Predicting the 2026 Academy Awards — The Panther Newspaper
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The text messages between features and entertainment assistant editor Izzy Betz and features and entertainment staff writer Ben Price consist mostly of posts from Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Discussing Film and Film Updates about film news. Of anyone at the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts to predict what will happen at the 2026 Academy Awards, Betz and Price are the most tuned in and yet the most worried.This article has been a long time coming. We (Betz and Price, the Oscar heads, if you will) have been curating these predictions for a couple of weeks — but the industry keeps throwing us curveballs. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride” and Laika’s new stop-motion film “Wildwood” were pushed back to mid-2026. The vampire flick “Sinners” from director Ryan Coogler is a hit among critics and audiences. The “One Battle After Another” trailer looks really good (Betz was doubtful, but Price knew it would have the sauce).There have also been plenty of structural changes to both the tel...