‘Imitation Game’ Writer Graham Moore’s Directorial Debut Picked Up by Studio 8
Jeff Robinov’s studio will pick up Moore’s sci-fi thriller “Naked Is The Best Disguise”
Jeremy Fuster | February 27, 2018 @ 12:24 PM
Last Updated: February 27, 2018 @ 2:33 PM
Oscar-winning writer Graham Moore will soon make his directorial debut as his sci-fi thriller, “Naked Is The Best Disguise,” has been picked up by Studio 8, reps for the filmmaker told TheWrap.
Moore, who won his Oscar in 2015 for the Alan Turing biopic “The Imitation Game,” also wrote the script for this thriller about a near future where technology has allowed memories to be transferred between minds. The main character is a woman who illegally trades memories and is accused of murdering a man she doesn’t believe she even knows. Casting for the lead role will start immediately, as the studio hopes to start production later this year.
Scoop Wasserstein, who developed the story with Moore, will produce through his Scoop Productions banner. This is part of a slew of new projects for Jeff Rabinov’s Studio 8, having only financed one previous film, “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.” The studio will release the prehistoric adventure film “Alpha” and the crime drama “White Boy Rick” later this year through Sony Pictures.
Moore is repped by CAA. Wasserstein is repped by Frankfurt Kurmit.
Oscars 2018: 8 Biggest Snubs and Surprises, From Tom Hanks to Denzel Washington (Photos)
Every year at the Academy Awards, there are inevitably certain nominees that raise eyebrows in surprise and glaring omissions that furrow those eyebrows in anger. 2018 was no different. Here are some of this year's snubs and surprises.
SURPRISE: Denzel Washington for "Roman J. Israel, Esq.": Washington's portrayal of a lawyer caught in a moral quagmire left critics lukewarm and didn't make much of an impact at the box office, yet it has earned the beloved actor his ninth Oscar nomination and sixth in the Best Actor category.
SNUB: Tom Hanks for "The Post": Many awards prognosticators expected that the Best Actor slot taken by Denzel would have gone to Tom Hanks for his portrayal of Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee. Instead, Jason Robards' performance in "All The President's Men" remains the only Ben Bradlee to get an Oscar nod.
SURPRISE: Lesley Manville for "Phantom Thread": Daniel Day Lewis got much of the press for "Phantom Thread," but Manville has earned some attention for her performance as Reynolds Woodcock's devoted sister and business partner, who spends the whole film putting up with Reynolds obsessive nonsense.
SNUB: Holly Hunter for "The Big Sick": Kumail Nanjiani's true-story dramedy earned a screenplay nomination, but Hunter, who was considered an early contender for Best Supporting Actress last summer for her performance as Kumail's tough but loving future mother-in-law, ended up sliding out of the final list.
SURPRISE: Paul Thomas Anderson for "Phantom Thread": It feels weird to call it a surprise that an acclaimed filmmaker like Anderson got a nomination for Best Director, but in such a competitive field, not many awards analysts expected him to sneak in and take a nod for his work immersing audiences in Reynolds Woodcock's meticulous world. That's especially considering he managed to beat out...
SNUB: Steven Spielberg for "The Post": With its paean to journalism and not-so-subtle tweak at Donald Trump, it was expected that Academy voters would go ga-ga over "The Post." Instead, it's getting the "Selma" treatment, earning a Best Picture nomination but only getting one other nom for Meryl Streep while Spielberg misses out on an eighth Oscar nomination.
SURPRISE: "Abacus: Small Enough to Jail" for Best Documentary Feature: PBS will get a surprise nomination for their powerful recounting about how a small, family-owned bank in New York's Chinatown became the only bank prosecuted by the feds in the wake of the 2008 recession.
SNUB: "City of Ghosts" for Best Documentary Feature: Docs about the ongoing Syria crisis have been fertile ground for award winning docs like "Last Men In Aleppo" and last year's Best Short Doc winner, "The White Helmets." But the Academy didn't go for this horrifying but moving tale about Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, a team of citizen journalists reporting the abuses of ISIS at the risk of their own lives.
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Who got robbed at the Oscars this year?
Every year at the Academy Awards, there are inevitably certain nominees that raise eyebrows in surprise and glaring omissions that furrow those eyebrows in anger. 2018 was no different. Here are some of this year's snubs and surprises.
