Oscar Odds Avatar or Hurt Locker Best Picture? Who will win Best Picture this year at the 82nd annual Academy Awards? Most suspect Kathryn Bigelow’s Hurt Locker or James Cameron’s Avatar will take home the Oscar. Online sportsbook BetUS.com posted odds on the Oscars and has The Hurt Locker winning at 6 to 5 odds and Avatar winning at 4 to 7 odds.
Both Avatar and Hurt Locker have received a whooping nine nominations each. Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Bastards is close behind with eight nominations. In addition to Best Picture, Avatar is nominated for Best Direction but no acting nominations. Hurt Locker is up for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. Jeremy Renner is up for Best-Leading Actor for his performance in Hurt Locker.
Of course there is drama and controversy already surrounding the award show! Just yesterday a lawsuit was filed against the film Hurt Locker and is now being hammered by the media. The voting for the Oscar Awards ended Tuesday so the bad press is unlikely to affect the outcome of the evening. Another heated topic surfaced after one of the producers of Hurt Locker sent an email the Academy members suggesting they vote for his movie instead of the $500 Million film, clearly referring to Avatar. The producer that sent the email is now banned from attending the event.
The Academy Awards are set to take place at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday night. With most of the films earning multiple nominations this year, the outcome of the evening truly is anyone’s guess. It will definitely be a must-see event! Tune in to the 82nd annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 7th at 8 p.m. on ABC.
Analysts at BetUS.com posted the following odds on the Oscars:
Best Picture
• A Serious Man 80/1
• An Education 60/1
• Avatar 4/7
• District 9 100/1
• Inglorious Basterds 16/1
• Precious 35/1
• The Blind Side 70/1
• The Hurt Locker 6/5
• Up 60/1
• Up In The Air 14/1
Best Director
• James Cameron (Avatar) 3/2
• Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) 20/1
• Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) 2/5
• Lee Daniels (Precious) 40/1
• Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) 25/1
Best Actor
• Colin Firth (A Single Man) 15/1
• George Clooney (Up in the Air) 9/2
• Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) 2/15
• Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) 20/1
• Morgan Freeman (Invictus) 20/1
Best Actress
• Carey Mulligan (An Education) 8/1
• Gabby Sidibe (Precious) 12/1
• Helen Mirren (The Last Station) 35/1
• Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia) 8/5
• Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) 10/17
Best Supporting Actor
• Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) 1/25
• Christopher Plummer (The Last Station) 25/1
• Matt Damon (Invictus) 22/1
• Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones) 10/1
• Woody Harrelson (The Messenger) 10/1
Best Supporting Actress
• Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air) 8/1
• Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart) 30/1
• Monique (Precious) 1/18
• Penelope Cruz (Nine) 12/1
• Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air) 14/1
Best Foregin Language
• Ajami 7/1
• El Secreto de Sus Ojos 8/1
• The Milk of Sorrow 20/1
• The White Ribbon 5/8
• Un Prophete 8/5
Most Awards:
Avatar VS The Hurt Locker
• Avatar 2/7
• The Hurt Locker 9/4
How Many Awards Will Avatar Win?
• 1 12/1
• 2 9/1
• 3 5/1
• 4 3/1
• 5 9/4
• 6 3/1
• 7 4/1
• 8 8/1
• 9 10/1
Color of Best Actress Dress
• Black 7/4
• Blue 3/1
• Green 8/1
• Orange / Peach 7/1
• Pink 5/2
• Red 7/1
• White 7/2
• Yellow 8/1
Best Adapted Screenplay
• An Education 10/1
• District 9 12/1
• In The Loop 22/1
• Precious 4/1
• Up in the Air 2/7
Best Animated Feature Film
• Coraline 20/1
• Fantastic Mr Fox 7/1
• The Princess and the Frog 25/1
• The Secret of Kells 30/1
• Up 1/20
Best Original Screenplay
• A Serious Man 20/1
• Inglourious Basterds 5/9
• The Hurt Locker 9/5
• The Messenger 20/1
• Up 8/1
