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2024 Oscars Predictions:
Best Achievement in Production Design
Poor Things
Searchlight Pictures
Weekly Commentary (Updated Oct. 8, 2023): Commentary to be added.
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The submission deadline for normal classes is Nov. 18, 2023. Preliminary shortlist voting will start on Dec. 18, with the outcomes introduced on Dec. 21. The voting interval will run from Jan. 11-16, 2024, with the official nominations announcement on Jan. 23.
The 96th Oscars will probably be held on Sunday, March 10.
***The record beneath shouldn’t be closing and will probably be up to date all through the awards season.
And the Predicted Nominees Are:
- “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures) — Shona Heath (manufacturing designer), Zsuzsa Mihalek (set decorator)
- “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures) — Jack Fisk (manufacturing designer), Adam Willis (set decorator)
- “Barbie” (Warner Bros.) — Sarah Greenwood (manufacturing designer), Katie Spencer (set decorator)
- “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures) — Ruth De Jong (manufacturing designer), Claire Kaufman (set decorator)
- “Maestro” (Netflix) — Kevin Thompson (manufacturing designer), Rena DeAngelo (set decorator)
Next in Line
- “Napoleon” (Apple Original Films/Sony Pictures) — Arthur Max (manufacturing designer), Celia Bobak (set decorator)
- “Ferrari” (Neon) — Maria Djurkovic (manufacturing designer), Sophie Phillips (set decorator)
- “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros.) — Paul D. Austerberry (manufacturing designer), Larry Dias (set decorator)
- “Wonka” (Warner Bros.) — Nathan Crowley (manufacturing designer), Lindy Hemming (set decorator)
- “Priscilla” (A24) — Tamara Deverell (manufacturing designer), Patricia Cuccia (set decorator)
Other Top-Tier Possibilities
- “The Zone of Interest” (A24) — Chris Oddy (manufacturing designer), Joanna Kus, Katarzyna Sikora (set decorators)
- “Asteroid City” (Focus Features) — Adam Stockhausen (manufacturing designer), Kris Moran (set decorator)
- “The Taste of Things” (IFC Films/Sapan Studio) — Toma Baqueni (manufacturing designer), TBA (set decorator)
- “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures) — Patrick O’Keefe (manufacturing designer)
- “The Creator” (twentieth Century Studios) — James Clyne (manufacturing designer), Claire Levinson-Gendler (set decorator)
- “Chevalier” (Searchlight Pictures) — Karen Murphy (manufacturing designer), Lotty Sanna (set decorator)
- “Air” (Amazon MGM Studios) — François Audouy (manufacturing designer), Henry Somarriba (set decorator)
- “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (Lionsgate) — Steve Saklad (manufacturing designer), Selina van den Brink (set decorator)
- “Rustin” (Netflix) — Mark Ricker (manufacturing designer), Amy Wells (set decorator)
- “BlackBerry” (IFC Films) — Adam Belanger (manufacturing designer), Lucy Larkin (set decorator)
Also In Contention
- “Blue Beetle” (Warner Bros.) — Jon Billington (manufacturing designer), Jennifer M. Gentile (set decorator)
- “The Killer” (Netflix) — Donald Graham Burt (manufacturing designer), Brandi Kalish (set decorator)
- “May December” (Netflix) — Sam Lisenco (manufacturing designer), Jess Royal (set decorator)
- “A Haunting in Venice” (twentieth Century Studios) — John Paul Kelly (manufacturing designer), Celia Bobak (set decorator)
- “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (Walt Disney Pictures) — Adam Stockhausen (manufacturing designer), Anna Pinnock (set decorator)
- “The Bikeriders” (twentieth Century Studios) — Chad Keith (manufacturing designer), Adam Willis (set decorator)
- “Origin” (Neon) — Ina Mayhew (manufacturing designer), Jacqueline Jacobson Scarfo (set decorator)
- “Elemental” (Pixar) — Dan Shank (manufacturing designer)
- “All of Us Strangers” (Searchlight Pictures) — Sarah Finlay (manufacturing designer), Marian Murray (set decorator)
- “The Little Mermaid” (Walt Disney Pictures) — John Myhre (manufacturing designer), Gordon Sim (set decorator)
All Eligible Titles (Alphabetized by Studio)**
- “A Haunting in Venice” (twentieth Century Studios) — John Paul Kelly (manufacturing designer), Celia Bobak (set decorator)
- “The Bikeriders” (twentieth Century Studios) — Chad Keith (manufacturing designer), Adam Willis (set decorator)
- “The Creator” (twentieth Century Studios) — James Clyne (manufacturing designer), Claire Levinson-Gendler (set decorator)
- “Beau is Afraid” (A24) — Fiona Crombie (manufacturing designer), Laurent Déry-Lauzier (set decorator)
- “Dream Scenario” (A24) — Zosia Mackenzie (manufacturing designer), Brittany Morrison (set decorator)
- “The Iron Claw” (A24) — James Price (manufacturing designer), Tim Cohn (set decorator)
- “Past Lives” (A24) — Grace Yun (manufacturing designer), Joanne Ling (set decorator)
- “Priscilla” (A24) — Tamara Deverell (manufacturing designer), Patricia Cuccia (set decorator)
- “The Zone of Interest” (A24) — Chris Oddy (manufacturing designer), Joanna Kus, Katarzyna Sikora (set decorators)
- “Air” (Amazon MGM Studios) — François Audouy (manufacturing designer), Henry Somarriba (set decorator)
- “Saltburn” (Amazon MGM Studios) — Suzie Davies (manufacturing designer), Charlotte Dirickx (set decorator)
- “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures) — Jack Fisk (manufacturing designer), Adam Willis (set decorator)
- “Napoleon” (Apple Original Films/Sony Pictures) — Arthur Max (manufacturing designer), Celia Bobak (set decorator)
- “Golda” (Bleecker Street) — Arad Sawat (manufacturing designer), Celia De La Hey (set decorator)
- “Asteroid City” (Focus Features) — Adam Stockhausen (manufacturing designer), Kris Moran (set decorator)
- “The Holdovers” (Focus Features) — Ryan Warren Smith (manufacturing designer), Markus Wittman (set decorator)
- “BlackBerry” (IFC Films) — Adam Belanger (manufacturing designer), Lucy Larkin (set decorator)
- “The Taste of Things” (IFC Films/Sapan Studio) — Toma Baqueni (manufacturing designer), TBA (set decorator)
- “Flamin’ Hot” (Hulu/Searchlight Pictures) — Cabot McMullen, Brandon Mendez (manufacturing designers), David Hack (set decorator)
- “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (Lionsgate) — Steve Saklad (manufacturing designer), Selina van den Brink (set decorator)
- “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” (Lionsgate) — Uli Hanisch (manufacturing designer), TBA (set decorator)
- “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Marvel Studios) — Bet Mickle (manufacturing designer), Rosemary Brandenburg (set decorator)
- “The Marvels” (Marvel Studios) — Care Brower (manufacturing designer), Jet Azis (set decorator)
- “Ferrari” (Neon) — Maria Djurkovic (manufacturing designer), Sophie Phillips (set decorator)
- “Origin” (Neon) — Ina Mayhew (manufacturing designer), Jacqueline Jacobson Scarfo (set decorator)
- “The Killer” (Netflix) — Donald Graham Burt (manufacturing designer), Brandi Kalish (set decorator)
- “May December” (Netflix) — Sam Lisenco (manufacturing designer), Jess Royal (set decorator)
- “Maestro” (Netflix) — Kevin Thompson (manufacturing designer), Rena DeAngelo (set decorator)
- “Nyad” (Netflix) — Kara Lindstrom (manufacturing designer), TBA (set decorator)
- “Rustin” (Netflix) — Mark Ricker (manufacturing designer), Amy Wells (set decorator)
- “Elemental” (Pixar) — Dan Shank (manufacturing designer)
- “All of Us Strangers” (Searchlight Pictures) — Sarah Finlay (manufacturing designer), Marian Murray (set decorator)
- “Chevalier” (Searchlight Pictures) — Karen Murphy (manufacturing designer), Lotty Sanna (set decorator)
- “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures) — Shona Heath (manufacturing designer), Zsuzsa Mihalek (set decorator)
- “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures) — Patrick O’Keefe (manufacturing designer)
- “Freud’s Last Session” (Sony Pictures Classics) — Luciana Arrighi (manufacturing designer), John Neligan (set decorator)
- “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures) — Ruth De Jong (manufacturing designer), Claire Kaufman (set decorator)
- “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (Warner Bros.) — Bill Brzeski, Sahby Mehalla (manufacturing designers), David Morison (set decorator)
- “Barbie” (Warner Bros.) — Sarah Greenwood (manufacturing designer), Katie Spencer (set decorator)
- “Blue Beetle” (Warner Bros.) — Jon Billington (manufacturing designer), Jennifer M. Gentile (set decorator)
- “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros.) — Paul D. Austerberry (manufacturing designer), Larry Dias (set decorator)
- “Wonka” (Warner Bros.) — Nathan Crowley (manufacturing designer), Lindy Hemming (set decorator)
- “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (Walt Disney Pictures) — Adam Stockhausen (manufacturing designer), Anna Pinnock (set decorator)
- “The Little Mermaid” (Walt Disney Pictures) — John Myhre (manufacturing designer), Gordon Sim (set decorator)
2022 class winner: “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix) — Christian M. Goldbeck, Ernestine Hipper
** signifies an unconfirmed launch date in 2023 or might marketing campaign within the lead or supporting classes. All launch dates are topic to alter.
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