Variety made their predictions for this years Oscar nominees in all of the main categories … Eddie’s film The Trial of the Chicago 7 is mentioned in the category for Best Pictures.

2021 OSCARS PREDICTIONS:BEST PICTURE

The streaming bias was definitely a factor when Netflix came up short for “Roma” but this year there could be a strong presence for all the streaming platforms including Amazon Studios. Can “Nomadland” from Searchlight Pictures sustain from a journey that began in August?

AND THE PREDICTED NOMINEES ARE:
“Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Chloé Zhao (producers)

“Mank” (Netflix)
David Fincher, Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth, Douglas Urbanski (producers)

“The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix)
Stuart M. Besser, Matt Jackson, Marc Platt, Tyler Thompson (producers)

“Minari” (A24)
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Christina Oh (producers)

“One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios)
Jess Wu Calder, Keith Calder, Jody Klein (producers)

“The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Philippe Carcassonne, Simon Friend, Jean-Louis Livi, David Parfitt, Christophe Spadone (producers)

“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
Todd Black, Denzel Washington, Dany Wolf (producers)

“Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)
Jon Kilik, Spike Lee, Beatriz Levin, Lloyd Levin (producers)

“The Prom” (Netflix)
Adam Anders, Dori Berinstein, Chad Beguelin, Bill Damaschke, Bob Martin, Ryan Murphy, Scott Robertson, Matthew Sklar, Alexis Martin Woodall (producers)

“Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros.)†
Charles D. King, Ryan Coogler, Shaka King (producers)