US Edition'Sinners' and 'One Battle After Another' Poised for an All-Warner Bros. Showdown at Academy Awards
Warner Bros. leads with 16 nominations for Sinners; new voting rules require members to watch all nominees before casting votes at the 2026 Oscars.
- On Sunday, Hollywood in Los Angeles saw Paul Thomas Anderson and Ryan Coogler compete, with Anderson's One Battle After Another favored and Coogler's Sinners leading with 16 nominations.
- Changes inside the Academy and the market shaped voters' choices, with Warner Bros. films—shot on film—highlighting a tilt toward big-budget originals amid a pending $111 billion merger with Paramount Skydance.
- Among supporting contenders, the race includes Jessie Buckley, Amy Madigan, Teyana Taylor, Wunmi Mosaku, Penn, Stellan Skarsgård, and Delroy Lindo, highlighting its competitiveness.
- Broadcasting and tribute elements were paired with heightened security as the telecast aired live on ABC and streamed on Hulu beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern, with a promised tribute to figures like Robert Redford, Diane Keaton, and Robert Duvall, hosted by Conan O'Brien.
- Streaming metrics and theatrical prestige set competing narratives, as KPop Demon Hunters drew 325 million views but Apple’s CODA remains the only streaming Best Picture winner, with Jafar Panahi's nominated Iranian film facing challenges due to cowriter Mehdi Mahmoudian’s inability to leave Iran.
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'Sinners' and 'One Battle After Another' poised for an all-Warner Bros. showdown at Academy Awards
Hollywood will convene Sunday night for a nail-biter Academy Awards that’s steering toward a coronation for either Paul Thomas Anderson or Ryan Coogler.
The most intense and significant confrontation is the one for the best film: the favorites are "One battle after the other" and "The sinners"
Oliver Laxe's film comes to Sunday night with no hopes of statuettes, but with the satisfaction of the work well done. More information: From Karla Sofia's 'tuits' to Timothée Chalamet's 'harakiri': Can a controversy ruin an Oscar?
'Sinners' and 'One Battle After Another' poised for an all-Warner Bros. showdown at Academy Awards - The Morning Sun
NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood will convene Sunday night for a nail-biter Academy Awards that’s steering toward a coronation for either Paul Thomas Anderson or Ryan Coogler. Most would call that a win-win. Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” is the favorite heading into the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. But Coogler’s “Sinners” comes in the lead nominee with a record 16 nominations. Both filmmakers are poised to leave with their firs…
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