Oscars 2026: Predictions, Tears, and Why Your Favorite Is Going to Lose
Oscars 2026: The Ultimate Foslog Betting Pool
Welcome to the annual event where rich people pat each other on the back while we mortals judge their outfits from the couch eating cold pizza. Yes, friends, the 2026 Oscars are approaching and at Foslog we couldn't miss the appointment.
It's late January. We already know who's buzzing, who's done an "aggressive campaign" (i.e., inviting all of Hollywood to dinner), and who's going to be unfairly ignored.
Get your prediction notebook out, because here goes our analysis with zero objectivity and plenty of caffeine.
Best Picture: Clash of Titans (and Egos)
This year it's between nostalgia, cutting-edge technology, and... well, the usual.
1. Avatar: Fire and Ash
James Cameron has done it again. After making us wait what felt like a century, the third installment of the Na'vi is here.
- Why it will win: Because visually it's insane and Cameron probably has the Academy kidnapped in a submarine until they give him the award.
- Why it will lose: Because "it's just a special effects movie" (said the critic who doesn't know how to turn on a projector).
- Foslog Verdict: It will take all the technical awards and "Best Use of the Color Blue". The big one... tough.
2. One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas Anderson + Leonardo DiCaprio. It's the perfect Oscar Bait equation. A very expensive, intense movie, and probably incomprehensible to 40% of the audience.
- The hype: It's PTA. It's Leo. If this doesn't smell like a statuette, I don't know anything about cinema.
- The reality: It might be too "auteur" for voters who prefer easy biopics.
3. Mickey 17
Bong Joon-ho (Parasite) is back with Robert Pattinson dying over and over again in space.
- The good: It's smart, weird sci-fi with black humor. Just what we like at Foslog.
- The bad: It was released in early 2025. The Academy has the memory of a goldfish and usually forgets what came out before October. Justice for Mickey.
Best Actor: The Testosterone Battle
This is where things get spicy.
- Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another): Leo being Leo. Suffering, screaming, and probably eating raw things again. Will they give him his second? It's very likely, just so he stops looking at us like that from the posters.
- Jaafar Jackson (Michael): The Michael Jackson biopic. Hollywood loves musical biopics more than itself. If Jaafar does the Moonwalk decently, he already has half a statuette in his pocket. Even if the movie is a whitewash, the actor usually takes the prize.
- Robert Pattinson (Mickey 17): Playing multiple versions of yourself and making them all likeable has merit. But it's sci-fi, and we already know the Academy is allergic to awarding performances in spaceships.
Best Actress: Battle of Queens
- Jessie Buckley (Hamnet): Chloé Zhao directing an adaptation about Shakespeare's wife. Period drama + Oscar-winning director + intense actress = Jackpot. Ready the tissues.
- Zendaya (The Drama): Let's be honest, she's everywhere. If Zendaya breathes in a movie, she gets nominated. And watch out, because in The Drama (with Robert Pattinson, who's also everywhere) they say she's incredible.
The "Snub" of the Year
As always, there will be injustices. From Foslog we predict that horror cinema will once again be the great forgotten one. That psychological horror movie that blew your mind in the summer and has a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes? They won't even mention it. The Academy still thinks that if there's blood it's not art, unless it's the blood of a soldier in WWII.
Fosloguer Conclusion
The ceremony will be long, the host's jokes will be awkward, and someone will try to sneak in a political speech that no one will fully understand. But we'll be there, glued to the screen.
Your task now?
- Go to the cinema.
- Enter Foslog.
- Give your favorite 5 stars and tear apart the one that made you sleep with a biting review.
May the best win (or the one who paid for the best marketing campaign)!
Note: No Na'vi were harmed in the writing of this article. Leonardo DiCaprio, however, is still waiting for our call.