Phyllis Nagy

The true story of the “johatsu,” disenfranchised Japanese who mysteriously disappear every year.

Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Phyllis Nagy has been tapped to pen the untitled Kay Scarpetta film at Fox 2000. Created by Patricia Cornwell, the character of Scarpetta, a medical examiner who solves crimes with modern forensic technique, first appeared in the 1990 novel Postmortem.

We’ve compiled the latest odds from the top Vegas oddsmakers and applied our insider analysis to bring you our final predictions for some of this year’s biggest races ahead of this Sunday’s 88th Academy Awards. Plus, see where our readers rank the nominees according to our annual Oscar Pool!

With the 88th Academy Awards fast approaching, we’ve compiled the latest odds from the top Vegas oddsmakers and applied our insider analysis to bring you our predictions for some of this year’s biggest races. Updated with the latest odds on 2.25.16!

The New York Film Critics Circle have released their list for the best of the year in film, with Weinstein Co.’s Carol coming up big, earning Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. See the full list of winners here.

The 2015 Gotham Awards, celebrating the year’s best in independent film, were held in New York on Monday. Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight was the night’s big winner, receiving Best Feature, Best Screenplay and a special jury award for Ensemble Cast Performance. See the full list of winners and nominees here.

The 2015 Independent Spirit Awards nominations are out! The ceremony was founded by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. Check out this year’s nominations here!

Carol writer Phyllis Nagy has found her next project in The Trap from TriStar Pictures. It is based on the German crime thriller, Die Falle, by Melanie Rabe.

Centers on Linda Conrads, a famous and reclusive writer who hasn’t left her home since her sister’s murder 12 years before. Believing she’s seen the killer on TV, she lures him to her house in an attempt to gain his confession.

A lonely department store employee falls for a housewife in the middle of a divorce and the two set out across the country while being pursued by a private investigator hired by a jealous ex-husband.

A lonely department store employee falls for a housewife in the middle of a divorce and the two set out across the country while being pursued by a private investigator hired by a jealous ex-husband.

Logline: A lonely department store employee befriends a housewife in the middle of a divorce and the two set out across the country while being pursued by a private investigator hired by a jealous ex-husband.

Logline: Medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta works to solve various mysteries.

Logline: Ralph, a security guard, finds a wallet in the street and takes it to its owner, an artist who lives with his wife and small daughter. Jack learns that the wallet’s owner harasses a pretty, young waitress named Elsie. Jack is instantly smitten, but he isn’t the only one. Bisexual Natalia likes her, too, and Jack and Natalia team up to help Elsie get a modeling career. Trouble develops, though, between Ralph and Natalia’s lesbian lovers.