On social media, fans have expressed their confusion over the film's recent success. While some have praised the accomplishment, others have made amusing remarks by drawing comparisons to the upcoming musical Wicked.
The Best Film Ensemble category at the Screen Actors Guild Awards can occasionally be a tough one to predict. Gold Derby’s pundits erroneously thought that 2019’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood would prevail over Parasite,
January 1 saw a big infusion of added titles from Netflix’s deals with Universal, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Paramount. The one as of now doing best is Ron Howard’s “In the Heart of the Sea,” about a 19th century ship’s battle with a whale, featuring Tom Holland and Cillian Murphy in its ensemble.
"Emilia Perez," starring Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, and Zoe Saldaña, has been criticized both for its quality and how it represents trans people and Mexican culture.
"Wicked" and "Shōgun" are the most-nominated film and television series at the 2025 SAG Awards -- see the full list of nominees.
The blockbuster first part of the Wicked screen adaptation picked up the award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement. The flick is currently the highest grossing stage-to-screen musical and ranked as the 29th highest grossing film in US history. The single win was one of four nominations.
The smash hit musical "Wicked" saw its Oscar chances rise in nominations to the SAG Awards, one of the most predictive Academy Awards bellwethers.
Delivering another huge boost for musicals, Universal’s Wicked took home the award for best cinematic and box office achievement at the 2025 Golden Globes after wowing audiences across the globe over the year-end holidays. It’s only the second time the honor has been handed out in an effort to make sure more populist movies are recognized.
The 2025 movie awards season is in full swing but figuring out where to watch everything can be overwhelming. Are they streaming? For free? In theaters? Only in Los Angeles and New York?
“Flow,” the Latvian animated film that has passed $3 million in theaters and is a leading contender for the Best Animated Feature Oscar, curiously skipped PVOD to go straight to $5.99 rentals. It is #4 at Fandango, an unusually high position for a non-PVOD/$19.99 rental there, and sixth at iTunes (it had initially placed fifth its first days out.)
In the running for Best Adapted Film Screenplay are James Mangold and Jay Cocks for A Complete Unknown, Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts for Dune: Part 2, Richard Linklater and Glen Powell for Hit Man, RaMel Ross and Joslyn Barnes for Nickel Boys and Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox for Wicked.
WGA Awards nominations have been announced with "Challengers," "Civil War," "Hit Man" and "Wicked" among the nominees.