Best Picture Gambling Odds finish the show, a new Tenet trailer leads it, and in between, we discuss the fate of the Oscars as we know it! Will / Should they move? Is Steven Spielberg gonna eat crow? What was that Fatboy Slim song? All will be revealed when you click play.

MAJOR OSCARS NEWS:

Tenet Trailer 2 - 3:26

(Including Who DEF Dies, Pattinson Looks Jarring,

And the 2 MAJOR Clues WB/Nolan is Telling Audiences About Its Release Date)

Academy Is Probable To Postpone The Oscars - 16:19

(+ The Ramifications of a June Oscars on 2021, ’22, and both TV, Film, and Festivals for years beyond!)

Apple TV+ Buys Hanks’ Greyhound for ~$70M - 29:21

(What’s Apple’s Motivation? What History Is This Purchase Making? And Does This Deal Make Sense for Sony? Plus…SPIELBERG?!)

INDUSTRY/GUILD NEWS + UPDATES:

PGA, SAG, DGA All Fall In Line w/ Oscars Eligibility - 33:41

(And What’s “The Man” Have To Do With This?!)

Doc Feature Branch Changes Eligibility Requirements - 35:27

Stay Wins Tribeca Doc Category - 41:06

Yorgos + Tony McNamara Teaming Up For 1st Time Since The Favourite - 41:46

Analyzing Feinberg Forecast: Emmys Edition 1 - 43:41

UPDATING THE BEST PICTURE 2021 ODDS VIA SPORTSBOOKS:

Trial of the Chicago 7; News of the World - 45:23

Midnight Sky; Mank; Hillbilly Elegy; Da 5 Bloods - 47:00

Macbeth - 48:19

The Green Knight; Berenstein - 50:03

West Side Story; The French Dispatch; Tenet - 51:12

Breaking Down All The Action So Far - 51:46

Your Homework/PLEASE LEAVE US 5*’S - 53:46

What’s Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 54:31

It’s our 4th Oscar Race Checkpoint episode in 3 weeks because we keep getting major Academy news. Though we may be as surprised as you are, we’re glad to have the excuse to talk about all things film industry in this O.R.C.

We lead things off with a review of the 2nd trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet. It’s awesome, it’s confusing, and we have a ton of weird takes. Then we use Tenet’s release date dilemma to segway into a major discussion on whether or not the Oscars will postpone. Of course, we analyze all the potential fallout for the film festivals, the film calendar, and the film years to come if they did push the Oscars back a month or 3.

Apple TV+ bought the rights to the Tom Hanks battleship film, Greyhound, and we discuss what it means for their brand & how Steven Spielberg might react. Several of the guild award shows changed their rules to accommodate streaming titles to no surprise, but we can’t help but wonder what the news about the Documentary Film Branch’s latest shake up could do for that strange category at the Oscars.

We have fun with a few smaller stories about Tribeca’s winning doggie doc - Stay, Also Mike gives you a book report on the next Yorgos film, Hawkline Monster, and we even react to the First Feinberg Forecast for this year’s Emmys. Finally, we discuss the updated betting odds for the Best Picture race. Which film is getting the most action? Who has the odds in their favor? And what do these early Vegas numbers suggest?

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