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98th Oscars. Predictions for the Films of 2025 / CEREMONY: 2026
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PREDICTIONS AS OF DECEMBER 21
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Tier 1 - Current Predictions At the moment, in mid November, these five look the strongest... but a lot can happen between mid November and mid January! |
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Stellan Skarsgård Role: [CO-LEAD] Gustav Born, a once-great filmmaker eager to reconnect with his angry actress daughter
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Benicio Del Toro Role: Sergio, a local sensei and community activist.
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Sean Penn Role: Lockjaw, a hyper masculine racist soldier with a fetish for black women. A deeply uncomfortable always riveting creation -- Penn hasn't been this great since Milk. We think it's a done deal. But we're not "locking" him just yet because the supporting races sometimes throw weird curveballs around much-honored performers. |
Paul Mescal Role: [CO-LEAD] William Shakespeare grieving the loss of his child The most exciting young actor to emerge this decade. Wonderful again as the iconic playwright. This is the year's absolute worst and most shameless case of category fraud. Boo to everyone involved! noms: CCA, |
Jacob Elordi Role: [CO-LEAD] The Creature, the childlike reanimated corpse of legend.
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Tier 2 - Potential Spoilers Mid November is still "early" in that the precursors haven't narrowed things down yet. People can still rise or fall from (projected) favor.
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Adam Sandler Role: Ron Sukenick, a movie star's manager / friend. A lot of people feel he steals the show. But, despite precursor attention, no one seems particularly passionate about the film. His unsuccessful but "almost there" Unsung Gems campaign will absolutely not hurt his chances this time. It could happen. noms: |
Andrew Scott Role: Legendary composer Richard Rodgers on the night of the premiere of his instant classic "Oklahoma!"
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William H Macy Role: Arnt, a nomadic logger with explosives expertise He's the best he's been in many years as an old man at odds with his job given that he's attuned to the beauty of the natural world. Oscar voters tend to steer clear of really small roles these days but if they didn't he'd be a major threat. noms: |
Delroy Lindo Role: Delta Slim, a local music legend. Even when the Academy likes genre films they don't always spring for the actors therein. (That said they kind of owe Lindo for passing over his great work in Da 5 Bloods) noms: |
Miles Caton Role: Sammie, a young musician
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Tier 3- Vote Siphoners If voters watched a lot of movies this year (they don't) they would have a great many options. But for those few voters who do, here are some men that might end up on a few errant adventurous ballots. |
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