Though likely not a top - five contender, the movie's Best
Picture nomination chances look fairly solid at the moment, boosted by a very impressive box - office performance.
Not exact matches
Darkest Hour was no slouch though, it got a Best
Picture nomination today as well, which should solidify Oldman's
chances.
Otherwise this must have a strong outside
chance of a Best
Picture nomination — and even a win if the film assumes some momentum with audiences.
It was assumed it would get in here rather easily, but instead, it looks like it's effectively been eliminated from the competition, and subsequently for Best
Picture (no
nomination here equals no
chance of winning the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and nowadays no screenplay Oscar means no Best
Picture Oscar).
But given that the best performance of the film doesn't appear until midway through the
picture, one suspects that its
chances of picking up a
nomination are pretty much nil.
But one thing is abundantly clear — the more Best
Picture heat the film has, the better the
chance of an acting
nomination.
You can knock «The Revenant's»
chances because the last time a movie won Best
Picture without a screenwriting
nomination was «Titanic» in 1998 (18 years ago).
• Jeff Wells is beside himself because Oscar prognosticators understand «Che» has a snowball's
chance in hell at a best
Picture nomination.
The latter still has a
chance what with those three SAG
nominations, but I'd guess the other three are all but done as Best
Picture contenders.»
Jennifer Aniston's
chances of a Best Actress Oscar
nomination were boosted yesterday with a SAG Award
nomination and she appears here, too, with a Best Actress in a Motion
Picture — Drama
nomination for the film «Cake.»
With the film and Haynes placed so high in Best
Picture and Director, having Moore represent the best
chance for an acting
nomination for the film just makes sense.
Given Silver Linings Playbook's Best
Picture frontrunner status, director David O. Russell also has a decent
chance at pulling off a
nomination.
We may see «Star Wars» winning a Best
Picture nomination — but its strongest
chances of a win are definitely in the special effects and other technical categories.
But off late, they have really lost credibility (save for
chance miracles like the Best
picture nomination for The Lives Of others).
Ryan Reynolds discusses Deadpool's
chances of earning a Best
Picture nomination at the Oscars, teasing a «crazy reaction video» if that happens.
There always seemed to be at least somewhat of a
chance that it would make it into the Best
Picture category as one of those token
nominations, which was aided by the under - performance of
However, McDonagh, its British writer - director, missed out on a directing
nomination, which could impede its
chances of taking best
picture.
There always seemed to be at least somewhat of a
chance that it would make it into the Best
Picture category as one of those token nominations, which was aided by the under - performance of Unbroken, but it was also just as likely to get bumped by more mainstream fare like Gone Girl or Interstellar or a similarly positioned low profile picture like Nightc
Picture category as one of those token
nominations, which was aided by the under - performance of Unbroken, but it was also just as likely to get bumped by more mainstream fare like Gone Girl or Interstellar or a similarly positioned low profile
picture like Nightc
picture like Nightcrawler.
Do you think it has a
chance at a Best
Picture nomination?
Since 2009 the Academy increased its Best
Picture nominees from five to a maximum of 10, so although a SAG
nomination is harder to come by, a film's
chances of winning the ensemble award once nominated is up to twice as high as at the Oscars.