2021 Oscar Predictions: SOUND (October)
SOUND OF METAL (Courtesy of Amazon Studios)
With Dune gone, Sound of Metal moves up (a Hamptons Film Q&A revealed the sound designers worked for two years with 23 weeks of sound recordings for the film) and News of the World enters the top 5.
Still, multiple musicals and musical biopics are on the awards landscape: any one or more of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Prom, Respect and The United States vs Billie Holiday could factor into the sound race.
Here are my 2021 Oscar predictions in Sound for October.
Green – moves up; Red – moves down; Blue – new entry this month
1. Soul (Pixar)
Nominees TBD
2. Tenet (Warner Bros)
Nominees TBD
3. Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
Nominees TBD
4. News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Nominees TBD
5. Mank (Netflix)
Nominees TBD
Other Contenders
Bad Boys for Life (Columbia Pictures)
Nominees TBD
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (Warner Bros)
Nominees TBD
Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Nominees TBD
Greyhound (Apple TV+)
Nominees TBD
The Invisible Man (Universal Pictures)
Nominees TBD
Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros)
Nominees TBD
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Nominees TBD
The Midnight Sky (Netflix)
Nominees TBD
Mulan (Walt Disney Pictures)
Nominees TBD
The Prom (Netflix)
Nominees TBD
Respect (MGM/UA)
Nominees TBD
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Nominees TBD
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Paramount Pictures)
Nominees TBD
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