A studio with very little experience and clout has sent a film that got good early notices.

Hostiles

Oscar Chances: Unlikely: While the film did receive solid reviews, it’s being handled by a studio with no real experience in Oscar campaigning, suggesting the film is unlikely to succeed at the Oscars.
Campaign-Proposed Categories

• Picture (John Lesher, KenKao, Scott Cooper)
• Director (Scott Cooper)
• Actor (Christian Bale)
• Supporting Actor (Wes Studi, Ben Foster)
• Supporting Actress (Rosamund Pike, Q’orianka Kilcher)
• Adapted Screenplay (Scott Cooper, Donald E. Stewart)
• Film Editing (Tom Cross)
• Cinematography (Masanobu Takayanagi)
• Visual Effects (Jake Braver, Oliver Atherton)
• Sound Mixing (Jose Antonio Garcia)
• Costume Design (Jenny Eagan)
• Production Design (Donald Graham Burt)
• Sound Editing (Skip Lievsay, Paul Urmson, Jose Antonio Garcia)
• Original Score (Max Richter)
• Original Song (“How Shall a Sparrow Fly” – Ryan Bingham)
• Makeup and Hairstyling (Jane Galli, Lori Guidroz)