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Sasha Stone weighs in at Awards Daily saying, “[If] I had to name the film that would probably have the best shot at winning Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Costumes [and] Art Direction it would be this one.” Kris Tapley at In Contention is certain the film will bring ten nominations minimum “for Picture, Director, Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Film Editing, Makeup, Original Score and Visual Effects are virtually assured.”

Tapley believes Blanchett will take Best Actress in a “cake walk” while Stone relays her opinion on Blanchett in the comments of her article saying:

She’s incredible. With Winslet in Revolutionary Road it feels to me like a career-best performance. Blanchett has the more likable character, which is a good reason to fear her - it’s hard to say if this is a career best - she is always good, isn’t she.

Stone seemed to enjoy the film more than Tapley, but it seems the film affected several people as Tapley says “people were crying their eyes out over this thing.”

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US, December 3, 2008 - The clock is reportedly ticking on director David Fincher's long-in-development adaptation of the Brian Michael Bendis graphic novel Torso.

According to the Entertainment Weekly blog Hollywood Insider, Paramount's rights to the project -- which the site refers to as Ness rather than Torso -- are due to expire December 15 and the studio has yet to green-light the movie, despite the involvement of Fincher and stars Matt Damon, Casey Affleck and Rachel McAdams.

"A source inside the negotiations says Damon and Affleck are ready to go, and that McAdams has expressed interest, but Paramount has yet to pull the proverbial trigger," the site claims. "At press time, the studio insisted it only recently received a finalized script from Ehren Kruger (The Ring) and would make a decision before the rights ran out."

Torso follows former Untouchable Eliot Ness (Damon), who spearheaded the hunt for the serial killer dubbed the Cleveland Torso Murderer from 1935 to 1938. The killer was never captured and Ness' once promising career tragically ended in failure.

Fincher reportedly hopes to shoot in Cleveland, but without tax incentives from the state of Ohio the filmmakers might not be able to afford to film there.