Costume Design ~ April Foolish Oscar Predix
Friday, April 14, 2017 at 10:00PM 
on the set of THE CURRENT WARCutting right to the chase tonight. Here's what I'm predicting for Oscar's Costume Design category in this first round of punditry
• The Current War (Michael Wilkinson)
• The Greatest Showman (Ellen Mirojnick)
• Murder on the Orient Express (Alexandra Byrne)
• Victoria & Abdul (Consolata Boyle)
• Wonderstruck (Sandy Powell)
Sandy Powell is always a good bet of course with 12 past nominations and 3 wins and she'll obviously be having a great time with the dual time frames and actressing of Julianne Moore. The other designers are less regular with the Academy but they've all been nominated with the exception of Ellen Mirojnick. But Mirojnick is no slouch having designed iconic pieces seen in films like Basic Instinct, Showgirls, and recently she won the Emmy for Soderbergh's Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra. She's got one of the year's (presumably) showiest gigs : Hugh Jackman's PT Barnum musical The Greatest Showman.
Ali Fasal stars opposite Dame Judi Dench in VICTORIA AND ABDUL
But that's just scratching the surface of what will surely be lots of fine threads in the movies this year from many talented designers. After the jump, a Beauty Break of Costume Design possibilities this year...
SOME COSTUME HEAVY MOVIES TO LOOK FORWARD TO...
THE BEGUILED - costumes by Stacey Battat (Still Alice, The Bling Ring)
WONDERSTRUCK - costumes by Sandy Powell (abundant Martin Scorsese & Todd Haynes classics)
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - costumes by Jacqueline Durran (Anna Karenina, Atonement, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
MARY MAGDALENE - costumes by Jacqueline Durran (Anna Karenina, Atonement)
GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN - costumes by Odile Dicks Mireaux (Brooklyn, An Education)
BATTLE OF THE SEXES - costumes by Mary Zophres (La La Land, True Grit)
DARK TOWER - costumes by Trish Summerville (Gone Girl, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
WOMAN WALKS AHEAD -costumes by Stephanie Collie (Layer Cake, London Has Fallen)
WONDER WOMAN - costumes by Lindy Hemming (Topsy Turvy, The Dark Knight)
BLADE RUNNER 2049 - costumes by Renée April (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Arrival)
MY COUSIN RACHEL - costumes by Dinah Collin (The Ghost Writer, The Bourne Supremacy)
VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS - costumes by Olivier Bériot (Lucy, The Diving Bell and Butterfly)
ON CHESIL BEACH - costumes by Keith Madden (The Woman in Black)
MARSHALL - costumes by Ruth E Carter (Selma, Amistad)
first stabs at predictions
CINEMATOGRAPHY, PRODUCTION DESIGN
SCORE, SOUND
VISUAL EFFECTS, MAKEUP
ANIMATED FEATURE
Reader Comments (11)
Oh dear. That still from the Victoria and Abdul set looks like it could be a shot from a Disneyland Aladdin show. Ugh to the generically pristine/nostalgic British India.
Any hope for "How to Talk to Girls at Parties"?
All these options look phenomenal especially The Beguiled. I'm really intrigued by this movie. It could go either way.
Have you ever posted your Top 10 Costumers?
My first thoughts would have been Orient Express, Valerian, and Wonderstruck - but given that beautiful photo I'm now going to be keeping an eye on Woman Walks Ahead.
I believe you are underestimating Beauty and the Beast. If Cinderella's sole Oscar nomination was for the costumes designed by (who else?) Sandy Powell, I can see Jacqueline Durran getting in. I have to admit, though, that this is a remarkable year!
I have a feeling that Victoria and Abdul will be mostly shunned. Many will dismiss it as a remake of Mrs Brown. I don't know, maybe Judi Dench for Best Actress and that's it?
I wish we had a group photo of the MOTOE cast.
Offtopics but If VICTORIA AND ABDUL succeeds Ali Fazal could become the first Oscar nominated Indian thespian (considering Kingsley and Patel british)
mirko -- !!! cool. crossing fingers.
Lord have mercy that still from On Chesil Beach is stunning...especially that teal dress on Saoirse. I have high hopes for this movie. Would love to see another Oscar nom for Ms. Ronan, who is the best actress of her generation IMO (sorry Brie and JLaw).
I cannot acknowledge the existence of this MOTOE remake.
As long as Colleen Atwood is not on the list.