Despite the fact that the Oscars won't air until March 2016, and the fact that many (if not all) of the Best Picture contenders have yet to even be released, BookMaker wants to give you the best chances possible are picking the winner. Hence, this early peek at odds.Gwen Is Back; A 4-Chair Spin On Night One
OSCARS BEST PICTURE
SPOTLIGHT +350
THE REVENANT +600
Fresh off a win for Best Director with last year's "Birdman", Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu offers up a sprawling film starring the one and only Leonardo DiCaprio, whose Oscar nomination seems to be as hard to come by as many less-skilled actors' wins. Look for this to lead the pack in many categories, and the odds to only get better.
FIELD - ANY OTHER MOVIE +700
STEVE JOBS +900
Lead actor Michael Fassbender's performance here is key. The Steve Jobs story has already been told (albeit starring Ashton Kutcher), and many know it inside and out. If Fassbender is as compelling as he has been in everything else he's touched these past few years, it could easily launch this biopic to the front.
JOY +1000
"Joy" has good numbers for good reason. This is the very team that gave us "Silver Lining Playbook" three years back, and Jennifer Lawrence her Oscar. Lawrence and Cooper were solid team once again after that - in "American Hustle" - but starred in a 2015 flop that isn't even worth me Googling. O'Russell got chops, and he's assembled a team that's displayed chemistry before, but this is either going to be huge...or a huge flop.
CAROL +1100
ROOM +1200
THE DANISH GIRL +1200
BROOKLYN +1700
Based on a screenplay by the beloved Nick Hornby, "Brooklyn" is the type of indie the Academy adores. But, it looks to be heavy on charm and even comedy, whereas were it to mine the ethnic disparities it has fun with instead for something more tense it might stand a better shot.
BRIDGE OF SPIES +1800
THE HATEFUL EIGHT +2000
Oscar darling Quentin Tarantino is a shoo-in for a Best Screenplay nod (maybe even a win), and several of his stars here have a good shot at nominations (with Kurt Russell in the forefront, in grand Tarantino "remember him?" style), and stylistically Quentin's not necessarily far from recent hits "Inglorious Bastards" and "Django." Still, they're all scenery-chewers, and the language may make the Academy blush.
INSIDE OUT +2050
BEASTS OF NO NATION +2900
SUFFRAGETTE +2900
THE MARTIAN +2900
With a surprising - even record-breaking - opening weekend in its favor, the star-studded (pun intended) film based on the best-seller and with Matt Damon as the titular hero, is a long-shot at best.
MAD MAX FURY ROAD +3500
BLACK MASS +3600
SON OF SAUL +3600
EVEREST +5200
YOUTH +7000
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON +8200
"Compton" changed the game as far as biopics go, largely in the revenue department. This is a movie that no one saw making the big bucks it did, with Paul Giammattei in a role we've seen him in at least 5 other times. So why the haul?
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