Amma Asante tapped to direct Walden Media’s ‘Billion Dollar Spy’
Walden Media and Weed Road today announced that BAFTA award winner Amma Asante will direct the upcoming film adaptation of David E. Hoffman’s THE BILLION... Read More
Erik Anderson
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
2019 Oscars: The Adapted and Original Screenplay Contenders (March)
This year’s crop of screenplay contenders almost feel like the inverse of last year. Last year, Original Screenplay was the strongest its been in years,... Read More
Plan B and Annapurna to produce Miranda July’s next film
Los Angeles, CA (March 15, 2018) – Miranda July is set to start production on her latest film in late May. The film follows the... Read More
Trailer: Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin are set ‘Adrift’ in true story sailing drama
Shailene Woodley (Fault in Our Stars, Divergent films) and Sam Claflin (Me Before You, The Hunger Games films) star in Adrift, based on the inspiring... Read More
San Francisco International Film Festival lineup: ‘Tully,’ ‘Sorry to Bother You,’ ‘A Kid Like Jake’ and more
The longest-running film festival in the Americas, the SFFILM Festival is an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and a major cultural event in the Bay... Read More
Kristen Stewart set to play screen icon Jean Seberg in ‘Against All Enemies’
Kristen Stewart will portray screen icon Jean Seberg (Breathless) for Una director Benedict Andrews. The film, currently titled Against All Enemies, focuses on an ambitious... Read More
First trailer for Bo Burnham’s Sundance hit ‘Eighth Grade’ starring Elsie Fisher
Comedian/actor Bo Burnham (Key & Peele, The Big Sick) debuted his first film, Eighth Grade, to effusive praise at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and... Read More
Get ready to cry: here’s the first teaser for ‘Life Itself’ with Oscar Isaac and Olivia Wilde from ‘This Is Us’ creator
From Dan Fogelman, the creator of the Emmy and Screen Actors Guild-winning television series This Is Us comes his second feature film, the sure to... Read More
Madonna’s next directorial effort: biopic of ballerina Michaela DePrince
Grammy-winning superstar and Queen of Pop Madonna will be Taking Flight. That’s the title of the next film she will be directing, a biopic of... Read More
2019 Oscars: The Supporting Actress Contenders (March)
Is this finally Amy Adams’ shot? After five nominations and a huge snub for Arrival two years ago, Adams may be poised for her best... Read More
New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads with 11 
Michigan Movie Critics Guild (MMCG) Winners: ‘Sinners’ Rules with 8 
Interview: How Brothers Jacobi and Noah Jupe Became the Heart of ‘Hamnet’ 
Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads with 15