The nominations for the 77th Golden Globe Awards will be announced on Monday, December 9th at 5am PST / 8am EST and are the first of the industry awards to get the ball rolling towards the Oscar nominations in January.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), who puts on the Golden Globes, is made up of Los Angeles-based entertainment journalists who cover film and television representing more than 55 countries and seen in more than 210 territories throughout the world. A small group (about 90-ish) who’s numbers never really grow, the HFPA has often been mocked for questionable category placements in order to get stars to show up (sorry, we’re never letting The Tourist go) but have gotten a bit better over the last few years.
Eight-time Golden Globe winner Tom Hanks is receiving the group’s Cecil B. deMille Award (and is likely to pick up another nod) and the Golden Globe Ambassadors this year are the sons of Pierce Brosnan, Dylan and Paris.
Ricky Gervais returns as host for the 4th time, taking over for the duo of Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh last year.
We’ve just begun awards season with the Gothams, National Board of Review and New York Film Critics Circle winners this week as well as the AFI Top 10 films of the year. Together, with the Golden Globe nominations (and Screen Actors Guild nominations on the 11th) a clearer picture will start to form in a season without a lot of frontrunners so far. The Irishman is definitely out in front early in Best Picture after picking up NBR and NYFCC and landing a spot at AFI. That and its Netflix co-competitor Marriage Story should end up with the most nominations on Monday with Sony/Columbia’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood right there with them.
I expect Lionsgate’s Knives Out and Universal’s 1917 to do well as they’ve both picked up steam with week. Neon’s Parasite and The Farewell from A24 should be able to break out of Foreign Language Film into the acting and directing categories. Fox’s box office hit Ford v Ferrari and WB’s AFI/NBR winner Richard Jewell could have a huge morning or fizzle out before they even begin. Where will WB’s billion dollar Joker and Fox Searchlight’s TIFF-winning Jojo Rabbit land? We’ll know in just a few days.
Here are my Golden Globe predictions for Motion Picture.
Best Motion Picture (Drama)
Spoilers: Ford v Ferrari, The Two Popes
Best Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical)
Spoilers: Booksmart, Hustlers
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Spoilers: Christian Bale, Ford v Ferrari; Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems; Paul Walter Hauser, Richard Jewell
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical)
Spoilers: Rowan Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit; Jacob Tremblay, Good Boys
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Spoilers: Felicity Jones, The Aeronauts; Lupita Nyong’o, Us, Alfre Woodard, Clemency;
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical)
Spoilers: Kaitlyn Dever, Booksmart; Francesca Hayward, Cats; Meryl Streep, The Laundromat; Charlize Theron, Long Shot
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Spoilers: Timothée Chalamet, Little Women; Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes; Shia LaBeouf, Honey Boy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Spoilers: Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit; Nicole Kidman, Bombshell; Florence Pugh, Little Women; Margot Robbie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Director
Spoilers: Greta Gerwig, Little Women; James Mangold, Ford v Ferrari; Todd Phillips, Joker; Lulu Wang, The Farewell
Best Screenplay
Spoilers: The Farewell, Parasite, The Two Popes
Best Animated Feature Film
Spoilers: The Addams Family, Spies in Disguise
Best Foreign Language Film
Spoilers: Les Misérables
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Spoilers: “Speechless,” Aladdin; “Glasgow (Ain’t No Place Like Home),” Wild Rose
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