Gold Derby has the following ten movies listed as most likely to win Best Picture:
“The Irishman,” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” “Marriage Story,” “Parasite,” “1917,” “Jojo Rabbit,” “Little Women,” “Joker,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “Bombshell.”
Are we in the midst of living through OscarSoWhite 2.0?
The only one of those movies to star non-white characters is Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite,” and acting nominations do not favor any non-white actors/actresses either. It's definitely not impossible for a non-white actor to get a nomination this year — longshots include Jamie Foxx in “Just Mercy,” Awkwafina in “The Farewell” and Lupita Nyong’o in “Us,” other than that it looks as though it’ll be another rough year for African-American creatives at the Oscars.
For Schrader, AI solves the curious practical filmmaking problem he had. How about just creating Black people? No casting calls, no agents, no actors turning down the roles.