Hollywood’s award season hopefuls will start to take shape Monday with the nominations for the Golden Globes – the first clear indicator of the movies and stars destined for glory.
The Globes are Tinseltown’s second-most important film awards, and a strong bellwether for success at the season-ending Oscars.
Awards tracker Gold Derby predicts heartbreaking divorce saga “Marriage Story” will lead the way with six major nods.
The Netflix film portrays how a seemingly stable love can be ripped apart after Scarlett Johansson’s actress moves from New York to Los Angeles, calling in the lawyers as she separates from a narcissistic theater director played by Adam Driver.
Hot on its heels are Martin Scorsese’s three-and-a-half-hour gangster epic “The Irishman” – also from Netflix – and Quentin Tarantino’s nostalgia-fest
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
Each boasts major A-list power, with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino facing off against Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt.
With Vatican drama “The Two Popes” and Eddie Murphy comeback vehicle “Dolemite Is My Name” also on its roster, Netflix will expect to cement its place among – or atop – Hollywood’s traditional studios.
“Just on sheer number of quality movies that seem to be doing well already, they should probably have the highest number,” said Gold Derby’s Chris Beachum.
Johansson could herself earn multiple nominations, with a supporting role in “Jojo Rabbit” – the controversial satire about a 10-year-old Nazi and his imaginary friend Hitler.
It is among a batch of historic, wartime-set movies pushing for honors. Sam Mendes’ trench epic “1917” and American Civil War-era “Little Women” are yet to hit theaters, but both are rapidly gaining momentum.
The Globes are Tinseltown’s second-most important film awards, and a strong bellwether for success at the season-ending Oscars.
Awards tracker Gold Derby predicts heartbreaking divorce saga “Marriage Story” will lead the way with six major nods.
The Netflix film portrays how a seemingly stable love can be ripped apart after Scarlett Johansson’s actress moves from New York to Los Angeles, calling in the lawyers as she separates from a narcissistic theater director played by Adam Driver.
Hot on its heels are Martin Scorsese’s three-and-a-half-hour gangster epic “The Irishman” – also from Netflix – and Quentin Tarantino’s nostalgia-fest
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
Each boasts major A-list power, with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino facing off against Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt.
With Vatican drama “The Two Popes” and Eddie Murphy comeback vehicle “Dolemite Is My Name” also on its roster, Netflix will expect to cement its place among – or atop – Hollywood’s traditional studios.
“Just on sheer number of quality movies that seem to be doing well already, they should probably have the highest number,” said Gold Derby’s Chris Beachum.
Johansson could herself earn multiple nominations, with a supporting role in “Jojo Rabbit” – the controversial satire about a 10-year-old Nazi and his imaginary friend Hitler.
It is among a batch of historic, wartime-set movies pushing for honors. Sam Mendes’ trench epic “1917” and American Civil War-era “Little Women” are yet to hit theaters, but both are rapidly gaining momentum.
