Oscars 2021: Final Predictions For Nominations In Every Category

8. Best Original Screenplay

Promising Young Woman Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Sound of Metal
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NOMINEES:

Judas and the Black Messiah

Mank

Minari

Promising Young Woman

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Mank, Promising Young Woman, and The Trial of the Chicago 7 all feel pretty safe, though Judas and Minari are a little tougher to call, and could definitely be replaced by Soul or, in what would be a fist-pumping coup, Sound of Metal.

Either way, this category's clearly going to have five super-strong contenders, and though Aaron Sorkin's script for The Trial of the Chicago 7 leads the pack, his win is anything but guaranteed at this point.

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