MUMBAI: Following the success of Skyfall, the latest film in the James Bond series, the Academy will honour James Bond this year. The 85th Academy Awards will also pay a tribute to the Bond movie franchise that is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Oscar producer Craig Zadan said, "We are very happy to include a special sequence on our show saluting the Bond films on their 50th birthday. Starting with Dr. No back in 1962, the 007 movies have become the longest-running motion picture franchise in history and a beloved global phenomenon."
Skyfall is expected to pick up a handful of nods when the Oscar nominations are announced this Thursday. Former Bond star Timothy Dalton feels Skyfall, the most successful Bond movie ever, is worthy of serious consideration in a number of categories.
In a recent interview, Dalton said that the latest blockbuster is "right at the forefront" of modern cinema. In the past, only two (films in the) spy series won Oscars, the 1964 release Goldfinger won the best sound effects trophy while the next Thunderball got the best special visual effects award.
"It is absolutely time for Bond to get proper attention at the Oscars. On almost every level, this Bond movie is right at the forefront of what cinema is capable of. It is an absolutely modern James Bond, a movie truly of its time. Daniel Craig is fantastic and it feels very real. I thought the film was fabulous," observed Dalton.
Skyfall has become the first Bond film to earn more than $1 billion at the global box office.
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Oscars to honour James Bond this year
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Seth MacFarlane to host 85th Oscars
MUMBAI: Seth MacFarlane will host the 85th Academy Awards, telecast producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced. This will be MacFarlane‘s first appearance on Oscar‘s stage. The 85th Academy Awards will be broadcast live on 25 February on Star Movies in India.
Zadan and Meron said, “We are thrilled to have Seth MacFarlane host the Oscars. His performing skills blend perfectly with our ideas for making the show entertaining and fresh. He will be the consummate host, and we are so happy to be working with him.”
MacFarlane said, “It‘s truly an overwhelming privilege to be asked to host the Oscars. My thoughts upon hearing the news were, one, I will do my utmost to live up to the high standards set forth by my predecessors; and two, I hope they don‘t find out I hosted the Charlie Sheen Roast.”
Academy president Hawk Koch said, “Seth is unbelievably talented. We couldn‘t be happier with the creative team we‘ve assembled. With Craig, Neil, and now Seth, we‘re off to a great start.”
MacFarlane made his feature directorial debut this year with the ‘Ted‘. -
ABC plans to bring contemporary ‘Peter Pan’ on TV
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are planning a contemporary musical version of “Peter Pan” for Us television in 2007, as per a Daily Variety report.
Fifty years after NBC broadcast the original Broadway musical starring Mary Martin, the story of Peter Pan will be produced as a TV movie, the publication reported.
Zadan has been quoted as saying that, he and Meron have been wanting to do Peter Pansince 1993. The script will be written by Irene Mecchi.