2024 Oscar Predictions: SOUND (November)
The Oscar shortlists will be revealed on December 21, 2023. Cinema Audio Society (CAS) nominations are announce January 9, 2024. Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Golden Reel nominations will be announced on January 15. Oscar nominations will be announced on January 23 and the 96th Academy Awards will be held on March 10.
Here are my 2024 Oscar predictions for the 10-film shortlist in Sound for November 2023.
- Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
- Maestro (Netflix)
- Ferrari (NEON)
- Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
- The Zone of Interest (A24)
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
- The Color Purple (Warner Bros)
- Napoleon (Apple Original Films/Sony Pictures)
- Barbie (Warner Bros)
- American Symphony (Netflix)
Next up:
The Creator (20th Century Studios), Elemental (Pixar), John Wick Chapter 4 (Lionsgate), The Killer (Netflix), Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures), Wonka (Warner Bros)
Other contenders:
The Bikeriders (20th Century Studios), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Walt Disney), The Iron Claw (A24), The Little Mermaid (Walt Disney), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Paramount Pictures), Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Paramount Pictures), Wish (Walt Disney)
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