Yes, the nominations for the Academy Awards will be announced 5am PST on Tuesday. Fans of this site wonder if I’ve made my predictions already? The answer is yes. It's a tradition here! Here are my predictions for this year’s Academy Award nominees.
Once again, I make my picks for who I think will be nominated, the dark horses for upsetting, plus maybe a for-your-consideration pick for one without a chance, but deserves it.
BEST PICTURE
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape Of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Wonder Woman
DH1: The Big Sick
DH2: The Florida Project
FYC: Phantom Thread
I don’t think there will be ten nominees for Best Picture. I think ten will be the maximum. However I predicted the ten most likely to get nominated.
BEST DIRECTOR
GUILLERMO DEL TORO/The Shape Of Water
GRETA GERWIG/Lady Bird
MARTIN McDONAGH/Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN/Dunkirk
JORDAN PEELE/Get Out
DH1: LUCA GUADAGNINO/Call Me By Your Name
DH2: STEVEN SPIELBERG/The Post
FYC: DENIS VILLENEUVE/Blade Runner 2049
BEST ACTOR
TIMOTHEE CHALAMET/Call Me By Your Name
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS/Phantom Thread
JAMES FRANCO/The Disaster Artist
DANIEL KALUUYA/Get Out
GARY OLDMAN/Darkest Hour
DH1: TOM HANKS/The Post
DH2: DNEZEL WASHINGTON/ Romeo J. Israel Esq.
FYC: HARRY DEAN STANTON/Lucky
To think back when I first came to this site, back in the fall of 2000 (Yes, I’m that old!), we all anticipated Tom Hanks would be the first actor to win Best Actor three times. It eventually became Daniel Day-Lewis. Hard to believe Tom’s last nomination happened around that time, for Cast Away. Maybe he can do it again.
NOTE: Some of you may be wondering why I picked James Franco after the recent allegations. The allegations first surfaced in the media on January 11th. Voting for nominations closed January 12th. I don’t think it will hurt Franco’s chances.
BEST ACTRESS
SALLY HAWKINS/The Shape Of Water
FRANCES McDORMAND/Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
MARGOT ROBBIE/I, Tonya
SAOIRSE RONAN/Lady Bird
MERYL STREEP/The Post
DH1: JESSICA CHASTAIN/Molly’s Game
DH2: JUDI DENCH/Victoria And Abdul
FYC: EMMA STONE/Battle Of The Sexes
Usually the Best Actress category is subject to whether it was a strong year for leading female roles or a weak year for leading females. You’ll know it when you see the list. This was one year where there were a lot of strong leading actress performances.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WILLEM DAFOE/The Florida Project
WOODY HARRELSON/Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
RICHARD JENKINS/The Shape Of Water
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER/All The Money In The World
SAM ROCKWELL/Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
DH1: ARMIE HAMMER/Call Me By Your Name
DH2: STEVE CARRELL/Battle Of The Sexes
FYC: PATRICK STEWART/Logan
Admit it. We all would like to see one or two Oscar nominations for popcorn movies in the bigger categories instead of all their Oscar acclaim being relegated to the technical categories.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
MARY J. BLIGE/Mudbound
HOLLY HUNTER/The Big Sick
ALLISON JANNEY/I, Tonya
LAURIE METCALF/Lady Bird
OCTAVIA SPENCER/The Shape Of Water
DH1: HONG CHAU/Downsizing
DH2: TIFFANY HADDISH/Girl Trip
Those who know the Oscar race will know this is the hardest category to predict. The most certain of certains may not make the cut in favor of one from nowhere.
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
EMILY GORDON & KUMAIL NANJIANI/The Big Sick
JORDAN PEELE/Get Out
GRETA GERWIG/Lady Bird
GUILLERMO DEL TORO & VANESSA TAYLOR/The Shape Of Water
MARTIN McDONAGH/Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
DH1: STEVEN ROGERS/I, Tonya
DH2: LIZ HANNAH & JOSH SINGER/The Post
FYC: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN/Dunkirk
One year, it’s adapted screenplays that have the most muscle come Oscar time. Another year, it’s the original screenplays. This year is the muscle of the original screenplays.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
JAMES IVORY/Call Me By Your Name
SCOTT NEUSTADTER & MICHAEL WEBER/The Disaster Artist
AARON SORKIN/Molly’s Game
DEE REES & VIRGIL WILLIAMS/Mudbound
JASON FUCHS & ALAN HEINBERG/Wonder Woman
DH1: JACK THORNE, STEVE CONRAD & STEPHEN CHBODSKY/Wonder
DH2: SCOTT FRANK, JAMES MANGOLD & MICHAEL GREEN/Logan
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
Napping Princess
DH1: Boss Baby
DH2: Despicable Me 3
2016 was a stellar year for animated movies. 2017 was pretty lackluster. Hey, any year where Boss Baby has a chance of getting nominated here has to be a dud year. And don’t even get me started on the mere existence of The Emoji Movie! Coco and Ferdinand were definitely the top wide-release fare of the year, but I think the rest of the berths will go to independent features.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ROGER DEAKINS/Blade Runner 2049
BRUNO DELBONNEL/Darkest Hour
DAN LAUTSEN/The Shape Of Water
SAYONBHU MUKDEPROM/Call Me By Your Name
HOYTE VAN HOYTEMA/Dunkirk
DH: RACHEL MORRISON/Mudbound
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
RENEE APRIL/ Blade Runner 2049
MARK BRIDGES/Phantom Thread
JACQUELINE DURRAN/Beauty And The Beast
LINDY HEMMING/Wonder Woman
LUIS SEQUEIRA/The Shape Of Water
DH: JENNIFER JOHNSON/I, Tonya
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Chasing Coral
City Of Ghosts
Ex Libris
Faces Places
Jane
BEST FILM EDITING
JON GREGORY/Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
PAUL MACHLISS & JONATHAN AMOS/Baby Driver
LEE SMITH/Dunkirk
JOE WALKER/Blade Runner 2049
SIDNEY WOLINSKY/The Shape Of Water
DH1: WALTER FASANO/Call Me By Your Name
DH2: GREGORY PLOTKIN/Get Out
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
Foxtrot (Israel)
In The Fade (Germany)
Loveless (Russia)
The Square (Sweden)
DH1: On Body And Soul (Hungary)
DH2: Felicite (Senegal)
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Darkest Hour
I, Tonya
Wonder
DH1: Beauty And The Beast
DH2: The Shape Of Water
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT/The Shape Of Water
JOHNNY GREENWOOD/Phantom Thread
RUPERT GREGSON-WILLIAMS/Wonder Woman
JOHN WILLIAMS/The Post
HANS ZIMMER/Dunkirk
DH1: CARTER BURWELL/Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
DH2: BENJAMIN WALFISCH & HANS ZIMMER/Blade Runner 2049
Let’s face it. A nomination for John Williams in this category is a foregone conclusion.
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Evermore” – Beauty And The Beast
“Mighty River” - Mudbound
“Mystery Of Love” – Call Me By Your Name
“Remember Me” – Coco
“This Is Me” – The Greatest Showman
DH1: “Home” – Ferdinand
DH2: “Mighty River” – Mudbound
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Beauty And The Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape Of Water
DH1: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
DH2: Murder On The Orient Express
BEST SOUND MIXING
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Wonder Woman
DH1: The Shape Of Water
DH2: Coco
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War For The Planet Of The Apes
Wonder Woman
DH1: Kong: Skull Island
DH2: Thor: Ragnarok
FYC: It
I hate to break it to It fans, but this looks to be It’s best chances for a nomination.
And there you have it. My predictions for the 2017 Academy Award nominations. You may be crazy enough like me to wake up bright and early to see them live, or you’ll save your excitement until you wake up normally. However don’t be surprised by the surprises Tuesday morning!
WTH? Wonder Woman??? HELLO
I was expecting it to be Nominated.
A tradition for how long now Trev, 15 years plus? look forward to your winner picks.
Us originals have been around a timer, a few days ago even JP dropped in, those were great days back on that Delphi board wit the likes of the maniacal Star Girly and Justinbluvr, I LOL when I think of those days at times, who can forget Stargirly and Eoin's battles. lol
Yes, I still remember those days. Back when I had all my hair and I was either in high school or college. What's kept me over here has been the fans of my writing over the years. Also still keeping in contact with old-timers like Doc, Jeffrey007 and you keep me coming back. In fact I often feel my Top 10 film lists or prediction lists lack validity until I get your word for it.
JeffJones said:
A tradition for how long now Trev, 15 years plus? look forward to your winner picks.
Us originals have been around a timer, a few days ago even JP dropped in, those were great days back on that Delphi board wit the likes of the maniacal Star Girly and Justinbluvr, I LOL when I think of those days at times, who can forget Stargirly and Eoin's battles. lol
Trevor has been doing this a long time for this website.
Jon_Brit said:
Always good to see your stuff up mate, I look forward for your winner picks. Your stuff is much better than the utter rubbish from other so called bloggers all over this web.
Cheers
I agree, but Ferdinand was my fav animated movie.
FelixA_Fan said:
Ferdinand and Coco were both awesome, now The Emoji Movie stunk.
It's interesting how on two of my prediction posts, there's the big debate: Coco or Ferdinand! Not complaining. Just surprised.
I have to say Ferdinand was funnier, but Coco was more magical. I usually like that when an animated movie takes you to another world. That probably explains why I prefered Kubo over Zootopia last year.
TheProtector said:
Ferdinand and Coco were both great but no doubt on this site Ferdinand is fav almost 2 to 1.
Oh so it is about either "Ferdinand" or "Coco"? I love them both but I would say Ferdinand was my fav of the two.
Thank you. Always glad to hear what you have to say. But I'm too lazy to predict the BAFTAs for you.
Jon_Brit said:
Always good to see your stuff up mate, I look forward for your winner picks. Your stuff is much better than the utter rubbish from other so called bloggers all over this web.
Cheers