For the headline award of the evening, A Star is Born, First Man and Roma all feel like dead certs at this early stage.
Few would be surprised if Cooper and Gosling were shortlisted for A Star is Born and First Man.
Here’s an overview of the early front runners for the 91st Academy Awards. Jenkins and Chazelle could again find themselves shortlisted in a repeat of 2016, when the former’s Moonlight (eventually) triumphed over La La Land.
Bradley Cooper, making his directorial debut with A Star is Born, has won admiring reviews since the film premiered in Venice and Toronto and would make a popular choice.