U.S. DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER BRENT RENAUD DIES IN UKRAINE: According to Variety, U.S. documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud was killed on Sunday (March 13th) at the age of 50 while reporting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Renaud won a Peabody Award and two Columbia DuPont Awards. His work includes Dope Sick Love, Off to War, and Last Chance High.
UMBRELLA ACADEMY SEASON THREE PREMIERE DATE ANNOUNCED: Variety reports that on Sunday (March 13th) Netflix released a teaser for the third season of Umbrella Academy, announcing that the show will return on June 22nd. “The sparrows have landed,” the teaser reads.
THE BOYS SEASON THREE TEASER RELEASED: Us Weekly reports that the third season of Amazon Prime’s The Boys will be released on June 3rd. “I promise you have never seen anything like it in the history of cinema. We went bigger this season. It’s a fun intense roller coaster ride,” Karl Urban, who plays Billy Butcher in the series, said.
THE 2022 BAFTA AWARD WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED: Deadline reports that The Power of the Dog had some big wins at the 75th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday (March 13th), including Best Picture. With Jane Campion taking home the Best Director award as well, the film is a front-runner for the Oscars.
Dune, with 11 nominations, won five awards in total, including best score, best cinematography, production design, sound and special visual effects. No other films had more than two wins.
See the full list of winners below:
BEST FILM THE POWER OF THE DOG Jane Campion, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman
LEADING ACTRESS JOANNA SCANLAN After Love
DIRECTOR THE POWER OF THE DOG Jane Campion
LEADING ACTOR WILL SMITH King Richard
ANIMATED FILM ENCANTO Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino, Clark Spencer
PRODUCTION DESIGN DUNE Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos
DOCUMENTARY SUMMER OF SOUL (OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent, Joseph Patel
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY LICORICE PIZZA Paul Thomas Anderson
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY CODA Siân Heder
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM BELFAST Kenneth Branagh, Laura Berwick, Becca Kovacik, Tamar Thomas
SUPPORTING ACTOR TROY KOTSUR CODA
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE DRIVE MY CAR Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Teruhisa Yamamoto
COSTUME DESIGN CRUELLA Jenny Beavan
SUPPORTING ACTRESS ARIANA DEBOSE West Side Story
EE RISING STAR AWARD LASHANA LYNCH
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER THE HARDER THEY FALL Jeymes Samuel (Writer/Director) also written by Boaz Yakin
CASTING WEST SIDE STORY Cindy Tolan
MAKE UP & HAIR THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, Justin Raleigh
ORIGINAL SCORE DUNE Hans Zimmer
SOUND DUNE Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Doug Hemphill, Theo Green, Ron Bartlett
EDITING NO TIME TO DIE Tom Cross, Elliot Graham
BRITISH SHORT FILM THE BLACK COP Cherish Oteka
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION DO NOT FEED THE PIGEONS Vladimir Krasilnikov, Jordi Morera, Antonin Niclass
CINEMATOGRAPHY DUNE Greig Fraser
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS DUNE Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Gerd Nefzer