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What Took So Long? Harry Potter and His Hogwarts Friends May Be Headed to Streaming

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The only true surprise about Harry Potter finding his way to television is that it’s taken this long. HBO Max executives are on the search for writers to craft a pitch for a series that would send the boy wizard and his friends to the streaming service, THR.com reports.

Bringing an adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s wildly successful seven-book, eight-movie series to TV is in the “extremely early stages,” according to the report, with no cast attached. HBO Max and Warner Bros. issued a statement denying a TV project is in the works, but THR sources say several discussions have taken place to develop a series.

The Potter movies have earned more than $7 billion worldwide, and, despite recent controversial comments by Rowling that many consider transphobic, the property remains a hugely popular one, from amusement park tie-ins to the Fantastic Beasts prequel movies.

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Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser Teaming for Apple TV+ Prison Drama

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Stellar cast and writer, fascinating (and true) story: Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser will star in an adaptation of the book In With the Devil – about a prisoner who’s offered the chance for release if he can get a fellow prisoner to confess to being a serial killer – penned by Dennis Lehane.

The six-part series is based on the 2010 novel In With The Devil: A Fallen Hero, A Serial Killer, and A Dangerous Bargain for Redemption, written by James Keene and Hillel Levin. Keene’s personal experience, as an inmate offered freedom for getting a suspected killer to confess, is the story of the book.

Egerton, who won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Elton John in the biopic Rocketman, would play the Keene role, with, presumably, Richard Jewel star Hauser playing the alleged serial killer.

Lehane, the novelist who has also written for The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, and The Outsider, will write and executive produce the limited series. Egerton will also be an EP on the project, and Berlin Station director Michael Roskam will direct the miniseries.

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Better Call Saul, Ted Lasso, The Mandalorian Among AFI’s Best TV Shows of 2020

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Most of us watched a lot of television in 2020, and the American Film Institute agrees with viewers that it was banner year for the small screen. AFI released a list of its top 10 series of the year, which is dominated by streaming services and includes no broadcast series.

The list: Bridgerton (which Netflix says has reached 82 million households to become its most-watched series ever), as well as Netflix’s The Crown, The Queen’s Gambit, and Unorthodox; AMC’s Better Call Saul; Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird; HBO’s Lovecraft Country; Disney+’s The Mandalorian; Mrs. America (FX on Hulu); and the Apple TV+ hit Ted Lasso.

AFI also gave a special award to Disney+’s streaming version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton.

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NEW TRAILERS: Robert Kirkman’s Invincible Series Stars Steven Yeun, J.K. Simmons, and an A-List Supporting Cast

Invincible is the animated adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s comic book about Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun), a young superhero who is the son of the world’s most powerful superhero, Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons). Also stars Mark Hamill, Gillian Jacobs, Sandra Oh, Seth Rogen, Michael Cudlitz, Mahershala Ali, Khary Payton, Lauren Cohan, Zachary Quinto, Clancy Brown, Jon Hamm, Djimon Hounsou, Andrew Rannells, Walt Goggins, and Lennie James. Premieres March 26. (Amazon Video)

More trailers and teasers released this week:

• Superman & Lois stars Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch as crimefighters and parents Superman and his journalist wife Lois Lane. Two-hour premiere airs Feb. 23. (The CW)
• Black Lightning’s fourth and final season stars Cress Williams as  the titular superhero, who starts it in a dark place after the season 3 finale death of BFF Bill. Premieres Feb. 8. (The CW)
• Queen Sugar will tackle COVID, Black Lives Matter, and political corruption among its season 5 storylines. Premieres Feb. 16. (OWN)
•  The Many Saints of Newark, The Sopranos prequel, appears in Warner Bros.’s trailer previewing its 2021 movie premieres opening in theaters and on HBO Max simultaneously. Michael Gandolfini, son of late Sopranos star James Gandolfini, plays a young Tony Soprano. The movie premieres Sept. 24. (HBO Max)
• Tell Me Your Secrets, a 10-episode psychological thriller about three people whose dark pasts merge, stars Amy Brenneman, Lily Rabe, and Hamish Linklater. Premieres Feb. 19. (Amazon Video)
• Debris, a sci-fi drama about two intelligence agents searching for shards of a crashed alien spaceship, stars Jonathan Tucker, Norbert Leo Butz, and Riann Steele. Premieres March 1. (NBC)
• Snowfall season 4 finds Franklin in 1985 and the crack epidemic at an all-time high in this crime drama created by the late John Singleton. Stars Damson Idris. Premieres Feb. 24 (FX)
• The Underground Railroad, a limited series based on Colson Whitehead’s book and directed by Barry Jenkins, is a historical fiction drama in an alternate timeline in which The Underground Railroad is an actual railroad that helps slaves escape to freedom. Stars Thuso Mbedu, William Jackson Harper, and Damon Herriman. (Amazon Video)
• The Lady and the Dale is a four-part docuseries about Elizabeth Carmichael and her creation of The Dale, a three-wheeled, fuel-efficient car. Premieres Jan. 31. (HBO)
• It’s A Sin is a five-part miniseries, created by Russell Davies, about the evolution of the AIDS crisis in the U.K. and stars Olly Alexander, Lydia West, and Callum Scott Howells. Premieres Feb. 18. (HBO Max)

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CASTING:Netflix Casts Vikings Spin-Off Series Vikings: Valhalla 

Netflix has confirmed cast members for Vikings: Valhalla, the upcoming spin-off of Vikings set in the early 11th century and chronicles the legendary adventures of some of the most famous Vikings who ever lived, including Leif Eriksson, Freydis Eriksdotter, Harald Hardrada and William the Conqueror. Cast includes (pictured clockwise from top left):

• Sam Corlett (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as Eriksson, an intrepid, physically tough sailor
• Frida Gustavsson (Swoon) as Freydis Eriksdotter, Eriksson’s sister and a staunch believer in the “old gods”
• Leo Suter (The Liberator) as Harald Sigurdsson, Viking nobility and a charismatic, ambitious leader who is able to unite people
• Bradley Freegard (Keeping Faith) as King Canute, the King of Denmark
• Jóhannes Jóhannesson (Cursed) is Olaf Haraldson, one of Harald’s older half-brothers and an “Old Testament” Christian
• Laura Berlin (Alles Liebe, Annette) as Emma of Normandy, of Viking blood, politically astute, and one of the wealthiest women in Europe
• David Oakes (The Pillars of the Earth) as Earl Godwin, the cunning chief counselor to the King of England
• Caroline Henderson (Tuya Siempre) as Jarl Haakon, a steady leader who, though Pagan, keeps her city open to all faiths.
• Cast as recurring, Pollyanna Mcintosh (The Walking Dead) as Queen Ælfgifu, the calculating and ambitious Queen of Denmark
• Also recurring, Asbjørn Krogh Nissen (Valhalla: The Legend of Thor) as Jarl Kåre, who presents a threat to the old pagan ways.

The six-part limited series The Witcher: Blood Origin has cast Jodie Turner-Smith as Éile, an elite warrior blessed with the voice of a goddess, who has left her clan and position as Queen’s guardian to follow her heart as a nomadic musician. She returns in a quest for vengeance and redemption.

Dylan McDermott has signed on to co-star with Chris Meloni in Law & Order: Organized Crime. Meloni will reprise his role as Elliot Stabler from L & O: SVU, while details of McDermott’s character are being kept hush hush, except for the fact that he will be a series regular.

Wayne Brady will play the roommate of Jon Bernthal’s Julian Kaye in Showtime’s American Gigolo pilot. If the pilot goes to series, Brady will continue as a recurring cast member.

Neil Gaiman’s #TheSandman series on Netflix has announced its official cast:

Tom Sturridge – Dream
Gwendoline Christie – Lucifer
Vivienne Acheampong – Lucienne
Sanjeev Bhaskar – Cain
Boyd Holbrook – The Corinthian
Asim Chaudhry – Abel
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Read More: Everything We Know About Netflix’s The Sandman Series

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Tony Revolori, who played Flash Thompson in Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home, is in negotiations to co-star with Warwick Davis in the Disney+ Willow series, a continuation of the 1988 movie of the same name. (Deadline)

Being Mary Jane and The Quad star Tian Richards has been cast in the lead role of Tom Swift, the upcoming Nancy Drew spin-off on The CW. Swift is a Black, billionaire, gay inventor who finds himself involved in an unexplained phenomenon when his father disappears. He goes on a quest to find out what happened, but is followed by a group very devoted to stopping him. (Variety)

Showtime’s The First Lady series has cast the younger versions of Michelle Obama and Betty Ford: Jayme Lawson (The Batman) will play Obama ages 15-30, during her years at Harvard and Princeton Law School and marrying Barack Obama in 1992, while Kristine Froseth (The Society) will play Ford in her twenties as she trained as a dancer in New York City and married Ford. Viola Davis and Michelle Pfeiffer star as Obama and Ford, and Eleanor Roosevelt will be featured in the series. Pamela Adlon has also signed on to play Ford’s social secretary and friend Nancy Howe, while Rhys Wakefield will play Dick Cheney, then the chief of staff to Gerald Ford. (Variety)

Alan Cumming will join season 2 of Prodigal Son on Fox, in a recurring role as Simon Hoxley, a cocky Europol agent and criminal profiler who goes to new York to solve a murder and butts head with Tom Payne’s Malcolm Bright. (Deadline)

Mulan star Jason Scott Lee will play Benny Kameāloha – a.k.a. Doogie’s daddy – in Disney+’s Doogie Kameāloha, M.D., a remake of Doogie Howser, M.D. (Deadline)

Corey Stoll, Tovah Feldshuh, and Nicole Beharie have joined the cast of HBO’s Scenes from a Marriage limited series. Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac star in and executive produce the remake of Ingmar Bergman’s miniseries about the complicated relationship between an American couple. (Deadline)

Kenneth Branagh will play British Prime Minster Boris Johnston in The Sceptred Isle, a drama miniseries about the devastation of the early days of COVID-19 in the U.K., written and to be directed by Michael Winterbottom.

Brie Larson will star in and executive produce the Apple TV+ series Lessons in Chemistry, playing a single mother and scientist in the 1960s who gets fired from her lab job and takes a new gig as the host of a TV cooking show. The series, based on an upcoming book by author Bonnie Garmus, will be written by Erin Brockovich Oscar nominee Susannah Grant, who will also executive produce, along with Jason Bateman. (Variety)

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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT: A Game Of Thrones Animated Drama? HBO Max Is on It

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As we suggested last week, HBO seems set on creating not just spin-offs, but a whole Game Of Thrones universe. Next up: a GOT animated drama. HBO Max is meeting with writers to create an adult-toned Game Of Thrones ’toon. (THR)

Peacock announced this week that the streaming network will be the official and exclusive home of the World Wrestling Entertainment network in the U.S., including WrestleMania, pay-per-view events, and signature documentaries.

Hillary and Chelsea Clinton are developing a TV series adaptation of Gayle Tzemach Lemmon’s upcoming book, The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice, the true story of a heroic group of women who successfully fought ISIS in northern Syria, and earned the support of U.S. Special Operations Forces. (Deadline)

Seth McFarlane is executive producer on This Is Us writer Elan Mastai’s adaptation of his own bestselling novel All Our Wrong Todays for a Peacock series. The 2017 book is a time-travelling love story.

HBO Max is developing The Tourist, a six-episode thriller series starring Jamie Dornan as a man being chased by a giant truck in the Australian outback, only to wake up in a hospital with no memory of who he is or why he is being pursued. Dornan calls the scripts “some of the most exciting I’ve ever read.”

Demi Lovato is starring in NBC’s comedy pilot Hunger, about a support group for people with food issues. She will also be an executive producer on the series, alongside Todd Milliner and Sean Hayes, with whom she co-starred on the final season of the 2017-2020 Will & Grace revival. (TVLine)

Ellen Pompeo will executive produce and star in a limited series adaptation of author Elin Hilderbrand’s Paradise book trilogy, about a woman whose husband dies, leaving her and her sons to deal with the revelation that he had a secret life with a whole separate family. Pompeo is teaming with Mad Men writers Andre and Maria Jacquemetton on the ABC project. (THR)

Vikings creator Michael Hirst will write and executive produce a one-season, more modern-based series adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. (THR)

HBO is developing season 3 of the podcast Serial as a TV series, with LeBron James as an executive producer. The season will revolve around the criminal justice system in Cleveland, where Ohio native James began his NBA career with the Cavaliers. Serial podcast host Sarah Koenig will also be an executive producer on the potential series.

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Morfydd Clark's Five Favorite Films - Rotten Tomatoes

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In mid-March 2020, at the front end of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, Welsh actress Morfydd Clark was a star on the rise. At the time, Clark was anticipating the imminent openings of two films that would go on to reap great acclaim: The Personal History of David Copperfield, based on the much-adapted Charles Dickens novel and in which she plays two pivotal supporting roles, and as the lead in psychological horror film Saint Maud. She had also garnered attention for piercing performances in films, as disaffected Frederica in the Jane Austen adaptation Love & Friendship, for one, and as the young Jane in Craig Robert’s Eternal Beauty, for another. On TV, she’s appeared as emotionally-lobotomized Sister Clara in His Dark Materials, based on author Philip Pullman’s trilogy, and, in yet another literary adaptation, as Mina in Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat’s Dracula.

Director Armando Iannucci’s Dickens adaptation would finally find release in theaters in August and then on streaming in November, but A24’s Saint Maud, the debut film of writer-director Rose Glass, has experienced fits and starts in its journey toward its limited release this month. The film, which had been screened on the festival circuit and is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, was simply waiting to dazzle a wider audience.

“In sight and sound, every second of this film is alive with art and agony, making Saint Maud a righteously haunting horror offering that deserves to be worshipped,” wrote IGN Movies critic Kristy Puchko.

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Clark’s Maud is a newly converted religious fanatic who works as a live-in nurse to dying Amanda (Jennifer Ehle). Maud also adopts the task of saving Amanda’s soul, but the young caregiver’s piety slips into delusional obsession — or does it? Filmmaker Glass leaves audiences guessing whether Maud is having a mental health crisis and hallucinating or viewers are simply too quick to pass judgement on her visceral faith.

Variety critic Guy Lodge observed: “Maud is like Carrie White and her mother Margaret rolled into one unholy holy terror; as played with brilliant, blood-freezing intensity by Morfydd Clark, she’s a genre anti-heroine to cherish, protect and recoil from, sometimes all at once.”

So 2020 should have been Clark’s breakout year, but 2021 may have to do. The actress also has a major role in Amazon’s upcoming The Lord of the Rings series, which is set in the Second Age of J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy world of Middle-earth, before the events of Peter Jackson’s film adaptions of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The setting during that period suggests a younger Lady Galadriel (the royal Elf played by Cate Blanchett in Jackson’s films), her husband Celeborn, the founding of Lothlórien, and the forging of  Rings of Power will all be featured. Clark’s role in the series hasn’t been officially announced, but fans have their suspicions.

In a March phone call from New Zealand, where The Lord of the Rings is filming, Clark spoke to Rotten Tomatoes about Saint Maud, Copperfield, and her favorite films. Here’s what the rising star said:

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Debbie Day for Rotten Tomatoes: It’s interesting what you said about Pan’s Labyrinth gutting you and then Strictly Ballroom bringing you absolutely absolute joy, because it reminds me of Saint Maud and David Copperfield;  they’re complete opposites, and Saint Maud very much gutted me, and then with David Copperfield, I couldn’t keep the smile off my face.

Clark: Yay, that makes me so happy, [to hear] people talk about Copperfield like that because that’s what Armando wanted to do, he wanted give people a film that would just make them love everyone and everything and make them really happy and that kind of stuff. It seems to be what’s happening and it is just so lovely.

You played two roles in that.

Clark: I did. Which I only auditioned for one of them and then had lunch with Armando before he cast me just to kind of meet me, because he likes to meet people and see if you connect with them — not only just send a tape — and then he’s like, “So we want you to play Clara as well.” And then I had to go through this whole meeting kind of being like, I need to scream. Ahhhh! I can’t believe this has happened. But yeah, that was really lovely, and it was also meant that I acted with Jairaj [Varsani], he played young David Copperfield. He was just wonderful.

That was a beautiful beautiful relationship on screen. Did Armando make that choice to have you play both roles so that it gives Dev’s David Copperfield more reason to connect with Dora?

Clark: Yeah, in the book he says that Dora is a lot like his mother and kind of reminds him of his mother, but also it’s kind of the idea that he’s constantly trying to kind of find what he’s lost and what he once had, and so when he meets Dora it and there is like big similarities, he’s like, I must grab that because that’s something that was gone from me. And then you kind of obviously realize that doesn’t mean that it’s right. I think David’s constantly trying to get back what is now gone instead of trying to make a new world, and Dora represents that kind of stuff and is amplified by being played by me.

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I know you’ve done horror before, but can you tell me what drew you to Saint Maud?

Clark: I am really obsessed with the health service. I have lots of family who work in it, but also just kind of constantly was watching 24 Hours on A&E, 999: What’s Your Emergency, and One Born Every Minute. I find the idea that the people who want to care for people most are in a situation — because of money, stress, and work hours — are kind of being broken and that is so sad and just wrong. And so immediately when I started reading it and realized she was a nurse and she just kind of experienced burnout, I was like, I care about this, I care about her, and it shouldn’t have happened, but I want to protect her. So it kind of immediately made me care about her.

Did you read the script and think, Oh my God, I have to play this role?

Clark: I think it’s more that I read scripts am sometimes like, Oh my gosh, I have no idea what to do with this. I would be really bad at that. When I read Maud I was like, Oooo, I think I could do this actually. I think I’d know why she did these things. I think I’d understand her. There’s so many moments that you’re like, Oh my God, I can’t believe that has happened, but equally like, Of course that happened. So this is happened to Maud, then this and this and this, and this has happened to Amanda. And so I found the kind of amazing juxtaposition that Rose manages to get in terms of … kind of making the extreme mundane and ordinary and normal and make perfect sense is really kind of interesting to me.

And I also read it being like, Oh, there’re no scenes in this that I’ll be terrified to film. Because the ones I’m terrified to film are always ones that I just can’t quite make sense of or quite understand, and there was huge clarity of who the woman was and why this story happens. So I think that’s what it was: I kind of felt that I wouldn’t be terrible.

Is the horror supposed to be real or is it supposed to be in her mind?

Clark: Rose did a lot [of research] about how saints possibly had mental illnesses, like Joan of Arc. There’re those really interesting podcasts about it. There’s a particular type of thing that can happen in the brain that you get these very vivid hallucinations.

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So my last question is: Are you as excited to be in The Lord of the Rings as fans are to see it?

Clark: Oh my gosh, I’m such a Lord of the Rings fan, I can’t tell you. I have this really clear image of telling everyone to leave me alone while I was reading The Hobbit at year six. And then I’ve watched those films so many times, and I think that it’s been very hard to reconcile this with the idea this is actually happening, because it’s just crazy to me that I am in it, because I’d have been so excited just to watch it.

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I’m just thrilled for you. It’s a really exciting time with these films and your role in Lord of the Rings. It seems like a wonderful time in your career.

Clark: Thank you. I am starting to kind of allow myself be like, It’s all kind of working out. Enjoy it.

Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me. Keep healthy and safe.

Clark: I know. It was making me think of all these cool nurses and doctors working so hard. I just really want them all to be OK.

Saint Maud releases in U.S. theaters today and will be available on Epix starting February 12; The Personal History of David Copperfield is available to rent and buy through most major streaming video-on-demand services; The Lord of the Rings will stream on Amazon Prime Video.

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After much delay, awards season kicks into gear on Wednesday with the announcement of the 2021 Golden Globe nominations. Which of the past year’s movies and TV shows will earn the love of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) – and, for those in the film categories, move one step closer to Oscar glory?

Well, it’s a little tougher to predict this year, particularly on the film side, with the Coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc on theatrical release schedules – a bummer for many major studios – but opening up an opportunity for streamers like Netflix and Amazon to dominate. The flow of TV was less affected by the COVID-19 crisis, but the sheer amount of content, and what feels like unprecedented quality, makes predicting nominees in those categories equally fraught.

Good thing we’re just game and foolhardy enough to name names. Looking at factors such as Tomatometer scores, awards buzz, where the campaign dollars are going, historical precedent, as well as the politics of awards like this, we’ve given our five top picks for noms in categories ranging from Best Motion Picture – Drama to Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Film. (Yes, they combine them all in that last category – and yes, it’s one of the most difficult to predict.)

Check out our picks for the nominations below, and let us know who you think will be nominated in the comments.

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Best Motion Picture – Drama

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Who will be nominated?

98% One Night in Miami (2020)

88% News of the World (2020)

96% Nomadland (2020)

98% Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

89% The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

And why? Couple the uniqueness of this awards season with the HFPA’s notoriously finicky tastes – which can often exist in a vacuum away from other awards shows – and it will be a difficult ceremony to predict even with limited choices. However, in the Drama category, we’re confident that some earlier season favorites will find recognition, including Oscar Best Picture frontrunners The Trial of the Chicago 7, Nomadland, and One Night in Miami. Rumor has it that the HFPA has had some pressure from the traditional studios not to have a streamer-heavy Drama category, which we think will be what puts Paul Greengrass’s News of the World (released by Universal) in over David Fincher’s Mank (a Netflix film). Still, we would not be shocked if the Old Hollywood biopic about Citizen Kane‘s prickly screenwriter sneaks in.

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Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Who will be nominated?

56% The Prom (2020)

98% Hamilton (2020)

85% Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)

86% On The Rocks (2020)

94% Palm Springs (2020)

And why? When the HFPA bucked convention and allowed the feature film recording of the original Broadway production of Hamilton to compete on the film side, most in the know assumed it was done not just to recognize the incredible work on screen but also to guarantee that the film’s bankable stars would be in attendance as nominees – which in turn would hopefully get those rabid Hamilton fans to tune in to the show in late February. With that in mind, we’re confident it will be nominated, and currently is the odds-on favorite to win. Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat sequel is also a lock, as he is one of the HFPA’s favorite performers. We’ve included A24’s On The Rocks, but wouldn’t be shocked to see it left off the slate in favor of the Focus Features release, Emma. – but the safe money is on the Sofia Coppola comedy.

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Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

Who will be nominated?

Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of A Woman
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie
Frances McDormand – Nomadland

And why? In the category with the stiffest competition of this season, it’s hard to say who the HFPA members will favor. HFPA icon Sophia Loren (The Life Ahead) is always a strong contender, however, we think that to avoid having four nominees from Netflix, either she or Kirby will likely be left out this year in favor of the star power of newcomer Zendaya. It could shake out either way, but we are betting Frances McDormand and Viola Davis are in no matter what happens: Boasting 10 nominations and two previous Golden Globe wins between them, the Nomadland and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom leads, both of whom have already dominated the critics-awards circuit, are almost a foregone conclusion to be announced on nominations morning.

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Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

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Who will be nominated?

Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Gary Oldman – Mank
Tom Hanks – News of the World
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

And why? This is one of the more straightforward categories, with three prior Golden Globe winners and two beloved actors. We predict the performances we selected are relatively safe – however, if we see any surprises it will likely be from Da 5 Bloods standout Delroy Lindo. Spike Lee films aren’t quite the Golden Globe darlings you’d assume them to be, so we’re picking Riz Ahmed to take what we’ll call the fifth slot; the other four names have been the consensus choices for the HFPA since they started screening for critics.

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Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 

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Who will be nominated?

Meryl Streep – The Prom
Anya Taylor-Joy – Emma.
Michelle Pfeiffer – French Exit
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Cristin Milioti – Palm Springs

And why? Another light category, so we’re looking to star power as the main factor in our selections. Meryl Streep was the best part of The Prom for many viewers, and both she and Ryan Murphy are beloved by the Globes voters. Our wild-card pick here is Rosamund Pike, who, despite not getting a ton of press for her hilarious turn in I Care a Lot, could pull a surprise nomination as she did in 2018 on the Drama side for A Private War. Rashida Jones is also in the mix for On The Rocks, but we think that the film’s best positioning is with the Best Supporting Actor and Best Comedy/Musical categories.

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Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 

Who will be nominated?

Andy Samberg – Palm Springs
Dev Patel – The Personal History of David Copperfield
Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton
Leslie Odom Jr. – Hamilton
Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

And why? Another category where things have been consistent for a while, our only chance of an upset here would likely to be Will Ferrell for Eurovision. But, again, to cut back on the streamer domination, we are thinking the Globes will side with Dev Patel in The Personal History David Copperfield over the Netflix comedy, allowing at least one studio film in the category.

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Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

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Who will be nominated?

Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of A Woman
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Jodie Foster – The Mauritanian
Olivia Colman – The Father

And why? There are a few names that we also consider contenders here, like Hamilton stars Renee Elise Goldsberry and Phillipa Soo, but with the pedigree above… good luck picking who to leave off this list to make any room. Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy was dead on arrival with critics, but even those who hated the film praised Glenn Close’s performance. Also, this is Glenn Close(!) and the HFPA loves her. (I mean so do we, so we don’t blame them.)

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Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

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Who will be nominated?

Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Bill Murray – On the Rocks
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night In Miami
Hugh Laurie – The Personal History of David Copperfield

And why? Our Best Supporting Actor selection process was a bit like playing musical chairs. Though we are confident with our picks, Charles Dance, Mark Rylance, Yahya Abdul Mateen II, Kingsley Ben-Adir, and Paul Raci could all pop in over most of our choices. We are most confident that Murray and Cohen will be chosen among the pack. Though Daniel Kaluuya was a late addition to the awards race, for Judas the Black Messiah, his performance is so visceral and thrilling he quickly became one that rose above all of the other exceptional supporting performances.

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Best Director – Motion Picture

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Who will be nominated?

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
David Fincher – Mank
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods
Regina King – One Night In Miami

And why? The HFPA has a huge issue with its lack of recognition for female directors. Though many assume they aren’t bothered by such criticism, we think they would be at risk of losing all credibility if they don’t honor Zhao, who has swept every major Best Director contest this year. (Seriously, she’s won all of them.) We think that Regina King will join her as the Globes’ first double female nominee, but News of the World director Paul Greengrass is also a possibility.

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Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

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Who will be nominated?

Christopher Hampton – The Father
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Kemp Powers – One Night In Miami
Jack Fincher – Mank
Paul Greengrass, Luke Davies – News of the World

And why? Another category with strong consistency among pundits this year, and we’re betting that here is where the HFPA will choose to honor Paul Greengrass rather than in the Best Director category. This gives an organization known for “spreading it around” various contenders another opportunity to give a traditional studio some love.

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Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

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100% Minari (2020)

93% Another Round (Druk) (2020)

91% The Life Ahead (2020)

84% Martin Eden (2020)

96% I Carry You with Me (2021)

And why? There has been much controversy around what is categorized as a “Foreign Language” film by the Golden Globes, with many calling foul that the 100% Certified Fresh Minari, starring Steven Yeun, was relegated to this grouping rather than the Drama category, despite clearly being an American immigrant tale that just happens to have 70% of its dialogue in Korean. (This is made worse after films like Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds could compete outside the category despite being centered on, and taking place, primarily in Europe, with less than 30% of the dialogue in English.) Still, we’re confident the A24 drama will be honored here alongside current Oscar frontrunner, Another Round.

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Best Motion Picture – Animated

Who will be nominated?

99% Wolfwalkers (2020)

88% Onward (2020)

95% Soul (2020)

80% Over the Moon (2020)

77% The Croods: A New Age (2020)

And why? Soul, Onward, and Wolfwalkers are the safe picks here, and we believe that Over the Moon is the strongest of Netflix’s offerings – but their other big 2020 animated feature, The Willoughbys, is also in the mix and could slip in over the recent Universal release – and box office force – The Croods: A New Age.

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Best Television Series – Drama

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Who will be nominated?

98% Ozark: Season 3 (2020)

89% Bridgerton: Season 1 (2020)

88% Lovecraft Country: Season 1 (2020)

94% The Mandalorian: Season 2 (2020)

97% The Crown: Season 4 (2020)

And why? If past is precedent, HFPA voters love a British period piece, so we’re betting The Crown and Bridgerton will turn up in nominations; otherwise, respect for Ozark and its stars has only grown since the crime drama’s first season with the series hitting a Tomatometer high of a Certified Fresh 98% in its third and most recent season, and genre series Lovecraft Country and The Mandalorian were popular favorites this year. We wouldn’t be surprised, however, Matthew Rhys fans in the voting block pull Perry Mason into the mix.

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Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

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Who will be nominated?

100% Schitt's Creek: Season 6 (2020)

88% The Great: Season 1 (2020)

97% Ramy: Season 2 (2020)

90% Ted Lasso: Season 1 (2020)

100% What We Do in the Shadows: Season 2 (2020)

And why? The big question for this year’s Golden Globes is: Will Schitt’s Creek dominate the comedy categories the same way it swept the Emmys? Well, while the Emmys are voted on by the artists’ peers, the Globes are voted on by members of the foreign press in Hollywood, and the results more frequently skew slightly in favor of international stars and programming than at the Emmys. Shot in Canada and created by and starring Canadians, Schitt’s Creek is definitely invited to the party. But how will they fare against the U.K.-set The Great and Ted Lasso, which both have Americans in lead roles but predominantly British casts, and What We Do in the Shadows’ New Zealand provenance and a trio of British lead actors?

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Best Miniseries or Television Film  

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Who will be nominated?

97% The Queen's Gambit: Miniseries (2020)

96% Unorthodox: Miniseries (2020)

77% The Undoing: Season 1 (2020)

96% Mrs. America: Miniseries (2020)

90% Normal People: Season 1 (2020)

And why? It’s hard to believe that Unorthodox is in contention against The Queen’s Gambit; it feels like it was released in another year altogether. Such is the space-time warping caused by excessive quarantining. Both series were Certified Fresh above 95% on the Tomatometer, as is Mrs. America. Normal People is Certified Fresh at 90% – slacker – while The Undoing is at 77%. Another thing the HFPA loves? Stars named Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman. If that prediction is too cynical, look for I May Destroy You to take a spot.

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Best Actor – Television Drama

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Who will be nominated?

Matthew Rhys – Perry Mason
Jonathan Majors – Lovecraft Country
Josh O’Connor – The Crown
Pedro Pascal – The Mandalorian
Jason Bateman – Ozark

And why? Welsh actor Rhys is no stranger to this category, having been nominated twice in it for his role in The Americans. Similarly, Bateman has enjoyed two nominations for his Ozark role; meanwhile, Majors and O’Connor delivered buzzworthy performances in their respective series, and Pascal finally got some screen time without his helmet on The Mandalorian. All that said, Bob Odenkirk had an excellent fifth season on Better Call Saul – as Jimmy moved even closer to his Saul alter ego – and he could easily knock any one of the above out of the running.

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Best Actor – Television Musical or Comedy 

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Who will be nominated?

Eugene Levy – Schitt’s Creek
Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso
Ramy Youssef – Ramy
Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows
Nicholas Hoult – The Great

And why? Levy is the shoo-in for a nomination and Youssef is the incumbent winner in this category, while Sudeikis, Berry, and Hoult are under threat from a wide and diverse group of contenders, perhaps most especially Ben Platt for The Politician, executive produced by Ryan Murphy – and the HFPA certainly does love those (even when a Murphy series scores below 60% on the Tomatometer).

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Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film 

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Who will be nominated?

Hugh Jackman – Bad Education
Mark Ruffalo – I Know This Much Is True
Hugh Grant – The Undoing
Ethan Hawke – The Good Lord Bird
Paul Mescal – Normal People

And why? We’re predicting a Hugh-on-Hugh Golden Globe deathmatch when Jackman meets Grant on the best actor field of battle. As we said for Ruffalo during the Emmys, the man played twin brothers; therefore, he did twice the work and deserves award recognition.

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Best Actress – Television Drama 

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Who will be nominated?

Olivia Colman – The Crown
Laura Linney – Ozark
Jurnee Smollett – Lovecraft Country
Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
Emma Corrin – The Crown

And why? The Crown also lands two strong contenders in the best drama actress category with Colman and Corrin, who play Queen Elizabeth and Princess Diana, respectively, in season 4, which is Certified Fresh 97% on the Tomatometer, the highest score yet for any of the series’ seasons. At the same time, unexpected twists and dramatic turns for the characters played by Linney and Smollett position the actresses for award consideration. Balfe is a perennial favorite nominee in this category – maybe this is her year!

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Best Actress – Television Musical or Comedy

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Who will be nominated?

Catherine O’Hara – Schitt’s Creek
Elle Fanning – The Great
Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant
Issa Rae – Insecure
Lilly Collins – Emily In Paris

And why? So what does the Golden Globes international bias mean in the talent categories? It means that talented international stars have more of a shot at a nomination than at the Emmys. (See: Irish actress Caitriona Balfe, nominated four times for a best TV drama actress Golden Globe for her role in Outlander, but not once for an Emmy.) In addition to our short list of contenders above, Dead To Me stars Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini may also be in the running, along with Jane Levy for her role in Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, but when guessing between potential Globe nominees, it’s safest to give the international star the edge.

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Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film

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Who will be nominated?

Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit
Shira Haas – Unorthodox
Cate Blanchett – Mrs. America
Nicole Kidman – The Undoing
Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You

And why? Kidman’s performance in The Undoing was a bit stiffer than her usual, according to critics, but that won’t stop the HFPA from nominating her, we’re betting. The other performances in the category were each powerful and distinctive and will make this an especially difficult category when it comes to predicting a winner.

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Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film

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Who will be nominated?

Dan Levy – Schitt’s Creek
Brendan Gleeson – The Comey Rule
Mahershala Ali – Ramy
Tom Pelphrey – Ozark
John Boyega – Small Axe: Red, White and Blue

And why? Levy won the Emmy for comedy supporting actor, Emmy-winner Gleeson is a three-time Globe nominee, and two-time Oscar-winner Ali is also an awards favorite. Pelphrey and Boyega, meanwhile, will have to fight for the last spots in this – perhaps too broad – category, fending off the likes of Tobias Menzies (The Crown), Donald Sutherland (The Undoing), Jim Parsons (Hollywood), and Ben Whishaw (Fargo).

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Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film

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Who will be nominated?

Gillian Anderson – The Crown
Uzo Aduba – Mrs. America
Annie Murphy – Schitt’s Creek
Julia Garner – Ozark
Jessie Buckley – Fargo

And why? It’s difficult to exclude Helena Bonham Carter from this list for The Crown, but as extraordinary as season 4 of the series was, it wasn’t her season. Anderson stole the spotlight for her remarkable portrayal of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Aduba and Murphy both won the supporting actress Emmy awards in 2020, while Garner has yet to be recognized by the Globes for her Ozark role, and to some that would suggest she’s overdue. Buckley’s scenery-chewing performance as homicidal nurse Oraetta Mayflower in Fargo alone recommends season 4.

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Nominations for the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards are announced on Wednesday, February 3, at 8 a.m. ET / 5 a.m. PT. Check back at Rotten Tomatoes to see who gets a nod! 

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