categories.

Best film

Slumdog Millionaire

Director

Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle

Leading Actor

Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Leading Actress

Kate Winslet - The Reader

Supporting Actor

Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

Supporting Actress

Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Original Screenplay

In Bruges - Martin McDonagh

Adapted Screenplay

Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy

Academy fellowship

Terry Gilliam

Outstanding British contribution to cinema

Pinewood Studios/ Shepperton Studios

Outstanding British Film

Man on Wire

The Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film

Steve McQueen

Director/Writer – Hunger

Film not in the English language

I've Loved You So Long

Animated Film

WALL•E

Music

Slumdog Millionaire - A. R. Rahman

Cinematography

Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle

Editing

Slumdog Millionaire - Chris Dickens

Production Design

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Donald Graham Burt / Victor J. Zolfo

Costume Design

The Duchess - Michael O'Conno

Make Up & Hair

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Jean Black / Colleen Callaghan

Sound

Slumdog Millionaire - Glenn Freemantle / Resul Pookutty / Richard Pryke / Tom Sayers / Ian Tapp

Special Visual Effects

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Barba / Craig Barron / Nathan McGuinness / Edson Williams

Short Animation

Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death - Steve Pegram / Nick Park / Bob Baker

Short Film

September - Stewart le Maréchal / Esther May Campbell

The Orange Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)

Noel Clarke

Transformers 2

Slashfilm has the superbowl trailer for Transformers 2 online here. Enjoy it while it lasts.

The Damn United

Leeds United may have fallen on hard times of late, but they are still the greatest team in the history of football. Which is why everyone will rush to see 'The Damn United' a fictionalised account of Brian Clough turbulent 44 day stint as mananger of the Yorkshire Club. Here's the trailer.

GI Joe

Superbowl spot.

Year One

We're working on the big superbowl trailers, but the likes of Transformers 2 and Star Trek are being pulled from websites as fast as they're appearing. In the meantime here's the spot for 'Year One' the prehistoric comedy directed by Harold Ramis and produced by Judd Apatow



Source: Cinematical

Silence

Variety reports that Martin Scorsese will be returning to pet project 'Silence' as his next project Shutter Island. Scorsese has had the rights to the novel for years, writing a draft of the screenplay over a decade ago. The film nearly went into production in 2007.

Based on the Japanese novel, the film will follow a few Jesuit priests who head to Japan in the name of Christianity, only to discover that converts are being persecuted in defiance of Western influence. Daniel Day Lewis and Benicio Del Toro are set to star, with Gael Garcia Bernal in a supporting role.

Avatar

A somewhat blurry (possibly photographed from a computer screen?) first look at the Na'Vi, the all-CGI aliens from James Cameron forthcoming Avatar.

Considering the hype and money surrounding the film, we're hoping for something slightly more impressive when it finally hits screens.

Source: Chud.com

Terminator Salvation

Wired Online has a new article containing some pretty interesting concept art for Terminator 4, together with some quotes from director McG. He's saying all the right things, but this is still a PG-13 Terminator flick from the maker of the Charlies Angels movies, so time will tell.

Twitter

Now you can follow us on Twitter - @jonf1979

Tin Tin

Casting news aplenty on Steven Spielberg's / Peter Jackson's motion capture Tin Tin trilogy.  Spielberg will direct the first of the films and has just announced that Tin Tin will be played by Jamie Bell, of Billy Elliott fame.  Bell will be reunited with his King Kong co-star Andy Serkis, who takes on the Captain Haddock role.

Daniel Craig is taking on lead villain duties as Red Rackham.

Somewhat bizzarely, the Thompson Twins will be played by Shaun of The Dead / Hot Fuzz duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

Mary and Max

Trailer for Mary and Max, the claymation film which opened this years Sundance festival.

Source: Cinematical

Watchmen

Now the legal shennanigans seem to have been sorted, here's the presumably final poster for Watchmen.  Whilst this photoshopped job lacks the imagination of earlier designs, anything that can drag a mainstream audience into a three hour R rated comic book movie is fine by me.

Source: Chud.com

GI Joe

One of a series of new 'character' posters for the summer action film, which don't seem to tell us a great deal. Head on over to Aint It Cool News for the other four.

Coraline

New trailer for Henry Selick's CGI film, based on a story by Neil Gaiman.

Oscar Nominees

Better than expected for Benjamin Button, but little love beyond Heath Ledger and the technical categories for The Dark Knight, heres the full list of oscar nominees.

Best picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Gus van Sant, Milk
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best supporting actress
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Best actress
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Meryl Streep, Doubt

Best supporting actor
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr, Tropic Thunder
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt

Best actor
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Best original screenplay
Frozen River
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Milk
WALL-E

Best adapted screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Best cinematography
Tom Stern, Changeling
Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight
Chris Menges, Roger Deakins, The Reader
Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire

Achievement in art design
James J Murakami, Gary Fettis, Changeling
Donald Graham Burt, Victor J Zolfo, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando, The Dark Knight
Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway, The Duchess
Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt, Revolutionary Road

Achievement in visual effects
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin, The Dark Knight
John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan, Iron Man

Achievement in editing
Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Lee Smith, The Dark Knight
Mike Hill, Dan Hanley, Frost/Nixon
Elliot Graham, Milk
Chris Dickens, Slumdog Millionaire

Achievement in costume design
Catherine Martin, Australia
Jacqueline West, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Michael O'Connor, The Duchess
Danny Glicker, Milk
Albert Wolsky, Revolutionary Road

Achievement in makeup
Greg Cannom, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Caglione, Jr, Conor O'Sullivan, The Dark Knight
Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz, Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Best foreign-language film
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
The Class (France)
Departures (Japan)
Revanche (Austria)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

Best documentary feature
Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath, The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Werner Herzog, Henry Kaiser, Encounters at the End of the World
Scott Hamilton Kennedy, The Garden
James Marsh, Simon Chinn, Man On Wire
Tia Lessin, Carl Deal, Trouble the Water

Best animation
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E

Best original song
Down to Earth, WALL-E
Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire
O Saya, Slumdog Millionaire