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The State of the Race
The twelfth annual MUAHS Guild Awards nominations had been introduced on December 10, dominated by horror contenders “The Substance”(MUBI), “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (Warner Bros.), and the stunning “The Deliverance” (Netflix), which led with three nominations apiece. The awards will happen Saturday, February 15, 2025, on the Fairmont Century Plaza Lodge.
“The Substance,” Coralie Fargeat’s physique horror fairy story, earned nominations for Greatest Modern Make-up, Greatest Particular Make-up Results, and Greatest Modern Hairstyling. Prosthetics make-up designer Pierre Olivier Persin conjures a collection of weird transformations for Demi Moore’s Elisabeth, who’s reborn as twenty-something Sue (Margaret Qualley), because of a miracle drug. The horrifying metamorphosis finds Elisabeth turning into the decaying mutation referred to as Gollum and each of them reworking into the hideous Monstro Elisasue.
Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” which marks the return of Michael Keaton’s foul-mouth ghoul from the afterlife, snagged Greatest Interval and/or Character Make-up, Greatest Particular Make-up Results, and Greatest Interval and/or Character Hairstyling. “Beetlejuice” received the make-up/hair Oscar, which units a excessive bar. Christine Blundell serves as make-up and hair designer, however it’s a deep prosthetics crew for all the creature work.
“The Deliverance,” Lee Daniels’ supernatural horror movie based mostly on the Ammons haunting case, additionally scored nominations for Greatest Modern Make-up, Greatest Particular Make-up Results, and Greatest Modern Hairstyling. Glenn Shut’s Alberta, a most cancers sufferer, will get possessed by the satan and wore black sclera contact lenses and a bunch of prosthetics from particular results make-up artist Jason Collins that made her unrecognizable.
Proper behind with two nominations had been “Depraved” (Common, Greatest Interval and/or Character Make-up and Greatest Interval and/or Character Hairstyling), “Gladiator II” (Paramount, Greatest Interval and/or Character Make-up and Greatest Interval and/or Character Hairstyling), “Deadpool & Wolverine” (Marvel/Disney, Greatest Interval and/or Character Make-up and Greatest Particular Make-up Results), and “It Ends with Us” (Sony, Greatest Modern and/or Character Make-up and Greatest Modern and/or Character Hairstyling).
The remainder of the nominees included “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix, Greatest Modern Make-up), “A Completely different Man” (A24, Greatest Particular Make-up Results), “The Final Showgirl” (Roadside Sights, Greatest Modern Hairstyling), “Smile 2” (Paramount, Greatest Modern Make-up), “MaXXXine” (A24, Greatest Interval and/or Character Make-up), “Megalopolis” (Lionsgate/Zoetrope, Greatest Modern Hairstyling), “Bob Marley: One Love” (Paramount, Greatest Interval and/or Character Hairstyling), and “Shirley” (Netflix, Greatest Interval and/or Character Hairstyling).
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“Depraved,” Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, delivers the backstory between the Depraved Witch of the West and Glinda. Earlier than they develop into bitter enemies, an unlikely friendship varieties on the magical Shiz College within the Land of Oz between Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), a misunderstood woman with inexperienced pores and skin, and the favored Galinda (Ariana Grande). Oscar winners Frances Hannon (“The Grand Budapest Lodge”) and Mark Coulier (“Poor Issues,” “The Grand Budapest Lodge,” “The Iron Woman”) deal with make-up/hair and prosthetics impressed by the unique drawings from L. Frank Baum’s novel. Hannon was tasked with creating make-up and hair that would face up to singing, dancing, flying, and 14-hour shoot days. The meticulous transformations for Elphaba and Glinda took over two hours every day of filming. She went via a radical testing course of to create the proper shade of inexperienced for Erivo’s pores and skin tone, ensuring the product regarded good in all lighting.
“Nosferatu,” director Robert Eggers’ remodeling of F.W. Murnau’s legendary silent vampire movie (remade by Werner Herzog in 1979), is a brand new tackle the pre-Victorian haunted story of Gothic horror and the occult. It stars Invoice Skarsgård because the notorious Depend Orlok; Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter, the article of his want; and Nicholas Hoult as her husband, Thomas. It was led by David White, prosthetic & make-up FX designer. For Skarsgård’s Orlok, this concerned fastidiously manicured nineteenth century hairdos and facial hair, which quickly devolves into full physique work as he turns into more and more extra concerned Ellen and Thomas. They develop into devastated, which reveals of their MUAH.
“A Completely different Man,” the black comedy from Aaron Schimberg, stars Sebastian Stan as an aspiring actor who undergoes experimental facial reconstructive surgical procedure to treatment his Neurofibromatosis (NF). After his profitable transformation, he tries to land an element in a play based mostly on his former self carrying a masks however loses out to the charismatic Adam Pearson (a British actor with NF). Oscar-nominated prosthetic make-up designer Mike Marino (“The Batman,” “Coming 2 America”) creates a number of layers with reasonable element to emulate the look of NF, utilizing Pearson as a visible connection.
“Emilia Pérez,” the Spanish-language musical crime thriller from Jacques Audiard, stars Zoe Saldaña as a disgruntled lawyer who assists the titular escaped Mexican cartel chief (Karla Sofía Gascón) in present process gender affirmation surgical procedure. The make-up and hair departments had been overseen by make-up division heads Julia Floch-Carbonel and Simon Livet, in addition to hair division head Romain Marietti. The centerpiece is our introduction to Gascón because the cartel chief previous to the transformation.
In “Dune: Half Two,” the Oscar-nominated make-up and hair designer Donald Mowat returns to rework Stellan Skarsgård into the horrifying Baron Harkonnen whereas introducing the Baron’s nephew, Feyd-Rautha, a bald, sociopathic gladiator performed by Austin Butler. As well as, Rebecca Ferguson’s Woman Jessica boasts extra elaborate make-up when she joins the Fremen’s cave-dwelling Sietch.
Osgood Perkins’ “Longlegs” transforms Nicolas Cage right into a creepy serial killer for the ages, courtesy of head of make-up Felix Fox and particular make-up results artist Harlow MacFarlane. The androgynous, disfigured Marc Bolan glam rock vibe was topped off with powdered make-up impressed by Bob Dylan. The seven-piece prosthetic software supplied the broken and puffy pores and skin that was seemingly derived from a collection of botched surgical procedures.
“Gladiator II,” Ridley Scott’s sequel to his Oscar winner, takes place twenty years later because the Roman Empire continues to implode. Lucius (Paul Mescal), the previous inheritor to the Empire, is compelled to enter the Colosseum as a ruthless gladiator and rises to face Pedro Pascal’s Roman common, Marcus Acacius. There’s loads of interval MUAHS alternative, together with blood and gore. The pinnacle of departments and designers in command of the look of the movie are Jana Carboni (make-up designer) and Giuliano Mariano (hair designer).
“MaXXXine,” which completes Ti West’s “X” horror trilogy, finds adult-film star and aspiring actress Maxine (Mia Goth) getting reinvented in ’80s Hollywood. She’s bought bleached hair and colourful face paint accomplished by Sarah Rubano, Mandy Artusato, and Akiko Matsumoto.
Potential nominees are listed in alphabetical order; no movie shall be deemed a frontrunner till now we have seen it.
Frontrunners
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
“The Deliverance”
“Gladiator II”
“The Substance”
“Depraved”
Contenders
“A Completely different Man”
“Dune: Half Two“
“Emilia Pérez”
“Longlegs”
“MaXXXine”
“Nosferatu”