Sunday, December 27, 2009

The Oscar Buzz - Nomination Speculation

Here comes the Award Season, and we are here for speculating Academy Awards nominations for different categories. Lets start straight away-

Best Picture
This year there will be 10 nominations, so I will speculate 15 movies which are in race for Academy Award for Best Picture :-

LOCKS
  • Precious - Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
  • The Hurt Locker
  • Up in the Air
  • Inglorious Basterds
  • A Serious Man
STRONG CONTENDERS
  • Invictus
  • An Education
  • Avatar
  • Nine
  • (500) Days of Summer
LONG SHOT
  • Moon
  • The Lovely Bones
  • District 9
  • Star Trek
  • A Single Man

Best Director (5 Nods)
Here are the ten probable contenders :-

LOCKS
  • Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
  • Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
  • Quentin Tarentino - Inglorious Basterds
STRONG CONTENDERS
  • James Cameron - Avatar
  • Clint Eastwood - Invictus
  • Lee Daniels - Precious
  • Ethan and Joel Coen - A Serious Man
LONG SHOT
  • J.J. Abrams - Star Trek
  • Peter Jackson - The Lovely Bones
  • Rob Marshall - Nine

Best Original Screenplay (5 Nods)
Here are the 10 probable movies with good screenplay :-
LOCKS
  • Neill Blomkamp and Tarry Tatchell - District 9
  • Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
  • Away We Go - Eggers & Vendela Vida
STRONG CONTENDERS

  • Scott Neustader and Michael H. Weber - (500) Days of Summer
  • Ethan and Joel Coen - A Serious Man
  • Nancy Meyers - Its Complicated
  • Bob Peterson and Peter Doctor - Up
LONG SHOT
  • Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman - The Messenger
  • James Cameron - Avatar
  • Duncan Jones and Nathan Parker - Moon
Best Adapted Screenplay (5 Nods)
Here are the 10 probable contenders :-
LOCKS
  • Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner- Up in the Air
  • Anthony Peckham- Invictus
  • Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
  • Scott Z. Burns - The Informant!
STRONG CONTENDERS
  • Nick Hornby - An Education
  • Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche -In the Loop
  • Jonze & Dave Eggers - Where the Wild Things are
LONG SHOT
  • Henry Selick- Coraline
  • Jane Campion- Bright Star
  • Roberto Oci and Alex Kurtzman - Star Trek

Coming Soon - Best Actor, Best Actress in both leading and supporting roles! Keep Checking!

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