Oscar 2007 – 2008 update with DGA Nominees
Half the winners didn’t show up at the Critics Choice Awards. The Golden Globes are going to be a Dateline special. What will come of the Academy Awards ceremony? I can live without the Globes. In fact, I prefer never to see that show on the air again. But dammit, I want my Oscars!
Since my last update, I’ve seen this year’s Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, and I’d be surprised if it didn’t get nominated. Unfortunately, it didn’t grab a Director’s Guild nomination like last year’s sunshiny comedy smash.
There Will Be Blood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Into the Wild, Michael Clayton and Oscar-frontrunner No Country for Old Men grabbed the coveted DGA nods, which are the best indicators of which films will go on to get Best Picture nominations.
Regardless, I put Juno in my Best Picture predictions, with The Diving Bell‘s Julian Schnabel getting a placed in the Best Director slot over Juno‘s Jason Reitman. Money is almost always a factor with Best Picture nominees. Juno has $54.5 million in the bank and currently has the best daily box office numbers. I’d be surprised if Juno didn’t nab a PGA nod when they are announced next week (Jan. 14). I’d be just as surprised if the only contender with the legs to push $100 million didn’t go on to get a Best Picture nod.
The big story post-DGA may be Into the Wild and Michael Clayton. Both films have major guild support. With No Country for Old Men getting a little tired, Sean Penn’s Into the Wild and Tony Gilroy’s Michael Clayton could swing in for the upset. I’m banking on Into the Wild being the likely contender. If Penn wins the DGA award, watch out.
Anyway, here are the updated charts.
Oscar 2007 – 2008 Prediction Charts
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