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Some people believe that we’re going to see a Cumberbatch-esque Oscar campaign for Tom Hiddleston this year. I hope… well, I hope Tommy does launch an Oscar campaign. But I hope it isn’t as over-the-top and in-your-face as Cumby’s was for The Imitation Game. I hope Tom was watching his friend’s campaign and thinking, “When my turn comes, I’ll do it differently.” Perhaps I’m giving Tommy too much credit. After all, we know he goes all out – even reciting Shakespeare sonnets to ducks and performing like a dancing monkey on command – just to promote his films.

Why bring this up? Because Tommy’s turn as Hank Williams in I Saw the Light was just picked up by Sony Pictures Classics. SPC picked up “worldwide rights” to the film this week, but they haven’t given us a release date yet. Many believe that ISTW will be one of Sony Pictures Classics’ big Oscar-contenders this year, so they’ll want to bring this movie out to all of the fall film festivals. Tommy at Telluride? Tommy at TIFF? Tommy at Venice? Tommy at the London Film Festival? Hell, why not?

I Saw the Light is a pretty prestigious film already, despite what Hank Williams III has to say. They got the rights to Hank’s back catalog and we already know that Tommy worked his fingers to the bone to learn how to sing and play like Hank. And he lost weight for the role too, which is always good for a “transformation” story for an Oscar campaign. Sony Pictures Classic just waged super-successful Oscar campaigns for Julianne Moore in Still Alice and JK Simmons in Whiplash too. Will they put the money into Tommy? See, now I’m getting excited. I hope this fall is HIDDLES OVERLOAD.

Photos courtesy of WENN.
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