Damien Chazelle’s FIRST MAN settles for second in Oscars betting to Bradley Cooper’s A STAR IS BORN in Bookmaker’s Best Picture Odds
First Man looks set to miss out on next year’s Best Picture Oscar, as A Star is Born becomes Betway’s early frontrunner to pick up the award on February 24th.
A Star is Born, Directed by Bradley Cooper, the musical drama is 11/4 to land the night’s most coveted gong and is marginally fancied over the sci-fi drama based on the 1969 moon landing, First Man, which can be backed at 3/1.
Semi-biographical drama Roma holds an outside chance of 5/1, while drama-comedies Green Book and BlacKkKlansman sit just behind at 8/1 apiece with the leading bookmaker.
Bradley Cooper also favourite for Best Actor
Cooper’s directorial debut could also see him win Best Actor (6/4), with Christian Bale as Dick Cheyney in Vice and Ryan Gosling’s Neil Armstrong portrayal next in the betting at 9/2 and 6/1 respectively.
Alfonso Cuaron tipped for Best Director success
Alfonso Cuaron picked up the award in 2014 for Gravity and is the favourite to take the golden statue once more for Roma, a drama set in 1970s Mexico, while Cooper features again in this category as a 6/1 outside shot.
Betway’s Alan Alger, said “Best Picture could come down to the wire but there’s no doubting that A Star is most people’s idea of the winner, as we make Lady Gaga’s film debut 11/4 to take home the coveted prize.
Only just behind, though, is 3/1 shot First Man, with the Damien Chazelle-directed space drama proving a hit with the critics, while Roma (5/1), BlacKkKlansman (8/1) and Green Book (8/1) make up the rest of the top five.
Elsewhere, Bradley Cooper is up for two individual awards, with Best Actor looking all but sealed at a price of 6/4 and Best Director at 6/1, behind 13/8 favourite Alfonso Cuaron for Roma.”
Betway – Best Picture – 2019 Oscars
Best Picture:
| A Star is Born | 11/4 |
| First Man | 3/1 |
| Roma | 5/1 |
| BlacKkKlansman | 8/1 |
| Green Book | 8/1 |
| Widows | 9/1 |
| Beautiful Boy | 10/1 |
| If Beale Street Could Talk | 12/1 |
| Backseat | 14/1 |
| The Front Runner | 14/1 |
Best Actor:
| Bradley Cooper | 6/4 |
| Christian Bale | 9/2 |
| Ryan Gosling | 6/1 |
| Rami Malek | 13/2 |
| Willem Dafoe | 10/1 |
| Ethan Hawke | 12/1 |
| Hugh Jackman | 14/1 |
| Steve Carell | 25/1 |
| Timothee Chalamet | 33/1 |
Best Director:
| Alfonso Cuaron | 13/8 |
| Damien Chazelle | 100/30 |
| Spike Lee | 9/2 |
| Bradley Cooper | 6/1 |
| Barry Jenkins | 8/1 |
| Steve McQueen | 9/1 |
| Ryan Coogler | 16/1 |
| Yorgos Lanthimos | 16/1 |
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