Category: Precursors
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38th USC Scripter Awards
With this award, there will be nothing standing in the way of Conclave taking the equivalent award at the Oscars. The Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Conclave WL PP TL USC Scripter Data Year Founded: 1988 First Awards: 1987 (38)
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40th Spirit Awards
As expected, Oscar contenders did better than those that weren’t Oscar-nominated. Anora took top honors and put Demi Moore on her backfoot again. Awards Tallies (3) Anora (2) Dìdi, A Real Pain (1) Familiar Touch, Flow, Girls Will Be Girls, His Three Daughters, My Old Ass, Nickel Boys, No Other Land, A Photographic Memory, September…
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Predictions: Motion Picture Sound Editors
This is the other feeder guild for the Best Sound Oscar. They have more categories and thus more opportunities to match up with Oscar. MOTION PICTURE SOUND EDITORS AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Best Sound Editing: Feature Effects / Foley Alien: Romulus…
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Predictions: Cinema Audio Society
The Best Sound Oscar was combined a few years ago to incorporate both the sound mixing and sound editing categories. As such, there are two precursors that could have an impact on the category. The first of these is the Cinema Audio Society. Our predictions are below. CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley…
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Predictions: American Society of Cinematographers
One of the most accurate guild precursors is the American Society of Cinematographers. In recent years, their unexpected nominations have landed those individuals Oscar nominations. The winners have been more accurate in recent years but they also like to honor longtime, prominent cinematographers, so they aren’t always accurate. Here are our predictions. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF…
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Predictions: USC Scripter Award
The USC Scripter Award is one of the few non-guilds targeting a specific Oscar category. With the Writers Guild of America having restrictive rules that leave some competitors out, the USC Scripter can often foreshadow some underrecognized scripts. That said, their winner selection is less accurate. We’ll see if they go with current wisdom or…
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Predictions: Spirit Awards
The Spirit Awards are the penultimate multi-discipline group to announce awards and while they don’t usually forecast the Oscars (unless most of the Oscar nominees are listed), they can provide an interesting look at how indie-minded voters are feeling. SPIRIT AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete…
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Predictions: Screen Actors Guild
Career awards have been known to happen at the Screen Actors Guild but for the most part, they can often indicate enthusiasm for a particular title. The winners here will either confirm longstanding predictions or upset the apple cart like BAFTA did in some regards. SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete…
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7th Latino Journalists Awards
A surprisingly conventional list of winners with the Best Picture win by Sing Sing the only genuine surprise. AwardsTallies (2) Challengers, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, I’m Still Here, Sing Sing, The Substance, Wicked (1) Blink Twice, The Brutalist, The Fall Guy, Flow, Frida, Hit Man, Los Frikis, Nickel Boys, Nosferatu, A Real Pain,…
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52nd Saturn Awards
As a curiosity, these are interesting. As an Oscar forecaster, they aren’t much good, though Demi Moore and The Wild Robot are in good company. Awards Tallies (4) Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Deadpool & Wolverine, Dune: Part Two (2) The Substance (1) Alien: Romulus, Dream Scenario, Godzilla Minus One, Late Night with the Devil, Longlegs, Strange Darling,…