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97th Oscars. Predictions for the Films of 2024 / March 2, 2025
 For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only discuss on the blog

  

APRIL FOOLISH PREDICTIONS

 

 OSCAR FINALIST LISTS IN SELECT CATEGORIES: Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
OSCAR NOMINATION VOTING: January 8-12, 2025
OSCAR NOMINATIONS: Friday January 17, 2025
OSCAR NIGHT: Sunday March 2, 2025 

 

 

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COSTUME DESIGN

Tier 1 - Predictions

Colleen Atwood
(12 noms | 4 wins)
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
Massimo Cantini Parrini
(2 noms)
MARIA
Paul Tazewell
(1 nom)
WICKED

Jacqueline Durran
(9 noms | 2 wins)
BLITZ

Arianne Philips
(3 noms)
JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX

 

Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

Milena Canonero
(9 noms | 4 wins)
MEGALOPOLIS
Jacqueline West
(5 noms)
DUNE PART TWO
Janty Yates
(2 noms | 1 win)
GLADIATOR 2
Jenny Beavan
(12 noms | 3 wins)
FURIOSA
Lisy Christl
(1 nomination)
CONCLAVE

 

Other Possibilities

Never nominated. When will it be their time?

  • The Apprentice - Laura Montgomery
  • Mothers Instinct - Mitchell Travers
  • Nickel Boys - Loar
  • NightBitch - Arjun Bhasin
  • Nosferatu - Linda Muir
  • The Piano Lesson - Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
  • Young Woman and the Sea - Gabriele Binder
 

 

 

 

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Tier 1 - Predictions

Mihai Malamaire Jr
(never nom'ed)
MEGALOPOLIS
Greig Fraser
(2 noms, 1 win)
DUNE PART TWO
Yorick Le Saux
(never nom'ed)
BLITZ
Jarin Blaschke
(1 nom)
NOSFERATU

Mikhail Krichman
(never nom'ed)
THE END

 

Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

Edward Lachmann
(3 noms)
MARIA
John Mathieson
(2 noms)
GLADIATOR 2

Lawrence Sher
(1 nom)
JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX

Stephane Fontaine
(never nom'ed)
CONCLAVE
Kasper Tuxen
(never nom'ed)
FURIOSA
Other Possibilities

Previous nominees for costume design

  • Hard Truths - Pope

Never nominated. When will it be their time?

  • The Apprentice - Tuxen
  • Juror #2 - Yves Belanger
  • Nickel Boys - Fray
  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice- Zambarloukos
 

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Tier 1 - Predictions

Patrice Vermette
(3 noms | 1 win)
DUNE PART TWO
Beth Mickle & Bradley Rubin
(never nom'ed)
MEGALOPOLIS
Nathan Crowley
(6 noms)
WICKED
Jette Lehmann
(never nom'ed)
THE END
Adam Stockhausen
(4 noms | 1 win)
BLITZ

 

Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

Mark Friedberg
(never nom'ed)
JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX

Arthur Max
(4 noms)
GLADIATOR 2
Guy Hendrix Dyas
(2 noms)
MARIA
Carol Spier
(never nom'ed)
THE SHROUDS
Craig Lathrop
(never nom'ed)
NOSFERATU
Other Possibilities

Previous nominees for costume design

  • Conclave - Suzie Davies
  • Furiosa - Gibson

Never nominated. When will it be their time?

  • The Apprentice - Aleksandra Marinkovich
  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - Scruton
  • Nickel Boys - Nora Mendis
  • Piano Lesson - David J Bomba
 

 

FILM EDITING

Somewhat randomly selecting half of the Best Picture nominees for this category's April Foolish guesswork. 

 

 

BLITZ
Peter Sciberras
(1 nom)

CONCLAVE
Nick Emerson
(never nom'ed)
THE END
unknown
GLADIATOR TWO
Sam Restivo (never nom'ed) and Claire Simpson (2 noms | 1 win) 
THE NICKEL BOYS
Nicholas Monsour (never nom'ed)

 

Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

DUNE PART TWO
Joe Walker (3 noms | 1 win)
JOKER FOLIE A DEUX
Jeff Groth (1 nom)
MEGALOPOLIS
Cam McLaughlin & Glen Scantlebury
(never nom'ed)
THE SHROUDS
Christopher Donaldson
(never nom'ed)
NIGHTBITCH
Anne McCabe (never nom'ed)

 

Other Possibilities

Previous nominees for costume design

  • Furiosa - Knapman & Sixel

Never nominated. When will it be their time?

  • The Apprentice - ...?
  • Hard Truths - Reddin
  • Nosferatu - Ford
  • The Room Next Door - Teresa Font
  • Wicked - Kerstein

Unknown at this writing

  • Juror #2
 

 

 

 

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Tier 1 - Predictions

...
DUNE PART TWO
...
WICKED
...
NOSFERATU
...
JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
...
NIGHT BITCH

 

Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

...
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
FURIOSA ...
MEGALOPOLIS
...
MARIA
...
THE APPRENTICE
Other Possibilities

What will make the bakeoffs?

  • Alien Romulus
  • Deadpool & Wolverine
  • The End
  • Gladiator 2
  • Kraven the Hunter
  • The Shrouds
 

 

 

VISUAL EFFECTS

Tier 1 - Predictions

DUNE PART TWO WICKED KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES FURIOSA GLADIATOR 2

 

Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

GODZILLA X KONG

THE FALL GUY

IF - IMAGINARY FRIENDS ALIEN ROMULUS MEGALOPOLIS

 

Other Possibilities

What will make the finalist and semi-finalist lists?

  • Atlas
  • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
  • Borderlands
  • Deadpool & Wolverine
  • Ghostbuster Frozen Empire
  • Joker Folie A Deux
  • Kraven the Hunter
  • The Shrouds