Think the Academy couldn’t go for Everything Everywhere All at Once? Think BAFTA is a better precursor? If the Producers Guild of America, using preferential balloting, can go for the chaotic feature, there’s no reason the Academy would ignore it.

The Awards

Best Picture

Everything Everywhere All at Once (Thomas, RU:Wesley, RU:Peter)

Best Animated Feature

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Wesley, Peter, Thomas)

Best Documentary

Navalny (Wesley, Peter, RU:Thomas)

Producers Guild of America Data

Year Founded: 1950 Film; 1957 TV; 1962 Unified
First Awards: 1989 (34)