Overview
- Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another won the Producers Guild of America’s Darryl F. Zanuck Award on Saturday, extending its season-long streak.
- The PGA has aligned with the Oscars’ top prize for the past five years and in 17 of the last 22 seasons, heightening the award’s predictive weight.
- Sinners gained fresh momentum at the newly rebranded Actors Awards with Best Ensemble and a lead-actor win for Michael B. Jordan, keeping the race competitive.
- Oscar voting is underway through March 5 with the Academy Awards set for March 15, leaving room for late shifts despite the PGA signal.
- In his PGA speech, Anderson praised Warner Bros. leaders as industry chatter focused on the studio’s pending sale to Paramount Skydance; other PGA winners included KPop Demon Hunters, The Pitt, The Studio, Adolescence, and My Mom Jayne.