(Far left) Ralph Fiennes plays Cardinal Lawrence in Focus Features’ Conclave, directed by Edward Berger. Credit: Philippe Antonello/Focus Features ©2024 All rights reserved. (Center left) Zoe Saldaña plays Emilia Perez in “Emilia Perez.” Photo: Netflix. (Center right) Adrien Brody in “The Brutalist.” Photo: A24. (Far right) Cynthia Erivo plays Elphaba in Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked.” Photo: Universal Pictures.
The Golden Globe Awards are over and the Oscar race officially begins!
The 97th Oscar ceremony is scheduled for March 2nd, starting on January 23rd when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the Oscar nominees.
There is currently no true front-runner in the Best Picture race, so it will likely be a battle between The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Perez, and Wicked.
Directors Jacques Audiard, Edward Berger, Brady Corbett and Anora director Sean Baker are all set to be nominated, but Wicked director Jon M. Chu is not so easy. However, he has to fend off competition from Corey Fergito from “Substance” and James from “Completely Unknown.” Mangold and Denis Villeneuve in “Dune Part 2.”
The race for Best Actor and Best Actress appears to have a fixed number of four actors in each category, with several candidates vying for the last hope spot. Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña are favorites to receive nominations in the supporting roles category, but the rest of the nominees are almost certain to get it as well.
Prior to the nominations announcement on January 23rd, Moviefone has predicted Oscar nominations in major categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.
Let’s get started!
Best work award
(L-R) Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides and Austin as Fayed-Rousa Harkonnen in Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ action-adventure Dune: Part 2 (released by Warner Bros. Pictures)・Butler. Photo by Niko Tavernise. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.
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Best Director Award
(Left to right) Sean Baker and cinematographer Drew Daniels on the set of “Anora.” Photo: Provided by NEON.
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Best Actor Award
Timothée Chalamet in “Completely Unknown.” Photo by Macall Polay, courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
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Best Actress Award
Demi Moore in “Substance”. Photo: Mubi.
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Best Supporting Actor Award
(Left to right) Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in “A Real Pain.” Photo courtesy of Searchlight Pictures, © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
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Best Supporting Actress Award
Ariana Grande plays Glinda in Jon M. Chu’s Wicked. Photo: Universal Pictures.
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Be sure to tune in to the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 2nd on ABC.
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