{"id":670295,"date":"2026-09-03T11:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/670295\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T11:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:35:08","slug":"scott-feinbergs-2027-oscar-predictions-first-read-of-the-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/670295\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Feinberg’s 2027 Oscar Predictions: First Read of the Race"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tCommentary<\/strong> The Odyssey has been massively successful both critically (it is at 94 percent on Rotten Tomatoes) and commercially (it has grossed $1.6 billion worldwide, #14 of all time). That being said, and contrary to some reporting, it did not play through the roof at its official Academy screening in LA \u2014 it was warmly but not effusively received, and its principal talent opted not to appear for a post-screening Q&A, which didn\u2019t help matters. But it certainly has been seen and liked by more Academy members around the world than any other film, many of whom do love it, so it is indeed the clear frontrunner.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther top-tier contenders include Project Hail Mary, which was also a giant critical and commercial success, and probably benefits from being a little more light-hearted than most of its competition; two Cannes darlings, La Bola Negra, a sweeping Spanish-language epic which is Netflix\u2019s principal cause this awards season, and Fjord; and The Invite, a Sundance darling that went on to very strong reviews and box office for a film of its size.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe title that is likeliest to pop out of the fall fests may well be Wild Horse Nine; it\u2019s very quirky, but so too were Martin McDonagh\u2019s earlier films Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Banshees of Inisherin, which were widely embraced by the Academy.<\/p>\n

\n\tCan another true blockbuster join The Odyssey and Project Hail Mary in the 10? Keep an eye on Toy Story 5, Michael and Obsession \u2014 I\u2019m sure the Academy and its broadcasting partner, ABC, will!<\/p>\n

\n\tFrontrunners<\/strong>
1. The Odyssey (Universal, July 17, THR review<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0Christopher Nolan & Emma Thomas
2. Project Hail Mary (Amazon\/MGM, March 20, THR review<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0Ryan Gosling, Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Rachel O\u2019Connor, Amy Pascal, Aditya Sood & Andy Weir
3. Wild Horse Nine (Searchlight, Nov. 6) \u2014 Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh & Anita Overland VENI<\/strong><\/strong>
4. La Bola Negra (Netflix, Oct. 16, THR review<\/a>) \u2014 Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo CANN<\/strong><\/strong>, TIFF<\/strong>
5. Fjord (Neon, Oct. 9, THR review<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0Dyveke Bk\u00f8rkly Graver, Cristian Mungiu, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar & Tudor Reu CANN<\/strong><\/strong>, KARL<\/strong>, TIFF<\/strong>
6. The Invite (A24, June 26, THR review<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0Ben Browning, Megan Ellison & David Permut SUND<\/strong>
7. Tender Loving Care (Bleecker Street, Dec. 4) \u2014 Georgina Lowe TIFF<\/strong>, NYFF<\/strong>
8. Ink (Netflix, Dec. 11) \u2014 Danny Boyle, Michael Ellenberg, Tessa Ross & Tracey Seaward VENI<\/strong>, TIFF<\/strong>
9. Paper Tiger (Neon, Nov. 13, THR review<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0James Gray, Anthony Katagas & Rodrigo Teixeira CANN<\/strong><\/strong>, KARL<\/strong>, NYFF<\/strong>
10. Toy Story 5 (Disney\/Pixar, June 19, THR review<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0Jessica Choi & Lindsey Collins<\/p>\n

\n\tMajor Threats<\/strong>
11. Obsession (Focus, May 15, THR review<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0James Harris, Haley Nicole Johnson, Christian Mercuri & Roman Viaris-de-Lesegno TIFF<\/strong>
12. Michael (Lionsgate, 4\/24, THR review<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0John Branca, Graham King & John McClain
13. Fatherland (MUBI, Oct. 23, THR review<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0Edward Berger, Lorenzo Gangarossa, Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli, Ewa Puszczy\u0144ska, Dimitri Rassam & Jeanne Tremsal CANN<\/strong><\/strong>, KARL<\/strong>, NYFF<\/strong>
14. All of a Sudden (Neon, Nov. 25, THR review<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0Renan Artukma\u00e7, Bettina Brokemper, Julien Deris, David Gauqui\u00e9, Hiroko Matsuda, Jean-Luc Ormi\u00e8res, K\u00f4suke Oshida, Joseph Rouschop & Y\u00fbji Sadai CANN<\/strong><\/strong>, KARL<\/strong>, TIFF<\/strong>, NYFF<\/strong>
15. Minotaur (MUBI, Nov. 20, THR review<\/a>) \u2014 Charles Gillibert & Andrei Zvyagintsev CANN<\/strong><\/strong>, TIFF<\/strong>, NYFF<\/strong>
16. Tuner (Black Bear, 5\/22, THR review<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0Michael Heimler, Teddy Schwarzman, JoAnne Sellar & Lila Yacoub TIFF<\/strong>, SUND<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tPossibilities<\/strong>
17. Sense and Sensibility (Focus, Oct. 16) \u2014\u00a0Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, India Flint & Jo Wallet
18. Josephine (Sumerian, Nov. 20, THR review<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0Jesse Hope, Josh Peters & Max Walker-Silverman SUND<\/strong>, BERL<\/strong>
19. The Mosquito Bowl (Netflix, Oct. 30) \u2014\u00a0Peter Berg, Alex Gayner & Brian Grazer
20. Coward (MUBI, Dec. 25, THR review<\/a>) \u2014 Michiel Dhont CANN<\/strong>, KARL<\/strong>
21. Being Heumann (Apple, Nov. 6) \u2014 John W. Beach, Kevin Cleary, Sian Heder,\u00a0David Permut & Kevin Walsh TIFF<\/strong>
22. Tony (A24, Aug. 7, THR review<\/a>) \u2014 Matt Johnson, Matthew Miller, Tim White & Trevor White<\/p>\n

\n\tLong Shots<\/strong>
23. Backrooms (A24, May 29, THR review<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0Kori Adelson, Peter Chernin, Michael Clear, Dan Cohen, Chris Ferguson, Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, Roberto Patino, Osgood Perkins, Jenno Topping & James Wa
24. Tenzing (Apple, Oct. 9) \u2014\u00a0Desray Armston, Iain Canning, Luke Davies, Jennifer Peedom, Emile Sherman & Liz Wattsn
25. The Liberation (Bleecker Street, TBD) \u2014\u00a0Julia Lebedev, Roy Lee, Oren Moverman, Jaime Ray Newman, Steven Schneider & Eddie Vaisman TIFF<\/strong>
26. Bunker (Sony Classics, TBD) \u2014\u00a0Fernando Bovaira, Alice Dawson, Federica Sainte-Rose & Sim\u00f3n de Santiago VENI<\/strong><\/strong>, TIFF<\/strong>
27. Disclosure Day (Universal, June 12, THR review<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0Kristie Macosko Krieger & Steven Spielberg<\/p>\n

\n\tStill to See or Under Embargo<\/strong>
Artificial (Neon, TBD) \u2014\u00a0Jeffrey Clifford, Jennifer Fox, Luca Guadagnino, David Heyman & Simon Rich
Behemoth! (Searchlight, Dec. 4) \u2014\u00a0John Gilroy, Tony Gilroy & Sanne Wohlenberg NYFF<\/strong>
Club Kid (A24, Nov. 6, THR review<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0Alex Coco, Galen Core & Ryan Heller CANN<\/strong><\/strong>
The Debut (A24, Dec. 11) \u2014\u00a0Jesse Eisenberg, Ali Herting, Dave McNary & Emma Stone TIFF<\/strong>, NYFF<\/strong>
DIGGER (Warner Bros., Oct. 2) \u2014\u00a0Tom Cruise, Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez I\u00f1arritu & Mary Parent
Dune: Part Three (Warner Bros., Dec. 18) \u2014\u00a0Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe, Patrick McCormick, Mary Parent & Denis Villeneuve
Elsinore (Focus, Nov. 20) \u2014 Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Mickey Liddell, Stefano Massenzi, Andrea Occhipinti, Andrew Scott, Pete Shilaimon & Gabrielle Tana\u00a0TIFF<\/strong>, LOND<\/strong>
The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth (Netflix, Nov. 25) \u2014\u00a0Ce\u00e1n Chaffin, David Heyman, Brad Pitt & Quentin Tarantino
Heart of the Beast (Paramount, Sept. 25) \u2014\u00a0David Ayer, Marty Bowen, Olivia Hamilton & Brad Pitt
I Play Rocky (Amazon\/MGM, Nov. 13) \u2014\u00a0Christian Baha, Toby Emmerich & Peter Farrelly TIFF<\/strong>
Madden (Amazon\/MGM, Nov. 26) \u2014\u00a0Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Matthew Budman, Jonathan Shukat & Steve Tisch
Mr. Irrelevant (Paramount, Dec. 25) \u2014\u00a0Gillian Bohrer, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Jonathan Levine & Nick Santora
Possible Love (Netflix, Oct. 23) \u2014\u00a0Lee Joon-dong, David Levine & Chadwick Prichard
Primetime (A24, Sept. 25) \u2014\u00a0Ari Aster, Fred Berger, Tyler Campellone, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Lars Knudsen, Brighton McCloskey & Robert Pattinson VENI<\/strong><\/strong>
The Social Reckoning (Sony, Oct. 9) \u2014\u00a0Stuart M. Besser, Todd Black, Peter Rice & Aaron Sorkin
Werwulf (Focus, Dec. 25) \u2014\u00a0Tim Bevan, Garrett Bird, Robert Eggers, Eric Fellner & Sj\u00f3n Sigurdsson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Commentary The Odyssey has been massively successful both critically (it is at 94 percent on Rotten Tomatoes) and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[268],"tags":[9238,283191,434,18,117,175932,19,17,7012,189970],"class_list":["post-670295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-academy-awards","tag-academy-awards-2027","tag-celebrities","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-feinberg-forecast","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-oscars","tag-oscars-2027"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117206904475202216","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}