Game of Thrones triumphs in Emmy win

In a year of change for the Emmys, Breaking Bad is out of competition while Modern Family has lost its Comedy Series crown. There’s been a long overdue win for Mad Men’s Jon Hamm but the clear winners are fantasy epic Game of Thrones and political comedy Veep.

Drama

Better Call Saul
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Mad Men
Orange is the New Black

Actor in a Drama

Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Kyle Chandler – Bloodline
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
Jon Hamm – Mad Men
Jeff Daniels – The Newsroom
Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan

Supporting Actor in a Drama

Jonathan Banks – Better Call Saul
Ben Mendelsohn – Bloodline
Jim Carter – Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
Michael Kelly – House of Cards
Alan Cumming – The Good Wife

Lead Actress in a Drama

Taraji P Henson – Empire
Claire Danes – Homeland
Robin Wright – House of Cards
Viola Davis – How to Get Away With Murder
Elisabeth Moss – Mad Men
Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black

Supporting Actress in a Drama

Joanna Froggatt – Downton Abbey
Lena Headey – Game of Thrones
Emilia Clarke – Game of Thrones
Christine Baranski – The Good Wife
Christina Hendricks – Mad Men
Uzo Aduba – Orange is the New Black

Writing For a Drama Series

The Americans – Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep – Joshua Brand
Better Call Saul – Five-O – Gordon Smith
Game of Thrones – Mother’s Mercy – David Bennioff, DB Weiss
Mad Men – Lost Horizon – Sam Chellas, Matthew Weiner
Mad Men – Person to Person – Matthew Weiner

Directing For a Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire – Eldorado – Tim Van Patten
Game of Thrones – Mother’s Mercy – David Nutter
Game of Thrones – Unbowed, Unbroken, Unbent – Jeremy Podeswa
Homeland – From A to B and Back Again – Lesli Linka Glatter
The Knick – Method and Madness – Steven Soderbergh

Comedy Series

Louie
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

Lead Actor in a Comedy

Anthony Anderson – Black-ish
Matt LeBlanc – Episodes
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Will Forte – The Last Man on Earth
Louis CK – Louie
William H Macy – Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent

Lead Actress in a Comedy

Lisa Kudrow – The Comeback
Lily Tomlin – Grace and Frankie
Amy Schumer – Inside Amy Schumer
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation
Julia Louis Dreyfus – Veep

Supporting Actor in a Comedy

Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Adam Driver – Girls
Keegan Michael Key – Key & Peele
Ty Burrell – Modern Family
Titus Burgess – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tony Hale – Veep

Supporting Actress in a Comedy

Mayim Bialik – The Big Bang Theory
Niecy Nash – Getting On
Julie Bowen – Modern Family
Allison Janney – Mom
Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live
Gaby Hoffman – Transparent
Anna Chlumsky – Veep

Writing For a Comedy Series

Episodes – Episode 409 – David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik
The Last Man on Earth – Alice in Tuscon – Will Forte
Louie – Bobby’s House – Louis CK
Silicon Valley – Two Days of the Condor – Alec Berg
Transparent – Pilot – Jill Soloway
Veep – Election Night – Armando Ianucci, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche

Directing For a Comedy Series

The Last Man on Earth – Pilot – Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Louie – Sleepover – Louis CK
Silicon Valley – Sand Hill Shuffle – Mike Judge
Transparent – Best New Girl – Jill Soloway
Veep – Testimony – Armando Ianucci

TV Movie

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Poirot’s Last Case
Bessie
Grace of Monaco
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Killing Jesus
Nightingale

Miniseries

American Crime
American Horror Story: Freak Show
The Honourable Woman
Olive Kitteridge
Wolf Hall

Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

Timothy Hutton – American Crime
Ricky Gervais – Derek
Adrien Brody – Houdini
David Oyelowo – Nightingale
Richard Jenkins – Olive Kitteridge
Mark Rylance – Wolf Hall

Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Felicity Huffman – American Crime
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Queen Latifah – Bessie
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Honourable Woman
Frances McDormand – Olive Kitteridge
Emma Thompson – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

Richard Cabral – American Crime
Denis O’Hare – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Finn Wittrock – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Michael Kenneth Williams – Bessie
Bill Murray – Olive Kitteridge
Damian Lewis – Wolf Hall

Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Regina King – American Crime
Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Coven
Angela Bassett – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Sarah Paulson – American Horror Story: Freak Show
Mo’Nique – Bessie
Zoe Kazan – Olive Kitteridge

Writing for a Miniseries or Movie

American Crime – Episode One – John Ridley
Bessie – Bessie – Horton Foote, Dee Rees, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois
Hello Ladies – Stephen Merchant, Gene Stupmitsky, Lee Eisenberg
The Honourable Woman – Hugo Blick
Oliver Kitteridge – Jane Anderson
Wolf Hall – Peter Straughan

Directing for a Miniseries or Movie

American Horror Story: Freak Show – Ryan Murphy
Bessie – Dee Rees
The Honourable Woman – Hugo Blick
Houdini – Uli Edel
The Missing – Tom Shankland
Oliver Kitteridge – Lisa Cholodenko
Wolf Hall – Peter Kosminsky

Warcraft casting and Troll Hunter remake rumours plus 2013 Emmys

The 2013 Emmys brought some expected and some surprising wins as they celebrated the last year of US TV and Downton Abbey. Vince Gilligan’s hit show Breaking Bad was the big winner of the night as iticked up the Emmy’s Oscar Best Picture equivalent: Outstanding Drama Series. Claire Danes beat actresses like Robin Wright (House of Cards), Kerry Washington (Scandal) and Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel) for her award win with Homeland while Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom) defeated the likes of Brian Cranston (Breaking Bad), Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Damien Lewis (Homeland) and Kevin Spacey (House of Cards) to win Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Bobby Cannavale (Broadwalk Empire) and Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad) got the Supporting Actor/Actress awards while Henry Bromell (Homeland) and David Fincher (House of Cards) won the writing and directing awards respectively.

Onto comedy now. The brilliant Jim Parsons won Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series for the third time (and fifth total nomination – pretty impressive for a show that’s had six seasons) for the even better The Big Bang Theory against film stars like Jason Bateman (Arrested Development), Matt LeBlanc (Episodes), Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Don Cheadle (House of Lies) and Louis CK (Louie). Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tony Hale also picked up acting awards for Veep, as did Merritt Weaver (Nurse Jackie). Modern Family won both Outstanding Comedy Series and Best Directing for a comedy series while 30 Rock picked up Best Writing. Behind the Candelabra won big with Leading Actor in a Mini-Series or Movie for Michael Douglas as well as Best Director (the now retired Steven Soderbergh) and Best Mini-Series or Movie.

Moving on, Duncan Jones (director of sci-fi hits like Moon with Sam Rockwell and Source Code with Jake Gyllenhaal and son of David Bowie) will be directing the adaptation of the massively successful MMORPG World of Warcraft. He’s know hinted at possible castings. Paula Patton was part of Tom Cruise’s team of rogue agents in box-office hit Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Golden Globe winner Colin Farrell was the star of thrillers like Phone Booth and Total Recall as well as the comedy In Bruges. They’re now both linked to star in Warcraft. It’s early days but Jones confirmed via Twitter that Patton is in negotiations to star while Farrell has been offered the role. The film will start shooting next January.

The brilliant Norwegian slightly comedic found-footage horror Troll Hunter was bound to spawn a Hollywood remake since it’s successful opening in 2011. The plot sees a group of students investigating a series of mysterious animal killing in the Norwegian mountains and forests for a university project. They join a grizzled man who claims to have the answer to their questions: Trolls. It’s a greatly original film that I do recommend. The real life Norwegian Prime Minister turns up at one point so it’s definitely worth a watch.

Neil Marshall is the man directing the new remake. The Newcastle born writer/editor/director has plenty of experience with films like chilling horror The Descent and Roman set Michael Fassbender action Centurion as well as two episodes of HBO’s epic fantasy Game of Thrones and the upcoming TV adventure drama Black Sails. He’ll have an fairly inflated $25 million budget for on-set production they will begin early next year.

Warcraft is out 2015

Troll Hunter is out early 2015