2024 Oscars Best Production Design Predictions

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• Zendaya’s ‘Challengers’ Looks To Hit $15 Million In Its Opening Set
• Oscar Predictions – Best Production Design
• Final Oscars Predictions: Production Design – Academy Loves Old Hollywood and ‘Babylon’ Has Dominated the Awards Season
• Best Production Design: Ranking Every Oscar Nominee
• OSCARS PREDICTIONS:
• Academy Awards Predictions

With a sharp, center-parted bob styled by Alexander Armond using Maui Moisture products and sweet pink lips. Host Amy Schumer wore her locks in a side-parted Old School Hollywood style, while songstress Becky G (who will be performing a tune from Encanto) wore hers sleek with a center part and Licorice Pizza star Alana Haim showed off smooth bends. Using “To Leslie” as an example, the Oscar-nominated film only played in six theaters after its SXSW breakout. The Academy’s Board of Governors has released the official awards rules and campaign promotional regulations for the 97th Academy Awards, to be held on March 2, 2025. Film illustrator Joanna Bush used ILM technology to add turrets and towers, set designer Chris Cortner added an elaborate 27-foot-tall entrance to the ballroom, and greensman Alex Sessing relandscaped the exterior to emulate a freshly planted garden with baby palms and cypress.

Zendaya’s ‘Challengers’ Looks To Hit $15 Million In Its Opening Set

The 2024 Oscars have come and gone, and "Oppenheimer" was the big winner of the night. The elaborate Roman square had to be built twice because Elizabeth Taylor fell ill during the first attempt at production. Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo did an incredible job of recreating period detail throughout the life of Howard Hughes in The Aviator. Seven-time nominees Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer could still pull this off with “Barbie,” which could put the “Barbenheimer” craze back into full-force. Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. With a side-parted low bun styled by Bryce Scarlet using Madison Reed's Color Therapy Mask and rosy cheeks applied by makeup maestro Pati Dubroff using Chanel blush.

Final Oscar Predictions: Production Design – A ‘Poor Things’ Win Scenario Could Create History-Making Outcome - Variety

Final Oscar Predictions: Production Design – A ‘Poor Things’ Win Scenario Could Create History-Making Outcome.

Posted: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 08:00:00 GMT [source]

Oscar Predictions – Best Production Design

Sammy, a semiautobiographical version of Spielberg himself, uses movies as a means to both interpret and escape all the bittersweetness that comes with growing up, and it was up to two-time Academy Award–winning production designer Rick Carter to capture those complex feelings on screen. You have to give credit where credit is due – I don’t love Titanic, but I can appreciate the film’s production design. According to production designer Peter Lamont, the team used archival photographs and blueprints to match the ship’s interiors to the original. The “Coming 2 America” team of Mike Marino, Stacey Morris, and Carla Farmer perfectly complemented the Afro-punk vibe introduced by Oscar winning-costume designer Ruth Carter in updating Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and Semmi (Arsenio Hall) and the other characters. Murphy’s Prince Akeem benefits from red cheeks and lips, smoky shadows, and an abundance of lashes. While the Nextdorian tribe of the younger generation are the trend setters, adorning their hair in artistic ways.

Final Oscars Predictions: Production Design – Academy Loves Old Hollywood and ‘Babylon’ Has Dominated the Awards Season

Yet there’s still hope for “House of Gucci,” “Dune,” or “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” taking the Oscar because they all boast complex transformations. In Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci,” Oscar-nominated prosthetics designer Göran Lundströn (“Border”) got creative transforming the unrecognizable Jared Leto into the balding and chubby would-be fashion designer Paolo. He and his team of Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras did some reverse engineering to obliterate the look of the long-haired, thin actor (who wore a fat suit), with a three-piece bald cap, a wig, more than half a dozen prosthetic pieces, and a tweaked mustache.

'Poor Things' Should Win the Oscar for Best Production Design—See Why - House Beautiful

'Poor Things' Should Win the Oscar for Best Production Design—See Why.

Posted: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 08:00:00 GMT [source]

The vibrant, underwater paradise of the Metkayina clan, the glitz and glam of Graceland, the bustling streets of 1920s Hollywood and more — these cinematic worlds take you on a journey like no other. George Lucas certainly deserves credit for being the visionary behind Star Wars, but he may have never been able to pull it off without the help of production designers like Barry, Reynolds, Dilley and Christian. According to the Academy, production design is just about everything that goes into the making of a film’s world. In 1947, the Academy decided to group set decoration in with art direction – ultimately leading to the change to Best Production Design. Nominations voting is from January 11–16, 2024, with official Oscar nominations announced on January 23, 2024. And finally, the 96th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 10, and air live on ABC at 8 p.m.

Best Production Design: Ranking Every Oscar Nominee

For instance, David Fincher’s “Mank” (2020) was heavily favored to win production design, but surprised everyone with a win in cinematography. Similarly, last year, many were tipping Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” for success after a triumphant season, despite its absence in the best picture category. However, it lost to the German-war drama “All Quiet on the Western Front,” which was a picture nominee.

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One of the most challenging sets to pull off was Beale Street, a roughly two-mile stretch of downtown Memphis that became a vibrant locus for Black musical culture—the blues specifically—and a source of inspiration for a young Elvis. Martin and the team had to recreate and condense that legendary street and its storefront window displays into just two blocks, in Australia no less, and amid pandemic-era supply-chain woes. Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston were honored in the Makeup & Hairstyling category, besting MUAHS Awards winner Maestro and the teams behind Golda, Oppenheimer and Society of the Snow. Murphy accepted the Oscar from a group of previous best actor winners, including Nicolas Cage, Matthew McConaughey, Brendan Fraser, Ben Kingsley and Forest Whitaker.

“Babylon” has swept, but Catherine Martin has never won only one Oscar on a night. She’s typically won both production and costumes and is considered the favorite for “Elvis” in the latter category. Watch out for the triple-nominated woman or even “All Quiet on the Western Front,” which could hint at a possible best picture victory (but still, highly unlikely).

Academy Awards Predictions

To see the ranked predictions for each individual category, visit Variety’s Oscars Hub. With an updo and bold, ruby lips painted by makeup artist Mary Greenwald using Byredo Lipstick in Red. With an intricately woven chignon styled by Marcus Francis using Better Not Younger and jewel-tone eyes done by makeup artist Sarah Uslan. Uslan prepped the Best Actress nominee with Currentbody's LED Neck and Dec Perfector red light mask. The news of rule and regulation changes also comes with another reminder after the 2025 Oscars date announcement to submit a RAISE form proving one’s film has met at least two out of four of the Academy’s inclusion standards in order to be eligible for Best Picture.

James Price and Shona Heath, along with set decorator Zsuzsa Mihalek, was the production design team behind the Searchlight Pictures film. "The other night, I was panicking -- as you can see, happens a lot -- that maybe something like this could happen," she continued. There’s no denying that period piece movies have a better chance of winning the Academy Award for Best Production design than non-period piece movies do. But rather than recreate a contrived period, such as Victorian England, director David Lean often recreated obscure settings, such as the Burma Railway in The Bridge on the River Kwai, British Raj India in A Passage to India, and the Russian Revolution in Doctor Zhivago.

Production designer William Cameron Menzies didn’t receive the Academy Award for Best Production Design for his supervisory work on Gone With the Wind; but he was honored in 1929 for The Dove and Tempest. By providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

As for the residential ballroom that was supposedly the setting for the massive party scene inside Wallach’s mansion, the team added their gilded touch to the opulent Spanish Gothic foyer of the Ace Theater in downtown Los Angeles. This involved creating a massive pair of Gothic doors, multiple Gothic furnishings sourced from Belgium, custom tables that were manufactured to withstand the heavy stunt work, and an elaborate floor emblem inlay on tiled parquet floors for a final ode to opulence. “Damien wanted it to feel like the farthest-out design style that would make sense in the desert,” Martin noted. Set designer Paul Sonski drew up a lush paneled bedroom and hallway, anchored by a massive 100-year-old fireplace salvaged locally. “These were high-finish, difficult builds and took a huge amount of labor and passion to execute,” says Procter. “We needed soundstages in two cities to accommodate them.” And even in the human world, digital enhancement was necessary to complete these expansive environments for the screen.

Distributors and/or producing teams should submit for PGA Mark Certification or awards determination as well no later than the date of the film’s first commercial screening in its qualifying run. The complex fat suit required a lot of engineering, with loads of silicone and plaster bandages to support the frame and maintain the shape, and separate work for the head and shoulders. Additionally, separate pieces were done for the neck, head, chin, cheeks, earlobes, and hand prosthetics over the knuckles. This certainly shakes up the Oscar race, with “Cruella” now the favorite and “Coming 2 America” suddenly a stronger contender. The films that won in this category most recently are “Dune” (2022), “Mank” (2021), “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (2020), and “Black Panther” (2019). This year’s winner will be revealed during the 95th Academy Awards ceremony, airing March 12 on ABC.

In addition to best director, Nolan was also nominated tonight for best adapted screenplay, which ultimately went to Cord Jefferson for "American Fiction." During his acceptance speech, Nolan thanked Universal Studios and the authors of the biography on which the movie is based, "American Prometheus," by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. Other nominees in the category included "American Fiction," "Anatomy of a Fall," "Barbie," "The Holdovers," "Killers of the Flower Moon," "Maestro," "Past Lives," "Poor Things" and "The Zone of Interest." "The Holdovers" star Da'Vine Joy Randolph and "Oppenheimer" star Robert Downey Jr. snagged wins in the supporting acting categories.

With smooth waves done by hairstylist Danilo Dixon using Sebastian Professional Potion 9 and a soft rose pout painted by beauty guru Hung Vanngo using Anastasia Beverly Hills lipstick. With a soft, dimensional chignon styled by Antionette Hill using 18" Hidden Crown Clip Ins extensions, Joico BlondeLife Powder Lightener, Tresemme One Step Volumize Mist and the T3 Airebrush Duo and icy lids created with Lancome makeup. With sleek waves styled by Jenny Cho using Virtue Labs prroducts and glowing skin. Edward Berger’s All Quiet on the Western Front takes us into the muddy trenches of France amid World War I through the eyes of 17-year-old German soldier Paul Bäumer (Felix Kammerer), who arrives with his school friends in 1917, three years into the conflict. The story, the first German-language adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 bestseller, plays out in the French hinterland that, if not a painful reminder of the horrors of war, is an exposé on the different variants of mud. When I watch the Oscars this year, I’m hoping the famously unlucky number 13 will be lucky that night.

“We ended up with literally kilometers of carpet that Bev had printed to match the actual carpet that existed in the late ’60s and early ’70s,” the production designer tells us. What appealed to Martin was visually conveying the historical context amidst the explosion of youth culture during a very prosperous yet segregated ’50s America. The Poor Things team also took the Art Directors Guild’s Fantasy film award for production design last month and Oppenheimer took the ADG’s Period film award.