One Battle After Another<\/a>,\u201d forecast to earn 13 nominations in a commanding awards season performance. The sweeping drama could achieve a rare feat by landing five of its actors across all four acting categories \u2014 Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn and Teyana Taylor \u2014 becoming just the 16th film in Oscar history to accomplish this distinction and the first since \u201cAmerican Hustle\u201d in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\tChlo\u00e9 Zhao\u2019s intimate grief drama \u201cHamnet\u201d is expected to register strongly across the board, with the former Oscar-winning auteur poised to become only the second woman to earn multiple best director nominations. The Shakespeare-inspired film could net nominations for front-runner Jessie Buckley in best actress and Paul Mescal in supporting actor, along with technical recognition.<\/p>\n
\n\tGuillermo del Toro\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d and Josh Safdie\u2019s \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d round out a competitive best director lineup, while the best picture field of 10 reflects the year\u2019s genre diversity \u2014 from the racing spectacle \u201cF1\u201d to Emma Stone\u2019s sci-fi comedy \u201cBugonia\u201d to the international Brazilian thriller \u201cThe Secret Agent.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tFour films are projected to earn 10 or more nominations this year \u2014 only the second time in Oscar history that\u2019s happened. The first was with the 2019 slate, when \u201cJoker\u201d led with 11 nods, followed by \u201cThe Irishman,\u201d \u201c1917\u201d and \u201cOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood,\u201d each with 10.<\/p>\n
\n\tWith nominations spanning political dramas, creature features, sports spectacles and intimate character studies, this year\u2019s Oscar nominations promise one of the most eclectic and competitive fields. <\/p>\n
\n\tHere are Variety\u2019s final predictions (in alphabetical order). <\/p>\n
\n\tThe official rankings can be found on each individual category page (will be updated between Jan. 20-21).<\/p>\n
\n\tNOTE: All credited producers and artisans are subject to change. The final determination will be made by the Academy and released as part of their nominations announcement.<\/p>\n
\t\tBest Picture\t<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tTimothee Chalamet in \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cBugonia\u201d (Focus Features)
Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Lars Knudsen
\u201cF1\u201d (Apple Original Films\/Warner Bros.)
Jerry Bruckheimer, Dede Gardner, Joseph Kosinski, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt
\u201cFrankenstein\u201d (Netflix)
Guillermo Del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber
\u201cHamnet\u201d (Focus Features)
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg, Nicolas Gonda
\u201cMarty Supreme\u201d (A24)
Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Anthony Katagas, Josh Safdie
\u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d (Warner Bros.)
Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson
\u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d (Neon)
Emilie Lesclaux
\u201cSentimental Value\u201d (Neon)
Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
\u201cSinners\u201d (Warner Bros.)
Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian
\u201cTrain Dreams\u201d (Netflix)
Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Willian Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, Michael Heimler<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cBlue Moon\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tAchievement in Directing\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tJoachim Trier, director of \u201cSentimental Value\u201d<\/p>\n
Paul Thomas Anderson, \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d
Ryan Coogler, \u201cSinners\u201d
Guillermo Del Toro, \u201cFrankenstein\u201d
Joachim Trier, \u201cSentimental Value\u201d
Chlo\u00e9 Zhao, \u201cHamnet\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: Josh Safdie, \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tActor in a Leading Role\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tEthan Hawke, as Lorenz Hart in \u201cBlue Moon\u201d<\/p>\n
Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d
Leonardo DiCaprio, \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d
Ethan Hawke, \u201cBlue Moon\u201d
Michael B. Jordan, \u201cSinners\u201d
Wagner Moura, \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: Jesse Plemons, \u201cBugonia\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tActress in a Leading Role\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tRose Byrne in \u201cIf I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You\u201d<\/p>\n
Jessie Buckley, \u201cHamnet\u201d
Rose Byrne, \u201cIf I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You\u201d
Chase Infiniti, \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d
Renate Reinsve, \u201cSentimental Value\u201d
Emma Stone, \u201cBugonia\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: Kate Hudson, \u201cSong Sung Blue\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tActor in a Supporting Role\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tPaul Mescal in \u201cHamnet\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFocus Features<\/p>\n
Benicio Del Toro, \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d
Jacob Elordi, \u201cFrankenstein\u201d
Paul Mescal, \u201cHamnet\u201d
Sean Penn, \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d
Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd, \u201cSentimental Value\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: Andrew Scott, \u201cBlue Moon\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tActress in a Supporting Role\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tAriana Grande is Glinda in WICKED FOR GOOD<\/p>\n
Ariana Grande, \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, \u201cSentimental Value\u201d
Amy Madigan, \u201cWeapons\u201d
Wunmi Mosaku, \u201cSinners\u201d
Teyana Taylor, \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: Gwyneth Paltrow, \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tOriginal Screenplay\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tJosh Brolin in \u201cWeapons\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBlue Moon\u201d (Robert Kaplow)
\u201cMarty Supreme\u201d (Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie)
\u201cSentimental Value\u201d (Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt)
\u201cSinners\u201d (Ryan Coogler)
\u201cWeapons\u201d (Zach Cregger)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tAdapted Screenplay\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tEmma Stone in \u201cBugonia\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cBugonia\u201d (Will Tracy)
\u201cFrankenstein\u201d (Guillermo Del Toro)
\u201cHamnet\u201d (Maggie O\u2019Farrell and Chlo\u00e9 Zhao)
\u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d (Paul Thomas Anderson)
\u201cTrain Dreams\u201d (Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cNuremberg\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tCasting\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\u201cHamnet\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHamnet\u201d (Nina Gold)
\u201cMarty Supreme\u201d (Jennifer Venditti)
\u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d (Cassandra Kulukundis)
\u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d (Gabriel Domingues)
\u201cSinners\u201d (Francine Maisler)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cSir\u0101t\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tAnimated Feature\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\u201cZootopia 2\u201d (Walt Disney Pictures)<\/p>\n
\u201cArco\u201d (Ugo Bienvenu, F\u00e9lix de Givry, Sophia Mas, Natalie Portman)
\u201cElio\u201d (Mary Alice Drumm, Adrian Molina, Madelina Sharafian, Domee Shi)
\u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d (Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang, Michelle L.M. Wong)
\u201cLittle Am\u00e9lie or the Character of Rain\u201d (Claire LaCombe, Edwina Liard, Henri Magalon, Nidia Santiago, Ma\u00eflys Vallade)
\u201cZootopia 2\u201d (Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tProduction Design\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tFRANKENSTEIN. Jacob Elordi as The Creature in Frankenstein. Cr. Ken Woroner\/Netflix \u00a9 2025.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKen Woroner\/Netflix<\/p>\n
\u201cBugonia\u201d (James Price, Prue Howard, Sarah Carter)
\u201cFrankenstein\u201d (Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau)
\u201cHamnet\u201d (Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton)
\u201cMarty Supreme\u201d (Jack Fisk, Adam Willis)
\u201cSinners\u201d (Hannah Bleachler, Monique Champagne)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tCinematography\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\u201cTrain Dreams\u201d (Netflix)<\/p>\n
\u201cFrankenstein\u201d (Dan Laustsen)
\u201cMarty Supreme\u201d (Darius Khondji)
\u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d (Michael Bauman)
\u201cSinners\u201d (Autumn Durald Arkapaw)
\u201cTrain Dreams\u201d (Adolpho Veloso)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cHamnet\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tCostume Design\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\u201cNuremberg\u201d (Sony Pictures Classics)<\/p>\n
\u201cFrankenstein\u201d (Kate Hawley)
\u201cHamnet\u201d (Malgosia Turzanska)
\u201cNuremberg\u201d (Bartholomew Cariss)
\u201cSinners\u201d (Ruth E. Carter)
\u201cWicked: For Good\u201d (Paul Tazewell)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cThe Testament of Ann Lee\u201d <\/p>\n
\t\tFilm Editing\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d (Warner Bros.)<\/p>\n
\u201cF1\u201d (Stephen Mirrione)
\u201cHamnet\u201d (Affonso Gon\u00e7alves and Chlo\u00e9 Zhao)
\u201cMarty Supreme\u201d (Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie)
\u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d (Andy Jurgensen)
\u201cSinners\u201d (Michael P. Shawver)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cFrankenstein\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tMakeup and Hairstyling\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tDwayne Johnson in \u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrankenstein\u201d (Mike Hill, Cliona Furey, Jordan Samuel)
\u201cMarty Supreme\u201d (Mike Fontaine, Kay Georgiou, Kyra Pachenko)
\u201cSinners\u201d (Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry)
\u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d (Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin, Bjoern Rehbein)
\u201cThe Ugly Stepsister\u201d (Anne Catherine Sauerberg, Thomas Foldberg)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tSound\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tBrad Pitt in \u201cF1\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cF1\u201d (Gareth John, Al Nelson, Juan Peralta, Gary A. Rizzo, Gwendowlyn Yates Whittle)
\u201cFrankenstein\u201d (Greg Chapman, Christian Cooke, Nelson Ferreira, Nathan Robitaile, Brad Zoern)
\u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d (Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor)
\u201cSinners\u201d (Benny Burt, Steve Boeddeker, David V. Butler, Felipe Pacheco, Chris Welcker)
\u201cSir\u00e2t\u201d (Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tVisual Effects\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tDavid Corenswet in \u201cSuperman\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash\u201d (Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett)
\u201cF1\u201d (Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington, Keith Dawson)
\u201cSinners\u201d (Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, Donnie Dean)
\u201cSuperman\u201d (St\u00e9phane Ceretti, Guy Williams, Enrico Damm, St\u00e9phane Naz\u00e9)
\u201cWicked: For Good\u201d (Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Dale Newton, Paul Corbould)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cFrankenstein\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tOriginal Score\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tSir\u00e2t<\/p>\n
\u201cFrankenstein\u201d (Alexandre Desplat)
\u201cHamnet\u201d (Max Richter)
\u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d (Jonny Greenwood)
\u201cSinners\u201d (Ludwig G\u00f6ransson)
\u201cSir\u00e2t\u201d (Kangding Ray)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cTrain Dreams\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tOriginal Song\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDear Me\u201d from \u201cDiane Warren: Relentless\u201d (Diane Warren)
\u201cDying to Live\u201d from \u201cBilly Idol Should be Dead\u201d (Tommy English, Billy Idol, Joe Janiak, J. Ralph and Steve Stevens)
\u201cThe Girl in the Bubble\u201d from \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d (Stephen Schwartz)
\u201cGolden\u201d from \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d (EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick)
\u201cI Lied to You\u201d from \u201cSinners\u201d (Ludwig G\u00f6ransson and Raphael Saadiq)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cTrain Dreams\u201d from \u201cTrain Dreams\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tDocumentary Feature\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\u201cThe Perfect Neighbor\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCutting Through Rocks\u201d (Mohammadreza Eyni, Sara Khaki)
\u201cThe Perfect Neighbor\u201d (Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Bisbee, Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne)
\u201cSeeds\u201d (Brittany Shaye, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, Danielle Varga)
\u201c2000 Meters to Andriivka\u201d (Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson, Michelle Mizner)
\u201cYanuni\u201d (Richard Ladkani, Jennifer Davisson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Anita Ladkani)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cThe Alabama Solution\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tInternational Feature\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\u201cIt Was Just an Accident\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt Was Just an Accident\u201d from France (dir. Jafar Panahi)
\u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d from Brazil (dir. Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho)
\u201cSentimental Value\u201d from Norway (dir. Joachim Trier)
\u201cSir\u00e2t\u201d from Spain (dir. Oliver Laxe)
\u201cThe Voice of Hind Rajab\u201d from Tunisia (dir. Kaouther Ben-Hania)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cKokuho\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tAnimated Short\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\u201c\u00c9iru\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCardboard\u201d (Jean-Philippe Vine, Michaela Manas Malina)
\u201c\u00c9iru\u201d (Giovanna Ferrari, Nora Twomey)
\u201cHurik\u00e1n\u201d (Jan Saska, Antoine Li\u00e9tout)
\u201cRetirement Plan\u201d (John Kelly, Andrew Freedman)
\u201cThe Shyness of Trees\u201d (Sofiia Chuikovska, Lo\u00efck Du Plessis D\u2019Argentr\u00e9)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cAutokar\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tDocumentary Short\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\u201cAll the Empty Rooms\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the Empty Rooms\u201d (Joshua Seftel, Trevor Burgess)
\u201cAll the Walls Came Down\u201d (Ondi Timoner, Eli Timoner)
\u201cArmed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud\u201d (Brent Renaud, Craig Renaud)
\u201cCashing Out\u201d (Matt Nadel, Luke Hodges)
\u201cThe Devil is Busy\u201d (Geeta Gandbhir, Christalyn Hampton)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cLast Days on Lake Trinity\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\tLive Action Short\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\u201cTwo People Exchanging Saliva\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cExtremist\u201d (Aleksandr Molochnikov, Jean Chapiro)
\u201cPantyhose\u201d (Fabian Munsterhjelm, Jenni Ripatti)
\u201cRock, Paper, Scissors\u201d (Franz B\u00f6hm, Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer)
\u201cThe Singers\u201d (Sam A. Davis, David Breschel)
\u201cTwo People Exchanging Saliva\u201d (Natalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlternate: \u201cJane Austen\u2019s Period Drama\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tFilm scorecard prediction (Top 5): <\/p>\n
\u201cSinners\u201d (15)
\u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d (13)
\u201cHamnet\u201d and \u201cFrankenstein\u201d (10)
\u201cMarty Supreme\u201d (8)
\u201cSentimental Value\u201d (7)<\/p>\n
\n\tStudio scorecard prediction (Top 5): <\/p>\n
Warner Bros. (34)
Netflix (19)
Neon (16)
Focus Features (14)
A24 (10)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Revolutionaries, monsters, vampires and accused undercover alien beings are set to dominate this year\u2019s Oscar nominations, headlined by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[189658,88,89051,29506,21959],"class_list":["post-419273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-awards-circuit-column","tag-entertainment","tag-one-battle-after-another","tag-oscars","tag-sinners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}