Experts slugfest mailbag: ‘Gladiator II,’ ‘The Wild Robot’ in Best Picture, and is Saoirse Ronan due?
Is Saoirse Ronan due for an Oscar? Could “The Wild Robot” make Best Picture? Gold Derby editors and Experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to answer your burning questions of the week.
Ronan could add not one but two more Oscar nominations to her name this season for her lead performance in “The Outrun” and supporting turn in “Blitz,” which would bring her career total to six. At 30, she would break Kate Winslet‘s record as the youngest performer to accrue five and six noms, something Winslet achieved at 31 and 34, respectively. But is Ronan seen as due for a win yet? And if not, when will she be?
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Meanwhile, it’s been 14 years since an animated film has cracked the Best Picture lineup. Three months ago, many probably would’ve tagged “Inside Out 2” as the film to snap the drought, but what if it’s “The Wild Robot”? And could it break into other categories like screenplay?
Elsewhere, we discuss whether “Gladiator II” could be the next “Avatar: The Way of Water” and more.
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Timestamps:
Intro and Best Original Song (0:00)
Saoirse Ronan due? (5:45)
September 5 (9:58)
All first-time Best Director nominees (16:33)
“The Substance,” “Megalopolis,” and “Doctor Odyssey” (17:41)
“Gladiator II” and lone screenplay nominees (22:05)
“The Wild Robot” (30:32)
“Piece by Piece” (35:50)
“Emili Pérez’s” international distribution (37:25)
“The Last Showgirl” (39:45)
“The Last of Us,” “Dune: Part Two” crafts, (40:53)
Normies, Film Twitter, and horror (45:25)
Broadcast TV (52:55)
Baseball playoffs (56:41)
“The Dink” (59:29)
Our favorite 2024 films so far (1:00:48)
“Nickel Boys'” new release date (1:02:30)
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