It's About Time!

I cannot believe how poorly I have been at updating this so far this season! I apologize for being a terrible Commish this year. However, I have updated the standings and I think you'll all agree that this is an exciting year with lots of moving parts.

With the SAG nominations, Golden Globe Nominations, Critic's Choice nominations, and the Independent Spirit nominations in, the race is really shaping up. There are some clear front runners (The Social Network, The King's Speech) and some up and comers (The Fighter, Black Swan). As we saw in the draft, many of these pictures are spread over multiple studios. This makes the race this year pretty interesting so far.

Just because it has been interesting, doesn't mean that there isn't a clear first place. The Dekkers and their "Absent from Draft" studio have been cleaning up. With 22 nominations so far, they have a comfortable lead. Paul Hogseth's "Pants Weather Pictures," Steve Hackbarth and Erin Dischler's "Pants Sweater Pictures," and Mike Palovcsik's "Pants Wetter Pictures" are all pretty close with 19, 18, and 17 nominations respectively.

Some of the long shots in the draft have paid off well. Some of the "easy money" choices are proving to look dubious. Every studio has received points from each set of nominations so far. ZERO shut outs. That is exciting to see and is proof positive of the hard work and research each studio head did before this year's draft.

The Producer's Guild and Writer's Guild both release their nominations this week and we should see a few more points added to the scoreboard. Then we have a week or so dry spell before things heat up. January will bring us more nominations from: The BAFTAs (Paul's favorite), The Director's Guild, the Razzies, and the Academy Award Nominations. We will also see the awards presented for The Director's Guild and Screen Actor's Guild, the Critic's Choice and Golden Globes, and the Producer's Guild. Lots of opportunities for studios to gain or lose ground and to keep this year's race interesting.

Good luck to everyone!

Cheers,

The Commish