There seems to be complete consensus among the major guilds, Directors, Actors, Producers, regarding the Best Picture of the Year: Oppenheimer.
And so, with the exception of the lead female acting, the upcoming Oscar telecast (March 10) is going to be one of the most predictable in years.
My Oscar Book:
‘Succession,’ ‘The Bear,’ ‘Last Week Tonight,’ ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ ‘Welcome to Wrexham,’ ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ and ‘American Symphony’ also were among the winners.
The film won the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for outstanding producer of theatrical motion pictures, a day after taking top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Other big winners were Beef, which also won at the SAG Awards and Sunday’s Film Independent Spirit Awards, along with Succession and The Bear, both of which also won SAG Awards on Saturday.
Oppenheimer producer Emma Thomas accepted the theatrical motion picture award, noting that in a room full of producers, “This means so much coming from you, this room is full of people whose work we admire,” adding, “You know how hard the job can be, you also know how great the job can be; it’s the best job on set.” She also called director Christopher Nolan (who is also her husband) “the best producer you can possibly hope for.”
Nolan briefly took the mic and noted they had previously been nominated at the PGA Awards but never won, and “every time we found ourselves invited in this room, we’ve felt such support,” and thanked the film’s cast for their work.
