Behind the Scenes Buzz

Feb 25, 2019 | 5:30 AM

LUKE WILSON JOINS ZOMBIELAND: Luke Wilson is set to join the Zombieland sequel, Variety reports. Wilson will star alongside Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin. The film will follow the story of the zombie slayers, who must face off against new kinds of undead. The original’s filmmaker Ruben Fleischer has joined the sequel.

2019 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS WINNERS: The 2019 Independent Spirit Awards took place in Santa Monica, California Saturday. If Beale Street Could Talk took top prize for Best Feature and the Barry Jenkins won Best Director for the film. Ethan Hawke and Glenn Close won Best Male and Best Female lead respectively.

RYAN MURPHY SETS FIRST NETFLIX ORIGINAL: Ryan Murphy is getting going with his first original on Netflix. He is co-creating the show, described as a “love letter to the Golden Age of Tinseltown,” with his longtime partner Ian Brennan (Glee, Scream Queens). Production begins this summer.

NETFLIX TO ADAPT KRISTIN HANNAH’S FIREFLY LANE: Netflix has ordered Firefly Lane straight to series. The show will be based on the novel of the same name by bestselling author Kristin Hannah. The story follows Kate and Tully, two women who met as young girls and became best friends through 30 years of ups and downs. Hannah’s The Nightingale and The Great Alone were previously optioned at TriStar and are currently in production.

UMBRELLA ACADEMY REINS OVER FAN WEDDING: When mega-streamer Netflix discovered that two Umbrella Academy fans were getting married in New York City on Feb. 15th, the streamer decided to help them celebrate. Netflix provided a 60-foot umbrella as canopy, then threw a mini-parade through Times Square with a live performance by the Academy‘s Klaus Hargreeves (aka Robert Sheehan).

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Complete list of Independent Spirit winners, nominees:

Best Feature
EIGHTH GRADE
FIRST REFORMED
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (WINNER)
LEAVE NO TRACE
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

Best Director
Debra Granik, LEAVE NO TRACE
Barry Jenkins, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (WINNER)
Tamara Jenkins, PRIVATE LIFE
Lynne Ramsay, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
Paul Schrader, FIRST REFORMED

Best First Feature
HEREDITARY
SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (WINNER)
THE TALE
WE THE ANIMALS
WILDLIFE

Best Male Lead
John Cho, SEARCHING
Daveed Diggs, BLINDSPOTTING
Ethan Hawke, FIRST REFORMED (WINNER)
Christian Malheiros, SCRATES
Joaquin Phoenix, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

Best Female Lead
Glenn Close, THE WIFE (WINNER)
Toni Collette, HEREDITARY
Elsie Fisher, EIGHTH GRADE
Regina Hall, SUPPORT THE GIRLS
Helena Howard, MADELINE’S MADELINE
Carey Mulligan, WILDLIFE

Best Supporting Female Actor
Kayli Carter, PRIVATE LIFE
Tyne Daly, A BREAD FACTORY
Regina King, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (WINNER)
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, LEAVE NO TRACE
J. Smith-Cameron, NANCY

Best Supporting Male Actor
Ral Castillo, WE THE ANIMALS
Adam Driver, BLACKKKLANSMAN
Richard E. Grant, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? (WINNER)
Josh Hamilton, EIGHTH GRADE
John David Washington, MONSTERS AND MEN

Best Cinematography
Ashley Connor, MADELINE’S MADELINE
Diego Garcia, WILDLIFE
Benjamin Loeb, MANDY
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, SUSPIRIA (WINNER)
Zak Mulligan, WE THE ANIMALS

Best Screenplay
(Writer/Story By)
Rebecca Lenkiewicz & Wash Westmoreland, COLETTE
Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? (WINNER)
Tamara Jenkins, PRIVATE LIFE
Boots Riley, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
Paul Schrader FIRST REFORMED

Best First Screenplay
Bo Burnham, EIGHTH GRADE (WINNER)
Christina Choe, NANCY
Cory Finley, THOROUGHBREDS
Jennifer Fox, THE TALE
Quinn Shephard (Writer/Story By) and Laurie Shephard (Story By), BLAME

Best Editing
Joe Bini, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE (WINNER)
Keiko Deguchi, Brian A. Kates & Jeremiah Zagar, WE THE ANIMALS
Luke Dunkley, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill & Julian Hart, AMERICAN ANIMALS
Anne Fabini, Alex Hall and Gary Levy, THE TALE
Nick Houy, MID90S

Best Documentary
HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING
MINDING THE GAP
OF FATHERS AND SONS
ON HER SHOULDERS
SHIRKERS
WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? (WINNER)

Best International Film
BURNING (South Korea)
THE FAVOURITE (United Kingdom)
HAPPY AS LAZZARO (Italy)
ROMA (Mexico) (WINNER)
SHOPLIFTERS (Japan)

Producers Award
Jonathan Duffy and Kelly Williams
Gabrielle Nadig
Shrihari Sathe (WINNER)

The Someone to Watch Award
Alex Moratto, SCRATES (WINNER)

Ioana Uricaru, LEMONADE
Jeremiah Zagar, WE THE ANIMALS

The Bonnie Award
Debra Granik (WINNER)

Tamara Jenkins
Karyn Kusama

Robert Altman Award
SUSPIRIA
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Casting Directors: Avy Kaufman, Stella Savino
Ensemble Cast: Malgosia Bela, Ingrid Caven, Lutz Ebersdorf, Elena Fokina, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper, Dakota Johnson, Gala Moody, Chlo Grace Moretz, Rene Soutendijk, Tilda Swinton, Sylvie Testud, Angela Winkler