88th Oscar Animated Feature Updates (2015-2016 Awards Season) (Updated 7/30/11)

Here are today's predictions for the 88th Oscar Animated Feature race, with previous rankings in parenthesis.


1. Sylvain Chomet, Thais Sher and Anastasia Tolstoy for Ivan The Fool (Predicted Winner) (previous rank 1)
2. Toy Story 4 (New)
3. Mike Mitchell for Imaginary Enemies (previous rank 3)
4. Rodrigo Blaas for Alma (previous rank 2)
5. Guillermo Del Toro and Rodrigo Blaas for Trollhunters (previous rank 4)


Alternates:
6. Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol for Phantom Boy (previous rank 5)
7. Barry Sonnenfeld for Pig Scrolls (previous rank 6)
8. Flawed Dogs (previous rank 7)
9. Conrad Vernon for Lidsville (previous rank 8)
10. Untitled Tintin Film (Tintin 3) (New)
11. Jan Svankmajer for Insects (New)
12. Untitled Happy Troll Doll Project (New)
13. Angry Birds (New)


As always, check the Tracker Pages in the upper right hand corner of this blog for the most updated predictions in all categories!
See Animated Feature predictions for other years HERE.
If you’re really into animation, check out the Animated Shorts also.
See predictions for other categories at the 88th Oscars HERE.
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88th Oscar Art Direction Updates (2015-2016 Awards Season) (7/29/11)

Here are today's rankings for the 88th Oscar Art Direction race, based solely on titles and descriptions of projects.


1. Inamorata (New)
2. Avatar 3 (previous rank 2)
3. The Epic Of Troy Knight (New)
4. Coram Boy (New)
5. Bride Of Frankenstein (previous rank 1)

Alternates:
6. Untitled Paul Revere Project (New)
7. The Many Deaths Of Barnaby James (New)
8. The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Silver Chair (New)
9. Blood Meridian (New)
10. Jeremy Conway for The Smoker (New)
11. Travis McGee (New)
12. Untitled Tintin Film (New)
13. Myth (New)
14. A Thousand Splendid Suns (New)
15. Wonder Woman (New)
16. Black Mafia Family Project (New)
17. Faster Pussycat Kill Kill (New)
18. The Five Hundred (New)
19. Divergent (New)
20. Time Bandits (New)
21. The Believers (New)
22. Rodney Becker for Boyhood (New)
23. The Corrections (New)
24. Important Artifacts And Personal Property From The Collection Of Lenore Doolan And Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, And Jewelry (New)
25. Affected Provincial’s Compaion (New)
26. Portofino (New)
27. The Occasionally Interesting Anti-Adventures Of An Unnamed Girl (New)
28. Trust (New)
29. Echo (New)
30. Star Blazers (New)
31. Untitled Batman Reboot (New)
32. The Hunger Games 3 (New)
33. I, Robot 2 (New)
34. Soapdish (New)
35. The Amazing Spiderman (New)
36. The Swarm (New)
37. Alien At Large (New)
38. Continuum (New)
39. Gravity (New)
40. Line Of Sight (New)
41. Caliber (New)
42. The Secret (Of Happiness) (New)
43. Evidence (New)
44. Cape No. 7 (New)
45. Special Topics In Calamity Physics (New)
46. The Mighty (New)
47. The Dangerous Book For Boys (New)
48. Untitled Bobby Glickert Sci Fi Thriller (New)
49. Untitled John Moore Peter Buckman Project (New)
50. Booksmart (New)

As Always, check the Tracker Pages in the upper right hand corner of this blog for the most updatd predictions in all categories!
See Art Direction predictions for other years HERE.
If you’re into art, you might also like Costume Design and Makeup.
See predictions for other categories at the 88th Oscars HERE.
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88th Oscar Acting Updates (2015-2016 Awards Season) (7/28/11)

88th Oscar Acting Updates (2015-2016 Awards Season) (7/28/11)

Here are today’s predictions for the 88th Oscar Acting Categories (all four categories). At this stage, only the most high profile stars are attached to anything, and even then it is all rumor.


88th Oscar Lead Actress Predictions (Updated 7/28/11)

1. Judi Dench in The Corrections (Predicted Winner) (New)
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns (New)
3. Inamorata (New)
4. Natalie Portman in Important Artifacts And Personal Property From The Collection Of Lenore Doolan And Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry (previous rank 1)
5. Zoe Saldana in Avatar 3 (New)

Alternates:
6. Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games 3 (New)
7. Sheila Redman Hoffman in Echo (New)
8. Divergent (New)
9. The Occasionally Interesting Anti-Adventures Of An Unnamed Girl (New)
10. Christina Hendricks in Wonder Woman (New)
11. Natalie Portman in Booksmart (New)

88th Oscar Lead Actor Predictions (Updated 7/28/11)

1. James Franco in Blood Meridian (Predicted Winner) (New)
2. Leonardo DiCaprio in Travis McGee (previous rank 1)
3. Brad Pitt in Important Artifacts And Personal Property From The Collection Of Lenore Doolan And Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry (previous rank 2)
4. Ellar Salmon (Coltrane) in Boyhood (New)
5. Coram Boy (New)

Alternates:
6. Inamorata (New)
7. The Corrections (New)
8. Leonardo DiCaprio in Portofino (New)
9. Leonardo DiCaprio in The Many Deaths Of Barnaby James (New)
10. Will Smith in I, Robot 2 (New)
11. Sam Worthington in Avatar 3 (New)
12. Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spiderman 2 (New)
13. Will Smith in Bad Boys 3 (New)
14. Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys 3 (New)

88th Oscar Supporting Actor Predictions (Updated 7/28/11)

1. Tim Robbins in The Corrections (Predicted Winner) (New)
2. Ethan Hawke in Boyhood (New)
3. Brad Pitt in The Corrections (New)

88th Oscar Supporting Actress Predictions (Updated 7/28/11)

1. Patricia Arquette in Boyhood (Predicted Winner) (New)
2. Naomi Watts in The Corrections (New)


Check out the Lead Actor, Lead Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress predictions for other years.
See predictions for other categories at the 88th Oscars HERE.
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88th Oscar Best Picture Updates (2015-2016 Awards Season) (7/24/11)

Here are today’s rankings for the 88th Oscar Best Picture race, with previous ranking shown in parenthesis after each entry. As might be expected this far out, the list is filled with an inordinate amount of sci-fi and animated films, because these are the types of films that require long production windows and huge budgets.

I have no idea whether the Academy will still be using their 5% rule four years from now, but I have done my predictions using that system, and am currently predicting 7 films will make the cut. Since my predictions are ranked, you can also see which films I’m predicting if they change the rules again and set a stable number of nominees.

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns (Predicted Winner) (New)

2. Travis McGee (previous rank 10)
3. The Epic Of Troy Knight (previous rank 8)
4. The Corrections (previous rank 11)
5. Coram Boy (New)
6. The Five Hundred (previous rank 3)
7. Avatar 3 (previous rank 5)

Then:
8. Divergent (previous rank 2)
9. Inamorata (New)
10. Important Artifacts And Personal Property From The Collection Of Lenore Doolan And Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fasion, And Jewelry (previous rank 4)

Alternates:
11. Boyhood (New)
12. Myth (New)
13. Untitled Tintin Film (New)
14. The Many Deaths Of Barnaby James (New)
15. Wonder Woman (previous rank 12)
16. Bride Of Frankenstein (previous rank 7)
17. Echo (previous rank 6)
18. Line Of Sight (previous rank 9)
19. The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Silver Chair (New)
20. Trollhunters (New)
21. Toy Story 4 (New)
22. Untitled Black Mafia Family Project (New)
23. Blood Meridian (New)
24. Ivan The Fool (New)
25. Alma (New)
26. Trust (New)
27. The Occasionally Interesting Anti-Adventures Of An Unnamed Girl (New)
28. Imaginary Enemies (New)
29. Untitled Batman Reboot (New)
30. Lidsville (New)
31. Faster Pussycat Kill Kill (New)
32. Your Voice In My Head (previous rank 1)
33. Phantom Boy (New)
34. Untitled Paul Revere Project (New)
35. Evidence (New)
36. The Swarm (New)
37. I, Robot 2 (New)
38. Star Blazers (New)
39. Continuum (New)
40. Gravity (New)
41. Alien At Large (New)
42. One World Ocean (New)
43. The Smoker (New)
44. The Believers (New)
45. The Secret (Of Happiness) (New)
46. Caliber (New)
47. Time Bandits (New)
48. The Hunger Games 3 (New)
49. Affected Provincial’s Companion (New)
50. Booksmart (New)


As always, check the Tracker Pages in the upper right hand corner of this blog for the most updated predictions in all categories!
See Best Picture predictions for other years HERE.
See predictions for other categories at the 88th Oscars HERE.
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88th Oscar Adapted Screenplay First Entries (2015-2016 Awards Season) (7/24/11)

Here is my first attempt at predicting the 88th Oscar Adapted Screenplay race (for the 2015-2016 awards season). You’ll notice that this list is longer than the original screenplay list I published a minute ago, largely due to the number of sequels listed here. Since IMDB doesn’t yet have enough films to make a complete list of 50, I have ranked all of the films that they have listed. So don’t get your hopes up too high for the films at the bottom of the list!

1. Steven Zaillian for A Thousand Splendid Suns (Predicted Winner)
2. Inamorata
3. David Hare for The Corrections
4. Coram Boy
5. The Five Hundred

Alternates:
6. Thais Sher for Ivan The Fool
7. Blood Meridian
8. Travis McGee
9. Demosthenes Armeniades for The Secret (Of Happiness)
10. David Schickler for The Smoker
11. Guillermo Del Toro for Troll Hunters
12. Rodrigo Blaas for Alma
13. Lidsville
14. James Cameron for Avatar 3
15. Guillaume Laurant for Untitled Tintin Film
16. The Chronicles Of narnia: The Silver Chair
17. Evan Daugherty for Divergent
18. Toy Story 4
19. Important Artifacts And Personal Property From The Collection Of Lenore Doolan And Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, And Jewelry
20. Your Voice In My Head
21. Pig Scrolls
22. Affected Provincial’s Companion
23. Special Topics In Calamity Physics
24. Quentin Tarantine for Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
25. Caliber
26. Flawed Dogs
27. Untitled Batman Reboot
28. The Mighty
29. Cape No. 7
30. Maynard & Jennica
31. Time Bandits
32. Soapdish
33. The Hunger Games 3
34. Bad Boys 3
35. Bride Of Frankenstein
36. The Dangerous Book For Boys
37. Angry Birds
38. Wonder Woman
39. I, Robot 2
40. The Amazing Spiderman 2
41. Star Blazers
42. Hot Wheels


As always, check the Tracker Pages in the upper right hand corner of this blog for the most updated predictions in all categories!
See Adapted Screenplay predictions for other years HERE.
Or check out the Original Screenplay predictions.
See predictions for other categories at the 88th Oscars HERE.
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