Ke Huy Quan and Daniel Kwan attend the 34th Annual Producers Guild Awards at The Beverly Hilton on February 25, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California, US. Photo credit: AUDE GUERRUCCI
Everything everywhere at once Best Picture was named by Hollywood producers on Saturday, as the multiverse-jumping sci-fi hopes to win at awards shows ahead of next month’s Oscars.
The latest award for the surrealist film about an immigrant, laundromat-owning family battling an interdimensional demon – which has become a darling of Tinseltown’s awards circuit in recent weeks – has dashed the hopes of rivals such as Tom Cruise. delivered a blow. Top Gun: The Wanderer.
High honors for Everything everywhere The star-studded Producers Guild Awards gala in Beverly Hills follows, positioning similar trophies from key directors and critics groups. As a film that won the Oscars On March 12
“You guys, it’s crazy, it’s crazy!” said producer Jonathan Wang, as he joined stars Michelle Yeoh and Ke Hui Kwan on stage.
The PGA award is widely seen as the most accurate predictor of each year’s best picture Oscar — Hollywood’s most coveted award.
Twelve of the last 15 films to win the producer’s top prize have gone on to win best picture at the Oscars, including the last two winners. Coda And Nomadland.
At this year’s Oscars, Everything everywhere at once Against the will of. Banshees of Anshirin, All quiet on the Western Front, The Fable Men And of the cruise Top Gun: The Wanderer.
Cruise – who attended the PGA Gala, where a win could help boost his hopes for a first-ever Oscar next month – had to settle for a career achievement award.
The star reflected on a childhood where he would “sneak” into movie theaters, and his career success with the 1981 Tapeswhen he realized that film was “just something that I was absolutely sure that I wanted to do for the rest of my life.
“Now here I am and here we are after all these years,” he told the assembled producers. “I will continue to do everything I can to contribute and help the industry and the art form that I love,” Cruz, 60, said.
The wandererDaredevil, the long-awaited sequel about US Navy pilots, has been widely praised for drawing audiences back to movie theaters after the pandemic, grossing $1.5 billion globally. But now it has failed to win many major Tinseltown awards.
NavalnyA fly-on-the-wall film about imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny won best documentary on Saturday.
Oscar at the forefront Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio won Best Animated Feature, a category it has dominated this year’s awards season – despite its dark tone, and macabre themes of war, fascism and grief.
At Saturday’s PGAs, 8,000 producers voted, from television as well as film White Lotus winning best drama, the bear For comedy, and Dropout For finite series.
