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2025 Oscars Predictions:
Best Production Design
FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA, (aka FURIOSA), from left: Tom Burke, Anya Taylor-Joy, 2024. © Warner Bros. /Courtesy Everett Collection
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Weekly Commentary (Updated Oct 23, 2024): The legendary production designer Nathan Crowley has been nominated for six Oscars but has yet to win. His noms include “The Prestige” (2006), “The Dark Knight” (2008), “Interstellar” (2014), “Dunkirk” (2017), “First Man” (2018) and “Tenet” (2020). With the upcoming film adaptation of the stage musical “Wicked,” he may finally be able to bring home a statuette of his own.
More to come.
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The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2. The full rankings are below. All movie listings, titles, and distributors are not final and are subject to change.
Image Credit: PARISA TAGHIZADEH And the Predicted Nominees Are
Rank Performer & Film 1 “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) — Zsuzsanna Sipos, Shane Vieau, Patrice Vermette 2 “Gladiator II” (Paramount Pictures) — Arthur Max, Elli Griff 3 “Wicked” (Universal Pictures) — Nathan Crowley 4 “Blitz” (Apple Original Films) — Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock 5 “The Brutalist” (A24) — Judy Becker Oscars: Best Production Design (Variety Awards Circuit Predictions) Image Credit: Aidan Monaghan Next in Line
Rank Performer & Film 6 “Saturday Night” (Sony Pictures) — Jess Gonchor, Claudia Bonfe 7 “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix) — Emmanuelle Duplay, Sandra Castello 8 “Nosferatu” (Focus Features) — Beatrice Brentnerova, Paul Ghirardani, Craig Lathrop 9 “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” (Warner Bros.) — Colin Gibson, Sophie Nash, Katie Sharrock 10 “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight Pictures) — François Audouy, Regina Graves, Christopher J. Morris Oscars: Best Production Design (Variety Awards Circuit Predictions) Image Credit: ©MGM/Courtesy Everett Collection Other Contenders
Rank Performer & Film 11 “Maria” (Netflix) — Tom Brown, Guy Hendrix Dyas, Sandro Piccarozzi 12 “September 5” (Paramount Pictures) — Julian R. Wagner 13 “Queer” (A24) — Stefano Baisi, Monica Sallustio, Lisa Scoppa 14 “Joker: Folie á Deux” (Warner Bros.) — Mark Friedberg, Karen O’Hara 15 “Nickel Boys” (Amazon MGM) — Monique Champagne, Elizabeth Herberg, Nora Mendis 16 “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix) — Chardae Adams, David J. Bomba, Patrick Cassidy 17 “Civil War” (A24) — Mark Dillon, Caty Maxey 18 “Conclave” (Focus Features) — Suzie Davies, Roberta Federico 19 “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (Warner Bros.) — Mark Scruton, David Morison 20 “Here” (Sony Pictures) — Ashley Lamont & Anna Lynch-Robinson Oscars: Best Production Design (Variety Awards Circuit Predictions) More Information (Best Production Design)
Image Credit: ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection 2024 category winner: “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures) — James Price, Shona Heath, Zsuzsa Mihalek
2024-2025 Oscars Calendar and Timeline – Full awards season calendar here
- Eligibility period: Jan. 1, 2024 – Dec. 31, 2024
- General entry, best picture, RAISE submission deadline: Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024
- Governors Awards: Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024
- Preliminary voting begins Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, at 9 a.m. PT.
- Preliminary voting ends Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, at 5 p.m. PT.
- Oscar Shortlists Announcement: Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024
- Eligibility period ends: Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024
- Nominations voting begins Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, at 9 a.m. PT.
- Nominations voting ends Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, at 5 p.m. PT.
- Oscar Nominations Announcement: Friday, Jan. 17, 2025
- Oscar Nominees Luncheon: Monday, Feb. 10, 2025
- Final voting begins Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, at 9 a.m. PT
- Final voting ends: Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, at 5 p.m. PT
- Scientific and Technical Awards: Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025
- 97th Oscars: Sunday, March 2, 2025
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2024 Oscar Predictions (Variety Awards Circuit) About the Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, is Hollywood’s most prestigious artistic award in the film industry. Since 1927, nominees and winners have been selected by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Seventeen branches are represented within the nearly 10,000-person membership. The branches are actors, associates, casting directors, cinematographers, costume designers, directors, documentary, executives, film editors, makeup and hairstylists, marketing and public relations, members-at-large, members-at-large (artists’ representatives), music, producers, production design, short films and feature animation, sound, visual effects and writers.
Eligible Titles (Best Production Design)
** This list is incomplete and not yet finalized. Not all films have distribution or release dates. All are subject to change.
