Oscars 2023: Our First Blind Predictions, From ‘Fabelmans’ to ‘Flower Moon’
variety.comClayton Davis The way to officially close the door on a crazy awards season (and even-crazier 94th Oscar ceremony), is to crack open the window and take a look ahead at what the studios and production companies could have in store for global cinema in 2022.As Variety transitions to Emmy season, with the first official predictions rolling out next week, this annual tradition of blind guesses gives us all something to look forward to.
If you look at last year’s piece, no one should expect this to be 100% accurate as films shift or fall by the wayside, while some end up bigger than anticipated.Apple Original Films broke through the streaming glass ceiling with Siân Heder’s “CODA,” winning the Academy’s top prize and two others.
Unfortunately, the elephant in their awards room is the upcoming action-thriller “Emancipation” from director Antoine Fuqua and starring recently Oscar-crowned Will Smith.
Typically, we’d be talking about the “afterglow” possibility and if he could go the way of Tom Hanks, winning back-to-back statuettes.
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